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no sheep, no Griff!
Veni, vidi, vici.
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The natural son of Droopy and a geek! 
[Flags]
public enum Bool {
True, False, ForSure, Maybe, ProbablyNot, Depends, NotDecidedYet, Undefined
}
private interface IStealth { }
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I'm supposed to overnight in Bangkok this Friday on my way to Europe .... the Australian Government travel advisories & media are painting a dire picture
I've asked my travel agent for a comment, but its night here (Sydney), so I wont get a response until tomorrow
...any thoughts from someone on the ground ?
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lol - ta, brings tears to my eyes thinking about it though
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@BillWoodruff is in Northern Thailand - so I'm guessing a meet is out of the question, it's about 400 miles IIRC - but he should have better info than most of us do. He may still be up and around...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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yeah, ta - I was thinking it was @BillWoodruff, but didn't know whereabouts in Thailand he was - he may be keeping his head down !!
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yeah - easier said ..... I'll see what travel agent comes up with
ta ..
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Also, one night in Bangkok makes a hard man crumble.
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But Garth is just a pawn.
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huh - I thought a nave - Ive been demoted 
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damnit - now the earworm is singing it - is it sad that I actually liked 'Chess' ?
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The military has declared martial law so expect to see them around town.
I do see soldiers out on overpasses and at major intersections, but did not have any difficulty getting around.
I didn't go near any protest sites which is why it was pretty much business as usual.
Planning to return to the province in the morning. We don't expect any travel restrictions as long as we stay away from protest sites, which we intend.
As long as you stay away from the protests you should be okay.
Having said that things can change at ant time so there is no guarantee.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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Do you know where in Bangkok you will be staying?
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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yup, Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit, 189 Sukhumvit Rd, แขวง คลองเตย เขต คลองเตย กรุงเทพมหานคร 10110, Thailand
you indicated returning to the province - if you were in 'town' I'd buy you a drink, but, given the circumstances, that may be difficult
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Be careful in that area. Get up to date information from the hotel before you venture out.
I seem to remember seeing something in the paper in the last two weeks that mentioned the Khlong Toey area of Sukhumvit when my wife was going to stay at a friend's house overnight. Soi 23, you're at Soi 13-15.
She met me the following day in Pin Klao (other side of Chao Phraya River) and didn't have any trouble.
The situation has changed since then so I don't know where the current demonstrations are.
Just be sure to ask if there is anything going on before you walk around.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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well, just between you and I, I wasn't planning to 'walk around' - use the gym for an hour or so both days, but not really leave the hotel
thanks for the info
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I don't know if you have been to Bangkok before but there some places that are worth seeing -- Royal Palace, Reclining Buddha, Wat Arun, Royal Barge Mueum,etc. come to mind -- but I can understand that venturing out when things are dodgy can be dangerous.
I remember seeing soldiers on Sukhumvit during the 2006 military coup d'etat. It made the coup real, not an abstract thing. It was a bit intimidating.
Thanks for the ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) offer. Maybe next time.
Hope you have a good stay. The hotel is one of the nicer ones in BKK.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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As you may or may not know it is officially a coup d'etat now. The military has suspended the constitution and taken over the government.
Your tour company should make other arrangements instead of coming to Thailand.
Good luck.
The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
I'm on-line therefore I am.
JimmyRopes
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Hi Garth, I'm in Chiang Mai, in the north. Your hotel, between Sukhumvit Soi 13 and 15, is theoretically, without traffic jams ... in practice, of course, depending on time of day/night, there are always traffic jams in Bangkok ... about 27 minutes away from Suvarnabhumi International Airport which is where I assume you'll be flying out of to continue your journey, and a warning has gone out that roads to the airport could be "congested:" [^].
I'd recommend, if possible, that you try and cancel your booking at the Softiel(great hotel), and book into a hotel at, or near, Suvarnabhumi Airport. I have been trying to reach a friend in Bangkok (who was born in Thailand, and has lived here all his life) by Skype to ask about the possible location of the current demonstration sites and the Sofitel; if I can reach him, and get any relevant information, I'll e-mail you.
yours, Bill
“I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so.” Jorge Luis Borges
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cheers Bill - many thanks - will suggest that to travel agent tomorrow (cancel Sofitel booking - sigh)
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Hi,
Anyone know this link[^] looks like MSDN has posted all the major used dll source code that can be downloaded.
_AKA_KSN_
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That's correct. The reference source is exactly what it says - reference source code. This is partly in response to the previous ability to debug your application against the reference DLLs. Now you can go one step further and see how they actually implemented the .NET framework libraries.
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