JMS

At least I know which ones to avoid now

Just come back with BA in business and was impressed with an oldish plane. Staff were great, moved me away from the children but the seat area is quite small

Try http://www.jamesons-pattaya.com/ in North Pattaya.

That's if you can see the game through the smoke

Fletch it was a 10 year plan paying £700pm

I opened a Skandia 10 years savings plan some 12 years ago and paid in a total of £84000. When it finished I received back just over £103000 so I was happy with this. As the money was paid monthly you get an average of high and lows in the markets which suited me. If you put a chunk in when the markets are high or take it out when they are low you never really gain that is why I preferred the method of monthly payments. Over the 10 years I never had one problem with them

I flew with them in August and have just booked again for Feb. good price for business which is under £2K and straight through on a 777. Used to use Emirates and Sri Lankan but the stop over is always a pain. Crew were fine the only problem is they run out of booze quite quickly and the lounge in BKK is crap but will continue to use them.

Agree with that

Who told you that our new years is a gift giving holiday here in Thailand?

Well i would imagine it was the Thai gf!

Funny enough that's where it did start with her subtle hints LOL!!

Your g/f (?) is talking utter crap.

Nip this BS in the bud now, or make a rod for your own back, either way I dont really care.

Up to you, personally I think she is playing head games with you.

If you want to play her little games, ask her what she will be buying you.

If you really wanted to buy one you would save the money required to do so then you can sail around with whoever you wanted

I have just done this trip and used Emirates which I find to be the best for this trip. A380 plane and cheaper when booking online rather than using an agent

Spent yesterday on Soi 6 open as usual

Why not, a lot less hassle

I will found out soon thanks for that

I flew in last night from HK and the plane was empty and the airport on arrival was less busy than I have ever seen it. From the plane to the car in 20 minutes that's how I like it. Keep up the demo's

Actually have noticed smoking amongst expats is way down. Went into a smoky pub the other night - but no smell? Turns out they had a smoke machine for the DJ - party on. 40 - 50 farangs, not one smoker.

Also, only smoker in Jamesons one night recently, was heading outside for a fag (and a cigarette! ;-))

That is a rare thing. I stopped going in there a long time a go because that was the only bar that allowed smoking. Best thing I ever did

I agree with the post above but it is £85K per account holder and offshore is £50K

I transferred around 10,000,000 THB back to my offshore account in Feb of this year

The BKK bank was the most helpful and I also used the Kasikorn. I did a million each time and it was not a problem that I did it on a number of occasions at the same bank which is in Pattaya, I just told them my family had money problems and I needed to send it and it was in my account the same day it was sent.

HMRC knows all about anybody's UK pension so it's not an issue where it's paid

I have travelled many times between London and BKK on the A380 and the only problem I had was on the 5th Feb at BKK when immigration was so busy by the time I got through the belt delivering the luggage had stopped as there was to many bags and nobody picking them up.

I think most are cover ups with the helping hand of the Thai boyfriend

I have lived here for 11 years and my wife and i hate Songkran but we dont whine we just get out of here for 10 days and let the people who enjoy it crack on.

glanville63, sssshhhhh its my local, yes its the best fish and chips about but its also my local watering hole. maybe its because he worked in michilin star restuarant and owned couple of hotels before he came here. was in one today off third road as i was in the area and it will be the last time. lakeside chips are the real mcCoy as in not out of a bag in a feezer, chips as they should be. but at 40 baht for san mig and good expat crowd with a view straight over the lake dont want it getting to popular. best have it timekeeprs way who has never been there and tried them and has a problem believing people.

dear marston,

you are making ASSumptions and only ASSes make ASSumptions

'''best have it timekeeprs way who has never been there and tried them and has a problem believing people''

marston, i can walk to the 9999 mini mart from my house and over the years, i have done so on very rare occasions to get unforeseen needed supplies but did not feel inclined to stay for a beer even when the only choice was going home to the stimulating company of the wife's visiting family

i could join the crowd of expat cheap charlies that inhabit the plaice (pun intended) but i choose not to

the fact that its morphed into a Lakeside chippy AND the 9999 minimart in the last two weeks with a little sitting area outside, does not make it any more attractive to me (sows ear/silk purse)

having said that, the fish and chip area's concrete seats look marginally more inviting than the big red high chairs that you 32 baht Leo boys with the tough tonka trucks covet so much

the cooling breezes ''straight over'' from the lake, i get for free everyday, not from the 45 degrees angle to it on a dust bowl corner, overlooking more grass than there is water

so as familiarity breeds contempt, the view or breeze such that it is at 9999, is not quite as appealing for me, as it clearly is for you

however, that said i hope it works for him/her (whoever it is and there are a few contenders in this thread), in fact i hope it grows into much more of a restaurant than the cheap charlie drinker it is now

i might try it then, as it is, i personally i would rather drive for 30 minutes right past 9999 minimart into town to the Jolly Friar/Village Chippy/Gooses to get my occasional Brit feed and avoid the expat BS banter that so adversely affects my appetite ............

Very well said. I have lived within walking distance for the last 4 years and have only gone there 2 times

Hey why the hate. All I know is what I read on the internet....every week someones been robbed or ''fell off a building''

Well dont come here then if you are concerned about this

I thought I had deleted the email, but I just checked to see which realtor originally made the secured loan offer. It was Sallman's, through a related company.

Thanks for that and do you know who the Company is giving the advice and taking your investment away from you so I know to avoid them

Come on Sharecropper name them

Who are the 2 companies offering this as how do you define a safe portfolio. Is it the financial guy who has about as much knowledge as me in these matters or his thai wife. What a load of C@@@. Any body falling for this is off their head. Desperate comes to mind

Sorry to change the eatery location but I've just been told about a new place that's opened called Coco Resort. Check out the postings on the web. Fine dining but without the high price tags. Starters for 85b and corden blue main courses for 185b. Ok it's not your fish and chip prices but it looks a nice place for that special meal. They even arrange a mini bus for parties of 4 or more from Pattaya to the resort and back.

I take it you are the owner Derek of this new place but what has your place got to do with this topic of fish and chips