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I get mine (Kingsford liquid) at Rimping near Airport Plaza.  Back side where the BBQ grills and accessories are.



Expect comments on how it corrupts the taste will be along shortly.  

This is what I would like to get, Chimney Starter.  Saw one a long time ago but the prices were silly.  Found ways to make your own though.

greyfriarsbobby, on 2010-09-06 19:29:19, said:

I wasn't going to bother airing this but since you brought the subject up...

I agree with you about the merits of feeding back to the management but (and this is addressed to all service business owners who may be following this particularly depressing thread) I am somewhat fed up with the casual way its sometimes regarded.  Making a constructive observation, even if it's really a complaint, should be looked on as a huge favour to the management/owner especially in the circumstances prevailing here where cultural perceptions and communication difficulties mean things can go awry pretty easily.  One case in point is a well regarded pizza place to which I took a couple of friends promising them a treat but which turned out to be embarrassingly bland and a serious let down.  The owner wasn't around but a week or so later I drove out specifically to let him know.  The feedback was taken in the spirit in which it was offered and I learned that the problem had been resolved by a change of staff.  I'd have given a disappointed customer who bothered to come back and let me know about something that was about to sink his business a free something, a voucher, a discount or a meal for the guests who won't be coming back otherwise.  It's not that I was looking for anything but I wasn't even offered a glass of water and it amazed (and depressed) me that the value of a customer who cared about his business was taken for granted.  Impolite and thoughtless I guess I'm saying.

I've been back a couple of times since and was pleased to find that the pizza is back to its former glory.  With that in mind I drove my wife and son out there the other evening.  Only two tables occupied - one family eating and a couple who were ordering as we arrived.  We ordered and got our drinks and waited.... and waited... and waited.  After the couple who ordered about the same time we arrived were about half way through their meal and with my son getting increasingly fractious we asked how the food was doing.  The waitress told us that the couple had got our order by mistake and that the choice was to accept their (Hawaiian - yuk) pizza or wait another 20 minutes for the pepperoni that we wanted.  We'd invested about 35 minutes by then and were very hungry so reluctantly decided to stick it out and finally, 50 minutes after we arrived we get served.

Here's where I get fired up enough to bother to write this post.  The owner must have known about the problem, left as he was with an orphan Hawiian pizza - he could have diffused this disaster and turned it round simply with an apology, a couple of cans of Coke on the house or a discount on the bill or even not charging for the pizza.  As it was I thought about doing the complaint/feedback thing again but with the family on hand and the first experience to look back on I just thought if these people won't help themselves why should I worry?  We won't be going back any time soon and is it likely I'll be recommending them again?

So, as this relates to the thread, the sad fact is that some of the businesses in town need to learn the basics of customer care and even more so in these difficult times.  So may I suggest to those responsible for running any kind of business that depends on customers (that's almost all of them) - take civil and constructive feedback to heart and give it the value it deserves.  Many companies employ expensive consultants to tell them why their business isn't going to plan so give the guy who's probably just paid for the privilege of sampling your wares some regard for doing it for free.  Or maybe a slice on the house.

The appreciation of the Thai baht against the western currencies is not going
to be reversed-IMHO- as the western economies aren't going to work themselves
out of the Great Recession for many years. The policy of deficit spending to
stimulate their economies will only give strength to the baht.

What that means for Thailand isn't necessarily positive as it depends on exports
which will only get more and more expensive in the west and there will fewer investment
projects coming from the west. Though those factors will be mitigated by increases coming
from China and Japan who may eventually end up owning Thailand.

     Tourism is going to be hurt further which will mostly impact the poor people who
work in that sector. Forget Thai politics as nothing that happens here seems to have
any effect on the baht. Possibly the only positive for us is that fuel prices should not go up as the peg against the USD is positive for the baht.

Everything however will hit the fan someday when the Chinese yuan becomes an alternative
international standard. In twenty years this will be a very different world.

had the misfortune to have to go to ram on saturday, by the time i got there the pain was unbelievable, fortunately i was seen to in minutes, felt like hours, medicated up, whipped into theatre, in bed for 11' o' clock, kidney stones, avoid them at all cost, if you can.apparently one of the biggest causes is dehydration, so be warned at least 2 litres of fluid a day.

ram were certainly up to scratch again, thought they were a bit expensive , but at the time i didnt care, food still crap,
but overall excellent.

any of you who enjoy an uncomfortable sensation, stick an 18 inch tube down your bell end under sedation, and retrieve a day later without sedation, fun.

No the subscription card is now paired with the set top box, so there are a number of solutions, PM me for more details.