jacko

I see the Dr Belen clinic mentioned above. If that is the one I am thinking of, opposite the side of the 2nd Rd Bangkok Bank, it is no longer there. Anyone know where she moved to?

£450 to upgrade one leg is equivalent of £900 difference for the round trip. Debatable... not really such a bargain in my eyes.. Your choice, but I go for the way you are treated as a passenger in Biz rather than a sheep in economy, The A380 Biz class experience is great. The Qatar-Manchester leg not so great. Only you can decide if the money can be used better elsewhere, especially in Pattaya...... Factor in the Fast Track check in and security. The lounge access at BKK (use the Thai lounges at the ABC concourse end)..a beer or two. Non queue boarding. Welcome champagne and comfy seat etc. Access to the distant premium lounge in Doha with waiter service restaurant.

I get frequent mild cases during the hot-hot season. Rather difficult for her with these local markets in this heat. Since Thailand is in the company in that list of USA (I guess) and India where I have never and definitely had food poisoning respectively I wonder if there is any basis to it. I practice caution but still get it.....

You were fortunate to see such good weather....none of it 'up North'....

Give it a try some time, you may like it. I obviously took pics of a few other things, but they did not turn out very well...... I was thinking to do a report on Qatar Biz Class you see. New transit airport etc I won't bother you with it.

Well, under normal circumstances, you would hear the water filling up,your tank, or find that it had filled up. But you apparently have an issue there. For me I can turn my pump off and see if my hose pipe still works, or the old standby, go look at the meter and see if the little wheel is spinning.

I did it to show a 'premium' beer was available. The Gin was Bombay Sapphire, the one in the Blue bottle. Pictures of sandwiches do not seem to aggravate you so much!

You may be right, I shall double check when I am back. I just recall seeing police there stopping people. No apparent sign on Google Maps but that is 2 years + old.

I have put a ball valve in line with the check/non-return valve to give me a selection ability... although I do prefer to run through the bypass ...keeps my electric bill down! (Tight, what me.......??) So I turn my pump off and get a heads up every time my City water is off and I often dash to the pump switch in the early hours because the toilet isn't refilling. Also it gets turned on when she does laundry and I water the garden. My neighbour has all his pipework buried under concrete but fortunately mine was under dirt, so I could get to it when I needed to replace the check valve....

Yes, as per my home arrangement, you could run off city pressure only and then the tank and pump become a 'backup'. My pump kicks in when I use garden sprinklers as more water is needed than city supply can maintain. And when City supply is low. Your circumstance are odd not to be filling up that tank You are fortunate indeed (or have been) if City water is so reliable that the pump never need run.

Yes, you are going down Soi Sophon I guess. But beware of turning left on red at the lights for soi Arunotai, as I have seen them there before.

I didn't, I photographed an empty bottle and a glass of beer, half full or empty I am unsure.

Strange system you must have then.......at my current place 'city' water feeds my tank through a ballcock valve and the tank feeds the pump, which is pretty standard. There is also a bypass line from city water, around the tank via a check valve, meaning I can actually turn off the pump and run off city line pressure. Belt and braces, but at my prior place nearer the City this would never have worked as City pressure was pretty poor there. Sorry to be dull, I am actually interested in that sort of stuff and have done much plumbing work at the house myself. So she is doing laundry eh.. Well if it is in an automatic machine, yes they use a good bit of water. Conservation is an alien concept, here, mine lacks it with respect to money.

I just did the Biz Class on the Qatar A380 (Bangkok to Doha), very nice indeed.

3 Men and a Little Lady

It is cold and wet in miserable Manchester! Coincidentally I too will be heading over to the airport later today, as I have booked a car from there....... (don't like to drive myself when I land from Thailand), and I will return it next week, as I fly from there out of the UK, and out of the EU, but I don't need my passport. Where might that be......answers on a postcard to ....? Off to the North East UK tomorrow..... great people there, but always 3 degrees colder! I will head to the airport on the train, too cheap to pay for a taxi, anyhow, not in a hurry, no plane to catch!.

So you do have a storage tank MM. (And the same pump as me) Used to be 100 baht to fill at my old place. How long do you think that fill up will last you? I find Thais are pretty wasteful of water, caught my Mrs watering the garden when the water was off, and apparently 1 toilet visit can require up to 3 flushings!!! And don't get me started on how long she is in the shower...... If you have 'relatives' hanging around, well need I say any more. At least I can see the pictures now!!!

Are you getting money on the card inside the bank then, as I would expect an 180 baht charge? Reason I ask is I heard many banks were telling customers to go use the ATM.

Yeah, I will be visiting a pal in South Shields soon and there you see that and lads in short sleeved shirts (no jacket).... I feel like a prat in my Barbour all zipped up. Wasted trip so far feeling shite with shivers and sweats.

Martin Sheen

I always thought you did quite well in the City, my water seems to go off a few times a week. Fortunately I have a storage tank and it has never impacted me. As stated, I would bet the water never goes off at the Soapy places.

Yes, 4-5 miscreants every round of lights, or fewer if there are not enough police. I have seen a solitary one and 3-4. I guess it happens while that spot is shaded.

You got the balmy gulf stream! Actually it was cool but clear and sunny when I landed, and the first day quite mild. but it got windy and cooler. Plus I seem to have picked up a cold or flu, ache everywhere. Think I picked it up visiting a pal at the hospital... contagious places hospitals, last place you should be going when sick! Only dick heads wear shorts where I come from! They are hardier around Newcastle where jackets are unheard of!

James Badge Dale

I am freezing my ass off in the UK. Global warming, what a load of bollocks.