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jobsworth

Member Since 2005-06-30
Offline Last Active 2012-05-27 19:16
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In Topic: British Teacher In A Coma After Brutal Assault In Pattaya

2012-05-27 12:06:34

i was punched several times in the face by a drunken foreigner
outside the kiss restaurant because i looked at him
and asked him what he was looking at.
many passing tourists stopped to enjoy the fun
but nobody offered to help me.
one year later i still have dental problems.
the police were not involved and being a foreigner to foreigner
incident probably would not have helped.
you can get away with anything in pattaya.
yes it is a very dangerous place.
if you have not had an incident you are very lucky.
it is only a matter of time.

In Topic: Rising Costs In Thailand: 4-Month Retail Price Freeze

2012-05-21 13:56:48

View PostWhizBang, on 2012-05-16 10:13:06, said:

This idiot does his shopping in a 7-11?
where do you buy milk? or don't you?

In Topic: Thaivisa Expands Services To Myanmar And Cambodia

2012-04-11 07:10:12

View PostBeetlejuice, on 2012-04-10 23:48:30, said:

View Postphuketrichard, on 2012-04-10 14:15:09, said:

your going to go up against the well established Kr440 and the SHV online for Shianoukvile
Best of luck

where as here, on thai visa, 50% of the people that seem to post all day long, complain, Seems most of them are living upcountry where there is nothing else to do  :-)
those on the  Cambodia forums  praise the country they have chosen to live in

I just went into those forums and compared to Thai visa, they appear extremely basic.

I would say, there is no competition and having a decent forum in those countries like Thai visa, is well overdue.

One question to Thai visa:

Will all the new forums be moderated? I hope so.

You are probably referring to khmer440.com which is an NGO web site
famous for flaming. If you are not an NGO do read the posts but do not add anything.
However innocent the evidence will be used against you.

In Topic: Resistant Malaria Spreads Rapidly To Thai-Myanmar Border

2012-04-06 19:40:47

Polluted areas like cities are free from malaria.
Something to do with diesel fumes.
Never thought that diesel fumes could be good for you.
Yes it is the sought after areas like jungle and islands where the tourist is at risk.
Local people seem to have developed an immunity
since they are exposed to mosquitoes from birth.
Something to do with their red blood cells acquiring a marker
which the white blood cells can see and destroy if infected.
A double marker is called sycle celled anemia, common in Africa,
and is also fatal.
I caught Falciparum Malaria on the island of Koh Mac about 25 years ago.
The Australian government hospital in Perth saved my life.
The main problem used to be diagnosis.
Since it is a disease of the red blood cells the symptoms can be anything.
The only reliable test is for the infected blood cells to be seen in a blood sample
and even then they hide and come out only from time to time.
Crafty little buggers aren't they?
I have an Australian friend in Koh Kong Cambodia who was recently infected and nearly died.
Koh Mac and Koh Kut, in Thailand, and Koh Kong, very near but in Cambodia,  seem to be hot spots.
I am told that you can only get it once after which if you do not die
you will develop an immunity similar to local people.
The best cure was Quinine which for some reason the doctors are reluctant
to prescribe. Most Falciparum Malaria is resistant to most of the drugs you
have ever heard of. Larium is a drug of last resort but being widely available
over the counter in Pailin Cambodia, previously famous for the Khmer Rouge,
is now famous for spreading resistant strains of Falciparum Malaria.

In Topic: One Killed, 10 Injured In Bangkok Hotel Fire

2012-03-09 14:17:37

often stay at the 27 hotel at 350 THB per night which is just next door
(good to give it a plug -
excellent hotel, clean, simple, hot water, aircon, tv and nice people)
out of curiosity once had breakfast at the Grand Mercure Park Avenue Hotel on Soi 22
it cost 500 THB and was nothing special. in fact not a very good breakfast
could have bought something much better and cheaper at the 7/11 opposite

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