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I hate to do it, everyone knows how much I love my Vmax. But I'm going home for 3-4 months, I don't want to impose on a friend to store my motorcycle, so it's up for sale. 1996, black, good Green Book, registered in Chonburi tax and insurance paid a few months ago. I'll through in a couple of helmets, oil filters, owners manual. 150,000 baht

I'm hoping this guy takes my house. I'd like to be in the same house when I get back from the states :)

Interesting. As I remember it, I was in FLB the night of the now famous Mulphy bottling. Several rockhouse customers got up and left, then came to FLB. Maybe Mulphy is confused, as it seems that FLB is the place his customers go to escape violence.

I think Pattaya will be as fun as always for you. I wouldn't worry to much about flooding here. It does happen, but Pattaya is close to the sea, and it drains away fairly fast. If you were going to do a tour of Thailand I might say rethink that, but Pattaya is fine. There are shortages because of the floods, however the government has removed import tariffs for those needed items. I would expect them to start arriving soon. Right now I think some hording is going on, as well as fear buying. Since the flooding has started, I haven't seen anyplace closes it's doors other than one day due

Wow, not sure why you went at me, but I'll answer. I don't ever remember having a kettle in a Thailand hotel. Every US hotel I've been had a coffee pot with coffee and tea, but can't say that here. Maybe I didn't look, or notice since they don't supply coffee, it was useless as the hair dryer for me. I will state that boiling, just like adding bleach will not take out the metals, solids, or chemicals. I do drink coffee, tea, and soup, as well as use Ice. When I do, it's either made from bottled water, or they have an onsite osmosis unit. Every ice manufacturer in Pattaya has an osmosis

I have a feeling, that you have never stayed in a 4 star hotel. Hotelstar Excerpt of the catalogue of criteria Tourist 100% of the rooms with shower/WC or bath tub/WC - Daily room cleaning - 100% of the rooms with colour-TV together with remote control - Table and chair - Soap or body wash - Reception service - Facsimile at the reception - Publicly available telephone for guests - Extended breakfast - Beverage offer in the hotel - Deposit possibility Superior Tourist The Superior flag is provided when the additional service and accommodation provisions are not sufficient for the

Krugerrands are 22k, not 24k. The price over spot doesn't matter that much, what matters more is the difference between buy and sell prices. I bought Maple Leaf's because the were 24k and they had the smallest difference between buy and sell prices. At the time it was $43, now it looks like all the coins have a difference of about $80. For investment purposes it doesn't matter much if you buy the eagle at today's price of $1803 or the Maple Leaf at $1784 when you sell the Eagle you lose $82 and selling the Maple Leaf you lose $81 That difference is only .0005% I will agree to the prem

They sell them at Tucom, but the link that you posted seems to be a much better price. It would be great for the BG that calls her boyfriend as soon as she walks in the door and is told to be home at 7 am, or having the "room mate" call to say she is locked out of the room and needs her to go right away.

Okay Joe, here we go. Let's say I have a US Liberty head $20 gold coin, minted in 1882. It's a $20 coin, yet is almost an ounce of gold worth $1,650. A coin collector would pay $15,000 for the coin. What is the value when you bring it into Thailand? From what I have read, I would say face value of $20. Though if I had one, I wouldn't sell it for that, or even the current gold price. Where do you think value is set? Source: http://www.coinsite.com/content/faq/20gold.asp

The way I read it, the OP can bring in 399 Canadian Maple Leaf coins having a face value of $19,950.00 and not even have to declare it. (provided he has less than $50 in other cash on him) Thailand not having a limit on the amount of money brought in, could as you say, bring in as much as he wants, or his baggage limit of 50 pounds, meaning 800 Maple Leaf coins, as long as it is declared. He could even bring more as carry on luggage.

I went to a family mart, and two different 7-11's last night to find water. The first two, had a few small bottles left at 39 baht each. The second 7-11 allowed 6 bottles per customer. We found some big bottles hidden and Jane and I each bought six each. When we got home Jane told me that the employees were whining because they had hidden the water to take home themselves, and we found them. There are osmosis machines around the city. You have to bring your own jug, put in some coins and water comes out. They can usually be found in the residential areas, at the mom and pop mini marts.

Not to argue with Joe. However I checked before coming to Thailand my first time, and again when I came to live. I could find nothing that did not allow gold, other than the value of the gold is counted against the $10,000 allowed to take out of the US and into most countries. I was specifically looking for gold coin not bars. It was after I got here that I found that coin was not worth more than bars in Thailand, even though I had paid more for coin in the US. http://www.customs.go.th Quote: "The travelers who bring in or out of Thailand of foreign currency, both a bank note and a

Shane, it is legal to bring gold into Thailand. However I would rethink bringing coins. Gold bars are better in Thailand, if bought from the states. In the states you are paying a premium for the coin. An American eagle is 22k yet sells for more money in the states than a Maple leaf that is 24k. In Thailand they will only be looking at the gold content, they don't care if it's a coin, or bar. The Maple Leaf would be worth more than the American Eagle here. You can buy gold bars in the states cheaper than the same weight coin. In Thailand, if both were 24k, they would buy them at the sa

I would take that to mean 8,945 sq. foot

Interesting question MM. The retirement visa is an easy do it yourself thing. Stop by immigration and ask them at the desk what you need, they will give you a paper in English, and Thai explaining everything that you need to submit. It should take no more than a few hours to round up everything needed. Go back the next morning and apply for the visa. In my opinion, the immigration office is the most efficient office in the entire Thai government. I see no reason to need anyone else involved. Definitely don't pay anyone for help.

You seem to have some bad information that you are working from, and trying to make it fit into the real world. The problem is you are trying to use "Wah" and "ngan" as a length and width measurement. However in both cases, there is a length and width measurement taken to get one wah, or one ngan. Wah, or ngan can not be used as length and width measurements to get sq foot, or sq. meter measurements. The measurements you were giver are either wrong or, there is a plot of land that is 2 ngan, and possibly an access road that is 8wah. or say 8 foot wide and 43 foot long, it could just as ea

I looked at that. I like Seattle a lot better than San Fransisco. I do want to make that Orange county stop though. If I don't do it as all part of one flight, I end up buying a couple of round trip tickets from PDX to Orange County, I kinda like saving a few hundred dollars.

I'm looking for flights right now. I would love Thai air, as I hate being stuck in Japan for hours. Thai air is expensive right now, add that from LAX I have to go to PDX, and Thai air doesn't fly there, it adds to the ticket price. As much as I hate United, it looks like it will work best for me. They not only have the cheapest flights, but will allow stop overs. I can fly into SFO, then fly to Orange county and take Jane to Disneyland and such for a few days, then fly to PDX. On the way back, go PDX, to SFO, Japan, BKK. If I were to fly into LAX and try and find transportation to Oran

I had to share this pic with you. Jane's friend in BKK sent us some pictures of her house and soi. Lots of water, sand bags, heavy equipment pushing dirt and mud to make walls. But this picture is the funniest. These are Thai's that are catching fish on BKK soi's just down from her house.

I went back and reread post, #8 he asks, "Is the forum, photos, personal details, posts, threads and private messages being sold to any person with money. I dearly hope not, this could be a big disaster for any members on there." I assume by that he was referring to the forum being sold along with the bar. Guess I didn't catch that, the first time through. I think the answer to that is obvious. A buyer that was going to keep the place the rockhouse, they would insist on having the forum with it. I would guess that 90% of the rockhouse business is directly related to the forum. If the

You have lost me here. I don't see where any PM's were made public, e-mail lists sold. Pictures and posts can be copied by any member of any area that they have access to. Just as it can happen on your forum. Anyone that wants pictures or information private, should not post it on a forum that anyone with an e-mail address can join. Members that post personal information should use good judgement, and accept responsibility for themselves, for doing so. If this is some back handed accusation that MM is selling e-mail addresses, or Publishing PM,s, than I have to say that I don't b

This is funny. I had intended to leave this thread alone, until after my next visit to see if things had improved. However, I can't pass up an opportunity to ridicule someone for trying to entice us into their business for a drink special that doesn't exist. One thing I try to do is, learn from others mistakes. I probably will not be giving Xzone a second chance, until forum reports improve.

The flooding is effecting Pattaya even though we don't have the water other areas have. I can't buy San Miguel in cans, all the stores have been out for a week. Not that I like caned beer, I just don't like caring glass bottles on a motorbike. I talked with a friend yesterday who has a young baby and a working wife. She doesn't breast feed, and had been going from store to store trying to find baby formula, when I talked to him, they still hadn't found any. While eating Breakfast at Tigglebitties, Newy said that she had to drive all over Pattaya trying to supply the restaurant. She hadn

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Oh, that would scare adults too. I actually appreciate the placement of the pumpkins. Not something I would say about to many naked lady pics.