jacko

It seems to have been a volatile day on the currency markets... SCB released 19 updates on their exchange rates (10th) Fear over Portugal needing a loan hitting Euro, optimism over bond buying in the USA, this is giving confidence in US$, GBP often follows it! (PS. I changed a chunk of sterling into baht too last week... : )

Moulin Rouge.

Reported at the Expats Club yesterday that the Aeon machine did not charge the 150 baht for foreign ATM cards. My personal experience today was that I don't think I was charged 150 baht, although it is hard to be sure (the sun on the machine at Homeworks makes it illegible). Nor did the ancient dalek of a machine give me a printout. It did hit my limit and refuse to give me 20k though...hasn't happened b4, so either exchange rate bad, or there is an extra 150 baht added on?? I noticed later in the day that the Aeon machine in Carrefour was 'Out of Service'...... seems like it always is!

Yes, that happened to me in Buriram...... Serves me right thinking, after a week in the boonies, that I could speak Thai! Looked like John Mills in Ryan's Daughter.

One might add intramuscular!

One of the many brothers I struggle to distinguish between.... Stephen Baldwin...

Where there are no hills, cliffs and ravines involved, like from the Airport to Pattaya, I would feel safer in a bus.

Kevin Spacey

We can beat any price... Bit of a catch all phrase like 'best pizza in town'.... Another company makes the effort to keep it's prices down and get you a good deal, then you scoop it off them by knocking a quid off, making little effort yourself. Thereby cutting out the best competition. I would like to see how their prices looked prior to you saying 'I can get it cheaper elsewhere'.... obviously not so good!

Toby Menzies.

There is a dalmation runs around near where I live. Quite obviously a discarded pet being such a pedigree.And therein lies the problem, they seem to get abandoned too much here and frequently become mangy, and possibly feral, a danger to kids and motorcyclists alike.

No I don't, when I say size, I define land area, what do you mean by you? If I wanted to define a country as bigger in population, I would say, population. When I buy shoes, and ask for a bigger size, it does not mean I want 3 of them! As to Ashes series, out of 66. England have won 30, Oz 31, of 33 played in Australia, they have won 14, Oz 17, those played in England (33) England has won 16, Oz 14. Quite even and perhaps why it is regarded with such esteem. We don't win too often in England these days, we are a nation in decline, so we like to revel in the victory. If you knew Australians, and their attitude to sports, you might understand that it is no small feat to defeat them. They certainly over-shadowed Canada in the 2008 olympics, and Great Britain beat them there too. Nitpicking or not, England won the Ashes in great style. Oz will come back stronger.

Nope... but it isn't played every year, for one. (That is what annual means) Nor is population synonymous with 'size'... otherwise some fool would claim England was bigger than Australia.....

Titanic

I never saw him in this...... The Invisible Man

Could you possibly get more things wrong in a single sentence?

Casablanca.

Is the Vientiane restaurant still going not-so strong out there just off Pattaya Tai? Last time I went (on a Sunday) it was closed. I also saw a Vientiane restaurant on Soi Nerm Plab Wan as I drove down a feww days ago... is it affiliated?

For whom the bell tolls.

I was pondering similar madness only the other day as traffic bottle-necked due to resurfacing on Sukhumvit between Sattahip and Bang Saray. Why were they doing this at rush-hour? Also the resurfacing of Sukhumvit last year, heading South before arriving at Tai, has been negated by the burying of huge concrete pipes. Thrappaya remains incomplete, and the incomplete horror continues past immigration onto Jomtiem second 'Rd'. There is just too much traffic this time of year for these disasters.... Perhaps the rainy or hot season isn't suitable either though, but detour planning and alternatives is poor. Nor does the driving methods of LOS improve the situation as keeping junctions clear isn't part of the driving mentality. Oh well LA isn't great driving either......

You can always check the rates on the bank sites...EG SCB It has been holding flat around 46-47 (for cash) for a bit and long and short trends still look downward. I don't expect to see 50 any time soon as UK economic data will likely take a dive, with increasing inflation and a VAT increase induced slowdown. I bit the bullet and transferred over cash myself only recently, my last prior remittance being during the last improvement to above 50 (August 2010).

A truly great Western.... High Noon

Raymond Massey

Lizzie the broad......Elizabeth Taylor

Yes, well known for overpaying in MPs and crying when they won't deliver a pizza to your barstool during a curfew. OP...post a pic of the effing bike!