_Echinochloa_
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It was closed at 1.30 when i tried to go to Fortune town. So i had to take a motorbike. Its now open again as i have just this minute got back. Glad it was open. Taxis can be expensive.
Cheap Skate.
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Is it my imagination,
Nough said.
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I am Mrs. Penzman
We know.Has he sold the bike yet?
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Irishman stabbed in bar and dies in hospital
31th January:Irish citizen Mr. Ernest Gregory Brennan, 45, was stabbed twice, first in the back of his neck and then in his back by another Irishman, Mr. Patrick Oliver Farrell, 61
The stabbing took place at 01.30 am on the 31st January at "Jimmy's Place" located on the Second Road in Pattaya City. Ernest Brennan was rushed to Pattaya International Hospital in Sos 4, just 500mtrs from the bar, but later died from his injuries.
According to 4 eye witnesses Farrell walked up behind Ernest Brennan, who was sitting on a bar chair, grabbed him by the hair and stabbed him in the back of his neck. Brennan fell forward onto the bar. Farrell then stabbed him one more time in the back. Farrell tried to flee, but local Thai men sitting nearby over powered and detained Farrell until the police came to arrest him.
Eyewitnesses said that the murder weapon, a brand new knife, still had a price label on. Farrell later told the police that he had bought the knife for 69 Thai baht in a "Tops Supermarket" on the corner of Central Road and Second Road in Pattaya about 300 meters from "Jimmy's Place" just before going to the bar. When the police asked what his intention was for buying the knife he said that the 30th of January was the 33 anniversary of 14 Irishmen's deaths by English soldiers in Northern Ireland. He also stated that he had tried to kill himself 6 times before, but did not mention that he wanted to kill anybody else.
Miss Lamai Tunkratok, an eyewitness told Police that Farrell came into the bar and walked directly up to Brennan, who did not see him before the stabbing took place.
Farrell claimed insanity as a reason for the murder, but also told the police that he had stayed in a room on top of the "Jimmy's Place" in June-July 2004 and paid 4,000 Thai baht per month for it. However when he came back in September the price was 9,000 baht per month, he was angry about this and left the room at the end of October 2004. The wife of Mr. Brennan said that the reason for the change of the rent was a request from Mr. Farrell to have more facilities like TV, safety box etc. in the room. Farrell also told Police that he was angry with Brennan because he had paid too much for a taxi from the airport to Pattaya.
People who knew Mr. Brennan told reporters that he was a kind and friendly man with many friends and no enemies.
His wife Mrs. Chantaneepaa Boonsap, 48, said that Brennan formerly worked with Brennan's Law Searchers Ltd. 103 Richmond Road, Dublin. She showed a letter stating that Ernest Brennan was employed by this company as a freelance consultant. The letter also states that Mr. Brennan had been with this company for a number of years and was paid 50,000 Euros per annum for his services. The letter was signed by a John M. Brennan.
http://www.pattayapeople.com/archive/news264-january2005.php
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Thai murder: man charged
01 February 2005
John Breslin
AN IRISHMAN is expected to appear in court in Thailand charged with the unlawful killing of a fellow Irish national.
Patrick Farrell, aged 57 and originally from Derry, is accused of killing bar and budget hotel owner Ernest Brennan from Dublin.
Mr Brennan, from Howth in north Dublin, died after being stabbed in the Pattaya beach resort bar, Jimmy’s Place, which the 45-year-old ran with his Thai wife.
It has been reported that the pair were involved in an argument over the price of a taxi fare and hotel room shortly before the fatal stabbing. Farrell remained at the scene to wait for police to arrive. He was arrested at the scene and taken to Pattaya Police Station.
Thai police said the Derryman has been charged with murder and investigations are continuing.
Both men carried Irish passports. The Irish embassy. has been informed and is offering consular assistance.
Jimmy’s Place, with its bar and budget hotel, is situated close to the centre of Pattaya, a popular tourist destination on the east coast of Thailand.
The stabbing happened around 1.30am on Sunday, according to Thai police.
Eyewitnesses described how Mr Brennan was sitting on a stool by the bar when he was approached by another man holding a four-inch knife. He was then fatally stabbed. There was still blood on the floor of the bar by the stool.
Mr Brennan was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Friends of Mr Brennan said he had only recently married his wife, who has a daughter aged five from an earlier relationship.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/text/story.as...8&n=17951743980
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Claims he was cheated out of his share
Boonlua Chatree
Shortly after 1 a.m. on January 31, police were called to a stabbing incident on soi 6. The victim, Ernest Brennan, 45 of Ireland sustained two stab wounds at the hand of Patrick Farrell, 61, also of Ireland. Both Farrell and Brennan were business partners in the Jimmy’s Place Food & Drink Bar.
Patrick Farrell sits casually at the bar as if nothing happened; police handcuffed him and later charged him with the murder of Ernest Brennan.
Brennan was rushed to the PIC Hospital on soi 4 but was pronounced dead on arrival. He sustained a slash wound to the back of the neck severing a major blood vessel and a stab wound in the chest.
Police attending the scene arrested Farrell who was still in the bloodied bar after the incident. Farrell still had the kitchen knife in his possession.
Witnesses at the scene, bar staff and the dead man’s wife told police that the pair had argued frequently over the past few days and that on the night of the stabbing they were drinking when an argument erupted with Patrick Farrell producing a knife and stabbing Brennan.
Farrell was taken in for questioning where he claimed that he had been cheated out of his share of the takings and justice was due. Farrell told officers that he had taken the knife from his Soi Chaiyapoon apartment along with him to the bar.
Patrick Farrell was charged with first degree murder and could face execution or life imprisonment for his crime.
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Mai Mee Satang.
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Hi can you bring personal items in to LOS on i year multiple 0 visa entry with no work permit planing move early next year.
You mean???
Electric Razors
Electric Toothbrush
Mp3 Player
Hairdryer
Laptop
Vibrator
Electric Canopener
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Everyone taallllkkkksss toooooooo sssllllllllooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww on the islands Man.
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Vrigil, I will try to give my opinion.
Yes I am married to a Thai and yes I have done all of this.
QUOTE
1. What would you consider to be a fair dowry for a Uni graduate who's parents are primary school teachers in rural thailand?
50,000 - 75,000 Baht plus pork and gold
By Mattnich.
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By ALEX PEAKE
NINE tsunami survivors have been found on a remote island after 38 DAYS.
They survived on coconuts and coconut juice.
Rescue workers found the five men, a woman and three children on Campbell Bay, one of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
Police chief Shaukat Ali said: “It is a miracle that they are alive.”
Since the tsunami hit the string of 550 islands, almost 2,000 people have been listed dead and 555 are missing.
A police spokesman on the Indian islands said the group — all members of an aboriginal tribe — had taken refuge on a hilltop when the waves crashed ashore.
Their crocodile-infested island is thick with mangroves and rescuers have still not searched all of it.
News of the rescue was met with scenes of joy in nearby Port Blair, whose leaders had sent the search team out.
Earlier this month tsunami victim Rizal Shahputra, 23, survived for eight days at sea on an uprooted tree.
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hey, me and a few mates are planning to travel to koh phangan in november this year. i've looked into some details of this but could use any information any one can give me. such as:
travel prices +- UKSTG500
exchange rate +- Baht70
how to get there (the best way) Plane
the country in general Great,but proceed with caution
accommodation Abundant
etc
any help appreciated
cheers
euan
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hey, me and a few mates are planning to travel to koh phangan in november this year. i've looked into some details of this but could use any information any one can give me. such as:
travel prices
exchange rate
how to get there (the best way)
the country in general
accommodation
etc
any help appreciated
cheers
euan
Buy a book.
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I vote for Jayenram
Now that the lad is on ADSL I rekon Jay also.
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next member to become a Moderator on TV.com?
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Olson Johnson: All right, we'll give some land to the n****rs and the chinks, but we DON'T WANT THE IRISH!
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Are there any Irish living or even visiting in Udon Area. I am from Belfast and will be visiting Udon next week. Slainte!
Go n-eiri an t-adh leat.
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It seems to me we need to know a lot more about the mechanics of Fedex vs. postal handling and their interrelationship with customs.
I definitely felt when using Fedex that they "cooperated" more with customs and in fact, since Fedex is so much more expensive to use than post, perhaps customs "targets" their shipments more. I don't think we can expect Fedex to go to bat for us when customs levies on an individual shipment.
What surpises me is that there is duty on documents. Is there such a duty? Surely, confronting customs on something so obviously erroneos as duty on documtments would lead to justice.
Books would be tougher, granted they are obviously used, however, their is residual value to used books and they could be re-sold in Thailand, and often are.
I have had better luck when new items subject to duty are sent by post. Occasionally the packages come in without duty even though duty is due.
My last appearance at Chiang Mai Airport Customs regarding their inquiry regarding the value of a postal package, revealed that there is no duty on items of a value of 25 USD or less. I try to get my shippers to state the wholesale value, afterall, value is a judgemental thing. I have a slow cooker being mailed from China with a purchase value of 12USD which retails in Thailand, granted a Thai manufactured product, for 1950 Baht. If they slap a duty on it, I am going to bat as I clearly only paid 12USD, the balance of the the 1540 Baht wired to China was mailing and moneygram fees.
As your at it PTE,y not live in China and import Thai Rice?
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Hi
Does anyone know if Thai Immigration bureau at Soi Suan Plu, will be open on April 16 ?
and what are their business hours?
Cheers
Micky
Yes it will be open from 8:30am until 12:30pm on Saturday the 16th of April.
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No raining in Bangkok.
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going to Koh Samet, arriving at the island and driving to a resort, one is stopped at the entrance of the "national park" (covering almost the whole island including all beaches, resorts etc) :
Thais pay 20bt, Farang 200bt, - the fee is to keep the island clean!
Now that I understand, since every weekend , hundreds of thai clans invade the beaches with all their home cooked meals, living all their trash where they have been sitting, whereas farang normally go to the restaurants to eat ?
Why are we paying everywhere around 5 to 10 times more than thais?
Its there country. If you take the speed boat over then usually you dont have to pay. Not always though.
Its there country. Here we go again
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I've been using Federal Express to send various personal material from the US to Thailand for years. It's always been a bit of a game of Russian roulette, since Thai customs has always grabbed a fair number of parcels and extorted a bride in return for their release, but recently the situation has gotten far, far worse. What is also new is that Federal Express now absolutely refuses to make any effort at all on the shipper's behalf with respect to the siezed parcels. They just present a bill for the 'duty' and threaten to destroy or return the package if you don't pay.
Recently I had to pay just over B2500 to get an envelop of personal mail and unpaid bills released to me, and a month before that I was nailed with 'duty' of B5500 on some legal documents sent from New York. Only in the last few days I've had a shipment of about thirty books from my library in the US that I asked our housekeeper to send to me held up with a demand for a as-yet undefined five-figure payoff to get them delivered.
Federal Express in Thailand is either seriously inept or marginallly corrupt or, more likely, both. Given the recent increase in the extortion ratio from, say, one out of ten shipments to more like one out of two, the possiblity does occur to me that their local folks have found a way to cut themselves in on the action.
My advice? Use the postal service. Every now and then you parcel will be stolen, but it's cheaper than paying the birbes to FedEx and Customs and, in my view, far less annoying.
Old Asia Hand.Y not try and use DHL? Old Asia Hand
The Silly Things That Thais Wear.
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