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I eat breakfast at Bert's almost everyday when I'm in Pattaya. Bert has the Bangkok Post and Pattaya Mail available to read for free.

Few years ago my daughter and I rented jet skies in Jomtiem. No problems when we returned them. We stayed at the Pattaya Park Hotel and rented from the guy in back of the hotel on the beach.

Check the classified ads on Pattayamail.com. Many condo's for rent.

You should sart a topic on Sizzler. I've eaten there years ago and I liked the food.

230 Baht.

When I'm sick, I don't worry about saving a few pennies. I'm interested in a hospital that will provide a high level of quality care. What I know about Bangkok Pattaya Hospital it's accredited by the American Joint Commission on Hospital's. They have rigorous standard's that must be met. My wife is a nurse and she was impressed when they inspected her hospital.

Last night I had dinner at Bert's bar. I ordered fish and chips. The fish was cooked just the way I like it. Golden brown, not overcooked or under cooked. Fish was very tasty. Excellent service at a reasonable cost.

My wife has flown with them a few times and enjoyed the trip.

I I'm not familiar with any other Pattaya hospital. Sounds like you need a test for strep throat.

I was there yesterday. The cost to see a MD and prescription drugs was 2700 baht. I was in and out in 60 minutes. The MD spoke reasonable English. My illness was easy to diagnose and the drugs are working well.

I try an eat at Tropical Bert's for breakfast every day I'm in Pattaya. Not the cheapest but quality food for 150. I ate there yesterday and will go again today. Bert serves a good lunch and dinner. Bert"s located on soi 6/1.

May is a great month to travel to Pattaya. It is hot in Thailand. Well worth the trip.

What would the monthly fee be for full time respite care?

First trip to Thailand way back 1999. I got 45 Baht to the dollar.

Check out www.latestays.com for discounted rooms.

Given that if the banks failed. The US and the world economy would have also failed. Yes it was OK.

One other thing. If you like to watch movies. I'd recommend buying a Panasonic DVD player. Your netbook may be causing the problem.

Updating the firmware is easy. My TV came with a wireless dongle. It was easy to connect to the internet and update the firmware. Using your remote go into the setup section and update the firmware. You may have to update the firmware a few times. Go on Amazon. Plug in your LG model number and read the customer reviews. Same goes for the AVS forum.

Sorry to hear your running into problems. Have you updated the firmware? My LG worked great out of the box but LG has updated the firmware a couple of times. If it was me I'd take it back and get another one. Years ago I had a Toshiba was dead out of the box. Got another one and it has run perfectly for years.

Airbus and Boeing should be required to give the money back. This should be as soon as possible. Airbus and Boeing the EU and American taxpayer.

At the time the bailout to Wall Street and the banks was a good idea. I supported it then and I still do today.

Would you stay there again? Do you consider it good value for the money?

I agree but Samsung JUST signed a multi million dollar settlement with regards to poor quality leaky capacitors. The major motherboard manufacturer's tout high quality Japanese capacitors on their websites because they ran into major problems a few years ago with leaky caps. Generally speaking poor quality leaky caps don't go bad right away. Many times the product is out of warranty when the problem occurs. I recently purchased a 55" LG. When I was doing my research. I ran across numerous complaints about Samsung and leaky caps.

A shopper buys a Samsung television. (Paul J. Richards/Getty Images) Filed under Business, Consumer, Seen On, Syndicated Local, Tech, Watch + Listen Related tags ConsumerWatch, Julie Watts, LCD, Samsung, Samsung Electronics, Settlement, Television, TV (CBS) – Samsung Electronics is now admitting that millions of its flat screen TV’s may have problems that cause them to just shut down, and a settlement has been reached in connection with the problems of some Samsung televisions manufactured before December 2008. Owners have been complaining about these problems for years and were previously unable to get help. One of them was Brian Kowalkowski, who paid $1,500 for his new Samsung LCD television two years ago. Recently it began clicking, until it eventually turned on. Then, it would not turn on at all. “It was just dead,” Kowalkowski said. “It was the most amount of money I’ve ever spent on a TV, so I had a hard time believing it. I had no idea what the problem was, but I knew I had a serious problem.” When Brian checked on the Internet, he found thousands of people with the exact same problem. It turns out repair shops are quite familiar with the problem as well. It’s caused by apparently defective capacitors that help store energy to smoothly operate the televisions. Each capacitor is relatively inexpensive, about $5 a piece. But if it’s defective it can overheat and shut down your TV. “You can identify the bad capacitors by the swollenness of the top portion of the capacitor,” Ray Samrah, ABT Electronics Service Manager, says. “It’s less expensive to repair and replace these capacitors versus replacing the whole TV,” he adds. Class-action lawsuit filed in three states charge that Samsung Electronics has known for years about the “design and materials defect” that can result in “capacitors failing.” The suits charge that Samsung failed to notify its customers or issue a recall. It’s a reaction corporate strategy experts see all the time. “I think companies are doing the cold hard math of what an actual recall is going to cost them,” Paul Larson, an equities strategist at Morningstar, said. “Even if it’s a relatively inexpensive part, it’s quite a significant expense or it can be. Because his warranty period ended, Samsung told Kowalkowski he had to pay to get his TV repaired. It cost $167 at a television repair shop near his home. “It should have been zero,” Kowalkowski said. “I feel it should have been taken care of by Samsung.”