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does it matter? It's always the same food stall repeated five hundred times with bad quality ingredients. Then its the same broken down kids game and the same crap from china they sell at every other market. There will be 5mins of the same old kid's dancing class and then some old wannabe hiso will shout in the microphone for a few hours about his new car, his new pants and his new watch.

The "reason" for the "festival" isnt very important.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

As long as they have beer I will find some way to enjoy it; still vexed about the "reason" though...I know a lot goes on down there but I didn't think it had at last morphed into a sort of "endless party" ...anyway I will try to get to the bottom of it and report back to y'all.

Does anyone know what is going on at Saphan Hin Central Stage area this weekend...I went past there last night and saw a lot of activity, but didn't have time to stop. I don't see any info about it in any of the local new outlets...thanks for any info provided.

As said back home " ow did yer go mate." No real need ATM for myself but interested to know if the forum is useful. SL was up to a quick reply.

I got a pair of -6.0 Speedos yesterday at the Supersport shop at Central Festival for 1,100 baht...StevenI has some top-of-the-line stuff and I thank him for his help, but all I really needed was something to help me find my way back to my beach chair...Anyway, I would say this forum is particularly helpful when it comes to "Does anyone know where I can get....?" types of queries.

We can have optical goggles for you. Takes all in all about 1 hour, available from -1,5 to -6,0.

Ok...Please PM me with more info about your location and other details, including price...tx

I need a pair of prescription swim goggles, preferably somewhere in/around Phuket Town. Prefer a European make if possible (the nose bridge on the Asian ones are usually too small)...Has anyone seen them?...I don't want to go on a wild goose chase...any help appreciated.

I eat 90% Thai food and when I eat farang food most of the time I prepare it myself. The few times I have been back to my home country (land of the Big Mac) I missed the food here so much; and my wife was repulsed by American food -- even in nice restaurants. It's amazing that a country with such horrible food could have an obesity problem.

I put Isarn food at the top of my list...one of the reasons I love to live here.

All of my male relatives back home have high blood pressure/cholesterol and diabetic problems...I smoke, and drink more than any of them and don't suffer from any of that..(knocking on wood)...an added observation is that all the Thai restaurants in the US are overpriced and very low quality...Thank god we live in a place like Phuket; it's heaven in terms of weather and quality/range/cost of dining options.

The prospect of the upcoming party has compelled me to share this video entitled "TV Party". Check it out if you like punk rock.

I'm in...on my own.

I have heard that Chumphon is the largest coffee growing province in Thailand, and you can sometimes find the beans from there on sale at OTOP and Blue Flag fairs for 150 baht for a half kilo...I don't think it is quite as good as BonCafe's stuff, but I am not a connoisseur..there is also a place right around the corner from the PEA office in Phuket Town called K2 that sells half-kilo bags of beans from Chiang Mai for 300. I have a bag here and will report back after I try it. For me the only time to 'test' beans is first thing in the morning...I do love BonCafe's slogan Go on! Have another Cup. Imagine if they tried that with alcohol or some other addictive drug...

At least all local Tesco has basic fire safety measures in place ..the main Supercheap branch is a huge fire disaster waiting to happen, as I have written many times in this forum (and alluded to in others).

If a fire ever broke out near the main entrances, which is not unlikely given all the people cooking over open flames thereabouts, the death toll could be in the thousands: worse than OG269 and the tsunami (Phuket death toll) combined...

Getting out of that place is hard enough even when it is not on fire. I feel like I have cheated death every time I walk out of there.

If any Phuket retail outlet, real or planned, is in need of a protest it is Supercheap and the fire safety disaster that can (and probably will) happen there unless someone in power does something about it.

Isn't it time they just turned that place into a warehouse for their ever- expanding "convenience" store" operation?

This year, the Yingluck government will get an invitation from Stockholm.

I heard it is on the top of a list for the new

Nobel Prize for Real Comedians

Please don't insult Thai inventors.

Such invention have been used by many Royal Projects.

Please post the link, links to the water-flow push machines being used in many Royal Projects.

Is this in reference to those energy-wasting paddlewheels used to aerate the disgusting canals of Bangkok and shrimp farming ponds upcountry? Even if it is some "on-steriods" version thereof, god help us all...

"... a water-pushing machine..."

No further questions.

...I have a degree in hydrology and have likewise never heard of a 'water pushing machine'. Maybe I am just getting old, but last time I checked H₂0 was still a fluid, at least in its liquid form, thus difficult to 'push around'.

Has anyone got to the bottom of this? If so, this layman would very much appreciate some advice...

I very seldom see bats in Phuket and wonder if some posters aren't confusing them with the proliferation of edible-nest swiftlets caused by the 'swiftlet ranching' boom to serve the Chinese tourists' demand for bird's nest soup...they are also nocturnal, can't perch, fly like they are on speed, and feed on insects by echo-location at night

Just a thought....

just leave your out in the rain overnight....it really works and you can't beat the price

Sorry but I have never heard of rain dissolving road tar!

It was just a joke, but water will dissolve just about anything if you give it enough time...look at the Grand Canyon -- or my rusted out car!

just leave your out in the rain overnight....it really works and you can't beat the price

Supercheap is a horrible firetrap, with the /beer/spirits section especially badly-designed if a fire ever broke out there....think about what you would do if a fire broke out next time you are in there

Fortunately, if you drive north along Thepkrasattri there is a store in a double shophouse just south of the new KBank branch that sells beer at the exact same prices as Supercheap...You can park right on the main road and they will even carry your purchase to your car...nice people too

Does anyone have a clever strategy for dealing with the new and highly-retarded "plastic cup" rule now in place at the FC Phuket games...? The ideal solution would be to get a pickup with a keg in the back and park in near the back entrance and sell refills that way...If anyone does, I'll certainly be a repeat customer ...

Apparently this rule was put in place after some moron threw some sort of container during the Krabi game..what a shame that we all have to suffer as a result...

Anyway, let's hope the weather is as good tomorrow as it was last week..Go Phuket

Dr Pensri Upatising @ SuanLuang Clinic is the best. In a shophouse in front of Rama 9 park, Chao Fa East. Very kind woman; good English.

Finally stopped by the other day for a Rueben. The only problem is that it was too big. Had 1/2 for lunch and the other 1/2 for dinner. Very tasty.

Bill - I love the Boston door mat!

Bill, I hope you serve a few dishes cold, because that is how I will enjoy my revenge most at the end of the next NFL season. Go Pats!

Manny has been spending too much time on Bible study. Looks as though he lost a step. 60 professional bouts, endless questions about blood doping. His time may be over.

The fight I watched, Bradley indeed won a decision.

Glad to see this comment as I thought I might be the only person, apart from two of the judges, who saw it that way. It helps not being subjected to a biased commentary (I had the Thai on and as I don't speak the language was able to watch without listening).

The commentary wasn't in Thai. The decision was an absolute abomination; another disgrace for boxing. I am an atheist, but blaming 'the loss' on Pacquio's bible study is completely ludicrous.

They just said that Pacman is watching the basketball game in the locker room and is not ready.

Bradley is ready to enter the ring.

Amazing.

Pacman is a Celtics fan, bless his heart...hopefully we'll get some payback...I found it on live streaming, but still nothing on Thai TV7

I don't see the fight on Thai TV 7, just some retarded Hollywood movie with Jon Voight

it's nice to see some interest in boxing...and to see a real fight on Thai TV 7 for a change...

I try to combine the ideas together with an twist. For me the whole idea is to meet up with the people I'm talking together on this forum. It's about learning the real people and their smiles when talking.. something that is difficult to let other people to see, when we are just words written to a forum.

Could this work for us?

We'll have the initial party at the ThaiVisa / Phuket Gazette office. The location in right in the middle of the island and therefore none of us would have to travel too far to get there. Fair an simple in that term.

http://map.panphuket...gazette-offices

The party would start on Saturday 3pm with normal 'who is who introduction'.

Phuket Gazette would provide an excursion introduction how the weekly newspaper is made. Explaining idea creation, news sources, editorial issues, how the readers could be part of the news making etc. Next step would go to see the printing process itself if it's done on these premises. This would provide something to talk about later on.

At this location, there would be beer, sodas and BBQ available for the prices we have get used with the street vendors. No real sponsors needed as it would feel a bit of being on debt with the sponsors. Well, to be honest if Carlsburg would want to sponsor the beers and PG the BBQ, that would be pretty ideal.

After the initial gathering, maybe 6pm, we could move to the next place. This could be an German beer garden close to Kathu waterfall, which I have not visited, but heard it can provide good beers and wurst.

http://map.panphuket...imated-location

After that, what happens in Phuket, stays in Phuket.

Has the Phuket Gazette management been made aware of this suggestion?