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Memory card found
Dear Editor
I don’t know if this will work but the other day whilst out shopping,
perchance I happened to see on Soi 17, right by the new building work at Soi
Day Night Hotel, an 8 gigabyte memory card containing 119 pictures. These
are what appear to be Indian tourists in India or similar Asian Country with
what looks like temples on the Ganges and the group in many boats heading up
the River. I have it safe and maybe a reader can establish whether they know
of any person who has lost such a memorable card. To take this many
photographs of the tourist group and their visits means that someone,
somewhere would treasure the memories and feeling awful about its loss.
My email address is with the editor of this newspaper and if anyone should
wish to claim it please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Rodney M. Girvan
Don’t expect
to live here on nothing
Editor;
Re: Living here cheaply (PM Hillary Friday, 21 June 2013) - Be realistic.
Don’t encourage people to come here expecting to live on nothing. Even Thais
renting a concrete bare floor hovel in Jomtien pay 2500 baht for a single
room with no kitchen (walk up) plus a flat fee for water that is inflated
and an inflated one for electricity.
A realistic rent is 12,000 baht per month at the low end in decent
accommodations and budget 2,000 a month for air & electricity, or 650 baht
if you choose not to use air conditioning. 400 a month for water.
Thai street and restaurant meals (totally Thai) range from 40-70 baht
depending upon size and type. Western food cannot be had (even a hamburger)
for less that 100 baht unless it is a breakfast which can give two eggs,
cold toast and fatty bacon plus coffee for 99 baht to 180 baht for a good
breakfast.
Now, there is a crying need here for English language teachers and if you
are willing to take a course from a good school in teaching English (getting
certification in six weeks) you can make some nice coin on those months of
the year when school is in session. This will aide your “special” teaching
visa. For those months you would earn 30K baht per month and expect to work
for it. This is one alternative for you. Otherwise get a “student visa” and
you will get a visa as a student studying Thai language which you can do
forever. Quarterly you will pay 1,900 baht plus fees for the coursework. You
will learn Thai gradually and can stay here without having to prove income
or make visa runs. ATM machines will accept your OZ card here and give you
money of course. Scotty, no one plans to fail, but too many fail to plan.
Robert
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Vehicle pollution is
only one of the causes
Editor;
Re: Cars driving increase in hazy days in Pattaya (PM Friday, 12 July 2013)
- Vehicle pollution is only one of the causes of the hazy air in Pattaya.
The open garbage burning all around the city as well as car and furniture
painting shops also contribute mightily to this situation.
Greg
Soi Chaiyaphun
Dear Editor,
City Hall does it again. Yes Tue, 9th July, they resurfaced the soi again
after several previous failed attempts. 5 hours after they finished the
tarmac surface started to crack up, well before the rain storm later. Today
10th, it’s like walking on a mattress. Failed again. What a total disgrace.
More wasted taxpayers’ money.
Regards,
TG [tax payer]
Sorry I missed it
Editor;
Re: AFG meets BorgWarner (PM Friday, 12 July 2013) - Doc, An outstanding
account of the Borg Warner presentation to the AFG. I am only sorry I missed
it.
Best regards,
George Strampp
Thai golf trip
Editor;
Re: Golfnutter: The Newbie (PM Friday, 05 July 2013) - Great summary
Golfnutter. Will be using this if no objections to persuade friends to skip
the obligatory Portugal trip for a Thai trip.
Cheers,
Mike
Bracketing
Editor;
Re: Forget the “apps” and go back to basics (PM Snap Shots Friday, 12 July
2013) - Bracketing also opens up another interesting side to digital
photography, HDR (High Dynamic Range). You take 3 shots, 1 under exposed, 1
normal and 1 overexposed using the bracketing function then combine in the
HDR app of your choice then you get an image detailing both hi and low
detail not available with a normal shot. I have been playing with this for a
few months and have some interesting results.
Stephen
Anchors away
Editor;
Re: Anchors away (PM Friday, 25 January 2013) - Hi all, this Capt. Britt
from the Pirate Ship, do you know this is the first time I have had to get a
good look at all this fun and my deepest compliments to you all who put this
together. Let’s do it again for the 2nd half we talked about. I would say
the middle of August sometime would be great fun. Please feel free to call
me anytime and we can set up another great day!
Capt. Britt Reynolds
Wait for the high season
Editor;
Re: PBTA urges members to harness online marketing for low season (PM
Friday, 28 June 2013) - It might be good to do more aggressive promotion
during the high tourism season. If that’s when people are typically looking
for vacations, then go after them aggressively, right? Doing company updates
and extra promotions during the slow season is also good business during the
busier seasons, though.
Nick
Tourism professionals can protect children
Editor;
Re: Calling all tourism professionals; Workshop scheduled on protecting
children (PM Friday, 05 July 2013) - We strongly believe that tourism
professionals can be an important ally for the protection of children and it
is an important aspect of responsible and sustainable tourism.
Regards,
Delhi to Jaipur Taxi
Only one problem
Editor;
Re: Traffic expert calls Sukhumvit bypass tunnel wasteful, destructive (PM
Friday, 12 July 2013) - “He instead suggested construction of a new highway
for traffic bypassing Pattaya.” It has already been designed.
http://pattayaprogress.org/roads/pattaya-bypass.html. It only has one flaw -
unfortunately, probably fatal; f’lang idea.
Stuart Saunders
Bill didn’t shut
the gates?
Editor;
Re: Be careful what you tweet (PM Friday, 12 July 2013) - Microsoft admits
it passed on information to the NSA and other US agencies. Looks like Bill
forgot to shut the Gates.
Sean Murphy
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