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allalong

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  1. "One of my first experiences in Thailand, in Chiang Mai actually: I was paying for a meal at a restaurant and I left a 1000 baht note thinking it was a 20 baht note"

    Are you saying you left this 1,000 Baht note as a tip, thinking it was 20 Baht?

    There are major differences in both size, colour and the three zero's is a bit of a giveaway.

    of course that never happened, just a poster trying to heap praise on Thai vendors
  2. Stand your ground next time.

    Easy to say but the vendor was a thief and the buyer could not prove anything and speaks no Thai. I think it was a no win. Sad.

    I've lived here 4 years and though I've had unpleasant things happen to me in this country I've never been scammed like that at a market. I agree with Jingthing 100%. I seriously doubt speaking Thai would have helped. Once this vendor decided to steal it was all over. And once she absconded with the money there was no proof what he paid so it becomes a "he said she said" situation and I doubt even the tourist police are going to do any good in a situation like this short video proof.

    You best advice (as given above) is to always have enough change in your wallet in a market. However, I think it's very rare for this to happen. This vendor was just a rotten apple. Another thought is to not hand the money over until they have the change in their hand then make an simultaneous swap.

    really?I would have taken merchandise up to the 1000 baht ,make a scene, some of these Thais need to know its not always gonna be accepting it and "mai pen rai"
  3. "I wonder how many faxes the Football league will get demanding several trucks of hardcore and a spirit level head for Yeovil in the summer?"

     

    Shows how informed you are. Moved from Huish and the sloping pitch 20 years agoPosted Image

     

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    I used to work with a guy about 20 years ago that played center back for Yeovil as a semi pro.  Mark Shail.  Do you remember him?  He joined Plymouth next and then went on to captain Bristol City.

    Indeed I do.Tall blonde hair.good player.He played in a few cup runs,namely against Arsenal soon after Yeovil moved to the new stadium.

    Sent from my GT-S7500L using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

  4. "I wonder how many faxes the Football league will get demanding several trucks of hardcore and a spirit level head for Yeovil in the summer?"

    Shows how informed you are. Moved from Huish and the sloping pitch 20 years agosleep.png

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  5. Orient? Isnt that a synonym for the far east.biggrin.png .

    Alec Stock was a true footballing great,He made Yeovil famous in their non league days and of course was one of the "player managers" which were common, he was successful at Fulham as well (FAcup final 1975), Proud to say I met him many years ago. watching a local league game, standing there alone and he was a true gentleman.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Stock

    No sloping pitch moved from there 20 years ago

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  6. There is a small teams thread somewhere mate coffee1.gifbiggrin.png funny enough Chelsea and City use to be on it cheesy.gif

    Really? Not interested in so called "big" teams, full of people/players with Big egos, Big salaries, Big entrance prices and ultimately a "Big" let down, Smaller clubs with "big "hearts and ambitions and achieving something very "big"

  7. Just to say congratulations to my local team in England who won the play off final yesterday to win promotion to the 2nd tier of English football , the Championship. Remarkable achievement for a town of 40K getting gates of 4k, only entered the football league 10 years agopost-176670-0-22231600-1369017095_thumb.

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