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It would be interesting to see the true stats if they were available as all we seem to hear are from the voices of those that are leaving.

From my perspective, I have lived in Thailand for 8 years, I'm married and am not going anywhere and still very happy ... this sentiment is echoed amongst all my many non Thai friends who live here, are happy and are not leaving either.

The wilderbeast are making a lot of noise as they migrate but the gazelles are quietly grazing in the background.

I guess I'm a gazelle, too. I have been living in the Isaan for 15 years, still grazing.

Me too. Been here 7 years, happily married ( to a Thai ) with a wonderful son

and intend to graze for many years to come. God willing.

I just received a Christmas card from friends in England. Had to share it with you.

Please accept with no obligation, expressed or implicit, my best

wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low

stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter

solstice holiday, practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of

religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with respect

for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or

their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and

medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally

accepted calendar year 2007, but not without due respect for the

calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society

have helped make our country great (not to imply that Great Britain is

necessarily greater than any other country) and without regard to the

race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual

preference of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting the following terms:

This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal at any time by

the wisher. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original

greeting.

It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the

wishes for him/her or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and

is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is warranted to

perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a

period

of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting,

whichever

comes first. This warranty is limited to the replacement of this wish or

issuance

of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

From Kristian :-)

My wife collects them and just about any 7/11 will count and change them.

Cant believe I have been paying 1500 Bt for UBC for the last 3 years. Does anybody have

numbers for cable companies here in Bangkok?

I bought some Vegemite from the Villa supermarket in Ngam Wong Wan yesterday. They have Marmite and Oxo too. Also pasties, pies, Heinz baked beans, bisto gravy ect, ect

I just sold my 2.7 fortuner. I drove it for 10 months.

Petrol consumption was terrible. According to the on-board computer I was averaging 7.9 km around town