Dickie_Doo

Presumably there is some kind of payment for such Photo Journalism, let alone this risky kind.

'The Sun' is a wealthy media institution owned by NewsCorp

I trust that the poster floating the idea is not suggesting we donate the shots to him free of charge.

Yep, that would be a fail safe way if they already had a complete sex change

'hadn't' you mean.

Forget adam's apple, timbre of voice, size of feet, mannerisms etc.

I have found only one sure-fire way to tell.

The palm of the hand of a genetic male is roughly square shaped. A genetic female's palm is narrower making a rectangle.

There is a slightly different way than that I think.Believe it or not, Doctors think it's all to do with the amount of testostrone that people recieve while in the womb.This causes a difference in the length of the index and 3rd finger in males.In females, these two fingers are about the same length.

The bestest way of all to check if katoey or not - if pre-op, is the presence of meat and two veg. The briefest of examinations should determine this.

I kind of like boys who look like girls who look like boys, but at the end of the night, they need to be boys. She understood and promised to find me a young man-man.

What if it was a girl who looked like a boy who looked like a girl,

...and who was also transgendered.

The_Gentleman_Scamp

All you have to do is phone down to Room Service and they will replenish your minibar.

Alternatively: if you're staying with pals, there is usually some vino on the premises. A quick gulp or two is not going to be missed by them.

The furniture floor in MBK has a very wide selection.

Also I like the Index store on Phahonyothin, halfway between Major Ratchayothin and Central Ladprao.

Hope this helps.

He's a nice guy- I met him at the Ploenchit Fair last year.

Distinctive looking and instantly recognisable to any Thais - who have a television set.

The Prime Minister currently has a THB 500 m libel suit against someone who was far less trenchant in his observations !

'Mein Scampf' , was a book written by Adolph Hitler, prior to becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933.

He had been an unemployed house painter before making a radical career and lifestyle move in his forties to become the world's most notorious Dictator, tyrant and war monger.

...so there's hope for all us underachievers in middle age.

A man lies dead. From a newspaper many of us are familiar with....and all you lot can natter on about is whether Pattaya has ugly girls or not.

This reaction merely underlines the low calibre of westerner who chooses to affiliate themselves with Pattaya.

Honestly? No chance. I am sorry.

She's not going to flight school in the States, at which point she will fling off her Hello Kitty hat to reveal a long luxuriant Moslem beard.

And I mean prove. Not just a preponderance of the evidence. Not just beyond a reasonable doubt. The interviewer has got to be 100% certain she'll be coming back

What do you suggest for this 'proof', a large elastic band attached to her, just long enough to stretch to the shores of the USA, at which point she will come twanging back?

No disrespect to FXM but I think his post is more his frustration from his own experience rather than an objective analysis of Ice Mother's status.

Some people just have too much money to blow or not enough "problems" in their life

Just in case anyone was wondering why Butterfly's former career as a Sociologist and Clinical Psychotherapist was so brief.

Its certainly a swindle.

But I don't think they are trying to con people who don't want the Gala Dinner.

They just dont want you to stay at that time, not when they can let the room to someone who will pay and binge.

So, looking at it that way, its less of a swindle.

(Just get revenge by not staying there any other time.)

After the tsunami, someone wrote to the Bangkok Post, expressing the thought that perhaps it would result in tourists being given incentives in the form of cheaper rooms.

As the corollary though, expect to be nailed when the going is good.

Its just a business and a ruthless one. Tourists should not feel sentimental

I can tell you precisely what has happened here.

HSBC has routed the money via HSBC Bangkok, who in turn has sent it to SCB.

HSBC UK and HSBC Thailand are discrete entities ('Worlds's Bank is just a marketing puff)

HSBC Thailand make an extra charge over-and-above the charge that appears on your HSBC UK remittance. Their charge is undisclosed, you will only be able to determine it from the money that evertually arrives.

When I bought my flat in Thailand, I found HSBC Thailand had pocketed THB 20,000 - quietly and without telling me before passing the money to Bangkok Bank. (In excess of the US$100 fee from the HSBC overseas)

I went ballistic and got a refund.

NEVER use HSBC for offshore remittances.

I also recommend you do not open an account with HSBC Thailand as they charge 0.5% of any money deposited.

They arew a fee-machine.

My wife fell from a bus while alighting and really hurt herself.

The state of the bus driving here is lousy.

The mentalist drivers don't stop to let people on or off, the wheels are always rolling.

"Well, this is Thailand, Thai people get used to it", rationalises my wife.

But it doesn't have to be this way. It doesn't. It can be so much better.

...then you step off the bus onto the pavement and get hit by a motorbike.

Report to Soi Suanplu immigration office for a further 3 month stamp.

Thank you- much obliged !

I am filling in the VAF 1 form for my Thai wife.

Question askes 'Visitor' or 'Family Visitor'?

Well, my family is there.

I'm her family and she's going with me.

So is she therefore a 'Family Visitor'?

The large man who called at the house before and after his murder is probably a `red herring`........either to divert attention away from the murderers or merely a coincidence.

If you've just done a 'wet job' you're hardly likely to go to the house of the person you've just topped.

Know wot I mean guv.

GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual)

In my local Jewish deli, a 'GLBT' is a

'Grand Lettuce, Bacon and Tomato'

It is a sandwich, ....or more precisely, a bagel.

Excuse me, but that is not my quote.

/Edit RDN: Sorted.

If only there was a guidebook to the Thai Stock Exchange for amateur investors...

It all seems so very complicated, but I am sure it is not so difficult with a little information.

Correct me if I am wrong, but were all the transfers not for 30 days which would mean they all just got back recently ! !

Lets hope so and with the extra Bobbies back on the beat - the villains will be apprehended promptly.

Had these officers been on duty instead of assigned elsewhere, the affray may have been prevented.

Too much here points at collusion with, or involvement of, the "public protectors"

I don't agree. The Royal Thai Police has already virtually solved the case.

To wit: clues as to his association with gamblers, undesirables and fallen women.