froggshw

I agree....I went there for my 40th birthday and had a great time well worth the visit.

Froggs

very entertaining thread

pissed myself actually

toodle pip..!!

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I agree with what most of you are saying here..pay your debts

But it got me thinking about if the boot was on the other foot.If the Gov/Auth had been overpaid(which happens all the time)would they hunt you down to give it back? do they not have a time limit on claims made against them? like 3 or 5 years?

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update....that TV I saw was 14,995baht

Went there again today

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I saw a 32" no name flat screen HDMI tv in Secon square yesterday for 17.990baht...almost bought it myself to use as a monitor for my pc

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Agreed....

Crown relocation is one of them..even when they did pack it themselves,I still had lots of breakages,including a TV and a model ship I was building(4 years into the build) I was gutted...!!

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limbos

Hey thanks for the link great site.

Do you know Jamie.?

I ask because I knew a Jamie that used to run a similar set up in the UK,but sold up more than a few years ago and I lost contact with him.

Just wondering if its the same guy,bit of a coincidence they share the same name.Guy I knew had an 80ft boat operating out of Plymouth UK.

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limbos

Yes,diving has taken me to some cool places over the years.

Some memorable ones are:

Diving with Manatee's in the North of Florida(Crystal River)...seals in the Scilly Isles

Big Manta Rays and Baracuda in Barbados..Leopard sharks in Phuket.

Done some nice cliff diving in Malta(Gozo)out from the inland sea,But Scotland is best for deep cliffs around the Oban area(west coast)sound of Mull)

I've dived wrecks on top of other wrecks(hit the same rock and sank on top of each other)

Guess the most famous wreck would be The Tory Canyon,on the seven stones reef(about 17 miles west of Penzance,UK)

most modern would be The Aolian Sky,sank in 1979 East of Weymouth in 20-30 mtrs.

Once 6 of us dived on a wreck called the Empress on the East coast,UK..and came up with over 100lb of lobster,my cats ate it for weeks,I was bored of it by then.

These are just a few.

How about you guys?what floats your boat?.mine was always wrecks,and drift diving...once hit my head on a sunken ww2 bomber in the English Channel.

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Heh Percy

How about Fizzing Frogg ?

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Hi Limbos,

Thanks for the book reference,can I buy it in Thailand?

Yes all the diving I ever done was on air,nitrox was unheard of(for sport diving) when I was doing these kind of dives.

There was a regular group of us that used to dive together,all after the same thing..Brass..!!

Our search took us all around the UK,from sth coast to Scotland,done many "live aboard" boat trips for a week or more to the Scilly Isles and the Channel Islands.

Maybe I should write a book about our experiences,I've had some "near death" ones myself,probably still got Micro bubbles in my blood now

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heh...I've seen some bigger ones in Lumpini park too...would'nt go near them without a big bat..or a gun

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"You will find that the standard fill pressure for recreational diving is 200 bar (3500 psi) and the recommended return to surface pressure is 50 bar (unless you are diving beyond 30 metres). I just wanted to point this out because having tanks filled to 250/300 bar can introduce safety issues, returning to the surface on 70/100 bar is just very conservative".

I don't doubt what you say,it might be normal practice now.

In the UK a few years ago I was getting my cylinders pumped to between 250/300 bar after they had cooled off.

I was regulary diving in excess of 40+ metres,more than a few times over 60 metres,all on wrecks,and in search of brass,like portholes and the ships telegraph.I did eventually get a porthole,and after I got it,I started diving sensibly again.But..I had brass fever for years before I did.

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Nice size...I had 1 as a pet in the UK..but it got too big to handle,so sold it on..gotta be careful of them whipping their tail round and lashing you..nasty bite too.

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Nowhere in my posts did I mention Decompression sickness....read them again

Nowhere did I mention it was a good idea to hold your breath....read them again

As for arguing with anyone...I'm too placid by nature

Happy diving..!!

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No...I dont have big arms Familyonthemove.

When I first got the bike (2002) I was a bit sore and ached,but after a while,you get used to it.

Heh....good piccy Payboy and a normal occurance here in LOS.

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Brit

I dont think Percy was refering to Free diving..

If you understand anything about saturation of nitrogen in tissue types Percy..like blood and bones,then I would recommend that you dont use this technique.

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"Just to open a can of worms."

I would close that can here and now...for the sake of confusion of noob divers...!!!

It's a bit like diving alone..we dont speak of it.

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Heh....I stopped logging dives after 2000...more than 10 years ago

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Excellent posts 12drinkmore,and totally correct.

I would like to add that if the proper training had been recieved,an out of air situation would never occur ! (unless equipment failure)which is very rare).

If you are starting a dive with 250/300 bar in your bottle,you should be heading to the surface with 70/100 bar still left in the bottle at the end of the dive.

golden rule..plan your dive..dive your plan.

When I did my training years ago,we spent a day in a flooded dry dock(20 metres deep) practising "out of air ascents" 1 breath of air from bottom to top,2 safety divers right next to us in training,it took more than 1 go to get the feel of it.

I did run out of air once before whilst doing a deco stop at 10m,fortunatlely I didnt get bent.

Safe diving everyone

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I am a lot happier on my Fireblade RR than I am on my moped around BKK..the only trouble with mopeds is,you can't go fast enough.!.

If you get into any kind of fast moving traffic,you need to at least be able to keep up,mopeds just cant,they have no acceleration to get out of trouble.

If your well experienced riding bikes.I would say OK.If not,I would stay well away from mopeds in BKK.

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Yes of course it's flawed,anyone thats been through the old BSAC or SAA training knows that.

Difference is that the BSAC/SAA way usually takes months an months to qualify,lots of scenario training to get you ready for your fist open water dives.

The PADI system is all about getting your money fast.

Thats my opinion.

Before the flaming starts about what is the best way to learn,I want to add that I've been diving more than 20 years,qualified the SAA way to dive leader,then done the BSAC way to dive leader again,then crossed over to PADI and went on to master scuba diver.

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Hi Meg

Thanks for the PM.

I went to JJ on Friday and had a stroll around,I saw a Macaw and a grey that I was interested in.

I'll let you al know what I decide to buy.

Many thanks again

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Dlock,

Thanks for the info,very usefull indeed

Meg_2003,

Any chance you can PM the details please.?

Thanks all

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I agree with you Beacher...in my short time here on TV,I've seen more worthy threads closed because of "not Thai related".

In my opinion it would be better to move the threads to another forum,rather than close them completely.

How about the Mods open a "Non Thai related" forum..?

Either that or delete/close the rest of the dribble threads that are evident here,just to be "fair"

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could anyone tell me what a rough price of a Macaw would be..or even an African Grey.?

Cheers

Froggs