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Displayed prices are for multiple nights. Check the site for price per night. I see hostels starting at 200b/day and hotels from 500b/day on agoda.

jacko

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  1. Agreed and yes I do. Of course the house ownership is a bit of an exception, forcing us towards leases,company ownership or condos. Your own bank account is a must.... do not ever make use of the GFs account because 'It is easier and I trust her'. Being lazy, and letting her shop for all the fixtures and fittings out of her account, might come back to haunt you one day. How long before you feel trust.... a personal thing this, but anyone not counting in years is being reckless.
  2. How the hell did all those Ozzies get in then??? C'mom Bruce, just a bit of fun!
  3. Sorry mate, I am nearer Obsession than you on this one. I am currently 'retired' over in Thailand. When I go to the UK many of my friends aim to do similar, retire overseas, or have done so already. It is not only the financial benefits, (I would be heavily taxed in the UK) Where I grew up, as a kid enjoying life, is a scruffy, litter strewn ghetto now. Indianbrit, it is early and I do not recall where you actually live in the UK, probably not East London though.
  4. Quite the sleuth our Tom is! As I would have deliveries to the house, where I have cold beer in the fridge, drinks not required for me. I have a D2D menu in front of me, and would like one from this new boy on the block. As stated I do not trust internet menus here, it is too difficult discussing non-availability or price changes over a mobile phone, with my miserable Thai, or mispronounced English.
  5. Only a couple of times per week and an early departure.Not many bargains. I think I might use them soon as biz class is moving out of range.
  6. Just buy a ticket to LOS or Malaysia, then use Air Asia to bounce around a bit. Doesn't cover Eastern Europe but they do the rest.
  7. Funny that, I had to bring along my rental agreement to get a residence letter. Has it become easier?
  8. More an issue on the Atlantic routes, particularly from Heathrow,
  9. Bloody hell, 180 baht for a fish finger. I would expect up to the shoulder joint for that!
  10. That's interesting Tom, I saw the 777 scheduled too, and fares were looking 'a possible' for me. Aside... watching some sexually frustrated lady on the BBC and there was some discussion about wanting rather large (environmental) taxes on airtravel from the UK. $500 per biz class longhaul was mentioned. That might get me grumpily squashed back in an economy seat gritting my teeth as the kid next to me hits his little table with his plastic truck!
  11. No, you are correct that you know sweet FA about premium bonds and prefer to go on about things in the USA. They are a specific item offered by the UK treasury, bought for £1 each, up to £30k. The interest (1%) goes into a prize fund whereby bond numbers are selected at random and you can win a monetary prize, like a lottery. The bond always retains its £1 value and is entered for the draw each month.
  12. You missed out the possibility you would be mistaken for Middle Eastern, another group not always welcome. Other than that you seem to catch on pretty well. If you have any issue, try a small tip!Nice to discuss and hear the opinions of someone ......with a different perspective.
  13. Yeah, looks like John Hurt in Alien! Lobster Pot. Kings Seafood.
  14. Where are Menus available? I have little confidence in Websites being kept up-to-date.
  15. Qatar's schedule via Manchester need not include an 8 hour layover...... for £100 I wouldn't take it. Surprising though, I would have hung out a bit, sure something would have come up with Ethiad/Emirates/Qatar at a better price and the dreaded Heathrow could have been avoided. It normally means reduced taxes too.
  16. jacko

    camera repair

    Doesn't look good mate... http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7593_102-0.html?threadID=141838
  17. jacko

    Noob

    Sounds like you are not actually a member yet. See MM's (The MAN) post above. Member's area provides a lot more information and entertainment.
  18. Why is the board clogged up with nesting quotes that go 5-6 deep this morning? Some configuration change that makes this happen automatically? Don't like it, a page is now 80% full of old stuff and you have to look closely for the one liners.... ya hear that Rick?
  19. OK for me, on a not-so-fast Thai connection. Did you click on 'Map' with the same black-screen result. Check what Joekicker said above. Browser? If you are using IE7, try Mozilla Firefox, you will be glad for several reasons.
  20. Thick skinned, intelligent and eloquent. You will be okay. Thailand is a free society, and that includes letting them make their own mind up about foreigners. It also allows them to behave accordingly without fear.Many laws protect the indigenous population. Thai people people look to family first, other Thais second and have lots of opinions down from there. Try to change those opinions. But they love money.... know that and use it. I have to go back to the UK soon (white and UK born), yet I feel more discriminated against there. As someone posted above, I can't even open a taxi company
  21. Limited to 30K, current interest rate 1%. Chances per £1, 1 in 36,000.If you are a UK taxpayer, http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/s...-interest#fixed
  22. A Nokia N93 or N81 (for example) uses MPEG-4. FLV is used on FLB videos according to Frosty. Format Factory seems to cover this... http://www.pcfreetime.com/
  23. Boy was I glad to get that off my laptop. Slowed everything down, was cumbersome to interface with and cost money to boot! AVG (Free) + SkyBot S&D have since served me well, for free.
  24. Are you Indian or British?Anytime you might pop into the FLB, you would likely find BMs who would be quick to socialise. There are also quite a lot of Go-Go bars very popular with British of Indian descent. The few that discriminate are that, the few. Welcome to Pattaya!
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