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to hull
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Mags Meanderings:
From Som Tam
To Mushy Peas
hot(mail) under the collar
This weeks’ THAB has to be fairly brief, and rattled off
in double quick time. The reason being my problems
with cyberspace.
For once I can’t even blame my IT woes on Hulls’
own independent telephone company, Kingston
Communications, because I freed myself from their
local landline and broadband monopoly some time ago
when 3G became a viable and cheaper option.
No, the problems are partly of my own making.
Because from day one in my e mailing history I have
resolutely stuck with one e mail provider. There have
been occasional half hearted forays into alternative
addresses of course, but none lasted. Hotmail had
become so familiar and easy to navigate there seemed
little point in maintaining two separate e mail accounts.
Many of you will now be nodding sagely. You have
been wise enough to double up e mail accounts as a
safeguard. And now that mine is floating around in
cyberspace, together with its’ contact list and personal
files, I can see why!
But as our use of the internet has developed over the
last decade or so, the scope of what we can actually do
with it has also increased. There is often talk amongst
expats and ex expats, about what they miss from the
home country, or what they miss about Thailand,
depending on where they are looking at things from.
These discussions also extend to the most noticeable
changes when they do return home, and over recent
years one of the most significant changes has to be our
dependance on the internet for everyday tasks.
Even in Hull we shop, bank, sell and complete surveys
online. We read newspapers and place advertisements
and announcements in them online. We can also order
our prescriptions and sign petitions online, all the time
of course giving out our e mail addresses. From 2021 we
will even be completing the UK census online.
We have a
new ad size!
eighth page
Prices
4 issues: 1,800 baht (450 baht per issue)
13 issues: 4,940 baht (380 baht per issue)
52 issues: 15,600 baht (300 baht per issue)
All prices based on advance payment
Please contact us on 081 649 8361 or
[email protected] for more information
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Cheap room for rent
from just 350 baht
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Soi 94 (1st left after 7-11)
Most significantly we are constantly under pressure
from our utility suppliers to ‘go paperless’, with financial
incentives to receive our bills online. And so it is that
my gas, electricity, internet and mobile phone accounts
have now been consigned to cyberspace, together with
my TV licence!
Lesson learned - don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
And this weeks’ word is ‘uvula’ which at first glance
looks as if it should have something to do with eggs.
In fact it is the name for that bit of wobbly flesh which
dangles down at the back of your throat.
KEEP
CALM
AND
FIND
PARADISE
Sopha Land and Houses sell land in a
beautiful unspoilt area about 200 km
south of Hua Hin. There are miles of
beaches and prices and costs of living
are still quite inexpensive.
For information ring Sopha (English/
Thai) on 083 3240907 or visit
www.sophalandhouse.com
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