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  1. Saw it at Terminal21 today. I thought it was just ok and it is lonnnnng. It dragged at times and is too predictable ... unlike LOTR none of the good guys ever dies.
  2. Really great review. Very detailed and helpful.
  3. I haven't asked about buses from Beijing since I quoted my own post about connection in Beijing. But for you J; I will enquire next time.
  4. Ironic, just found this recent article noting that as of January 2013, transit passengers will be able to stay up to 72 hours in Beijing ... no visa required. http://travel.cnn.com/beijing-waives-visa-transit-passengers-2013-674406?hpt=hp_bn1
  5. Flying with any airline through a China connection can be problematic. Last year I flew with disUNITED with a connection in Beijing. United missed the connection in Beijing so we had to stay over until the next day. Among the problems included United has/had no staff n Beijing and outsourced staff from another airline service. Since you have to have a visa to get into China which most passengers who just connect there do not have, about 100 of us stood in line for 3 hours while a 3rd party, one overworked Chinese lady, got us a "day pass" to our hotel where we waited until the flight ou
  6. If you are prone to heart problems; going without an annual flu shot greatly increases the odds of another stroke or heart attack.
  7. Jomtien Beach but fewer aisles.
  8. If you are 4 years away and you are set on Thailand being the place for you then it would be wise to move some assets into Thai-based assets as a hedge against currency appreciation. Many will have differing views about the strength of various currencies but the one certainty is that they fluctuate over time. You will want to have some Thai currency in the form of either hard assets such as property (as stated above you can own a Condo in Thailand in your name) or softer financial assets such as Thai-based securities for either income or retirement permission to stay, e.g., the 800,000 Bah
  9. It is similar to real estate investment at holiday destinations world-wide, i.e., good locations make it easier to source customers and those that actively manage their properties tend to do better. Good South Pattaya locations will be easier to rent/stay occupied than most locations out across Sukhumvit. Being an absentee landlord is something I would discourage anyone from undertaking if you are going to be a long distance away and especially in a place like Pattaya where the rule of law is less robust than you would be accustomed to in the EU. If you just have to do it and are going to
  10. What's wrong princess, someone take away your tiara? At least you could add a cartoon. Hey, have you paid off the bet on Rummy not showing up for the rest of the debates after Obozo "destroys" him in the first one ... or is it true that you are welching.
  11. Yes ... but not for Herpes. I would be much more concerned about Herpes and Hepatitis.
  12. Dark Shadows The Mod Squad Night Gallery Laugh In Then Came Bronson Green Acres The Red Skelton Show McGuyver Golden Girls All in the Family
  13. I sadly predict there will be a terrorist incident, hopefully not as severe as the 1972 massacre of the Israelis, but having the Olympics during Ramadan just breeds too many cockroaches and dumbasses looking to be martyrs for their 72 virgins.
  14. That stuff you see on the roadside in Isaan is usually processed cane sugar. I grin every time I see a car load of tourists buying it.
  15. That is more like them EP but the old guy that planted many of the fruit trees in this area of Erawan (at one time he owned or controlled over 20,000 rai) grafted many of the trees he planted with European and other varieties. He did the same with the Tamarind grove grafting Thai plants with Indian plants. Some of those trees are massive today and when they die are prized up here to make charcoal. He is a neat old guy, almost 90 years old now and spent 10 years in India as a Buddhist monk. These blended fruit make great smoothies and aren't that sour. I add slices to ice tea. But they make
  16. Actually, there are lemon trees in Asia. We have a 5-rai grove of a Thai lemon tree that the wife calls "Lam" trees that produce a Thai lemon that starts off green but ripens to yellow. The Thais make it into soap, shampoo ... and it makes a great natural lemon scented air freshener. Here is a picture of one of the dozens of bushels of the little fellows we have been picking off the ground since May. If there is any interest I'll post more pictures later of those trees and the nearby Tamarind grove we harvest. But now off to pick more of those lemons that don't exist in Thailand apparently
  17. I just got another single entry 60-day tourist visa at the Houston Thai Consulate. it costs $40 and they require evidence of your itinerary. This time I just attached a copy of the route from the United airlines website which also happened to have the price quote. In the past I have just attached a copy of the electronic ticket. For proof of adequate finances I just attach a copy of my monthly credit union statement. it almost takes longer to fill out the form than it does to get the visa. In Houston if you submit it by 10:00 am you can come pick up your visa the same afternoon.
  18. This song/video "After Dark" and the band Tito and Tarantula will probably be unfamiliar to most until you add it is from the Tarantino movie Dusk to Dawn with Salma Hayek ... and should be required viewing by all chrome pole huggers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdvwQPbhq1E
  19. I just tell them they are a lucky man and would they like to know why because I can tell their future if they give me a couple hundred baht. Strange but they never take me up on the offer and avoid me afterwards.
  20. I don't like to admit it but my favorite cheese these days on American comfort food like nachos ... is Velveeta.
  21. Seems to be pareticularly the case for cheap/coommon US dishes like Mac N Cheese, Nachos, Quesadillas, etc. You can get them in Thailand but they usually disappoint.
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