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by PeteC
Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:02 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: Best of the Rest of the World
Replies: 778
Views: 54599

Re: Best of the Rest of the World

Happy Easter everyone. :D Pete :cheers: 1+2 = 3 Until a child tells you what they are thinking, we can't even begin to imagine how their mind is working.... Little Zachary was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything...tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers. In shor...
by PeteC
Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:31 am
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Hua Hin, the next Pattaya?
Replies: 118
Views: 22145

Re: Hua Hin, the next Pattaya?

The above is a ruse per some other postings we had on here. It's the name of a new drink, but I can see where the bar would be full until they found out the truth. :laugh: Pete :cheers:
by PeteC
Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:26 am
Forum: Events & Activities
Topic: Songkran in Hua Hin
Replies: 69
Views: 7853

Re: Songkran in Hua Hin

A listing of celebrations throughout the country. Pete :cheers:

http://www.bangkokpost.com/travel/trave ... r-thailand
by PeteC
Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:16 am
Forum: Home, Lifestyle & Family
Topic: Stone Gardens vs Grass Gardens
Replies: 67
Views: 6907

Re: Stone Gardens vs Grass Gardens

That's good. My place was all grass when we moved in, and now it's about half grass. All around the house are stone gardens or paving bricks as grass simply wouldn't grow as shade trees got bigger. You still need to weed though as things will sprout up anywhere and everywhere, even in the smallest o...
by PeteC
Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:40 am
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Hua Hin, the next Pattaya?
Replies: 118
Views: 22145

Re: Hua Hin, the next Pattaya?

IMO the bar and girl business grows with demand, just like anything else. Not exact figures but if Pattaya has about 1,500 bars with about 40,000 resident expats and 1 million + foreign tourists per year.......and Hua Hin has lets say 100 bars with 4,000 resident expats and 150,000 foreign tourists ...
by PeteC
Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:11 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Resistant malaria spreads rapidly to Thai-Myanmar border
Replies: 12
Views: 2111

Resistant malaria spreads rapidly to Thai-Myanmar border

To be honest, I didn't know the problem in western Cambodia was that bad. Kind of puts a damper on any thoughts about going to Ankor Wat. Also, has it not stayed in heartland Thailand since it crossed 800 KM through Thailand on it's way to the Burma border? Confusing. Perhaps it is indeed here but w...
by PeteC
Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:16 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Top 40 Luxury Cars
Replies: 0
Views: 304

Top 40 Luxury Cars

...per The Nation newspaper. I assume all available in Thailand one way or another. Pete :cheers:

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/top40/detail/7035
by PeteC
Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:34 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: What are your views on the 2nd hand car market?
Replies: 21
Views: 2014

Re: What are your views on the 2nd hand car market?

More thought on this. We had another thread that rightfully said that Thais take very good care of cars and appreciate their importance. I would think the stats on car thefts here is very low, and I only hear about the gangs that take cars over the border in a mafia type organized fashion, not your ...
by PeteC
Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:10 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: What are your views on the 2nd hand car market?
Replies: 21
Views: 2014

Re: What are your views on the 2nd hand car market?

So many possible answers. I think the most sound, for the moment, is to remember that if they weren't selling the cars, they wouldn't be priced that way....what the market will bear. There is a big segment of the population who will never be able to afford to pay cash for a new car, and can't qualif...
by PeteC
Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:10 am
Forum: Property & Real Estate
Topic: Property firms, foreigners 'dodging buildings tax'
Replies: 6
Views: 1194

Re: Property firms, foreigners 'dodging buildings tax'

This is another one of those stories where there seems to be a hidden jab and punch at foreigners yet again. "......yesterday said the local body was losing large amounts of revenue as a result of dishonest real estate developers who enter into transactions with foreigners....." What does ...
by PeteC
Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:08 am
Forum: Property & Real Estate
Topic: Property firms, foreigners 'dodging buildings tax'
Replies: 6
Views: 1194

Property firms, foreigners 'dodging buildings tax'

Property firms, foreigners 'dodging buildings tax' Published: 5/04/2012 at 02:05 AM Newspaper section: News http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/287497/property-firms-foreigners-dodging-buildings-tax PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN : Authorities in Thap Sakae district have asked the Revenue Department to help ...
by PeteC
Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:24 am
Forum: Health Issues
Topic: Vietnam sees surge in childhood virus: Red Cross
Replies: 1
Views: 444

Vietnam sees surge in childhood virus: Red Cross

If it's on the rise there, it will be here also come the rainy season. I went through this with my daughter and her school in 2010. Although it manifests itself in a mild form with most kids, some in her school were hospitalized with severe cases. Her school was closed on a Friday and totally disinf...
by PeteC
Wed Apr 04, 2012 2:54 am
Forum: News
Topic: Budgets cut to buy computer tablets
Replies: 7
Views: 1019

Budgets cut to buy computer tablets

If this doesn't make you angry, it should IMO. I would love to see which much needed programs they cut to make this gimmick campaign look like it's a success, but they'll never publish it. I'm waiting for reports of these tablets turning up by the thousands in pawn shops. Perhaps too cynical, and I'...
by PeteC
Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:48 am
Forum: On The Road
Topic: Burma Tourism
Replies: 9
Views: 1413

Re: Burma Tourism

I just noticed the huge amount of islands almost directly west of the Hua Hin area. I think in years to come there will be access to them and what a treat if they build some kind of connecting corridor from Thailand, perhaps close to the Hua Hin area. Pete :cheers:
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by PeteC
Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:20 am
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: Wot, no tonic?
Replies: 57
Views: 5343

Re: Wot, no tonic?

Seems the next disruption to our gin & tonic may be the absence of limes, or a price increase. Never a day passes here without monumental problems and challenges. :wink: Pete :cheers: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crimes/286279/man-claims-b300000-of-limes-stolen Man claims B300,000 of limes st...