Burl Ives

The husband of the owner of Bistro 89 (soi 89 almost opposite MAKRO), as was, is I believe a master baker and whose family invented the first real bakers oven in France at the turn of the century.

Bistro 89 is changing to Baguette 89 ...... opening imminently (I noted the oven is already installed) so bread and baguettes should be extra special we trust. More info as and when.

Dropped by today, sign up saying will be open next Monday 1st June for bread, pastries and sandwiches!

Same experience, used them for fitted kitchen units. They have good tiling/plumbing contacts, but the electrician is a liability, does not follow any wiring colour codes!

PEA up and running after 30 hours despite the devastation, True Internet needless to say took 5 days to get their system restored. (3BB back in 3 days I believe)

Phoned them everyday to check progress and every day they promised it would work that evening....lies after lies.

So True needs to rename themselves: "UNTRUE INTERNET SERVICES" !!

22 power pylons destroyed in Pattaya sukhumvit soi 89, 30 hours later the PEA had erected 22 new ones and the power was restored.

So we know now there is at least one good utility company in Thailand.

Well done PEA!

Why is the Thai Met Office so incompetent I can get a better weather forcast from Norway!

Try http://yowindow.com/ it really does give an accurate local weather forecast,

ps I am not Norwegian, just someone looking for a real forecast!!

add Zenmate to your chrome browser and see if that does the trick...it's free!

Still running, but only on the internet!

I am sure this must have been asked many times before, but I have searched and could not find anything!

Does anyone know where the post office keeps the magic map that turns Thai addresses into street numbers and easy locations, as per anywhere in the West.

This nonsense of estate number/house number, moo number, tambon/amphur does not make it easy to find somewhere.

I am convinced it is another fiendish ploy to confuse everyone...and they have suceeded.

So where is the magic code breaking map?

Had a red City, difficult to sell ....Thai's only like black, white or silver. My buddy had a silver Jazz one year older than mine but got more for it despite my City having less than half his mileage and in better condition!

Bought a silver CX5 and am very happy with it. But had a small knock ...silver easy to match and repair, my buddy now has a red M3 also had a bump, but only place to repair is BKK.

The red is beautiful but has its costs!

Unbelievable to say Mazda Thailand cannot do body repair work, "TIT"

Market value 320,000, just sold it!

Sold the old car today and wanted to know how they charge the transfer fee. Asked the official and he reluctantly explained that they charge 0.5% of the car's value as sold.

Sounds reasonable until you realize my car's value was about 300,000 (as stated on the insurance certificate), but he wrote it down as 400,000, so a nice 500THB backhander for him, hence no printed or stated fees on the web site!

T.I.T!

Try the Chiang Mai Hash House Harriers, you don't need to run and every week someone sets a trail:

http://www.chiangmaihhh.com/

This is a running club with a drinking problem, usually quite friendly!

Is there such a thing, if so where and when??

Australia Plus: True visions channel 170 still running, what's the problem!!

Anyone know how to get an invite to buy a 1+1 cell phone?

X trail does not come with diesel, but the Mazda CX5 does and it's a BMW beater!

Buy a Mazda CX5 and laugh all the way to the bank!

Hi Guys,

where to buy rennet in Pattaya?

True cable

Forget it, use Deluge, much more reliable!

I gather that "members" is not the correct term for their situation, they are "share holders with playing rights", which might put a different light on it!

Pick up trucks are commercial vehicles designed to carry 1 tonne payload, when empty their suspension will rattle you to death!

Unless you are a farmer and need to carry loads, buy a car...they are designed for cities and if you buy a mazda they have 6 airbags and excellent crash resistance NCAP 5

Engage brain, if you have one, and don't do it!

Take a copy of ther back side of your driving licence, that's proof of your address, works for me every time!

I use a simple four sided grater to shred the ginger on the coarse grind side...costs about a buck...

for hummous ye gotta have garbanzos and tahina both of which are rarer than hen's teeth outsida falang places (do you like substituting manao for lemons?)....

Hummus is easy: chick peas are 42 THB in Macro and you can make your own Tahini from ground white sesame seeds and olive oil...cheap as chips!