frostfire

If you still have it, gimme a shout. Just building the 3rd PC for my house and could use it as a second monitor for that. Small, but its for guests lol. :) Just shoot me a PM if you don't have my number.

Its only one... I forget his name, but he visits cherry bar from time to time. Adam knows him.

Count me in. Cant think of a better reason to visit :)

Ya they have those several times a week on Soi Khow Noi, but have never once even stopped me... If I have my visor down they wave at me, but when I open it they pass me thru. Not sure if they recognize me or maybe they are just not looking for falangs.

Thats exactly right 99% of the time. I think I have had to show my passport page once, and that was on Suk road in najomtien, just before the turnoff to Khow Chee Chan. That was a random police stop, but since everything was in order he let me go with no fine. All the rest of the times either I was not asked for anything at all (usual), or only for the tax paper and international drivers license (which expired in 2009 but they have never noticed). Seeing both of those and without even reading either, they usually just pass me thru.

I keep a copy of my passport in my motorbike with my international license and other paperwork, but I have not carried even a copy of it around with me in 3 years. In the last 4 I have never been asked for it except during minor traffic stops when I am with my motorbike... I have been present during police raids of clubs, after fights, etc but never been asked.

125 baht is on the high end of "normal" for walking street now. 120 is the norm for the majority of the gogos... If I remember right it was 140... same as bkk... but after some feedback he dropped the price. If he has a good lineup, its worth it IMHO.

I have had this happen 3 times so far since I have lived here, and didnt get my card back from any of them. First they require your passport.. no problem there. BUt they (or at least the 2 banks I had issues with - 2 cards from 1 and 1 from the other) not only required that the signature on the card be there, they required that they be able to read it and that it matched the name on the card as well as the passport. On my first card the signature had worn off - was gone... the second and third times the signature was there, but nobody can read my signature - its a bit of a scrawl, and they

Yes MM, it is. My bank daily limit is only $400, so I can't take advantage of that.. but wish I could, considering the 150 baht per transaction fee.

Just noticed the yellow one on Soi Khow Noi today gives the option to take 30k... I thought the physical limit was 20 bills (20k) at all ATMs... but apparently they are getting newer hardware.

I agree. In a car, assuming he drove a car, it would take more than a hour of driving to get to your place and back if traffic was moderate. If heavy, it could take longer. Can't fault him for that, especially if he was having a busy day.

Agreed. I dont know of a single instance where he has changed what someone said, with the exception of fixing links, etc. I guess I could imagine a couple cases where he *would* and rightfully, but I dont think they have happened here.

All moderators can do that...

I use one thats on Naklua road just past the Windmill plaza.. forget the name, but its a big place and sign says they have XRAY (one of the only clinics I know of that has their own Xray machine). The Doc is very good... good english, and very knowledgeable. Have gone there a dozen times in the last 5 years... usually between 200-500 baht (including medicine), and even when I needed 3 shots it was only 600 baht. Very reasonable, and always professional.

Its secure... but not foolproof. For instance, if the computer you are using has a keylogger installed on it, your password can be seen easily by whomever gets the keylogger reports. What a secure connection means is that the information transferred over the internet (once it leaves your computer) is secure. The average encryption strength right now is 128 bit, and at 128 bit it would take a CRAY supercomputer over 100 trillion years to brute force the key used to encrypt the data. Even using a distributed brute force system with thousands of computer (like SETI@HOME uses), would take

Never been stopped... and I had expected to when I moved to Thailand. I had 4 suitcases and 2 computer monitors in their cardboard boxes, and even with a trolly had a hell of a time packing it all myself. Still tho, not a blink as I went thru the "nothing to declare" line. In all the times I have come thru I dont think I have seen anyone stopped at the declare line for anything...

You can stream a good video/audio stream with a 1mb/s connection if that connection has a good path (low latency) to wherever the server is that is hosting the streamed content.

My first house here in Thailand I had the Electric and water in my name... only the internet was in the owners name (that was a nightmare). My current place has the utilities in the owners name.. in both cases I paid first + last + deposit. In the first home, which was Thai owned, I had to raise hell to get my deposit back. Threatened to go to the police before they agreed to hand it over. The place was pristine - even had a cleaning crew go in and do a deep clean before moving out. They just simply didnt want to give it back. You just cannot trust Thai landlords... keep that in mind when

That happened to me once, also in Tesco, south pattaya. I put my basket on the counter and walked out. She tried saying something (in thai), but I ignored her. That might have changed her opinions a bit, but somehow I doubt it. They want to be like that, they wont get money from me... period.

True is much better so far. I have had to call twice, and both times the issue was fixed quickly - tho that was Internet, not TV... but same company, and same call center number, so it should be the same for both. I never had a communication problem with Sophon... they always understood what the problem was... they just didnt fix it for a falang. every time I tried I got nothing. Then a Thai person calls and its fixed within hours. Seems a pretty cut and dried case to me, but... well who knows.

Doolish I think you misunderstood the OP... Or I did perhaps. I read it as he is unhappy with the SERVICE for english speaking customers, and to that I can fully attest. I had them when I first moved to Thailand, and we had issues 2 times... both times I was given promises that were not fulfilled or just pushed off and told to expect a call back that never came. When I had a Thai friend call, the problem was fixed in hours. They are quite racist in their call center I think. No such problems with True so far.

I have TRUE, and while its not cheap, I have no complaints about the quality or the service so far. If your stuck on paying 3k a year tho, forget about it lol. The silver package is 500 baht per month, and gold (which I have) is 1500 baht per month. There is a higher package with more sports, but I dont remember the price. Maybe 2k a month? Anyway - for $45 a month (1500 baht) I cant complain. Frosty

Well, it seems obvious that this was either a huge coincidence... or Roland is back in town

Ok this is weird. I always throw my change on my desk, then after it piles up to the point where its annoying, I collect it and put it in a drawer that I keep full of change and 20 baht notes until its full. Well, today I decided to do one of these migrations... its about 2 weeks worth of change or so, maybe 3... and theres not a single 10 baht coin in the lot. About 200 5 baht coins, but no 10 baht at all. I thought... strange. So I just went to the store, and my change was 31 baht... a 20, 2 5's and a 1. I asked if she have 10 baht and she said, no hab. So... anyone else noticing

How about we tweak this discussion to a "why do the other pattaya boards suck so much" type topic? Much more interesting