joekicker

I fully realise Qantas is Australian, but it operates worldwide, so I was wondering whether it will go down the toilet in a clockwise or anti-clockwise manner? .

Good question. The main tourist areas aren't affected by the floods. They might be affected by lack of business BECAUSE of the floods. I don't think so, but that's my impression, which is definitely non-scientific. Of course there are huge numbers of businesses that ARE affected, to the point that a good percentage are actually closed. I doubt if Bangkok-employed girls would head for Pattaya, but if they're unemployed for a month or so, who knows? Almost all of them would be catering to non-tourist, though -- or non-farang at least, a second reason you're unlikely to see them in Pattaya. In the "anything is possible" category, that's my guess. .

I see them in the supermarkets, usually by the laundry soap, sometimes with the wipes. .

I don't have any, but I just got this TERRIFIC and novel advice from Kayak.com in my email, and I hope it helps you. I know it never would have occurred to me: Boy, those big companies, they really hire the sharp-edged tools, don't they? .

What floods? There are no floods in Pattaya. .

Number one restaurant of any kind in northern Colorado is Thai.

Have a look at the Thailand newspapers. BangkokPost.com, Nationmultimedia.com are big national newspapers. Full stories, many of them. .

No problem. .

If you know Bangkok this is pretty useful. It was made Friday night and is VERY up to date as posted: .

Why would they leave Thailand? .

Couple of items from The Fishwrap on Saturday: The first shipment of imported drinking water from Malaysia will arrive in Bangkok today, according to a leading retailer. and here's a shocking headline, who would have thought this would happen, eh? Talk about your "news" stories: People sell gold for cash during flood

Remember when "nice Canadian" was redundant? .

Don't be goofy. Fact: In TWO months, the country will be fretting the crippling drought. .

Blessed are the peacemakers? You're just a natural United Nations, you think? You've apparently never heard of what happens to people who push into the middle of a fight. Any word on that "yanki" nonsense yet? Or are you not willing to admit it was just another made-up piece of prejudiced, racist, nonsense? On the other hand, I guess that explains your xHamster page? .

Why do you think it bothers me? What I am STILL after is why it bothers YOU. Yes. But "prejudism". I kind of like that. Certainly I reserve the right to thieve it. If ever you see a very thoughtful, even learned article in a very high class journal, and in that article you see "prejudism", you can brag about starting the trend. .

And here is yet another reason why you should NOT let Google Translate help you with your advertising campaign. Of course, if you were advertising a way to slag off annoying people, it would be perfect. .

It's very big in Thailand. Have you looked into it at all? Apparently not, otherwise you wouldn't say "new product". I'm still hoping for some hint of why you're down on Thailand. Strongly doubting you'll provide it. Really? Where can we find out about this campaign? I've not heard of it all. Or did you pull that campaign from the same orifice dark place you pulled the nationality of the OP? .

So there's a plan... The beautifully named FROC thinks that right today (edit) FRIDAY (got a day ahead of myself) it will dig big trenches across (i.e. through) important roads such as the main Bangkok-Pattaya highway (Bang Na - Trad Highway) and others, so the flood waters can come right through the east side of Bangkok, *through* the roadways and off to the Gulf. The "plan" is to bridge those trenches, presumably with something like Baileys, which there are lots of and which the Thai military and various government departments are actually quite good with. So that should be fun. .

I didn't think Canadians were so obtuse, actually. YOU haven't read the thread, in which I have been an active poster. .

That's because it's a five-day holiday weekend. Everyone wants to get out of town. Thousands have parked their cars up high for a week or two, too. And half the taxis are out of operation. Most of the trucks are grounded for the duration. .

It seems you didn't read the topic. One more time: Why do you want "less Muslims going to Thailand"? What have you got against Thailand? .

Better than 1983 and 1995 then, at least along Sukhumvit: .

Why are they bad? It's "bothering" me that I'm curious why you think "they" are uncomfortable - or any more uncomfortable than you in an alien place. (Assuming it's alien to you, that is, as to most BMs.) .

You mean the way you feel so terribly out of place in a Buddhist country? .

British foreign office. Good advice for the next... oh, week. Yes and yes. Rain is not a factor. It's a huge wall of floods from the North, and high tides from the south, meeting right at Bangkok. Rain can't affect the situation any more. .