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Strangers on a Bridge by James B. Donovan. This is the Donovan played by Tom Hanks in the rather ponderous Spielberg produced Bridge of Spies, and is about about defending the Soviet spy Rudolph Abel and the later exchange of Abel for the U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers. Not too far in, but it appears they got Abel's character right. Donovan, on the other hand, is a whole lot more interesting than he is played by Hanks in the movie. The movie barely mentions that Donovan was a prosecutor at Nurenberg. It turns out he was also legal counsel with the Office of Strategic Service. Spielberg al

Not intact. I have some qualifications in that regard. There were a couple of models of A-1 Skyraiders, and an A-37 along with CH-47 and UH-1 helicopters. There was also this F-5 Freedom Fighter. I rather think that those would have all been in VNAF (Vietnamese Air Force) livery at the time of the change in management in 1975. There were also B-52 parts, probably from December 1972. And, yes, I very much appreciate Firth sharing all of his photos.

I don't put maple syrup on my baked beans at any meal.

I like baked beans, but having them for breakfast is weird.

Didn't make it up to the Thepprasit intersection last night. Traffic was massively backed up along Thappraya. One of the problems of running a market there consistently would be lack of parking. VT security was turning away a lot of cars driven by nonresidents.

On the west side of Thappraya slightly south of VT5.

Go to Phnom Penh or Vientiane where you do get a visa on arrival. Then imagine everyone doing the same thing at Suvarnabhumi. It's not just semantics.

As I am staying here for a longer period, 6 months plus, one of the things I am considering is some form of transportation beyond the baht bus and taxis. I have ruled out motor bikes as being just a little too self destructive. That leaves something with 4 wheels. One of the concerns was whether my nerves could handle driving in Pattaya and there didn't seem to be any other way to find out than to try it. I have driven a little bit before in Thailand, the last time being on Koh Samui a few years ago, but nothing like Pattaya. That's also my only experience driving on the off side of th

Good rain in Jomtien at the moment.

Actually, it's the fourth Thursday.

26 November

Diceys did a very good Thanksgiving buffet the last time I was in town for turkey day.

The procedure itself using a single focus lens was a bit more than 62K baht. With exams and follow up, it still won't exceed USD2K. Depending on the doctor's schedule, you probably need to allow at least a couple of weeks from examination to the one week followup. I'm going back on Friday for a one month followup, which I'm sure is warranted but may not be quite as important.

Just had one go straight through on another thread. And this one went through in about 5 seconds.

Let's see.Same, same.

Not that I have any problem with watching the avatar girl waving.

You should be okay. Remember that your day of arrival is day one of your authorized period of stay.

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We seem to have taken the requisite one step back this afternoon, no voting buttons and no first unread dot.

Agoda link worked fine.

Voting buttons and the dot to the left to get the first unread post are back.

Standard operating procedure

I've seen it before, probably on another PI board. It's too effing gross for me to get past the first 30-45 seconds to see if there are any tells as to location.

Message for U.S. Citizens U.S. Embassy Bangkok October 2, 2015 Consular Outreach: Pattaya The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok is pleased to inform you of the location for the scheduled consular outreach visit to Pattaya on Friday, October 9, 2015. Consular staff will be available to provide services on October 9, 2015 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the: Dusit Thani Pattaya 240/2 Pattaya Beach Road, Pattaya City, Chonburi, Thailand, 20150 + 66 (0) 3842 5611 - 7 www.dusitthanipattaya.dusit.com The following consular services are available during our outreach visits: Passp

Actually not bigger but somewhat comparable, according to our friends at Google, Perth - Auckland is 5,343 km. By contrast Chicago-London is 6,370 km. Longest would be San Diego-London at 8,843.