desertrat

"That waterfall sounds like the perfect setting."

I was there a month ago, there was no water at the waterfall site I visited.

Have always had stuck in my memory something i saw on a TV prog about people's encounters with snakes. This poor chap had sat himself down on the throne only to have a snake snap its jaw closed on his crown jewels! Ouch!!!

There was a well publicised case in Singapore, for the fact that the snake did grip his cojones AND that he was in the female toilet..I think he's still in Changi.

This one

Easy enough to get in Bangkok, I as an old fashioned toolmaker I use them to check Machine Alignments and stuff like that. PM if u like me to send some.

First time I ever sought them was for two farang girls here on holiday in the days of that stuff that people smoked in those years, 70's. I felt like a teenager trying to buy his first condoms.

They gave me one and I puffed it a bit, all it did was to dry off my contact lenses.

They asked me how it was, I said "I thought we'd all be in bed together by now"

They said "It doesn't work like that"

I made my excuses and left.

Thai friend recently told me his daughter was horrified (rightly so) that her landlady in Scotland only allowed her one bath a week. He said surely he could allow a bath/shower every day..why not?

I told him, The shower is largely unknown, the cost of heating the water is great.

So he said she can have a cold bath as in Thailand (Pails of water), I told him it was far too cold, he said it's summer there, so I told him it's Scotland it's freezing all year round.

Thai gf I took to HK really caught on quickly, while I was delayed, she drank the contents of the room mini-bar

Another gf I took to Switzerland was disparaging about the tiny houses on small plots of land, I explained to her they were toolsheds on peoples allotments.

BTW this girl was a knockout, we travelled all over Europe and went to many company dinners, they are stil talking about her today..25 years on.

My shock returning to UK, EVERYONE had a nice new car, NO-ONE I knew ever had any kind of car.

I left when it was LSD and stil do think in LSD, was having to ask "How much is that then ?"

They'd say, again, Fifteen Pee, I'd think and say FIFTEEN Shillings for a beer, it was only two shillings when I left.

sorry abot the on again off again quote marks.

None since they, like many gyms, (and all manner of places), believe that LOUD "music" is necessary, to such an extent that the wardrobe sized speakers next to the pool were causing waves.

Your abs may improve but your hearing will suffer.

"I see by your profile you have travelled to 100 countries"

"Thanks to an adventuresome military and programs such as EurRail, yes, the numbers can add up."

Above an exchange on this topic.

I keep being reminded of a scene from "Dog Day Afternoon", ....."He thinks Wyoming is a country"

No Biggie, we always win

We have all had different levels of culture shock, and probably harp endlessly to those who will listen and those who will not.

What about the other side of the coin?

An aquantaince related that while living in UK with his Thai wife, that when she first arrived, wished him

to take her and 3 children plus babe in arms to the Supermarket.

He told her that so many on a motorbike was illegal, she rounded on him and said, "You told me this was a free country !"

"That's the beauty of economy : everybody can find what he wants into the data"

Two economic students asked their prof for old exam papers

When they looked at them, being honest guys, they said, "Sir, you have given us this years papers."

"It's Ok", he said, "The questions are the same every year, it's the answers that are different".

I see that even 10 yr olds ? are capped and gowned when they leave junior grade, I guess it's a good earner for someone.

Leads to virtually everyone from the security guards to whoever, having as many decorations as General Petraeus, Virtually everyone in uniform has parachute wings as well.

The 18 year old pre military cadets have two rows of ribbons.

When my mother was visiting, she asked me if she could go to the pantomime.

I asked her for more information and eventually saw a poster for a group of uniformed bemedalled election candidates.

My uncle fought in WWII and never had more than one row, mainly 'cos he was only in one theatre.

BTW, and more on topic, when I interview Enginering Graduates, I ask questions like, How far is it to Chiang Mai ?, Which is the Southernmost town/city in SE Thailand? How far to the moon? Tell me what you know about Thailand's Role in WWII?, What is the thickness of a human hair?

Divide .001 by .001 without using a calculator.

The worst for them is "What questions would you like to ask me?"

Finally Should the question mark be inside or outside of quotation marks, and does it require a seperate full stop (period).

Which species is this one please.?

If you want to send me the files I'll have a go. I used to do morse for a living.

Pleased to report that Mr.Endure did a perfect job, from what sounded to me just some very rapid beeps over white noise, very authentic I guess.

mxzqwbhbxtotihqtuviwsheoaiaiuzjvdtobqpwyfemnpdzrybogzymsnp

FIVENINEONESEVENEIGHTEIGHTTHREEONEFIVEZERONINEFIVESIXSEVEN

N59 17.883 E15 09.567

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...51-edaa2ad77fef

I wonder what expertise is NOT available thro' TV.

Thanks to all who offered help.

I believe that the main criteria for getting legal employment here, apart from teaching English, is to have skills and/or experience that are not available locally. I'm not sure if that overrides a degree requirement.

btw An International School teacher, has taken the penthouse where I live, about 45,000 pm. What are they paying them.?

I had already replied to the guy with an eight letter word beginning with n and ending with e, was curious to see what others thought. The stuff about SPOT is interesting. I ought to fwd to him I guess, although there's only a few caches in Samui, where his daughter is going..

Saw a guy with a Garmin Geko, the other day, tiny, smaller than a small cell phone. Does a decent job I thought.

"Why on Earth shouldn't doctors, or any other people with qualifications come to Thailand?"

Recently a guy working for an estate agent here was clalming in print to have an MD, a law degree, an MBA and an engineering degree, probably also CMH

Have Work Permit 1 yr visa

Have 2 homes one in Pttya other in BKK, Live and work alernately both places

Up to now did 90 day reporting wherever I was at the time, Now ?....

M.Sc. (Eng.)

Chartered Engineer M.I.E.E ......this one cannot be bought.

Sorry I have no specifics, but Education, Education, and More Education for yourself.

I would think that to increase your chances, Thai is a must, and anything you can assimilate by books, radio, TV.

Only 34 you can do anything you set your mind on. My "success" is largely base on being told I could not

achieve my goals.

My daughter is travelling to Thailand this week for vacation. She is hoping to do some geocaching while there. While talking with customer service at a satellite messenger service (SPOT) they advised my that there is no GPS service in Thailand because of the political situation. Can you tell me if this is so?

how to reply please ?

Someone said "Cobra Gold"

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...1b-61183dbd1f7f

With exceptions of areas with Thai Chinese generals/admirals, etc. the military keeps to a rent/tax collector type role as opposed to a hands on one in business... leaving most of that to the general public. It's not surprising that so many top Army, Navy, Air Force folks spend their days drinking themselves to death... no doubt trying to escape the reality (not unlike those at the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum) that despite their power, they don't really know how to do anything productive.

It's a perfectly acceptable balance.

You are so right, I've often wondered what they do with all the billions, No Ocean Racing, No Round the World Flights, No Assaults on Everest, No Ballooning, No Anything...No Imagination ?

Do they give it all to Charity ?

US and British getting together lol.Do you realy think we need to here about how the Americans won all the wars and the Brits had a breather.

no thank you

The Brits only talk about Waterloo, Rorke's Drift and Bannockburn, Trafalgar and the Battle of Britain. They do have an ex fighter pilot, now Retired Air Vice Marshall....he has some trump cards.

There is a branch of The British Legion at Tropical Berts on Second Road Soi

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TVM, but I doubt if they are up to it, was that place once called "The Canine's Testicles" ?

A good place to start is the Pattaya VFW post. http://www.vfwpost9876.org/ make contact with the post Commander

TVM..I'm emailing a number of the officers