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aussiechic pretty well nails it. In that extensive discussion, it was agreed that every pizza place in Pattaya is truly excellent. Or, to put it another way, no pizza place in Pattaya has stood out to even two BMs. Makes sense. What BMs do is drink a lot and screw. Gourmets we ain't. ,

So he realised your girl friend was Thai but probably thought you were French, and was miffed that you denied it. .

This is not a bad deal, especially as a first offer. HOWEVER, why are you assuming a 50 per cent occupied rate? This is the real key, is how you are going to (partly) fill those 22 rooms. .

Yes, a network would work, but it's a lot of work for a one-time job. Probably the best way is to plug in a USB drive to the old computer, copy the photos to it, then walk to the other computer and copy to it. Or email them to a (new??) Gmail or Yahoo account, mailing photos to yourself is easy with these. Or buy a program that uses a PHYSICAL cable connection from one computer to the other. "Laplink" is an actual program and also a generic term for this, cost something around $20 to $40 especially if you ask Mr Piratebay for help with the software. Oh. Well there's a relevant detail. Yes, you'll have to install or attach the hard drive to another computer physically. It takes a computer to actually drive a hard drive. You or someone will have to take the case off a working computer and plug in or attach the hard drive, until the working computer can "see" it. Then you can copy it off. If it's a good drive, you can go one more step and install it as a second (or third, etc) hard drive. But to try to answer the question, you can't do anything with that hard drive unless it's attached to some working computer. .

True indeed. I have three of them on T-shirts, two of which were bought on base.

I think Jack Nicholson did this, but before he got old. And funnier. .

Many times, often from Amazon. The shipping, you just have to grin and bear it, but I've always taken the "take your time" offer. When I really can't get it, and I forget to pigeon it, I order it. I've got everything, every time. There *is* a potential worry about customs. It happens, but I've been lucky so far, maybe because I look after my postman at New Year's, who knows? If customs takes it, you WILL go to the customs office (damned if I know how THAT applies in Pattaya; it's possible you'd go to Bangkok -- the post office has its own customs office) and you WILL pay ransom. So figure that in your budget. Most of the stuff I order is films, music, books and like that - which may help me "bypass" customs also. But I've ordered small food stuff a couple of times, some baby-tending gear like Gerbers and so on. .

Just for the record, I didn't mean you, but the person who put this together and then put a fake heading on it? Why do that? Why not just say, "here's my collection of word play and puns, enjoy"? Why go to the trouble of making up something like that? I appreciate you passed it along, very cute and all. .

Note to self. New Year's Resolutions 2011: 1. Stop posting irony and satire. .

Whoa, that makes me want to puke, too. Oh, wait, do you mean FRESH sardines, raw? .

It's weird to me why people would take an amusing list like this and then put a totally bogus credit on it. There is no such thing as the "The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational". This is a compilation from all over and from many years. Some of them I haven't seen before, could be very new. "Cashtration" dates from 1998 (in the Washington Post, at that) but there are items here that would never be published in the Post even if there was such a contest as this "The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational". Good fun, Bigus, don't get me wrong. But what's wrong with being accurate and factual as well, eh? .

Surely she's the nanny or the aunt? Even I have never approached that level of intoxication and if I had I couldn't have got it up anyhow. .

Speaking of Scotland.... This is pretty mean but I'm just the messenger. It happened, on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: There's a Scottish person here and they think I'm their friend because they're from Scotland. I'm like, "I emigrated for a reason, girl!"

Yes I was thinking as I scrolled through just how cute and cuddly all the animals were until the last one. I mean, you'd never see a lion or polar bear ripping other animals to shreds and then just leaving the carcass lying in the field. Only bad humans do that. .

Head on down to the Naklua market and demand seeds of cilantro or leaves of coriander, see what happens. You are essentially arguing that blow and crystal meth are exactly the same thing. And they're not. After you finish your shopping, show the old ladies some pins and ask them to jam some angels on the heads for you. jeez. .

This is so stupid I am definitely going to comment. It's beyond stupid. You CANNOT be a traitor to a president, prime minister, king, pope, sheriff, or secretary-general of the United Nations. There's not a decent law on earth that says otherwise. No one outside of some dreary and ignorant North Korean factory is required to show support to some idiot, genius or bum who happens to be the temporary leader of a nation, country or street association -- and every one of of them is temporary, not an exception. You can be a traitor to a country, many and probably most people agree with that. But a traitor to an individual president? Pull my other one. Opposing an elected leader who IN YOUR VIEW is an idiot or worse is patriotic. In the words of the Obamists of the years 2001-2009, it is in fact "the highest form of patriotism". I'd argue that if you FAIL to oppose a president who you think is acting badly or wrongly, THAT could be treason. (And BTW no, Thomas Jefferson did not say or write that.) .

Torontonians are so goofy they think there's a game in Texas on Jan 10. He's likely to be one very lonely hoser in that stadium, eh? (Long story, but there MIGHT be a game there, but probably not.) .

Excellent, yes, these are the categories which get you a one-year-at-a-time non-immigrant and you never again have to leave Thailand, and can be renewed quickly and easily annually at the immigration office nearest you. This is a good guide - make sure you update the info at immigration if you're about to get a visa, the regulations change -- but this is an excellent, informative start for anyone who wants to live in Thailand. .

You're good, I freely admit it. I don't think I'm going to make Songkran in Pattaya 2010 or maybe ever again, heh, but I'm filing this invite away just in case, and thanks. .

Only the chairman of Carrefour is entitled to give eyewitness reports here? But look. Everyone else says Carrefour doesn't have it. Have you witnessed something else? And isn't it a shame you can't tell us since you're not the chairman! Or, hey, live it up, be a hypocrite and go ahead and tell us what you saw on the Carrefour shelves! .

That's good, but a recent Harvard study showed that 92.37 per cent of your post is exaggerated. .

Any salmon in Thailand is imported, but there's lots of it that is imported. It's possible it's tinned in Thailand (never heard of it, mind you) because there are really excellent fish-packing facilities here. There's no tuna in Thailand either but most of the world's tuna comes from Thailand. There are a lot of products that don't originate in Thailand but wind up showing that they come from Thailand, manufactured, packed or value-added here, then shipped abroad. Some of it inevitably winds up being sold in Thailand as "local product" like the tuna, the ski jackets and the official NBA team jackets. As for Salmon Supreme, here's the details: Salmon Supreme Entree .

I think it was his wife awakening him with a golf club that got our attention. Um. No one asked anyone anything. The joke is in plain sight up there, or, as some would say, on you. You might really like Fox News, heh. .

Poll after survey after questionnaire shows that the IT Department is the most hated section of every company, everywhere. Good reasons for that, all kinds of them. A virus. Yeah, sure. .

Offhand guess, though - how common? I already gave my guess, your turn. .