Years ago there was not a surfeit of western Food available, the only place was Tops upstairs in the Old Complex, then lo and behold, Tescos came and Big C expanded it offerings. We also had a couple of other Superstores open and then closed or were took over. Nowadays there is far more western Food...

RIP Barry, another good soul gone before his time .

Considering the last post, then I suggest unless we are wishing Barry good wishes, we should leave this well alone. help possibly offered will now be lost.

They seem to be going the protectionism route upping the tax on imported wines more than local wines, which is a shame as local wines is akin to rocket fuel, and in Villa market they were getting a nice selection of imported wines. We are anywhere we go subject to vagaries of the Governments tax req...

Many years ago , I went to vegas and stayed with a friend of mine , I commented on why he did not have a swimming pool ( he could afford anything he wanted to ). His reply has stayed with me for ever. he replied, while it is nice to be able to fall into a pool, paddle about even swim, the majority o...

I forsee the newer Tescos increasing business a lot more, me I will go the on the Ring Road to the NBL section and turn into that Tescos, rather than risk the mayhem, at this junction.
Plus going through town to get to Nong sam rong, not the ring road.

Correct it detects iof there is any alcohol in your residual breath, if it detects, then a further test will be carried out. However as it is not exactly a scientific method I am sure they will be errors, more so if the officer has also been imbibing then results will at best be iffy.

Whichever way you look at it, all internet providers get their Internet from either CAT or TOT, who are of course the main provides of Internet in Thailand .

When I came here, I suffered a zero mail time and only really knew when my brother rang me and asked if I had his letters. I went with the good lady to the main Post office and eventually after much arguing spoke to the main man, who assured me that he would look into it.He was more concerned as I t...

Do not forget July 28th, Kings Birthday .

personally if you re doing nothing wrong, it really matters not where the stops are. I see too many foreigners ( many westerners ) who seem to think that breaking the law is a joke ( the fines may be I agree ). Too often more than two on a motorcycles, no helmets . Kids in back of Pick-ups ( unsuper...

According to friends I have in the RN, submarine use in the Gulf is practically useless as todays sophisticated monitoring equipment will find them as the Gulf is NOT deep enough. on the other sie however they could be used but with India as its major, biggest and best equipped neighbour ( unless Th...

I will this comment , because I feel it is valid, it may not be the norm, but was when I visited. The other day I was looking foir a place to enjoy breakfast, not particularly early, but it was hot. So I ventured forth and saw the Roackhouse, seemed to remember that it had a good breakfast ( by rema...

When I moved here some years ago, I had major problems getting the post delivered and after a formal complaint , they found the Postman had been storing letters at his home. Not that I EVER got the mails so stored , but that is another story. I then went for and got a PO Box, since then get all my m...

Personally I find the Thai Government weather site about as much use as a chocolate ice-cream in the middle of the Sahara desert, and they are so uncommunicative in reality it could rain but where, the NE of Thailand is not exactly easily defined and it covers mountains in Loei to the vast plain of ...

When Dean ran the monkey bar in Nutty park I can tell you that his everything on it pizza was the best tasting and best value in town. After he closed it was a bit hit or miss where you get one, Pizza hut or the other one in Centara, offer reasonable ones, but T bar also does a pizza which is really...

you can compare the results of Don Bosco students taking the O-Net test with Udon Province and the country as a whole at the Don Bosco website . I expect Don Bosco students did comparatively well. OT...... \:D/ They should do they spent the previous term practicing it, that is all they do, practice...

Went once to the so-called expat club, never to return.

Pardon me for my ignorance, but which Big C and can someone please write the name and tel number of this Vet, with 4 dogs left out of 6 and the two bug ones died at home not in pain but not a nice thing to have. it is important to me to find a vet that is sympathetic in situations where long term me...

Well in the last 18 months I have lost two large dogs due to probems having been bitten by a tick, a common occurrence one might say but so often the WVETS offer palliative care nothing substantial and they quote being Buddhist wwe are do not put animals to sleep. Vets are there to administer care t...