maxpower

Go to China Town Bangkok and you will find lots of shops selling food processing equipment. I got a meat/bone grinder there last year for making food for the dogs. Forget Pattaya, its expensive and has little choice. Just about anything you buy in Pattaya can be found a lot cheaper in Bangkok <snip>

Thais will never learn from the past !

On May 10 1993 the worst factory fire in history took place at the Kader Industrial toy factory on the outskirts of the Thai capital of Bangkok. Officially 188 workers, most of them young women from impoverished rural families, died in the blaze. Another 469 were injured; many seriously and permanently, after they were forced to leap from second, third and fourth floors of the buildings to avoid being burnt to death.

The ASTV direct stream is

mms://broadcast.manager.co.th/toc

You can paste this into IE to call media player or best to type it into windows media player direct at the open URL window.

Good luck cos its a busy stream

PAD are holding the ace card

Send in the police and we will cause enough damage to keep this Airport closed for weeks.

500 Baht LOL, Ill stick to the 170 kph

Has anyone thought what date it is

With so many ageing cells around it might take some time.

This thread delivers LOL.

DO THAIS IN HIGH PLACES EVER READ THESE POSTS?

If they do, then even more reason to tighten the rules. There’s no finer place than here to see what low end visitors are up to.

The Royal Thai Consulate in Penang is expected to impose stricter rules regarding the issuing of Tourist Visas

The Super Spiral was installed and in service for some 20 years, he said,

adding that the Siam Park bought it from a company in Canada.

Mr. Wuthichai said he believed that the Super Spiral was up to standard and has a 30 year life..........

Ah yes, shift the blame to the manufacturer...............

A 30 year life span does not mean "maintenance free".

With any structure, it needs regular inspection and repaired where necessary??

Mind you, the dangers are not limited to Thailand.

http://www.article2.net/law/amusement-park...r-vacation.html

Correct.

Water slides are often manufactured in short sections bolted together on site. Routine inspection of the flume joints, material and supports is very important.

Lots of leaking joints on a waterslide is one indication that owners are not following the routine maintenance program correctly.

Some are only 50 yards apart.

We have a 7 in a busy area of Pattaya, our nearest 7 is only about 100M away. The company looks carefully at the area before approval and they seem to get it right because even with another 7 close by we quite often get a que all around the store. Also dont forget people also use 7 to pay bills, you can even pay for a CPAC concrete order in 7.

Great move.. just after I get namecards printed... not to mention telling the hundreds of people.. couldn't they figure out a diff system whereby only new numbers were 10 digit, or is that far too intelligent?

Adding the 08 allows for future expansion using the first 2 digits. You cannot allow existing 9 digit numbers to continue because eventually new numbers will collide with old. This is why initially all existing numbers are merged into the 08 prefix.

Existing 9 digit # 071234567

A future 10 digit # 0712345678

Something I've never understood - if its necessary to dial "0" at the beginning of EVERY number, then what function does it serve? Why not just get rid of it? One less digit to dial.

Graham

Your emergency service number is 911 for example.

The mobile number 0911234567 would call emergency service if you dropped the zero.

My negatives

1. My house getting robbed 4 times in 3 years.

2. My mobile phones seem to grow legs and walk off.

3. UBC goes off when it rains

4. The mosquitoes

5. The humidity

6. Lying cheating Thai girls

7. Weekend traffic and pollution

8. Big holes and bumps in roads

9. Crazy drivers

When I think of the UK all of the above just melts away.

Who in their wildest dreams would want to take anyone to the UK these days ?

Its bad enough trying to keep the sneaky little bastards in check here. 4 years and hundreds of Thai girls I'm am still looking for miss right.

No Data base is held on individuals regarding CCJ's (County Court Judgements)

Yes it is does come under the data protection act but as you and I know it is available to those that need it. The data protection act stops data being abused and falling into the wrong hands.

FACT: October 2002 - Offshore worker known to me was stopped and questioned at Heathrow Airport over accusations of fraud and deception during marriage break up. Admittedly this guy has a shady past, but when later interviewed by us we were amazed at the information police had presented to this guy.

BTW I did not say there was information stored that specifically related CCJ,s and travel info. What I am saying is this - if travel name = x and passport number = y and info stored = z then stop and question this guy.

Scope of Data Protection act can be found here

http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk/

Beware ! airport tracking systems now have fast access to huge databases and often use data supplied from ticket bookings. Example, your booking in Thai can be picked up and checked by UK authorities before you even step on the plane. This was put in place to help track the movements of terrorists but these very powerful systems are also being used to quickly check for anyone with fraud or CCJ warrants.

You have to be very careful these days, IT systems are all talking to each other.

People usually get the surprise when trying to sneak back into the UK or do business at the Embassy.

Thanks for your replies. These and those posted at another board have helped me persuade my brother not send more money. He returns to Thai in a few weeks and hopefully this will help him decide where the future goes.

His girlfriend is not an ex bar girl. He met her in the north while on a few days walk about trip. I think the money sent gets distributed amongst the family. I get the feeling this is doing them no good at all as before my brother came on the scene they were managing quite well working the land.

Do any of you guys send money to a Thai girlfriend to help support her. If so how much do you send each week/month.

I took my brother to Thai at Christmas, he met a girl fell in love and now sends her $200 US each month. She lives with here famiy in a small village.

I have given girls money before leaving but never sent on a regualr basis. Personally I think $200 is too much.