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Haven't seen it very deep yet (arrived during rainy season this year), but give it time, and I'm sure I'll be grateful for my knee-high rubber boots and possibly cursing the "office pair" I ordered online that claimed to be knee-high and turned out only to be mid-calf.  A Bangkok resident I know back in the U.S. assured me that "in the area where you will live, it is not so bad.  The floods only get about this deep: *holds hands 12-15 inches apart*"

To actually reply on-topic: yes, the festival can be observed in Chinatown (since it's a Chinese festival, this makes sense).  OP, what is inaccessible to you about Chinatown?  (I'm actually asking, not being snarky.)

I went both yesterday and today.  The food was great. 

I know this is an old post, but have you considered the conditioner-only wash?

4 hours ago, mankondang said:

Come on guys, can't you see that this guy is just an adolescent troll.

He's had 500 posts on here since July...most being deliberate stupid questions.

So let's lets just ignore him, and hope he doesn't grow up to be a teacher.

Ah, beat me to it.  Is a troll really worth all of the elevated blood pressure I'm seeing here?  Dude can't actually be serious.  Nobody is that dumb.

On 9/21/2016 at 9:20 PM, ddotmark said:

Aren't monitor lizards dangerous? I thought they were considered very agressive and their bite deadly. 

Not the ones I've seen.  I've had monitors practically bigger than I am take off at quite the pace at the sight of people.

I've been wondering all along just who is so afraid of them as all of the papers keep saying?  I usually see people either ignore them, or watch/photograph them in fascination.

This is all good to know... I'm not due for an exam yet, but planning ahead (and while my prescription isn't complex, it's on the strong side and I do have astigmatism, so having an incorrect prescription and hence glasses really would not be good), especially since I'm thinking of getting contacts this time around, for those times when sports need them.  Has anyone had experience with an exam for contacts in Bangkok? 

I didn't say Zika was rare.  I said that Zika causing issues related to Guillain-Barre was rare.

Zika is largely a concern to pregnant/trying to become pregnant women, correct?  Most healthy adults need worry very little, as while it has links to Guillain-Barre Syndrome, this is rare and symptoms otherwise tend to be mild?  At least that was the impression I have received, though I have not read extensively on it lately.

On 9/2/2016 at 9:41 AM, ClutchClark said:

I far prefer the Russian videos where guys jump out with bats and then a full brawl takes place while other cars just drive by like its another day in paradise.

This was also my first thought.  "He just stood there?  Would like to see him in Russia..."

Okay, it looks like my building uses True. I assume this will work ok with the Asus router I just got?

Thanks, I'll see what comes with my connection first. A coworker seemed to suggest that there weren't many ISP options outside of True, so I may well end up with that.

Part of my aim in getting a router in the U.S. is so I can also use it when I'm back in a few years Is there anything special about Thai internet that I'll need to watch out for in the specs in case I buy here to take over? (I'm already planning to look for probably an Asus/Linksys/maybe Netgear dual-band/802.11ac/possibly Gigabit for the wired connection/supports WPA2 which I assume will be fine over there?)

I did some searching on the topic, but most of the threads I found with recs for routers were about ten years old.

I'll be moving to Bangkok soon and will be looking for a router. I'm not sure yet who I will be using for internet. I'd like both wireless and wired capabilities (my laptop will actually probably spend most of its time plugged in; I treat it as a desktop most of the time).

I'm running Fedora on a laptop (it'll be 23 once I get past my backup/update issues), and will also want to connect phones (Droid 3, possibly another cheap smartphone if I get a second one) and a cheap tablet (probably a Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 8). What router would you recommend to work best with this setup and Thai ISPs? I'd prefer not to have to fiddle with it too much to get it working. I don't need anything really high-end, top-of-the-line fast; I don't plan on streaming movies, doing any online gaming, etc. (I'll mostly be surfing the net, Skype, etc.). I would really prefer not to spend big bucks, but will spend what I have to to get something that isn't crappy, buggy, insecure, etc.

I assume I can buy a router in the U.S. before I leave and it will work okay (I have easy access to a MicroCenter)? Or should I wait and get one in-country? Is there anything special in terms of features that I will need to get it to work in Thailand?

Thanks!