buzz

Prefer that one as well 'sailor' ... as far as I know, the Gulf of Siam and somewhere in mexico, are the only two places that have just 1 high and low tide per day ...

Go to Inkworld across street from Thai International hospital.

100 baht / refill.

Excellent work.

cheers, Sucker

Hi, I have the same model and the cartridges can be refilled using the hyperdermic kit, I have already done so several times on the black one, the colour can be refilled too.

What do you do jivvy - drill a hole on the face of the cartridge ?

(where there is a little indent of a circle)

Just got a Canon MP258 Inkjet (print/scan/copy) ... the prices for the ink cartridges are unbelievable ... I knew that before I bought it, with the intent of doing the refills myself as I did with my last one.

But, need an actual refill kit for this model (not just the ink with a hyperdermic needle) ... anybody know where I can get 'em on the island ?

The Ink Cartridges are 810 black (PG-810) and 811 color (PG-811)

Kiteboarding without a doubt !

Now it's happening at Maenam or down at the Samui Orchid ... when the SW monsoon blows over at Lipa Noi ~ Nathon ...

I am right in the middle of Lamai beach ....

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Thanks lads ... best I found was Map Quest which i found from the FAQ's sticky that Rooo so kindly directed me to ...

http://www.worldmapfinder.com/Map_MapQuest...iland/Koh_Samui

cheers

PS: Rooo ... still have not been able to tune into that station, and on their website be damned if I can find the Listen to Link 'above' ?

คือจริงหัวใจเธอ ?

keu jing hŭa jai ter

(The topic should have read... "Be true to your heart" in Thai - is it ...

Looking for a decent road map of Lamai - with road names ... not the usual guide book tourist maps.

cheers

It's unlocked but not factory unlocked ... no way do I want to go to 3.1 after all the reports I've heard...would rather keep losing my 'recent Contacts' list ...

Greetins, Tis is an eyewitness report of the tsunami taht hit samoa today , sent to me from a friend of the captain. WOW

This morning (six hrs ago) we were shaken awake by an earthquake which seemed to have no end! We were aboard Gallivanter and tied side-to a big concrete dock in the heart of Pago Pago, American Samoa. And after living up & down the California coast, I knew this was no minor tremor.

After the rude awakening, Cath & I walked across the dock and chatted with a few of our fellow sailors, one of whom said that he's just done a Google search on "recent earthquakes" and said that it measured-in at 8.1 and the epicenter was only 120 miles distant.

We returned to Gallivanter and I turned on our laptop and searched the same website. Sure enough there it was... "8.1 earthquake - American Samoa - 20 minutes ago". I clicked on the "Show Map" option and noticed the epicenter was located south west of Pago Pago... which is located on the southern side of the island.

Just as I was considering the ramifications of that little fact... all hel_l started breaking loose! Our boat was on the move! My first reaction was to start the engine and dash up on deck to see what was going on. I witnessed the water around us was rapidly dropping! Rapidly! In a blink of an eye, we were on the bottom and the boat was falling away from the dock! Three of our big dock lines popped and we fell right over into the mud - the entire basin we had been floating in only moments ago had completely drained! People were screaming!

Next - the water came flooding back in at an even more alarming rate and the next thing I knew we were floating directly above the dock! Over the concrete slab and drifting toward a young lady we knew (from another boat) who was desperately hugging a power pole and up to her chin in swirling water! I told Cath to cut the two remaining dock lines with our serrated bread knife and to be quick about it!

Right as I put the boat into gear, we were somehow washed back off the dock and into the basin as I advance to full throttle and we accelerated through a floating debris field of floating docks, fuel drums, sinking boats, a shipping container and a barnicle encrusted wreck all of which were spinning in the torrent of rapidly dropping sea level. It was absolute mayhem! As we steered out toward the deep water in the center of the harbor I looked over my shouder and saw what appeared to be a waterfall pouring off the dock and shore beyond. Not one of the dozen vessels remained at the dock. All were underway in a matter of seconds... with or without crews aboard.

We motored around in the middle of the harbor watching the waves of floods & ebbs while wondering about after-shocks and our fellow cruising sailors. As we passed one of our neighbors she shouted to us that her husband had been washed off the dock as they were trying to get away. She was alone and seriously concerned. Other boats broke free from their moorings and anchors in the initial seismic waves and many were driven ashore, or driven under by loose tuna boats.

After about three hours, we felt it was finally safe enough to return to the dock. All we had were lengths of old line and we were short a couple fenders. We were the first to go in and we started un-tangling lines and helping others get back along side the concrete dock. All of the store-fronts along the water are destroyed, roving mobs of kids can be seen looting, the fence around the dock is gone, every boat on stands in a nearby boatyard were washed away. Big fishing boats are now in parking lots across the street. Absolute destruction is seen everywhere along the shore.

Phones and power are down but we got back online right away and I immediately went back to the recent earthquakes website to see if things have been calming down in the center of the earth. A number of aftershocks as strong as 6.0 have been recorded over the past few hours - but thankfully no more wave action has been noticed. We've been making Skype calls to our families and letting others use the computer as well to phone home.

Online news reports say that the earthquake lasted three minutes and the highest flood rose 25 ft above normal! There are 20 confirmed deaths... including our neighbor who was swept off the dock. Most fatalities occured in and around the harbor where we live. Boats are battered and nerves are fried. One friend wound-up on his boat nearly 1000 feet away from the water after breaking from his anchor and sailing right down Main St. taking power & telephone wires down with his mast! Some people lost everything... including their lives. We came through remarkably well with only minor dammage sustained to our toe rail when the dock lines parted and to our fender basket which was the only point of contact with that drifting wreck. I never felt any jarring loads while we were hurtling around above & below the concrete dock, so I believe our hull, keel & rudder suffered no dammage from the wildest boat ride I've ever been on.

We're all okay... and very lucky.

And we've adopted a tiny kitten.

And that's the way it is.

All the Best - All the Time,

happened again today ... really giving me the s...ts ... I mean something is going on - you can't mistakengly clear your 'recent contacts' 3 times in a week - surely ?

The last few days, twice all my Recent Contact list has cleared itself ... last time an unknown number had just called and I didn't get a chance to call them back after somehow again the recent contact list cleared by itself.

Any ideas how this could happen and a possible solution ?

(soft 3.0)

sorted ... i had it turned off in Restrictions

... don't know why or how, but it's not there anymore so can't use my camera or video

How do i get it back ?

I have not upgraded from 3.0 to 3.1 nor anything else except Tips lite app and Remote app, but can't remember if the camera icon dissappeared before or after this ... I think it dissappeared before

was fingerprinted in Indonesia, Bali for my extension. Every month, new appl and photos.

I don't know of any thai consulate or mission in Bali - where did you do that in Bali ?

I do see where you're coming from and yeah you're right, we can only offer conjecture with very limited facts and will never know the truth no doubt. I'm just astonished that in similar circumstances around the world when things would appear to be going out of control that the master controls would be left in the hands of someone so inexperienced. As you said though, all conditions. I see where you're coming from.

The command of the aircraft is ALWAYS under the control of the senior Pilot.

new Pilots have to be trained in all conditions for all the airports they will be landing at. Simple stuff really. Anyway, it is not revealed that any training was involved at this stage. I just mentioned it as a possibility.

Interesting, but in response to your last statement, the deceased captain had just under 20 years experience with the airline and I find it hard to believe he would have entrusted the aircraft to a more junior officer in the interest of pilot training.

Mate, Senior Pilots have to train new Pilots under ALL conditions - otherwise how do they learn ? A Pilot of 20 years would be considered very much as Senior, and as such, could have possibly been training a new Pilot.

I am NOT saying that is definitely the case here, but, a possibility.

I would suspect Pilot Error has some blame in this - along with the obvious cause - severe wind sheer... I am former Air Traffic Controller ... That storm cell went thru Lamai just before the attempted landing - was a ripper - wind gusts must have been around 25~30kts at the time from the SWest... Pilots land based on the actual weather at the time - you can't tell me the Pilot did not see that storm cell approaching - thats what they always look for - he would've known where it was, by just looking out the window - they are highly visible and from that height.

The Pilot should of had 'missed approach - go around' in the back of his mind given the actual conditions. But, the airlines are under a lot of pressure these days in regards costs and missed approaches do cost money. They definitely try to get 'in' as quickly as possible. I feel it was probably a similar story to the crashes at Phuket and Suratthani. Pilots pushed the 'envelope' too far and were just reluctant to do a missed approach procedure (which aren't the nicest for passengers on board).

I've had one of the worst landings of my life at Samui from Utapao - actual wind fairly calm. But have suspected many times due to the rough landings on flights from Utapao (and probably Krabi) that they use these flights for pilot training. So that could possibly be a factor as well.

Perhaps we should wait for the investigation to be completed before making allegations......I am sure a former ATC would understand that

Just giving my opinion on what may have happened from my experience in the industry that's all, before the official investigation ... yes, there will be an official investigation - but hey, this is Thailand - and there are ways of not revealing ALL the info for the benefit of a few influential people.

Those ATR's have an excellent safety record i thought - similar to the old Fokker's (F27's prop and F28's Jet) made in Holland ... they can handle the rough weather as good as any...

I would suspect Pilot Error has some blame in this - along with the obvious cause - severe wind sheer... I am former Air Traffic Controller ... That storm cell went thru Lamai just before the attempted landing - was a ripper - wind gusts must have been around 25~30kts at the time from the SWest... Pilots land based on the actual weather at the time - you can't tell me the Pilot did not see that storm cell approaching - thats what they always look for - he would've known where it was, by just looking out the window - they are highly visible and from that height.

The Pilot should of had 'missed approach - go around' in the back of his mind given the actual conditions. But, the airlines are under a lot of pressure these days in regards costs and missed approaches do cost money. They definitely try to get 'in' as quickly as possible. I feel it was probably a similar story to the crashes at Phuket and Suratthani. Pilots pushed the 'envelope' too far and were just reluctant to do a missed approach procedure (which aren't the nicest for passengers on board).

I've had one of the worst landings of my life at Samui from Utapao - actual wind fairly calm. But have suspected many times due to the rough landings on flights from Utapao (and probably Krabi) that they use these flights for pilot training. So that could possibly be a factor as well.

I see how to 'clear' recent contacts - but only gives the option to clear 'all'.

Anybody know how to just clear a few off the list and not the whole list ?

cheers,

Buzz

Not avbl in thailand yet ?

Thats strange, because I just bought a 3GS 32GB in Pattaya a couple of days ago ... paid way overs at 31,500bht - but just couldn't wait any longer ... got it thru a thai guy who somehow got it thru Winner who wanted 35,900bht for a 32GB - 16GB 32,500bht software unlocked - (factory unlocked they were wanting something like 32GB 45,000bht and 16GB 39,500bht) .... can imagine you could get 'em in BKK as well now

Got no idea why - if you are trying to promote the joint - you would not post the website too ?

Looks good, but would rather check the website, before calling Sukanya and asking him/she for the website ...

Thanks ... that's what I wanted to hear !