joker7

You cant get 500 GB Acer hard drives for 1,000 baht. 500 GB drives will range from 2,000 baht for Acer to maybe 2600 baht for WD. The prices have definately increased since the floods though for WD. WD 500 GB before the floods were about 1800-2000 baht.

When are you looking to move ?

Ive a Town House - up from Cosy Beach - however I would be looking for 20,000 baht / month.

Im thinking of installing a Lexicon home entertainment system. Anyone installed one in Pattaya ? How much was the total cost including materials and labor ?

I would be looking at :

2 x Lounge surround sound system

1 x Bathroom

4 x Bedroom

I may alter the number of rooms depending on costs.

Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks

Joker

Where is Mini Siam and the bottle Museum ?

You were at Nong Nooch Gardens.

There is a couple of Mueseum's out down passed Nong Nuch on the left hand side. One is a Chinese Mueseum [Terra Cotta Army] the other a large Wat which gives you a great view over Pattaya / Jomtien.

Ive always found it useful if people are trying to undercut you on the motorway when there are roadworks ahead just hang out level with the car next to you on the outside lane - then when you come to turn in you've a whole line of traffic behind you. Everything speeds up ahead of you - no idiots flying past you trying to cut in - you then get to watch 20 cars behind you try to push themselves in as theyve no idea what you were trying to do !!

Has anyone ever gone into say Valentino's and asked to have 10 forzen Pizza's made up to take home ?

The choice you get from Tesco/Big C is fairly pathetic to be honest.

Just curious...

If you start drinking seawater you'll be dead in about 4 days. I hope you were joking !

Anyone have any ideas where you can get a wallpaper steamer / stripper.

Ive looked in Homeworks and HomePro and they've no idea what im on about.

Any help is appreciated.

Joker

Driving up Thappaya road the other day - cars had backed up a good 100 yards around that U -turn section near Take care U bar.

Then went along Phratamnak road and they had cars backed up all the way to the Hot Rod Harley shop up there from the trafic lights. Surely when the all those condo's [the view - legend - art on the hill ++] are finished they'll be running rings around Phratamnak hill - will take you 30 mins just to get out of Phratamnak.

Not much planning in that.

Am always amazed about the amound of negative comments out there.....must be a lot of stressed out house owners around Id say.

Thanks Mr Warp - top advice. Will hit the pool contractor see what they say.

Joker.

Do any of you (I'm tempted to say idiots but won't)......

eh I thought you just said we were a bunch of idiots.

Id love this line Nancy classic. lol. Pathetic it is but made me laugh.

The Thai Baht is increasing in strength against the dollar as Europe is stealing more of the headlines at being flushed down the toilet before the US.

So US dollar strengthens against the Euro and other worldwide currencies.

Is fairly simple really.

I was thinking of just having a seperate on / off switch - and would only be used on an occasional basis - wouldnt be tied into the filter system.

Where you see these farecasts Chamg Mai id be interested to note as I have two mortgages back in the UK and earn $US.

Im planning on building a 6 x 12 Metre Swimming pool. I was thinking to take a lap pool pump and install it and the deep end of the pool. This would give a nice wave affect for the kids to play around in.

Anyone ever done this before ?

Was also thinking maybe I need to install a pool cover try to keep the pool as clean as possible. Is this really cost affective, how much water from evaporation would it save in Baht terms per month ?

Any ideas would be helpful.

Joker.

Ive lost count with the amount of accounts ive opened and closed with Siam Commercial. Bond Account's. Saving's accounts with high interest. Ive no work permit, stay long term on tourist visa's.

I used to have an account with Kasikorn and asked if it was possible to see the manager with regard to obtaining a mortgage under my wife's name. Wasn't even allowed through his door. Closed my account as fast as possible to which they said it would take 2 weeks to make out a cheque for the 1.2 million I had in the account.

Decided not to wait the 2 weeks and cashed out the 1.2 million. Proceeded to then run across town with the cash to the Siam Commercial who I am glad to say will provide a cashiers cheque in 5 minutes.

I bought into AEM [Agnico] at $64. Bottomed out at $55 didnt panic I now see it heading towards >$78.

That's why I drive a Toyota Vigo.

We received 9300 baht per kilo that was about 3 weeks ago. Since then the rain has brought down the price.

You ever wonder why they tax BMW's and Merc's so much ? Only rich Thai's can afford them. So they get lots of face when they drive around in their beamer. You imagine what would happen if they change the tax laws and suddenly lots of average Thai's are driving BMW's like in the UK. Would never happen. Some Thai's spend more on their car than they do on their house !

The Pension isnt inflation adjusted for people living overseas. So If you retire when your 67 and you get $120/week [example] It will stay at that level until your ten feet under if you continue to live in Thailand. If you go back to live in the UK then you will receive inflation adjustments of 3% year.

By the time im 67 in another 30 years they probably most likely change the rules again that you would have to live in the UK to receive the Pension so im opting out and paying a big fat zero.

Anyone know how easy it is to conduct your own Title Deed search on a specific block of land/property which you are looking to buy ?

Is it just a case of going down to the Land Office or do you need a Lawyer to conduct one. Id rather get out of paying for the privilege and do some hard work myself for a change.

The wife has since retracted her earlier statement and now says the cost is only 100 / baht per tonne. Seems much more in the ball park. Plus all the waiting around is done by the truck driver and we only pay for delivery.