mr_hippo

If you are moaning about food standards in Thailand, you don't want to know what happens in Western kitchens!

Someone mentioned 3 cutting boards - you need 6! Red - raw meat, blue - raw fish, yellow - cooked meat, brown - vegetables, green - salad & fruit and white - dairy.

Kerryk, if you don't like the or the preparation, should I e-mail you a map to the airport?

Almost won 10,000Baht this week - if only my last number was 1 and not 4, could have been worse - could have almost won 2 million!

Have you ever had a thai tout smile at you just before he rips you off.

That 'smile' isn't a smile - have you seen the way a tiger bares his teeth just before he attacks? He looks like he's smiling!

Jacques Chirac, The French President, is sitting in his office when his telephone rings.

"Hallo, Mr. Chirac!" a heavily accented voice said. "This is Paddy down at the Harp Pub in County Clare, Ireland. I am ringing to inform you that we are officially declaring war on ya!"

"Well, Paddy," Chirac replied, "This is indeed important news! How big is your army?"

"Right now ," says Paddy, after a moment's calculation, "there is meself, me cousin Sean, me next door neighbor

Seamus, and the entire darts team from the pub. That makes eight!"

Chirac paused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100,000 men in my army waiting to move on my command."

"Begoora!" says Paddy. "I'll have to ring ya back.

Sure enough, the next day, Paddy calls again. "Mr. Chirac, the war is still on. We have managed to get us some

motorized equipment!"

"And what equipment would that be Paddy?" Chirac asks.

"Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Murphy's farm tractor."

Chirac sighs amused. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 6,000 tanks and 5,000 armored personnel carriers. Also, I have increased my army to 150,000 since we last spoke"

"Saints preserve us!" says Paddy. "I'll have to get back to ya."

Sure enough, Paddy rings again the next day. "Mr. Chirac, the war is still on! We have managed to get our selves

airborne! We have modified Jackie McLaughlin's ultra-light with a couple of shotguns, and four boys from the Shamrock Bar have joined us as well."

Chirac was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. "I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100 bombers and 200 fighter planes. My military bases are surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we

last spoke, I have increased my army to 200,000!"

"Sweet Mother of God!" says Paddy, "I will have to ring ya back."

Sure enough, Paddy calls again the next day. "Top o' the mornin', Mr. Chirac! I am sorry to inform ya that we have had to call off the war."

"Really? I am sorry to hear that," says Chirac. "Why the sudden change of heart?"

"Well," says Paddy, "we had a long chat over a few pints of Guinness and finally decided there is no way we can feed 200,000 French prisoners.

I SAY CATCH THE GUNMAN WHO SHOT THOSE TWO GIRLS AND STOP PICKING ON SOME OLD SICK GUY WHO PROBABLY DIDNT REALISE IT WAS SUCH A BIG ISSUE. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THIS GUY IS GETTING THE BACKLASH COZ THEY CANT FIND THE GUNMAN SO THEY ARE TAKING IT OUT ON HIM. JEEZ !!!!!!

First of all, turn your caps lock off

Since when were you the moderator of this forum?

Did I ever say that I was?

I am simply astonished the report puts Zitromax among the "forbidden" drugs list.

I wonder if the policeman who wrote the report knows for what disease it is.

I guess he has never used it in his life (550 baht a box !)and probably is cronically clamydia infected

Where in the report does it mention a 'forbidden drugs list'? Zitromax is not only used for chlamydia infections but for other infections - please see http://www.drugs.com/cons/Azithromycin.html

In my never too humble opinion, he is in possession of a controlled drug - MST - which may have been obtained illegally, possession of medicines for export without a licence and dispensing medicines without a licence.

I SAY CATCH THE GUNMAN WHO SHOT THOSE TWO GIRLS AND STOP PICKING ON SOME OLD SICK GUY WHO PROBABLY DIDNT REALISE IT WAS SUCH A BIG ISSUE. IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THIS GUY IS GETTING THE BACKLASH COZ THEY CANT FIND THE GUNMAN SO THEY ARE TAKING IT OUT ON HIM. JEEZ !!!!!!

First of all, turn your caps lock off - you are shouting! Since when does a 38 year old qualify as 'some old sick guy'?

If it is true, why didn't he get a letter from his doctor stating that the medicines were for his own use?

Lets stop blaming the victims and start on the the thieving little bastards at BKK airport.

First of all, you have to prove it happened at BKK. Of course, thefts don't happen at any airport, just at BKK, right? For a long time LHR had such a bad reputation, it was known as 'Thiefrow'!

Hasn't anyone noticed the main differences in the two photos? Taken less than one week apart and, allegedly, roughly at the same time of day. The first one is in daylight but the second isn't. Could the second one have been taken before the counters opened and people just waiting for the staff?

MST Continus is not as the report says a morphine based painkiller, it is morphine and illegal possession is a criminal offence. I cannot comment on Swedish law but you cannot buy anti-biotics or adrenelin 'over the counter' in th UK. He is a trafficker.

Hailing taxis!

I am not an expert in these matters, but to hazard a guess, I would say no.

If Jesus is Jewish, why does he have a Mexican name?

Well, it its the immigration's rubber stamp. It it their responsibility to ensure that dates are accurate.

Another reader blaming another poster for his own incompetency to understand.

If that is your attempt at humour, it failed badly. Am I the only person here to check passport, hotel bill, store receipt, etc to see if they are correct? Immigration officials are only human and can make mistakes.

The OP complains about 'miles of walking' - name me one international airport that does not have 'miles of walking' and bless his little cotton socks, Wi-Fi access. Should we send him a collective 'Ahhhh'? You missed a flight through incompetence and judging by your last post, you cut it fine again, do you have time to use Wi-Fi? Mark, next time you fly, contact me an I will arrange an electric golf cart thingy, complete with roaming Wi-Fi, to transport you to your gate.

Those links are of no use to me, I already have a Thai licence and a UK one. I asked you to provide the link to the RAC site where you got your 10 year IDL from

I DID not say i got it off a link from the RAC page, if you read the post again, i got it of a google search page when looking for an IDP, and if you allready have a thai licence, why dont you explain to Semper how you got it!!! im sure he would appreciate an answer to his main question.

But you did say that you got your 10 year IDL from the RAC - "before i left UK i got a 10 year international driving licensce from the RAC" Did you get it from the RAC or are you bending the truth?

The OP is asking about taking a motorcycle test, it will make no real difference if he takes it here or in the UK. If he has never ridden before. I would caution him against getting a 400 as a starter bike.

Those links are of no use to me, I already have a Thai licence and a UK one. I asked you to provide the link to the RAC site where you got your 10 year IDL from

Going by my experience, the Passport Control personel at Suvarnabhumi are grossly incompetent. Last October the inbound counter had stamped my passport with a date stamp of the previous day. Two weeks later, when exiting, it took two hours at the PP Control to sort out the mess for which they are responsible. I had to produce my inbound ticket stubs to prove the date I had entered the Kingdom. F@@king A$$holes.

Fortunately I was 4hours early at the airport having checked out from the hotel in the afternoon. Can't take anything for granted in the Kingdom.

Meeone

Another poster blaming other for his own incompetence! It is your passport, it is your responsibility to check the stamp.

Lickey, you say that you are an 'inmate' in Thailand - you have just been paroled and are now free to leave Thailand - please go.

I have checked the RAC site - http://www.rac.co.uk/web/knowhow/going_on_...driving_permit/

- only one year not 10. Please provide your link or scan.

I must say I am amazed as to how many people have posted comments in this thread where

they have obviously failed to comprehend what the OP said ?? He had already

checked in and had allowed 45 minutes just to go through immigration - I agree

that should be more than adequate and I also agree that many other international

airports in Asia if the immigration line is moving slowly -many immigration officers

will at least put in a bit more effort to help someone avoid missing the flight.

These guys on the immigration desks have only just finished a course ( well-publicised

in the Bangkok Post and Nation ) on how to be more friendly to passengers - obviously

they don't seem to have retained all that for long

OK the OP went to passport control 45 minutes before his flight, why didn't he go through earlier? We have seen a photo of crowds at the airport. Would I be right in assuming that the OP took this as he waited to go through passport control? Did he not see the crowd building up?

The OP blames everyone but the culprit - himself. It is his, and only his, fault for missing the flight.

Let me run through my timings the last time my wife and I flew to the UK - Friday 22 December 2006 - it takes us about 45 minutes from home to the airport and had to check in 2 hours ahead. the flight was due to leave at 2035. What time do you think we left? Check in time 1835 minus 45 minutes travel time that puts us at 1750, do you think we left then? We left at 1500, why? Traffic is always bad on Fridays - more so than other days, last weekend before Christmas so we expected high passenger numbers at the airport plus we added time for emergencies.

I am thinking of buying a bike, seems to me the 400 cc format will suit my pocket and needs. Dont have licence. Where is best to sit test? Is it difficult here in Thailand?

Another related question. The 400 cc bikes seem so much cheaper than the bigger bikes. Do they have lower taxes or something?

I bought a Yam1200XJR from a english guy in Chang Mia, big bike prices are about the same here as UK, it has number plates, {this is important!!! and a logbook !! } the bike is taxed and insured, cost the same as my missus Honda Wave110cc, 645bht 1 year, you dont need to have a test, or even a driving license, the police have the ocasinal "helmut day" here, I know many Germans in Chiang Mai but why are they picking on Helmut? and will fine you 200bht on the spot if not wearing one, that happens about 2 times a year in the village i live in NE Thailand, before i left UK i got a 10 year international driving licensce Can you scan your 10 year IDL (remove personal details first)? I have only been able to get 1 year ones! from the RAC,400cc in the form of a Pari/dakar bike would be very good, my 1200 is ok but sometimes the roads dissapear or go into moon-crater mode, hence i never ride at night!! my advice is buy a bike with plates, get on it, ride where you want and enjoy it, i do all the time

"You don't need a licence" according to Lickey who has a '10 year' IDL Question for lickey - if semper48 takes your advice and is involved in a serious accident, woukld you pay semper48's fine and any compensation to the third party?

Mark Lamai, I agree with you - it is simply incompetence on your part. I will assume that you booked in 2 hours in advance so that will be 0515 then for the next 75 minutes you just simply hung around before you decided to go through passport control. What did you do in those 75 minutes? You posted an undated and untimed photo showing a crowd of people at the airport. If those people are going through passport control, they did not arrive at the airport en masse so the build-up must have taken time. Did you not see the build-up happening? You have flown before so you know that you have to be seated and belted in before then or do not these rules apply to you?

He was so unhappy that he left the forum

Boothy says "Kids are allowed to be kids here" School days - up before dawn, stay at school until someone picks them up, home about 6 o'clock. Weekends - Saturday Language school, afternoon - ballet. Sunday morning piano lessons, afternoon, music lessons - when do they have time to be kids? I am not saying that this happens to all children. Kids helping out at their parent's noodle stall, selling garlands at traffic junctions.

Have you read the replies to the same question that you posted on a different forum?