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Excellent news! Thanks for posting it!

Ecco, my favorite shoe for years has sadly put profit before integrity. Just google "Ecco soles" to see what has happened to this once fine company.

Huay Kaew Residence: When I first moved to Chiang Mai I stayed there for a month. Dealing with the staff and management made me despair for the fate of the world. Disturbingly bad, with no commitment or even a basic nod to the simple values of life like service and integrity. Other than that it was fine. :rolleyes:

Everything you listed is always avaialable at Villa. About a month ago they started carrying a good and cheap Jalapeno Jack cheese.

St. Louis Hospital in Bangkok does it also. Wierd isn't it. The administrators must all have gone to the same business management seminar a couple of years ago. I think its repulsive for hospitals to engage this behavior given the amount of money that may be involved and the physical and emotional trauma the person paying may have endured. Shame on them!

Thanks for the advice. I know where the land transport office is. Motorcycle taxi guys on my corner said that's where they go and don't use an agent. That was at the limit of my Thai so I thought I would ask here. If I get a Thai speaker to ask them I'm sure it will get sorted.

I know there must be one around here, just can't find it.....

A ride all the way down Sukumvit or Phayatai on a scooter will be unpleasant.

Anybody have any idea where an inspection shop can be found located relatively close to Central Chidlom..........

I was in Tops Central Silom yesterday and was surprised to see a gigantic Jelly Belly display. The entire end of one of the rows was devoted to Jelly Belly jelly beans in all their many flavors, in bulk, in packages, etc. etc.

I have a Honda Wave in Bangkok, registered in Chiang Mai in 2005. I guess I need to get it inspected this year when I do the registration. I live close to Central Chidlom. Anyone know the closest place I can do it? Do I have ride it to the Motor Vehicle Office on Sukumvit 81 or so or is there a shop that can do it? Will I need to change the registration?

Thanks for your help!

The cooler at JUSMAG was stocked a year ago with Dr. Peppter and Corona (Last time I was there). American prices, I think the 15 baht for the Pepper and 40 for the beer, but I might be mistaken......

Just google JUSMAG Bangkok

Now, as to the JUSMAG Canteen - everyone is welcome to come over and

visit the compound if you are in Bangkok - no secrets here. Plenty of

US English spoken here. All you need to do is swap your US passport or

military ID Card at the gate for a badge and in you come. The canteen

boasts a fair menu and serves grub from 0600 - 1500 Mon - Fri. There

is also a small after hours club adjacent to the canteen called the

Teak Room which has soda, beer and chips for sale with pool tables,

TV, a library and small bar with limited selections beyond beer. Not

sure of the hours but it's not too late and is generally open around

1700 when I leave the compound. OH! Yes, the canteen does SOS and

it's a pretty fair breakfast for sure. Very popular with our visitors

and members of the retired community who come in for breakfast quite

often.

Also, in the JUSMAG compound is a small dental clinic for active duty,

post office, barber shop and a tailor shop. Pretty much self

contained compound.

Regards,

Jim

James L. Traywick, CIV, Contr

Consultant Defense Team

HQ PACAF/13AF Exercise Support

JUSMAGTHAI, Joint Operations Branc

There's also a guy who sells Vietnamese coffee for 99 baht a bag. He advertises on craigslist. His name is Nick and you can contact him at 084664-0401. Nick lives in Ladprao but comes to Sukhumvit fairly often.

I've seen those ridiculous ads. The seller seems unwilling/unable/incapable of providing the most basic pricing information in his advertising. How much coffee is in a bag? Who knows? Who cares!

Working on True in Bangkok.

TVU Player

No Comedy Central currently, but at least it's unblocked!

Coincidentaly I dropped off my Toshiba M50 at a guy I use at Pantip yesterday because it was running slow. Just got a call that it needed a hard drive. I was told about 1200 for a 160 and about 2000 for a 320 gig hard drive, but he hasn't actually bought it yet.....

Seems pretty cheap, I'll let you know how it goes.

I've taken that van route many times to and from Rangsit campus. The vans are fairly new. I imagine they are licensed and insured. Thammasat provides a staging area for them on campus. There is a route to Victory Monument and to Morchit.

I guess about 20 percent of the drivers are lunatics that take completely unreasonable high speed risks. This is the transportation system sanctioned by a major government universtiy for their best and brightest.

I don't know whose fault this particular accident was. I;m sure though that there will eventually be another horrific accident and more Thammasat students and faculty will die.

Anybody with any sense or reason can see the need for speed governors on the vans. I guess nobody at Thammasat in a position of power cares enough to make an issue of it.

Comparison statistics for non-holiday periods are never included in these articles. Just the usual moronic carnage I imagine!

Every time I hear or see Chamlong ranting about his view of what Thailand should be like I'm disturbed.......

But what a great resource he/they have created in the vegetarian food center/farms/market/etc.

That was really good food, prepared and sold by really nice people. Give it a try sometime!

My Momma, God rest her soul, sure enough taught me that paragraphs were an act of kindness performed by the writer for the benefit of the reader.

It is on the corner of Srinarong Road and Thapyothi Road.

Along the road from the main post office away from Tung Sri Muang.

Past the Krung Thong Hotel.

Run by Chamlong Sri Muang's buddhist sect.Closed on Mondays.

Make a nice brown bread loaf,about size of a small Hovis for 20 baht.

Excellent! Thanks

Start 6:00 AM

http://airportraillink.railway.co.th/en/02_routing_services/01_sa_express.html

Thanks, I saw that website. Six is likely when something happens, but the timetable link doesn't work! I did call SRT and they couldn't really handle the complexity of the question as to whether or not that means the station opens at 6 and the first train leaves at 6:15 or if the first train actually leaves the station at 6....... The fine young man I spoke with insisted that the station doors open at exactly 6 and the first train leaves for the airport at exactly 6 and nothing I said was going to move him from the certainty of his facts

Anyone know (for sure) what time the city line and express line start service in the morning? I have to be there by 6:30.

(No need to tell me to google it,search the forums, take a cab etc. )

Thanks!

Any suggestions for Thai vegetarian restaurants in Ubon?

I've lived in Thailand a long time and know what I can eat and order from regular places. Just checking to see if Ubon has any 100% vegetarian curry on rice (or tofu larb with sticky rice) type places?

Thanks!

My experience at AUA Rajadamri --- Disturbing!

I tried a free class. The classroom hadn't been painted in years. The seats were ripped padded vinyl and disgusting. The air conditioning barely worked. I listened to a conversation about ladyboys in Pattaya that went on and on.

Very dissapointing experience.

This was about 4 years ago. Maybe things have changed!

Thanks for your help! That's exactly the info I needed.