cowboy

January 2003 I watched the superbowl on TV in my room at the westin grande sukumvit bkk. It was a live feed. No commercials. Kinda fun to watch and hear them talking when "commercials were supposed to be on. Hard part was getting up at 7 am to watch it.

united will be flying the 787 dreamliner to bkk direct.

it is still supposed to be secret but united will start direct flights from the west coast of us to bangkok when the new airport opens. problem for united right now is they don't have the gates at DM. when the new airport opens you will be able to buy 1 stop flights from lax/sfo to india via bkk.

Hilly that pretty bad to be beaten by a team that has a drunk playing with his knickers around his ankles.

A friend has been trying to buy a bar for some time almost a year. So far he has not come across any deal he feels is a good investment oportunity. The biggest problem is the landlords. He was ready to buy one when the landlord insisted that he sign a new lease even though the bar had just signed a three year lease. Landlord wanted to increase the rent by 50% and wanted 300,000 baht key money. The net effect would have been that he would have been working for the landlord with little chance of making a decent profit. from talking to farangs that have run bars dealing with the landlords can

promo price is 10 coupons for 1 nights stay for 20,000 baht. includes one upgrade to delux room. the coupons are good until jan 1 2007. rate does not include breakfast.

Mak, you have the wrong "large" I have 46 inch chest a 42 inch waist. When I am in coach (economy class) I am pretty much stuffed in a seat with no room to move. If I was 80 lbs lighter with a 38 chest and a 30 inch waist economy would probably not seem so bad. Since I am united prem exec I rarely have to sit with people next to me except during say xmas season. And occasionally the upgrade me to business calss with the wider bigger seats. If that was not the case I would be flying EVA delux class all the time.

I always shower in norita and change shorts and socks between planes. showers are availble in the premier lounges and the is also a place open to everyone. When I get inot bkk it has been about 9 hr since last shower. The shower helps make the trip less miserable. After being on the plane for 11+ hours to get to norita standing under a nice warm shower for 15-20 minutes feels great.

Right now United has a fare sale for FF members. Lowest fare from sfo to BKK is $724 all taxes etc paid. And you get ff miles as well. similiar fares for ord-bkk or kjf bkk or iad bkk. Actually one of the united routes that gave a $752 fare was sfo ord nrt bkk and return.

If you are going to be at an FLB party then you should bring extra cash. Trust me you will like the attention if you pick a small goup of ladies and buy them 7-8 shots for the night. But if you 4-5 lovelies around you and you pound down several pints yourself you will find that you can approach 8k baht without alot of effort. If you have the cash I would say bring along enough so that for one night or so you can be a big spender. You will have alot of fun with all the attention you will get.

blue moon party will be at FLB sunday the 27th. I want to have blue shots where the money for the shots will go to the orphanage but I have to work out the details with Ben. I need to email him to follow up on previous questions I had.\ peace cowboy

spoo, we will be in town at the same time. I am throwing a party on the 27th for another newbie that I am bringing. You are more than welcome. There is a new beauty in town. If you are fit I will introduce you.

maybe cliff notes??

Glenn Tilton's (united's CEO) recent address to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco Good evening, thank you Cowboy, and thank you Eric. It is a pleasure to be here with all of you punters tonight. Some of you may have read the thoughtful recent editorials in the L.A. Times and the Financial Times, supporting the need for changes in U.S. policy and regulation of the airline industry. I am pleased to see the breadth of issues currently being discussed in the EU-U.S. talks. My views on this topic have been consistent since I joined the industry, and I will be happy to discuss

One of the guys in my office had plastic surgery on his eyes. Doctor in bangkok charged 15000 baht. great work and he has referred several friends who are all very happy with the docs work. Same surgery 1 click down the road at baumengraud is 60,000 baht. Used to be 38,000 baht but then they were on 60 minutes and the price went up 150%. Good deals can be found in los for medical care but you have to know where to go.

Mak, that is the cheapest cost I have ever seen for the marriott. Good deal if you can get it. Best deal I have ever seen is the JW marriot in phuket. 20 nights for 36000 baht thru priceline. Shangrala in bangkok can sometimes be gotten on priceline for 2800 baht. not a bad porice for that hotel either. cheers mate

Define cheap. Cheapest rpice for a 4 star anywhere in NY is around 125 thru priceline. to get an idea of what you can get and what are successful bids on priceline check out http:/www.BiddingForTravel.com they have the info on priceline bids.

I was just in frys tonight updated prices from sale good thru tueday. ECS 945P-with Pentium D 830 3.0 ghz dual core $199 Fudin scorpio case 420wt ps with fans and lights $65 Hammer dual layer 16x DVD-r rw $45 WD 200 gig HD 7200 rpm $59 1 gig DDR 3200 ram $74 win XP pro $99 MS wireless keybopard and mouse $69 Total cost $$610 add an ATI X800xT vid brd w 256mg memory for 299 and have a blazing gamer for 909. Of course you have to put it together yourself. But I think Frys will assemble it for you for around $65 but I am not sure of this.

From Fry's ECS 945P-with Pentium D 830 3.0 ghz dual core $349 Fudin scorpio case 420wt ps with fans and lights $65 Hammer dual layer 16x DVD-r rw $69 WD 300 gig HD 7200 rpm $69 1 gig DDR 3200 ram $109 win XP pro $129 Total cost $790 add an ATI XT800xl vid brd w 256mg memory for 299 and have a blazing gamer for 1089. Of course you have to put it together yourself.

sometimes the best rate at the marriot is directly with the hotels website, sometimes with a discount travel agent. I would suggest checking both several times over a period of time. The best rate I have ever gotten at the marriot pattaya was $80 prepaid including tax and service. That was directly thru the hotels website prepaying with a visa card only. Another time I saw a similiar deal but prepaying with an american express card. I have gotten the hard rock thru booking agents for^$65 us when the htoel wasn't willing to go lower than $110. A dofferent time I got the hard rock fo $65 directl

I recommend http://www.directrooms.com/ they are the only consolidator that has ever allowed me to cancel a booking. I had travel plans that I had to change oafter already making the booking.They allowed me to cancel. I didn't get the money back but the gace me a credit which I used for hotels on the trip when I was finally able to go. Good people.The one drawback is that it usually takes 24 - 36 hours for them to confirm the booking. So they are not good for trying to make reservations on short notice.

The only reason to buy computer hardware in thailand is if you intend to use it there and you want the thai script on the keyboard if it is a laptop. If you want something to benchmark prices against then THE I repeat THE website to visit is http://www.outpost.com/ they sell processors memory hd dvd writes cases as well as the complete computers etc. they are pretty much the price to beat.

hsbc bank has branches in LOS and now USA as well. They have online banking and I want to know if accounts can be set up in US and then have direct deposits into thai baht. anyone know???

jimmac, I am throwing a party Sunday nov 27. Since you will be in town be sure to stop be FLB it will be a great blowout. peace bro

Jolly, you are arriving in thailand just in time. Come on down to -- I am having a party on november 27th. Buy a round or 2 for the girls and you can be a judge for the dance contest. If you have are ever going to experience an flb party this is the one to come to. It will be wild. I just haven't decided what to have the flb girls wear. It is the blue moon party I am throwing it for a couple of newbies. since this is the public forum I can't go into detail. But be sure to put the party in your plans. you won't want to miss it.