mania

Perhaps a useful site for folks looking

to gather stats on miners

Silver, Gold, Copper, Tech Metals, Base Metals etc.

You may set the list to generate various commodities reports by country etc.

http://www.miningfee...g-report-canada

for the uneducated or the colloqialism, what is this slang....or is it for petrol heads only?

It is pretty interesting how they can get it to follow concave shapes etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLsmPbPyE00

While you're at it check out this toy http://leapmotion.com/

That is quite cool!

Now if they can do away with the monitor & just have a holographic

display

I think you misunderstand, Mania.

The way I read it, an additional debit is appearing on the UK account.

The last transfer that I made from the UK to Thailand (lloydsTSB) was also accompanied by an extra charge for "Agent's fees" I wasn't very happy about that as there was no mention of this fee when discussing the costs of transferring the money from my UK account to my Thai bank. I will be making enquiries about this when I am next in the UK. The transfer was in sterling and converted to Baht in Thailand.

Yes I think your right.

I glossed over it & the title threw me.

But it does seem the problem is deductions in the UK by the Thai bank?

how and why did Lloyds Bank let them

It is probably the onshore conversion costs.

Yes you paid a fee on your end but that was for the wire or transfer of which ever type you chose.

After it arrived onshore it had to be converted to THB unless you did it on your end ( unlikely )

You did not say which bank? But here is an example

http://www.bangkokba...ew.aspx#BPLT_12

Here is BKB's standard amounts ( not counting any wire fee's )

Bangkok Bank in Thailand also charges a fee of 0.25% of the amount in the Baht currency

(minimum of THB 200; maximum of THB 500)

when the funds are deposited into the recipient's Bangkok Bank account in Thailand.

Also again you did not say which bank but, Be aware there are normal fee's

1- Does she have an ATM card? That is usually 200THB per year

2- Did she gain much interest from the account? if so it may be the yearly tax deduction

But if you look carefully most statements have to

have some sort of code ( usually 3 letters ) in front of each transaction.

Once you have the code look up their legend to see what it means

Sorry Gary that must be very disheartening to have your things go walking like that.

I don't know how it is in your village but in many you would speak with the Poo Yai

& he would put the word out.

Hopefully it gets better for you because it must be very disheartening to feel your neighbors

think your stuff is all up for grabs.

Thanks for the tip!

Pizza was the best I have had so far in Thailand.

Priced very reasonable.

Very nice clean restaurant & the waitress ( the owners wife? ) was very nice.

My first car was a Testarossa & I had two nice girlfriends

Well I was 17 & could have dreams

What I woke up with was a primer gray 64 VW Bug that broke on the way home from paying

all of $450 dollars for it.

What is that half circle black thing on the edge of the plate?

It is not half an OREO as it has no white filling

It's all about the colour. There are plenty of those awful green ones in showrooms.

They have Green?

All I have seen in CM is Black or White ones

Ordered a BT-50 hi racer AT today . Can pick it up tuesday .

Wow they really have done away with wait times?

Was it because they had one that someone else decided not to buy?

fitne is not a diet drink per se, it is a laxative drink, so I guess your body just doesn't absorb any nutrition

Is it possible for something to go in one end & come out the other without your body absorbing what was nutritious in it?

I do think it is possible that we do carry too much waste in our intestines due to constant intakes.

I once fasted for 15 days & yet had a bowel movement everyday. I know a woman who fasted much longer & had the same results.

That does make me wonder. about our systems ability to rid waste in a timely fashion.

That article I linked said this about the active ingredient,

The back of the bag says that each 2.65 gramme tea bag contains 1500mg of Senna leaves, 500 mg of Senna pods, green tea leaves, and 150 mg of Garcinia Atroviridis. Garcinia Atroviridis is a hydroxy citric acid, which is a natural substance that is extracted from the rind of the fruit of the Garcinia Cambogia tree. It is apparently non-toxic and has been used for generations for appetite suppressing and weight loss.

I was curious as my wife drinks this so I also looked it up & found this article interesting. Although it is just an experimental test on animals..

http://thescipub.com...ptsp.2010.65.70

Personally I have never used it & prefer drinking some form of psyllium husk fiber at bedtime.

Having done so for some 30 years now I feel it has benefits

We have both & I prefer the Galaxy Tab

I like being able to do what I want when I want without going through

some middleman software.

I like the camera better

I like plugging my USB memory stick into the Tab & lifting things to later put where I want

on multiple laptops that do not need to have any middleman software installed.

Not to mention I can plug any USB device into the Galaxy Tab

I also like plugging my Tab right into my laptop & my laptop seeing it then allowing drag & drop

as I choose or making folders on either device to store what I want where I want in either direction.

I like that I can play music or video file in any format.

Multi tasking? Galaxy Tab no problem....Ipad?

I like the Notification system on ICS 4

BTW I just upgraded to ICS 4.04 myself & it was downright simple.

I have not rooted the Galaxy Tab, Have not felt the need to but, if I wanted to

it too is a simple process.

Software? I have only ever needed to buy one from the App store for the Tab

That was Paiboon's Thai Dictionary ( excellent product )

The rest was available for free. including Office products that can open imported password protected

Excel Files, Word Files etc.

Basically at the end of the day I feel the Galaxy Tab is mine to do with what I want.

The Ipad although I paid for it is mine if I agree to do things the way they want me to. Syncing, using

their middleman etc.

Thanks zz

I miss sunsets.

Years ago I lived at the seashore & watched them

every day. Never got tired of it.

Thanks

I had never considered a visa assist company, as things work just fine today. But I really didn't know if these companies were just for filling out paperwork -- but required your presence when submitting to Immigration. But it seems they do NOT require your presence -- same as if they're doing your 90-day report. Great, because if I can't book on-line (or if I can, but this system goes to hell), and am relegated to the below quote, I'll gladly hand some agency my bank book and letter -- and whatever several thousands of baht they require -- to avoid a day at the zoo.

They seem to be thriving because during my 1 year extension interview I was put on hold three times

as representatives from these types of companies came straight to the desk with packs of papers.

I imagine the desk clerk gets a cut? She quickly put my wife & I on hold while she explained in Thai why

some of the papers needed this or that.

I have just started taking dieting pills from Boots. They're called "Night Time Trim Time" and are supposed to help your metabolism. (they're buy one get one free in Boots for 980B)

As SBK said many Thai women drink various cleansers/diet drinks

For perhaps a cheaper alternative to those pills you bought

my wife swears by Fitne Tea sold at all the markets. Big C etc.

Very inexpensive & as I said she insists it works.

She makes a cup every night lets it cool then drinks it.

The only review in English I saw online is here

http://voices.yahoo....ast-825739.html

But, I would caution you to go slow at first. My wife turned my sister on to it & she kind of overdid it

like the woman in the article.

2 sometimes 3 coffee's (they are small ) & one piece of toast made using S&P Germinated Brown Rice Bread with blueberry jam

Like Necron we usually have one main mid day meal. If it is sizable no dinner.

I have lived all over the place from Baan Wang Tan, Riverside, Galae Thong, Skybreeze but now live on Thaepe Road where everything is easily accessible.

What did you think of the three condo's mentioned?

Riverside, Galae Thong, Skybreeze

Thanks

Yes they are well done & have interesting camera filters of some sort.

I like them & also like reading their site too.

and we won't even mention the flightpath!

Well now that you have I would like to ask about that.

Every time I have pointed out to my wife, what looked like a good deal

on a house in Hang Dong. She always mentions it will be too noisy with flights.

Is that a big problem there in Hang Dong generally? Or just certain areas that line up with the landing/takeoff

path?

Thank you

Yes they always post them all in the video section of this forum

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/138-best-of-thailand-videos/

username = 8milesfromhome

What ironic sayings would be heard specificly in Thailand?

Up Too You

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=irony+definition

Not so hard

Now Redundant, That is a hard one because when you look up

Redundant it says ..." See Redundant"

You should look here.

http://japan.webike....ts/9698345.html

Best to email the company though and ask. They generally respond

Thanks that looks interesting.

The only CDI related thing I have ever seen for the Wave 125i is this one...

http://syark86-pma.blogspot.com/2012/04/new-arata-racing-cdi-for-honda-wave-125.html

The fairing parts are not expensive,buy them new in the right color.

Thanks

Yes that was my 1st idea too

Not available though in the color I want.