fxm88
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Finally, if you have more than $10,000 (aggregated total of all foreign accounts) at ANY time during the year, you have to report the accounts separately to the U.S. Treasury (not to IRS or with your return, and to a separate address). I forget the form number, but it's on the IRS site.
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Reports in America yesterday suggested Gillett may buy Liverpool with Tom Hicks, the Dallas businessman who owns the Texas Rangers baseball franchise.
I wouldn't worry about it, Tom Hicks has connections.
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"I wish I sold more albums and not pirated CDs," the 26-year-old, who is often seen as Asia's answer to Britney Spears, told Reuters. "We're making a living out of 20 percent of what we used to be earning."
I admit I don't much about the music industry in Thailand, but in the U.S. most performers make almost nothing off of album sales, what money they can make comes mostly from concert ticket sales & merchandising. In the words of Courtney Love: "The system's set up so almost nobody gets paid." How much does Tata's record company spend getting radio stations to play her music?
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You go to Singapore and buy Singapore dollars with your baht. You come home and change it back. You lose 5-10%. Well, duh!!!! When wouldn't that happen?
It's called Arbitrage, you maroon.
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Checked the Laos Central Bank site http://www.bol.gov.la/ and official inflation is 5% only.
Da, comrade.
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"Ignore" is awesome -- I wouldn't be able to stomach Thaivisa.com without it.
However, it needs to be taken a step further to not just allow individual posts to be ignored, but whole threads started by particular users and also tie that into the "View New Posts" and other search routines to eliminate the junk over there, too.
It'd also be nice if it were possible to find out who are the most ignored users.
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Maybe, just maybe, that's why our OP is seeing a performance improvement using 95, the engine is actually sensing the better fuel and adjusting itself to use it.
This seems like the more likely explanation (see above post for more):
...• High octane gasoline improves mileage.
In general, if your car is designed to run on 87 octane gasoline, high octane gasoline will not improve
mileage. If switching to high octane gasoline does improve mileage, you might find that your engine, or its
control systems, need repair.
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fxm88: thats cute, bashing someone who uses less gasoline for a better mileage. but you dont get even this one i guess.
Since plenty of good advice is available thru a simple Google search I thought maybe you were asking on this forum because you were looking for something specific to Thailand. If I misunderstood, I do apologize. Here are some links but I'm sure you could find many, many more:
Source: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Savin...yOnYourCar.aspx20 ways you waste money on your car...
Premium gas instead of regular. Buy the cheapest gasoline that doesn’t make your car engine knock. All octane does is prevent knock; a grade higher than the maker of your car recommends is not a “treat.”
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GASOLINE OCTANE FACTS and MYTHSMinnesota Department of Commerce
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Octane Myths
• High octane gasoline improves mileage.
In general, if your car is designed to run on 87 octane gasoline, high octane gasoline will not improve
mileage. If switching to high octane gasoline does improve mileage, you might find that your engine, or its
control systems, need repair.
• High octane gasoline gives quicker starting.
No, it doesn’t.
• High octane gasoline increases power.
If your car is designed to run on 87 octane gasoline, you shouldn’t notice any more power on high octane
gasoline. Again, if it does make a noticeable difference, your engine, or the engine’s electronic control
systems, may need repair.
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Source: http://www.state.mn.us/mn/externalDocs/Com...OctaneFacts.pdf
Source: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1997/09/exxon.htmSEPTEMBER 17, 1997FTC FINALIZES EXXON SETTLEMENT;
Nationwide Consumer Education Campaign Will Inform Consumers
That Regular Gas, Not High Octane, Is Right For Most Cars
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"Many consumers buy high octane gas believing it is a 'treat' or a 'treatment' for their cars," said Jodie Bernstein, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "But it's the consumers getting the treatment, not the cars. Most cars don't need and won't benefit from hi-test gas, so paying extra for premium gas is wasting money," she said. "Now Exxon will join the FTC and the American Automobile Association to get the word out to consumers: Unless your owner's manual calls for high octane fuel or your engine is knocking, there's no reason to pay for premium gasoline," she said. "This is a precedent-setting law enforcement remedy that will save American consumers money."
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...What's the right octane level for your car?
Check your owner's manual to determine the right octane level for your car. Regular octane is recommended for most cars. However, some cars with high compression engines, like sports cars and certain luxury cars, need mid-grade or premium gasoline to prevent knock.
How can you tell if you're using the right octane level? Listen to your car's engine. If it doesn't knock when you use the recommended octane, you're using the right grade of gasoline.
Will higher octane gasoline clean your engine better?
As a rule, high octane gasoline does not outperform regular octane in preventing engine deposits from forming, in removing them, or in cleaning your car's engine. In fact, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requires that all octane grades of all brands of gasoline contain engine cleaning detergent additives to protect against the build-up of harmful levels of engine deposits during the expected life of your car.
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Source: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/autos/octane.htm
I couldn't find any good info specific to Thailand (indeed, all of those are US specific) but I did find one article in the Pattaya Mail (from 1998) that touches on it e.g. it states "The rather ironic thing in this whole debate is that the petrol you buy at the pump isn’t 95 or 91 RON anyway - it’s 97 and 92! Confused? You will be soon!" The article is at http://www.pattayamail.com/253/features.htm#hd6 and a reader's response is at http://www.pattayamail.com/255/letters.htm#hd3
Good lcuk!
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Don't worry, the Chinese are not so stupid as to bring Chinese currency to Thailand !
But then why are they so stupid as to come to Thailand on zero-dollar tours? Hmmm....
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These guys never heard of PGPfone? (Or now I guess it's Zfone.)
Then again, maybe these were open-source projects and we all know how these guys feel about that kind of thing.
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Bangkok Post article from 3rd January 2007...
That's what I love about the Bangkok Post: cutting edge news. This story is more than a year old:
"Storage expert warns of short life span for burned CDs", January 10, 2006 (Computerworld)
Then again, it's not news until it's published in the Bangkok Post.
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The companies name is Charoen Pokphand (CP) and it is apparently the biggest Thai company in the country.
CP? I thought it was Saha Farms. (Are they the same?)
http://www.mypattaya.com/99sukhawadee.asp
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Congratulations! You just became the manager of a Bangkok Mexican fast food 50 sq.m. restaurant grill...
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How are you transferring ownership of the company/organization that holds the domain name? (I'm not sure if Thnic allows one to hold a domain without also holding control of its parent company/organization -- see http://register.thnic.co.th/policy.html for more info.)
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Super Bowl
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An excellent match -- congratulations to everyone who participated.