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Excellent!!!!

Ihope the owner decides to enclose and air condition the restaurant to save his obvious labor of love from a quick demise. Ít''s hopelessly loud and polluted and blasting the music to drown out the traffic noise just makes in more unpleasant. But that's just me, maybe others find it acceptable and I'm overly sensitive.

From yesterdays Bangkok Post:

Department deputy director-general Wuthichai Singhamanee said yesterday there were still defects in the airline's flight manual and managerial structure. The suspension was further extended until Monday.

Mr Wuthichai said the department wants Thai executives to take over the management of One-Two-Go.

He argued foreign managers who were running the airline were so obsessed with making profits that they arranged schedules which prevented pilots taking refresher training or resting sufficiently between flights.

This attitude was definitely a threat to the safety of pasengers.

Foreign executives were only interested in making maximum profit without being concerned with the improvement of pilot efficiency, he said.

He expected Thai managers would emphasise quality standards, understand Thai corporate culture and promote Thai-style services.

Dr. Piranee at St. Louis hospital has been my dentist and many of my friends dentists for many years. I recommend her highly.

Actually because it takes a route restricted to buses, generally, except for the worst rush hours, the #15 unairconditioned red bus from Rajadomnern to the National Stadium BTS is the best way. I know because I work at Phra Athit and have explored many options to get to the BTS.

Thanks for the information.

Any recent experiences out there?

Your only hope really of reasonably increasing your chances of getting real stuff is to go to a hospital, see a doctor and get it from the hospital pharmacy. Even then it might be a copy. Cost will be about the same as buying what is almost surely a copy from a pharmacy.

However, the Indian generics sold under the table at pharmacies are probably real functional Indian generics and not copies of Indian generics. Although I might be wrong......

A friend of mine is in Canada and needs a one year multiple B with minimal docs. Any suggestions? Will Denver mail to Canada? What about Hull mailing outside of England?

Thanks for your help!

Isn't Shewe Wana, which I guess is the place you are suggesting 3000 ++ per night or so?

Is the lounge located inside the international terminal? I pass through there weekly on domestic flights and never noticed......

Make sure you get the shuttle at the arrivals floor as they know circle compeletely around from the other floors instead of having separate shuttles. Can take 20 minutes if you get on at the upper floor.

The shuttle bus stop is on the arrivals floor at about exit 5 and across the first road. However they keep closing various exits so its hard to say where you can exit other than at the taxi rank.

The Airport Express sucks. They may or may not take the expressway. I use the airport weekly and gave up on them. The driver might choose to add twenty-thirty minutes to your trip just to save himself 25 baht by not taking the Rama 9 highway (tollway). He may stop to pick up additional passengers. He may stop to go to the bathroom at a gas station or to meet a friend. It may or may not appear at the airport at the time it is expected. No way does it leave every 15 minutes ever!

The link to the airport information is not updated. Ever.....

Oops, yeah I see now you asked for the On Nut stop. It's on the side opposite the Tesco at the BTS end and the farthest exit towards Bang Na/Sukumvit 107

The drivers are fairly good about stopping there and letting passengers on. Strange thing to say about a bus service huh. It;s true that its impossible to say wnen or how often it will come, but for sure its a fairly rare bus and could always be a long wait.

I generally take the minibus from Victory. The driving is dangerous though!

I believe it is stopping at the bus stop next to the airport express stop on the ground floor as well as at the transportation center. However I don't know this for sure .... That does't help much does it. At least it was stopping there last month. The thing is they keep changing things and it seems that no one is ever sure..... Also the people selling tickets for the airport express deliberetly lie about the public bus next to their kiosk and remove any signs providing information. I guess they work on commission......

I speak Thai OK and use the airport weekly so I have at least some sense of what is going on.

I prefer thalis (sets) when I eat alone at Indian restaurants. I'm sure they have their reasons for not doing it......but aren't they sacrificing the single diner market. Maybe its just more trouble than its worth. The place still seems overpriced for a shophouse restaurant, but if the food is good what the hel_l.

I can''t get no heat at Miquel's. No hot sauce. Nada. They used to be willing to make us some spicier sauce but now refuse. No bottled sauces -- Nada....

Anybody know where in Chiang Mai I would go to get the recommended IRC wider tires?

Thanks!

OP, nobody will really understand that what you are saying happened actually happened until it happens to them on Air Asia. That's the Air Asia business model and it works just fine for them.

As a weekly flier between Chiang Mai and Bangkok with hundreds of trips on Air Asia I understand exactly how they operate but it does no good to tell anyone.

I always assume a booking with Air Asia is a gamble that generally pays off fine but a very small percent of the time someone loses in a way that defies common sense or business ethics. I just accept the loss and smile.

Best of luck to all.

Thanks for the suggestions.

I would really like you to add Blue Diamond!

Blue Diamond

Moom Muang Road, Soi 9, Chiang Mai

+66-053-217120

Are the tires sold for 400 baht everywhere ok or is there a safer option?

I have a Wave with about 15K on it. Took it in for an oil change and they said I should replace the chain and sprocket for 500 baht.

No problem, but I'm curious how often I should change things for good maintenance and safety. The manual in Thai is no help and the service centers can''t be bothered to do things properly.

How long do tires/brakes usually last?

Spark plug?

Air filter?

Anything else that should be done?

Should I just follow the Thai practice of riding it till it breaks?

Thanks for your time and advice.

Has anyone seen a tailor or someone sitting by the road doing alterations close to CMU? I've been using the woman on canal road close to the Dunkin Donuts but it looks like she is taking some time off.....

Thanks!

Good! Thanks!

I believe Rimping and all the supermarkets are generally limited in what they sell by what the sole major distributor of imported foods offers.

I've always wanted to know the details, but haven't run into anyone in the business.

I do know that importing foods requires i Food and Drug Administration approval for each item and isn't all that easy without connections.

I think that one individual high (or low) in that company is deciding whether or not I can buy canned black beans or refried pinto beans or Mainland Extra Tastey Chedder (or Yorkshire tea). Bastard!