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Yes, the exception to prove the rule.I don't live in Pattaya so getting out of it is pretty easy. If anything, I expect the taste for cheese to be more acquired in Pattaya.... (Think about this now.... take your time!) So how did these rural Thai people acquire their taste for cheese? Last time I checked in Nakhon Nowhere, the rural fat Thai lady store didn't carry it. Even the 7-11 down the street only carries that disgusting processed stuff plastic wrapped in slices.... not cheese really! It may have caught on with a few richer Thais who dine at the Bangkok hotels and European restaurants, those that have taken vacations in Italy etc. But if there was the market, it would be made locally, in quantities.

Dear me Emil... things do fly over your head somewhat!So they didn't check your passport and boarding card before the gate then and allowed you into the international area? Is this the Budget carrier terminal?

More replies likely this time around. Although I bet most of them are commenting regarding repeating topics.Here is a man who needs to get out more.

I would say that comment can be applied to a few other foreign restaurants here too. Lazy falangs who set up a business and then apply Thai management. Quite a few Pattaya venues who insult Italy with poor food and most un-Italian like ways of serving it. It's a damned good place for Thai food though..... Not sure about KFC or McDonalds here, mostly shite worldwide!

Well walking down the dairy section in Carrefour you might not believe that.But try offering a piece of cheese to a Thai, and if you can get them to try it, the look of disgust at the taste might explain the lack of a market. If I fly back here via Amsterdam, my fridge is as well stocked as Carrefour.... at it is all MINE!!

It is kwh (killo-watt-hour) units. The amount charged per unit varies according to the consumption..see link. I'll get my bill and get back to you!My consumption puts me at 1.8 baht for first 150kwh... Plus 2.78 baht/kwh 151-400 kwh. How about this....? Then they add on this..... My bill was 525kwh...that cost.......1378 baht. The FT charge 0.9255 per kwh.....+485.9 baht Tax at 7%.....................................+130.5 baht Grand total....................................1994 baht! And that is her electric vibrator in the trash!

Without a boarding card and passport at Singapore I doubt you can get to the gate.... or perhaps you were on a domestic flight there.... Get real, allowing passengers to the gates is crazy. Those are secondary security checks made by the airline, non passengers should not be going through the primary airport security, letting your aunty and uncle come to the gate is just stretching the security and also putting it at risk. You should see the number of 'friends' seeing off a passenger or two when PIA leave Manchester, UK.

Yes, that is just what security needs, extra non-passengers going through the exhaustive checks. Why not let them on the plane then they can kiss their friends goodbye in the seats!

Don't you just have to take a look behind your door. I thought these scrounging charity shops posted leaflets and bags for your old clothes every other day.

Nope, I get that too.

But sadly we just lost Keith Floyd, who was much more entertaining than that camp fool Ainsley.

Dig up? It's a pier out over the sea isn't it? A cold-box works better, plenty of ice and some water and a few beers can be down to drinking temp in an hour. Takes all day in a fridge and that is if you can leave the door closed. Too many places struggle to serve a cold one.

Just hit any bar on the darkside. Staying busy.... not obligatory....... Cost of living, cheaper than most farang countries.... Budgeting would depend on your financial status, and there are lots of threads on how much you need to live here. Health care, serious subject, again many past threads have hit this one. I don't know if you got any PMs but a lot of what you want to know can be hammered out here. Your post might pick up a one sided view from some piss head who is looking for free beer!

Warning appreciated, but I expect this will die out.

I have, you either stick your neck out or bury your head in the sand. There are some bargains about right now. If you don't like risk, a condo can be 100% in your name...... Lawyers are a mixed bunch, some will do you a good job, others will not, many are not even lawyers. Look for a recommendation, then confirm it with a second. The police should not be involved in property purchase....

An alternative is to take the downward 'escalator' This is where the bus leaves for Pattaya, and someone will always offer you a 'taxi' for about 1000-1200 baht to Pattaya, inclusive of tolls and parking. Did it today!

For someone recovering from a crippling stroke I am surpised to hear you still pull on the weed!

For Fast Track, the security check is just prior to immigration. A little awkward to get to the desk and find the passport while trying to put your belt back on. Yes it does seem a good idea to avoid doing a security check on the duty free sales!

Ahhhha.... the real reason for the change!

That's interesting, I was asking around all over the place a year ago.I will be in the Orange shop Friday! Beats sharing the library PCs with all the asylum seekers! Coincidentally I have just got rid of all the Orange 'branding' of my Ebay purchased mobile. I think it was 2 or more years ago I tried an 'Orange' dial-up option, put this CD in my PC and the damned thing took over my computer and branded everything in sight and screwed up all my defaults. Been wary of Orange since! I don't like the fact that they would have an automatic access to my credit card! I am with O2 in the UK and they don't really take pay-as-you-go customers very seriously. Thanks for the feedback....

Transformer losses!!!!It's going to come from the generator on the end of a turbine, and go up into the air above the transformer!

All options are available...An ariel picks up a couple of channels good, and a few others reasonable. But I am talking of an ariel up high,not one of those set top things. Cable in Pattaya is mainly Sophon, 60 channels, lots of English and all the Thai channels. Costs 3000 pa and these guys seem to be able to get a cable in to you anyplace in town. But you might want to check on others around the place, anybody else got it, you can get it. A satellite dish is also used with 'True', a bit expensive as it is for the Premiership nuts! An ariel off a balcony is normally the way to go.

The place upstairs in TOPS says they can beat the regular places. Haggle a bit and perhaps change a bit more to push their offer up.

They look close to the wall too, lose a bit of efficiency. I have lived in LOS a while now, what does 'serviced' mean......?

At 1500 baht pcm for that crap I think I would be looking elsewhere too.You may want to just try the Edge/GPRS packages, they are generally dirt cheap and if you keep your usage to non-peak are tolerable. I like the flexibility it offers, with a laptop and mobile phone you can use it near anyplace. As to the CAT/Hutch CDMA, I am waiting for it to develop, it seems rather new at the moment. I have the problem when I visit the UK with the laptop, they don't cater for short contract, and sell you an over-priced dongle, which somehow in LOS can be forgotten and the cell-phone used. Currently on TOT, it is slow but Skype works better on it than on my prior TTT Maxnet!