joekicker

What's wrong with the old way of having a girl do it?

You mean in the UK, people don't think that people who want to be doctors would make the best doctors? .

You do know, I presume, that your browser, the software you are personally using RIGHT NOW, does do exactly that? Not "could" do -- does. It's doing it, right this second. You know that, right? So since you know that, what do you think about that? .

I don't believe you'll find out much. It's not like there's some magic spell or deep, dark national secret. Women are doctors because they can. Women are in pretty well every business in Thailand because they can. No one thinks it is remarkable, if you ask "how come" they will probably look at you blankly. Of course, every individual has her (or his) own experience, but there's nothing noteworthy about it in the national or cultural sense. It just *is*.

I think the data has to kept somewhere. Define "my consent". Define what data belongs to you. Most certainly you can prevent it, though, this much we know. I can tell you for sure that no device I have secretly or openly tracks me by Carrier IQ or similar. For example. You (and the OP of course) put up a conundrum and I'm the first to admit it. But the FACT is you can't get GPS help or a digital phone book or a browser that "knows" what sites you want to go to or automatic logins and all of that - you can't have that AND privacy. It's about as "secret" as the "secret war in Laos". If y

I think if you want to turn on your iPhone or your tablet and a map pops up and says "you are here" and that's where you actually are -- what did you expect? That there was NOT a GPS tracker in your phone or tablet? You have a two-way device that you have asked for and bought and you want to USE that GPS socially. And I think you got what you wanted. I think if you don't want to use such a GPS system, then don't. What's the problem? I think that I expect that if the device knows where I am, then it is hooking me up to the GPS through its software. What did you think? I think tha

Reminds me of the recent juggle thread. I wouldn't call that pole dancing but it's great entertainment. .

Well, hell, isn't that excellent! Don't know how the heck I missed that. Amazing that he memorized that. Found the "lyrics" easy enough. .

CAUTION. SPOILER ALERT. JOKE EXPLANATION BELOW Kamagra *is* fake Viagra. There's no licence. It's a joke. Kamagra is also called "generic Viagra" which is okay, except that Pfizer still holds the patent and no one can LEGALLY make a generic Viagra yet, although of course as we've seen in this very thread "legal" is sometimes in the eye of the beer holder. .

Only doctors sell genuine Kamagra. Now who knew THAT, hands up! Who has the licence to sell the fake Kamagra? .

There are a lot of comments, many of them quite testy on the YouTube page I found about how this isn't juggling, it's amateurish juggling and such. I don't know about that at all, but it was a good show. He got a standing O which I thought was a bit much but he was a good entertainer for sure. .

Thank you Martin. I presume it's this one??? ,

That's the kind of guy I want if I get sick in the west. He won't go jumping to conclusions off some article he read a few years ago but can't remember too much about. That's what way too many doctors do when you say "I'm from Thailand" because they don't want to lose face and seem ignorant. Doughheads. Being ignorant is how you learn. .

Absolutely you didn't have dengue. When you have dengue, you do not wonder if you might have had dengue. Read what LD wrote about having dengue. He had dengue, and it wasn't even a severe case. And speaking of "absolutely" I really have "absolutely" no trust in western doctors about such stuff. Their ignorance isn't their fault, but their insistence they are NOT ignorant is. Coming down with an Thailand-related illness can be VERY dangerous to your health and happiness in the west. Similarly, the advice they give to people who are going to travel to Thailand is "absolutely" untrustworthy -

Pretty secure as these things go. But again, as the thread keeps saying, how secure do you HAVE to be? If you're hiding from your wife and your boss, it's extremely secure. If you simply value your privacy, it's quite secure. If you're trying to keep your paedo club files secure, it's not all that secure. If you're selling nukes to al-Qaeda it's not secure at all. etc. .

Not for anything. Don Mueang is closed. It will not open, if it opens at all, for many months. .

No airline operates out of Don Mueang.

Ditto to Tom. You should start by looking for Filipinos. But no, there's no dependable jazz on a nightly or weekly basis in Pattaya. They bring festivals down from the Big City from time to time. Also, a general ditto to Bazle, you can hear the occasional number from this band or that one, time to time - but no dedicated-jazz joints. Also, I'm not sure that "great" or even "excellent" is the proper adjective for Bangkok jazz. They *do* have dedicated places for jazz, and you can have a really good night out. But you're not going to buy their CDs and play them for the next 20 years. .

What did the anti-bionics do, remove the machinery from inside his body? .

Good pics, Paps, thanks. Jeez, it's turned into a metropolis since I was last there. Of course there was a little more shooting back then, heh. Jeez LD, there's a Thai Embassy in EVERY country within a thousand miles -- certainly in countries with borders and countries in Asean. I'm trying to think of the nearest country which doesn't have an embassy. Sikkim maybe??? Even in Taiwan there is an embassy equivalent. .

And you have Adele, you lucky fellow, although it seems you don't get out too much, except to a tasteful concert or football match. Funny you are writing this on an Internet forum. Does the irony not strike you at ALL? .

NUTS!! I thought it was about the phone company going global. Never mind. Good pics again Baz, thanks. .

Lighten up jacko. Every country/culture/group has superstitions. Thais don't get hair cut on Wednesday. Knock on wood. Make merit, yep. One thing you'll always hear from the Buddhists and half the non-Buddhists, have to make merit. .

Shameless - US or Brit? .

And those are the days you want to put your shoes on the kitchen table and open the umbrella indoors, I suppose! Never mind. Throw a bit of salt over your left shoulder, you'll forget it all .