2003 General Reports

[MarcoStraight]

Hi fellows/
I'm back to the board just for ask u something wich can be very useful for all of us.
Does anyone have ever had problems with credit cards in Pattaya ?
Just few days ago the Visa Card company called me telling me someone was using my card in UK (Manchester,Glasgow,Swansea,London).Now,last time I used my Visa was in Pattaya where I've been for 6 months (from December 02 'till May 03).During this time I've been to Singapore and Japan too where I used my Visa as well but there are more chances that my card was cloned in Pattaya.
Not a big problem anyway,I'll get my money (2,100,00 euro) in a month,but the annoying things like go to police,send fax,copy of passport,ask for a new card etc.,etc..
If anyone got same problem or knows something more about it please let us know.
As I know, Visa and Master card are easier to counterfeit than American Express.
This is first time in almost 18 years of Asia and Pattaya that something like this happens to me.....There's always the first time...I know.
M.

[Bandy]

Gents:

I also use IE6 browser and the black menu bar at top never appears. But there is an easy way to access the "Terms and Abbreviations" page. From the left menu click the Forum FAQ link. Scroll down to Item No. 48. Click on the blue highlighted "Terms & Abbreviations link". Wallah....you reached the promised land.

Bandy

[Freeler]

Firedick,

Sorry, I just read your 'Wow' post.
As always I use Durex N-11. And don't those damned Durex people know it: They put the product in a bigger box and upped the price from B45 to B55!
Grrrr...!

[Freeler]

Firedick, Joe_Zop,

When I rightclick and open the page in a new window on this internetcafecomputer, the 'list' on the left of the page doesn't show.
On my home 'puter it does...
If you need the list, leftckick to open.

C'est tout!

[Firedick]

Well I have no idea what bugs you might get with font and figure downloads. I'm just running IE6 with default settings. I do a c-drive wipe and an operating system re-install every 6 months or so.

Enough techno boredom. Time to cruise.

FD

[Joe Zop]

Jackson -- I believe it's a frames issue, and it shows up particularly it seems if you add some of the Microsoft Internet Explorer extras, particularly the fonts stuff -- I found the black bar pretty much impossible to access and it drove me nuts until I broke down and reinstalled everything on my machine. No problems, however, when using Netscape or Opera. (Of course I could have actually just dragged things into the desired position, but I franlkly didn't realize it was a frame or even that the menu was there...

Wonder -- with your budget you should do fine, and with your experience with the Philippines I seriously doubt you'll have any trouble.

[Dinghy]

FD- so what's a little order of magnitude error? ;-)

yup, $23.92/1000B today - sheesh - at 4.1Baht/$ it would make for EXPENSIVE entertainment.

(XE.com, universal currency converter)

anyway, IE6 is set on my machine so that the teeny tiny "home-forum-faq..." line is unreadable (result of setting text size and ignoring fonts from the web and I don't show downloaded colors either.) In netscape, it works just fine (default settings).

[Firedick]

Dinghy,

Gotta watch those decimal points. 1,000 B = $24.

Jackson,

As with Mr. D. below, I have no problems accessing, "terms, FAQ's, search"...

FD

[Dinghy]

LOS - land of Smiles (common name for Thailand)
BKK - the airport code for Bangkok
100B is about $24 US (I leave the multiplication to you)
exchange is about 41.6 to 1 (B to $)

Jackson - with some browser set-ups, you can "push" the terms/abrev's off the screen - I have it that way with mine

[Wonder]

Hello there bros and veterans of the Thai Sex Scene. I'm new to Thailand but I have spent much time in the Phillipines, so I'm certainly not a troll either.

I get a lot of info from this forum and I will be in Thailand for a month-long sex tour this August. Anybody want to hook up, please e-mail me at pcandrew@hotmail.com and I will be glad to meet almost anywhere with beaches and babes.

I have a few questions:

What is LOS?

What is BBK? Or is it BKK?

If you are going to Thailand for a month, would you think $2,000 U.S dollars is okay for a moderate to medium budget? I do plan on seeing some sites, but I also plan on getting a babe every other night, give or take a few. And no luxury hotels!!

Also, can someone give me some idea of the U.S. dollar versus the Thai Baht? For example: How much Baht would $100 U.S. dollars be, and how many women would that get? I've read reports that you can get a babe in your room ST for b500, so how much is that in U.S. coin? Perhaps b1000 compared to U.S.$100??

Thanks for all your patience and comments for a newbie to Thailand. I am a journalist and plan on filing some very detailed reports on this board after and during my trip.

And hey, if anyone needs some first hand info on Angeles City in the Phillipines, just post your questions and I'll be pleased to respond.

Cheers

Hi,

I see this question in the Forum all the time, so I have to ask: In your browser, can you see the link labeled "Terms and Abbreviations" in the black menu bar at the top of this page? Apparently there must be some problem with the visibility of this link in some browsers, so any feedback you could give me would help me identify the specific problem.

jackson@wsgforum.com

Thanks,

Jackson

[Firedick]

Wow !....

I came here to see if anyone was talking about the proposed increase in Thai visa fee's. Instead, I fall into a "*****nets nest".
Sorry...I couldn't resist.

Trivia question: "what caused the greatest loss of life in Europe from 1914 to 1919 ?" WW I ?


Nope. The influenza pandemic.

Bucky,

My take is that there is a lot of crap on the internet. Chose your sources carefully. But, personal protection is a personal decision.

FD

PS: Freeler, what brand do you use ? I'll call my broker tomorrow.
Safe trip.

[Freeler]

Joe_zop,

OK, OK, I got carried away.
I've got my head up in the clouds o-reddy!

Time to shut this end down for the duration of the Summer 2003 Tour Of Duty.
Bye...

[Joe Zop]

Aw, c'mon, Freeler -- Seydlitz has always consistently been a safe sex guy and has said so repeatedly; no need to whack at him on safety issues.

And thanks for the investment tip -- I look forward to some great field reports!

[Freeler]

Seydlitz,

Using old stats is OK if you use them to compare with current stats.
Comparing the Spanish flue outbreak stats with current SARS stats may be very reveiling... and frightening.
Likewise, comparing early day AIDS stats, back when the thing didn't have a name, with todays SARS stats reveils plenty - mostly denial, people who won't believe that they started spreading it etc... Statistics, like history, always repeat.

If you really understood the basics of statistics, you would know that things like 'false negatives' are evened out by the fact that large numbers are taken into account - you don't do your research on people's health in a hospital, but in the entire community.

I sometimes get the feeling that you calculate your odds while mongering - you seem to crave GFE over ST and LT.
Better make your calculations correctly or you may end up in the stats you failed to understand...
And nobody wants that to happen.

On a brighter note:
Buy rubber shares - Freeler's going to Thailand!

[Seydlitz]

joe_zop,

i just re-read my latest post, and I realize that it sounds quite defensive indeed.

You were totally entitled to asking for a source, and even getting one, as I tried to provide.

Thinking back, it is true that most of the infamous "minority view" documents found on the net are somewhat dated.

Let me reassure you that I felt in no way under attack. I expect to be facing contradiction, disbelief, or at the very least to be asked to provide some more info when I voice my doubts on the subject, and rightly so.