BillR

we use sunflower oil at our restaurant with very good results, though its more expensive.

money saving tip:

Drink outside your local mini-mart at 9am to maximize your baht

not possible to open doors mid flight as they open inwards.

Reminds me, had a fellow sit next to me once who I observed take 2 xanax, he was walking around the plane with a cigarette smoking shortly thereafter, claimed to remember nothing when he came out of it

and now its in english:)

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Im pretty sure if you wore it (gold) you wouldn't have to declare it:)

100k+

one thing that bugs me about thai banks is that if you make a large withdrawl they count out all the cash in front of everyone else to see, no discretion. They should have a private area to do this.

naiharn gym

why do anything? Just take off? serious post.

Just got off the phone with him, it's in escrow

make sure the transfer is done in sterling (even if going into baht account) as my experience is you will get a much better exchange rate.

this has been going on in chicago and Id assume most major cities for decades.

bought a universal for my JVC at BigC, no problems.

chai autosound on bypass road. very good, and they might throw in freebies. They will also drive you wherever and pick you up when done.

I think I remember reading here that a farang had a truck in gf name, gf was refusing to return/sign over book, farang sold car off in parts and faced criminal charges/jail time.

Guys thanks a lot. I'm off for a ride around Phuket Town.

Now I need a rubber mat thick enough to protect a wooden floor from darts - any ideas on that?

They sell interlocking rubber floor tiles at seara sports on bypass. Same as you'd see at a gym in the weight areas.

^^so?

a big no-no in Thailand. Ever seen a laundromat or a self service car wash? They might exist but I certainly haven't seen one in phuket anyways. Both businesses I was interested but was told by several people it was not a good idea for my reason stated above.

If the vending machine is for an office or something than I don't see a problem.

id be careful, vending machine takes away someones job.

sorry, to Phuket

I need to ship 400 kilos of weight plates from bangkok. Anyone know the easiest way to do this? And maybe an approximate price? Appreciate it.

when I bought the bottle itself they installed everything for free, although I bought the large 1.5 meter tall one. I believe it was 8-10,000 baht for the big cylinder, then 1000 baht to exchange thereafter, and they deliver.

I pay 8k monthly for small business with 5 employees, plus about 20k for year end stuff, and another 20k for my visa work permit. Good thing is I have not been to an immigration or employment office in 2 years aside from my 90 day reports.

they have here in phuket, and even have a magazine with a picture of themselves as some type of official. I was asking to buy a wheelchair or something. Luckily I hid my wallet before coming outside. Felt fishy to me.

sorry, but they probably deserved it. 3 years here and Ive seen several thai/farang fights and each one the farang was asking for it. Example: Was at a nightclub and a thai man and his girlfriend were having drinks. Farang was trying to hit on the thai mans girlfriend. Thai man repeatedly and politely told the farang that it was his girlfriend and to kindly back off. Farang didn't. Beer bottle to the head and he deserved it.

I find it almost impossible to believe that the farangs didn't totally instigate the whole thing. Yes, I agree thais have a mob mentality, but in order for what you describe to ensue you would really have to do your best to piss someone off.

is this the shop next to amway? If so great sausages. Would really like to get vienna style beef hot dogs for my business