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At least the cops spoke honestly.

Good news! More quality crumpet left for those who bother to learn the local lingo .

'Don't bite the hand that feeds you.'

I think a late Aprils' fools...

If you had children you would know why children play on the streets.

I have children and I NEVER let them play on the street. If they are playing on the street it means that they're being disobedient. Leave the sois for soi dogs and their shit.

Were do the play ...? on the railroad tracks?

Speak with the local council and get speed humps installed

If you had children you would know why children play on the streets.

I have children and I NEVER let them play on the street. If they are playing on the street it means that they're being disobedient. Leave the sois for soi dogs and their shit.

I can find no reason believe that dual-pricing isn't premeditated and a fine example of forward planning.

Along with lots of thais stopped there waiting for the check point to finish i assume because they are wanted by the law or have no papers....funny too see..

Last week, here in Bangkok, saw some strung out yaba freaks in the same situation. Police are conducting urine tests at many places now. Just got to watch out for the 'runners'! Lately, there seems to be a pandemic of out-of-control yabaa freaks. That's one thing that Thaksin cwetainly knew how to get under control, but... .

On the 4 April I was out at Puttamonton, had a police emergency, so rang the tourist police on 1155-number was out-of-service, then rang 191. I asked the copper who answered, if he or anyone there would speak to me in English. He responded with, "Kwoi krap. Kwoi!"

I said, "What's kwoi?" He sniggered together with his friends and said "fuc_k!". I was dumbfounded! Amazing Thailand!

"was instructed to prepare to compensate the 2,500-odd members should any of them take legal action once their membership is revoked."

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O! Of course they won't. They enjoy giving away money!

I bet they weren't full of mayo. Getting hungry now... where was he again?

My family and I were a couple of the thousands of people who turned out for the opening day, yesterday 16 April.

Alas, TiT, it wasn't open and won't be for at least another week!

Typical.

Did you find out what the ticket prices are?

They were doing a special for the people who turned up: 199/199 baht Adult/Kid inc. entrance and unlimited rides.

On the day the same ticket will cost 450/250 baht - Adult/Kid

My family and I were a couple of the thousands of people who turned out for the opening day, yesterday 16 April.

Alas, TiT, it wasn't open and won't be for at least another week!

Still got this in the pipeline--any further advice?

What's this all about then? Sleeping moderators?

"out-of-control, drunk, gun-wielding thugs"

At which point did you realize that they were drunk?

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These Thai guys are lucky. If they were Cambodians caught by Thai army, they would had been shot in the back without any warning.

^^ You're lucky you have neat investigative skills.

IME, in similar circumstances, after having dogs bite friends of mine, on the street, outside shops, on more than one occasion, the owners would usually deny ownership of their dogs .

ThaiLife again, well done! I just googled that and came up with this,

"- With Extra Line-Noise Filter; Used When exposed to high ambient electrical noise. Most commonly used digital camera USB cable."

That explains the small barrels then.

:rolleyes:Just humor it. The BS never usually gets too serious. Kinda like an adventure. Just don't take any large monetary risks.

They don't care if you walk, cause they expect that there'll be another possibly naive and desperate walking ATM coming along to fill your boots.

Usually does only happen when having dealings with the uscrupulous, desperado types, though .

The 10-meter cable I'm using, already has two small barrels on it, similar to this cable's,

not sure how good they are at boosting the power, though.

I'll give that a google.

I plugged the webcam (with the standard10-meter USB cable) into a newer laptop and it worked like a charm.

ThaiLife, hanks for the taxation info.

Spoonman, that's extremely interesting. Do you think it maybe worth a shot?

^ That's all over the net, but they're talking out their ringpieces.

Got an old Pentium 4, 1.6 ghz PC, which isn't picking up the signal of an outside webcam (picture is non-existent), so we need a 10 meter (30 foot) usb power-booster cable,

Anyone seen one for sale in Bkk? If so, where?

Perhaps a poster has an old, idle one lying around?

Don't want to have to order one from the net. Be cheaper to buy it in Thailand and I'm ignorant to all this Tax-on-arrival bureaucracy. Heard a lot of bad stories in regards to Thai Custom's charges .