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transam

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  1. Kinda' funny that some people are disappointed to see more McDonalds in CM. Perhaps some people come here to get away from stuff like McDonalds. Maybe they think McDonalds doesn't reflect traditional Thai culture, and probably diminishes it. And then others have turned the thread into some sort of fast food worship list. That might be a bit of a difference between people who came here because they wanted to experience another culture, and people who came here because it's cheap (and couldn't give a shit about the culture). I could live without any Western fast food chains, and haven't been to one yet, but I'm not against hitting one sooner or later.

    However, how many is enough and how many is ridiculous? I don't want to see a McDonalds next to every temple. If there's one, that's probably enough. If you need to go to McDonalds more than once a week in Thailand, you might be overdoing it, especially if you didn't eat at McDonalds weekly in your own country.

    Still planning on hitting up that Burger King for a whopper. Just haven't gotten around to it yet.

    I too am outraged that an American business would set up shop in Thailand, and that Thais would dishonor their culture by patronizing the evil capitalists.

    cheesy.gif , Who is building Thailand ? Who is building the motorways ? Who built the airports, who makes the mobile phones, who designs LOS cars, who supplies arms, who supplies all the technology ? WAKE UP. Modern LOS does not run on sticky rice. rolleyes.gif
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  2. Excellent, the price of alcohol can't be high enough. It's one of the most dangerous drugs in the world, it causes death and mayhem in traffic, spousal abuse and all sorts of aggression. In another thread: "Drunken Swede kills tourist from New Zealand". I am convinced he would not have killed that guy if he were sober!

    Rubbish, whats between your ears at birth determines if you become or are an asshol_e. I drink a few and assault no one. Do you know why ?, I have the same temperament as my dad.
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  3. Bye bye Thailand, its been fun but over the last 2 years about the only that hasn't increased is my pay packet.....

    Another expat, that are here for all the right reasons sad.png You will be sadly missed by your friends outside 7-eleven. Have a safe Aeroflot flight back home! w00t.gif

    Looks like this tax increase sorts the wheat from the chaff... if so - well done Thailand ! clap2.gif

    You booked your Airoflot flight yet ? thumbsup.gif
  4. Don't know where to get it here but the product is called "Ether".

    Also - Try not to use it, it's terrible stuff for the engine, its highly volatile which is why it works so well. However you may have heard of engines getting addicted to it. That happens because the explosion takes place early (extremely advanced timing as it were) when the piston is still lower than normal and on the upward compression stroke. Combustion is so violent when compared with normal petrol / diesel fuel and timing that the resultant explosion can force the piston down with such force or even back down rocking the engine backwards, that the connecting rods can be bent ever so slightly each time it happens. Over time the con-rod gradually shortens, the piston no longer reaches as high up in the cylinder bore as before reducing the compression - this in turn adds to poor performance and poor starting issues - hence the addiction. - Source "My little head"

    I question your theory a little smile.png as diesels are built to withstand much more force than petrol engines, via 17/18-i compression ratio, and off idle the turbo increases forces a lot. Using gas to start a diesel is OK, used it decades ago on primitive diesels. thumbsup.gif
  5. Whats ''Starting Fluid'' ? smile.png

    Never lived in a cold climate, that's where I was familiar with it? wink.png Also, when I would rebuild a carburetor or engine, helps to jump start the fuel system.

    Starting fluid is sprayed into the engine intake near the air filter or into a spark plug hole of an engine to get added fuel to the combustion cylinder quickly. Using starting fluid to get the engine running faster avoids wear to starters and fatigue to your arm with pull start engines, especially on rarely used machines. Other uses include cold weather starting, vehicles that run out of fuel, and sometimes with flooded engines. Mechanics, especially amateur mechanics that lack diagnostic tools, sometimes use it to diagnose starting problems. If sprayed into the air intake on a car, it can be used to determine whether the spark and ignition system of the car is functioning and the fuel delivery system is not, since the engine will run until the starting fluid vapors in the intake system are exhausted. It is used more often with carbureted engines than with fuel injection systems. It is not recommended for starting some diesel engines that have preheat systems in the intake or glow-plugs installed as this may lead to damage to the engine.

    Source - Wiki

    Thought we were in LOS. laugh.png Phew.
  6. British ex-pat suspected of selling class 1 drugs in Pattaya

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    PATTAYA:--Immigration Police arrested a 54 Year old Englishmanon Sunday Morning, accused of possession and sale of a class 1 drug.

    Officer arrested Mr. Duncan James McGee, a well-known Pattaya ex-pat, at the conclusion of a covert operation on Pattaya Third Road opposite the now-demolished Xzyte Discotheque.

    Police state that contact was made with the suspect and it was arranged to sell a quantity of Cocaine to an undercover officer posing as a drugs buyer. During questioning, Mr. McGee claimed he would purchase the drugs from a foreign agent based in the Nana Entertainment area of Bangkok for 2,000 Baht per packet and would re-sell for between 3,000 and 4,000 Baht. On this occasion he was in possession of 9 packets of a white powder which Police tested and found to be Cocaine.

    Full story:http://www.pattayaon...-drugs-pattaya/

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    -- Pattaya One 2012-08-20

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    Must confess, his mug looks very familiar to me, and I'm not talking about LOS. ermm.gif
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