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  1. i cant see what good simply putting up with it will do. i have construction across the street and while i realize that they have to make some noise, i drew thee line at the no stop radio cranking out morlam at the same time.

    i walked across the street, had a word with the manager, explained to him i had been in what was my once very quiet house for the last 12 years and work from home and while I understood that they had to make some noise to work, the radio was over the top.

    he understood, pulled the plug on the radio and has since made an effort to do any noisy cutting or the like as far away from my property as possible.

    if i hadn't tried, i could be dancing to morlam now, but i did try, so it is as quiet as can b expected under the circumstances.

    funny how that works out.

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    You may have been lucky..

    and what would i been had i not tried?

    software glitch I believe. This was from another post and somehow it showed up here.

  2. Ladies such as these superstars are so special they don't even have bowel movements, far to disgusting for the likes of them. like us all they come into the world with nothing and will get into their 30's with nothing.

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    I'd agree with all of your post except the part about "will get into their 30's with nothing".

  3. i cant see what good simply putting up with it will do. i have construction across the street and while i realize that they have to make some noise, i drew thee line at the no stop radio cranking out morlam at the same time.

    i walked across the street, had a word with the manager, explained to him i had been in what was my once very quiet house for the last 12 years and work from home and while I understood that they had to make some noise to work, the radio was over the top.

    he understood, pulled the plug on the radio and has since made an effort to do any noisy cutting or the like as far away from my property as possible.

    if i hadn't tried, i could be dancing to morlam now, but i did try, so it is as quiet as can b expected under the circumstances.

    funny how that works out.

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    You may have been lucky..

    and what would i been had i not tried?

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    You may have misunderstood the point of my post. I fully support your position of being upset at having the peace of your neighborhood disturbed unnecessarily.

    When I said you may have been lucky I meant you obviously encountered a reasonable manager who did not take offense to your request and react accordingly.

    I'm glad it worked out well for you.

  4. I also want to be able to make my own corn chips, since there are no chips on the market fried in healthy traditional fats like lard.

    Are you sure that lard is "healthy"? i know that a lot has changed as to how doctors look at fat, but I have never heard anything good about lard - I hope that you are right though.

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    I gotta wonder about lard and health as well.

    Oxymoron?

  5. I sense a hub coming on..........

    Phuket - the "hub" of tourists never coming back. smile.pngsmile.pngsmile.pngsmile.png

    I sense that is the way it's going - as in away.

    Phuket is well and fully established.

    Tourists know about it and will continue to return as long as they're welcome.

    Changes in Thailand will, as in the past, take decades and decades to move even a tiny bit forward.

    I'd suggest not waiting for change but rather find a different place if it's not what one wants.

  6. Obviously the poster has no idea about Thailand, nor can speak Thai, and probably lives in bars.

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    Perhaps tthe OP would be much happier if he refrained from frequenting bars and mingling in the company of bar girls.

    There's no reason he should be subjected to having his moral compass compromised.

  7. I guess the first question is why you want to avoid taking a taxi? Is it because of cost? Taxi to Pattaya is normally a flat rate of about 1500 baht which is about $50. I have never gone from DM to Pattaya directly, normally I go from Bangkok to Pattaya (not often) - and when I do I usually just go by Minibus from Victory Monument station (BTS) area for around 110 baht (10 baht cheaper than bus ohmy.png) -- and direct them to go to Pattaya Pier area. Of course to get from the airport to Victory Monument it would cost around 200 baht (50 AOT fee + meter).

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    Good information for the OP>

  8. Me: You know about 2015 ASEAN ?

    Thai pal: Yes

    Me: You know the language will be English

    Thai pal: Yes

    Me: You don't speak English nor does 95% of the local people we both know

    Thai pal: Yes

    Me: You don't think this is a problem ?

    Thai pal: No

    Me: Oh really

    Thai pal: We will mainly deal with Bpamma people and they speak Thai (or will learn to speak it)

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    Great...

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  9. i cant see what good simply putting up with it will do. i have construction across the street and while i realize that they have to make some noise, i drew thee line at the no stop radio cranking out morlam at the same time.

    i walked across the street, had a word with the manager, explained to him i had been in what was my once very quiet house for the last 12 years and work from home and while I understood that they had to make some noise to work, the radio was over the top.

    he understood, pulled the plug on the radio and has since made an effort to do any noisy cutting or the like as far away from my property as possible.

    if i hadn't tried, i could be dancing to morlam now, but i did try, so it is as quiet as can b expected under the circumstances.

    funny how that works out.

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    You may have been lucky..

  10. His partner locked him out last week, he decided that breaking in would be a good idea, so he smashed the doors in with a machete, then tried to smash the inner shutters with the same machete, for about an hour, until finally his partner called the police, his partner then defended him, telling the police that he was ok, and that all he really needed was a nap, so off the BiB went! blink.png

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    You have your answer right there.

    Any further posts are a waste of your time.

    You can and will do nothing.

    Welcome to TIT.

  11. Even USB port ?

    So for that mean I could plug in USB and start watching movies?

    That is one big plus over IPAD... I still haven't figured out how to watch any movies, as there seems to be some special APPLE format that makes it impossible to watch any movies unless up buy them through apple

    Guessing there must be some work around for that , but I havent figured it out

    Sent from my iPhone using ThaiVisa app

    Have you used a VPN and signed up for Hulu or Netflix or Amazon?

  12. I don't really get why you would conclude we are "guests" in this country because of that immigration incident. It's pretty obvious the immigration police have great power over us foreigners, and it is foolish not to adopt a kowtow like attitude towards them in this culture, but I don't see the connection to the guests rhetoric.

    Didn't your mother teach you that if you're a guest in someone's house you make sure that you are on your best behavior? The connection seems pretty clear to me.

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    I agree with you about what my mother taught me about how to act when I'm a guest in someone's house.

    I'll continue by saying she also taught me when I have a guest in my own house to show respect, courtesy and even generosity.

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  13. Got back yesterday from a 2 week trip, the first as a tourist, and for me the most fabulous monument we visited wasn't the obvious one but was Chaukhtatgyi Paya.

    If your budget allows stay at the Savoy hotel. It overlooks Shwedagon and is a 15 minute walk to the north gate. Expensive as most hotels are in this country but with just 30 rooms and teak everywhere the feeling is more of staying in a private home.

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    Looks like a nice place.

    Strange such an improvished country has such high hotel rates.

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