sibeymai

I'd suggest Phayathai Babies' Home in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi. They care for orphans, some of whom have HIV through no fault of their own. Great place to visit as well. Never seen kids so happy despite their circumstance. You can visit their website here http://www.phayathaibabieshome.com

and does a 30-40% smaller sensor automatically mean reduced quality or are more receptors crammed into the smaller sensor to compensate for the smaller size ?

Thanks for the link. I think I understand now.

Thanks Vulcan. I think the e-510 is 4/3, not micro 4/3. Correct ?

Been looking for napisan as well to whiten my white shirts. Never seen it in Thailand. Anyone know a local substitute ?

I will fit a DD cup.....

Now Boo, that's just too much information.

most of those green rattle-traps are unfit for being on the road. In most cases, from looking at their general condition, without even looking at their mechanical condition, the upgrade cost would be more than the value of the vehicle. No wonder owners don't want to upgrade them. They should all be scrapped.

I use SCB to transfer to Australia and it's in the account within 3 hours provided I do the transfer before midday. Can't fault the service. Costs 450 baht.

Have an Olympus e-510 using the 4/3 system. It's simplicity to use but to this day I don't understand what 4/3 means relative to "full frame" DSLRs. Pictures look ok for a 10 megapixel camera but I'm disappointed with the lenses supplied. Seems I get better sharpness from my pocket Casio at 3.2 megapixels.

TAT could always rebrand Thailand as an adventure holiday destination.

Just a plan to make sure the girls are free to attend the Red Shirt's Big Day Out this coming Songkran. After all, last year's was a cracker.

the thought had crossed my mind.

With the number of soi dogs around it becomes difficult to walk a bitch when she is in heat. Such is the extent of the problem that a specific product has been developed to mask her odour to other dogs. Anybody know where it can be bought in BKK ? Or suggest a comprehensive pet shop or veterinarian I might try ?

Thanks.

The fare was agreed. End of story. Passenger initiated the dispute. The driver should have an alternative way of settling fare disputes. Why not simply hand the passenger a ticket with the agreed fare written on it at the start ? Few tourists would bother to argue with something in writing.

TAT, next problem please.

Four way stops in Thailand...hahaha. There'd have to be a Benz or BMW at one of the stops so the other drivers would know who gets to go first.

My theory about the rain: it makes people's brains go soggy and they forget how to drive.

31 people caught at Swampy in 2009 out of how many millions traveling ? Not a model of effectiveness.

33% of drivers stopped could not produce a driver's license. Are we to assume then that 30% of drivers are unlicensed ? Would explain a lot given the apparently low standard of those who bother to obtain a license.

All good information, thanks.

I found my most rcent poblem was solved by copying the files from the external USB HDD (Seagate 750mb) to the internal SATA drive after which Nero burned the files successfully. Seems like in this case the problem was a data transfer rate issue. But not always so easy to fix.

I currently use Princo DVDs but have had similar problems with TDK and Sony. I agree that burning at 8x is better than letting the software burn at maximum, but don't know if it has any effect on longevity.

And CDs were promoted as indestructible when they were first introduced. Compared to vinyl I supposed they seemed so.

lothda, how to polish the surface of a disc and how successful is it in recovering a damaged disk ?

Worst pizza I ever had was in Milan, followed closely by any place promoting itself as "authentic Italian".

The best pizzas are home made.

Pizza Hut, Pizza Company are ok after a few beers.

30 baht delivery. Guess the motorcycle guy doesn't get a tip any more, unless it's raining.

Is it just me or is CD/DVD technology one of the biggest scams perpetrated in history ?

First came CDs. The music industry touted them as virtually indestructible. Yet the number of times I've had to replace damaged CDs is contributing nicely to record industry profits and artist's royalties. And at the prices charged I'm not particularly careless with them.

Then came VCDs/DVDs. I regularly find discs won't play on multiple devices: PCs and disc players.

Then there's software: Windows Movie Maker, Nero, in fact, any number regularly fail when trying to burn individual files or whole images. Possible 1 in 10 attempts is successful, if that. If I can copy 4gb of image files from one disk to another why can't I write them to a DVD as individual files or as a disk image ? There's nothing wrong with the files.

So what is wrong here ? Is it just me who has these problems (hard to believe) or is the whole CD/DVD technology, from the media itself to the hardware and software hopelessly inadequate for the task.

Ideas, opinions anyone ?

Nobody stopped to help me after a highway accident. Lots of Thais standing around gawking and stealing what they could get their hands on from in the car, but nobody helping.

Well, if that's how the locals play it, there should be no further example needed.

At least they'll both have a great travel story to tell when they eventually get back home.

Can see King Power pushing this to the limit of the law after all the bad press they had recently.

Custodial sentences in Thailand the likely outcome notwithstanding the girl's age.

If she's got her head screwed on after her gaol time she'll write a book, sell the movie rights and walk away a rich young woman.

Anyone seen the movie 2012 ?

I suspect the Chinese will be taking a lot of interest in this given that they are 1. cashed up, and 2. need oil. The current economic problem in the world are nothing but opportunity for countries like China.

Dear Sibey,

China's daily crude consumption exceeds 6 million barrels. Dubai is pumping approximately 160,000 barrels daily equivalent to 45 minutes of chinese demand. therefore ah sez... "China case closed".

next!

Dear Naam,

Dubai is simply the lever by which China can invest in the Middle East and access more than Dubai's oil. Of course they can do that now on the open market, but by having a greater stake in the Middle East they can do it on more favourable terms and access more of the Middle East's wealth. It's called "strategy".

I suspect the Chinese will be taking a lot of interest in this given that they are 1. cashed up, and 2. need oil. The current economic problem in the world are nothing but opportunity for countries like China.

If it wasn't for the fact that Thai's inflight service is reasonably good they wouldn't be able to fill their planes given that the hardware is quite old by the standards of their direct competitors.