joekicker

And the difference between this post and OP is.....??? .

I will bet you that 1.5 baht times 1,000 that the rate is not 1.5 baht different - at the same time. Two hours later? Of course. It's a money market in the Internet age. But at 2pm or 8pm or 10am you will not get a 1.5-baht difference between Pattaya and the airport. Apples and apples, there's no appreciable difference between the airport changers and non-airport changers in Thailand. And yes, money changers WILL give a better rate than banks, but measured in satang, not in baht. .

No. Wrong. Not in Thailand. Not true. .

Thanks for the background. "But"? Wouldn't that be the same thing? .

I thought of India "walla". It's a tag word, one of those ones difficult to pin down, but let me try - snake walla, kitchen walla, deep-throat walla. A person who does something useful. .

I thought of India "walla". It's a tag word, one of those ones difficult to pin down, but let me try - snake walla, kitchen walla, deep-throat walla. A person who does something useful. .

Yes. Care to explain your myth about Thai food, because I've not ever heard it. .

Wrong! Bangkok (Phuket, Chiang Mai, etc) airport is a fine place to change baht for a major currency. But NEVER change baht in England, anywhere in England. Or New York. Or Manila. Or Iowa. Or Sydney. Or Scotland. Or Brazil. Or ... well, you get the idea. Never change baht outside Thailand. Squinting hard with my reading glasses, and can't see any ripoff. You could easily have found the baht rate in Thailand and you didn't. No ripoff involved. .

This is the passport photo of an English guy I know.

£60 ought to do it. Just hand it to an agent, tell them to book you on the best they've got, as far as the flight is going. .

Could you explain that myth? Also, where I can find the myth? I know there is very excellent Thai food available outside of Thailand, but what is the myth? That food in Thailand is worse than in California? Or what? And who says so? I eat a LOT of Thai food in the USA, but I've not heard anything like this. .

Answer: No. The farmers are going to bend over again, count on it. The millers and merchants have already said that they will selflessly step in, because the government's buying plan is a little behind schedule, and they will do the farmers and the nation a huge favour and buy the rice so the farmers won't have to wait for the government. Hey, it's hard work and a sacrifice but darn it, someone has to sacrifice for the sake of the farmers and the nation. Of course the price they can afford to pay for the rice isn't QUITE what the new government mortgage plan would pay them..... And you know the rest. .

Shouldn't he have massaged her? Sorry. When a great straight man sets it up.... .

Um. LD? You heard of David Caradine? You don't wonder why you haven't heard about this in the... well, the actual media? Tom Shane is fine. I saw him a couple of days ago, out hunting green mambas. .

Actually.... this isn't all that bad a brush, though. Guy made and signed a contract. His deadbeat, arrogant and semi-violent tenant breaks the contract. Guy politely insists on the contract, and doesn't even call the cops. I wouldn't mind being painted with that brush. .

Lots of them. They range from last Friday to "never". That's not facetious. The floods have a way to go if they are going to get to the walls of Suvarnabhumi. As of today, the best GUESS is that it will be "never". But if there are two or three crucial breakdowns, which is possible, it could be a day and a half after those breakdowns. However. In the current plan for draining Bangkok, the water does not get to Suvarnabhumi, which is in a (planned) dry area, which also includes a nearby industrial estate called Lat Krabang. So if everything goes right, which it well might, then it will never get to Suvarnabhumi. One more thing. If Suvarnabhumi actually floods, it will be the most serious thing that ever has happened in Thailand. To flood that airport, getting over a solid 10-foot wall and rendering a few dozen big pumps useless, you're talking tsunami strength. NOTHING is "never" at the moment, but flooding Suvarnabhumi is quite close. Try this. As you load this map, the airport is the grey rectangle just off to the right (slide the map across). You should be able to figure out generally what's going on. This is a real-time map. .

Don't believe she or minions ever said "will not" about anywhere including the airport. Airports of Thailand pooyai Somchai Sawasdipol KIND of said it last Friday, but this is the closest I've seen: "We project that in a worst case scenario, the floodwater would be no more than 1.50 metres high and our 3.50 metre floodwalls would definitely be able to hold it." It's the government's GOAL to keep "inner Bangkok" and the airport dry. I've not seen anyone say they WILL BE dry. .

Then a large portion of your trip to Pattaya will be sublime. .

Both are illegal but very common to say the least. You won't get hurt doing it for yourself, particularly beer. .

That's pretty good, jacko. Worth a point in the standings. .

Ah, my son, there was a time.... No, really, yes, people used to do the southern route in the 1960s and 70s from Yurp. But they couldn't get to Thailand because of..... Burma. And of course in those days the northern route was totally impossible - Red China and the Soviet Union not given to helping out even helpless ladies in tuk-tuks, let alone sharp and capable ones. Typically, the journeys ended at Calcutta, the origin of the Thai International flights from that city. What we NOW think of the Great Barrier Grief - Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan - that was the fun part. So I'm told. People drove and biked, mostly they had great stories, but also pretty much happy ones except for the week with dysentery of course. Ozzies used to do it in reverse, bike up from Singapore, fly to Calcutta and away to Pommieland. .

First, start an import company. That will keep you quite busy. But once you get it going, maybe next year, come on back for the next step - applying for import licences for tobacco products. You'll have enough staff to handle that paperwork, of course. .

Friday and Sunday when? .

Bummer, because most of it won't go down. There's certainly profiteering, but there's also real inflation, more than 4 per cent last year WITHOUT food and drinks and gasoline. So there's also what you now have to do - a review of what prices to set after a while at the same prices. And they won't be lower. .

You can eat well, drink well, sleep in air conditioning, and there are quite a few girls around. Is there some other reason you come to Pattaya? .