Monthly Archives: July 2007

Thai Cybersex Threat

Family members have a strange way of showing up unannounced in Thailand. The lineage of cousins can extend to the son of someone’s aunt who used to go to school with your wife’s second uncle. On one occasion three teenage monks stopped for a visit. My 16 year-old nephew, Beer, knew one of their uncles. […]

Dollar Sinking Fast

Yesterday’s sell-off by Thai exporters sank the US Dollar to a new 10 year low against the baht and some analysts are confidently predicting that the baht could hit 30 before year’s end. Worst the Bank of Thailand continues to support the dollar, despite the offshore value of the baht is in the 31 range. The […]

Cellphone ban at the wheel

The Thai government has enacted a law to ban drivers from the use of cellphones while behind the wheel. Hand-free devices are still acceptable under the new legislation. Most people can talk and walk at the same time, but this is not the case once they are driving a car or motorcycle. Conversations become involved, […]

My Smart Right Foot

The TV Show MR ED likes to show equine intelligence by having Mr. Ed stamp out numbers with his hoof. Samrter than most of my friends. Me too. My friend Michele sent this interesting test to reveal part of the trick behind Mr. Ed’s genius. ============================================ This will boggle your mind and you will keep […]

Histoire de Melodie Nelson

Music sucks in Pattaya. Old farangs sing to HOTEL CALIFORNIA and bar girls dance to boy band love ballads, while Thai bands play dinosaur rock for drunken tourists. Nothing wrong with a bad reprise of SMOKE ON THE WATER, except I oncelived in nightclubs and bars in which music meant more than a tune you can sing while […]