mickmac

Springer64, you might try this email address:- http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/WP07000015

It should get you to the information you require.

Don't forget if you go back via London, then you are supposed to get a transit visa, for going between terminals 1 and 3/4.

I've seen both and test drove the Mazda 2 last week. Nice car, absolutely would choose Mazda over Ford for Quality, Mazda 2 also has a varity of body kits and other features you can add. Also check out Honda Jazz for more space and versatility. There really is an amazing amount of space in the Jazz and beats all cars in this class hands down, and is probably equal to most cars in the next bigger class. Not to mention the Jazz's great ride quailty and interior. Really, i would test drive those 3 then choose.

If you interested in space, then have a quick look at the Nissan Tiida, as the back seats move back as well, so if you don't have too much luggage then it is quite comfortable even with the drivers seat fully back.

I enquired at the Nissan dealership in Chaing Mai, but got told not available, and will not be. The guys English was not that good so something may have been lost in translation. I saw a couple in Ireland earlier this year, thought they looked very smart!!

Heart goes out to the family. Thailand is a great place but if anything goes pear shaped they like to keep it in house, they are paid to put there head in the sand and wait til it goes away. Hopefully the intended website will grow too allow other 'cover ups' to be exposed and may entice witnesses to certain events to post anonymously. You will never shame the perpetrators here they are just too thick skinned and live in a bubble where nobody is allowed to question their actions.

Good luck, hope you are successful but like the previous poster said dont do it from inside Thailand, life is cheap as tradgically your daughter found out. Just dont be too successful because then your site will get blocked from its main contributors... farangs here in Thailand. Please send us a link when its online

just checked www.thaicoverups.com is available

All who live in Thailand know corruption and coverups are the norm. I feel for the victims and their families. You'll never clean this apple up as it is rotten to the core. I believe the body count at the Downtown hotel is seven. Correct me if I'm wrong. One couple died of simultaneous heart attacks. Why just farangs?

I thought that there was one Thai national, a tour guide, please correct me if I am wrong.

I've been looking at both (and other small cars) and in my view the Fiesta has the better interior and looks less 'girly' than the Mazda .... but in the end I reckon a Honda Jazz is the better option if you want a 5 door. It's slightly bigger and the resale prices seem to be better.

Hi TP,

Hope all is well with you, hopefully will catch up one day soon. Familyonthemove makes a good point re: resale values, as I feel that Ford will depreciate a lot more than the Honda over the same time period. What about the Nissan Tiilda, they are quite roomy and up to 1.8 engine as well?

Regards

Mickmac

PS. Look at comments on Fiesta Sport 1.6 further down this forum, might be of interest.

Hi TP,

Long time no chat, hope all is well with you. I test drove a Fiesta 1.6 the other day, unfortunately it was automatic, would have preferred a manual but you can't always get what you want. I think the 1.6 comes with leather seats, and is a little bit pricier that the Mazda 2, badged as the Fiesta 2. Wasn't the fiesta 1.6 known as the XR2 a couple of decades ago? Am also looking at the Honda civic 1.8 manual and will test drive that before making a decision. Hope all goes well for you.

Regards

Mickmac

Call MAzda Thailand i just bought Mazda 2

Not back in thailand till 19th March, just wondered whether any one had heard about prices. Checked their website but no prices on there other than for the models already for sale.

Comms on board the ship not too good at the moment, working offshore east AFrica, so difficult to phone. Any other suggestions MotR?????

Thanks !

If you are on the north side of the city, look at Baan Tanawan and the pool/gym there. They have a dedicated toddlers pool as well. They will also sort your children out for lessons as well.

Directions:- head out the Maejo rd, just past Roum Chop market there is a row of shops, at the end of this row turn left. You then have to halt at the barrier and tell the guard where you are going. When he lets you in just keep going straight ahead some 500m and its just on on the left hand side of the road.

Hope this helps.

Just wondering whether anyone has seen or can supply the price list for the new Mazda 3, due out 17th March?

Thanking you in anticipation.

Mac

Hello,

I am living in Chiang Mai and I would like to get a French Bulldog. Would it be possible to see pictures of the puppies?

Thanks

Sébastien

Sebastien,

I don't know if you have been to a shop called "Wine Gallery", the Lady owner of the shop breeds Frenchies. I know this as I bought one off her a few years ago. I went in for some bottles of wine and came out with the wine and the receipt of 7000 baht for a Puppy, had to go back when she was old enough to leave the litter. I have not been in for a while, but might be worth popping along to see if she is still breeding them, if not can pick up a good bottle of wine instead.

Hope this helps.

Our French B/d loves motorised transport, all she has to do is hear the car keys and shes waiting at the door of the car before you can get there. She has now started to take rides on the motorbike as well. Which can be a bit hazardous as she wants to fight every other dog she see's.

Anyway good luck

Mickmac

Since my first visit to Thailand, back in 1987, I've liked the Thai food better from the little back soi stalls/restaurants all around than from the hi-so 5-star hotel type.Seems to have more flavor coming from a black, crusty seasoned wok. I love Thai food, spicey and all, but when I get a craving for a good steak with baked potato and veggies then I visit Banrai Steak House next to the golf course adjacent to Airport Plaza. They also serve Thai food. Prices are good too.

I would not hesitate to recommend the Wanlamun restaurant, Chiang Moi Rd. soi 2. For both quality of the food and price.

If you have not been there before, make the effort its worth it.

A tip:- when entering the air conditioned room the pastry counter is there on your left, make your choice on entering, tell the waitress to regard them as sold. I say this as other diners who have finished their meal have a habit of buying up several of the cakes, sometimes there are none left by the time it comes around to the sweet course of your meal.

^ Hi, just drag the marker to 13 mins.. I guess you have tried this already...

Luckily enough it has a transcript:

I became interested in entomopathogenic fungi -- fungi that kill insects. Our house was being destroyed by carpenter ants. So I went to the EPA homepage, and they were recommending studies with metarhizium species of a group of fungi that kill carpenter ants, as well as termites. I did something that nobody else had done. I actually chased the mycelium when it stopped producing spores. These are spores -- this is in their spores. I was able to morph the culture into a non-sporulating form. And so the industry has spent over 100 million dollars specifically on bait stations to prevent termites from eating your house. But the insects aren't stupid, and they would avoid the spores when they came close, and so I morphed the cultures into a non-sporulating form. And I got my daughter's Barbie doll dish, I put it right where a bunch of carpenter ants were making debris fields, every day, in my house, and the ants were attracted to the mycelium, because there's no spores. They gave it to the queen. One week later, I had no sawdust piles whatsoever.

And then -- a delicate dance between dinner and death -- the mycelium is consumed by the ants, they become mummified and, boing, a mushroom pops out of their head. (Laughter) Now after sporulation, the spores repel. So the house is no longer suitable for invasion. So you have a near-permanent solution for re-invasion of termites. And so my house came down, I received my first patent against carpenter ants, termites and fire ants. Then we tried extracts, and lo and behold, we can steer insects to different directions. This has huge implications. I then received my second patent -- and this is a big one. It's been called an Alexander Graham Bell patent -- It covers over 200,000 species. This is the most disruptive technology, I've been told by executives of the pesticide industry, that they have ever witnessed. This could totally revamp the pesticide industries throughout the world. You could fly 100 Ph.D. students under the umbrella of this concept, because my supposition is that entomopathogenic fungi, prior to sporulation, attract the very insects that are otherwise repelled by those spores.

Here is a short clip of the fungi cordyceps at work:

I presume the local Chiangmai uni that is growing the fungus is trying to develop bio pest control...

Thanks for the update WR.

Regards

Mickmac

lol good luck!

Could always rename it the Artery Attacker Death by burger lol.

Please post if anyone actually manages to get that thing down in one sitting!

It does not look as if any of the staff eat there, does it??

If you want cutting edge stuff see:

chiangmai-rajabhat-university

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If you want to know what this is all about , watch the video here:

Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world

and watch from 13 minutes in.

Great video.

It will revolutionize the pest contol industry.

Video will not play past 5m 03 secs, so any chance of a brief precis on what he says after the 13 minute mark?

If you are after a Concept II rowing machine, I would recommend you get in touch with them in the States direct, as they will sell you one and freight it to you for a lot less than you would be able to purchase it in Thailand off a local supplier.

Hope this helps.

Maybe, if you don't include custom duty, which as I understand, can be a substantial percentage.

Tax is only 10% as it is exercise machine. I did post all the costs on this forum so you can search for it if you like.

If you are after a Concept II rowing machine, I would recommend you get in touch with them in the States direct, as they will sell you one and freight it to you for a lot less than you would be able to purchase it in Thailand off a local supplier.

Hope this helps.

Also in Tanawan, off Mea Jo Rd, with pool available as well.

They can also be found in Makro.

It's called "The Damned United" and it IS a very good film...but Chiang Mai does not get a mention.

It's that good TP, that his family refused to go see it, or have anything to do with it. Its loosely, very loosely based on what happened when BC went to Leeds Utd. There is a lot of supposition in the film, saying that the actors performances were very good.

Stayed at the Holiday Inn Golden Mile,on Nathan road, great location, very good Chinese restaurant there as well.

Underground at the back of the hotel, got off the train, took the courtesy minibus to hotel, run every 15-20 minutes from the train station.

Buy the all-in 3 day rail ticket when you arrive at the airport, and use that to get around. If you want to go to Disney land then it can be used to get you there, Disneyland is back out near the airport so you do get your moneys worth. The cost is 300 dollars, but you get 100 dollar refund when you hand the ticket back in.

If you don't want to go on the water for the light show, then I would suggest going to the bar at the top of the Shereton and getting a window seat there. If you get the urge for steak then pop into Mortons in the hotel, expensive but great steak.

If you want a good night out bar hopping get over to Wanchai there are some very good bars with live bands in some of them.

Hope you have a great time.

You could always look in Ban Tawa, saw some of the wooden type, also the woven plastic ones that are easy to keep clean. Closer to Chiang Mai if you go to Panthip plaza, down Chang Klan. there is a place there on the ground floor next to the side entrance. I have no idea of the cost, but they do look expensive. I have not managed to get a price list out of them, as I would like to take one home and calculate what I require and what it would cost me in my own good time.

Hope this helps a little.

The 4 billion frozen and seized by the UK sounds like a done deal. If so, records of deposits/amounts/history of accounts activity/etc, are probably a matter of record which a knowledgeable UK barrister may have had access to. The procedure and conditions for seizing funds on deposit, within certain countries are in most cases aimed at monies received/transferred as a result of very suspicious activity. For the beneficiaries of this amount of money to decline to even contest the legal procedure speaks volumes about its (money) origin. Certainly, the methods being employed in Thailand for return of deputed funds, property, etc would not work in the UK or any other responsible government of the world that I am aware of. In fact, the non response in the UK would seem to be an admission of guilt to charges of illegal gains charges which have been put forward here in Thailand. Just my humble observation of the limited information picked up via newspapers, internet, etc.

Please provide links to this, since I can't find the story anywhere.

Googling - 'Seized Assets United Kingdom Thaksin Shinawatra" gleans absolutely nothing in connection with this story. With the controversy about him owning Man City, one would imagine that the story would make at least one newspaper in the UK.

I am not saying the story isn't possible, it is just that things like this do not happen in a vacuum in the UK.

OK, via google I found reference to Arabian Magazine article which does include an interview with Thaskin and also notes the UK freezing of monies mentioned. On another note during my search another article mentioned a assets deceleration for he and wife when he became PM for the amount of 15 billion baht. I can be skeletal of news reports but when you hear so many different reports about different sums/their location, property purchases cost/location, etc for the referenced duo, my belief in the honesty and self proclaimed legal innocence of either one is shaken. Reference 8.5 on appropriate scale.

That was the original article, which was pounced on by the Thai news about a year or so ago.

Since then nothing.

Aside from some pretty good investigative journalists and newspapers in the UK (or are we to believe Thaksin has put them in his pocket too), for those of you who don't watch British TV we have a channel called Sky Sports which devotes itself to finding out such interesting things as the fact that David Beckam's aunt's nephew once kissed Gordon Brown's cousin. If there isn't something worthwhile for the main news papers to find out and print about this story, the mere fact that Thaksin once owned a soccer club would make it newsworthy as far as this channel would be concerned.

Secondly, what exactly would the UK get out of keeping this quiet?

In a day and age when Russian oligarchs and god knows who else are actively welcomed in the UK, it was odd enough that Milliband caved on his visa (I presume Tesco to reward Milliband graciously), but how and why would you keep this story quiet from the main British press?

If I remember correctly the Inland Revenue has put a "hold" on the monies made from the sale of Manchester City FC. The reason for this is that it appears to be owned by so many nomanee companies, and they want to know who the profit is going too, so correct tax can be applied to it.

So if you look into the sale and where the profits have/haven't gone, you may get an answer to part of your question. As to the remaining amount, maybe it has been blown up out of all proportion, urban myth.

I just picked up a copy of the new Citylife and on page 22, these same jokers have taken out a full-page ad where in the ad this guy Dirk refers to himself as "Dr. Dirk" 4 different times. Isn't there a law in Thailand (like in other countries) against people misrepresenting themselves to be doctors and/or using academic titles?

Might he have a doctorate in some subject other than " Podology", would this allow him to use the title Dr. ?

French fries with chilli and Cheese on them, Miquels(?) Nong Hoi, Nacho's with chilli, cheese, Jalapeno peppers, Guacomole and a side order of sour cream. Real fat boy fodder!!!

'Slices of most items are paper thin (trying to make less appear as more).'

This was completely opposite to what I was given to eat, 2 thick slices of pink beef, that was both very tender and succulent. As I say it was the only time I have been there, this was early December when we went. Maybe I just struck lucky that night, it might be that as we were going in there at approx 7:30 and as most people had eaten they were giving out larger portions, I don't know, but like I said I really did enjoy it.

My friend, who took me to the restaurant, informs me that it was the Wednesday Carvery night that we went to, not the buffet. Sorry about that folks.