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roger1999

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  1. I saw a tiny scooter (3 wheels) tonight when I was walking around the moat. It looked like it was made for a 10 year old, so it might work for you. It is about 200-300 meters west of Chang Pueak gate. If you see the big FORD sign, and the Lotus Tesco a few doors down, it is directly opposite the Lotus Tesco on the inside of the moat.

    The scooter has a SALE sign on it, and the shop appears to sell other bikes.

    Again, the scooter can be seen on the inside of the moat opposite the Lotus Tesco. PM me if I can be of more help.

  2. Maya is doing great business from what I can tell. I stop by there a few times a week to visit RimPing, the basement food court, or one of the Japanese restaurants upstairs. Dukes would do great there is they ever decide to give it a try. Someone recently posted that they were at The Dukes riverside location recently and it was full of Thai and Chinese customers. I can believe that given the excellent quality of the product.

  3. CM Steve, your post reminds me of a time when I was "dumping" some rocks and other natural waste from my parent's lawn to an empty lot across the street (also owned by my folks.) The guy in the house next door came outside screaming at me "have you got permission to dump on that lot?"

    Dad was nearby and had papers showing he owned the lot. Too funny at the time.

  4. I subscribed last year. Reception on my PC (a 2012 Macbook Pro) was remarkable. The cost comes down if you join later in the season, if I recall correctly.

    They will keep charging your credit card for future years unless you tell them not to. I abhor that practice so I am not planning to subscribe again. Plus it kept me up all night watching live US football which wasn't good for me.

    Good news is you can watch (or re-watch) any or every game anytime you like. You can also watch an edited version of the games which removes all the down time. Games last about 30 minutes in that format.

  5. ubonjoe, if you are right (and as far as I know you always are) then the Portland consulate's web site is out of date:

    http://www.thai-or.com/visa-information/

    For what it is worth, they issued me a triple entry visa in June 2013 with a mail in application. I can't remember how many days it took them to process the visa, but I was surprised at how quickly my passport came back.

  6. My advise would be just enable the Guest account on your pc and let him use that and put a password on your main profile account, That way you wont have to worry about him accessing any of your files or data and you won't have to change anything on your own account.

    Enable here

    Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\User Accounts\Manage Accounts

    That function is new for me so thanks for that. But I would prefer to have the ability to sign out.

  7. I am going on a road trip and a friend will take care of my place and my dog for several weeks. He wants access to my computer, which is fine. I can sign out of gmail, Facebook, basically everything except Thaivisa. Everytime I sign out, when I go back to the site I am automatically signed in again.

    Any suggestions?

  8. Chicog, please review my last 50-100 posts. I do the best I can to help people who are looking for advice in a town I have lived in for 14 years. You, on the other hand, are the only poster I have ever reported to a moderator. He immediately removed your post.

  9. Dined at the Central Festival location a few weeks ago. Wonderful pizza at a fair price. Awesome imported beers, obviously pricey vs. Thai. I'd probably go there weekly if I lived nearby.

    Your judgment of the beer presumably depends on the sort of beers you are used to in your own country. If its stale English beers then I would expect your comments.

    My own country is the USA, but I haven't lived there since 1990. I have lived in the UK, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Mexico and now Thailand. I've been very impressed with beers in most of those countries, but especially the UK, Germany and Belgium. I'm pretty sure the imported beers we were drinking were from Germany, but we sampled so many I could be wrong.

  10. Dined at the Central Festival location a few weeks ago. Wonderful pizza at a fair price. Awesome imported beers, obviously pricey vs. Thai. I'd probably go there weekly if I lived nearby.

  11. If you go west nearly to the end of Suthep Road there is a new place called "Steak Doctor." It is just before the last pub up that way called "Derm Derm" and before the Pun Pun vegetarian restaurant which has been there a few years. Drive slow and you can't miss the sign on your left.

    I haven't been there but would appreciate a review.

  12. theDukes Dave, we really need better dining options around Nimmenhaemin. I know you changed your plans with Maya (although I don't know why) and myself and many other foreigners around here really miss your place because all of the locations are too far away.

    Give Nimmen some thought. I know the rents are high but with your reputation you wouldn't need a prime location. People would go out of their way to get to your place.

  13. davidjleys, if you are up for a bit of a walk Food4thought does good sandwiches for 80 baht. They do wraps as well and I find the wraps to be more filling. And drinking water is free!

    The first time you go there it may be a bit hard to find. The easy way (and the longer way) is to go up Huey Gaew Road until you hit the Canal Road. Turn right and go about one short block. As soon as you pass the V Residence turn right. It's about 20 meters down that street and it is not signed very well, but you will find it.

    When you exit Food4thought turn to the right and you will find a back road leading you into The Harbour. The second time you go to Food4thought (if you return) this back street is a shorter way to get there.

    They have a Facebook page with a map if you want to check it out. They are closed Sunday and Monday, and close everyday at 5 PM.

  14. There is another Vietnamese place I can recommend. If you drive up Huay Gaow towards Chiang Mai zoo, it is basically opposite the main entrance to Chiang Mai University (actually, drive one more block past the main entrance to CMU and look across the street.)

    Three dishes shared between two people will run about 250 baht with water.

    The free veggies (mostly different types of leaves) that they give you is worth 40 baht on it's own.

    I walk past there everyday and it's got a crowd at most any time of day, but I have never had trouble getting a table. They are open 10 AM - 10 PM normally. Now they probably close at 8 or 9 PM.

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