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They can't afford it, or can use the money better elsewhere!

Isn't there a 2 for one happy hour for cocktails that makes it a bit more agreeable? Personally a bottle of krug champers at 32,500 baht would be my choice!

To be honest I agree with The Fiend, that this woman was stupid to try and smuggle all this medication into a Middle East country. It wasn't hers, it was not prescribed to her and she was bringing it for a friend .Anybody with a bit of sense would understand this was a risk, and she should have some knowledge how countries like this work. It is black and white for them and they believe in severe punishment. Ignorance is no excuse in the eyes of the law. If the UK travel advisory is wrong that is not the fault of the Egyptian authorities. I hope she will be released.

Yes I have had problems with their new version and playing Flash. Some sites ask me if Flash can be opened and it will work. Facebook is problematic playing videos, especially when contained in 3rd party site, like Thai Visa. It is all about Firefox blocking Flash to some extent as it 'slows things down'.... I recently had a site telling me to update Flash, (although it is up to date) and then try to load some nasties! Oh and a UKTV streaming site refuses to work so I use Chrome.

I posted elsewhere how China was effectively using money to control, strategic assets around the world, including the port at Darwin, and in Sri Lanka. They offer these poorer countries development wrapped up with a loan and when these countries can't pay back force them to hand over rights to national assets. (They even copy the 99 year lease idea Britain used for the New Territories of Hong Kong) Of course lending to these countries is like lending to a Thai brother in law.

And coincidentally I saw a Likely Lads full length movie on ITV3 only a couple of days ago where they were being maudlin and nostalgic over the past!

I have spent rather a few more hours waiting for the delayed take off of BA 009 than I am happy about over the past years. It was one of the last flights to leave Heathrow of the day and there was always some bloody hold up! (Often didn't find out about it until after walking bloody miles to the gate and having to hang around there). It might have been my last ever BA run where I was all tucked up with my drinkie as they made departure announcements and I looked at my watch thinking 'for once, we might be off on schedule'. No way, they couldn't get the jetway to move and we had to sit there waiting for them to bring a technician. I felt sure some twat had flicked a breaker off before going home to get a triple time call-out!

I flew Lauda Air in Biz Class to Bangkok a few times, it was a class act.

Not really on-topic but the BA flight from Bangkok declared an emergency prior to landing . British Airways mid-air EMERGENCY on Bangkok to Heathrow flight. Daily Express.

In my younger days the Saturday morning hangover was always disposed of with a big plate of Heinz Baked Beans with pork sausages on 4 slices of toast with a mug of tea (and TISWAS on TV)!

It is 220 baht at most banks now, I believe AEON is the only one left taking less.

Wow, that question got in early this year! Travellers cheques exchange rates are displayed in the banks and on their websites. Here for example it is listed under T/ Chqs, and as you can see it is only slightly better than cash, BUT, beware, TChqs are less common these days, and many booths don't accept them. Also there are substantial charges made on those as well, they get their money somehow!! Fees are 153 baht per cheque (up from the previous 33 baht), So higher denominations are best. In Pattaya the exchange booths labelled TT, black on yellow, are common and they offer better cash rates than the banks. The risk is carrying cash, but many do these days.Good rates are offered by Superrich, but they are not available in Pattaya. They have a booth in the main airport. Here is a nice comparison resource.

I guess he found out it had power then.

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The Samsung people fixed one of my lightening damaged TVs real easy so I decided to investigate the Home Theatre unit that also got damaged. Yep, found a damaged tiny (but quite high capacity) fuse, ordered some from Ali Express, and 3 weeks later, after they arrived on the slow boat from China I set up on the tiles with tools and soldering iron and replaced it easy peasy. When I plugged it in it went with helluva bang that was likely masked by the lightening strike before! Poor limping scavenger took it away on his cart recently.

Thanks, I may have seen that somewhere when I was in the UK (I take a Thai bought phone over there with me nowadays, which is of course not locked). I may also have read that you have to have owned the phone for a year before O2 will unlock it for free, or perhaps you get locked into a contract?

I have always felt a sandwich should be something you can eat with your hands..... The American style of overindulgence makes that impossible.... now I ain't saying that is bad, but I don't want to have to change shirt before I go out on the razz, or be seen badly stained, above the waistline too!

First Class passengers won't mind after they are settled in this. Interesting here is that the aircraft will be a 777-300ER configured with their fancy new First Class, and be on the ground at Stanstead for 7 hours. It's like they are flying people in and out for a dinner meeting! Some of your comments are mirrored in the link above.

A bit late now but you can ask Vodaphone for the unlock code. I did it once for O2 and they charged me £15, Vodaphone suggest it is free. They suggest sometimes in can be done within 24 hours, BUT some phones can be 10 days.

It is rubbish using the special Firefox ESR on an old Vista laptop, jumping all over the place with the profusion of adds. But better on Win 7 as it is the newer Firefox but I seem to have problems where Flash player is needed... and I think that is the problem, so many adds are animated and data and processing heavy. Get better results with Chrome but now and again Chrome hangs when I am posting and I can lose a typed post. All in all Thai Visa is offering a frustrating experience in it's effort to garnish advertising revenue.

People always mention transferring the numbers to the new SIM, but in reality you could just have them stored on the phone. That might be useful as you could insert a Thai SIM without any contacts.and add 'ones you make' to it... to the SIM itself. Then it can be chucked after copying any you may wish to keep down to the phone. Most people seem to recommend getting sorted at the airport. Also I don't know why Tuk Com is mentioned as if it is the only place in town.. for me it is a nightmare to get to and park, and I don't think it is all that good. My package with AIS is 123 baht/week, includes some free local texts and MMS, all daytime calls, 1 GB fast data dropping to lower speed beyond that, and free Wi-Fi which seems to cover all the shopping malls. I have used it to hotspot to a laptop and it was useable.

Depends on how old it is and what brand. Amorn, mentioned above, always gets a mention. Numchai fix TVs on Sukhumvit but generally it is an expensive part or bill. Samsung have a service centre on North Rd, and if a Thai lady takes it in an easy fix can be cheap if she chats directly to a tech. Then again, I saw a great 49 inch Samsung full HD Smart TV for sale in Home-Pro for 19000, the new one on Sukhumvit. Check these out. It's sale time.

Sea snakes may not be the most venomous in the world, however, their venom is more toxic than that of Mojave rattlesnakes and king cobras. Sea snakes venom contains some of the same chemicals found in cobra venom, only more concentrated in form. I might worry, but it is just the filth of the sea in the Jomtiem, Pattaya and Wong Amat areas that would keep me out. Concentrations of stinging jellyfish have also been a concern.