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I play Lam Luk Ka a lot. Good choice... it's the best course(s) around in my opinion. Fairways and greens are ecellent. I usually call them up myself to book. The great thing about Lam Luk Ka is it's always easy to get a tee time and on a weekday there are not many golfers on the course.

I played there last weekend... the course is in great shape at the moment.

Enjoy!

I can access Ning.com through a KSC connection. I searched for "Thailand" on it and the first hit is a site called "UDDTODAY-THE RED SHIRT PEOPLE IN THAILAND". Maybe that is why some ISPs are blocking it?

irregardless, neverdie?

I live in BKK and buy it from Intuit online... turbotax.com. It's a big download, and costs like $30-50 for the current year depending on which edition you want.

You can buy past years' products also for like $60-$90 each.

You could also do it online at turbotax.com, but I prefer to download the application and mail it in.

Good luck!

Drive North out of BKK, past Don Muang. Keep going North on Paholyothin until you pass Thammasart University on your left (you can't miss it.) Then take the next U-Turn.

As soon as you start coming down the U-Turn ramp, you will see on your left a huge "Used Machinery" sign. You can see they of TONS of used machines of all kinds.

Not sure if they will have what you are looking for, but if not they might be able to help you find it.

Also... there is another similar place just under the Rama III bridge on the Samre side of the river. You can get there from Charoen Nakorn road. It's not far from the Marriot resoirt there. Head from the Marriot towards the Rama III bridge, it is right on the corner if you are turing to get on the bridge.

No idea if they have that machine, but that's where I would go to look.

Cheers,

--M.

Ekasilp is great for this kind of stuff. I bought big backgrounds from them... prices aren't bad.

See their website: www.ekasilp.com

Tough to find their office/shop though.

Good luck!

This would be a good one for an episode of Mythbusters.

Looks like they have found the body. It was in Bangkok Post this morning.

Funny, thought it was in the river.

Another Troll?

Surely... probably the same guy

Hi,

Does anyone have (or know where one might find) a model release form in both Thai and English? I'm looking for one that can be used here as internationally.

Thanks!

--T.

Here's the view from my balcony at about 7 PM last night (1-Dec.) I'm looking southwest from Laksi. Jupiter and Venus... but which is which?

Cheers,

--T.

At least according to the online traffic sites, doesn't look like a problem so far:

NECTEC real time traffic Google maps overlay

Another NECTEC real-time traffic site

(You can tick the English box at the bottom of the latter site.

Thanks Bubba... I didn't know those sites existed! Very useful.

Protesters disperse from Parliament, move to Don Muang

Argh!!! My daily commute home requires me to drive down Viphavadi-Rangsit past the old airport. I suppose the traffic this evening will be horrendous there (even the slightest hiccup on a normal day delays traffic badly around there.)

Any first hand accounts from people in the area? Is traffic getting backed up yet?

Cheers,

--T.

Hi All,

Does anyone have any idea on how to dispose of old hardware in Bangkok? Over the years, I have amassed a large pile of PC junk: power supplies, mice, keyboards, lan cards, other types of cards, flat cables, hard disk drives, floppy drives, CD drives, etc, etc, etc. Most of it is old and broken to some degree.

It doesn't seem right to just toss it all into the trash bin (not environmentally friendly either.) It would be nice to get a few baht for the pile but that's not important... I just want to get rid of it.

If anyone has any idea, please let me know.

Thanks!!!

--T.

I have this problem with IE also on one of my machines, not only with Hotmail but also with Bangkok Post. Try installing Mozilla Firefox on the same machine and see if it works. That worked for me.

It's going well so far...

His mom is his shadow now, taking him to school everyday. She is even taking him into the classes and sitting with him IN THE CLASS to make sure he's doing what he's supposed to be doing. The teachers love it. He hates it, of course, so he's starting to understand that if we can trust him to do it on his own, it won't be necessary.

We've further incentivized him with a cash reward program. Grades are on a scale 0 to 4. For evey 4 he gets, he'll earn 2000 baht. For 3, 1000. For a 2, 500 and for a 1, 50. But if he get's a 0 (fail,) then he gets -2000 baht from any winnings he's accumulated. If he gets 8 4's, I would HAPPILY pay him.

So things seem to be improving for the meantime.

Hope it keeps going well!!!

--T.

Done ...

I went to MBK 4th floor and got a Turbosim for 800 baht. That plus a piece of scotch tape and my 3G iPhone works just fine with my AIS sim card (granted, they had to punch a hole thru my AIS sim...) The phone works, I imported my contacts from Outlook and all those work, Wifi works, maps work when connected to Wifi.... so I'm happy. Pretty cool!

On my way out of MBK, I noticed a shop with a pile of turbosims in the display case... I asked 'how much,' he said, '1000 baht.'

Thanks all for your advice.

--T.

Thanks!!!

All I want to do is call, SMS, and stuff.... simple is fine. I shoud still be able to get WIFI, no?

Thanks for the advice...

--M.

Thanks for the replies.

Can anybody briefly explain Turbosim? What does that do / how does it work? If I take my 3G to MBK, will they be able to hook me up?

Note.. I'll be wary of anyone claiming there is a software unlock...

Thanks,

--T.

Also, How long would it take them to do the job at MBK? Is it a 'while you wait" operation?

Thx,

--T.

Thanks for the replies.

Can anybody briefly explain Turbosim? What does that do / how does it work? If I take my 3G to MBK, will they be able to hook me up?

Note.. I'll be wary of anyone claiming there is a software unlock...

Thanks,

--T.

Hi All,

I got a brand new iPhone from the US... 3G 16GB. It came with a service package (it was a gift.) Thing is, I don't live in the U.S.

I use AIS... where can I take my iPhone to have it customized so that i can use it with my AIS sim card??

Thanks for any advice.

Cheers,

--T.

OP Here...

Thank you ALL for your comments, advice and insights. There are a lot of factors and history that affect the current situation. There's no simple answer.

So we had a sort of 'intervention' with him last weekend: His mom, me, an uncle, 2 grandmothers, 2 aunts, and one step-grandfather. We gave him options. He chose to stay in school, so he says. The school has agreed to give him another chance. It is up to us to make sure he succeeds. We're all spending more time with him, following up closly and helping him on homework, and trying to support as well as police him. He knows we are all behind him and we are all very concerned.

We'll see whether our efforts help or not.... so far, so good.

Thank you all for your input... I appreciate it.

--T.

Hello All,

My long time girlfriend has a 13 year old son who lives with her mother and aunt in Bangkok. Now, he has effectively quit school and he is starting to drift away from home and family, not coming home for long periods and refusing to go to school, etc.

My question is if anyone knows of any program, special school, counselling, military-type school, etc that can help with this kid? He is on a bad path now, and his family has no idea how to motivate the kid to stay in school and put some effort into his own future. The family itself is weak, and doesn't have the structure or ability to turn the kid around.

Any advice at all on how to handle this sad situation is greatly appreciated... this boy is only 13 years old and he is blindly throwing his own life away by completely withdrawing from school and family so he can spend time with his equally young and misguided 'friends.' It's a sad and scary situation that no one around this kid has any idea how to fix.

Thanks in advance for any advice!!!

T.

The Semi-Final match-ups for Friday, 22 August 2008 are: (Bangkok time)

1.) 7:00 PM Spain vs. Lithuania

2.) 9:15 PM U.S.A. vs. Argentina

And the Gold Medal game is Sunday, 24 August at 1:30 PM

Does anyone know if these games will be broadcast in Thailand? I have truevisions (yes, I know, they suck and aren't showing any olympics.)

Only the US-China game was on on NBT a couple weeks ago.

If it's not gona be on free TV or truevisions, does anyone know a bar or other venue that might be showing the games via sattelite or somthing?

Thanks!!!

--T.

Another thing... while I'm thinking about it:

If your boyfriend speaks decent English, he should choose an English language interview, so he will be interviewed by an American embassy staffer (that's what my girlfriend did.)

I've heard from close friends (and others) stories of Thai language interviewers (most aren't American) being very harsh and even rude, while American interviewers tend to be nicer, more reasonable and more polite.

Again, this is not fact and based on hearsay, so take it for what it's worth. I can say that the American guy who interviewed us was firm, clear and abolutely polite and fair.

--T.