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The staff will almost always rat you out. If they are friends with you girl they'll rat you out for sure. If they are not friends with your girl they'll rat you out so as to cause her loss of face.

Code words for 'bribes' must be paid to get your money in any Thai bank released after you die.

It was American money and American TV that popularized Golf to the world wide competition it is today. Without the Americans it would still be a stuffy game, solely for the upper class elite. This isn't soccer so the thuggish attitude of the Europeans isn't needed or appreciated. The EU is just a step away from Uber Alles mentality, it would seem. EU nbr 1 EU nbr 1, yada yada yada

Population of Europe is over 700 million, a bit over 300 million for USA. Does not surprise me that Europe would have a better team. After Brexit will the UK get to crow about European victories ?

Roseanna claims this is racist. Monkey/Apes/etc... are 'OFF LIMITS' dontcha know?

Swiss Air out of Chicago to Zurich. Decided to fly a one-way ticket to Bangkok this time over the Atlantic instead of Pacific. Great price on short notice so booked it about two weeks before flight time seat to be assigned upon check-in. Got to O'Hare airport Swiss Air check-in counter and was shuttled off to the far right counter where I was I asked why I was moved from the counter line I had waited in; ' Oh, it is because of your ticket'. "Do you have a visa for the one way flight?' Yes, showed passport. Got assigned 27K; a window seat. Thought I was lucky again after such a good price. When I boarded found out my seat did not stay upright, always fell backwards, upright locking mechanism was broken. I am convinced the clerk at check-in knew it was a defective seat. Desk clerk was upset with me going to Bangkok or didn't like my jib; who knows but I'm positive she knew it was a broken seat. That plane had flown in from somewhere, sat on the tarmac for at least two hours, nobody had flown in that seat, it was broken and she knew it. A broken seat has to be reported by flight attendants so to get it fixed. Never Swiss Air again.

Might be good for them to have their own lines if it'll keep them out of other lines. Block only Chinese and not the others that have got their papers in order.

The die is set; takes about 50 dead Indians to get dedicated lines, it would seem. See how I include the weasel words at the end to not get sued?

Thanks for the review. I will be stopping by, seems a great place for a bite to eat before or after a movie at the Major.

Good write-up, nice pictures; thanks.

Dr. Sanpatna Rutnin , spoke very decent english. Even told me to not eat bamboo shoots because of my gout when he asked if I had any medical problems. Just as an aside, the MRT and Airport Link are a five minute walk from the Clinic. You could take a bus to the airport and then the airport link to where it sort of meets the MRT, then walk five minutes and be at the clinic. I would advise not to go on a Monday as they were very busy, perhaps not so busy on a following weekday.

Had eye exam at Rutnin yesterday; doctor said five years ago he would not do a multi-focal lens but so much improvement lately that he did them for his father in law recently. The cost is more of course .I am told that BCBS will cover the portion of the multi focal lens up to what the cost of monofocal would have been. I had an acceptable room at Asoke Residence on Sukhumvit which is actuall less than a five minute stroll from the clinic, practically directly across the street which has a 'crosswalk red/green' light for pedistrians. I'm waiting till next year to get the operation, it was a long wait to see the doctor, the exam cost was 1860 baht.

Brooklyn Ninety-Nine; a comedy series on Netflix I didn't think I'd enjoy, but I do.

Now that there are 16 teams a new poll may be in order. I'm going with Croatia.

The National Debt ?

OP, how did the paperwork with your insurance work out ? difficult ?

Interesting, I find, is the cam on 2nd road shows the entrancce to Soi Honey, then the Soi Honey cam shows traffic that just turned into the soi from 2nd road. Not much else to do here at the old folks home.

ThaiVisa is definitely political; for sure anti-Trump.

Isn't this just the UK ? More a UK failure than any world wide calamity. If anything I do understand from these forums is that the UK is going to heck in a hand basket; obviously a handbasket without chicken. 555

The is a Best Supermarket on North Road just a bit east of 2nd road, used to be called Dolphin Roundabout.

" Russia has rolled out the latest upgrade of the world’s largest supersonic strategic bomber, the Tupolev Tu-160M2 “White Swan” NATO codename “Blackjack. " Pretty glad the USA still has these B-52's

24 January 9 AM, for Re-entry permit TM8, in and out ten minutes. Last Wendsday the Retirement Extension was less than an hour.

Still, they may be the only way to get nuclear payload to their intended targets.

OP, did you go to a dentist? Which one? Satisfied or would not reccomend?

Interesting, last I read was that the high speed train was freight only. Hope there is a passenger version.