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One picture included.I will send more pics to potential renters after PMs. TTT telephone line, currently with ADSL, internet will be cancelled. Modem router not incl.

To help a friend I am advertising this house which will be available for rent from early August. Located East Pattaya, just a KM from Sukhumvit and Pattaya Klang. Two bedroom, one bath, fully furnished (bring towels and a TV and you are settled). Nice wood furniture throughout. Two ACs.. Complete with water tank/pump.... Detached house with off road parking. Thai Kitchen. Rent approx 15,000 baht/pcm. Two months deposit. Security deposit negotiable. Ideal for farang and wife/TGF... or both .

The police seem much 'nicer' out in the sticks up north.You get stopped, they check licences, but non of the blatant aggro or squeeze for a donation to the tea fund. Quite refreshing after Pattaya I find.

I would be very wary of recommending TT&T Indy at the moment! For international traffic, it has turned to shit, with abysmal speeds. I was reading the bitching and groaning over on Thaivisa last night. Rumours of problems with International gateway. Rumours of deliberate choking of Indy service to force (farangs) to go Premier. Rumours of TT&T Internet going bankrupt and a 'Jasmine' takeover... Only thing that isn't a rumour, my speed is abysmal and I doubt I will be paying this month. (Visits to office achieve nothing except being lied to) As to changing DNS, well yes I have been trying that, can't be sure it help. It wouldn't improve speed that's for sure, but maybe connection time to the correct server. I change mine by accessing my modem/router rather than within Windows.

Yes my TGF came back from the airport cheaply recently. I had told her to look out for Bell, but at the same location someone sidled up to her and told her it was expensive. Left from the same area, was 124 baht, and from the Reung Ruen company. The bus was going on to Jomtiem Beach but dropped her conveniently on Sukhumvit.

Mr Toom still operates. Mr T does too. Dream Transport has a good reputation here too.... Link to review

Yes there is........I was stuck next to a Korean once and as some know they like garlic, boy did he stink, I was ready to throw up! Thais can have their food related odours too, particularly noticeable if you haven't been eating Thai. They just complain about others body odour, but I have found they aren't particularly receptive to similar critique!

Yes, but unlikely. They just hope you prefer the perfumes.They tend to fill the machines well, and of course your stuff gets mixed with other guys.

Likely that too.My paarticular example was a Biz Class flight, but a cheaper fare basis (D or I?). Couldn't get my usual exit row.

Yes you have.But I didn't come to LOS to hide away in the country with only Thais.... I think you can mix and match. There are plenty of reasons for living here, other than avoiding your own countrymen. Mine, well I have outgrown my country, or rather it has turned to shit. I have little in common with many there, particularly the new generations. Thailand offers a better climate and more reasonable costs. The 'taxes' are tolerable. Of course the locals can be agreeable, but you can find decent falangs too who have escaped home for all the same reasons. Enjoying their company in sunshine and surroundings not available to me back in blighty, being with those of your ilk, is like comfort food. And yes, that too, the odd falang meal goes down well. No little legs get stuck in one's teeth, teeth which you can get attended to here! Good luck with that lifestyle, you seem to like it.

They mostly wash and press.........and do a fair job. Perhaps on the islands you find some that just wash and fold. In the rainy season, clothes are often not quite dry!

Better, I didn't say great!That sort of thing has to be done at 5-7am! The fact that I can post is an improvement on the last 2 nights at 6-7pm

Seems to be better tonight...so far.

Thanks for posting and the details. It is disturbing to me that BPH operates in such a way that the patient is capable of damaging himself during the procedure. I guess that the surgeon took some responsibility for his actions.... But the hospital did not offer protection against errors.... The second surgeon's expenses were not covered nor any responsibility taken. As far as the hospital was concerned, it was an opportunity to make more money while you were in panic mode. Nor do I like this idea of being forced to sign documents that are incomprehensible. My overall impression is negative. Thank you for the benefit of your experience, and please post a follow up in a little while.

Eating Som Tam... oh yes, bring your own bamboo table!

Plenty of references on a Google SearchTelegraph.....

Glad you asked. Opportunity to bitch.It has turned to shit, and is frustrating particularly in the late afternoons and evenings. Often just unuseable in the evening. This has been going on for 3-4 weeks. I have tried switching DNS but it is still bad. My neighbours on Maxnet are also complaining, I was told by one they were expanding the network locally. There may also be some filtering/ logging being implemented. When I visited the office, I got the standard crap response. They take your number for a tech to call you back....which NEVER happens!

Yes trusting souls aren't they. I often get behind one at the ATM who seems to be drawing cash for all and sundry at work, fiddling with little scraps of paper with numbers scribbled on! Found out that a lady nearby was performing that service, and keeping half of what she withdrew..... it was only her mother though!

At 40, far too young to go like this. I may have seen the report on Sophon. If I have the correct one in mind there were a lot of little blue pills shown.

In LOS I would be careful with that statement.Some power strips are most certainly just that, a way of getting power to someplace else, or more outlets. Make sure it says 'surge protection'.... Good range in Homeworks too. I have another device that plugs into a socket in the house, that is stated to stabilize the supply too, and reduce consumption (phase shifter).

Yes I noticed this when I tried to change my seats on my last flight.Couldn't get my aisle ones despite being as early as the system allowed. Due to passengers frequently changing to particular seats, they sure know which ones are preferred now, and hold them for people flying a more expensive fare basis.

I was amused by his comment that 'you have people standing on trains and the underground, so what is the difference?'....... A few hundred MPH I thought!

My Maxnet is about 850 baht/month for 4M/0.5 (yeah right, me and the 20 others sharing it!), but I pay additional for the telephone separatelySince you can skip months when not using it, that is a good deal..

This guy came and serviced my AC units, Suchard Airservice Tel 01 (8) 3046851 03 (8) 0138005. It was a while back, the namecard seems to be missing the standard "8" and I don't think he spoke much English. It only cost me about 2400 baht for 2 units, with a recharge for one, which I suspect is your problem. The shower unit. Which breaker is overloading? If it is one back in your breaker box, not on the unit, check it's capacity. EG, a 3.3KW shower unit, would require 3300/220= 15 amps, hence use a 20 amp breaker! This also presumes that the shower has a dedicated breaker. (Not feeding other things in the condo) I have come across many showers fed from undersized breakers, or the shower units themselves are of a high power rating. If the water is particularly cold, it will need that power. If it is an Earth Leakage type that is tripping, well things get complicated. But there is often an adjuster for delay and leakage current that could be tweaked. Also there is normally an earth leakage breaker fitted in the shower control itself. If that is popping while you shower, something is strange! A shower should be grounded, but many Thai systems do not have an integral ground (2-wire)... Also many Thai 'technicians' aren't particularly knowledeable. But they sure like to talk themselves up. Just get an electrician, sorry I can't recommend, I check things like that myself, (don't trust them here... )

Mine figured out some amount for her living costs, and I give her that, I pay all the household costs/bills over and above.So she got this allowance. Just found out she is managing to squirrel away a few thousand in a 'secret little bank book' every month. When I suggested that this could be put in the 'build a house in the village' fund, she looked at me like I was nuts.