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  1. I'm currently working my way through the "Malazan Book of the Fallen" series by Stephen Erikson. It' actually 10 HUGE books, on my Kindle (which doesn't give page numbers) a "normal" book is about 5,000 "locations" (128 characters to a location). This monster (a compendium) is almost 190,000 locations, or about the same size as 38 normal books, heavy reading with a lot of characters too.

     

    I normally get through a couple of books a week, started this late November and am only on book 5! Should finish in March/April - and now I find that there are 7 more books set in the same universe. I really enjoy getting my head well into a fully-realised book series, but this is getting silly!

     

    It's not going to beat me though. :bigsmile:

    Well, finally finished this on Monday. Over 5 months on one book series. NEVER EVER BEFORE have I spent anything like as long on one series.

     

    Worth it though, it was a good, satisfying, read. But I am glad it's finished.

     

    Reading some frivolous urban fantasy now to cleanse my palate.

  2. Just to add to this.

    Songkran trips;

    BKK - Heathrow, Thai Air 777

    Heathrow - Glasgow - BA A320-232 (I think), business class though (I had miles I could use)

    Glasgow - Dubai, Emirates 777

    Dubai - BKK, Emirates A380.

     

    And the winner is! Emirates 777. Easily the most comfortable, with the most legroom. I expected the A380 to win, but poorer legroom - had 3 seats to myself though, which was nice.

    Thai Air 777 - tired plane interior, everything just needed refreshed, OK for comfort though.

    The loser, BA, even business class had very poor legroom.

     

    All airside staff were great, ground staff too. EXCEPT. Emirates Glasgow check-in. Combined all the worst aspects of Arab & Scots personalities (I'm a Scot BTW).

     

    Oh, and at Glasgow, my carry-on was too heavy (no checked bag, so unable to move things. Was 10.1Kg, they gave me a small bag to move some stuff into, did that, tried again, different desk, small bag 1.7Kg, not enough moved, OK, I'll just try the main bag before repacking again; 7.0Kg. WTF. At one desk 10.1, at another, a combined 8.7. Someone needs their scales checking!. :ang2

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    And they say lightning never strikes twice......

     

    Might be an idea to move to another neighbourhood....

    If whatever attracted it in the-first place is still there, why wouldn't it happen again? OK, so there has to be a storm, but there has to be a reason for 2 strikes in more or less the same place.

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    Not necessarily, perhaps they've looked at advance sales on all the A380 routes for the duration of the period one of their A380s will be out of service and selected the one with the lowest sales.

     

    Thai Airways aren't the only airline on the planet that changes rostered aircraft.... I've had it with both Etihad and Qatar.... with Qatar changing the rostered aircraft 3 times between booking my flights and actually flying!!!

    Yes, my "return" flight to the UK on Emirates in September has had 3 schedule changes already. Currently has an 8 hour wait in Dubai. I'm not particularly bothered as I'm planning to change the date to NEXT Songkran; Glasgow - Bangkok return is cheaper than Bangkok - Glasgow, even with paying to change the return date.

  5. I was looking forward to a Thai A380 for my songkran escape/go see Mum trip to the UK, but they've taken it out of service for maintenance 1-19 April, so it's a 777 now. To be fair, they did offer to re-book to another A380 12 hours earlier, but I've got a connecting flight booked. It'll be 100% full & cramped I expect.

     

    :cry1

  6. Hi

    I recently watched "Black Panter" in The Avenue theatre,

    and yesterday watched "Tomb Raider",

    2 movies that I had no intention to go see,

    but happened that I enjoyed both of them B)

     

     

     

    Agreed, have seen & enjoyed both too. Before Tomb Raider, I downloaded the 2 originals so that my TG knew the score (neither on Netflix, there's a surprise!). BP, I downloaded after the cinema as I wanted to see it again but didn't want to pay twice. :P

  7. I read somewhere (can't remember where) but on the new certificate they will have to say if you have high blood pressure (don't ask me how high is high) and perhaps eye sight test (not just the one at cop shop). They were going to make it more stringent I believe because of that guy who had an accident and said he had epilepsy.

    It could use being stricter, when I got my tenp 2 years back, an old falang had trouble with the colour test. The tester asked if he couldn't see the colours, he said that was no problem, but he couldn't see the pointer! So she used her hand instead and he passed. Couldn't see a 1/2" stick from 8' away, but passed the eyesight test - appeared that her job was the colour test, so that was what she did, and all she did. There was a normal eye chart on the wall too, but no hint of using it.

     

    If his sight was that bad (he was wearing glasses btw) then he shouldn't be on the road. Never mind that he was shaking the whole time too, looked like Parkinsons or similar.

  8. Thanks for this Frosty. Like many I would miss this forum, it was only the second one I joined - after the long-defunct Yellowboard - and is still the main one for me.

     

    I wish I could enter fully into this discussion, but a lot of it is just acronyms to me - my computer knowledge is firmly at the user stage.

     

    Sponsors sounds like the way to go though, if forthcoming. I can see how non-competing businesses like (say) PBG, Le Pub & Pandoras - whose business models don't really overlap - could benefit from a banner add + a regular forum meet. Especially the meet, some of us can drink!

  9. Depending on your needs. Are you a smoker as I think that would make a hell of a difference.

     

    Non smoking: Retox Soi Lengkee. 98 baht,

     

    Almost next to Retox is the Vogue/Thailand and the breakfast is about the same price but you can sit out doors and smoke.

     

    Killkenny. Basic breakfast is 110 baht but you can smoke and you do have the Soi LK circus to look at.

    Retox has outdoors tables now for the smokers (well, re-purposed cable rolls with seats anyway) .

  10. Thanks for all your advice will check out all the advice and will call in the Cherry Bar and say Hi ....once again thanks for the reply's and advice .Ian

    If you do want to meet Adam at Cherry Bar (recommended), go after 23:00, he's nocturnal - some think he's possibly a vampire. :yikes: (sorry Adam, you know I love you really)

     

    Cherry Bar;

    https://www.google.co.th/maps/place/Cherry+Bar/@12.9304253,100.8803409,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3102960efad30823:0x6d66b489f8081949!8m2!3d12.9304201!4d100.882535?hl=en

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