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I find POP access to Gmail pretty slow, even through our works 1MB connection (on a lightly trafficked academic network). Not that it bothers me - I have more email than I know what to do with already. I'd cheer if it would jam
I just wish they would add the reverse feature--allow you to check other POP accounts with GMAil. I can't access my main account at work because of a firewall, but they haven't blocked GMail as of yet.
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TOT already supplies me with a 1024/256 line for 1000 baht a month.
The 1024/512 deal is not on the "contact sales guy" form.
Is there any time of bandwidth limitation on that?
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Point taken.
I'm surprised at the anti-frames bias. I find having the menu (index) separate from the content to be both intuitive and convenient. Obviously, I'm a lone wolf here....
You're not. I think frames work great in this instance.
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Ken,
Obviously you've spent a lot of time with this -- and I instantly bookmarked it, as just browsing you're index showed many links of interest for later perusing.
But, I spent my time here at NKP, but didn't see anything about that (Udorn, Utapao, yes). I may have missed it, as the logic of your index is not too apparent (at least to me).
I didn't see any NKP stuff either. I was supposed to go there TDY from Udorn, but the C130 never made it off the ground that day. When were you there? I partied with a few guys from the 6908th Security Squadron when they shut them down and moved them to home of the 7th Rock and Roll Freak Show!
I just spent a half hour looking at Udorn stuff linked from Ken's site. There's a great site by a guy who was stationed at URTAFB the same time I was down the road at Ramasun Station.
There's also a site that lists a gazillion bars in Udorn with descriptions of each. I thought that was interesting because when I first got my orders for Thailand while stationed in Berlin, I guy I worked with had just come back from consecutive tours, and he drew my a map of Udorn with much the same type of information.
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Howdy all Forum Members,
What the finished product looks like is:
I was reading this post about an hour ago before I clicked on this link. Forgot where I started!!
Pretty amazing collection of links.
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I met my wife in 1975 on a small U.S. Army installation down the road from Udorn RTAFB. She was a waitress at the NCO club. She came with me to the U.S. and busted her butt working as a waitress at Denny's and a part time job as a cocktail waitress. She sure didn't marry me for my money 'cause I was a broke Air Force three-striper! She's done a great job of learning to read, write, and speak English (at least what is reconizable as English in Texas
). She eventually started working at fitness centers on military bases and 10 years ago she attained civil service status as a recreation aide and will retire with a small pension. The ultimate sign of assimilation is that she's a Dallas Cowboy fan!!The one thing she dislikes about the culture in the U.S. is the way we tend to treat old folks, i.e., putting them in a nursing home and letting strangers take care of them. That's one of the factors leading to our decision to retire in Thailand. I withnessed first hand how her parents were taken care of in their declining years by family and friends. So although she has managed to get fairly well "westernized" we're both looking forward to returning to where it all started.
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are u folks now again going to "assist" DJ sh1tPat's record balance in answering alike that backpack-topic? pls be silent and let him anwer his stupid questions by himself. Thanks a lot. This is my one and only post rgd. this topic.
Yep, pretty lame troll!
Those who play know better.
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The missus has floated the idea of getting married in her local village next year and I'm a little concerned.
Does anyone have some advice and related experiences to tying the knot in the bush?
ie The ceremony.
Expectations of the 'Sacrificial Farang'
Time frame of the whole event.
Useful methods to avoid killing someone.
How to stay sober
Being stuck in a tiny village for too long will drive me nuts but I guess it's unavoidable.
My wife and I had a ceremony in her village outside of Korat. It was great! Folks in my wife's village love a good party (I should know--I've paid for a few
so everyone attended. I would like to direct you to some pictures of it on my website, but I had the film developed back in the U.S., and when I opened the envelope, I had pictures of some unknown family on vacation at Yellowstone. My compensation for Fox Photo losing memories for a lifetime? $4 to reimburse me for the film. My memory of the late evening festivities are fuzzy. It has something to do with the home made palm liquor I was coaxed into consuming. Since then I've stuck to Chang come party time!
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Forgive me if I am missing something....but why is a post from nearly a year ago for a site that cannot be accessed attracting so much interest today????
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Because someone revived the thread and the rest of us didn't notice the date of the original post!
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"www.nethailandexpats.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again"
Ditto.
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Very nice! I really like the way that stairway came out--well done!
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Ladies & Gents
Many thanks for all your useful advice. All will be taken on board.
A special thank you to Dave Clary. The cheque is in the post!
Roger
You're welcome! (I would have settled for a sleeve of ProV1s)
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The A380 is THE replacement for the old Boeing 747 . Boeing knows they were too late for a own replacement because Airbus was allready picking in the orders . That is why Boeing changed their stratigy on a faster plain rather then a bigger . The faster plain ( Dreamliner ) will certainly have it's public but a ticket on this one will be more expensive then the ones for a A380 . The A380 will be the long range machine for the normal ( not rich ) people who just want to get there at a reasonable price , the Dreamliner will be the one for the richer people for a faster connection . Remember that the 747 is allready at least 25 years on the market and the A380 will cut the maintance and fuel cost by a huge amount over a 747 and will as a extra bring more passenger over .
Well I guess we'll have to see how it plays out. The advantage of the Dreamliner isn't that it's faster--it's that it has a longer range and can avoid hubs. Stopping enroute and refueling costs money as well. Plus with today's security, I sure don't want to stand in a line with 700 people trying to board!!
At any rate, the bottom line is that the flying public will have more choices available than they do now and that's a good thing. -
Now want to know bad side of Isaan too. Nobody talks about the hot weather there. How is the weather in summer ? I'm a bangkokian but living in Europe, dont like the heat in April in Thailand, trying to avoid not to come during this time. But last year I was in Bkk that time, and it was so hot that I could be like a grilled chicken in Bkk and Isaan has more intensive grill...;-) Dont say that you guys stay the whole day long only in AC rooms.
That's the great thing about my house--it's in the Khoa Yai foothills at 400M elevation. It doesn't have the typical Isaan weather. Now my wife's village is on the other side of Khorat and the last two times I visited were in May. After a few days of that I insisted on staying in a hotel with some cold A/c. The one I stayed in during my 1989 trip later collapsed and killed a bunch of folks!
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I've only ever played at Lanna Sports club. Mainly because it's the nearest to town by a long way and I like it there. I've played there about once a week for the last month or so. They have 29 holes, it can be a little busy even mid week cost just short of 1000 bart for 18 holes midweek, more at the weekend. They have a driving range and you can rent clubs but I don't know how much they are.
It's on the Mae Rim road only about 2 or 3 miles away from the centre of town. Your next nearest for 18 holes is Chiang Mai Green hills, I've never played there but it's in Mae Rim quite a bit further out than the Lanna.
The thing I like about Lanna is that it's like playing more than one course on the same day. We played the nine that has several holes inside the race track, and then a very wooded section for our back nine. I enjoyed it as well--just liked Lamphun more.
I have some pictures of Lanna on my site as well--work back from my earlier post!
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But the 747 isn't what Boeing is banking on. Their betting on their new plane (7E7?) which will have more range and allow for more direct flights.
Sorry, my mistake. Haven't actually heard of a new plane by Boeing so completely misinterpreted former poster.
So when will it be out?
Cheers
Commercial service in 2008
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Ladies & Gents
I shall be in Chiang Mai for a brief stay next month. I hope to make time for one round of golf. I will be staying in town, and will be using public transport, presumably a taxi. Your recomendations would be appreciated.
Roger
I played a couple courses in ChaingMai and this was my favorite:
http://davidclary.com/lamphun.htm
As far as your screen name goes, weaken your grip a bit and get that right shoulder on plane!
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Ah...federal service...you got me beat, I only got 20 years of goofing off practice from the Navy. As was mention earlier, having a hobby to keep you busy is a big help.
I have a taste of both--21 years in the Air Force and for the last five years I've been working as a civilian contractor with Army civilians!! I've got goofing off down to an artform (like posting to this forum from work)!
I'm going to be living about an hour's drive outside of Korat (near Pakchong). My avatar should be a good clue what I'll be doing with a lot of my free time!.
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Think Boeing has the right idea - faster/more fuel efficient beats bigger anyday especially when you are talking long haul flights.
Have to correct u there, the new A380 is actually more fuel efficient than the 747...also has a capacity to fly futher/farther
......Hope BKK will be able to cope since I read that Thai Air has already put in an order of 6. Mind by the time they will actually dispose of the planes (probably not before 2007), they should have had plenty of time to get the new airport ready....
Personally I am all for it. I think it will be great and hope long distance flying will get cheaper and more comfortable, because it can't get more crammed than a 747.
But the 747 isn't what Boeing is banking on. Their betting on their new plane (7E7?) which will have more range and allow for more direct flights.
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My wife is 6.5 years older than me--she was 30 and I was 24 when we married in 1975. 30th wedding anniversary next year so I guess it worked out ok!
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My wife was born in 1945 and when I first met her ('75) she harbored resentment against Japanese. She was too young for WWII memories so it must have been ingrained from family members/history. We stayed at a hotel in Pattya and she didn't want to get on an elevator because it was made by Mitsubishi!
She's over that now--quite happy with her Mazda MPV!
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In Casablanca, people reckon Bogart said, "play it again Sam", but did he?
No, the word's "Play it again Sam" were never used in Casablanca.
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Fundamentals of the Thai Language
http://www.geocities.com/funthai/
This text book for learning Thai was first published in 1957.
It is still considered the better text book for English speakers to learn how to speak, read and write Thai.
Thai | th | Thailand | language | This version of the book is in Windows Help file format and can be viewed using Windows 95 or 98. It is based on the fifth edition of the book which is no longer in print.
this is still a very useful book and the whole book can be downloaded.
I get "page not found" when I try this link................
That would never shock me--my webpage of seven years just disappeared from Geocities in a flash. And stupid me had reformatted the old hard drive where I had it backed up. Lots of digital pics lost forever.
Meanwhile back on topic. I downloaded the trial version of the Rosetta Stone program and it looks interesting.
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That's interesting considering retired military pay will be the financial basis of my stay. You said this was an extension--did you get your original visa without a Thai bank statement? And if you don't mind saying, how do you receive your retirement pay?
Dave,
I think the Chief got his first year via the O-A route, so his extension is the first time financial requirements within Thailand needed to be met.
Nice to know all's we need to do is wave our Embassy-certified retirement printouts at Immigration. Of course, the way the dollar's going, soon only flag officers will qualify.
If you're thinking about direct deposit of your retirement check into a Thai bank, I don't think DFAS (like Social Security) will allow it. But I don't know for sure, so I too would be interested in a definitive answer.
I'm currently reading two threads concerning visas--this one and a "marriage visa" thread as well. What's being said by the veteran posters in that thread is that having the cumulative amount of money in the bank is the key and seem to infer that trying to base it on income over the year is a shaky way to go. But the MasterChief's post would indicate otherwise. I don't know if it makes a difference it it's a retirement or marraige visa (I could go either way).
Jim, I was under the same impression as you that direct deposit of government checks to Thailand was no go, but it sounds like Saipan Mike has a plan!
I will be depending on four different checks (my military, the wife's civil service, and two SocSec), so I'll have to figure out something. But since retirement is still eight years out, the rules my be unrecognizeable from their current form by then. Meanwhile the in-laws are enjoying the house I already built!
Marrying A Thai Girl
in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
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I didn't pay a dowery per se, but I've sent $200-$250 to support the village relatives every month for over 29 years now. Do the math!