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You would happen to know the equivalent thai term for it, would you?

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The pumpkin is round, the butternut is pear shaped.

They might be the same, I am not familiar with either, in fact.

Your opinion would help a great deal though.

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Has anyone come across Butternut Squash in Thailand?

If so, what should I ask for in Thai?

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is there a vietnamese embassy in bkk where one could get a visa stamped and avoid the loitering routine at a border cross?

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Thanks for those who volunteered experience and advice. Very insightful in the Thai way.

I was taught, while touring the indian subcontinent, to offer the third and expect to pay the two third. I have used this method with a fair amount of success, here in Thailand.

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It isn't that hard to download TV shows via torrent/usenet and you can watch in better quality after download finished. As for sports, satellite is your friend.....

As many know, the internet is a conglomerate of protocols: http, https, ntp, ftp, sftp, torrent,telenet and the list goes on.

Sadly, most people ignore them and rely on http for their facebook, livestream ...whatever.

I have experienced with my modest 4-6 mb from TOT (the only one available in my area) all sorts of connection problems. I upgraded speed but in vain.

One thing remained constantly fast: torrents. No matter how slow or fast website or youtube was, the torrent client gives me 400-600mbs download speed, while the Internet cafes and neighbours indulge in their frenzy feeding sessions.

Yes, the infra structure in Thailand is deplorable. Yes the level of greed here makes a Tasmanian devil looks like a finicky cat. We can't change that and might expire way before the Thai sense of business alters.

Whats wrong with watching Breaking Bad or any tv show a day or 2 later than its programmed for?!

Use torrents guys. It is still little known to the masses and offers decent speed for the rated connection that you subscribed for.

Acquiring

There is a very nice preference panel for MacOsX called TVShows. Windows users are similarly and definitely catered for, I'm sure!

This pane lives in your System Settings. Presents you with a plethora of tv options, some going back many years and download the latest episode of your favourite tv show silently, efficiently and rapidly in the background. Transmission is the torrent client I use. It is set up to download episode in their own folders.

Presentation

There are many media presentation apps that make your tv watching a pleasure. I have used Plex and xmbc.

Both of them are programmable and can simulate a tv experience, if not close to the real thing, better.

Get your news broadcast subscribe to an RSS feed for instant alert or from you tube maximum few hours late. Locate the channel that you like to watch ( or believe), subscribe and watch news till you have enough or get depressed, whichever comes first.

You don't miss an episode. You go for a pee. You can fix your dinner. Madame can have her bowl of friskies. You can actually fix a drink without spilling half of it at the instant the hero is about to get screwed by his wife or arch villain..Thanks for the pause button.

What I am trying to say is, become your own boss, rather than let the tv companies dictate to you what and when to watch tv, keep you out of its fenced zone while acquiring a hernia from tot, true or bbb.

If anyone who uses a Mac and need advice on set up, please pm.

CAT...DL is between 15 and 20mbps and upload is about 3 to 5 mps which is awesome. Ping rate to US, UK, EU are now between 220ms and 330ms which although not good by international standards is still good enough for anything we need including video calls etc.

We pay around 3 times the previous rates we had with TOT nut figure its worth it for a good service.

How much is CAT connectivity costing you?

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Wow! I'll pack my spiderman suit

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i would like to be there.

I don't live in bkk and i will be there for the day, can anyone recommend a CLEAN hotel in the one thousand to two thousand baht range and within drunken walking distance?

Exactly. I love the way it makes the edge of the cut dark while retaining the inside pink.

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Kennedy, you obviously know what I was talking about.

I would have to wait for someone coming from home or the states to pick it up.

Have you ever used it?

...just caramelize some sugar, dilute it in water and throw in the salt and keep in the fridge.

I 'll try it. Though for the life of me I can't remember any sweetness from this elusive sauce.

No. I used it back home for coloring a beef steak.

Here is a link for better explanation.

http://www.hotsauceworld.com/j64.html

I meant Browning Sauce

I tried!

She couldn't understand what i was saying and i could not understand what she was saying.

And we were both speaking english, i think!

Thank you lomatopo.

Any similar link on Truemove H?

Unfortunately, I am an iPhone addict and would very much doubt Apple would offer twin model anytime soon!

How complicated is it? Surely not any more than most other procedures in Thailand??!!

Has anyone come across Browning? The one we use with steaks!

Do Thai mobile operators allow 2 numbers on the same SIM Card?

Now I am scared.

Are you telling me that I can no longer retire at 50 in thailand?

Thank you Joe.

I guess my next thread/question would be:

Anyone knows of a University/College that offers online or not full time courses?

Is there a limit to duration/years of study for an ED visa?

Let me explain:

I entered Thailand in Sep 2009 on a ED Visa. ProLanguage was the procurer. I learned Thai and now English.

I need two more years of "stay" till I reach 50 and be eligible for a Retirement Visa.

Once I exhaust the Language Learning period, would a University degree study offer those 2 required years?

I think Thailand should make the minimum Politician IQ level at least above imbecile....

Don't you have to be a "graduate" to become a politician?

No, there should only be some history of sanity in the family, however remote it might be.

Are elections around the corner?