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Funny story. The noose around his neck is strange. Ya get all sorts.

Many initiates become unnerved at Masonic rituals.

Hello All, I went to order some azomite today and found that the

price is Bt.95@Kg, so a bag is Bt.1,900, "not" Bt.95.

rice555

Ouch!!! I didn't know that. That makes it less attractive. It must be imported from the US. I thought that maybe they had tapped into a mine in China and could make it more affordable.

Is diatomite an alternative? It is quarried locally if that is an advantage.

Most of the small submersibles have plastic impellers so caustic soda may not be very good for them. Is there any chance that the clay-like deposit could be iron? If so, soaking it in a chlorine solution might help. You might want to think about putting chlorine down the well overnight and then pumping it out as the screens or slots may be plugged if you are using steel casing.

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The Kindle is about 1000bht cheaper from amazon.com inc taxes and delivery, arrives in 6 days

Unfortunately not exactly true:

Shipping Method: Priority International Courier Shipping Preference: Group my items into as few shipments as possible Subtotal of Items: $139.00 Shipping & Handling: $20.98 ------ Import Fees Deposit $40.96 ------ Total for this Order: $200.94

Delivery estimate: January 13, 2011 - January 25, 2011

Shipping estimate for these items: January 11, 2011 - January 19, 2011 1 "Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6" Display, Graphite - Latest Generation [includes USB Cable for Charging. For International Shipment]"

Accessory; $139.00

Locally 7,700bht, from amazon $200= 6,000bht

I stand corrected, 1,700bht cheaper if ordered from Amazon .... but are they really out of stock?

From what I could gather, they are still making US deliveries in 7 days but overseas buyers have to suck hind tit. If the OP knows anybody who could hand carry one he would also avoid the "Import Fees Deposit" con.

y

The Kindle is about 1000bht cheaper from amazon.com inc taxes and delivery, arrives in 6 days

Unfortunately not exactly true:

Shipping Method: Priority International Courier Shipping Preference: Group my items into as few shipments as possible Subtotal of Items: $139.00 Shipping & Handling: $20.98 ------ Import Fees Deposit $40.96 ------ Total for this Order: $200.94

Delivery estimate: January 13, 2011 - January 25, 2011

Shipping estimate for these items: January 11, 2011 - January 19, 2011 1 "Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6" Display, Graphite - Latest Generation [includes USB Cable for Charging. For International Shipment]"

Accessory; $139.00

Work can ruin one's life...

Hence i'm posting now while everyone else is in the irish watching the action! I hope bell and cook stay in till close. I will be making a mad dash to the pub tomorrow for the session after lunch.

No need to rush now.

I think we are spoiled for choice for good places for expats to live. I've driven through every province in Thailand except for Narathiwat. I don't have anything against the place, just have never had work or any other reason to go there. I have worked in over 50 different provinces which has necessitated stays ranging from weeks to months and have lived in Bangkok, Khon Kaen, Udon, Chiangmai and Lampang for periods extending into years. I have had my share of village living, which I didn't like, and for me now, I would want to live in at least a provincial capital. The one I have settled down in now comes after more than ten years in both Bangkok and Chiangmai. I like both places and built a house in Bangkok but the traffic has made the quality of life a lot worse than it used to be.

There is a good social life to be had in most of the capitals. I like Khon Kaen and Udon, mainly because the local people there are fun. Korat falls into the same trap as places like Nakorn Sawan and Kamphaeng Phet - the cultural identity is blurred because they are not sure if they are part of the Central Region or the one to the north. This made them boring to me. Chiang Rai is a nice place and I like it more than Phayao and Phrae as there seems to be more to do.

I have settled down again in the North in a place which is already good and I can live comfortably right in the city. Hopefully it will not develop further at too great a rate as Chiangmai sucks the development away from other northern capitals. I can get to Chiangmai for a beer or meet friends anytime I want to faster than I could drive to my favourite spots in Bangkok anyway.

One tip I would give the OP is to always keep at least one province between you and your in-laws.

I have driven the road over 30 times by every possible route. The last time I did it was in rainy weather and I had my GPS on. Nong Khai to Lampang was 555km and the driving time was just under 7 hours so Chiangmai - Udon should be about 7.5 hours. The shortest and fastest route I have used is Chiangmai-Denchai-Chatrakarn-Nakhon Thai-Phu Rua-Wang Saphung-Nong Bua Lamphu-Udon.

Dynasat is gone, it's busted. They took all the money and ran. All the rip off shops that were in the malls gone. For that mater most topics about Dynasat since it was a pirated provider were baned on Thia Visa. As for commercial satellite pick up? What you see is what you get.

Dynasat is actually a brand of set top box. The F1 model had the capability to move dishes so was/is popular with people who view different satellites. Usually an additional box with a network connection is needed to get card sharing capability.

I think many of the other posters are correct in saying that one becomes jaded to the bizarre after living here a long time. There are quite a few things I have seen that stick in my mind, but to those who say that these happen everywhere, how often do you see stories like this in your local newspaper?

Wow, you guys are AMAZING. Like the mini CIA here, lol.

My friend was so very grateful to you all. I would have been happy with confirming it was BKK but like you all I really got curious to know where exactly this was and it appears the mystery is solved.

Give us a hard one next time.

If I told you why I was able to recognize the intersection immediately, you would be less impressed. Brought back a lot of memories though.

Come on and spill it, now you've got me intrigued! ! !

There was the mundane reason that I used to pass this circle on my trips to and from my house in Dusit to Patpong. That only took about 20 minutes in those days so there was not much reason to stay home.

Also back in the day, many barber shops supplied services in addition to their normal tonsorial activities. A lady working at the First Hotel barber shop was rated 'best in Bangkok' by the nightlife correspondent of the Bangkok World at furnishing one of these art forms. Such a claim demanded confirmation and this can not be done on the strength of a single visit. After determining that the information was essentially correct, there are also the QA/QC follow up checks as well. I went around that circle so many times I am still giddy.

I even got a haircut once.

Plakapong Kao, but might be labelled as Sea Bass or Sea Perch.

I will continue to drink only bottled water in Thailand and advise others to do the same. Probably okay if you are out in the sticks drinking well water but in large towns and cities I'm not taking the chance.

I do not know of any bottled water companies, or breweries, in Thailand who do not use wells as their water source.

Wow, you guys are AMAZING. Like the mini CIA here, lol.

My friend was so very grateful to you all. I would have been happy with confirming it was BKK but like you all I really got curious to know where exactly this was and it appears the mystery is solved.

Give us a hard one next time.

If I told you why I was able to recognize the intersection immediately, you would be less impressed. Brought back a lot of memories though.

For the OP, the Thai movie on the billboard looks like it stars Mitr Chaibancha and Petchara Chaowarat. Mitr was killed in 1970 making a movie at Jomtien so the photo predates that. I will stick to my original guess that the photo shows the intersection of Phya Thai Road and Petchburi. The first shop down the road looks like the Duangdao Hairdressing School, which is still in the same location and the First Hotel is further down the road. The big sign on top was removed in 1988 after a deadly fire where people were rescued from the roof by helicopter - I think that was a first for Bangkok.

To the best of my memory, the 22nd July Circle did not have a fountain in those days and that was a later development. I do remember that Phya Thai Road had traffic circles at most main intersections.

The sign in the right background looks the sign that used to be on the old First Hotel in Petchburi Road, Bangkok. That would make the traffic circle in the foreground at the intersection of Petchburi and Phya Thai Roads.

The cinema at Washington Square was called the Washington, hence the name. The Sukhumvit Cinema was on the other side of Sukhumvit Road and burnt down around 1972, but this is only an unconfirmed recollection. It was well reported at the time because of the bizarre way the fire started.

Yeah try to make sense of it, the official story was that they were forced to shut down due to FIFA.

Now everything EXCEPT the sports channels are gone, and the sports channels have changed coding so nobody I know of are able to decode it.

I noticed that the cable provider in the smallish town I live in is once again showing SS1 and SS2, which were part of their original bouquet but went off before the World Cup. They are a real Mickey Mouse operation so there is no chance they have bought a decoder and matched smart card as there is little local interest in these channels. I wonder if the local geeks have already found a way to get the Supersports channels back?

Just in case I did not make it clear in my original post, I am looking for offers or bids on the tickets. If you want to make me an offer send me a PM, the highest bid gets it.

BB

Bob, before rejecting any offers as being too paltry, you should be aware that the Flight of the Gibbon has a dual (or more) pricing system. I thought it was a great attraction but have stopped recommending it to visitors because of embarrassment over the multi levels of pricing. Thai prices are heavily discounted to the advertised rates.

Can and will you give us examples of what the differences are in the price structure you offer?

It's been a while now, but on one trip I called and spoke in Thai to the girl and was offered a price that was based on us not going through an agent and then had to call back to confirm. This time I spoke to another girl. She asked me if I was Thai, and then put the price up by about 500 baht. My wife called next and it went down again but when we turned up with large group of Thais and farangs we had to renegotiate. On a second trip, much the same thing happened but we were able to get a lower price by not having the set lunch. I sent some other people and they had to pay the advertised price, which was different again, so I gave up.

Just in case I did not make it clear in my original post, I am looking for offers or bids on the tickets. If you want to make me an offer send me a PM, the highest bid gets it.

BB

Bob, before rejecting any offers as being too paltry, you should be aware that the Flight of the Gibbon has a dual (or more) pricing system. I thought it was a great attraction but have stopped recommending it to visitors because of embarrassment over the multi levels of pricing. Thai prices are heavily discounted to the advertised rates.

Blinky, I have just found all my old passports and realise I have an anniversary coming up tomorrow - lobbed up in Thailand on the 8th of July, 1970. Unfortunately after looking at the passport photo I see some kind of reverse Dorian Gray effect has taken place. This is a perfect example of the gin's left tit you were telling me about, as I thought I took it easy on the sex, drugs and rock n roll (well the last one anyway).

Does that include foreplay?

The method of ingestion is also important. My doctor told me that eating raw egg yolks does indeed result in a high cholesterol intake but, when taken as a suppository, they are completely harmless.

I think Elton John could be a possibility. Didn't he once own a football club and he could probably teach them a thing or two about ball skills?

Yesterday's Thai Rath political cartoon carried an interesting term: "คนหนักแผ่นดิน"

I couldn't find it in any of my dictionaries or on-line. My friend tells me:

คนหนักแผ่นดิน is a person who does not do any good for their family, community, country and/or this mother earth.

หนักแผ่นดิน has historical importance for Thais as it was a popular song in the 70s sung by the Red Gaurs and Village Scouts. These groups were heavily backed by the military and higher powers, basically the same group that eventually morphed into the PAD. The song was directed against against anybody who opposed them who, at the time, were mainly student activists.

It has had a recent revival:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=h7kVoB1IJCI