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It happened to me in Koh Samui while I was driving a rental car. I was hit from behind by another driver, I got out of my car to assess the damage, the other driver stayed in his car and stayed put for awhile but then darted away when I beckoned to him to get out of his car.
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Not that everything in this Gay in Thailand forum has to relate to Thailand, but the Thais are writing a new constitution as we write, so
The most sublime sentence in American literature is the First Amendment, which was written by Jefferson and his associates. Within a short time, the Supreme Court interpreted it as 'a great wall of separation of church and state.' Thailand could benefit its people by not making Buddhism a state religion in its new constitution. .
Looking back at it >200 years leater it might seem to be a short time before the Supreme Court opined that way, but the phrase "wall of separation" comes from Jeffereons's writings of 1801 but it was never codified into law and it took 77 years before the Supreme Court weighed in on the matter. The first Supreme Court ruling that made reference to it was Reynolds vs. Uninted States in 1878 which was a case where a convicted bigamist was seeking his conviction to be overturned of the basis of several arguments, including the argument that Jeffereson's concept of "separation of church and state" was one and the same as what the first ammendment said and hence it followed meant that bigamy should be allowed if one's religion permitted it. Reynolds (the bigamaist) lost the case.
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It matters not whether one finds the the actual words "separation of church and state" in the constitution or in the rulings of the supreme court, which makes the constitutional law of the land through its rulings. A concept often referred to as the "living constitution".
Most who don't agree with a supreme court ruling attac, the court for being "activist judges" making law that is not in the constitution. Thus social and religious conservative hope to someday have the court "packed" with judges that will allow prayer in schools, overturn Roe v. Wade, restrict marriage to same sex couples, rid the country of "equal opportunity" laws, allow federal funds to finance religious prostelization, rid the country of pornography and free speech that doesn't conform to Christian teachings.
Actually if the words '"separation of church and state" had appeared in the constituion it would have made a big difference, as it would have required the government to actively insulate itself against religous influences as opposed to merely requiring that "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion", as the first ammendent stipulates.
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They don't "harvest" as in read and save your emails elsewhere, they scan and deliver ads triggered by the content. POP mail may not have the ads, but it's actually less secure because it's not done through secure sockets like the web interface.
In the case of GMail, POP/SMTP traffic between your computer and thier server is SSL encrypted. It's true eough though that POP/SMTP traffic to/from most providers is unecrypted.
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Has anyone noticed how the sponsored links down the right hand side of the page containing the emails you either have sent or recieved seem to be directly related to whats in the email itself? (and not just from the subject line either, but from the body of the email) Its almost as it it were "read" by someone/something and targeted the ads
I have stopped using it for that very reason
Penkoprod
If you're worried about that, one way to sidestep the issue would be to use an email cleint such as Outlook or Thunderbird and send/receive your gmail by POP3/SMTP instead of by using gmail's web interface.
Where it could just as easily be read by the people who control the POP/SMTP servers. Gmail offers you the facility to use POP/SMTP anyway.
And yes, I do know that Gmail has POP/SMTP, that's why I suggested it as a work-around.
Perhaps I misundestood, but I thought that the concern was Gmail havesting keywords out of emails. They do do that when you use thier web interface to send/receive email but I don't think that Gmail that on emails send via POP/SMTP.
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Has anyone noticed how the sponsored links down the right hand side of the page containing the emails you either have sent or recieved seem to be directly related to whats in the email itself? (and not just from the subject line either, but from the body of the email) Its almost as it it were "read" by someone/something and targeted the ads
I have stopped using it for that very reason
Penkoprod
If you're worried about that, one way to sidestep the issue would be to use an email cleint such as Outlook or Thunderbird and send/receive your gmail by POP3/SMTP instead of by using gmail's web interface.
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no question at all what some people's agenda is in this thread ..... If Big Pharma is bad ... then I must be bad ... and I am good soooooooooo that means Big Pharma is good!When the preponderance of evidence suggests something FAR different!
Big companies should prohibted from selling therapeutic drugs. In fact, rhe development and distrubution of such drugs should strictly be the province of groups lacking a profiit motive who reside outside the United States.
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Hi all,
I am going to spend my holiday in Koh Samui in June (first time in Koh Samui). I am thinking about renting a Jeep. I would like to know whether it is safe for tourists to drive on the island. From what I have read on the Net, it seems that Koh Samui is the most dangerous place to drive in Thailand.
Thanks.
IMO the main risk with driving a jeep in Samui is not the risk of physical harm coming to you, it's financial risk. If you get into an accident with another car and the other driver is Thai, one of two things are apt to happen -- either you will be declared to be at fault and hence liable or the other driver will flee the scene and you will be left holding the bag. Though when you rent the jeep you will be told that it includes "insurance", if you rented your vehicle from a place that requires you to leave your passport as security when taking the rental, then you are likely to be in for a very unpleasant situation should your vehicle suffer damage.
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Back in the UK five years ago it was $1.25 to the pound, now its just about $2, most international currencies have performed similarly against the dollar. Who's to say the bubble wasn't in the USA, and that these corrections are that bursting.
That's true, but over the past year the Baht has gone up more than the dollar index has gone down.
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I'm cleaning things up a bit.
Pepe, more name-calling against the straight, married, heterosexual Thai men that you are potentially incorrectly blaming for spreading the disease and you'll get a holiday. Your medical points do not depend on gratuitous insults and they have been deleted along with all messages which refer to them. It might also be nice if we saw some of that "cutting edge" material you claim to be associated with in your own institution, rather than cut-n-paste from the USNIH website- perhaps in a new HIV thread in the Health subforum, where it would be more topical?
I've also removed an off-topic squabble, which I don't expect to see continue here. It would be nice if we all stayed more on topic for a little while.
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I'm honestly confused. What rule am I in danger of breaking?
Also the Owen Clinic,that I claim to be associated with, doesn't have web site that I can cut and paste some of that "cutting edge" research from.
If you do have a specific question I would be happy to try and answer it.
Good Health,
Pepe'
Your offences are two fold. First, you injected talk of personal responsibility into a thread hel_l-bent on blaming all the world's ills on capitalism in general and America in particular. Second, you are an American, and therefore ignorant and incapable of learning.
There are only three things that you need to know about HIV/AIDS:
1) AIDS was caused by Ronald Reagan.
2) It has been propagated by greedy capitalists.
3) It is all the fault of Americans.
If you think otherwise, well, that must be because you are an American and possibly a Fundamentalist Christian.
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At the south end of Chaweng, there is free WiFi at a guesthouse/restaurant named AKWA. They have good farang food and friendly staff to boot. It's directly across the street from the Seascape Beach Resort (which is next door to Poppies). There is also a weak WiFi coming from the Samui Beach Apartments, which are the apartments near the road infront of the Seascape Beach Resort and opposite of the AKWA. On Chaweng Noi, there is free WiFi in the lobby of the Impiana Resort but it doesn't reach the rooms and it's not a cheap hotel. In Lamai, there is free WiFi at a place called Lamai Wanta, which is a decent midrage beachside resort a stone's throw from central Lamai.
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Two questions:
1. is it allowed to bring in gold bars of 100 grams into thailand (the swiss made ones). Is it allowed to hand carry? Will it be detected by the scanners?
2. what is the prices for these gold bars?
Even if Thailand would allow you to import the gold, and even if you dealt with a reputable broker in Thailand, you would come out ahead financially by selling your gold bars to Kitco.com (or to a similar broker in Europe).
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Chaweng is a big, busy beach with a lot of people...
You've got to expect a bit of rubbish
yeah, sure there will be some rubbish, that is life...
But I hope there's not too much rubbish, that's not nice
Chaweng is not a dirty beach.
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Oh.. That is sad
In the pics the beach looks so lovely...
It is ###### shame when people throw their garbage to the nature
I don't like tourists that make a mess, it's just sad.
I think that an excessively bleak picture is being painted of Chaweng in this thread. Most of the resorts clean up the beach right in front of their properties and for most the length of Chaweng it's wall-to-wall resorts. I haven't gone around inspecting for litter and taking note on where there is garbage on the beach, but the only places I specifically recall seeing it is way down on the south end of the beach when the seas were rough and back from the beach in places where there are alley's or walkthoughs between resorts. Maybe I have a higher than usual tolerance for litter, and perhaps others have reason to be jaded about Chaweng, but to me Chaweng still does seem like a lovely beach and not to be much different than it is in the pictures.
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in my opinion anything american, had both of these and they are crap, the ford taurus is just an awfuld example of american engineering with sponge like brakes
and the dodge durango couldnt go anywhere off road and bounced around cos the suspension is crap!
While I have never owned either disparaged model, I do have a comment or two. I believe the Taurus sold more units world wide than any other model in "recent" history. It was intended to be a affordable "peoples car" (where have I heard that before?). It has always been plain, but that is just Ford. Not usually very flashy. I know - Found On Road Dead. At least it's not a Fiat - <deleted>*ng Italian Attempt at Transportation or Fix It All the Time....take your pick.
The Dodge Durango was never meant to "go off road."
It is an "URBAN ASSUALT VEHICLE" to be driven by soccer moms with all the kids in tow or the family dad towing the boat to the lake for a Sunday splash.As for all American cars being POS, I humbly disagree. Let us pick just ONE venerable vehicle....let's say the JEEP. You guys (well, maybe your mothers) remember them from WWII... GPW & MB's
(same vehicle, 2 different manufactures) all the way through the Jeep CJ5's, built into the 1980's when US Govt safety regs signalled their demise. These vehicles, especially the ones 40, 50 & even 60 years old are not only in high demand but are still in service WORLDWIDE more than half a century (that's 50 or more years for those of you in the UK & EU). Talking about worst cars...If I were you I wouldn't mention Renaults, Lancias, Triumphs, et al. Every continent has a mark that is embarasing from time to time. Feel free to bash the Vega ad nausium.
That's our opinion, we welcome yours...
Climbing down off soap box....
yes get down off that soapbox! you cant seriously believe that american vehicles are better? and how can you even compare a Jeep with real 4WD vehicles like the land rover?
At least the in US, Land Rovers are much more expensive than Jeeps too. Pricewise, that comparision is about like comparing a BMW 5-series to a Honda Accord.
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"If a safe at call bank account is going to pay you 6% without any risk and a 10 year Government bond was paying 6% without any risk I would definitely take the 6% account at call. "
You completely ignored the tax implication. Nice. In the US the interest/dividend of a US security is free from Federal income tax. In other words, you're willing to sacrifice a huge portion of your income. I'm not sure that I want you as my tax advisor. Another point to ponder, or ignore, is the threshold of investment insurance depends upon if you use a "bank" or the "government".
Only municipal bonds are free from US Federal Income Tax, on Treasury Bonds and commercial bonds you'll need to pay tax on any interest paid.
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The bin Laden family had approximately US$2 million invested with the Carlyle Group. That scarcely made them "major investors" in the Caryle Group, nor did that $2 million constitutute a significant percentage of the bin Laden families assests. While the roll call of world leaders who has been associated with the Carlyle Group may in itself be an indication of "cronyism", the evidence of wrongdoing against them amounts to nothing more than Michael Moore styled innuendo.
I'm sure you fully support the war in Iraq, and are certain that Saddam Hussein himself personlly picked the 9-11 hijackers!
The Carlyle Group is comprised of highly influential politicians and those at the levers of power. Smoe are seemingly clean, and others are convicted dirtbgs. Several Carlyle members have ties to BCCI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Credi...e_International
George HW Bush, for example. He laundered the money from arm sales to Iran through BCCI, in order to fund the Contras. You have heard of the Iran-Contra affair? If you need a refresher, Bush Co sold weapons to the Iranian Mullahs to give to the Contras, in order to fight the Sandanistas. The Contras were/are are right wing paramilitary gruop that, among other things, killed priests and nuns, and generally engaged in death squads and terrorism. Nice guys. (Salem bin Laden played a role in the Iran-Contra affair)
This is NOT 'Michael Moore style innuendo" it is a matter of public record.
Of course, you may very well think that Ollie North was a great American hero, and/or the Iran-Contra affair never existed. Perhaps you believe that conspiracies are merely the realm of wakos. (in which case I'd like to refer you to the cases of Julius Caesar and Pearl Harbor) http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/SH.html
What you wrote is a prime example of inneundo. You bring up Iran Contra, which happened under Reagan, link that scandal with BCCI, which had nothing to do with the Caryle Group but is possible to link with George HW Bush since he was Reagan's VP, and you can link GHW Bush to the Caryle group since he worked for them later, and just for good measure you throw in the personal slur against me that I must believe that Saddam personally picked the 911 hijackers and that I must consider Ollie North to be a hero. I'm surprised that you didn't also bring up Walmart, Halliburton, Global Warming and accuse me of being in favor of tax cuts for the rich and clubbing baby seals. Your line of reasoning is interesting and definitely establishes wrongdoing on the part of Carlyle Group in the past, and since George HW Bush visted Thailand not long ago, it also makes clear that the Carlyle Group must be plotting the ouster of the Thai coup leaders.
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Most posters barely seem to know what an investing institution does.Incidentally for the record I don't think Carlyle has any investments in Thailand.
Carlyle is heavily invested in Tamasek , remember those guys.
Ther Carlyle Group is not your ordinary private equity firm and it is not open to just "any" investor and, according to its website, has "more than 1,000 investors" which is not all that many people. It is an investment vehicle of choice for many of the most well connected and wealthiest people on the planet and has a rather large number of very high ranking recently retired government officials who would have insider knowledge of industries that depend upon government contracts and government permits, and it does invest in those industries. Although it also invests in very mainstream opportunities, it is well deserving of its rather nefarious and controversial reputation. One can ague that the Carlyle Group is the apex of international crony capitalism.
Absolute nonsense and surprisingly so given the source.Almost every contention made on the Carlyle Group is plain wrong.One almost despairs when muddleheadedness and ignorance of this sort persists.
Apart from a few muddleheaded ignoramuses with left leaning tendencies like myself, the Carlyle Group was able to exist under the radar screen until 9/11 when the Bin Laden family was noted as major investors. After 9/11 and the ensuing increased scrutiny, it began to clean up the window dressing (the Bin Ladens sold their shares in October of 2001) it used to display itself to the general public. But here are some links to other muddleheaded minions beginning with the muddleheaded entry of Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlyle_Group (it notes that Thasin was indeed a board member until he took office in 2001)
http://www.hereinreality.com/carlyle.html
Or just enter "Carlyle Group" into Google for an almost endless list of likeminded muddleheaded websites and articles. I stand by my original contention that it is fairly easy to argue that the Carlyle Group is indeed "the apex of international crony capitalism."
The bin Laden family had approximately US$2 million invested with the Carlyle Group. That scarcely made them "major investors" in the Caryle Group, nor did that $2 million constitutute a significant percentage of the bin Laden families assests. While the roll call of world leaders who has been associated with the Carlyle Group may in itself be an indication of "cronyism", the evidence of wrongdoing against them amounts to nothing more than Michael Moore styled innuendo.
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Bullys is a pretty decent bar
Generally I go there for a whitefish sandwich and a Guiness, though sometimes to see the Red Sox win or to pray the Yankees lose.
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I won't drink the non imports due to massive formaldehyde put in beers here.
If a list of top 10 myths in Thailand were made, surely this would be on it. But I thought this one was dispelled as false a few decades ago.? I had actually at one time seen a fairly long story on this on how the myth began and perpetuated. This ranks up there with the photo of the 20 servicemen holding up the giant "mekong" fish.
Singha's a good, cheap, everyday beer. Never gotton a headache from it, unlike Chang which seems to cause a headache after only a couple of beers. In the "cost is no object category", the best ones I've had in Thailand were ones called "Stone India Pale Ale" and "Rogue Russian Imperial Stout" at a place called Billy's Pub on Sukumvit Road in Bangkok near the JW Marriot. Those beers were in 12 ounce bottles and are imported from a country that isn't normally thought of as being a country that has good beer, but the proprietor at Billy's also is one of the rare bartenders in Thailand who knows how to properly pour a pint of Guiness from tap.
You mean Bullys pub dont you there dude?
Yes, your are correct, it is "Bully's" and not "Billy's". It a big pub/poolhall run by a guy from Houston.
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Anyone know if you can get Leinenkugels there?
Craft beers in general are a dicey thing to buy in Thailand. Typically they sit in inventory for a long time and often aren't stored properly, so when you buy them there's a better than fair chance that you'll end up spending a lot of money for skunked beer. The high alcohol content and highly hopped beers seem to survive better, but it's still hit or miss. Even if someone is importing Leinenkugels into Thailand, don't be suprise if it doesn't taste the same as in Chippewa Falls.
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I won't drink the non imports due to massive formaldehyde put in beers here.
If a list of top 10 myths in Thailand were made, surely this would be on it. But I thought this one was dispelled as false a few decades ago.? I had actually at one time seen a fairly long story on this on how the myth began and perpetuated. This ranks up there with the photo of the 20 servicemen holding up the giant "mekong" fish.
Singha's a good, cheap, everyday beer. Never gotton a headache from it, unlike Chang which seems to cause a headache after only a couple of beers. In the "cost is no object category", the best ones I've had in Thailand were ones called "Stone India Pale Ale" and "Rogue Russian Imperial Stout" at a place called Billy's Pub on Sukumvit Road in Bangkok near the JW Marriot. Those beers were in 12 ounce bottles and are imported from a country that isn't normally thought of as being a country that has good beer, but the proprietor at Billy's also is one of the rare bartenders in Thailand who knows how to properly pour a pint of Guiness from tap.
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big difference between hitting another farang and getting into it with a thai. i hope you knew that by now. maybe you outta get out of thailand if you cant figure out why.
i am not worried about legal problems. i will just say he pulled a knife on me, it aint like he has any witness.
i dont mind him talking to her, however when i say "alright, now piss off" and he says "no", he is asking to be laid out. i probably shouldnt have gotten ontop of him, but i am like a bull when i get into it. i guess i could kick him a few thousand baht if he had to go to the hospital, but i am afraid to contact him if he is mafia like she said.
Sure, that will work, a lot of pensioners pull knives on people in a 711. Definitely the police will take your word over his. And if they don't, then definititley if you're tough enough to assault an old man you're tough enough to avoid being sodomized in a Thai prision.
no question at all what some people's agenda is in this thread ..... If Big Pharma is bad ... then I must be bad ... and I am good soooooooooo that means Big Pharma is good!
(same vehicle, 2 different manufactures) all the way through the Jeep CJ5's, built into the 1980's when US Govt safety regs signalled their demise. These vehicles, especially the ones 40, 50 & even 60 years old are not only in high demand but are still in service WORLDWIDE more than half a century (that's 50 or more years for those of you in the UK & EU).
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However Outlook 2003 on Mojopac works as well with an Exchange server as it does with a POP3 server. The problem what a corporate user would be likly to have is not related to exchange per se, it's that they might not be able to access their company's email server without running a VPN. At present, Mojopac (and the Portable Thunderbird, for that matter) can connect though a VPN connection only if the VPN client is installed and running on the host computer, with neither Mojopac nor with any "Portable Application" that I've found can you install a VPN client onto a USB stick and start the VPN connection from there.
In any case, running Mojopac and various Portable Apps is not mutually exclusive, you can have them both installed on the same removable USB drive. The beauty of the Portable Apps is that they do not require the use of the Windows registry and can be install simply by copying the applications into a directory on the USB drive. The beauty of Mojopac is that it intercepts calls to the registry and caches the registry to the USB drive so that you can install a wide range of standard applications onto your USB drive without the requiring you to obtain special versions of those applications that can run without accessing the registry. The downsides that I've found with Mojopac are that it can be slow to start up and that it won't work if you don't have adminstrator priveledges on the host machine (which it s significant limitation if you plan to use it in cybercafes).