billd766

Ahhh the joys of being a female rider

Much better than being a female passenger.

That must have really hurt her.

get yourself one of these

I think that is a brilliant idea though from the weather outside at the moment some sort of roof would be a good idea as it is sunny and very hot. It would also provide some protection from the rain.

The main key to flood prevention is corruption prevention.

Manage that and the rest is easy.

Thatcher was the leader who let council tenants buy their homes,then put so many out of work that they lost the homes,and lets remember her nick name "Thatcher the milk snatcher"

Maggie Thatcher has been gone for many years.

Out of curiosity did the wonderful Nu Labour under Tony B'liar and "Honest"Gordon Broon build thousands of council houses and repeal all Maggie's laws?

No chance, they just bankrupted the UK as they usually do then make large sums of money as "advisers" to the gullible world at large.

Most politicians (of every colour) become advisers/non-exec directors etc.

But this is turning into a political argument rather than a discussion on the original post.

True and I apologise to you but I was responding to taff33.

I just clicked on the "View New Content" button on the right of the top of this page and got NO classified posts.

Let's move this over to the forum support desk and see if we can figure out what is going on with your situation.

Topic Moved.

I have the same problem and in addition over half of the ads for cars and bike are in both classified and the relevant section.

Some pages have perhaps 50% or more of ads.

Thatcher was the leader who let council tenants buy their homes,then put so many out of work that they lost the homes,and lets remember her nick name "Thatcher the milk snatcher"

Maggie Thatcher has been gone for many years.

Out of curiosity did the wonderful Nu Labour under Tony B'liar and "Honest"Gordon Broon build thousands of council houses and repeal all Maggie's laws?

No chance, they just bankrupted the UK as they usually do then make large sums of money as "advisers" to the gullible world at large.

Talking of wheelchair friendly most PTT gas stations have been updated and there is a good and usually pretty clean disabled toilet at each one.

That doesn't always mean that the disabled parking slot has been taken by some numpty who has no idea what it is for but that is the same in a lot of western countries too.

It seems as though you are coming from Vancouver which I believe is a LOT cooler than Thailand and I think it will affect the dog a lot.

I live out in the country 400 km north of Bangkok and it is 36C outside in the shade right now at 2 in the afternoon.

The coolest I have seen it in the last year was 15C.

If it is a GSD it will have a thick coat which won't make the dogs life easy.

I tried helmets even back home that were XXL and they were still all different, i think a lot comes down to just trying them on to see which fits, but your docs are great thanks.

I ended up with a Shark d tone Hologram in XXL and its the best helmet I have owned.

My pleasure.

I think there isn't always a common standard between helmet manufacturers plus there is also a difference in head shapes as well.

Those sites came from the West and I cannot find a site for Asian built helmets.

I have an Index fullface in size L which is just a little tight and a real Ozzy helmet which is a 3/4 face in XL which is a comfortable fit.

I am looking at a replacement full face that I can lift the front bar to put my glasses on and use as an open face sometimes.

Index do a Hybrid 3 and I think LS2 does as well.

There is a brilliant shop up in Chiang Mai called the Apparel which is stack out with helmets.

This is their website.

http://www.helmet2home.com/?lang=en

I did a little research on helmets and came across a couple of sites that gave comparisons between UK, US and Euro sizes in inches and cm and I would like to pin them to the Bikes in Thailand thread but I don't know how.

I copied and pasted into Word then rewrote it into XL to make it tidy and easier to read.

Motorcycle helmet and clothing size chart.doc

Motorcycle helmet and clothing size guide.xls

Israel is one of two Countries that achieved a net gain in trees last century.

http://en.wikipedia....i/Tree_planting

Whilst this is probably too optimistic in Thailand the government can show some political will in helping arrest deforestation and at least make a start in re-stocking. Such an undertaking has to span several different parliaments so until politicians start thinking in terms of helping their Country instead of themselves nothing will change.

On a personal level I know that any Thai citizen who turns up at a forestry commission office with their Tabien Baan papers is eligible to receive some tree saplings for free if they have any to give, but this of course requires the Thai people as a whole to see the issue as important enough for them to go and get the trees and dig holes themselves to plant them in.

What the hell has this got to do with Israel? Jeez, talk about tin foil!

It is not specifically aimed at Israel but the Wiki thread explains that Israel is one of only two countries that grew more trees than were cut down.

It also mentions Canada, USA, UK and NZ.

It's hovered around 46-49 since 2008. As a broad figure use 50 as a rough guide.

Think of a B1,000-note as being GBP 20, and B500 as a tenner, OK it's slightly too-much, but gives a rough idea !

Still tend to remember the time when 500 Bt was just under a GBP 20 and a beer was @ 20 bt a throw...MPR..

that really was good value Thailand...

Slightly off topic but when I bought my Ford pickup truck in December 2001 the exchange rate was just about 63 baht/GBP and diesel was just less than 10 baht per litre.

Come back the good old days.

I like to use this one. It's a little higher than what the banks will give you but it has a graph that shows what the currency has been doing over 120 days.

http://www.x-rates.c...P/graph120.html

I prefer the actual bank rate as it is a more correct rate unless you are transferring a very large quantity at a time.

If you wish I can post 3 graphs going back to 2000 but when I look at the rates then I get sad and nostalgic.

And in fact, I believe I'm right in saying that the early proposals are that it will NOT be available for those living overseas, which will give people even more of a reason to whine about how fairly they are treated.

The answer remains simple in my view. Manage your affairs so you are not reliant upon the state.

While I do not wish to get into an argument about it, many people did in fact try to manage their affairs so that they were not reliant on the state, but either inflation destroyed their savings or the bankers/ financiers with their ponzi/ subprime/ just plain criminal activities destroyed the value of their investments.

Remember that most people are not financial experts, and have to trust the so called "experts", many of which, unfortunately, were not acting in their clients interests.

When I did my retirement planning I did it during the prevailing conditions of the time.

Sadly as with most people conditions change and not always for the better though I have had a few of those as well.

As far as I can see all those "experts" were also caught out badly and those that got it right are billionaires now though I dont think there are many of them either.

Just the two of us then Bill!

Nah, the others aren't either but they don't want to say so.

I know.

I reckoned it was about thirty, but I had to look it up.

SC

Here is the KBank rates for TT for 20012 so far.

For somw reason it went down very quickly last Thursday but it is on its way back up again.

Forex 2012 v1.xls

But, you see, far more often the option is exercised to accelerate into it, as this thread attests so well.

Agreed, judgment and driving skill make all the difference, but most of our farangs driving in Thailand seem lacking in those. About the only thing saving our accident victims from much worse is that they weren't on a big bike. If they were, they likely died, as often happens in PTY to tourists (particularly Arab tourists) renting big bikes.

I've had a big bike myself and I liked it a lot, miss it sometimes, but I don't fool myself that it was safer than my smaller bikes. It definitely wasn't.

sorry but I disagree, I'd far rather be on my big bike at 100kmph than a small bike, you said it yourself -

First, the size of the small bike discourages going "100kmph". And that's a good thing normally.

Still, if I crashed at "100kmph," which is the real point (you missed) that concerns helmet safety, I'd rather do it on a small bike. A crash on a small bike is less likely to put stress on a helmet than one on a big bike. It depends on the nature of the crash (maybe your butt took the whole impact ), but you can't think of any scenario in which the opposite would hold true.

you said it yourself - it's to do with the your abilities and how you choose to ride, the example you gave above referring to middle eastern tourists hiring bike bikes and ending up in high speed accidents tells me they had neither ability or experience and they often ride these big bikes without helmet or as near as, I generally potter about pattaya being overtaken by both thais and falangs on small bikes, it doesn't bother me and it is not what this thread is about either. Most of the people on this forum with big bikes do not fall into the category you suggest in your example.

Ah, well, I don't know most of the people on this forum as you obviously do so well, and we're not talking just our members anyway (so don't take it too personally), but one member here, billd766 above, DID admit how he shot out from a stop and promptly ran into another vehicle--which is suggestive. And that was on a lowly Phantom. Though I'd scarcely be shocked if our members do have an inflated opinion of their own driving skills, yet accidents are regularly referenced. In most cases, I'd say, a slower speed would have prevented the accident or made it less worse. Just common sense, really--smedly.

Arabs are the most common example, but hardly exclusive. There was, for example, a notable crash few years ago of some Brits who crashed at Big C going north on 2nd Rd traveling at excessive speed on a big bike. Both died. I often think of that accident when I pass the spot.

Actually I DIDN'T shoot out for a stop.

What I said was that all the lights were red and mine turned to green so I went across partly because I was being pushed by the car behind.

The two old ladies RAN THE RED LIGHT, NOT ME, and they ran in to me and not me into them.

The police who saw the accident said the same which is why they gave me money and not the other way around.

What is suggestive is that you read the post again and try to understand it was not my fault, I was the innocent party.

And in fact, I believe I'm right in saying that the early proposals are that it will NOT be available for those living overseas, which will give people even more of a reason to whine about how fairly they are treated.

The answer remains simple in my view. Manage your affairs so you are not reliant upon the state.

While I do not wish to get into an argument about it, many people did in fact try to manage their affairs so that they were not reliant on the state, but either inflation destroyed their savings or the bankers/ financiers with their ponzi/ subprime/ just plain criminal activities destroyed the value of their investments.

Remember that most people are not financial experts, and have to trust the so called "experts", many of which, unfortunately, were not acting in their clients interests.

When I did my retirement planning I did it during the prevailing conditions of the time.

Sadly as with most people conditions change and not always for the better though I have had a few of those as well.

As far as I can see all those "experts" were also caught out badly and those that got it right are billionaires now though I dont think there are many of them either.

Every time I get a new tax sticker I scan it into my computer and print a copy which I then stick onto my bike.

The original stays with the green book at home and I also scan the green book and put a photo copy in the top box.

If either the scan tax or green book fade I just print another un update it every year.

the UK goverment is likely to implement a ,STATE PENSION OF £140. per week across the board.

so people who have paid a state, earnings related pension ,

tough <deleted>.

Just a proposal at this stage, and a long way from being 'likely'.

But only for new pensioners at the time and extremely unlikely to be backdated for anybody.

My wife comes from Bang Na, Bangkok and we live about 375 kmk from there in Khampaeng Phet province.

Well it's all a matter of time. The weather Bureau have stated that they do not expect the same rainfall as last year?

If the local governments follow the instructions of Yingluck and the King, it will take time but will definitely help in the long run.

I agree with you 100% but would prefer it on the instructions of the King and PM Yingluck.

But it will only happen IF the local governments AND the pollies of all shades and persuasions keep their sticky hands away.

The price has gone up, used to be 207 now expect 230. Bought it localy in a small shop, thats what they tell me. Not good news, but there is no Pussers here and likely never will be!

Oddly enough I bought a new bottle of Sang Som this morning at the mom and pop shop I usually go to in the village and it was still the old price of 207 baht. Whether he got the price wrong I know not but I will go back there until they run out.

There is at least one bottle of Pussers in Thailand as I brought it back from Auckland in 2009.

I am saving it for just before I die so that I can drink it and go off with a happy smile on my face.

But you can't!!!

Oh yes I can, I just can't show it.

I got a little bit involved looking for something similar but in the end I gave it up as my wife lost interest in the garden.