smedly

first things i priced where fruit and veg....that wa enough

as for rip off........I don't get ripped off or at least I don't hand my money over readily without some serious consideration, identifying something as a rip off and being ripped off are two different things, as usual tropo you tend to have difficulty reading actual words and making stuff up that I didn't post, i never said I got ripped off I said it was a rip off lol

do you just hand money over at the ask, tell us all your rip off stories or maybe you are a rip off merchant lol, do you always pay the ask without question ?......................I have a condo for sale 6million baht...will you buy it please he he

been there many times, great day out but the flies must be a new thing, never noticed them before.

Thx for the replies guys will check them out

This news about ripoff villa market doesn't surprise me, I went there when it first opened (very nice shop) and had a look around and found it to be charging 20%-30% more than anyone else, hope it shuts and the greedy owner gets burned, if these places would realise that if they charge reasonable prices and don't get greedy and try to rip people off they would do well.   We all forget time and time again that we are in a 3rd world country, all prices should reflect that, when I first came here 8 years ago I worked out that goods property etc should be around 1/4 of the price it is in the west, now with exchange rates prob more like 1/3, anything more than that is a rip off.

In the UK there is a record player- brand name ION that does the job ( haven't seen one here ). If you know someone going there get them to pick one up for you. The price will be on the internet. Try PC World website.

I have one that does audio tapes back home.

You do need a computer as well.

just download the albums you want from the internet, you already bought the album so i don't see anything illegal, you can do a search on thepiratebay.org, mod may delete this link, don't see why as the site is not illegal and as you already own the music your downloading is not illegal either,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I also have a usb device on my comp that I convert VHS tapes to DVD for people, It does analog coversion of both sound and video to digital, it can be used for sound only

anyone know where I can buy a cooked chicken that does not have any marinade spice, just a plain ald cooked chicken, those extra flavours just spoil it for me

any channel on sophon showing rhe F1 GP

Like it or not, AV may have to made sacrifice and include Taksin in the reconcilation plan. If past history is to set precedent, pardoning Taksin for the sake of permanent peace is not unique.

100% agree.

The best move Abhisit could make is to "suspend" Thaksins sentance so he can come back to Thailand.... on the proviso that he not get involved in any political party.

Include him as an advisor to the reconciliation comittee. That would immediatly subdue the red shirt movement. He is obviously a good business leader so make use of his talents to get the country pul;ling together.

If he steps out of line...then they have him in the country to do what they want with him.

The charges laid against him were politicly motivated and only designed to keep him out of the political scene...which obviously backfired on those that instigated the charges.

OMG have you no clue at all, Thaksin is one very evil man that stole his riches of the Thai people, he is now paying a select few to organise and disrupt so he can step back again and take control, they forced him out and he is trying to force his way back in, how many people do you think Thaksin would have executed or exterminated if he stepped back into power here............................take all his money - remove his ability to do anything - lock him up.........one very evil vindictive man

To be honest, you are renting everything in the condo that isn't yours, if stuff breaks down through normal wear and tear then the owner will be resposible, if you break something then the resposibility would be yours.................simple

Of course I wont be wanting to work it myself, LOL +1000

I believe I have a good idea that is not available anywhere in WS. So the plan would be to get the stall made, and employ some one to work it. Now all that is the easy bit but I'm sure we can just waltz into WS and start selling. I was hoping someone might have an idea of where to apply for permit, or whatever is needed to get spot there.

If it is a simple as set up Co, pay for permit then pay for spot, Id give it a go, but if it is gotta know mr right, pay so and so big back hander, upset some other crew so have to pay someone to pay them etc etc I wont bother.

thanks

Ok, the obvious answer to this is ............................... you will need to pay very big bucks in both backhanders and rent for a patch on walking street or any other high profile spot in pattaya for that matter, I assume your question is a request for who you need see to arrange this, town hall - police - mafia - and god knows who else will have a finger in the pot.

Take Heskey and Johnston off the pitch and you will see a different team, Rooney needs someone he can rely on to feed him balls and Heskey isn't it, Rooney knows it we all know it, when a manager insists on putting the wrong players on the field it will ultimately spoil the party, that is what is happeneing with England, it's about time the players or captain spoke out before it's too late, the team selection is just wrong and swapping keepers was wrong, there is obviously bad feeling going on and is reflected in team performance, Heskey is useless why is he continuously selected, I just fail to understand this, it is obvious that Rooney doesn't want him there, something radical needs to happen quick or England will be going home early.

How long have they been held in jail allready? I think you will find

deportation is a punishment. I never said my neighbours do not like

me, so I think you are a little twisted.

..............whats this.............. another one about to post a reply..........

Not sure the English guy will get deported as I understand he lives here with his Thai wife and kid, perhaps a suspended 2 year jail sentence and bound over to keep the peace, if he doesn't behave himself going forward he could end up in jail. Hope he has learned a lesson

If they successfully find the money trail and the people involved in receiving large ammouts that they cannot account for, will and should effectivly end the Red Shirts as we currently know it, and if thaksin is involved could lead to further moves to confiscate his empire and bring more charges, this move is probably the best and most effective way to expose them all for what they really are.........there is hope

I believe they are advising against taking aspirin. Some posters who are more knowledgeable can shed some insight on this, but aspirin is a blood thinner and this can cause severe complications with Dengue fever. So, paracetemol is the drug of choice.

I think it's wise to see a doctor if you are feeling very ill. I had it quite a number of years ago and I was too sick to get to a Dr. I just suffered it out, but it is very nasty stuff to get.

nt sure why anyone would take asprin, it's a blood thinner as well as pain relief, the reason to take paracetemol I assume is its fever reducing qualities nothing to do with pain relief.

Idle mind is the devils workshop

you will never teach these guys a lesson with jail term, they just wouldn't get it, not enough grey matter to understand

If this wasn't so serious it would be funny.

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<br />First of all, you cannot cure high blood pressure. Once you are on medication, you are on it for the rest of your life. I have been on maintenance medication of about eight years now. The best medicine for me has been cozaar (25 mg/day) which I take along with a diuretic called dyazide (50 mg/day). You should confer with a doctor to find out what dosage you should take. It is also important to disclose whether there is a history of cardio-vascular problems in your family.<br /><br />Doctors often prescribe 'beta-blockers' like atenolol which controls heart rate. This was the very first drug I took and I found that it made me extremely lethargic. If you start taking cozaar, you should not take viagra or cialis. This could cause a sudden drop in blood pressure and even death -- but you might have a smile on your face!<br />

<br /><br /><br />Very good advice, I too was on Cozaar, it is one of the best out there for most people, it has few side effects and is well tolerated, it would be interesting to know what your BP readings are and how you have concluded that you do indeed have Hypertention (HB), blood pressure is actually difficult to diagnose especially if it's marginal, simply going to a doctors and having it measured can actually make it go up therefore giving a false reading, my advice (without hearing your reply) would be to buy one of those monitors to enable you to measure your own, then use it at home when you are relaxed and at various other times during the day/night, this will give you a better picture of your condition, most peoples BP will rise with age, normal is 120/80 the important part of that measure is the lower reading (Diastolic) it should be ideally below 90, if it is consistantly above 90 then you would be considered to have mild Hypertention, above 100 and you have moderate etc, if you measure it yourself and find it to be around 90 then taking 1 25mg Cozaar would be a good idea, above 100 then you usually need a combination of drugs like above, you don't need a doctor for mild below 100, medication is readily available and if you can measure your own BP then you could monitor it yourself, if your lower BP is over 100 then you prob need to see a doctor as treatment choice becomes more difficult. <br /><br />My BP was so bad I had symptoms, it was like 180/120, and stayed high even on meds for a number of years, I stopped work came to live inThailand and after 6 months ran out of meds so stopped taking them for about 4 weeks, was walking through a shopping mall one day and they where doing free checks so I had it done 120/80 and it has been the same ever since, lifestyle and work pressures can influence BP dramatically, the cure for me was getting rid of stress and replacing it with a very relaxed environment.<br />

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Assuming you are asking me, I was told by my Dr I had high BP on my last visit, so on arriving in LOS bought a pressure cuff, and my diastolic was under 100, but recently became high over a few days, perhaps brought on by Cialis ( stopped taking that now ).

However, it has dropped, so panic over for now, though will keep checking, and if it goes up again for a significant time will consider all the excellent suggestions for somewhere to go.

As above, I hope a more relaxed lifestyle ( and I'm so relaxed now I could be a shop manniquin ) will reduce the pressure without need for drugs.

Thanks for the helpful posts.

Now, if someone can tell me how to make money without working ( not gambling on the stockmarket either ) I'll be really happy!

diastolic over 100 is high, if you look at the origins of Viagra and the like they started off a medication for HBP the errectile effect was noticed during development as a side effect so taking these medications should actually reduce BP not increase it.

Has anybody tried using the xe.com method? They are a FOREX company, if you set=up an account you can ask for a deal they will offer the deal for 3 days - you then decide if you wont to accept. Because xe.com has offices in the UK you transfer money to them at zero cost for most UK bank a/c holders. if you go for the deal after receipt of your money they will deposit Thai Bart into your Thai bank a/c. The web site can give a lot more detail.

Has anybody used this service? Good or bad ? please tell.

I am using the Canadian XE.com, works really well, withdraws money from my US bank and deposit in my Kasikorn account. [baht]

Wire fee $ 22.00 regardless how much you transfer.

Takes about 10days to complete the process.

Hope this helps

That sounds like a pretty good solution, what about exchange rates are they favourable ?

Maybe some of the posters need to read the threads on this forum about unreimbursed losses from Thai bank accounts. There are many. There are no laws or govt organizations to protect you.

Not quite sure about your point - are you referring to losses from ATM withdrawals with overseas cards or Thai bank cards ?

I think the poster was saying Caveat Emptor, and that he doesnt trust Thai banks implicitly.

While not wishing to step on anyone's toes, what i think he is refering to is that money "mysteriously disappears" from peoples bank accounts, sometimes to six or even seven figure sums and not just some small ATM transaction that's gone awry for whatever reason, and the banks involved give scant regard to the problem.

There is a thread currently running on here, detailing that very situation, where people have replied saying "same thing happened to me, and i got nowhere with any reimbursement, either:("

There was also a case reported in the local press a couple of years back, about a Dutch expat of long standing who had six figure sum removed from his account ...while the bank had both his passbook and ATM card, while they were investigating a previous "phanthom" withdrawal. He got nowhere with his claim, either!!!!! Those are just 2 of the cases that crop up from time to time. No doubt there will be posters who HAVE sucessfully reclaimed missing funds, too, though

Penkoprod

I agree, a lot of the fraud reports and money disappearances from Thai bank accounts always brings me to the same conclusion........90% of them are inside jobs, one thing I will never have with my Thai bank account is an atm card, the only way money can be taken is through a branch, that makes it pretty difficult for the fraudsters.

On topic, banks are robbers but unfortunaltly we cannot do without them, I remember a time when they would pay us to have an account now they want us to pay them for taking care of our money which they in turn use to make money, i often look at it like this, if I borrowed money from somewhere there would be a charge associated with it, we give the banks huge loans when it's all added up and they charge us...........go figure

speechless, not sure what to add to that........................there was a song by the "weather girls" that came to mind, perhaps someone lost it in transit..who knows

Smedly, so pleased you had a miracle cure by changing your lifestyle but how can you advise the man to treat himself, especially prescribing his own tablets, one drug might suit one person but do harm to others.

Even if you are a medical practitioner, and I assume you are not, you should not prescribe anything without examining the patient.

Book an appointment beachlover......even if it costs a few quid thats better than costing your life aint it?

HL

yes I understand what you are saying, but to be honest the process of proscribing BP medication is not a biggy, it does depend on the severity of the condition and if you read what I posted I did advise to see a Doc if the condition is morderate or severe as treatment becomes a little more complicated than taking a pill every day, but if it is a mild condition then there is no reason why someone cannot decide to take a good modern medication like cozaar and pop a pill every day and measure the results themselves, my Doc prescibed me a few different ..... cheap meds for my HBP and eventually I told him what I wanted and at the time far more expensive, he had no problem prescribing it and that was that, not a big deal, if I developed HBP now I would have no issue with going to the pharmacy and buying my own medication, its no big deal really, the availability of information on the net has made doctor relationships very different to what they where 30 years ago, I have often recommended a treatment to my doctor for me and he has agreed, prob is that cost can be a factor.

Drug companies would have us all believe that we should be taking statins, asprin, HBP meds, etc etc to protect us from ........................whatever, if you feel you need them then take them, your doc will simply write the prescription anyway, there is no fantastic science to it, in fact on several occasions my doctor has learned something from me in the past and thanked me for it, I also have two personal friends that are GP's, they cannot keep up with new meds and research, they simply don't have time, drug companies send them promo's for new drugs, at the time cozaar was one, my doc opened a page in his BMA and there was an add for it, he said that looks good but is expensive, he gave me a script anyway, 3 months later in for check up and my BP was being managed fine so that was that. cardio drugs especially the older ones can have dramatic side effects.............................read about them the information and research is readily available on the net

anyway to the OP, if you have severe HBP then seek consult with a doc there could be underlying reasons your condition that may require tests to rule out.

First of all, you cannot cure high blood pressure. Once you are on medication, you are on it for the rest of your life. I have been on maintenance medication of about eight years now. The best medicine for me has been cozaar (25 mg/day) which I take along with a diuretic called dyazide (50 mg/day). You should confer with a doctor to find out what dosage you should take. It is also important to disclose whether there is a history of cardio-vascular problems in your family.

Doctors often prescribe 'beta-blockers' like atenolol which controls heart rate. This was the very first drug I took and I found that it made me extremely lethargic. If you start taking cozaar, you should not take viagra or cialis. This could cause a sudden drop in blood pressure and even death -- but you might have a smile on your face!

Very good advice, I too was on Cozaar, it is one of the best out there for most people, it has few side effects and is well tolerated, it would be interesting to know what your BP readings are and how you have concluded that you do indeed have Hypertention (HB), blood pressure is actually difficult to diagnose especially if it's marginal, simply going to a doctors and having it measured can actually make it go up therefore giving a false reading, my advice (without hearing your reply) would be to buy one of those monitors to enable you to measure your own, then use it at home when you are relaxed and at various other times during the day/night, this will give you a better picture of your condition, most peoples BP will rise with age, normal is 120/80 the important part of that measure is the lower reading (Diastolic) it should be ideally below 90, if it is consistantly above 90 then you would be considered to have mild Hypertention, above 100 and you have moderate etc, if you measure it yourself and find it to be around 90 then taking 1 25mg Cozaar would be a good idea, above 100 then you usually need a combination of drugs like above, you don't need a doctor for mild below 100, medication is readily available and if you can measure your own BP then you could monitor it yourself, if your lower BP is over 100 then you prob need to see a doctor as treatment choice becomes more difficult.

My BP was so bad I had symptoms, it was like 180/120, and stayed high even on meds for a number of years, I stopped work came to live inThailand and after 6 months ran out of meds so stopped taking them for about 4 weeks, was walking through a shopping mall one day and they where doing free checks so I had it done 120/80 and it has been the same ever since, lifestyle and work pressures can influence BP dramatically, the cure for me was getting rid of stress and replacing it with a very relaxed environment.

First time I have ever opened one of the OP's posts

and the last.........

100% correct

Also after speaking with many farang business owners the rent they are paying is just rediculous and that was when things where going well, falangs now should be approaching their Thai owners and at least trying to negociate a rent reduction otherwise they will go to the wall but then the Thai owners will find another idiot to pay big dosh to step right in and take over...the cycle continues

is it not possible to withdraw your child from this one class and if enough parents do the same then there would be no point in this LB remaining as a teacher at the school, surely this can be arranged....insist on it, even contact the parents of other children in the class, quite disturbing really

cameras perhaps, i would welcome for one