Sailfast

So it is OK to bribe them if you have broken the law? As other boardies have stated, if you live LOS and know the score you can pick your fights. However this might not be good advice to tourists. Most of the people who read these posts are tourists. No one has "Rights" until they get to court. That includes the USA or Britian or anyplace else. If the guy with the gun, club, mase, tazer, handcuffs, and radio to call more of the same decides it's time for you to be on the wrong end of an ass whipping I suggest you put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye. G

I am a lacto vegatarian and get along fine in LOS. However, I was taken aback by the lack of vegatarian stuff. I imagined a vegatarian heaven...NOT. If you eat Tofu you can get all the protien you need. Also, most 7/11's sell soy milk. I'm not sure if Soy protien fits into your diet though. Edemame is easy to find, but this is cooked. I would be very wary of the water in soaked seeds/sprouts. The thai word for tofu is tow hoo (or something like that). As you have been there before you know that raw unpeeled fruit is not problem to find. I would imagine that raw nuts would

Sorry, that 80% was a US figure. I should have been more specific. Sailfast

Not really. THEY are worried about the charges because if they are fraud...the bank must cover the loss (or maybe they are insured, but YOU don't pay) They act like it's good will on the part of the bank but that is bull shit. If YOU over draw with your atm, then they get to charge you, even though they approved the transaction. I read that banks now make 80%+ of their income from fees. Fuckers! Once I paid my mortgage twice by mistake. They cleared the first check, then bounced the second BUT held my money for something like 48 hrs till the "check return" was processed

I know it's still a long way off but I'm thinking of booking a ff ticket now for Nov. Just wondering if it will still be the first week of Nov? United's ff schedule for Nov. seems wide open now so I might as well just do it. Sailfast

I agree. I think they both build wonderful aircraft. Also, I have to add that imho these arguements are rather silly. Sailfast

I'll settle for being the poolside lackey. What kind of 401K match will you be offering? Sailfast

Here is my take. If the hotel is filling up and you are not there yet, they will over book without a cc to hold the room and charge you if you are a no show. Just like airlines they sometimes over book. If the room is paid for and you don't show up, well, it's one less room to clean but has been paid for in full. Asia Hotel, BKK, screwed me w/o lube on 3 rooms my first night in BKK. I did not send them a cc # so I had no recourse. For the record they also charge 600b joiner fee so fuckem. Sailfast

The responce had as much chance of being penned by sailfast as the original letter being penned by Cleese Thanks for the nice remarks, but, I did not write the responce. I thought you guys would pick up on the sarcasm...oops. I did make a few modifications. Regards, Sailfast

I think he does live in the US, but not sure. Anyway, we love UK humor. Keep it coming That telletubies thing scares the shit out of me though. Can you make that go away? Sailfast

Lemons, OK, so what you are telling me is that this Faulty Towers show that has been airing on American TV for years is a comedy? GASP! So what you are saying is Benny Hill is funny? So where does DR Who fall into this? Oh, wait I forgot you probably can't see these shows on UK telly anymore. Well, pop on over for a beer and I'll catch you up on all the latest re-runs from classic British television. I'll bet the BBC is still airing The Dukes of Hazard though (I still haven't figured that one out). Sailfast

John Cleese; funniest guy in the world, however, he did not pen this letter. This letter has been going back and forth in various forms SINCE NOVEMBER 8 OF THE YEAR 2000! Some are funny, others not so funny. The original letter only had four articles. What may be the second version of the letter encouraged us to "Nuke France and Quebec". Some of the not so funny stuff was replaced by funnier stuff bit by bit. Some of the versions are really rather stale, witless and don't have that British humor/zeal. Some will find the above paragraph interesting and do their own research. Af

I will have to give the fabric the trial by fire next time. Good idea! In my situation the fabric, even if not 100% wool, seems to do the job. Bear in mind that I put my suits through hell. An $85.00 suit will get retired almost as quickly as a $500.00 suit, I just won't feel the guilt. Ten tailored suits that last a year (or longer) cost me 850 bucks. That is a bargain for me. If I was getting one or two suits for weddings, funerals and the occasional formal I would spend the money and get a very high quality custom suit. You can still do this in LOS and save $$ by going to a

Some are, some are not. Like everything else in life. Maybe most sound like con men because of the amount of competition? Siam Tailors are good. Go left out the FLB, cross about 100 yrds (or so) down walking steet. Tell him Robert and the casino boys from CT sent you. He will probably through you out on your ear when you tell him that The shirt guy is kind of annoying and really sounds like a con man but in the end he did reallly good work. I never even tried on the final cut and everything was pre paid and shipped to the US. No complaints and I (we) will be buying m

How much? Thanks, Sailfast

If the lines in a draught system are not cleaned regularly the beer will start to taste like shit. You don't want to know what the inside of some of those lines look like. I am 100% sure that many bars in water down the booze. Try drinking JW straight and you will be ok (I think), harder to water scotch without it getting lighter in color and many people drink it straight. The Bacardi has to be watered in some places because I have drank gallons of the stuff and not been smasher OR had a headache the next day. Sailfast

Just wondering, how long does your united flight take and where are your stops? I have done the United from Prov RI, to Chicago, to Tokyo, to BKK route and it was hell. I don't envy you How long would a drive to JFK take? I use the park/sleep/fly package at the JFK Ramada (not much of a hotel, but..) 180 bucks for the room and 10 days of parking if memory serves me. Then JFK to BKK direct 17 hrs on Thai. That shower just before going to the airport is nice, no traffic worries as the hotel is at the airport. You can use your United ff number for Thai air. Sailfast

If that map is the Thai air map on the Thaiair.com, I don't think it has much meaning. I booked 5 round trips last time, all in row 44. Two of us ended up in row 44 on the way out, none on the return. There where NO infants in that row on either flight. I think the $199 is a "last minute offer" at JFK check in if there are seats available for an upgrade. The price is not regularly 199. We asked about purchasing this upgrade in BKK and they said it is never offered from BKK. Not sure if this is true, but that is what they told us at BKK check in. Also, Thai offered us the up

I use etickets. Bring a copy of the email and the card you used to pay for the seat. Many airlines in the US will not let you on the plane unless the paying cardmember is present. Some won't even let you book an eticket for another person unless you will be traveling with them. For example, last trip there where 5 of us. Thaiair's website only allows 4 names at a time and one of them must be the card holder. So we had to book two seperate times with two diferent peoples credit cards. Sailfast

Check out Solar Golf. They did great by us. Even managed to get my buddy name brands in the flex he needed. Mine turned out to be all nice Taylor Made clubs. callum@solargolf.co.uk Sailfast

Very FUNNY! Sailfast

Great advice. I will add one more. When in doubt, "lay up". This means if you can't hit the ball 250 out of the fairway, don't even try. Just hit the ball a nice easy 150, then a second shot onto the green. Trying to smash it longer than possible only make you play worse and get frustrated. Sailfast

Thanks to everyone for the time spent forwarding sites and sharing knowledge. It has been very helpful. I still have not settled on a camera but I am much closer than I was a couple of weeks ago. Now, how about a Steves-bargirls.com ?? Sailfast

I know there have been some recent threads about digital cameras but I'm still confused! I'm looking for a new camera and this is worse than car shopping. The models change so fast I can't keep up. I'm hoping to get some information from the real photo experts! Price? I don't know how much to spend. I will mostly be using this camera while on vacation a few weeks a year so it is hard for me to justify spending more than $300 US. That being said, I want something I will still be happy with in a years time. Portability is important. I would prefer something I can carry in my po

If you are looking for more of a traditional holiday consider Phuket. There is no shortage of nightlife but it gets going later than Pattaya. The water is cleaner, beach is amazing, etc. Some girls took rayray and I to a cabarat show in the gay area on a night out. Seemed like a pretty crazy block, also looked cleaner than Pattaya. Sailfast