Yes strong vpn has been awful recently. Speedify (speedify.com) have just introduced this new "redundancy" mode. Apparently you can now elect to send all packets over multiple connections so if they dont get thru on one connection, they go over the other. It is designed for multiple flaky internet connections. In theory it sounds ideal for poker but i have not tested it out yet. Also, with speedify you can easily switch servers with no limits unlike most of the plans on strong vpn. I tried their service back when they were called switchboard and was not impressed but i think they have made a few improvements to their service recently.

I don't see anything about VPN on this site....am I missing something?? its good for people with multiple sh*tty connections tho

Havent experienced any problems with Astrill past couple of years.

I know two guys who got piss tested coming out of a club in bkk last weekend, both had xtc in their systems - had to pay 60k cash each to avoid being taken into police station. No actual drugs found on them, just in urine.

WRT to health

gatorade has added sugar, which creates a feeding ground for bacteria

pro athletes are not drinking gatorade on the side lines, their drinking a specifically tailored formula of electrolytes depending on the rate each individual loses potassium, magnesium etc as they have that measured by docs

gatorade often has high fructose corn syrup, which is f*cking disgusting and terrible

I buy coconuts from makro for 17 baht a piece! much better and healthier option, perfect balance of electrolytes

I jam a knife in it shaping a triangle, pry out the coco triangle and have a bunch of straws from 711


the doctors asked yellow fever to fast bc fasting is great for health, as 80% of your immune system lives in your gut, and its also great to stop being a burden to your digestive system

rehabbing fish mentioned 'your body goes to **** in the 3rd world' IIRC

fortunately TL is 2nd world

just like the basketball playing pothead woody harrelson said (who lived in costa rica for years) whenever me or my kids are a lil sick thats just your body telling you to eat more raw vegan foods

I ate pad thai drank diet soda for a month and my health went down

I think most people are so out of touch with their bodies that they ignore them

but the body is the most immediate sector of your universe and your stuck in that **** for 50 to 100 years and its a great tool for banging ladies incredibly well aka having great sex

hijack + health rant

fwiw the thonglor police released a leaflet of rules, one being urine searches have to be done at the station to be lawful, and not to pay any amount to police officers whether asked to or not. also some have bribed their way out of taking a streetside test for 2k (to be let go and avoid being taken to the station).

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/...search-policy/

Sounds steep





Well, if u have stuff in teh system id rather pay w/e to get out on teh spot. Obv worth a try going to bluff that u want to go to station but b4 they really take u there id think its better to pay

Yep they just panicked and as they are well off they just paid up, wanting to be out of the situation as soon as possible and headed back to patts still ****ting themselves

Hey, have any of you guys had any experience with SiamRealEstate? Are they any good?

things are getting back to normal, I got pulled over on my bike yesterday for driving in the right lane on rama4. i dont have a thai license nor did i have my registration. cop didnt care, told me fine was between 400-1000 baht for riding in right lane. open up wallet and i have 260, he says its ok I give him 200 and go on my way. this was on a busy street with plenty of people. Ive never seen one of these scam police checkpoints, just normal bribe ones lol

happy things are back to normal

No. Coconut water is the first choice. This is massively superior to Gatorade in a large number of ways. I can understand somebody in a western country making the mistake of opting for Gatorade. But in Thailand where we can buy fresh young coconuts on the side of the street every other block for $0.33 each it would be solid case of tragic ignorance to instead walk into a 7-11 and buy imported Gatorade.

It's almost comical how Spiv dishes out this horrible advise with confidence and arrogance, since he's been doing it for over two years now.

Water, pinch of salt and squeeze of fresh lime is also great if you can't find coconut water for whatever reason. Start eating with banana when you can stomach it.

Or listen to Spiv: Drink high fructose corn syrup with food coloring to re-hydrate because they added a pinch of potassium and sodium salts and gimmick marketed it as optimal "electrolyte" "sports drink."

http://bangkokpost.com/news/general/...-on-foreigners

Apparently Thong Lor cops have been ordered to stop harassing foreigners, wait and see.

I've been pulled over in a taxi this week, night time between two clubs, the cops were surprisingly friendly, making jokes and just asked where we were going. No drug test, no passport check.

60k for a bribe seems huge, I have been told 5 to 10k per person is the price. Did they actually do the urine test or did they refuse it and offer money immediately?

Just want to say that I've never been stopped by the police so far and stayed a little over a year in phuket incl a month in patong.. Just sounds like you guys are getting stopped and fined/scammed every day :P

Anyways I am trying to verify my account through sms to twitter and an iphone game but both these services says that I have a bad phone number. I type my number as +66620749162 (the last 6 digits I made up so I don't get prank called) and I've tried writing it without the country code as well so 0620 etc.

It's a DTAC number and I don't really know what to do :S

maybe start with 00 instead of + and maybe also try to keep the other zero in?
so 0066 620749162 or 0066 0620749162 ?

Nope don't work :s

bummer

Obv guys were n00bish and couldve paid less. Id assume they def couldve got him down to 10k/head which still alot of money for a bit fun.
DJ friend of me told me in teh veginning to negotiate down as long as they pull out teh handcuffs and get srs and then pay w/e it is. Maybe it helps somebody in future

or don't do drugs in thailand...

Someone was asking a while back how to top up true move internet after you finished your data quote without having to wait for the next date it auto charges.

You can do it from their website somehow, i don't remember exactly how, have to look around the 4g offers there

Do you even know if Thai gatorade contrains HFCS?

High consumption of HFCS is pretty much an American thing, because corn farmers are subsidised. Most of the rest of the world just uses sugar.

I haven't looked at the label of Thai Gatorade to see where it's bottled or whether or not it uses HFCS but it wouldn't surprise me at all if you are wrong. Because you are wrong about so many things.

Gatorade in Thailand is bottled in Thailand and pretty sure they use sugar, like everyone except the land of the free. 30g of sugar per half litre bottle (24kcal/100ml)

ebffs wrong...again

Just checked a bottle when I went to pick up a pizza, the label is all in Thai so I am none the wiser.

Why would gatorade be better than coconut water or water+salt+lime? Also 30gr of sugar is a lot.

And lol at paying 60k for xtc in ur urine.

What I do wonder is why is that even a valid test? Having xtc in your urine could mean you took it days ago outside of Thailand. Would they even convict you?