greasemonkey

I tried that already. I just get the "call back service" message. It had a full charge when I lost it, so I'm guessing it has either been turned off or had the sim card pulled already

Or something heavy has driven over it. Bad luck. Its always the contacts are the worst loss.

Try ringing it. Someone might answer.

I've just bought a yamaha XJ600. 1991 model. On a J plate for the british continjent. What i wanna know is, is it an XJ600, or is it an XJ600 diversion, also called a seca in USA? 91 is the year the first diversions and last XJ's were made. Does anyone know a definitive way of telling them apart? Looked all over the internet and all i can find is that the diversion had twin discs up front, but I know the last of the XJ's did aswell. All advice greatfuly recived.

thanks all.

I enjoyed that so much I managed to post it twice.

Some things are certainly cheaper in Uk than thailand, The aforementioned and, Big falang sized teeshirts(good ones),socks, and cheese.

Look at it this way, not including the flight, a month in Chiang mai (January), cost me the same as a month in the UK.

In the Uk, Even if i didnt work for the month, I still gotta eat. I still gotta fuel my vehicle. I live on the side of a hill, so staying at home isnt an option, unless i wanna go crazy. And i gotta heat my caravan. I live on the cheapest food, rarely drink or smoke. I aint complaining, I dont pay rent or council tax, but i do pay services.

In Chiang mai, I sleep most the day, eat mostly falang food in falang resturants, Have a few drinks at night( not many), smoke like a train, and live in a very comfortable guesthouse.

The cost of a good life and lifestyle in chiang mai, will hardly cover the cost of bare survival in the Uk.

Thailand is definately more expensive than it was, but it aint up to UK prices yet, even with the pound on its back.

Roll on Christmas, now I wanna get back.

A few years ago Saab car company were claiming the exhaust gasses from there new car were cleaner than the air entering the engine. But only when parked in the most poluted part of london. Being as c.mai is bound to be more poluted than london right now, I sujest getting lots of these cars and reving them flatout on every corner.

Trouble is I cant remember which model of car it was......

Depends on how much you loose in phones that are out of order before you find one working.

This is true. Add to that the thick layer of grease on the handle, and standing in a glass box, and internet cafes seem so much better.

Thai payphones are spiteful and vindictive. I've never won an argument with one yet. Go to an internet cafe and make your call from there. A lot safer and less stressful.

Blasted computers! Theres supossed to be a quote from orang37 on the top of my last post, but my internet connection is playing up.GRRRRR!

I dunno about scientific studys, just my experience. I do know pure water is un-natural and will try to absorb anything it can, my logic being if its already got minerals in it, it wont try to absorb anymore. I used to guzzle salt to stave off a mega headache till i stopped drinking reverse osmosis water. As for those 'orible electrolite powders, ughh, I'll stick to salt.

Ever since seeing Robert deNiro in (the otherwise excellent) 'Ronin', I've wanted to know the colour of the boathouse in "Hearford".

And why poor old Sean Bean didn't tell him it wasn't pronounced like that? Maybe Sean wanted his job........?

Anyway, my spies tell me it is painted cream colour. Of course I had to shoot the one who said there's no boathouse because Hereford isn't on the coast.

If life has struck you with the fate of being born in deepest, darkest Herefordshire, then ones natural inclination will be to pronounce the name of the city as 'Er-ford'. Also, you will pronounce the word 'awkward' as 'oo-kard', call moles 'oonts' and derive pleasure from shooting 'skunks'. Hereford has no badgers. The hardest, most physicaly brutal way of performing a task will always be considered the best.

I live in gratitude to my paternal grandfather for teaching me these nugets of worldly wisdom.

Dunno about guiness or the colour of the boathouse though.

And of course, if you get the urge to shoot a welshman, its quite legal to do it outside Erford cathederal, providing you shoot him in the back with a crossbow. I tend to stay away from the place.

There are a lot of variables that can lead up to heat stroke. Dehydration can be caused by several different factors besides just evaporation. I am like a camel moar of the times and don't need to drink a lot in the heat. But, if I eat a lot of fruit like tomatoes, oranges and pineapple, then their acidic makeup turns my bladder into a tap and I quickly drain out my precious bodily fluids. I get headaches when I dehydrate and it's the first sign that I need to rehydrate quickly. Also, my muscles don't work as smoothly when I'm dehydrated. I recently got a muscle tear in my calf for just that reason.

Im suprised To hear the effect fruit has upon you. I go the same way when i get dehydrated, but I find eating fruit is my best way of staying hydrated. If i drink loads of water it just runs straight out of me, taking all my minerals with it. I was getting ill in the heat in Thailand, and someone sujested to me it was cos I was drinking Reverse osmosis filtered water.(has it written on the bottle) This not only washes through me, but is actually more likely to absorb salts and minerals, coz it is just pure water. Good mineral water, although it may not put minerals into your body, at least doesnt absorb them out of it. I started drinking mineral water and felt a lot better. I started eating fruit aswell, but it seemed far to healthy, so i reverted back to burgers.

Gonzo, I looked at your post, and got the same, ie, blank screen. looked at the first one and same thing happened. Though my 'puter was having a turn.

If they land in the planted rice fields they are going to have a heck of a bill.

Ha ha ha

Somebody better tell the silly bugger. If he falls from there he's gonna have a hel_l of a medical bill, whatever his name is.

Is that a person dangling from the left hand side of the balloon? It looks awfully dangerous.

Unfortunately wont be back in the "Mai" until....Friday night but a wee plate of Lava bread would go down with a pint of Heinee... ...yacki daa

The best place for lava bread is on the plate, coz if it goes in my mouth its gonna end up down the toilet. Id rather eat those salty cockroaches, or dafodils, even.

Can you get Lava bread in chiang mai? Shall i start a thread on it? Will it be as popular as a Best burger thread?

Will try Olde Bell next time I get back

Im welsh, I've got welsh ancestry and I've been to New South Wales, but my name ai'nt David.

I would pop along for a free beer lao, just to be able to feel the joy of my welshness bringing me something more than a silly accent and a cynical disposition on life.

Unfortunately, Im back in the land of the sheep and the leak, so i will have to console myself with a flagon of turnip wine.

Thanks all the same.

would this character happen to have a tag hanging around his neck? Mentions on it something about being a soldier in the british army. Used to march and parade for me and a mate, about 4 in the morning, outside the jack daniels van by spicy. actualy spoke exellent english with a seriously thick accent. We used to buy him a chang, he'd drink two mouthfuls, and then talk to himself a while before clearing off. By your description it sound similar, just gone down hill a bit. One thing is sure in Chiang Mai, there is no shortage of curious characters.

Oi got plenny o' lamb over 'Ere. Can send you some if the post if you want me to. Its not gona be halal, but I'll kill it noice n toidy loik.

I dont know the man, and I dont think ive ever met him but i often read his posts.

Get Well Soon.

Never had the first idea Chiang mai was involved in the war in that way. I thought it all happened down around Kanchanaburi. Fascinating.

This is why i love the Thais. This is why I love Thailand.

WOW that was the fastest reply in TV history! thanks

Also conviniently and concisely answers my previous post. I will be in touch soon.....

Thank you.

What company would you trust to send a bunch of flowers to a lady in Chiang mai? I want to send them from the uk, and obviously i want to do it anonymously. will probably have to pay by credit card, so would like a company that is unlikely to distribute my card number through a load hailer. Thanks all.