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I usually like to arrive early too - avoiding peak hours, etc. Varying experiences for me. The ones that won't allow you to check in immediately will at least let you stow your bags and will often allow you to use a shower. I've had refusals and acceptances at everything from small family run pensions/guesthouses (although only where availability is a problem) to large hotels. A smile and courteous explanation can work wonders. Some large hotels are run like a bureaucracy and provide very little flexibility.

Yeh, and if you book on line so you print off your stay voucher then they won't really argue or be picky, thats what l do.

Hard to get decent mustard here and it goes off very easily for some reason.

I tried the Keanes English in powder form, you mix it yourself as needed, but that goes off as well.

I couldn't be bothered with the wishywashy varieties, French, American, German... they're definitely not for real men.

I bought English Mustard in a jar, made by Oaklane in Tesco's, they just started stocking it.

I'm from the us,there are around 20 states where there aren't motorcycle laws for adults.Statistics show where there are helmet laws there are more motorcycle accidents.Helmets give A false sense of security.

If there isn't A helmet law where I ride I don't use one.It blocks my perefial vision and my hearing.I've never had an accident and been riding motorcycles for over 44 years.I've been coming to thailand for over 40 years.There are many places in thailand where I won't ride .For people that do it's only A matter of time before ya do have an accident.Some of ya think i'm lucky.Your wrong,I'm good

Good? You sound more like God.

+1.

Perhaps thrilled can answer this, the UK, me, a professional driver, not on a bike but in a car, driving down a straight road, 30mph, minding my own business when my car was written off, destroyed, l survived.

Bloke turned in front of me with no distance between us. Turned out it was an old Pakistani guy, he said he forgot to look . If l was on a bike l would be under ground now.

thrilled, you have been '' Lucky '' so far.

About the dumbest thing I see are the people (both farang and Thai) who wear the helmet (presumably to avoid a fine) but don't do it up. Worst of both words: brain damage and messed up hair.

My wife reports that she just saw a sign announcing that the fine for not wearing one is to be doubled to 400 baht next month. Now, if they took a giant and imaginative leap forward and busted people whenever they saw them, rather than just on planned operations, they'd get close to 100% compliance in a pretty short time.

Maybe a check to see if the lights are working while you've got the perp by the roadside would save a few lives. No, that's way too simple........

Yep, l have posted before here your thoughts. What the officers in control of policing are doing is a crime. Sitting in restaurants talking <deleted>, getting pissed all day but doing nothing.

Think like humons, some cannot control their weight. My cat eats and eats, non stop but is as skinny as a rake, sleeps, washes, eats, sleeps, washes eats. Don't worry.

Same where l live, l sit in the car to get the once over, tooth brush comes in handy for me too.

did u used to be on the C.B radio in the U.K ?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!! Come on Big daddy, over and out.

Mustard. The MOST important condiment out there. Asylums are full of people who don't like it. Others just waiting to get in.

Any MUSTARD, English, French, any, but mustard IS the final topping.

I did it last night, my first try of SK patties.

No buns, just toasted sliced bread, bacon, plenty of cooked onions, cheddar cheese, a little chilli sauce and lots of lettuce.

And....................................???

And.........................................???? NO MUSTARD

Policy must have changed since I last went through UK mmigration 6 years ago when they allowed me and my daughter with UK passports through but the missus had to wait in the non-EU queue.

Took mrs to UK, had a guy looking at passports in queue, told me to go UK line with mrs.

Seems to me they were made for each other...both having death wishes. I say let him go at it...maybe he wants to be together again. Who are we to deny him?

Hmmmmm, if you have been in a situation, like l have, and other members here, the guy needs support and pointing in another direction.

I have just driven behind a 4 year old on a miniature motor bike, on the road, no helmet, following his dad who is waving traffic past , imagine if the toddler lost control and l hit him.

Just imagine how much money it would cost you if you did hit him because remember you are a farang and it's always your fault !

I know, my wife laughed, thought it fun , beggars belief.

Same where l live, l sit in the car to get the once over, tooth brush comes in handy for me too.

My mrs buys stuff at the '' Oriental Princess '' outlets, they sell roll on anti-perspirant deodorant in many '' flavours '', l tried it and it works great, wet for a few minutes but OK, think 95bht and lasts a long time so if your walking behind a guy that smells of cherry blossom, its me.

PS. My gran told me she tried one of these new fangled modern deodorants, she said the instructions were'

'' Unscrew the top and push up the bottom'', she said '' it was very painful but awsome when she farted ''

trasam. I thought cherry blossom was a boot polish.

jb1

Old leather eh.

I'm sorry but " it messes up my hair " has to be the most pathetic excuse for not wearing a helmet there is. Especially coming from a bloke.

It isn't a matter of choice as some tend to think, it is the law. You have to be a complete idiot not to wear one in my honest opinion !

....it was kinda a joke about the hair...I mean really a couple of you come across as a prick having zero sense of humor...

opinions are like a-holes, everyone has one...you seemed to be blessed with 2...congrats on that....

You post, expect a response.

I have just driven behind a 4 year old on a miniature motor bike, on the road, no helmet, following his dad who is waving traffic past , imagine if the toddler lost control and l hit him.

That's good news that he has neighbors who care. I do fear his psychological reaction when he gets the hospital bill though.

Also, the news link publishing a picture of this man's passport ID details is very offensive and a disgusting invasion of privacy. It's bad enough when they do that for deceased people; this has gone too far.

Yeh, your right.

All the "British" nationals had good British names I see, thats what happens when you give assylum to almost everyone that turns up you end up with evryone that no one else wants. They milk the benefits and cry racialism and discrimination if anyone says anything. Well done the border agency,but, there is alot more to catch yet.

+1,

BUT, will be a never ending story, they catch a few but imagine the numbers that get through.

Why not just make it TV members of any number of posts and even newbies, but no guests, that'll free up the numbers for the seating available and i'm sure the partners will only sit with a long face, on there phones wishing they where somewhere else. Oh i forgot many of yous can't function without the tethered lady, try it it's liberating. , PS i'm 3 away from the milestone of 20 posts, can my nerves take it

So you just joined for the party eh.

UK line, she stays with you at Heathrow.

Sorry but words fail me.

I'm kinda old but still enjoying.

+1, me too, if l could buy some.

Christmas or Birthday cards are for putting on the mantle piece, in my case a dresser, to look at, to FEEL your family or friends. VERY sad if you think everything including cards should be on your PC, next you will be looking at pictures of a BigMac on your PC instead of going out to eat one.

NEWS FLASH: In the modern world today they make and sell those things called 'All-In-Ones' which is not only a scanner....but..... get this..... A PRINTER!!

Yes, for those of you that want that nostalgic FEELING of having the picture of your friends and family on your mantle/dresser/wherever you now can do so.... You could even print 100s of copies and place them throughout your entire home so that the FEELING of your loved ones will be with you at every single minute of every single day... You could even tack some copies up in your bathroom so when you're relieving yourself of that REAL Big Mac (yuck, who eats that crap) you can still have that reminder of FEELING your loved ones with you.

..and when you tire of all those pictures you can take them down, fold them neatly, and place them in that shoe box under your bed with the rest of past years mementos.

<Geez.... I'm feeling so sentimental I'm about to shed a tear....>

Thats the Spirit.

I still question why anyone would use 'snail mail' over the modern technology of the Internet. I mean with a scanner and an Internet connection you can get 99% of the things needed done, whether it is business or personal. The 1% where I used the postal service is where my scanned/electronic signature was not allowed (one Tax Return) and sending a few checks that arrived here in LOS rather than being direct deposited into my account like I requested. Five plus years living here and I have had to mail approx. 4 or 5 items.

As for a post card being more personal, what a load of crap.... When was the last time you sent a post card with you or your family's picture on it? And with the small amount of writable space on a post card how much more can you write other than, 'miss you - wish you were here'? My family and friends enjoy the numerous family pictures as well as local scenery and other things they would not ordinary see back in the USA on the blog I created or in the emails I send. And yes, I send jokes and funny pictures via email but I also take the time, sit down, and write lengthy personal letters to my close friends and family members....do you?

I have friends in the USA that for the past 15-20 years write a Christmas letter and send to all their friends and families. The letter tells all what the family has done through the year as well as wishing everyone Happy Holidays. Up until about 7 or 8 years ago this letter was always sent using the postal system. Now they are doing it electronically through the Internet. Is it less personal, no way. I actually enjoy it more these days because they are attaching pictures to it whereas before there were no pictures.

I'm sure those that are still stuck in the 'dark ages' with sending post cards are the ones that usually take the boat when they go back to visit their home country...

Just because I don't really agree with some of you please don't take any offence and 'Go Postal' on me....

Christmas or Birthday cards are for putting on the mantle piece, in my case a dresser, to look at, to FEEL your family or friends. VERY sad if you think everything including cards should be on your PC, next you will be looking at pictures of a BigMac on your PC instead of going out to eat one.

My mrs buys stuff at the '' Oriental Princess '' outlets, they sell roll on anti-perspirant deodorant in many '' flavours '', l tried it and it works great, wet for a few minutes but OK, think 95bht and lasts a long time so if your walking behind a guy that smells of cherry blossom, its me.

PS. My gran told me she tried one of these new fangled modern deodorants, she said the instructions were'

'' Unscrew the top and push up the bottom'', she said '' it was very painful but awsome when she farted ''

For better or worse?

FOR WORSE - even more obese kids waddling about the Rai.

SUGAR, Thais love sugar in/on anything, take a look what the kids are eating, the fat ones that is, SUGAR stuff.