Pilotman

5 minutes ago, madmen said:

HUH? never with my western dentists did they take my blood pressure first. And for an x ray? other than a cash grab there is zero need for it...TIT

Like i said, hospitals have different rules. 

Just one more suicide. 

21 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

With hindsight it wasn't  a good idea to bomb Libya and force regime change after all, or a few other places for that matter.  

It is rarely a bad idea to bomb bad guys.  It's the politicians that screw up the fall out that is the problem. 

22 minutes ago, buddhadug said:

Pilotman......

My Thai wife and I are moving from los angeles to Rayong in 2 months, but we are looking for a real nice area to live. Can you suggest a few awesome areas to live near the ocean.....?

 

My own choices would be around the Mae Ram Phueng Beach area at the Khao Laen Ya National park end. about 15km East of Rayong. Other nice area is Ban Chang, around 18 Km west of Rayong City. If you take the time to drive around both of them, you can find very attractive locations and accommodation (houses and Condos) at very reasonable prices to either rent or buy. If you can be a bit further away from the sea and a little more off the beaten track, take a look slightly north of Rayong and the 36 road. Very attractive rural villages around that area. Hope that helps. 

why go there at all.  It's an unattractive place at best and a dangerous one at that. 

2 minutes ago, petermik said:

 

This thread is 12 years old.......

ha, yes, just noticed. Still, the advice still holds.  

Anything done in the sea in Pattaya is dangerous, simply because of the sewer state of the water.  It's full of all kinds of bacteria and trash. Go somewhere else is my recommendation, anywhere but there.   

Really sorry to see it go.  It was a much better outlet for real news than the Bangkok Post.  Shame.  

11 hours ago, elliss said:

 

gbp ,  38 bht , and falling . 

  Predicted to be 35 bht in 5 years .

    Update , in 5 mounths , more likely ..

     Baht , will continue to go up . Thailand has a stable economy.

 

Its a combination of the two. 

1 hour ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Truevisions have secured the Premiership TV rights for Thailand for the next 3 seasons.

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another reason to change then. ????

13 minutes ago, davidst01 said:

You only need netflix. awesome content. so much choice. you will be finding it hard which one to choose as theres so much on offer. only 400 baht a month. go for it. you will never unsubscribe. you will never need another service. highly recommended

Well yes and no.  I have UK Netflix and using the VPN, I get much better content than the Thai version.  It's okay, but too much missing for me. 

1 hour ago, marcusarelus said:

Who would buy baht in any large quantity and why?  

have you seen the exchange rate to almost all other currencies?   Currency speculation is a short term game. There would be lots of customers if the BoT released more currency. It's termed 'quantitative easing', as I'm sure that you know. Other Asian countries may well also buy baht to protect their own postilions and weaken a strong Asian currency, which the baht is at the moment. 

11 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

That would make the baht go up not down.

If the B o T  sold Bhat to buy US dollars the baht would depreciate, albeit that it is a crude way to manipulate a national currency and the baht is not a particularly valued currency and therefor the move may be small. China did this for many years to keep the Yuan low value to aid their export drive. 

Just now, KenzoRai said:

Idris is a great actor, very cool, love the guy.  As JB, I don't see it..but I'd like to, perhaps in an alternative spin off.  Would there be a white Shaft? (has there been??)

 

 

well I guess we all have our own opinion.  I think way over rated such that he makes me cringe whenever I see him try to 'act'. 

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Not long ago I read all the James Bond books from the first to the last.

It was interesting how many of the movies are a lot different from the books.

And it's funny that all newer movies which are not based on the original books still use movie titles from the "old" books.

In the books you could clearly picture what JB looked like, what his past was like, what he acted and reacted like.  They were (are) really entertaining, if very dated now. They (he) can't be 'modernised',  as he was a character of his time. 

Just now, OneMoreFarang said:

Who want's a black James Bond? James Bond is a white heterosexual guy. It's a fact.

Create a new character 001 or 700 or whatever and make him black or a woman or whatever. No problem. But why 007?

 

Precisely my point.  Read the books guys 

19 minutes ago, Just1Voice said:

Idris is a great actor, very talented, but just can't see him as Bond. 

 

Oh no, the man couldn't act his way out of a paper bag.  Totally over rated in my view.