Issanman

Here is a link to an old thread about SDD:

http://www.thaivisa....sawang-dan-din/

My wife and I have a home about an hour away from there.

THE HUSBAND STORE

A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:

You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the values of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs

She is intrigued, but continues to thesecond floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.

'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.'

So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.

'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework.

'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!'

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

PLEASE NOTE:

To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New Wives store just across the street.

The first floor has wives that love sex.

The second floor has wives that love sex and have money and like beer

The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.

THE HUSBAND STORE

A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates:

You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the values of the products increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs

She is intrigued, but continues to thesecond floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.

'That's nice,' she thinks, 'but I want more.'

So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.

'Wow,' she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help With Housework.

'Oh, mercy me!' she exclaims, 'I can hardly stand it!'

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help with Housework, and Have a Strong Romantic Streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor, where the sign reads:

Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

PLEASE NOTE:

To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opened a New Wives store just across the street.

The first floor has wives that love sex.

The second floor has wives that love sex and have money and like beer

The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.

The Garmin 255w does NOT leave a "track" when you travel, so you can't go back and see where you've been.

Are you certain that your 255W does not have a Trip Log?

My Garmin 255W absolutely has a tracking log. You have to go into the menu and enable it.

B-52s currently flown by the United States Air Force are nearly all over 50 years old. They ended production in 1962.

17 years old is nothing.

female - Sarah Vaughan

male - Roy Orbison

Cycle World magazine just did a comparison of the US versions of both bikes in the April 2011 issue. Although they do like the Ninja a lot, they gave the overall edge to the Honda. They especially liked the user friendly torque curve and handling of the Honda. I personally think the Ninja has a definite edge in the looks department, but would probably go with the Honda based on what I read in their comparison test and the lower price of the Honda. In the past, I have always picked Kawasakis over Hondas when actually buying.

Chevy Colorados sold in the US are built in Shreveport, Louisiana USA.

For now, anyway.

I have the proarm shop manual if anyone needs it (can be used for the other models as the engine, etc are basically the same).

Would love to get that manual from you for future reference. I am sure I will need one at some point.

I am only certain that I bought it new in mid 1995 and was told it was a new (updated?) model. Could have been BS.

My bike matched exactly the bike in the brochures available at that time.

I still remember the sound...

is your frame the old type or the newer type?

have an 18" wheel on the back?

I bought the bike new in 1995. Sorry to say that I no longer have it. Don't know the answers to your questions, but I have posted three different pictures of it in this thread so far, including the one below. Maybe you can look at the pictures and tell what type of frame it is. I don't know the difference between the new and old frames.

I am hoping to find and restore one like it when I get back to Thailand for good. Amazing little bike.

Didn't know the 1995 came with that type headlight.

It doesn't look like the headlight on my 1995.

There is a bike called a Chiang Jiang (Chinese for the Yangses river). Apparently after WWII Russia seized BMW's motorcycle making equipment and put out a bike called the Ural. When that got too old for the Ruskies, the Chinese got it. And are still making it. It's virtually the same bike as the WWII era BMW's (made on the same equipment). I think it would be a success if someone could import it in from China.

I like it!

I'll have a black one without the sidecar, please.

Nearly anything you can buy, including even some items which are made in Thailand, can be bought much cheaper in the US than in Thailand.

Especially when you are talking about items which are made in places other than the US and Thailand.

I am sure that is due to the US imposition of "high import taxes".

In 1995 I bought a brand new NSR150RR. I think it was a new model at that time. It sure did get a lot of attention from the locals! I can say that it was one of the best handling and quickest stopping bikes that I have ever owned. And I have owned 28 different bikes up to now. I can remember getting it up to a little over 170 km/h. Also did over 160 with my wife on the back. Those speeds were shown on the bikes speedometer and may or may not be an accurate indication of the true speed.

Can't tell you about the fuel consumption because I never paid any attention to it. It was a nice little high-speed cruiser! There was nothing in our area that would even come close, at that time.

I don't think that a four-stroke 150cc would be able to come close to the performance of the NSR, unless the four-stroke were highly modified. I must say that I have not ridden the CBR150. But through the years, my fastest small bikes were all two-strokes. No comparison whatsoever.

Does anyone know if Samuel Adams Boston Lager is available in Thailand?

I hope so. It makes other beers taste like beer-flavored water.

Good stuff!

Beer Lao and Chang are now available here in Florida, along with Singha, of course.

I do like the Beer Lao.

Have not seen any Leo here. Will try it when I am in Thailand next month.

Issanman

In the US market, Kawasaki sells the 125 Eliminator. It appears that the bike is almost identical to the Boss. Although the engine is a different displacement, it does look the same and I would think that the valve adjustment procedure would be the same. The actual valve clearance specs may be different, though.

You may be able to find a service manual in English for the Kawasaki 125 Eliminator.

We are a group of mappers who enjoy our hobby while producing free maps for everyone.

www - malfreemaps - com

and we have done mapping for Malaysia, Singapore, East Malaysia and Brunei. Our maps update everyweek.

And now, our next project is to map Thailand.

In order to have accuracy of the map, we need all the GPS Track and POI that you have to share with us.

For any GPS users in Thailand who are planning to visit Malaysia, you can download the map. The maps are available for all Garmin, Holux and Papago devices.

And it is 100% FREE. And we will do the same for Thailand.

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Alyem,

I am very happy to hear of your Thailand map project.

Your group produces the best looking GPS maps that I have ever seen. I am not presently located in Thailand, but when I am, I will be certain to support your Thailand map project with information.

I only hope that many of the TV members and others will support your Thai map effort so that we may have the same quality beautiful maps that you have produced for Malaysia.

Thanks to your group for your beautiful work. Your maps make all the others look like they were produced by children.

TV members: Go to their website and download their FREE maps of Malaysia. If you like what you see, then please help these guys out. We will all benefit from it.

Thanks.

Issanman

Florida USA (but only for a little while longer)

Harley Davidson VRod

For those who were able to deduce that my relationship is not 100%, you are correct. The money I need to deposit is so that my wife will agree to return to the US... with our two children. Essentially she is holding them for ransom.

<deleted> am I supposed to do? Well, if I play hard-ball, she won't give a cr*p, and in the process she will lose her visa (to enter the US). The children of course will remain in the f*ckhole we jokingly call LOS.

Alternatively, I could use the money to build a house, or slap it in the bank (under her name), and I bet I will still lose.

What really at stake here is 2 children. Should I consider them "casualties of war"??

Anyhow, I want to accept the word of my wife that she will return if I deposit the money, but deep down I feel this money will be lost to... and pick your favourite... inflation, stupidity, a sub-standard house that will never increase in value.

"Parental Kidnapping is not a crime in Thailand and Thai authorities will not issue a warrant or become involved should one parent take a child without the other parent's authorization. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction cannot be invoked if a child is taken from the United States to Thailand, or vice versa, by one parent against the wishes of the other parent or in violation of a U.S. custody order."

I copied and pasted this from a US Department of State web site.

Please view this page here:

http://travel.state.gov/family/abduction/c...ountry_528.html

Issanman