jacko

Get the GF to clean it....... Mine is about the same age but I don't think it costs me so much. I haven't had 20k/year repair bills, (touch wood). And new tyres every year..(lot of mileage)? Nearer 8k/ month I think..... I keep a scooter too so more expense there. Having a house is a big ticket item, always bills, repairs, work to be done.

What exactly am I trying to insinuate here..... ? I am pragmatically trying to figure out what would be the best thing to have done! If she goes back to work for just another month looking unwell and continuously coughing, likely fewer customers than working for another few years rosy cheeked. Barrie most certainly did not know the girl very well, by his admission, he was taken in by her lies. She allowed him to have unprotected sex while knowingly being HIV positive. Palatable or not, isn't this a worthy and important thing... let Barrie answer, I am not attempting to me malicious towards him. Looking at the small picture, on an individual basis, could well be completely wrong. Good, you work with aids, and are aware. It surprises me you think it is advantageous to suppress their illness and send them out into the world to infect others. I don't believe head in the sand is best here..... one has to think out of the box a little. (I sponsor a HIV+ kid here and this has got me thinking......)

No, I think it is in there already, but there is more of a mix of nationalities that can bring it out. If anything if 'abroad' happens to be superior, perhaps better to say less.....

No, according to the doctor her T-cell count was so low she would have died in months. She looked ill too... customers would have been few. Your comment seems uninformed. Due to his help she was able to make a return to near full health and potentially propogate her illness with her reckless and callous behaviour. People are being thrown in jail for doing what she did... ... Barrie... your more recent posting does not answer my question on whether you would do anything differently. Perhaps I am less inclined to donate to papa sick stories though!

I am unsure about all that Dr Barrie.... you yourself said... and also But as I stated, it is quite a drama with no easy answers. And now that you realise that ...what might you have done differently, in hindsight? Truly between the devil and the deep blue sea!Nothing personal Barrie and no grudge here.

I would say yes (at first glance I thought you were asking 30k baht/month, which would be a NO!).This is 75k baht/month which is sufficient... No partying every night though! Yes it has got tighter, but so have I.

Jane Kazmarek....(I liked her in that kid's prog Malcolm in the Middle)

The amazing thing is likely what they charge for them in these capital cities.

jenifer Jason-Leigh.

Of course they are, I told the dopey cow not to leave the coffee cup on the step, need a new one now!

I am not so sure. I do believe Barrie's efforts came out of kindness, but the realities, in a pragmatic way, are he may have indirectly helped her infected others with HIV. Of course the girl was the selfish and manipulative one, but Barrie, enabled her to 'go back to work'. She had already showed a callous attitude to him, so why should she do different to others. Quite a drama with no easy answers.

Chris Bale

Exactly.... I often book a Sunday AM flight and have a rental to return to the airport.No worries....

Not until he was old enough to grow a moustache.....

Brad Pitt

yes...The European Union banned all Indonesian-registered aircraft from flying over its airspace in June 2007, acting on a report from the International Civil Aviation Organization which criticised the country's safety standards. Garuda removed from the list July 2009. At the time the banned list included all 51 carriers from Indonesia, I guess they got so much better that Quantas, an airline with a prior enviable saftety record, decided they were ok now.

Well I didn't really mean that particular bill, I would always prefer to know what it will cost me end-of. I would like to hope the breakfast menu at the Milestone Hotel mentioned that 12% service charge would be added, despite... Condé Nast Traveler have honoured five Red Carnation Hotel Collection properties as “the best places in the world to stay”. The Milestone Hotel, Class or not, hidden extras on the bill are tacky, but London is liklely rip-off central! A room at that place will be £300, oops, wrong £60 more for HM Revenue and Customs.

Like the lady who walked into a fountain while texting and walking at a USA Mall.

I believe Indonesia was a location of some of that maintenance outsourcing. Not exactly a country with a great safety record. Edit. I was misled by mention of Indonesia on another forum, when in actuality it was Malaysia, Qantas were considering outsourcing maintenance to.

Well from Return of the King.... Orlando Bloom.

The pretty ones ain't going to be interested in me. Those nearer my age seem to have given up on being women!

If you take a look that is on the bill too, inclusive of VAT, non-inclusive of service charge. £19.50 for a bloody crousant and a coffee, and then they insult you by asking for 12% more (£2.40) for some spotty Eastern European on £20/pw to bring it to you!

Yes, I like it that way. The menu shows the inclusive price without hidden extras.If the printed bill decides to break out the taxes, fine, but I don't care, as I have little option, and the biggest number is what I will be paying.

And pray, what did the + and the ++ add to the plate of fries and a burger I just consumed, other than not hearing 'hey farang, come get it yerself?'

Certainly all businesses will have to pay their staff, they can claim a ++ goes to them. Perhaps the only way to be sure would to be to ask staff if they received a separate payment that seemed to vary each month. Few businesses are also without the obligatory jar for money that goes to the lucky gal called Tip. Nor do I see many signs claiming that since therre is a service charge added to the bill, tipping is not accepted.