jacko

The widening occurred for the full length of Beach Rd. The other area you talk of is currently where you as a pedestrian are forced out into the already bottle-necking traffic due to construction work.

Well they have difficulty with that sort of thing here.

Well I walked down it Thursday night and there is still room for improvement. You have to step over a ruddy great big pipe running over it..great for any wheelchair/ mobility scooter guys, and there are areas of construction where it is narrowed down. You are even forced out onto the road into the path of already bottle-necking traffic near the corner...... Such a pity, it could be such an attraction but there always seems to be a few issues.

Yes, a long way since Michael Caine, Stanley Baker, Nigel Green etc were united against a common foe!

Well I didn't notice that they moved all the shops, bars and hotels back a few yards on the land side! Reclaimed from the walkway by the beach. It is still quite wide in parts though.

You seem to be talking of club teams whereas I am considering National ones.

Yes, 3 lanes wide now with bottleneck at the Tai corner and slow all the way.

They are offering tourist SIM cards that you can get. True Move Tourist Sim Card mentioned here

I rode past it all yesterday, it was certainly choking traffic on Sukhumvit in both directions. I was pleased to see though that on a Sunday afternoon they were hard at work on the site.

They would not be popular in Glasgow.

The Scots only play well when their opponents are England! As it is, I doubt any Scot would willingly play on the same side, nor under the Union flag. Can't even get along in Parliament!

I thought I mentioned it,I use True internet and lanzalad said the boxes don't work with True. I also do not want to watch programs only on the TV, sometimes I just use the laptop. I have adequate for my needs at the moment.

Rereading the ban reports the more general term 'Schools' is being bandied about. I doubt Walking St would be closed down....more likely to move the school!

That horse really could talk, heard it straight from him! I will always remember Bewitched husband was called Darrin, tall dark and dreary as Agnes Moorehead referred to him. Peter according to Google!! Obviously I didn't know it and will have to buy my own horse-pee. You see what I did there, got us back to animals. Which famous actress supplied the voice for one of the Addams Family Members as a child?

Would Soi Xcite not be better, the speed bumps seemingly less of a danger than the Chaiyapoon, pot-holes? I will admit I do the assault course when in the mood for an MP dalliance to have a look around. Some of the places on that Rd have abysmal facilities though.

You know very well it used to be on TV when we were kids. I am sure my dad always piped up Frankie Laine every time the song came on Mr Ed, My Favourite Martian, Beverly Hillbillies etc etc forever imprinted. A horse is a horse of course of course and no one can talk to a horse of course...... TV's hay-day.

They started using my name so I was put off! It really is a minefield on Chayapoon....... couldn't imagine trying to ride the bike down there at night-time.

I just go down soi Lengkee instead.

Mobile banking!

Not in coach, but perhaps a neighbour can help.

I use a different VN provider here in Thailand (IP Vanish) and use UK based servers to watch BBC Iplayer just fine.

I was sat in the Bangkok Bank today, rather longer than I wanted to be but a complicated request from me and 2 mistakes from them forced it. It gave me time to look at the exchange rates, which tell me I would have got 3000 baht more had I waited a few days to send my money over. Enough for a BB LT or a GGB ST, o-well! It wasn't too bad, there is some dandy eye-candy in there, and it is nice and cool, about the same temperature as a Walking Street GGB beer! Cooler still than some!The apologetic young lady was pretty, and polite, and spoke well. But was surprised I hadn't any children, and offered to be my daughter. Wasn't sure how to take that, offended as being seen as a daddy figure (realistic actually), or was there more to it as she had seen my bank accounts? I was offered 'insurance policies' by 3 different staff members, some deal about getting 3% interest and life coverage for about half a million a year, and some-money back on maturity. There was a 5 year and a 10 year option, and I declined saying my 10 year plan was staying alive and no more. Sorry, my mind wanders more these days, pretty girls and short skirts sparked a few neurons, and nothing else flinched.

I don't think there is much difference between the banks, and the kiosks belonging to the banks match their posted rates. You will see small differences, for example, I just checked and Bangkok Bank offer 0.2 baht more than SCB for cash notes. But if I had cash notes I would be going to the TT kiosks which are consistently better than banks. Don't the ATMs just offer the standard Visa rate?

I was on Soi Honey Inn on Monday, close to midday. I was going to try the second place down from Bua Khao but it was full of monks eating. I tried next door and a nice lady said, 'Massage, no better you try soi Bua khao, here we do xxxx job, xxxx job and xxxx xxxx'...... jeez honey, the mystery is part of the enjoyment.