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For Thais white is regarded as a funereal colour. I often wondered why white roof tiles weren't more common!

Was that free or do we all have to send $84 someplace?

You can avoid that too by applying before the old one expires.. a month ahead is no problem if you already have the insurance.

Tom, I see a definite upward trend, and oil prices are dropping. I'm in!

This is good advice, spending £350 for the shares and getting a 10% discount... well that would be covered by 1 BA Club Class ticket to Bangkok. Sorry about your opinion that BA are one of the best carriers around.... you need to fly more.

Sure, I see plenty of people there at the office wandering around with a fistful of papers doing exactly that. Just ensure you are paying a modest fee, Generally the mark-up to a falang can be high..... I prefer not to give them the opportunity. The comp insurance for my Nuovo was 323 baht. The disc is about 100 baht only..(plus 1 baht/day if overdue) Supplemenary Insurance should be about 2500 baht... again for a scooter! Theft Insurance is best obtained when you buy from the dealer. Elsewhere it is expensive and not worthwhile.

I just loaded Firefox... I was always worried some things would not work correctly, like my 'secure sites'. It's a vast improvement on IE7.

It is up to the OP to verify his cred! But of course I am not sure this happened, the same way I am not sure the sun will rise tomorrow. Employees managing to run off with money, or employees organising a nice little scam are not unheard of. Of course someone's first post might not be taken seriously, but it just means he has no experience of posting, not that he has no experience... (MM taught me that...)

Why should they? I thought this was just for the initial purchase!Go along to the vehicle registration centre on highway 36, near the 'School of the Regents'. Take the book, green one. Receipt for the compulsory Insurance...or if that has expired, you can buy insurance at the vehicle registration centre. (I recommend supplementary insurance, as the comp one does not cover your bail sufficiently. It would be better if the comp and supp. insurances are from the same provider...see a broker) Money...... (The bike is only 1 year old so no mechanical check required) It really is quite easy but a helpful TG gets around the language issues.

No, most of the time they stand around while the adverts are being played out on TV. These fat guys need to rest up after running for 20 yards!

Any idea how these will tie together with the Bangkok flights? I have stayed away from Ethiad and Qatar as I don't like to overnight in airports.

Of course I was being a bit cynical..,,, they can always build a big buildings close to the sea if they want... normally between you and your view!

He also normally attends a lot of ceremonies and parades on his birthday. They last a long time and I would expect them to be arduous.

So it won't be that close to the sea then, otherwise a building of that height would break the building regulations.

Thanks, I though I recollected seeing one of their aircraft a few times many years ago when landing at Manchester. I was worried I was daydreaming. Best connection is still via Singapore then, if you can afford it!

I guess they particularly want the Visa Waiver to be for tourists who are in LOS for a few weeks. (The 90 days in 180 rule will probably go, as it is complicated to administer, particular at border crossings.) This is not very good news for the visa run companies! I think that is what they want to cut back on, people are still living here long term by a mix of tourist visas and 30 day waivers . No doubt our resident experts will be going into details at one of the Expat club meetings soon. Every time the rules change, they come up with a lucrative circumvention.

Bangkok Hilton one hopes!

So the agency has no responsibility for the criminal actions of it's employees and passes the cost on to the customers. Pretty shitty... The busines is crying out for ABTA (approved association). Your only 'Joy' might be a private court case, but it is like throwing good money after bad. I have dealt weith these guys but it was only a visa run. You have done some good, I will use cash, at the agency, get a receipt, and, as has happened, see the money given over to a 'cashier' in the place. Tell me, whose name was the SBC (not SCB???) account in.... not the name of Joy Travel?

They ran out of places, as the ones they had turned into quite successful countries.

If they start a Manchester to Hong Kong route, I would be very interested. As it is, I certainly do not want to go via LHR! I use them from Bangkok to Singapore, they have a great deal on Biz class and the timings are great.

I can't get my head around this one, my cool head says who has the divine right to order the death of another... my hot head says they have rejected society, society owes them nothing and the world would be a better place without them. We make more laws that protect criminals than prosecute them.

Yeah I think I got the wrong place. As to service, no, I go out to restaurants a lot and this was not typical. Generally they are much better around Pattaya. (Also not the first time I have had this lack of knowing how to get it together either. If you move around on the link I gave you, there is a car sales place next door under the blue billboard.

Why not, it is in my post...about 11? I agree the town has been strange the last week or two though. Most certainly the cramped atmosphere helps the Windmill, but the energy and madness of the place is retained. I felt the girls were looking a bit less enthusiastic in Babydolls.... the most energy I saw was Ricky dashing up there clanging that bell. Perhaps just an on-the night thing, I will still be there in a day or two!

I normally hit there at about 11pm. To be honest it has looked like it is losing it's 'edge' the last 2 or 3 visits. Couldn't put my finger on it, (oops, bad phraseology), mainly fewer customers. Yet the Windmill, very simlar, retains it's atmosphere and crowds.