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Butch

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  1. More extreme measures, this is the Bangkok post reporting and they're usually pretty spot on. Pattaya city hall have apparently cancelled the "Wan Lai" on the 18th-19th April, which is the big one when it gets even more mental than usual. I think we all know the effect this is going to have on the bars, the local businesses, right down to the people at street level who rely on the influx of both Thais and farangs during this time of year. I know a few guys in town who run businesses, speaking to one today told me that this is going to decimate an already struggling industry,
  2. The bar is now open apparently. I'll post the youtube URL on the bar and nicks ideas about the coronavirus going on.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBGH9I6jxMk
  3. Boreholes are a good idea and are used almost everywhere in the RP for private houses. No idea of cost but they're usually sunk, cemented in, pump fitted and linked to the tank within a day or two. Now we have mains in our area, I'm going to re engineer the former tank for rainwater collection, but will leave the lift pump attached and plumbed in as a back up. All I need to do is install a cut off valve. It's probably feasible to run the pump off a solar set up as well, (although I know nothing about solar set ups lol) so for a one off investment it could give free water. City hall
  4. I flew Muscat - Bombay in air India economy once. I escaped with a fresh set of head lice and a peculiar eye infection. Never again, ever in a million years.
  5. I wouldn't relish the thought of stepping off a Virgin flight and onto an Air India one for the second half of the journey to BKK !
  6. Yep, that blue nylon pipe isn't the best stuff to work with I've found, and the bloody glue gets everywhere, it rips through surgical gloves as well, it must have some pretty aggressive solvent. I also tend to add a smear of silicone grouting around any joints which overlap, whether or not it does any good is anyone's guess. In the RP we had an external steel tank for the house water supply, it was fed by a lift pump via a borehole and gravity fed into the house water system, however, in Bacoor, (Manila outskirts) we now have pressurised mains water, so the tank will be re configured
  7. Great pics FBWU, thanks for taking the time to post them. It is pretty concerning given how it has dropped so much recently, there's probably a good few months of heavy rain needed to get it out of the danger zone. Your rainwater system, is it basically intercepting one of the gutter downpipes on the house?.
  8. Thanks for the update and the pics. Looking at all the exposed rebar sends shudders down my spine. Any poor sod who slips and falls onto that is in some serious trouble, or worse still, a motorbike hitting it, it's a modern day equivalent of a punji pit.
  9. If I'm not mistaken their entire 747 fleet were Combi's, or at least the majority of them were, easily identified by the rear economy cabin ending rather abruptly and being sealed off with a bulkhead. It was to do with their Cargo product which was one of the foundations of their success in N America. not the kind of thing you'd notice unless you actually were looking for it.
  10. The old EVA 747-400's were Combi's, part passenger and part cargo, if you managed to get a flight in one of these then you have some bragging rights. I've been lucky enough to fly on a 747 SP a few times as well. My best trip though was business on one of EVA's 747's to BKK, upstairs with awesome service and mega comfy seats. That is also ironic as my worst ever flight was on an SAA 747 in economy.
  11. I am 1000% with you on that irritating, dense, stroppy, untalented and self opinionated ginger cow. She's not a patch on Sarah Jane Mee or Anna Jones, but none of them will ever compare to Angela Rippon !. Adam Boulton is a good, but a bit gruff at times, but for me the best of the lot is Ian King. Basic facts though which are easily researched which they got totally wrong is an annoyance.
  12. I saw this reported on the Sky headlines and the girl made a total hash of it, she said it was the fastest "supersonic" crossing with speeds in excess of 80 mph!. I did laugh. The old record stood for 41 years (according to wiki) and was held by a VC-10 ,I may be wrong but there are claims that it was previously held by a Norwegian 787, they may be referring to planes currently in service however. Norwegian did it in 5hrs and 13 mins, the VC 10 in 5 hrs and 1 min. I think it's a great, because Airlines are phasing out 747's, so with any luck this record will stand for a good time yet
  13. would these be the same race of people where the men will hold hands while walking along, unaware of the connotations in our society?. It is a cultural thing, in conversation they're very polite but their social skills and social manners really need a bit of polishing up. I do agree with you, the number of times I've been shoulder barged despite trying my best to get out of the way, but there's never been any kind of comeback, they just carry on walking as if it is normal.
  14. I used to stay on the Eastiny 10, it was a great place, nice pool, rake of bars opposite, good staff and clean. That was until the Indians started to stay there, spittle on the floor around the pool, they would be smoking in the lifts and the place went downhill very fast. We moved to the Eastiny on 8 and as you say, it hadn't been there long when we stayed and it was awesome, but again, on the return trip it had gone downhill. I stopped staying on the Soi 8 area due to the noise. Those prices are really good for a well located hotel with a pool though, I guess if you could put up with th
  15. Ok, I punted the baht at its lowest around 35 to the Sterling (I think). I was about a baht out if I remember ? Going the other way, I'll put a virtual san mig light as a wager that we'll see 43 baht by the end of Feb.
  16. Many frequent visitors to 7 will remember Anna Jet bar, it's located near the second road end of Soi 7 on the right hand side as you face second rd. It's also frequently blasting out loud music, competing with Shooters and often has numerous "hello" girls out front. Well, I saw on youtube the other day that Nick (NDTVi) has done a deal on it and will be taking it over soon. He agrees there will be some changes, noteably turning the music volume down!. Now, I know Nick is sponsored or has a deal for advertising by the Nightwish Group (he has their icon on his channel) and also own the
  17. Now you're talking! My guilty pleasure is an Iced coffee and Hot dog from 7/11, I am ashamed to admit...
  18. I like the Starbucks in Central, also the Coffee and ice cream place upstairs. I was in Starbucks when that farang killed himself there the other year.
  19. That's happened to me before, I think if they were consolidating there might be more changes to the schedule. I remember last year they cancelled the Tuesday flights for a couple of weeks, then reinstated one of them. *Edit in, I just looked at the timetables, they've cancelled a few Tuesday flights during May it seems. One extra day in LOS, can't be too bad ?
  20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4t7L6p2Rug Put it in as a link rather than a screenshot, take off at 1:07 or thereabouts. I'm not getting into the whole Airbus vs Boeing thing, this is another great example of Engineering. I read a claim (not sure if true) that the Engine diameter is larger or the same as a fuselage on a 737.
  21. I agree, probably not much foot fall, or not much in the grand scheme of things, but it is a strategy that many businesses use. The only "big name" brand I ever see busy is Starbucks, so I'm with you on that one ?, the branded stores are often empty or have attractive girls standing around looking less interested than the mannequins beside them!. However, saying that, that method of marketing does work, it works worldwide and it does work very well in SEA. Maybe they see the visitor numbers into Pattaya and then surmise that building a Mall will automatically give them a share of that tou
  22. Hi Joe, welcome to the Board Neither have I heard of it for ages and ages. I think the novelty soon wore off. I am fairly certain there are vehicle auctions in Pattaya, but not sure where. Hopefully an Expat might be able to direct you into the right area for that, otherwise , maybe a more industrial area such as Laem Chabang might have auctions etc, but I'm only speculating.
  23. Sometimes it's not about making a profit in a specific Mall, it can also be about developing Brand awareness as a result of being associated with other larger brand names sharing the same space. A popular store chain in say, Bangkok might not have anything like the exposure as others do in Pattaya. As Pattaya has perhaps a wider , or more diverse audience (International tourists) then putting a small outlet into a big Mall, negotiating a cheap rent for being one of the first there can carry your brand exposure to a massive audience, from there it's a case of using that as a springboard to mayb
  24. This one brought back some memories. I used to fly on their Tristars and VC-10's when they had this scheme. The only thing missing is the clicking of 150 duty free Ronson lighters when the "no Smoking" sign goes out...
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