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Pattaya One news showed them being rounded up last night, along with the Thai pimp being arrested. The report claimed them to be from Uzbekistan, sure were an unattractive gaggle. Keep them doggies movin' Rawhide!

I used to use my mobile on 1-2-Call (Edge) months ago... it just kept getting slower and slower.I think it was you Bob that once recommended the 1-2-Call package at the Expats Club. I found that I could rarely access my email (UK hosted), outside an early AM or mid afternoon window. It is possible it has deteriorated further since I had ADSL piped in, and the connection to the USA is slow. Find a pal nearby and see if he will let you connect to his ADSL network to see how that works.

It should not be a problem for you. Whilst ashtrays are scarce, ask and you will be supplied with a receptacle. I can only think of one or two places where you may be asked to go upstairs, or use a special room.

They have a section at the back now where, behind closed doors, smokers go for a quick one. It seems to be popular and for once smokers seem to be adhering to the restriction. So for me it is a place to get a cold beer, at a reasonable price, and a break from the smoke. Sadly a subsequent visit there seemed to be a dearth of ladies. But I soon had a giggling lovely sat on my lap .....You buy LD in this place and they love you....

Sky high, I reserve for Angelwitch, Top Girls and all of Bangkok. This was 120 baht for a bottle I think. A draught drinker most certainly sees a wide variation on prices. I might be in there tonight.

Why not book the same flight through Gazelle travel, as I did recently. http://www.gazelletravel.co.uk/ Cheque in the post works for them, easy to deal with.! China airlines is a good option, I like NOT having to go to the Middle East. The early morning arrival is great if you want to travel on to Pattaya directly. Not so great if you are staying in Bangkok as likely you will get to the hotel too early to get in your room. I don't like hanging around a lobby with my suitcase for a few hours Plus they have had their accident lately so will be extra careful!

No, likely he will be giving it or is holding on to it more than he would like. If there is a specialist in town, he would without doubt be working at the Bangkok Pattaya. Likely all the big hospitals have a resident urologist. You obviously aren't happy with the PIH one.

Miaooooow....

They cancelled it as there was a fatwah issued against the designer and MD of the company.

Touche.....they probably invented the idea.

Wrong, in the UK buy your pie straight from the bakers, just cooked. That is my first point of call when I get back there... Greenhalgh's or Green's for a pie and a pastie....yum. Then off to Wetherspoons for a pint of Guinness. Pub food is what it is, in the UK and Pattaya, something quick and easy. Rarely very good,

Non apology accepted! ....

So it's next to a famous BJ bar.... I thought that was in Soi Post Office.

Slightly off topic and perhaps a gratuitous slam but I am always amused how these trading experts find it more lucrative to write books than spend their time trading.

LOL.... yeah it does kinda look like they couldn't find any 'farm fresh' girls and loaded up from the livestock! Still, they were all younger than me and hiding little! Cheap beer (in bottles) goes a long way with me! Later, I tried another blast from the past, I think it is called Top Girls (hah) well up Soi 14 WS. All drinks are 150 baht (well they were on the 'farang' pricelist I got...), continuous seedy shows, ballooons and darts style, dingy and filled with Asians nursing a coke for 2 hours the night I was there. Even the nerve to come round with a scrounging bucket.....truly, truly dire.

They probably got fed up of standing around on the beach road getting wet and having their hair blown all over the place. It has been raining daily for a week now. I am pleased things are working out for this bar..... I don't see myself paying any 1000 baht barfines in the near future.

My opinion goes along with Sybarite I am sorry to say. I was in there a few days back. The shows seem to be performed a little listlessly, and I suspect little new has been introduced in a while. I like the way all the girls slide down onto the stage via the fireman's pole......(opportunity for the wags here). This place was excellent when it first came to Pattaya, of course they had to adapt to the local crowd, dumb it down and show more skin!

I am a bit nostalgic about this place, I was a regular around a decade ago... or maybe longer. Hadn't been for a while, so popped in last night..... Usual collection of pole veterans, some perhaps from my ancient visits. But a friendly lot. What I did like was the happy hour prices.... Bottle of beer, 50 baht, seemed to include all domestic brands. Soft drink can 35 baht. Draught beer was 35 baht... The happy from ran to 10pm.....from 8pm I guess. Good place to start the evening in AC comfort, before moving on to prettier girls and 120 baht beers. My beer was good and cold, and I liked the seperated section at the back for those who needed a nicotine fix.......and rock and roll music. No, I have no affiliation.... I just had a good couple of hours.......

For that price, even a long weekend would be worth it!

How about just using up some BA (or BM) airmiles to get to London. Always plenty of availability.

After all that time and planning.... they didn't make it big enough!!!! When does T6 start? The explanation wrt why the BKK/SYD/SIN flights surely could be applied to other long-haul destinations. Accepted the USA being different, they could probably re-route cancelled passengers to alternate BA-USA flights. But BA-India (eg) could be transferred to Air India in T3? I always saw the BA-SYD/SIN route as major earners for BA. Perhaps they feel all of those passengers are ex-London and will not be requiring domestic or European transfers. It really is no way to treat say a 1st Class passenger Glasgow-Sydney, packing him in a bus for a long drive and having the aggravation of terminal changes. I saw a BA top man on TV recently lamenting how the opening day of T5 was 'the worst weekend of my life', although I hazard it was worse for the long haul passengers travelling coach with 2 or 3 children who had the misfortune to be treated as unpaid guinnea pigs. Interesting to talk to someone who works there at the dreaded LHR.

Well thanks Vegaheart... always great to get feedback from someone 'on the ground'.... Are there any plans to replace the bus service with something more 21st century. Being herded and bussed around like sheep was always an annoyance at LHR? Plus 2 hour transfer times BA-BA is really quite hopeless. Why are BA flights to BKK/SYD/SIN moving to T3 rather than T5? So is it an airport or a bus terminal?

I have always respected Owen's opinions, but my practical experience has differred. I had a forex trading account recommended to me, and I saw statements for the previous 12 months showing healthy profits. So I decided it was a high risk 'gamble' and I opened an account, using money I could 'afford to lose'. The way my account works does not match the way Owen describes. They make a put or call, and I either lose or profit for each trade. They trade 5-10 times per month....if there are more gains than losses that month, I am ahead....minus charges. For example on a $10,000 account, a trade either loses or gains $500 (on $US/€ movements). Losses and gains are limited, only a part of my account is risked. If it gains 6 times, loses four that month, I am ahead $1000 minus charges, about $500. If they lose 10 times that month, I am down $5500. I have had an account for 8 months, profits each month, healthy some months. I do not do the trading myself, I have someone who has experience and a track record who does that. I am withdrawing money now to consolidate profits. I am presently 'losing' money on fixed term deposits in the UK that give interest rates below inflation! It might be fun to 'do it yourself'... but while I acknowledge I am in a high risk environment, I don't mess about with forex and loaded weapons myself.

I think it shows the Mancunians chase the best price.... being Ethiad lately.