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Peechit? Pee - shit ?? Get it??? (Justing letting my kid-in-a-classroom-instincts run freely...)

I don't want to get all PC but isn't the money that people lose in the casino on the burmese side going directly into the pockets of the military junta? Thanks but no thanks...

Call Thaksin and tell him to leave the idea of casinos... Here's something much better to attract tourists! I'd go to Thailand to see a real alien, but not to gamble in a f***ing casino.

...P.p.s. Enjoy your diving when you do get here-I saw and stroked my first leopard shark yesterday,it was GREAT.

One of the first rules of responsible diving is Look Don't Touch. Maybe your dive instructor was not so good after all...

Sanmig, you come across as somebody who thinks he, as a male, is superior to women. The fact that you have women as friends doesn't mean sh1t. My dog is my friend too and I love him. But I do think I am higher on the food chain. So for you women must be somewhere between chimps and male humans?

If you didn't mean it that way, then next time choose your words more carefully.

It's saddens me to see that it is considered "common sense" to kill the snake that is in the yard. Not that I am superstitious about killing it. Thailand is losing a lot of wildlife as it is. We should not make it worse by acting like this. It's probably easier said that than done but isn't there a "snake wrangler" in the neighborhood who can relocate the snake. In the US they do this all the time with rattle snakes. (Could I get a work permit for this??? )

I am with Boo on this one. In general I don't understand it either. On the other hand I don't rule out the possibility that young/old, fat/skinny, ugly/pretty people really love each other. Just like the buffalo can actually BE sick sometimes too, you know...

A few weeks ago some researchers in the Netherlands came to the conclusion that all the efforts made to sensitize people about the abuse of alcohol had had absolutely no effect. Maybe hitting people where it hurts them most - in their wallet - is the only way to change their habits. After all, what we're doing in Europe with tobacco is not that much different from what Thailand is doing now...

(Yes yes I am aware of the negative side effects too, I am just trying to add another view to the matter )

Here's one:

"It's daddy you sh1thead, where's my bourbon!"

Thanks for the info. I hope to give it a try in Phuket then.

Question for the eye for an eye-guys: Can we also apply the death penalty on the procecution, judge and jury who later turn out to be responsible for wrongly convicting somebody to death? All you quick-to-judge-kill'em-all-and-let-god-sort 'em-out people would in that case be dead already.

I am not a bleeding heart liberal. I support the principle of the death penalty but only in an ideal world where all the facts and circumstances are known.

Another one:

# 1: You want answers?

# 2: I think I'm entitled.

# 1: You want answers?

# 2: I want the truth!

# 1: You can't handle the truth!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise in A Few Good Men

OK, here's another one

"That's my mother you're pissing on!"

Pattaya Fox, I believe you are mistaken. Sodium Chloride or NaCl is just plain old kitchen salt. I don't think it helps much disinfecting the water. You probably mean some form of chlorine.

If you look at the statistics, a little bit less than half of the people are under 40. If you check this thread to see who is showing their age, it's nearly all those who are under 40. Either these are all liars, or the people who don't give up their ages (the 'I told the truth'-people ) are 40 up.

BTW, I am 32: old enough to be wise already, young enough to be still strong and handsome

According to my wife there seem to be different levels of food problems. My wife comes from the far north and is not very open-minded about what she eats.

We've lived in Belgium for over a year and although there are several thai shops and restaurants, it's just not good enough. She says that this might be OK for a person from bangkok because they can eat restaurant-style curry and the likes. She, on the other hand....

This, combined with her tendancy to lean towards the above mentioned features (too reliant, little self-motivation,...) which lead to depression, practically forced us to go live in LOS. My wife went up there already. I am following next month...

ALthough it's the consequence of some kind of failure, I am very much looking forward to living there. I hope it will work out...

Sorry if I lower the optimism of some people with this story, but anyway it's no reason why you shouldn't try it. In my experience the visa stuff was not that much trouble...

Ice Maiden, I generally agree with what you say, but referring to England as an example might not have been the best choice. The other day I saw a documentary on teenage pregnancy in the UK and if I remember correctly the country was doing a lot worse than other neighbouring countries in Europe.

Does Thailand have any good beach breaks for a beginning surfer? I tried it in Indonesia on holiday and really liked it. Now moving to LOS but unlike Indonesia there don't seem to be any decent waves in LOS. Thanks already.

Zint, i am just curious but can you elaborate a little bit on "investing the money in your career"? Are planning to start up a business or something or does this simply mean that you just want to buy the D-Max for yourself because it looks good while applying for a job somewhere...

I don't claim to have all the answers but I've been a watermanagement engineer for almost 8 years now, and to me, building a desalination plant in Pattaya, a place with an average rainfall of more than 100 mm a month (http://www.pattaya.net/weather.htm) is BS.

An example: before my wife takes a shower she turns on the water. Obviously. But after that she starts brushing her teeth, combing her hair or whatever, leaving the water running. In the end she wasted probably about half of the water for nothing. I am convinced this behaviour is typical and not only in Thailand. Can anybody explain to me why an average american uses about 600 liters of water a day, while a European uses only about 150 to 200 liters? At first sight, they seem to have the same style of living.

Bates, I called the Thai embassy in Brussels a few days ago. They now seem to have a native dutch speaking lady answering the phone. Could be helpful (if you speak dutch, that is). The Thai people there speak french besides english.

Wouldn't it be possible to take the two 2+1 month tourist visa, spend 6 months in Thailand, after that have a holiday in Malaysia or Cambodia and in the meanwhile apply for the same thing all over again while there?

I just bought an Ipod Photo 60Gb last week. The only way for me to bring my 600 CD's to Thailand. I haven't used it a lot but so far I love that thing.

If it wasn't for the fact that Joey Boy is senior member, I would think ol' Harmonica, who got thrown out of the forum last week, is back undercover.

I am not really experienced in birdwatching so I don't have anything to compare with, but the national park of Saam Roi Yod south of Hua Hin has seemed very interesting, especially the water-related birds wading in the prawn farms after you enter the park.

I plan to develop my birdwatching skills when I move to Thailand in october (up north-chiang rai).

I would be interested to read about this topic occasionally.

chownah,

I made a similar calculation and came to the same conclusion. However, the main thing is that you need enough customers. For instance 2 times 155 B a day doesn't quite cut it. Hence, my original question. Indeed I believe that if you can collect a 1000B a day, and hire somebody to do most of the work, you still get to keep about 10K a month.