moonoi

For worst....

how about Watneys Red Barrel? (if anyone remembers that)

only because of the qualifying statement at the end

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Able to speak English or Thai (able to communicate)

Know what you mean, but consider that some potential candidates might not be able to communicate in either language. English is the "lingua franca" of tourists.

hmm yes ic what your getting at

Doesn't say have to be master of thai language...just be able to communicate

So you think the "or" means "and" ?

(Seriously . Would not be a first.)

only because of the qualifying statement at the end

Able to speak English or Thai (able to communicate)

looks interesting.

except i havnt master thai language.

Doesn't say have to be master of thai language...just be able to communicate

mind u sometimes I can't do that!

If thats genuine I'd be up for that. Sounds interesting.

Can u PM me the hidden details?

Cheers

mn

Why do I get the idea that Luckydog is a Troll ?

Coz it takes one to know one?

:lol:

For me I like the French too btw, (the above comment was tongue in cheek) French politics being even more interesting than British. Had I been able to vote in there election I would also have cast my vote for Sarkozy.....actually wouldn't mind having him as a Britsh Prime Minister

You are obviosly a tory and should have been in the Muppetts too, since when has uk and france seen eye to eye?

Really? You'll find that the UK and France have seen eye to eye on a great many issues. Its a love hate relationship

I'd be interested to know what makes you think I'm a tory but then anyone who voted for new labour in 1997 was voting for the tory party So that makes all labour voters closet tories

As I said before look at the policies of the early years and you'll they aren't the policies of a labour party....it was very shrewd move (which upset the left of the labout party)...leaving the conservative party no where to go, taking them 10 years to find themselves a half decent leader and get back on there feet as an effective opposition.

I love politics and have been in the past a fully paid up member of a political party ...

A politician?,..great!, and when did you forget to make valid points without been rude and ordinary?

Being a member of a political party doesn't make you a politician. I'm certainly not one of those, and never want to be.

Its far easier to be rude and ordinary like John Prescott

Could never stand the inane grinning idiot and his love for PR/Spin

common people can easily talk like that of young people who lead this world.....don't think that a inane grinning idiot can be PM of Great Britain for 10 years.....

Well, I suppose that would depend on the electorate wouldn't it?

Given that a significant portion of the voting public in the Uk have all the intellectual acuity of a snuffling hedgehog it's hardly surprising the posturing lawyer lasted as long as he did.

Are you second generation?

Not really, only one of my parents is a foreigner to Englands fair and pleasant land.

One of the problems with the voting public is apathy towards politics. They don't believe there vote will make a differance, so don't vote or vote for whoever there parents tell them or the same guy thats in now as "nothing will change". However I would say that the past local elections maybe a turning point and hopefully the voting public will take more interest in politics and there government. One can only hope and pray that the end to voter apathy in the UK is coming

Thats because I can choose whether I want to be British or some other nationality.....for this thread I'll be British...but it another...who knows

Thats what I like of pomms...nobody beat them!

Unlike the cheese eating surrender Monkeys......

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Actually , while not a Blair fan , he did do rather when one considers you are

probably typical of his electorate.

Sadly I would have to disagree with you, if I were typical of the british electorate then he wouldn't have won a second term in office.

I love politics and have been in the past a fully paid up member of a political party (not the BNP btw). Much of Blairs/Browns early success came from continuing the conservative policies of the previous government. In the second term of this government you start to see the real labour party.

For me I like the French too btw, (the above comment was tongue in cheek) French politics being even more interesting than British. Had I been able to vote in there election I would also have cast my vote for Sarkozy.....actually wouldn't mind having him as a Britsh Prime Minister

Could never stand the inane grinning idiot and his love for PR/Spin

common people can easily talk like that of young people who lead this world.....don't think that a inane grinning idiot can be PM of Great Britain for 10 years.....

unfortunately history tells us otherwise

As others have said the guy was a master of PR and salesmanship, and was able to pull the wool over the eyes of the "common people" long enough to stay in power for 10 years....the reason he is going now is because he knows its best if the Labour party spend the next 2 years before the general election burying his history and forging an "All New Labour Party" under Golden Brown.

Thats because I can choose whether I want to be British or some other nationality.....for this thread I'll be British...but it another...who knows

Thats what I like of pomms...nobody beat them!

Unlike the cheese eating surrender Monkeys......

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although i havent been home for a year now, and a little out of touch with polotics at home

A little out of touch with everything methinks.....the recent local elections were hardly a glowing endorsement of his 10 years as prime minister were they? Could never stand the inane grinning idiot and his love for PR/Spin

Actually I don't agree with any of that statement. and I'm British

I thought that you were from Everywhere and nowhere...

Thats because I can choose whether I want to be British or some other nationality.....for this thread I'll be British...but it another...who knows

Agree or disagree with his political decisions, nobody can deny that Blair has been all class and a good reflection of what Britain is today

Actually I don't agree with any of that statement. and I'm British

Class and a good reflection of what Britian is today.....my arse!!!!

Still would prefer him to stay on rather than hand other to that Scottish person.....

Whats this have to do with Thailand exactly btw?

actually , its burglarizing !

I think its actually "burgling" - at least in the UK.

There is certainly a lot of it too. My sister's house in Stockport has been burgled five times, despite burglar alarms and internal door locks being fitted.

G

My parents live in Stockport and in over 30 years the house has never been broken into. So it goes to show that you just can't generalise about any place in any country.....someone will always have had the opposite experience.

On the other hand I did have my motocycle stolen on the one occasion I left it out front of the house without locking it for more than an hour. Knew the kids that nicked it though and delivered them my own justice (knowing the cops wouldn't do a thing )

In Thailand the houses in my GFs' village in Bangkok (nr Ramintra km5) are constantly being burgled if left unattended for several nights at a time....they even come and steal the manhole covers from the roads leaving huge holes for you to drive your car into...mad.

I'm not old enough to remember really but me dad had a maxi!

White with brown vynyl seats and roof

mmmmmmmm! tasty motor

Now you are talking, it had seats that converted to a bed ! superb ! could get some kip whilst waiting for the AA ,,lol

I'm sure I've seen a Maxi driving around BKK too......maybe its the same guy who owns the allegro

Do you remember the ad for the last series, the ambassador, a clown came on and walked around the car pointing at the the extras, one was " power window " i found out later he said that with knowledge as only one ever worked ! looking back some of them cars make me laugh, but part of growing up/old i guess, lol

Yep our neighbour had one.....enjoyed telling us that it was better than our Princess (my dad knew it was crap, but it was cheap and big) at least they improved the visibility by putting windows in the rear pillars.

An Austin All-Agro, nice motors!!!

I liked the square steering wheel !. it was living proof that guigerio ( or whaever his name was ) was definatly abusing a substance, that ( the allegro ) and the austin princess !,.. what gems from the british ex empire indeed ./

My dad had a BL Princess 2200 Special Six when I was a kid. Used to love that car (mainly coz of the noise from the inline 6 ) cost him 600 quid at an auction....was actually a bag of <deleted> and spent more time in the garage than on the road had a cool sunroof though that opened over the back seats so as a kid you could stand on the seat with your head out the roof!

I remember a while back there was a topic on the worst car you've ever owned.

Now I never owned one (but had a friend whos' parents did), but imagine my suprise to see this quality motor in a Bangkok car park......

rather appropiate that the bonnet (hood for our american cousins) is up innit

and later on I saw this monstrosity of a modified motor

what on earth was the person who owns that thinking? "Oh yeah and I'd like a huge mercedes badge in the centre of the spoiler to remind people what I'm driving".....ergh

(sorry for the poor quality....my cameraphone isn't that great )

Anyone else spotted some modified horrors or cars on the road that should have died long ago? Come on lets see them

Every landing is no more than a controlled crash anyway

You were all missing my point. I'm not after 300 BHP, there can be uses for that, the issue I have is with SUV's with all that power. It's like driving a tractor with 300 BHP, what's the point?

Actually tractors do come with that much power...and more as standard.....500 Bhp anyone?

So whats wrong with Nuclear power then? Perfectly safe and better for the environment than coal/fuel/gas powered plants. Wind Farms are an eyesore (and not sure they could be used in Thailand anyway). Perhaps I'm biased though...worked at BNFL Engineering and Sellafield in the past and theres nothing wrong with me at all!

I should also add Greenpeace are a bunch of militant scaremongering environmentalists that shouldn't be trusted anyway ......and they probably smell!

I got a credit card from SCB and one from Citibank no problem at all. I do have a work permit and earn just over the min requirements for a foreigner based in Thailand.

Have to say though that the credit limit from SCB is almost useless...its less than half my monthly salary!!!!! Citibanks is pretty good though with almost 4x my monthly salary.

KasiKorn and Bangkok bank weren't interested at all. BBK wanted a deposit in a savings account equivalent to the credit limit......even though I pointed out that in that case it wasn't really credit and kind of defeats the object of having a cc. Kasikorn wanted me to have held a bank account with them for 2 years before applying...so didn't bother.

Also it seems that once you have one credit card its easier to get other credit cards or loans.

Its hardly many european countries is it?

Its just one....which isn't even a member of the EU. Bit of an over reaction by the OP methinks!

Why would anyone in Nigeria buy a Mac from Thailand? I bet they told you to send it by the most expensive delivery method because they need it urgently...money no problem?

Yes it most likely is a fraud