Further to my earlier comments on Phuket hotels auctioning rooms on eBay, I have now found a second hotel, The Absolute Sea Pearl Beach Resort, doing the same thing but without conditions. This makes my earlier comment about it being a single hotel somewhat redundant.
Sierra Tangos- Bali Hai Plaza Soft Opening - Pattaya City News is reporting the opening of this new mall at the Bali Hai end of the Walking Street. Well placed for all the tourists that are coached in to Bali Hai in the evenings to promenade the Walking Street.....
- Want to convert your old tape cassettes to MP3? The Koreans have a solution but at a price!!!!!
- BBC iPlayer - for viewing the last 7 days BBC TV programs over the internet for free has launched in beta but is by invitation only. You have to go here to register and wait for your invitation to join the party. It runs on Windows XP only and problems have b
een reported with picture quality and with PCs running Windows Media Player 11. You will also need a broadband connection to download the large DRM protected files. Either that or be very, very patient.... Other issues reported are security update warnings that won't allow you to press "update"; files that simply refuse to download; and an Internet Explorer error about a "slow running script" in the iPlayer library. If you are still interested in the BBC iPlayer then I suggest you register so you have the service but then wait for BBC iPlayer to come out of beta to avoid the teething problems detailed above. Warning. One site has reported that this service is for UK residents only who have paid their TV licenses but I can find no reference to this on any of the BBC iPlayer web pages
- Longevity Vs. Retirement Age - Any bus pass holder in Happy A-Go-Go could have told you this without the need for an expensive study...... A study h
as found that the pension funds in many large corporations (e.g., Boeing, Lockheed Martin, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, etc.) have been “Over Funded” because many “late retirees” who keep-on working into their old age and retire late after the age of 65 tend to die within two years after their retirements. In other words, many of these late retirees do not live long enough to collect all their fair shares of pension money.
The study found that for people who retired at the age of 50, their average life span is 86; whereas for people retired at the age of 65, their average life span is only 66.8. An important conclusion from this study is that for every year one works beyond age 55, one loses 2 years of life span on average. My important conclusion is if you are over 60 and still working, then you better keep going. Stopping is not an option........... Alternatively, if you want to retire, take your pension in a lump sum and leave it with me for safe keeping..... George, are you listening.......
Try AuctionAds
Re my 24 July Sierra Tango on Asian Sweethearts article on Phuket hotels auctioning rooms on eBay, I checked eBay today and found 5 current auctions for the Baumanburi Resort & Spa, Patong, Phuket. Superior twin rooms at this hotel in low season go for Baht2,400 per night. If you make a winning bid, you do not get a gift certificate from a 3rd party seller you get prepaid accomodation from the resort marketing company with no additional fees and free airport pick-up. The winning bid is all you pay. However, the small print will disqualify most of Pattaya Rags readers, i.e.
- All applicants must be aged between 35 and 70 - no problem there
- Applicants must be married or have been living together for 2 years - oh, oh, tricky one for people who measure their relationships by the hour
- Applicants must attend a presentation on the benefits of online holidays - what's an online holiday? Isn't that what Arnold Swarzathingy did in that sci-fi movie, Total Recall? Well, one of his movies anyway......
I tried similar searches for Pattaya, Koh Chang, and Koh Samui but drew a blank so it appears to be a promotion by just the one hotel rather than a new low season policy by hotels to get bums on beds.
Sierra Tangos
- ‘The Simpsons Movie‘ is blowing away the competition at the box office. Not only this weekend’s competition but it is smashing box office records for the entire summer. Homer, Bart and crew had the 17th best opening night of all-time last night. As movies are usually released at the same date/time around the world it would look as though Thailand's missed out on this one
- Most Embarrassing Moments - A lady picked up several items at a discount store. When she finally got to the checkout, she learned that one of the items had no price tag. The checkout girl got on the public address system, which boomed out across the store for everyone to hear, 'price check for Tampax super size'. But it got worse. Someone at the rear of the store apparently misunderstood the word 'Tampax' for the word 'thumbtacks' and replied in a business like tone over the same public address system, 'do you want the kind you push in with your thumb or the kind you belt in with a hammer?'
- Shenanigans is set to re-open in August 07 in the
new shopping mall on Second Road, opposite Soi Post Office / Soi 14. Looks like another good location. If you want to get your wife / girlfriend back out to work, they are hiring bar and restaurant staff.
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