LennyW

This thing about Thais not wanting to lose face is probably the most ridiculous thing i have ever encountered here.......it is just gives a green light for lying!!!

You can ask a Thai for driving directions, and rather than say they dont know, they will give you the greatest blether of <deleted> and smile and send you off in the wrong direction. I dont care if they know or not, i can ask somebody else, find it by myself or whatever. Wheather they are clever enough to know the correct way or not does not put them up or down in my estimation, However, lying to try and make themselves look good - does put them down in my view!!

I used to find it amusing many years ago, but now it is just ridiculious and tedious!!!

They should call you "Syd the Sausage" !!!

In this heat i guess the thieves came to a sticky end!

On the way back from Huay Yai this morning we saw a small contingient of heavily armed police outside the Huay Yai town hall, upon travelling on Chaiyapruek 2 past the sports stadium we came upon a huge team of heavily armed police at the Nong Hin junction, we stopped to buy rice at the big rice store and this is what we were told..

At around 09.00 a gold shop somewhere in Pattaya had been held up, a police pursuit ensued and headed up Chayapruek 2 the bronze coloured toyota vios was seen to be shooting at the pursuing police... as they passed the rice store the bandits lobbed a grenade which unfortunately hit a truck driver that was sleeping under his truck and the people in the rice store took him to hospital - blood everywhere!! About 200m further up at the nong hin junction they lobbed another grenade - hence the police there!!, dont know if any injuries there?

Anybody have anymore info??

Seen on a banner in the Soi Siam Country Club : "Muslim Sea Food"

Anybody knows what Muslim Sea Food is please ? In what differ it with "traditional" sea food ?

In the corner of the same sign it also says "steak" !

Many many tyre shops along Sukhumvit and they carry the brands you would expect to see anywhere else, Bridgestone, Michelin, Maxxis, Goodyear, BF Goodrich etc etc., as well as some lesser known names.

Just be aware, more and more of these shops along Sukhumvit tend to be closed on a Sunday??? maybe more so this weekend as it was a holiday on Friday!

O.K. I checked their website on Google. It's in Thai and when I hit the translate button there was pretty much nothing there.

I'm back on Wednesday, I'll give them a check.

Thanks,

If you click on the link i gave you above, everything comes up in English, full product specs too....^^

AA Insurance, you find them at Big C South Pattaya, there is a small Soi with new Shop Houses going down at the Side of Big C from Sukumvit Rd.

They are in one of the Shop houses, easy to find.

Thanks for the info. Would that soi be on the north or south side of Big C?

North side, if you click on ThaiVisa insurance - this is where you get a quote from.

Speak to the people in the "Safe T Cut" shop on Sukhumvit road, they have systems to protect whole houses as well as individual protectors, dont know how good they are or costs?

Thanks, whereabouts on Suk is that shop, and which side?

It was on the northbound side just after the Esso station, (between Klang and Nua) , somebody told me it moved to the opposite side though?? have not looked recently?

http://safe-t-cut-pattaya.com/en/contact.html

Speak to the people in the "Safe T Cut" shop on Sukhumvit road, they have systems to protect whole houses as well as individual protectors, dont know how good they are or costs?

All info on facemasks here ... http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_U...Solutions/Five/

There is a pool shop on 3rd. rd. about 200 mtrs. south of the traffic lights on Pattaya Nua, east side of rd.

I bought 20 kgs. chlorine granules there a year ago for 2200 baht.

2 weeks ago I bought another 20 kgs. from the new pool shop on soi Siam Country Club rd. near Route CC. again 2200 baht.

If you find it cheaper elsewhere, please let me know?

Home & Pool.

Syd, why dont you send the missus to cooking school where she could learn how to create the perfect sausage and prepare the finest english breakfast?

She could then serve your culinary needs daily and you wouldnt have to clutter up the Pattaya forum with your ongoing quest for both of the above!!!

which of course is run by the English. They have given thereselves titles, Chairman, Secretary, Vice president etc , and over the last 6 months have wandered around their ' European community, trying to enforce rules and regulations to people who live here.

Sounds similar to why i decided to leave Scotland!

Why dont you go to Pattaya RC near the Euro Club off Chaiyapruek 2, they race boats and cars there, the last time i was there they had some smart helicopters in their shop, if they no longer stock i am sure some of the enthusiasts could point you in the right direction.

Or, there is an RC shop on Sukhumvit about 200m up from Boonthavorn on the same side, next to the Viryha Insurance shop, you will see a small plane hanging outside.

Sorry, forgot to add that there used to be a shop supplying the better brands of washer up on Soi Pothisan, big sign outside, not sure if it is still there though?

You pretty much answered your own query in your opening post..."too cheap to last any time". Most of the "cheap" ones have sealed motor/pump units inside and cannot be maintained, once they play up its in the bin time, ok for annual cleanup and light use but not so good for regular daily use!

If you want one that will last and stand more use, then Karcher, Dibo ,Kew, Wap, Makita, but you will pay a LOT more for these brands. You get some made up units too ie: Motor and pump on a base frame, some of these are ok, look for Speck or CAT pump ends.

Best for sandwash cleaning is a hot pressure washer of the brands above, but again huge increased cost.

Good luck!

That Baywatch is excellent for food, but be warned - watch yourself with the drinks prices, OUCH!!

Got any pictures???

Ive seen a few farang over the years helping their missus in the markets, but not a mobile one as yet!

Two for ten baht, one big and one small, in the market on Siam Country Club road last night, on the stall where everything is 10 Baht!

I've read on the papers that lately has been some troubles in thailand... Unfortuantely news were pretty generic so I don't know for sure why people are protesting and what will happen, but I read that many riots and shootings were involved...

I'm coming this august to train in Muay Thai but I'm worried about the bangkok airport being blocked again or me getting shot by cops/demostrants, since our local embassy forbid to travel to thailand for now....

Do you think that my embassy concerns are founded, or shall I come to thailand without problem?

Its ok now but that may change in the future.... and very like it will......

Calm before a possible storm..........but don't let that stop you from coming here. I would, however, avoid Bangkok and Pattaya-Jomtien and head for Phuket.

You probably know it is hotter than hel_l here right now. Why a person would want to travel to Thailand now is a mystery to me. Nov. 15 to Jan. 15 is a good time to be here.......good weather.

But maybe you live in northern Siberia.......in which case it makes sense

Phuket??? Place to go for sure if you are into some SERIOUS price gouging!! The taxi fares in Phuket make the Pattaya / Jomtien baht bus co-operative look like true darlings!

Its only 20 baht.

Have you tried talking to whomever is in charge to convince them that you should not pay the increased rate?

Of course, but the answer is still the same. By the way, I should point out that the management told me the pool concession has been outsourced to some guy with no connection to the place. Why, you tell me.

This is quite common practice, but at least they usually wait untill the development is sold out!

He said this group of plotters was employing "assassins" to hunt down those they consider their enemies.

Not much to fear there then if their recent attempts are anything to go by, they couldn't hit a cow on the arse with a shovel!!!

What drunk is going to stop at midnight? You are fair game until about 6 AM!

They will roam around all night and head to Bang Saray in the wee hours where it all kicks off tommorow - be warned if heading near there!!

I want to start going swimming but how safe is the water? Have tests been done to show its unhealthy?

Don't try Jomtien not only is the water brown it stinks of diesel

And it is still far cleaner than Pattaya beach!