saintofsilence

give up smoking to start with and your workmates might be more friendly towards you

what is a girl friendly hotel ?

what you went through last night must have been terrible Alex , I don't understand why security gaurds were not about your building , Also If I was having a problem with the police I would call the tourist police and speak to them.

At least the police may listen to them more than they did you.

Where did this happen are you in bangkok , when you feel up to it please let us know further details.

Under the circumstances I can understand how confused you must of felt especially not being able to get help, different case in other countries.

well done for doing what you did

Actually the OP is probably mistaken, from the description he has actually observed Ex-Pat Pattaya man. Pattaya man is very rarely sighted at this time of year.

Ex-Pat Pattaya man is one of the last adult stages of the species.

Life for Ex-Pat Pattaya man begins on far flung shores.

After completing his first childhood he enters his first adult stage when he is known as Family Man.

Family Man builds a nest and breeds with Family woman. He forages to feed the offspring from this union and gradually builds a stronger and bigger nest. When the nest is sufficiently large, he is set upon and forced out of the nest by Family Woman and the predator commonly known as Family Lawyer and has to move to a smaller nest to live alone.

Family Man finds it difficult to survive the cold winter months in these far off shores as nearly all the flesh has been picked from his bones by Family Woman and Family Lawyer.

Using his last remaining strength and resources he manages to migrate to warmer climates, especially Pattaya.

Here, he sheds his Family Man skin and enters the next stage of the cycle – Second Childhood.

During Second Childhood he regains his handsumness and achieves new sexy-man status. He nourishes himself at the various oasis called beer bars Eventually, he stumbles across the tribe known as Agogo and is enchanted by their mating dances.

When the weather in Pattaya becomes too hot, he returns to his homeland and forages to build up sustainance for the next migration.

This migration occurs for a few years, until he acclimatizes and is able to stay in Pattaya for longer periods. This is when he evolves from second childhood into Pattaya Man.

Pattaya Man continues to nourish himself at the Bar Beers and builds up sufficient fat layers to become irresistible to the local wildlife. He now has ample resources and resistance that he no longer needs to return to his homeland for additional sustainance.

At this point he enters the last stage of his life. By a strange quirk, not all of the Pattaya Man species will evolve the same. Many will become Ex-Pat Pattaya Man, Others will regress to Family Man again and some will become Isaan Man.

Unfortunately Family Man and Isaan Man often suffer with the disease “My girl is different” and get infected by a parasite known as Isaan Wife. This parasite sucks his blood until he is nearly dry and forced to return and forage in his homeland

very funny

any update on the situation ?

as long as you keep your dick in your dress you should be ok

the police should check all his phone records for the past few days in case this is a home delivery service gone wrong

you should tell a security gaurd straight away

yes this seems a clear case of Lactose intolerant very common for fat ice cream lovers

Anyone know what has happenned to the english station TAN now it seems to only be in thai today ?

just remodeled gf house. gf wants our repairman(her cousin) to have his own room. i say he can live elsewhere as we dont need him anymore. she say cannot, he family. but now i notice 3 kids resemble him a lot,which got me thinking-is it possible he is gf husband. one only reads these things in forums, not actually thinking they are real. am i out the money or can a lawyer help me.

It seems you have only just started to notice that her 3 kids resemble him are you sure thats how it happenned or did you finally take your hand off it and say <deleted> have I done.

time to move on before you realise the spare room is really for you

She will want about 2 million that's fair but tip another half million for a few more buffallo that should cover it until the wedding.

On all my trips to LOS I had avoided Pattaya up until now,heeding all warnings of how terrible it was there but this time I decided that I had to see for myself...and this is what I found...

I booked into a very nice hotel called Jomtien Palm Beach,it had huge rooms and was full of holidaying Russian couples.My friend and I booked separate but adjoining rooms,the swimming pool on the front terrace was absolutely enormous.

We found some very nice restaurants along the promenade at Jomtien beach,good food and reasonably priced.Along Walking Street we discovered even better seafood,the Lobster House became a firm favourite of ours,excellent Thermidor and a fine selection of red wines from around the World to accompany.

But something wasn't quite right,there was something in our midst that didn't add up but we couldn't quite put our finger on it.Then we realised we were not alone,walking among us,hardly sparing us a second glance was...

PATTAYA MAN!!!

It was a once in a lifetime chance to study this rare breed up close and in all his glory,an opportunity we couldn't pass up...

His head was shaven and bereft of all traces of hair,he was above 50 years of age.His clothes were of the fake sportswear variety,think Nike and Adidas.His shorts were elasticated at the waistband and on his feet were flip-flops or thongs as some like to call them,of the cheap,market stall variety.

A shy and retiring creature,he was seldom seen alone but more usually in the company of a not too pretty,not too young,jaded-looking bargirl!

Obviously a direct descendent of Neanderthal Man and Homo Erectus[sic] ,it was indeed a rare treat to see this genus,once thought extinct,for myself and my colleague,worth all those hours of travelling.The Royal Anthropological Society would scarcely believe it,luckily we had bought photographic evedence with us to prove our claim to be a genuine one...

What would you regard your self as probably a queer bird species I suspect with nothing better to do that be a smart arse

I think you may have been looking in a mirror after you came out of the closet .

tesco have them sometimes under 5000

It will be great the day the AUD is stronger than the US dollar good for us aussies

Dollar ends day above 80 US cents

AAPJune 01, 2009 05:46pm+-PrintEmailShare

THE dollar has closed at an eight-month high after soaring above $US0.8000 in the offshore session and building on those gains during the Asian trading day.

At 5pm (AEST), the dollar was trading at $US0.8086, up 1.6 US cents - or 2 per cent - from Friday's close of $US0.7927.

It was the local currency's strongest close since September 29 last year, when it finished at $US0.8218.

During the day, the unit moved between a low of $US0.7993 and high of $US0.8087 reached just before the local close.

The dollar broke through $US0.8000 in New York trade as investors abandoned the US dollar after encouraging economic data from Europe and Asia raised hopes of a global recovery.

The unit came under brief selling pressure at the start of the local trading day, but the move quickly stalled.

Weak domestic economic data, in the form of declining company profits and falling business inventories, failed to dampen enthusiasm for the dollar.

Kinetic Securities chief economist Clifford Bennett said some investors were gradually coming around to the view that the worst of the slowdown in the Australian economy was over.

"People are starting to grasp the idea now, as more data comes through, that they are not going to see the apocalyptic downturn in the Australian economy," Mr Bennett said.

"I expect that the Australian economy has bottomed in February/March, is already on the uptick, and data will continue to suggest that, going forward."

"It's really important that we stop thinking that we are the tail of the US dog, we no longer are."

Mr Bennett said the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was at the end of its easing cycle - further supporting the local unit - with its next monetary policy move likely to be a 25-basis-point increase in December or January.

The RBA is widely expected to leave the cash rate on hold at a 49-year low of 3 per cent at its monthly board meeting tomorrow.

Mr Bennett tipped the dollar to reach $US0.8900 by the end of 2009 before surging past parity and towards $US1.08-$US1.12 over the next three to five years.

"The Australian dollar is on a sustained bull trend," Mr Bennett said.

"The outlook for the US dollar is dire, I expect the US dollar to continue to fall rather sharply."

Mr Bennett said there might be some US dollar buying on the overnight session following General Motors' bankruptcy protection announcement expected at 10pm (AEST) tonight.

Mr Bennett said he expected the dollar to remain well supported as investors pushed the currency towards $US0.8150.

"You might see a momentary bounce in the US dollar and a bit of a pullback in the Aussie, but that won't change the fact that the overall trend is higher for the Aussie," he said.

Dollar ends day above 80 US cents

AAPJune 01, 2009 05:46pm+-PrintEmailShare

THE dollar has closed at an eight-month high after soaring above $US0.8000 in the offshore session and building on those gains during the Asian trading day.

At 5pm (AEST), the dollar was trading at $US0.8086, up 1.6 US cents - or 2 per cent - from Friday's close of $US0.7927.

It was the local currency's strongest close since September 29 last year, when it finished at $US0.8218.

During the day, the unit moved between a low of $US0.7993 and high of $US0.8087 reached just before the local close.

The dollar broke through $US0.8000 in New York trade as investors abandoned the US dollar after encouraging economic data from Europe and Asia raised hopes of a global recovery.

The unit came under brief selling pressure at the start of the local trading day, but the move quickly stalled.

Weak domestic economic data, in the form of declining company profits and falling business inventories, failed to dampen enthusiasm for the dollar.

Kinetic Securities chief economist Clifford Bennett said some investors were gradually coming around to the view that the worst of the slowdown in the Australian economy was over.

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"People are starting to grasp the idea now, as more data comes through, that they are not going to see the apocalyptic downturn in the Australian economy," Mr Bennett said.

"I expect that the Australian economy has bottomed in February/March, is already on the uptick, and data will continue to suggest that, going forward."

"It's really important that we stop thinking that we are the tail of the US dog, we no longer are."

Mr Bennett said the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was at the end of its easing cycle - further supporting the local unit - with its next monetary policy move likely to be a 25-basis-point increase in December or January.

The RBA is widely expected to leave the cash rate on hold at a 49-year low of 3 per cent at its monthly board meeting tomorrow.

Mr Bennett tipped the dollar to reach $US0.8900 by the end of 2009 before surging past parity and towards $US1.08-$US1.12 over the next three to five years.

"The Australian dollar is on a sustained bull trend," Mr Bennett said.

"The outlook for the US dollar is dire, I expect the US dollar to continue to fall rather sharply."

Mr Bennett said there might be some US dollar buying on the overnight session following General Motors' bankruptcy protection announcement expected at 10pm (AEST) tonight.

Mr Bennett said he expected the dollar to remain well supported as investors pushed the currency towards $US0.8150.

"You might see a momentary bounce in the US dollar and a bit of a pullback in the Aussie, but that won't change the fact that the overall trend is higher for the Aussie," he said.

http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,27...3-31037,00.html

from the touts who get it from the gem traders or seafood shops and so on

did some one lose there handbag

kick backs i guess

I was in Melbourne last week have'nt been there much over the past 5 years and the air felt so good in my lungs as it was cool and clean compared to bangkok , however when I went to burke st mall " outside mall" was full of cigarette smokers stuffing a nice city up and butts everywhere.

give us a break you smokers

Whatever point you guys try to convey, I feel you are not discussing it properly. Well, I'm the one who just quit, so I guess that makes the one who should have a short temper, right ?

If I'm not mistaken, there are 2 issues in this conversation so far :

1 - people have the right to freedom

2 - smoking is terrible for health (and it stinks)

So well, I guess everyone should be satisfied if :

1 - non smoking good-doers would keep their 'saintity' to themselves, and let the ones who want to poisons themselves do so freely

2 - smokers would keep their smoke to themselves

This kind of compromise might be helpful until people learn how to tolerate the 'wrong' they see in others.

in the meantime, pls let me do the 'short temper thing'

the problem is that 80 percent of smokers have no consideration for others , only today i sat down in to small resteraunts and left early because of inconsiderate smokers

this from another forum

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.p...cam&page=14

More VIP Bus Drugging/Robbery.

Reports like this are all over the internet.

When will Thai Authorities get serious about protecting tourists?

"Went from Krabi to Bangkok with a VIP Bus with my boyfriend on the 2nd of January 2009. I don't remember the name of the agency , where we bought the tickets, but we were waiting for the bus at "Guitar Tours", where it was already strange, because they were obviously lying to us, about "no break during the trip to Bangkok", so they wanted us to buy sandwiches and stuff..and after a strange first bus-ride, in which some of us even had to take their bags inside the bus, because there was not enough space inside the luggage-room they stopped after a few hours somewhere, where we had to sign our names (which was again just a reason for the passangers to go to the placeand buy some food) we had to change the bus..Nobody was replying to any questions.Not even in Thai. They were just turnig around and ignoring all the questions...Then somewhen of course everybody felt asleep...When we arrived at Khao San Road, we first didn't noticed anything, as it seems like all our stuff was there (I had my valuables under my seet between my legs, covered with a blanket and I checked it a few times, and everything was there, I thought....) We felt pretty dizzy and sleepy but of course that's no wonder after such a long busride..At home we slept for a few hours and felt really strange after waking up..sick and like as if somebody has drugged us(I took Tramal/Tramadol once, when I had the worst pain in my back, and this is really like a drug, makes you high and sleepy and gives you a weird feeling and the next day you feel exactly the same..)..I wanted to pay the rent and realized, that all my money was gone ...(13000Baht......."

I know it's too late now but if you was signed up to receive withdrawal alerts you would get a sms or email when it happens

there would have been trouble if the jamacian's wife was selling the shoes and the customer put them on the wrong foot