jacko

A Beautiful Mind

You need to get off that healthy eating kick!!!

kevin spacey

Yes, you do. But of course it would still be an overstay.

When I last returned from the UK some months back, there was a new resident in my garden. A little scary, and at the time about the size of my computer mouse leg tip to leg tip. First inclination was to get the Chaindrite spray out, but then I thought about the rumour that spiders were good luck. I have had a run of shitty luck this year, so I was disinclined to temp fate and, since the web is in a corner where I am unlikely to walk into it (I would die on the spot of shock if I got this thing on me), I left her be. Then a few weeks later I had a bit of good fortune and superstition took over, and she still lives nearby, but seems to be growing quite quickly, the web approaching tent like proportions and her opisthosoma (of course I looked that up), is now the size of my thumb. Will she eat my cat eventually?

That is actually who I was thinking of!Fancy me confusing Maimi, Hawaii and Maui...and in another thread deriding American knowledge of Geography...slap on wrist for jacko.

$150 doesn't sound like 'aren't that much'........perhaps 10% of the original cost?Fine you don't bitch, the OP was faced with a £200 charge, quite an increase on a £600 original fare and worthy a bitch. Then he got the schmuck seat..... also worthy a bitch.

I couldn't believe it but the TGF brought a dead one when she came back from the market yesterday. ('What the hell are you going to do with that, make Tom Yam' I asked). She was all upset as it had been hit by a car (road kill dinner).... I will never understand them and thank heaven a dog wasn't hit!

Do you mean customs, Thai customs for leaving Thailand?You certainly go through Immigration, and there are perhaps Cambodian Customs officials but I failed to notice them, I was more interested in getting out of the sun most times.

Coincidentally I was out yesterday and saw a lot of groups of cleaners out and about, and even groups of school-kids out too picking up rubbish. I think the up-coming King's birthday is causing a spate of housekeeping.

There is a wide range in and around Pattaya..... you could pay over $1000 a month fora nice beach view place, down to maybe $100 a month for a Thai room on the other side of Sukhumvit.

They certainly lose something if that passenger failed to show up and they have to accommodate him another day for free.Nowadays they have found a way to increase revenue by having a long array of different ticket types, and will firstly only accommodate you if the same class is available, there are many subdivisions below 'Y'. Then a fee for changing it. Sign of the times....... Years ago I would fly from the Middle East to USA Biz Class frequently, there was no way the ticket could be issued giving me an opportunity for a day or two in the UK en-route with BA. But once the ticket was in my hand I could normally reschedule the onward UK-USA leg (and sometimes on the way back) at no cost and get the break, done either at the local office or the airport. Good on Thai in the past for being considerate and flexible.

Hawaii Bob? Now residing in Pattaya?

He lost his sparkle and faded away.

It will still work......

yeah right........

One jumped off the wall into my pool once, scrambled out and away as me and the cat watched. I thought it was a rat at first. It must have been hot!

It is sort of tucked away. I cut through from the Mercure to 2nd Rd via an alley down the side of the Avenue and you could hear the gentle music, you can forget it is there. In truth it has been there a very long time.

Don't go looking back there mate........... only thing missing is the oars.

Many airlines are now charging to change return legs, it is in them there terms and conditions where we tick the box saying we understand! (Mostly we don't read them of course, 2 pages of minuscule gumph). I changed 2 return Biz Class tickets this year, one cost £40 (Etihad) done online, Qatar also charged £40 but added another £20 for using their office (service charge), as there was no on-line capability. I recall previous years my D class tickets used to allow me a single change free. The price difference for more flexible tickets is substantially more than that though.

I think we have mentioned before that sometimes the ageing cowboy joins him. The UV lights give his make-up an eerie colour and both are popular with the girls. I have seen them in Sweethearts and Spankys, haven't come across them for a wee spell though.

Brenda Fricker

Daniel Day-Lewis

Cameron Diaz

I'm not saying it's time to leave Pattaya but here are a few signs, symptoms, traits and habits of people who have stayed in Pattaya a long time, and in some cases definitely too long. I tried to keep this list specific to Pattaya rather than cover the broader spectrum of habits and eccentricities of people who've stayed in Thailand too long. You get a motorcycle license because you're sick of paying fines to Pattaya's finest. You are able to politely inform people that they jumped the queue and so reclaim your place. More than one girl has your name tattooed on her body. Leave the country or lock yourself indoors for Pattaya's somewhat extended Songkran festival. You can spot a Kathoey "Ladyboy" from a hundred paces. You know more "guys who have been ripped off by their wife" than you know "happily married guys" . Know the difference between Dahkling and Darling. Realize that "Ham San Man" is not a mispronunciation of "Handsome Man". You've seen the Pattaya Glitter-man more than once. You are Glitter-man. If you've been here a long time you will know I'm not talking about Gary Glitter. You know what a balloon chaser is. You are a balloon chaser. Don't buy Lady drinks. You think there's nothing unusual about a man walking round the supermarket with a parrot on his arm. You are the man walking round the supermarket with a parrot on your arm. You consider having Russian language lessons. You've Been mugged in Pattaya, or you know of at least 2 people who have. Haven't Been to a Pattaya Go go bar for more than 12 months. You have your first tattoo after your 40th birthday. You're on first name terms with the staff at the Pattaya Immigration office. Going home broke after pouring everything you have in to a Pattaya business venture which failed. You just leaped off the tenth floor balcony. Leaped off the tenth floor balcony with a gag in your mouth, plastic bag over your head, hands tied behind your back and a knife stuck in your back. Believe that people really can tie their hands behind their back before suffocating themselves with a plastic bag. Source