KevinHunt
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That game is on wetv, as well as Chelsea v Cardiff.
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Just over the river about 800 metres beyond the Nawarat bridge, on Charoen Muang rd there are some hardware stores (left side heading out of town) and one of them sells heavy black rubber flooring off the roll. I bought a couple of metres to put under a dart board and it was very good - thick and heavy. Strangely, when I made my order, the guy asked me how many kilos I wanted?! I said I wanted 3 metres so he cut it and weighed it!!! The shop nearby selling heavy rope went through the same procedure!
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I believe the check-point people close the road at 8pm. So if you go up before that, then you can drive up for the nighttime view. They do chase people away though at those checkpoints not too long after 8pm though.
I drove up there just after midnight last night - not a soul in sight.
Midnight!! You thought there would be security guards about? All security guards are in deep sleep by then. I hope you drove past quietly so as not to disturb them. One of my future projects is to create an album of seleping security guards.
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That was always the case for me with my British driving licence ('better still', you'd think). However, I was stopped at a police road block coming back from Chaing Rai a few years ago and he pointed out that I should either have an International Drivers licence or a Thai drivers licence. I was reaching into my pocket to get the money to pay for the fine ("fair cop", I thought) but unfortunately for him we had been done the day before for going through a red light (it was only just red, but once again - fair cop) and so my wife was having none of it.Showing my stateside DL and no passport has been no problem anywhere in Thailand. And Trust me I get stopped a lot. Sometimes for speeding but mostly because they are looking for coffee money.She started giving the policeman a fair piece of her views on Chiang Rai hospitality, or the lack thereof, and after about 5 minutes of that he handed her back my licence and sent us on our way. What guy wants to argue with a woman in full flow? It doesn't matter that he was right, he knew he was in for an earfull, so he did what any self-respecting male would do ... he gave up!!!
I did get a licence after that, mainly because I don't always have the missus with me. It is invaluable as an ID card too.
Another thing worth thinking about ... how would it affect an insurance claim? No valid licence, technically?
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Wrong. It is Wat San Pakoy, which coincidentally is near San Pakoy market, just off Charoen Muang Rd. I think the main Wat was undamaged but the monks quarters were completely destroyed.Thats the Wat near the British Consulate right? I saw the smoke really close by from Imm eco Hostel's grounds. I wasnt sure what it was until the driver taking me to Payap told me a wat was on fire. Thats so sad >_<! -
Who am I reffering to? I know a couple of guys that complain about the pollution and smoke. One in particular is practically a chain smoker, but to be fair(?), he is a bit of a nutter anyway.I find it amusing when someone puffing on a ciggy complains about smoke pollution.Their lungs would already be so damaged, so what difference would it make? You either care about your lungs or you don't. Their argument is something to do with choice, If I remember rightly.
Who are you referring to, cause I, as a non smoker who is concerned with air pollution coming from motor vehicles, field burning and cig smoking, would also find that pretty humorous.
I suspect 99.9% of those concerned with bad air quality would not voluntarily inhale cig pollution and then exhale it out to share the same pollution with those around them. Shame on the .1% who do.
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Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery to a very popular guy.
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I find it amusing when someone puffing on a ciggy complains about smoke pollution.Best to acclimatize now by smoking 100 cigarettes a day.Their lungs would already be so damaged, so what difference would it make? You either care about your lungs or you don't. Their argument is something to do with choice, If I remember rightly.
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Well done, Danny no mad. It just goes to show what staying cool can do. Getting mad with them only makes matters worse, but no mad, no problem.If you're a whiskey drinker, then you don't have to pay any cover charge at Fabrique!Just buy a bottle at the 7-11 and take it to the club. You will have to pay a 100 baht corkage charge (same as Thais) but will NOT have to pay the 300 baht cover charge. Done it a couple of times and it always works.
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It makes no sense posting stories that affects people very hard and, on the other side, learn that most of the readers are just joking with it. This is indeed very sad also.
Who has to be ashamed the most: the Thai brainless driver or the Farang brainless readers?
Please admin, close this threat, some replies make me even more sick of Chiang Mai (farang) people.
You're quite right. I'm sure it was a frightening experience. Fortunately, it is quite rare so the only option is to put it down to being in the wrong place at the wrong time.You have to live and learn. As some folk here suggested, the safest option is often backing down - let the idiots behind you get past, away from you and out of harms way.
Similarly you should already be aware of how frivolous Thai Visa can be at times. If you don't like it avoid it. If you look again, some of the posts are fine and sympathetic. If some posters are always annoying, put them on 'ignore'.
Most Farangs in Chaing Mai are decent, as are most posters here, but there is a disproportionate number of lost souls posting here. Don't make the mistake of thinking that those posters on are representative of the whole, or of Farangs in general. But more importantly, don't let one unfortunate incident make you over-emphasise the dangers of living in Chiang Mai.
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Looking at the video; surprised to see so many brainless farang getting in the way just gawping.
If there's a fire and you can't assist no need to go and look and gloat over someone elses tragedy.
There were about 3 brainless farangs (present company excluded) and 300 extremely intelligent Thais gawping. Just for the record, you understand.
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Video here ..... Fire in San Pakoy
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something burning near town atm? can see quite a bit of smoke from the superhighway and a couple fire engines just passed by.
It looks like he tempted fate! I just posted photos. Video following soon.
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I just got back from the big fire, still raging at the temple in San Pakoy. I'm in the process of uploading photos n video. Biggest fire I've seen in years.
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What did your lawyer say? That's got to be worth a couple of grand at least. If you need a witness let me know.
The standard response to such an incident in Liverpool would be "You lucky ba$tard".!!!
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As you quite rightly said, here we go again.
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BigWheelMan is wise as well as old
I don't doubt that he's old.
"When I was 15 years old back in 1857".......
168 y.o. but still full of fun and enjoying life. A good example to us all.
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BigWheelMan is wise as well as old
Did you notice he typed it so fast he missed a word out. It should have read...
"just like my boss with the All blacks in the old days."
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In other words, they don't really like us but tolerate us when it suits them, just like my boss with the blacks in the old days.
That's the downside to being a foreigner in a non-EEC country, it`s a wonderful lifestyle but we will always be outsiders however much we try to fit in.
3.30am, sunday morning, goodnight all.
Very insightful. Thanks for that. Well done.
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Not as good as mine. 10 man Liverpool beat The Toffees, Man City lost to Hull, and England have beaten Wales (practically) - 30-17!!! Burnley won too (that's for alant).yeah same same.....my beer tasted extra nice today
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Yesterday I visited the Computer Plaza wanting to purchase a USB hub for my computer.
Found one I liked in one of the shops, 85 baht.
Just out of curiosity, if you find one you liked for 85 baht why did you look elsewhere?
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unfortunately, it's not only Thailand. Quote of the day....@ onnutMy wife is Thai. However, she would like to move out of Thailand. She says the country is deteriorating and extreme bad things are on the rise. She likes to compare with the "good old days"......
"Don't be deceived when they tell you things are better now. Even if there's no poverty to be seen because the poverty's been hidden. Even if you ever got more wages and could afford to buy more of these new and useless goods which industries foist on you and even if it seems to you that you never had so much, that is only the slogan of those who still have much more than you.
Don't be taken in when they paternally pat you on the shoulder and say that there's no inequality worth speaking of and no more reason to fight because if you believe them they will be completely in charge in their marble homes and granite banks from which they rob the people of the world under the pretence of bringing them culture.
Watch out, for as soon as it pleases them they'll send you out to protect their gold in wars whose weapons, rapidly developed by servile scientists, will become more and more deadly until they can with a flick of the finger tear a million of you to pieces."
BTW. I still enjoy living in Chiang Mai, but if there is one thing that really concerns me it is driving. I never forget how dangerous it can be mainly because I was involved in a head-on crash 5 or 6 years ago. Not a nice experience.
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Not in this case, I think. Out of the couple of hundred people that go to Fabrique on any one night, maybe 5 or 6 are Farangs. If they have had a problem with some Farangs (which was what I heard) , then losing one or two won't be of any concern to the owner. They haven't banned Farangs, they are just trying to keep the Riff Raff out. Fair dos.It's a losing battle. The best weapon you have is your money. Take it elsewhere. If every whitey did that they, and other establishments and organisations, just might change their racist policies.Maybe you should be blaming those few that spoiled it for the rest. Some Farangs have no understanding of Thai culture, and think all Thai ladys are on the game. Look at some of the Farangs that go to Spiceys or Hotshots or Bubbles. I don't think the owners of Fabrique want that sort, and if I had a decent night club in Chiang Mai, neither would I.
I don't think there's a need to get all paranoid about it. See it as it is, someone trying to solve a problem. On the whole Farangs get treated very well in Thailand, and get a lot more respect and consideration than they would in their own countries.
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I know the police have been down the girly bars on Loi Kroh, but I spoke to the owers of The What bar and they hadn't recieved any notice about selling alcohol or been given any stickers to put op.
Have any of the other bar owners (Kevin) in CM any experience with this, is it just another effort to reform Loi Kroh or is it in all of CM?
I never get bothered by this sort of thing - the authorities don't seem to be concerned by what they see as a couple of restaurants in the night bazaar. Maybe, as you suggest, they don't want girls hanging around the street in the daytime, which is understandable, I suppose.
Chiangmai Toyride Feb 21
in Chiang Mai
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Oh the joys of anonimity!! You are a sad, pathetic, cynical coward. Who are you?
cheers, indeed
Kevin