jacko

I will leave it to the Oz guys here to educate us all on NSW people!

The Sixth Sense

There wolf!

I am having issues with my internet that are similar...have been for a month or more. I was thinking the internet connection was my issue, as if everything was going via an inefficient server/filter/maybe censorship. It isn't restricted to PT but that is where I feel the impact.If I hit 'Quote' 'Next Unread' 'First Unread' or something requiring a bit more work at the other end it seems to hang up or just forget altogether.

This is the Dr Mick who lives up in KK and regularly receives visitors most generously? He seemed to be the most level headed all round nice/positive guy on the board. So sorry to hear this wish his a speedy full recovery.

We have had fewer serious downpours this year than I am used to seeing. And overall I would say less rain. I am aware of this as I need to water a sizeable garden and pay the resulting water bill. That said, there was a lightening flash yesterday at about 6pm that nearly made me stain my pants!

Where Where?

Damn.... bought my ticket already before this.

Try buying one from Apple...

Bullfighter

Be patient, let the 24hr kick in!

You must have been seriously shocked to learn you had an outbreak of zits....... truly unpleasant.

Very good point as 30,000 baht ($1000) is a big deposit.Mostly in the UK it is authorised but not taken. The Thai 'deductible' at only 2000-10,000 is reasonable (UK often £500-600, 25,000-30,000 baht) is high, but liability insurance is big there (whiplash claims are up!). Having to wait 6 weeks for the refund means you have to find the cash to cover it, or pay the high CC interest.

There are really cheap Chinese ones for about 4000 baht, and they can obviously go up as high as you want.I only have a cheap one for her to nip to the nearby market on the back roads. If you live off a main rd, the general way round it is to have the phone numbers of the nearest M/C taxi gang.

I agree with Idefix... but actually have not needed to buy a single mattress.

Certainly, but as Etihad, for example, were supposed to have an Etihad only dedicated terminal. If I fly in and out on the same carrier, via their hub, I would expect not to have to traverse buildings, security and great distances. Having a lounge in each doesn't help unless they have some quick and comfortable way to transit you. Qatar have a dedicated Premium transfer building at Doha airport, They take you there from the plane in, and directly back to the plane for your second flight, I found that very good. I had high hopes Heathrow, British Airways and the new T5 would be the same, but no, other carriers get access and it becomes too small or unsuitable to handle all BA flights. I recall Atlanta and it being a big Delta hub.... and I am sorry to say that air travel in the USA is not the easiest. Simply too big, too busy.

Sometimes there is the confusion with King and Super Queen I think it is! Or it could be Super King.(Just checked my emails). I brought some over from the UK and they had to be Super King..... to fit a bed I thought was just a regular King Size. (I think I was used to USA King Size). I have taken to measuring things lately and reading labels better. It can also matter how 'deep they are, ie mattress thickness. I got me a load of sheets that don't come all the way down a new mattress I bought!

I am through there a few days after you in Biz class, and I recall my 2 previous trips had long transfer distances....... I have had an occasional quickie where the plane wasn't parked on the other side. Seem little point in my mind offering good on-board service if you are going to be jerked around during a transfer. Etihad had me change terminals recently which was also no fun. Getting too old for all these long hikes...

Brad Pitt

24 hr, (been waiting) Craig Sheffer.

Do they still have the dedicated Premium transfer lounge in operation at Doha until then? Sometimes the bus transfers seem interminable as the damned thing goes all the way around the runways and getting into ground traffic jams.

Yes Evil, that was a good post.

Good quality bedding is really expensive here, but cheaper stuff can be had from Big C or Tesco, which for my mind negates the need to bring bedding.The style seems to be, as you say, Duvet with cover and under-sheet, which I find too hot. I ended up buying UK stuff to get a top sheet and a lightweight 'throw'...or sometimes we use a duvet cover on top of the sheet without the duvet in it. And I leave AC on all night.

Sandra Bullock

Always to be abbreviated im my 6th form Math(s) class to QED.... which we simplified to Quite Easily Done.