boggle

IME very few properties in LOS have earthed outlets.

"Through adversity to the stars"

If you have a 3 prong lead, wired up correctly and a good earth, no probs.

He ordered the two police officers temporary suspension from duty and a probe panel set-up to investigate them, which could expand to others involved in the case.

Other charges included involvement in a robbery, possessing weapons and ammunition in public without permission, causing injuries to and attempting to kill others, and using a vehicle to commit crime.

temporary suspension from duty and a probe panel set-up to investigate them

The mind boggles.

Mine does!!

You know stupid is as stupid does. people will invest in this. Then come on here and defend it. One is born every minute.

She stole $8000 pure and simple. Pay it back. Some people are unbelievable!.

Good thing that it didn't happen...The number of notebooks having problems would be in the tens of thousands every day. Who is going to fix or reload software for all these units. Each school will need to hire an IT guy to keep the internet working and computers up and running. Nightmare for sure !

Not if they are all exactly the same.

On Notebooks, everything perfectly preinstalled on HD. Just swap the HD and send it to the service center (where they just upload the software again).

I think you will find the is no HD (whirling discs) as such in these comps. All will be solid state memory and probably incorporated on the one pcb per comp. Not so easy or cheap to change out.

Try walking through Makkisan railway workers housing area at 3am.

"And another thing when they gonna fix the footpaths? its a minefield, i tripped over in Chiang Mai early this year hurt my knee enough that i could not kneel on it for 2 mths."

On this point a freind of mine walking down a Suk Soi stepped on a concrete drainage man hole cover and went through it. His leg got pierced by reo bar. In and out of hospital with all types of nasty sh1t. Cost him heaps and has never ending problems since.

But just to put in perspective he complaind to the BMA and for his trouble and he received a bill for the reapir of the the manhole cover.

Makes you wonder some times.

The five vehicles were all stolen after their drivers were shot dead by gunmen in the deep South.

Wow. life is cheap some times. Sad.

Deputy Prime Minister Yuthasak Sasiprapha

The explosives used in the bombing of the Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel in Hat Yai were contained in a cooking gas tank placed on the front passenger seat to avoid detection by hotel guards who searched only the trunks of all sedans, he said.

So dont try and put a bomb in your boot. More room in the car any way. My God!!!! I cannot believe some of the STUPID STUPID statements that come from these so called leaders. Do they really understand what they are saying? I thought I would be use to all these stupid officials but there is always another intellectually challenged nong making me think about genes and the shallow end.

Stayed at the Lee Gardens Hotel a few times and parked my car underneath. Makes you (me) think.

Is this inadmissible in court?

-mel.

Shhhhhh dont tell anyone ok?

^{Heh Heavey Drinker.}

^{Remeber saying this. "At times it can be worth putting yourself in other people's shoes no matter how bad a day you may have had."}

Stayed at the Lee Gardens Hotel a few times and parked my car underneath. Makes you (me) think.

In that case if I bought land would the bank be more willing to lend money to build on land knowing that we own then land?

You cannot own land.

Not only in Bangkok :

http://news.yahoo.co...r-28722274.html

This guys are "police"

Same with ANZ to Kbank. No probs. All done on line.

I can remember bars in that area in the mid to late 80's and Buckskin Joes was the first bar that you could see from Sukhumvit as you walked over the railway lines .

I also remember Country Road on the corner of Asoke as my brother in law was the "electrician " in the place.Didn't say much for the standard of electrical safety in the place.

The memories are getting fuzzy nowdays tho.

Upstairs top floor after country road closed open to all hours. Mrs Boggle jump on my shoulders coming down the stairs after a very wet night and she went head over tit. I watched her land head first on the stairs and end up in the street unconsious. Pretty scary shit. Very lucky to get away with just a big cricket ball on her head.

Can someone refresh my memory where Clinton Plaza was? I'm sure I was there at some point, recognize the name but I can't recall,,,at all.

Thanks in advance,

Cheers

Between Suk soi 13/15.

The only bar I remember is The Dollhouse.

Monika's right at the back.

My favorite was Det One, alot of my buddies who were involved with Cobragold hung out there and muuuuch fun was had! I am happy to date myself for those were some of the best times I had in BKK and I am particularily fond of the 42 bht to to the USD during those times,...Oh well, everything must pass I reckon.

I also really miss the huge beer bar area that was just off of the Nana station, Soi 6 ,I think? One night a huge tractor just came in and leveled the place and the land is barren to this day and I never really new the story why that went down that way, maybe somebody on the forum can recall and drop a line.

Also at that time, the corner of Asoke and Sukhumvit just had a bunch a beat up chairs and couches and even more beer bars were you to cut through diagnally towards the Soi Cowboy end 23,....the whole of Sukhumvit really felt more like Pattaya to me at that time and ass we all know there has been alot of progress and gentrification,...which I guess was inevetible but still sucks as I wax nostalgically.

Glad to have been there at that time and I wish I was there right now!

The area you mention "off soi 6" was actually at Soi 10, where CHEWIT PARK is now. I was staying in the Miami Hotel and watched from the roof that January '04 night when around 3am, several hundred off duty police and soldiers suddenly showed up and totally trashed the place. It had many small beer bars, restaurants and massage parlors and by the time they were through, absolutely nothing remained. They also severely beat up several business owners who showed up trying to protect their property.

Chewit was the well known "Massage Parlor Millionaire" who had bought the land to build a major retail complex. The previous owner had given legal, long term leases to all the small businesses in the parcel and they wouldn't budge when Chewit ordered them out so he did it the traditional Thai way. There was a huge uproar and he faced criminal charges. He also had major political ambitions so instead of developing the land, he built the private park that occupies the space now.

He ran for PM several years ago and came in 2nd or 3rd.

In fact Chewit had leased the land to a company that had in turn rented space to all the bar owners, the problems arose when the leaseholder continued to collect rent from the bars but failed to pay Chewit. It was not Chewit's chice that apark be built there, instead it was more of a penalty that was imposed upon him, ironic justice I always felt, a bit like owning a white elehphant.

I also heard at the time Tuksin offered to buy it from Chewit and he told him where to go I would rather build a park then sell it to you.

There is still qeens park plaza on 22. Not the same on know but still ahs a bit of the feeling.

The company yesterday gave Bt3,000 in assistance money to Buapan's wife and said they would pay for his medical bills

Generous?

It gives a whole new meaning to going clubbing in Bangkok!

On a serious note, it does worry me on the level of gratuitous violence that I am now reading about by Thais on farangs.

Although I understand your point, however having farangs looking down on Thailand does not help the situation as well. It's quite often expression used in this forum such as "TIT" or other expressions that reflect that farangs expect Thailand to be exactly like their country. The truth is that its not and it won't be. But I guess in this case, its a mixed between language problems and the faring thinking "this is another TIT where people make up their own rule as they goes" when the security guard tried to stop him.

Farang are not the only ones that use TIT.

farang mean for me f... white trash!

and you do u like to be called a farang or falang?

Kiee Nok would be a closer translation to White Trash (Thinking about it, the contextual meaning is almost exactly the same)

but yeah, I don't mind if people who don't know me call me farang. It's fair enough, they don't know me and my ethnicity is a pretty distinguishing visual feature which will specifically get my attention (As opposed to just saying "Khun Khun!!" which might have half the neighbourhood thinking someone is talking to them). Even if they say said "Kon Yai" or "Kon Uuan" it wouldn't be as specific to me since there's more big guys in Thailand, than what there are farang, and calling me big/fat would be (to me at least) more offensive than farang (Although after living here for a big, I've got a reasonably thick skin to it lol).

With anyone who knows me, they usually call me Ajarn, or by my name

Farang = Baa see daa = guava

kee = $hit

nok = bird

To me and from thai family and friends this is not a nice thing. It is used often, but the vast majority of the time is out of farang ear shot.

If some one (outside yr family and very close friends) calls you a farang kee nok trust me this is an insult.

I would have to strongly disagree with you on this. What did the folks in the USA call black people, mexicans, asians and on and on same with the folks in Europe. Now us Farangs know what it feels like. Thai need to trip over themselves to show me/us Farangs respect. Give me break will ya?

Yep. What ever that means. Anyway up to yooooooooo.

Grow some balls princess. Really, serious advice. jing jing

farang mean for me f... white trash!

and you do u like to be called a farang or falang?

Kiee Nok would be a closer translation to White Trash (Thinking about it, the contextual meaning is almost exactly the same)

but yeah, I don't mind if people who don't know me call me farang. It's fair enough, they don't know me and my ethnicity is a pretty distinguishing visual feature which will specifically get my attention (As opposed to just saying "Khun Khun!!" which might have half the neighbourhood thinking someone is talking to them). Even if they say said "Kon Yai" or "Kon Uuan" it wouldn't be as specific to me since there's more big guys in Thailand, than what there are farang, and calling me big/fat would be (to me at least) more offensive than farang (Although after living here for a big, I've got a reasonably thick skin to it lol).

With anyone who knows me, they usually call me Ajarn, or by my name

Farang = Baa see daa = guava

kee = $hit

nok = bird

To me and from thai family and friends this is not a nice thing. It is used often, but the vast majority of the time is out of farang ear shot.

If some one (outside yr family and very close friends) calls you a farang kee nok trust me this is an insult.

As far as I can tell, there's absolutely no cultural norm here that drivers should try to pull to the side (make way) when an emergency vehicle with lights and sirens is coming up behind them.

Of course, in jammed BKK traffic, there are times when it's physically impossible for drivers to pull to the side to let emergency vehicles pass.

But at other times when the roads aren't jammed and in other places where there has been room for drivers to pull over, I've never seen anyone do it here... They just keep going on as if nothing's happening, even with the emergency vehicle blaring behind them.

I've never understood how/why that happens like that here.

I have asked the question more times than I should have. Answer "thats just the way it is." Mrs boggle, when in my home country, is still very impressed when traffic makes way for all emergency vehicals.

For all the "go home if you dont like it" posters.

If it was a week day and the building was full of workers and it just so happens your wife/GF/BF/daughter/son/family member/friend was at work in this building and the sprinklers were not fitted/didnt work and because the power was cut off the fire fighters couldnt bash down a door to rescue him/her before they obtained pemission from the owners of the building etc, would you just suck it up and say "I dont like it I will just go home"?

Would you?