ourmanflint

Just checked my Earthbrowser and yes there was a quake a 4.7 as Ovenman reported more details here

glad you're all OK

this is where Earthbrowser puts the epicentre ( shown in Google earth)

I think before rising sea levels will be a problem if they ever are, there will undoubtedly be severe changes to weather patterns across the globe. What this means for Thailand is anyones guess, but I think it will mean more rain not less, and this years flood problems will only be a small sign of things to come... think Bangladesh and I believe you'll be on the right tack. Saying that Africa is forecast with massive and I mean massive problems due to evaporation from its lakes which in turn leads to rivers drying up thousands of miles away.

I think the headwaters of the mekhong in Qinghai China, will be where you would really need to look to see what problems Thailand will have, and knowing China, if there is gonna be a shortfall, it will simply build a dam and turn off the taps. So Isaan could be in big trouble. It's all very complicated and unlike politics it will not respect boundaries.

Happy Days

Rinrada...

well done mate... almost wish I was in your shoes!! Unfortunately I was in the other camp!!

The only one I've seen recently was a Nikon D200 with MB22? battery pack for 60,000 baht in MBK. I nearly puked as I paid over 88,000 baht without battery pack only a couple of months ago. Plus you will 7% get tax off if you take out of the country within 60 days I think.

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That's your connections!! Gimme a break that is like saying Windsor has connections with India because there's aTaj Mahal take away...

very, very, very weak!!!

anyone can find it by looking at google news it's no secret!!

Look here

Cheers

Recon Boo is about right on this one and certainly most people in my/similar position thought that the idea of paying £20-30k for a HOUSE was absolutely crazy (20-30 years ago)....dont forget wages were in shillings per hour (12 p= 1 shilling with 20 =£1 )

WOT all that money just for a place to stay in...eh... not me mate I would prefer to rent ...yeah Cancil mate canci....

I think you are woefully way off the mark here, 20 years ago I was working in the north of england and earning £900 per month I could have bought a house then from as little as £5000 believe it or not, but a decent place would have been £12-15000. Fast forward twenty years and that same job is paying less than twice what it was about £1500 month and those very same houses are going for over £100, 000...

The housing boom was great for those that could and did buy, but for those who for whatever reason thought it was wrong for them, the housing boom was a disaster, as they are now facing an impossible task if they wanted to buy. I guess maybe a lot of these people feel at least they may be able to have some better life somewhere else, somewhere they can afford to buy.

Port Blair, Andaman Islands

(Flint was close, there is an Aberdeen on the outskirts.)

As I have found the exact photo DSK used, I know it to be correct. A great place to spend a month (outside Tsunami season!)

No I wasn't nearly there I was there!!!

So what are the connections to Scotland pray tell!!!

As far as I know, the only place in India with any real connections to Scotland, is Madras/Chennai, as it was here that the scots regiments were based during the East India Co. times

Totally confused!!

Darjeeling

No, this place actually has a few place names that are also found in NE Scotland (yay)

you see what you actually said was that the place "DID" have the same name as a place in Scotland!! That is why I am so very confused

hmmm... me thinks your clues mean nothing at all

Where I work (not in Britain), we employ people from all over the world. One of the noticable things about the Brits is their high rate of absenteeism. The big boss would rather not hire them because they insist on taking all their sick leave every year, no matter what.

This has to do with the work ethic. There is a lot of complaining, a lot of demanding, and little output. This has an effect on the morale of other employees as well.

Please understand this is not a rant or a big putdown. We have plenty of Brits who are exemplary employees. It's just that it's quite noticeable about the number whose work habits are not up to par.

Yes we fought long and hard for workers rights, something the rest of the world with their precious ethics should take a moment and think on. I don't know where you are based Scott, but I suspect that your Brits are just taking what is righfully theirs. Brits are not yes men and " will never be slaves "!!

careful.....

http://apcmag.com/node/4737

sorry Bubba, link don't work for me.... what was it??

so is it Aberdeen in the Andaman/Nicobar Islands??

Yes, Patna - the largest city in NE Scotland!

Is that your wonderful sarcasm again?? I did google Aberdeen and thats what I came up with....

hahhahaa

you have to laugh... all the time they spent at Microsoft making Vista unbreakable, and before it has even been released to the general public, it has been fully cracked by a group of hackers.... who bypassed it's activation procedure.

I guess any questions about the downfall of software piracy in Thailand and elsewhere was premature to say the least. It makes you wonder just how far in the sand the geeks at Microsoft have their big fat heads??

I'll be saying Patna then!

Guys telling people to dump bookmarks etc is nonsense!!! Unless Thaivisa have changed their DNS entry they should all still work, whoever hosts this has screwed up big time, cookies are not being set at login I've checked, the script is falling to pieces, even some links from google searches do not work!!!! You're not gonna say Google is at fault are you surely.

It makes it very hard work to participate when evry 2 minutes you have to login angain and then navigate back to where you were, the system should remember where you were but it doesn't! It's all very weak. I wish I knew enough php to help but I don't.

Hope you get this sorted out soon though

there's definitely a big problem here, even the links from Google are not working as they should, which is very bad for Thai visa, and cookies are not being set properly or at all in my case.

I hope you've a good man on the job!

YOKE

( is this just gonna be 4 letters 4ever? )

Just on my first one now, life was fun years ago its all getting serious these days.

And has it never occurred to you that it's foreigners who come here and ride cavarlierly over local laws, working without work permits and generally thinking that because they're a farang they can do whatever they like that has forced the Thai authorities to stop it from being 'fun' and to make it more serious?

The same happens in every country it's not just a Thai thing, what is a Thai thing is their reaction to it all. I know dozens of people in the UK all working illegally, all they want is a better life for themselves so I can't see anything wrong with it. Some people are just sticklers for the rules and some aren't. It doesn't make them bad people.

I keep having problems too, though slightly different ones. It seems that when I navigate to a new forum section, I either get a server refused notice or a blank page. I'm using Firefox

I have to disagree most strongly....

do not get a ferry/train combo from Khao San road whatever you do!!

If you get the train which is OK organise it yourself if possible, buy the tickets from Hualompong yourself, 2nd class is OK , !st class is better and only an extra 200 baht each I think for 2 people. (Trains leave at approx 5-6 pm.) and you get your own apartment , great if you're travelling with a girlfriend! ( I think it's the rocking that does it! ) Also make sure when you get off the train that you buy a ticket for Donsak and the car ferry to Samui, or Phangan.( don't worry there are tons of buses at the train station) Please don't get shunted onto one of the many overcrowded smaller boats that run from the river in Surat Thani, nasty and very dodgy. This is where all the backpackers from Khao san road end up.

MY CHOICE:

Having said all that, for 750 baht I think, you can get the government super VIP buses 24 seat , really comfortable, leaves at 7.30 pm from Southern Terminal. This would be my choice as there's no changing buses or anything you get dropped off on Samui itself, and I guarantee you'll be on the first ferry to Samui in the morning, which means you'll be there at least 4 hours more likely 6 hours !! ahead of everyone on the train ferry combo.

...gives you an erection for two days! And makes you run like the wind!! Tibet.

Sounds cheaper than Viagra.

Clarification: Is the "running" part directly because of the first symptom, or an indirect cause of the first symptom?

ha ha!! no!! apparently its the Chinese Olympic tems secret weapon, massive endurance and stamina.! And it's not cheap either much more expensive than viagra I reckon.

well said that man!! Glad to see we're all happy campers.