Chaam local

Still exactly the same problem. Besides, getgoin mentions something jumping around, whereas I only mentioned a problem to access a submenu.

Anyway, I just noticed a problem and I took the time to tell you about it. Now it's all yours, you care to find a solution for your users or you don't. If you think it's ok that IE7 users can't access the forum rules, then keep it that way. Personnally I never use this submenu anyway, so I'm not going to try this or that just to see if it works or not. It's the webmaster's job to make sure new features work with all common versions of browsers.

However, if you introduce an option to get rid of the breaking news bar, I will be happy to do some beta testing!

When the red letters of the breaking "news" bar are displayed, the favicon (I mean the Thaivisa icon displayed in the browser navigation tab) flickers and the curser (if typing a message) freezes (it can still be moved, but it stops blinking). The flickering is the more annoying. I use several browsers but noticed the problem with IE7.

It would be so great if we could just have an option to get rid of this bar...

I refreshed my cache but still see the problem. I hardly ever use this menu, so the problem is actually yours. Mine is just that breaking news bar, I just hate it. Also noticed another problem caused by it, so I will open a new topic.

The navigation bar on top of page has direct links to Home, News, SMS News, etc, but the 'Forums' button has a sub-menu with Rules, Members, Search... This sub-menu is very tricky to access with IE7, as the Breaking News bar keeps overwriting it. You have to wait between 2 pieces of "news" to be able to catch an item in the sub-menu. So the first items can be clicked, but you have to be really fast to click an item at the bottom of the list (and Help is at the very bottom of the list, ironically). No problem with FFx and Chrome though.

It's not a big issue, but I really dislike this Breaking News bar, I find it useless and intrusive. It is actually so intrusive that it makes it difficult for IE7 users to read the forum rules...

Nobody was hurt, according to Thai news.

It's just implying some kind of threat, like 'I have something in store for you too' or 'I can hurt you too if I want to', but it would refer to what the girl did in OP's example (like she hurt him by making a joke at his expense, so he can do the same, just she waits and sees). It doesn't imply hitting, though it doesn't totally exclude the possibility either...

Well that's the thing about เดี๋ยว, you don't need to be explicit and formulate words like ตบ, which will have the same negative effect as OP is trying to avoid.

A mother can say เดี๋ยว ๆ in a threatening tone to a child who is answering back, for instance. Granted, she can also say เดี๋ยวตบตายเลย if she's really angry!

I'm not sure of the exact equivalent in English, but it's the same 'diaao' as in 'just a moment', so it could be translated as 'hang on', 'just you wait and see'... like a kind of pending threat.

Thanks everyone for your replies, looks like it is something I had better remove from my vocab... but what should I replace it with??? If a girl makes a joke at my expense, or makes an insult in fun, how should I respond to pretend I have been hurt??? in more polite company???

If you can master the tone and the intonation needed in this specific context, a single word, เดี๋ยว (diaao, deeo, whatever you transcribe it), can do the trick. Make sure you also smile.

Every cloud has a silver lining !

Maybe she's thinking just the same...

I didn't know this expression, now I have to remember to forget it!

khun may be too formal between friends, so for good balance I would suggest name+krap.

Hua Hin and Cha-am are 25 km apart and are quite different from one another, that's why I was asking. In Cha-am I would recommend the Bann Pantai hotel (prices start at 2,250 THB) or the Golden Beach hotel, much cheaper (1,550 THB) but with less charm. Both are centrally located.

foxyhooper, which town?

Great, thank you for your feedback!

It's on the main road through Cha am, the one that runs from Phetkasem Rd to the beach, about half way.

Is that the road that hits Phetkasem at the traffic light?

Turn right at the traffic light in the direction of the beach and drive about 400 meters. Okay is on the right side of the road.

Yes they do sell BeerLao, both normal and dark.

It was the 30 mins no news thread to be closed that I was having a laugh with.

No English news thread you mean. The story had already been broadcasted on Thai TV and was also on the frontpage of thairath website. I was about to mention it but the topic had already been closed. I understand this is an English speaking forum, but this is also Thailand, so we can't consider that nothing happened just because it hasn't been translated to English yet.

Deleting a customer's data without warning is deplorable, IMO. One of the worst things a company can do. About you can always download... no, you can't - you can't after your data has already been deleted without warning, now can you?!

You can't consider yourself a customer, can you? You are merely a user of a free service, and the company is only bound by their terms of service, which I'm sure always specify that the terms of service can be changed at any time and without warning...

I understand the need of a temporary, anonymous or 'trash' email account from time to time, but if you have any important data you should always have a backup. It's a very basic rule, even your hard drive could crash any time.

Thank you for your reply ESB7. I already visited this shop and the one closeby, but they didn't have swings for sale, or it wasn't golden teak.

Why would they need advice from people who just spent a few days in Thailand and got their advice from other "Thailand gurus" before, and so on... All basic advice concerning scam, security, etc, can easily be found in travel guides, websites and forums. That's all they need. They go discover Thailand, they should be interested in meeting Thai people, not other travellers who will bore them to death with advice and you should go there and you shouldn't do that... Most of them just do the same old "backpackers" track and spend half their time drinking beer and the other half sitting in cybercafes!

So I think your friends should just focus on what they would like to do and what they would like to see. Are they beach goers? Nature lovers? Interested in shopping, markets, temples, nightlife? They can base themselves anywhere, for Bangkok KSR is not a bad location because of the proximity of the old city (Grand Palace, Chinatown etc.) but Sukhumvit or Silom are tourist friendly too (shopping centers, night markets etc) and have the BTS (skytrain) which is convenient too.

Do you know where I could buy a wooden swing? I'm looking for a model in "mai sak thong" (golden teak) with a small roof. They had it for sale last time there was a fair in Cha-am, they were quite nice and inexpensive. Unfortunately I didn't buy it at the time, and now I don't know where to find one. I was recommended a furniture shop in Thayang, on Phetkasem just before a gas station, but they are expensive, not the right colour and without a roof.

Thank you for your help!

Very nice older lady, smiling and chatting about how I liked Thailand. Just the principle of paying for something that's free that bugs me.

I always found it funny the way they can take your money like that and be all smiles and asking you how much you like Thailand. Recently I had the visit of soldiers raising money for some charity. They relieved me of a large sum of money, and then they kept on saying how great Thailand was for foreigners, with such nice climate and nice people and also so much freedom. Freedom of what, I don't know! When I am in a good mood I usually reply that yes, Thailand is a great country with nice smiling people, nice weather and delicious food, and I really love it. Which is not totally untrue, of course! But that day I was in a bad mood because I was sick and I also resented their intrusion, so instead they had to listen while I (politely) ranted about paying higher taxes than Thai people, dual pricing policy, visa hassle and so on. Made their heart bleed, no doubt...

I love it! It looks like everything has changed and nothing has changed at the same time...

George Jones for the music...

Easy when it's written on it.