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As you may know, I am out cycling nearly every day. I bought a hemet/handlebar camera a few years ago to video the sights but have recently bought what is billed as 'The smallest DV camera' and it is tiny.

Up to 3 hours recording time on a 8GB micro SD card, powered by internal rechargeable battery (charged through USB port) and voice operated. Optional sports pack contains different brackets.

It records onto a Micro SD card. On one side there is the On/Off switch, the other side has the Vox (Voice operated record) switch and the record button is on the top. Voice operated recording comes in above 65dB and goes off when sound goes below 65dB; when the camera is head mounted, I just toggle the vox switch to start/stop recording.

There's a USB port on the bottom of the unit and it is through this that the battery is charged and files downloaded.

In the examples below, there is no sound - the mike picks up the wind noise.

The next clip is with sound. The clips have been compiled using Windows Movie Maker but I have not played about with the sound.

The first clip (coffee shop) - you may have to turn the sound up a bit.

The second clip - I am travelling at about 25 kph and most of the noise you hear is wind noise.

The third clip - why I do not need a bicycle bell!

I'll try experimenting with adding a running commentary whilst cycling and try and see if I can get a reasonable track.

Great stuff.. where did you buy it???

now you tell me!!!!!

What a shame they're wearing all that underwear, a bit like watching children gyrating at a school function...they're very beautiful tho!

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Gosh yes! Way to go...thanks for the look!

He cited his other obligations as the reason he could not devote sufficient time for the job.

Chalerm reportedly wanted the main opposition party to withdraw the support for charter rewriting. Withaya was pushing to amend the charter although he opposed the referendum vote.

'Other obligations'.... hmmm, haven't read anywhere his sons are up on more murder or assault charges which may require 'fatherly tending', so that can't be it...

(background: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3572395.stm )

Yesterday it was reported the right honourable Mr Chalerm had merely followed orders from fugitive Pol Lt-Col / Dr / Ex-PM / Mr Thaksin to withdraw support and reject a public referendum on the 6 charter changes (which were primarily proposed by their side). One wonders what er, 'obligations' red proxy-premier in waiting / former Justice Minister / Pol Capt / Mr Chalerm must tend to now? (on the verge of a 100% certain red shit-storm to come this month...)

Will have to wait to see the next move by the 'defenders of democracy' (won't be long now...)

I still say a 7.62 for the head "moopaw" and similar for his brain dead minions

Oh dear! As you say, this is not the normal high quality service we see from Hull.

We always suggest applying for extension of stay as early as possible in case immigration ask for additional papers, but if on single entry visa and in the unlikely event you ran out of time you would not have to go back to the UK as said, but could get a either another single entry Non-O visa from neighbouring consulate and then apply for extension of stay (or obtain tourist visa from neighbouring consulate and go through 2 step conversion process to Non-O visa and then apply for extension of stay).

As said in my earlier post, you can apply for the extension of stay anytime during the last 30 days of your permission to stay, and you do not have to wait the full 12 months before applying. That will at least avoid you having to do border runs. A single entry Non-O visa was all you really needed.

Gee, nothing but good advice on this thread!

Excellent job Lop. Thanks a lot.

Roger that, fine work...

If you want to state that you think the Thai military shoots unarmed 'kids' for fun, then why don't you do so instead of dancing around it?

I think the Thai military shoots unarmed kids for fun...what's the difference between an army private and an Issan "red shirt"??

The colour of his shirt! OK, it's said. G-D! you're pretentious

I AM SPARTACOUS!

This is the best thread ever on TV....keep up the good work!

Ok, first I'll admit to being an (incurable?!) optomistic romantic. The type of guy who wishes everybody would just, "stop the madness," and start treating eachother the way we, ourselves, want to be treated. You know, The Golden Rule...

Anyway,

My TGF and I have been together and living in Jomtien for 4 years. I am happy, I guess about 90% of the time. I think I can say, "We," beacuse I feel it's the same for her. This is the most loving, giving & exciting woman I have ever known. There is rarely have a lull in the conversation. Sweet, funny, interesting... all this after 4 years together. Not bad.

The way I look at it, we are all farangs in Thailand now. Pretty much everything you know is different here. So, what's really the point of generalizing so much!? It is ok, and even important to believe and learn from the many farang stories of woe, caused by Thai ladies. Listen, learn & yes, and be careful for sure.

But, believing one can find happiness here with a Thai lady is a good and basic place to start. And, if it's meant to be, you can go slowly, that's ok. IF YOU'VE FOUND A GOOD WOMAN, SHE WILL (at least: TRY TO) UNDERSTAND YOU! Why not enter into each encounter with, at least, an optomistic outlook? Maybe, you'll find your soulmate... Maybe you'll find a lady who shares your view of what happiness should be... Maybe you'll find a lady who actually cares about what you like & need, and actually wants to give you as much as she takes from you... (ha sip- ha sip/ 50-50)

Hey! It could happen! And here in Thailand... ? Sure, why not?? Good luck to us all...!!

I've had a chinese wife for 41 wonderful years...met her while I was a soldier in VN she was working in a bar, we've never looked back...keep honest with her and expect her to be honest with you, laugh a lot, if she steals from you then shrug your shoulders and start again!

It's the same the world over...no?

I found it outside the house the other day eating a frog. Does anyone know what kind it is?

Matt.

Matt, according to my book on snakes in Thailand it would appear to be a "common rat snake" Ptyas mucosus up to 320cm in length, the head is distinct with large eyes and round pupils...black transverse stripes towards the rear...seems to be harmless, unless you're a frog that is!

They preach that there is only a certain amount of places in heaven don't they??! So last time they annoyed me I just said to them that I'm sure heaven must be full by now...they didn't like that :-)

Only 144,000 of them are going to run the earth for 1,000 years before the big holocost comes. All the "Good Guys" (White shirts, no "blacks", all Americans) are going to be nominated by the big "G" himself.

Ask if they have a number? Damned glad I'm an atheist

I'm sure some things are just designed to pee people off,

KPG is never gonna be a family destination, I took my parents there and they felt well over aged for the place, its a young persons place so just leave it as a such

This is simply BS said because some people high from their bribes have nothing better to do than to make empty promises.

Apart from anything else, when will Thailand come into line with so many other developed countries in realising that drugs are not equivilant to satan and are simply better understood (and even enjoyed) rather than suppressed

I assume u are a sixty year old with long hair, ripped jeans and an Anarchy tattoo!!!!! One of the most ridiculous posts I've read on this forum.

Lots of us have smoked some weed mate, but could u imagine the consequences if the Thai government supported your view!!

Look around my friend, the consequences of locals dealing in Ya Ba are plain for the eyes to see! Ganja is so boring that only teenyboppers use it anyway...the problem is yobs and alcohol, that and missing out on a Baht or two is what has got up the locals nose! IMMHO

I find it rather horryfying the number of people saying they hope it follows them back to Iran and gets them stoned.

Just because the state is highly religious and has strict religious laws doesn't mean they are strict believers.

Since when are we subject to the laws of our 'home' country and the laws of the country we are visiting?

I personaly hope nothing happens to them back home. IF they indeed live in Iran, since it jsut says they are Iranian.

Maaate! try being an Aussie and beeing seen holding a young child in your arms in Thailand, even tho the child might be your grandchild some wowser in Oz will complain to the police and you are facing pedaphile charges even though you are overseas!

Good luck to them, what a "rush" to have so many people taking part in your lovemaking!

Since most of them are social misfits or total wanke_rs in the first place, I advise that they stay home as they add nothing to this country. If you don't agree, just take a look around; it's obvious to all, except of course, those to whom I am referring. Sorry to many good Brits, as you are not all like most of these individuals. It sure seems like people who do not like or follow rules of civil behaivor like to come to place that also do not like to follow any rules except their own. TaTa.............

ps where did this custom of smashing food on the back of your fork come into play? You only need to look at the design of the fork to know how it was intended to be used. This custom make you look like a monkey that has discovered a new tool, but not sure of its use.........again, sorry Brits, but it is true.

Take pea-eating etiquette - the example often cited as the epitome of snobbish pointlessness. The etiquette books' "correct" method of eating peas (ie the middle/upper-class method) is to use your knife to squash the peas onto the convex back of the fork. The "incorrect" (working-class) method is to turn the fork prongs-up and scoop peas up with it, as though it were a spoon. The incorrect method is clearly more sensible, or at least more ergonomic, in that more peas per forkful are transported from plate to mouth - about 13 on average, according to my tests, as opposed to about eight using the socially superior squashing method.

Do you slurp your noodles?

Dear Thaiatheart,

You are allowed to turn your fork over and eat from the concave side provided that you place your knife down first! Obviously you're of the lower class persuasion, if you need to understand the correct way of eating anything...watch an Aussie, we are never uncouth enough to criticize anyones eating habits!

Some may prefer him in a vat of acid.

Bravo! Blinky Bill...do you have clymidia, eat gum leaves until you spin out and sleep 23 hours a day like your erstwile namesake??

After God made Australia he stood back and said "bugger".

The Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link is up and running but will not be opened to the public until spring 2010!

Or so say the people at Siemens, the German company that has built the SARL (Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link) for the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).

Technically ready

I had the great privilege to experience a so called VIP run on the Airport Rail Link last saturday and to be given a good presentation of the whole project by the Siemens team.

Although the train is now technically ready (as I have experienced by myself), there are still a lot of testing and trainings to do that will make it difficult to meet the December 5th deadline.

More info about the Airport Rail Link features and schedule, as well as a few pictures here.

No connection between the MRT and the SARL?? How hard can it be??

I still have a problem with standing up for children...under seven, OK! Over seven, stand on your own feet!

Have you noticed that Young people never act with courtesy to older folk, no matter what country you're from?

Capability of vehicles to satisfactorily operate on Ethanol Blend petrol</H1>Submission - 1st June, 2006

The Australian Government has limited the level of ethanol in petrol in Australia to a maximum of 10%, or E10. Most new and many older vehicle models can run on ethanol blended petrol. Vehicle manufacturers and importers have provided the following information on the capability of their vehicles to operate on ethanol fuel blends up to a maximum of 10% ethanol, subject to the fuel meeting the octane requirements for the vehicle and complying with relevant mandatory Australian fuel quality standards and particularly proper blending of the ethanol into the petrol. To avoid operational issues, vehicles should be maintained in accordance with manufacturer's servicing procedures using genuine replacement parts. This will ensure that the fuel systems of vehicles listed as suitable to use either E5 or E10 blended petrol continue to be ethanol tolerant. The information below provides technical reasons why some models cannot use ethanol blended petrol.

For more information about national fuel quality standards or about national labelling requirements for ethanol blends, please visit Department of the Environment and Heritage or Department of Industry, Tourism & Resources.

REASONS WHY E10 IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR SOME CURRENT MODELS

The Australian Design Rules (ADRs) are harmonised with international standards as specified in the UN ECE Regulations. The same requirements apply throughout the European Union. New vehicles certified to these standards will increasingly use advanced emission control technologies that strictly control the engine's operating parameters and have therefore more stringent fuel quality requirements.

The maximum level of ethanol blended petrol in Europe is E5.

Depending on what markets certain models are sold in, Australian vehicles may be built to either a European specification (E5 compatible) or some other specification that is E10 compatible. This is the reason recommendations regarding E10 suitability will differ from one manufacturer to another.

The use of E10 petrol in vehicles that are E5 compatible may also result in material compatibility problems in the fuel system.

Didn't "Time" magazine make a statement along the lines of "the most dangerous thing a Mexican woman can do is make love with her husband" they reported that 1 in 5 mexican men have AIDS ?

I think it was last year....can anyone help with more info???

Hi guys

Thanks for your replies. I'm not getting anywhere with it, so I guess I'll have to take it back to the shop.

Cheers

Mc

Hang on! Windows XP have it as standard...go down to panchit plaza...150B

Is this too short?

They are if the "girls" are "Friends" of old politicians! You know, the 29 year old "students " who the politicians are "helping " through uni.!

Bloo-dy old wowsers, they've got the 17 year old mia noi's and then complain that men are looking at their daughters short skirts??

Is Oat gay?

Just calm down there son... I guess gay people look at young men,the same way we look at young women.What is it about his appearance that makes you think he is gay?

"Not that there's anything wrong with that"...

Agreed, what's the problem with being gay...just look at the guy in the photo's, he's as camp as a row of army tents...it must be because he's from a broken home??

OK, Pardon him now and let him back. Then after 5 minutes of freedom arrerst him again for all the other crimes alegedly he has commited , throw him in the BKK Hilton and let him wait there 5 years until the courts have all th eevidence of everything on him , then when convicted , throw away the key. One pardon per person only

The best idea I've seen all week...it's a pity that the government doesn't use lateral thinking?

Group Campaigning To Stop Child Sex Industry

Child protection groups meeting in Thailand have warned the global economic crisis will make more children vulnerable to the sex trade.

The coalition, End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT), has launched a global awareness campaign to stop the roughly $US28 billion-a-year-industry.

Awareness programs are planned for villages right up to the highest levels of government.

In a report released Thursday in Bangkok, ECPAT warned that that increased poverty levels and rising desperation in developing and developed countries could put more children at risk of being trafficked.

It estimates that each year, 1.2 million children are forced into trafficking - much of it among neighbouring countries in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America.

As many as 80 percent of those young people are believed to end up in the sex industry

The report points out it is not just paedophiles who are contributing to the problem, but anyone who pays for sex could be unwittingly supporting child exploitation.

http://australianetworknews.com/stories/20...449.htm?desktop

While I support the idea...it's pretty thin evidence that "anyone who pays for sex....". In Oz anti-paedophilia and anti-child abuse is a booming industry, with grandparents afraid to pick up their grandchildren in public and parents being charged with assault by their misbehaving children!

Trying to control a $28 billion black industry generates a lot of government grants but it's like urinating in a wetsuit...it gives you a nice warm feeling but nobody notices!

Just quasi-bureaucrats feeding at the trough!

Changed the Constitution - well, the elected, non-junta parliament has been trying for a year and a half, and it is a total disaster as far as people are concerned, only self-serving crooks trying to protect their own interests. The junta's version is far more people centered, and they took it for public referendum. The elected bunch, on the other, isn't going to consult with people at all.

Junta appointed parliament was also far more productive than elected one as far as legistating is concerned. Last year was a complete write off, for example - they couldn't pass any laws at all, being busy squabbling with the people whether they should work for Thaksin or the country.

Poorly ran the country - there was 5-6% growth, including exports and foreign investment, and and they repaid hundreds of billions of public debts. What have the elected governments accomplished in a year and a half?

Increased the military budget - that was also the first order of business of Somchai govt, for example. As percentage of GDP it's still below Singapore or Malaysia.

Gripen fighter deal was Thaksin's pet project - chickens for planes.

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What Thailand needs is a few years under competent, working government. Doesn't matter where it comes from, democratic vs coup government is a false dichotomy. Coup government was in many ways far more democratic than some elected goverments we had since.

Wasn't the political scene boring after the coup? I missed the daily pronouncements of Tak--s wonderful leadership. The shame is that the folk who received the million baht per village thought that it came out of the "great liar's" pocket instead of out of their own!

Instead of trying to shuffle the seats around the trough the opposition should be coming up with "real" alternatives to the present government...that's if they're not all wan--rs?