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The fact is that the Australians and to a slightly lesser degree the Dutch have been excluded to protect the ego of whining poms and delusional yank expats. It is well known that we Ausies and our Dutch friends have heavy mojo and you other mingers can't handle the competition. As a result you have connived to keep us out. If only for a few days. By the way, if Australia was filled with convicted criminals it was because we didn't rat on all the crooked poms left behind. And the fatal shot: the only half decent thing to come out of England in the last fifty years was Margaret Thatcher.
PS. And Brit TV comedy - brilliant.
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Just had a guy come by with a GTS 300 to buy a variator, says he will take it there tomorrow to have it fitted.
I have a Le Grande 200 (175cc) - (Joyride in USA) it is very reliable and has a strong motor.
As it happens I am after a new variator - can anyone help me out with where to get one.
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an unidentified specimen.....
(angiud, help!?)Doi Pui - Chiang Mai
Coreidea?
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Time to Get the 1000 watt sound system out and blast a bit of music at crazy o'clock.
Yeah, Black Sabbath around 04:00, volume 11 as per Spinal Tap
I doubt this would work. After all, if I knew you would play Black Sabbath at volume 11, I would actually enjoy living next to you. Now, the Massed Highland Bands on the other hand are an acquired taste!
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Love of noise seems to be an Asian thing. In HK my neighbours "slept" with their TV on at full blast. They felt uncomfortable if things were quiet. It drove me mad for a year and then I started to do the same. But they were pretty good people other than that - I miss them a lot. Compared with what I put up with in Oz - neighbours are CUBs (Cashed up Bogans) they burn rubber donuts at two in the morning a couple of nights a week and scream up and down the road on their unlicensed trail bikes the other nights. Very in your face and threatening if you complain. White trash.
It may seem a bit odd but you might do better to take them a few beers now and them and wave every time you see them. It is a lot harder to refuse a request from someone you know. Complaining to authorities rarely does anything other than encourage revenge.
In my case I only have to wait until they kill themselves - not long I am sure. Hopefully they won't take anyone else with them.
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Rain - x is the stuff to use. Get the windows spotless first. Do not get on the wiper blades. My son is a truck driver and all his trucks use it standard. At 60k the rain just runs off - no need to turn the wipers on. Two coats are better than one.
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Thailand has one of the richest fauna and flora in the world. With over ten percent of the worlds plants and animal species at your doorstep it seems a shame so few people are interested in studying it. I have a three week trip coming up which will be dedicated to wildlife photography in the north, and that will keep me going for a couple of more months editing and writing up my notes. Seriously, if you are getting bored with a place find someone who is an expert on an area or subject and you might start to look at a place with new eyes.
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I peal onions.
They have so many layers!
It keeps me very busy!
So sad - enough to make you cry.
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Thailand v Australia (Perth)
Cars expensive in Thailand
Scooters very cheap in Thailand
Petrol - not much in it really
beer and food - way cheaper in Thailand if you can eat local food.
Public transport - very limited options in Perth and much more expensive than Thailand.
Taxis in Perth (if you can actually get one are a fortune.
Electricity - I would have thought not a lot of difference.
House / condo way cheaper in Thailand
Electrical - computers etc I think better value in OZ
Dental - cheaper in Thailand and good quality if you go to the right places (not too cheap please)
Optical - way cheaper in Thailand (but I get my scrip done in OZ)
Good clothing I actually find not much in it either way.
Education - expensive tertiary and private schools (top) are very expensive for what you get. (I would say you need about 1 000 000 per year for a top private school here)
Perth cinema 500Bht for standard seats
Internet 2200bht in Perth one month (500gig download)but one megabit per second download.
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Although I am based in the U.K some of the year, I was recently asked to fly to Brisbane from Samui to attend a skin cancer patient. I had not been for 2-3 years previously, and was absolutely horrified at the prices in the local shop. Have salaries really risen by the same amount?
No they have not In fact of the four wage earners in my immediate family only one has had an increase above the inflation rate in the last two years and two have had a dramatic drop in wages. We now have a two tier economy. Those with extremely high paid jobs and those with pretty low paid jobs with not a lot in between.
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Just a comment on a few purchases in the last days here in Perth, OZ.
1pt beer 350 bht
1 loaf decent sliced bread 200 bht
1 fish and chips with side salad (snapper) 950 bht (local pub)
rent 60sq m one bed apartment in old condo unit 4k from city centre 45 000 bht pm (no gym, pool or security etc). - this is a good deal here.
car Suzuki Alto 10k service 8900 bht + oil etc
1K organic grown bananas 180 bht
12 800g free range eggs 140 bht
I mug flat white coffee 100 bht
virtually no fresh green veg on the shelves in Woolies when I went yesterday. Cheapest was a cauliflower for only 60bht. A small cucumber was 80bht. potatoes - washed 120bht per K. Capsicum 350bht per K.
Milk is very cheap here at 50 bht for 2L
Cigarettes are a fortune - about 20bht each
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You forgot to mention the other perks.
The Thai Filth, unhygienic food practices, lack of local knowledge, lack of worker rights, lack of tourist rights, tourist scams and so on.
Yep, Thailand is different from Australia
Yes - this describes Australia quite well.
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OK got it now . Thanks guys.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app
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I lost a heap after following financial advice and not my gut instinct. As a result we shall need government pensions, as well as our savings, in the last few years in order to survive in retirement. As my wife is younger than I am and will not be able to claim a pension until 66 years of age I will have to wait until I am nearly 73 before I retire. As my father retired at 82 I hope to get a few years in - travel through Thailand and studying mostly. I have to say that I envy those that are able to retire to Thailand whilst still young enough to do things. I wish you all the best and hope you don't waste your lives but enjoy life to the max. In my case at least I have spent years working as a teacher in very "challenging: schools. Teaching is not that well paid but does have compensations. I refuse to get bitter about how things worked out but rather try to think that in Thailand we can live modestly, but OK, rather than in a dreary caravan park in Australia.
My point is that money is important but you will never have enough of the stuff. Time becomes more important as you start to run out of it. At the end the questions you should ask yourself is "how rich in experience was your life and did you do everything in your power to make life for others a little better?" These goals need to influence how much time you need to amass money.
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True Vision have sports via the Setanta channel. I get to watch NRL, Rugby Championship, ITM Cup rugby and other games from around the world. Depending on the package selected you can also see American Football, Ice hockey, Gallic football, soccer, boxing, UFC and others.
Personally I dont give a toss about soccer but the other sports are good to watch.
If in the city you can watch vitually any of these at the Down Under Bar which is by the Iron Bridge on the Ping River and also close to the River Market restaurant. Stu is the Aussie owner of the place and a dam_n good guy. Always busy as hell when the finals are on... good tucker too!
Just for those that are not sure where the Down Under Bar is.
It is just down the road from the Demolished Downtown Inn Hotel.
East of the Berger king at the Night Bazar
I can't remember this bar at all. Is it on the same side as the hotel but further toward the iron bridge?
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Have a look at my friend Captain Slash's website http://www.captainslash.com/
He's ridden all the routes around Mae Sot and Kan and has made the trip between the two several times. His reports include photos and road surface info together with maps and GPS coords.
Thanks for the link - a fantastic collection of well documented bike trips.
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Offer them for free to your staff or neighbours. They cost $30 each to dispose of in my part of the world. Also if anyone can use them it is a good bit of "reuse" - one of environmental 6 R's.
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Living in England is boring. How can anyone be bored in Thailand
Is it possible to actually "live" in England. Maybe a living death.
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My bit - 10 months if you stay single and get out of Bangers. I could be quite comfortable on that amount.
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Forget about the dog - the primary concern is the health issue. First find out exactly what the child had administered. Second - if not anti rabies then get it done. Rabies should be considered 100% fatal. Cats, dogs and bats amongst a lot of other mammals are carriers of Rabies. Rabies is well known in Thailand. You can get a preventative shot which reduces the number of follow up shots if subsequently bitten. I am sourcing a preventative shot when back in Thailand as I think the chance of being bitten is very high. I also work with wildlife and there is risk in that also. However, the soi dog risk is ever present.
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Well, when you want to obscure the ridiculous driving of the thai people that there is only one way left, blame the bloody foreigners and tourists! Yes, they are trying to make friends all over the world!
Yes buy if we pay 30 bucks for a worthless "International Drivers License" everything is fine? OMB that has to go down as one to the ever growing list of dumb statements
If it was only $30 I would be happy but here in OZ they now want $80! Just so I can drive for a seven day trip I had planned.
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Possibly more complicated is the Australian end if you expect to claim a government pension, or return to Australia in later years.
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North Wheels are on the east side of the moat on the road that travels south - Th Chaiyapoom. Their site seems to be down right now. They seem to have a good reputation. "Bpai cha cha nah khrap" if you want the driver to slow down and "jort rot te nah khrap" if you want him to stop. Seems to work for me, but I taught myself so there may be better ways to say this.
Most likely a driver will speak some English though. Still, I would always recommend you learn as much Thai as possible. You will enjoy your trip a lot more if you do so.
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North Wheels or Ruby Car hire. Car with driver I would say about 1500 Bht upwards.
(angiud, help!?)
Conundrum - When to retire? How much money is enough?
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So what - you are not answering the original post. Just sounding smug.