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Part two in our series on Amazing Thailand 1998-99 from the Tourist Authority of Thailand
Thailand is home to products that can be found nowhere else. From luxurious fabrics and stunning jewelry, to intricate handicrafts, skilled masters have passed down their methods to offer every visitor something special. Entire villages have often made their livelihood for years on one product, and therefore the buyer can be sure they are receiving a truly original, quality piece.
Silk and Cotton
The incredible beauty of Thai silks belie the humbleness of the weavers that create them. An art honed over centuries, silk weaving is performed all over the Kingdom. In the Northeast one can visit several villages and never see the same weaving or dyeing technique. Thais of Lao, Phu and Khmer origin, as well as various hilltribes, all have different age-old practices offering the silk lover a truly amazing choice.
Wood Crafts
Carvings of teak and other rare hardwoods have always been a symbol of the Kingdom, with the wooden elephant being the most well-known and sought-after by visitors. Thai woodcarvers are known for their intricacy of design, portraying in larger works sections of popular myths and their myriad characters.
Ceramics and Pottery
For more than 700 years, Thai craftsmen have formed some magnificent works from humble clay beginnings. Today, reproductions of the various historical styles are crafted, in addition to more modern designs.
Wickerwork
Thai wickerwork is another craft that has risen from the simple to the sublime. Originally used strictly for its functional ability to create household items, and even the house itself, Thai rattan and bamboo products have gained a worldwide reputation. In the South, rugged wicker creation has been fine tuned to a delicate craft over the years, which was popular originally with Thai aristocrats, but now is known throughout the world.
Lacquerware, Silverware, Neilloware, Pewterware
The North of Thailand is the heart of the lacquerware and silver craft work in Thailand. Various household and personal items including boxes, cases and trays are created here by the finest crafts-people.
Brass, Bronze and Gold
These semi-precious and precious metals are found in the Kingdom in abundance. Like the majority of Thai-made items, the luxurious end-product begins with the simple village life of the crafts-person. The result is that each item carries with it both magnificent elegance and deep cultural roots.
Gems and Jewellery
Thailand is famous worldwide for its extensive gem and jewellery trade. The fact that the raw materials for the precious pieces are found in the region greatly reduces the local cost. Buyers from the world over come for rare quality finds at amazingly low cost. The volume of local work has allowed Thai lapidaries to hone their skills remarkably over the centuries to a fine art.
Pearls
Thailand’s long-time reliance on the sea is reflected in many aspects of its culture, and leads naturally to the cultivation of oyster-made pearls, especially in the Southern peninsula areas.
Sa Paper
Sa paper lasts an unusually long time as it contains none of the regular earth or powder materials that usually lead to disintegration of ordinary paper. The paper has been used throughout history to record scriptures, make fans, and today is largely used in both the famous sa umbrella and finely crafted artificial flowers, with Chiang Mai being the centre of the craft today.
Historical Crafts and Weapons
Thai dolls, shadow puppets, replicas of Korlae boats and Ayutthaya-produced knives and swords, while offering beautiful decoration, also serve the purpose of preserving and passing along to new generations, as well as to foreign nations, the history and mythology of Thailand.
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The idea to form a children’s club came to life at Foster Wheeler where parents and friends formed the Foster Wheeler Children’s Club. It was a great success from the beginning. Many other people from other companies came and asked if their children could join, and soon the name of the club was changed to simply: Children’s Club.
The club aims to provide a directory of children, to help new children settle easily through the provision of activities and get-togethers, to provide regular activities for children, to send birthday cards to each of the children, and to provide a monthly newsletter with competitions and articles, jokes and film reviews, written by the children themselves.
Meanwhile, the Children’s Club holds regular meetings, for swimming, tea and other activities, fortnightly at the Amari Orchid Resort on Fridays at 3:00 p.m. Hilda Sheehan, who is in charge of the Children’s Club, is very proud that they currently have access to a video library of 80 children’s films and a book library of app. 70 books. Hilda hopes the money raised from the rentals of the books and videos will help to expand the facilities and provide a more extensive book club.
To join the club itself, no fee is charged, but donations of books or videos are welcome. Also, new ideas of functions for children provided by parents or hotels would be appreciated. The club is also looking for volunteers to help with the activities and the general running of the club.
In December last year, the Children’s Club had one of its first activities: a Christmas Party. The second big event, a children’s disco party held at the Moon River Pub, was organized just in time for National Children’s Day.
Children of all ages came to join the "funky party" and all seemed to enjoy it very much. It was obvious that the parents who, of course, were invited too, had a great time as well. Daddies, very serious business people in normal life, could be seen hopping around with their youngsters, dancing and playing many games.
All children and parents enjoyed the buffet, which was decorated very nicely according to the occasion. The party, which started at 4:30 p.m. and ended at 7:00 p.m., was almost too short. Since it was such a great success, the plan is, to hold these kinds of disco parties every month from now on. Pattaya Mail will inform the children, and their parents, in time.
For more information about the club, please contact Hilda Sheehan, Tel. & Fax: 364 108, and keep in mind, the next meeting is on January 23rd at the Amari.
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"Building" computers for local schools
by Jeep Holthaus
Over the past 12 years as a member of the Pattaya Sports Club, I have witnessed ongoing generous contributions to various charities in the area. During the same period, the two Lion’s clubs, the two Rotary Club’s, the Pattaya Mail, the YWCA, the Free Masons, the J.C.’s, the VFW, and numerous other groups have also been contributing liberally to authorized charities. And how can we ever forget the "new kids", the Pattaya International Ladies Club.
There are two problems with this that I see. First, we continually find, in our headlong rush to find viable and deserving charities, that we are running headlong into each other and often times find that we are contributing to all the same causes at the same time for all the same purposes.
Secondly, after we make our charitable contributions, whether they be monetary, goods, services, or one day outings, I find that, after our initial contribution, in most cases little or no ongoing follow up is performed until our next scheduled meeting when we once again rush headlong out to find another worthy cause. One exception to this that I know of is the Pattaya Sports Club does sponsor 75 needy children per year. There are probably many others who do the same, and perhaps should let the Pattaya Mail and all of us know who they are supporting on a continuing basis.
I recently read that the current Thai government said something to the effect that - due to the financial crisis, the Thai government will no longer provide computers to those schools who do not have electricity! After my initial reaction of falling on the floor laughing at that all too typical kind of statement, and after further consideration of the seriousness it implies, I realize now that the statement is NOT funny.
I went to three of the local schools in the area and found that there is no access to computers for any of the children. In fact two of them had no computers and the other has one that was donated by me about 1 1/2 years ago. Of course the children have never been able to use it, since it was taken over by a secretary! When I told the members of the Computer Section of the Pattaya Sports Club of the problem, I asked for and received commitment from four of the hardware/system guru’s to help me put together a bunch of old, broken, outdated, unused computers so they can be donated to local schools. We have the expertise to build them and restore them, but do need all the computers we can get.
In obtaining computers, I appeal to all the local clubs to beat the bushes, and to the BOI supported and other companies in the area to donate what parts they have lying around gathering dust. (I have been told that BOI companies can legally donate equipment locally).
After we have them ready to "go out the door", then I see the problem of who will follow up on which school receives the computers first and who will see that they are utilized for the purpose intended. For this area of endeavor I would like to ask the help of the Ladies’ clubs, and in particular Jo Hall and her ladies of the Pattaya International Ladies Club, for their help in placing and follow up. (And ask them to put a bug in their significant others’ ear for help with contacting companies for donation of parts).
All three headmasters of the Thai schools I spoke with eagerly await our help and have assured me the computers will be used as intended and will welcome computer instruction by volunteers. They said it might have to be done outside of normal school hours in some cases. I have already contacted some large BOI companies (e.g. UNOCAL Thailand and ABB) for support and have received a positive response.
I would like to ask all organizations to either contact other businesses or let me know who to contact so we can get more computer parts. The Pattaya Sports Club has already committed to help us fund any necessary small parts we need in order to get these computers up to par. I have asked Microsoft Thailand for their permission to use their Thai operating system on the PC’s we restore and am waiting for their response.
We are not looking for state of the art, high powered multi-media systems here, we merely want to try to get working ANYTHING that the children could use. These children are not handicapped, or orphans, or reforming drug addicts. They are merely the multitude of good Thai children whose parents try their best to provide for them, but are very poor and the schools are grossly under supported.
At the Pattaya Sports Club softball game three Sunday’s ago, my wife and I asked three young Thai children, who were watching the activity, if they had ever used a computer. Their answer in unison was: "we wish we were orphans so we could have everything!" How sad and what an eye opener it was for me that they would regret having parents. Fr. Ray Brennan and his staff and volunteers have done a laudable job in their many endeavors and in my opinion I feel he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Due to Fr. Ray’s efforts there are many thousands of very deserving people who have a much better life and future, and it is not intended to detract from his efforts in any way.
Speaking as an Executive Committee member of the Pattaya Sports Club, I can assure you that what we are trying to do with computers will not in anyway change the direction of contributions we have always pursued. This is just another area that I see is very neglected and will cost next to nothing in money, but much more importantly, will give many of us the opportunity to really serve the community by volunteering our time and expertise.
My apologies if I have inevitably left out mention of the many other charitable groups who are helping in the area, but hope I got my point across about what we are trying to do. If any group wants me to come speak to them of what we are trying to do I am available. Also, it might be a good idea to set up a bipartisan/unified sort of council of all the clubs in Pattaya so we can coordinate our charitable efforts and stop running over each other in our mad rush to benevolence. Thanks for your consideration. And, who knows, perhaps we can open the door of opportunity just a crack and help to light up the face of a child.
"Jeep" can be contacted through Glenn P. "Jeep" Holthaus, President, Computer Section, Pattaya Sports Club, email: [email protected] Phone: 66 (38) 424 998 Fax: 66 (38) 723 273 Webpage Address: http://www.pattayasports.org
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Ibycus Chamber Orchestra to visit Pattaya
Classical music lovers in Pattaya may rejoice. The Ibycus Chamber Orchestra of Bangkok has begun a subscription season of concerts in the city.
Concerts will be monthly events and those bored with the endless round of forced ‘celebrations’ can now enjoy an evening of culture at one of Pattaya’s fine hotels.
The Ibycus Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1990 and has four directors. Sophie Tanapura, Soprano, (Chairperson) Simon Staldmair (Violin, Austria), Claus Franke, (Piano, Germany) and Elvira Galioullina (Piano, Russia). These four highly professional performers, teachers and administrators have been directing the orchestra’s progress and growth. They are also integral parts of many of the performances, selecting varied and quality repertoire.
This year features a season of solo, duet and chamber works.
The first performances of the season will be on January 25th at the Royal Cliff and January 31st at the Dusit Resort.
The program will be works for violin and piano by Ottorino Respighi, Cesar Franck and O. Lacerda.
Performers are Simon Stadlmair, Violin and Claus Francke, Piano.
In the months following, Pattaya will be treated to an evening of vocal duets for two sopranos, a recital by a Russian pianist, an evening of chamber music by Brahms and Schumann and a two piano concert.
So those not into ‘forced fun’ and gimmicky parties can enjoy dinner and go and listen to beautiful music instead of the usual meaningless gab and gossip.
Thanks to the Ibycus Chamber Orchestra.
Subscribers will receive 23% off the door price of the tickets. Contact the Ibycus office at telephone (02) 932-9208 or facsimile (02) 539-4987. The tickets will be delivered to your home if you purchase for two or more people.
In Pattaya, tickets are available at the guest relations department of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort (038) 250-421-40, ext. 2007.
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by Suzanne Dooley
Jaroon Yodsuwan had life in front of him. A good looking, single, intelligent, strong young man, he was working in an office in Bangkok. On the night of March 6th, 1993, he jumped on a motorbike with two friends to come home from a party. He never arrived home. Neither did his friends.
That night Jaroon was riding on the back of a motorcycle traveling along Vipawadee Road, near the airport, towards his home. It was one a.m. He had been to a party, but he says there was only one bottle of alcohol between twelve people. He says they were not drunk.
They were travelling in the left lane. An eighteen-wheel truck thundered beside them, also in the left lane. But before it had passed them completely, its final set of wheels clipped the bike, spinning them underneath it.
Photo: Jaroon Yodsuwan lost two legs and two friends in a horrific motorcycle accident.
The truck relentlessly proceeded another one hundred and thirty metres before it could stop, dragging the motor cycle and the two men and the woman along with it. Jaroon was conscious the entire time.
The truck came to rest with Jaroon’s legs pinned under the front of the back set of wheels. He couldn’t move his legs because of the weight of the truck. His female friend was also pinned under the truck near him. She was drifting in and out of consciousness. He saw his other companion. Dead.
The motorcycle was with them too. Its fuel tank was smashed. Petrol began leaking onto the road near Jaroon’s legs. The petrol caught fire. In no time Jaroon’s legs were burning. He was yelling out for help.
Jaroon desperately tried to drag his female friend away from the fire. He wanted to remove her burning clothes but he couldn’t reach them. She was burning. She tried to save herself, but she could not. She lapsed into unconsciousness.
The truck driver had run away. At the least, Jaroon did not see him. In the other lanes traffic passed by, unable or unwilling to see the agonizing drama occurring under the truck. Eventually two security guards arrived from a nearby monument.
The security guards faced an immediate dilemma. The fire was dying down but how could they help the victims pinned beneath the truck?
Jaroon explains, "One of the guards tried to drive. He was not a good driver. He had to reverse the truck to move the wheels off us. If he went forward, we would die."
Fortunately, this inexperienced driver coaxed the truck into reverse, while the other rescuer dragged Jaroon and his female companion from underneath. The second man was left, as he was already dead.
Now to flag down a passing car to get the two to hospital. For Jaroon, at this point the extreme pain began. He does not remember being in extraordinary pain under the truck, but after the pain was excruciating.
A car stopped. The two were bundled into it and taken to a nearby hospital. The Good Samaritans immediately left. Jaroon felt alone in the hospital, but he remained remarkably clear-headed.
He was losing a lot of blood. He urgently needed a blood transfusion. He was able to state his blood group. Today he has a large scar on his arm where the transfusion went in.
He lay in the hospital checking his body from head to toe. He knew his left leg was broken below the knee and burnt. He knew his right leg was smashed and burnt. He thought his right leg might be ok because he could move his toe. The doctors began their work.
Jaroon awoke in the Intensive Care Unit. His left leg had been amputated above the knee.
When his parents arrived from Phitsanalok the next day they were devastated. The doctors suggested to them that Jaroon’s right leg be cut off. Initially they said ‘no’ and would not sign the papers as Jaroon had already lost one leg and he could move his right foot a little.
But the doctors were persistent. They explained Jaroon could die from complications. They encouraged Jaroon to persuade his father to sign the form. Jaroon remembers, "My father, he signed the form with the tears streaming down his face."
Jaroon spent two months and ten days in the ICU room. He spent another two months in a hospital ward. He left hospital in a wheelchair he could not use. His older sister had to push him. He was wheeled out of the hospital missing two legs and two friends. His friends were dead.
Road accidents have an enormous cost. This cost is personal and also financial. There are hospital costs, insurance costs, smash repairs, lost working hours. The list goes on. Road accidents harm the individual and they harm the community.
The real tragedy is that the majority of road accidents are preventable. If people living in Thailand had more education about road safety, if we had enforceable road laws, if we had people and traffic police who cared about road safety, then many road accidents could be prevented.
But firstly we need awareness of the problem. Each person needs to make their own little contribution. Road safety depends on you. Drive to stay alive today. Drive so others may live.
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by Suzanne Dooley
Heidi Toksvig and Torben Gammelgaard are young, blonde, energetic, competent and clever. Blessed with boundless friendliness, warm smiles, infectious good humor, solid education, and the willingness to work very hard, they could be focusing on amassing money to secure their future together. But they are not.
Heidi 24, and Torben 25, from Denmark, have just spent three months working as full-time volunteers with the Redemptorist Social Projects of Pattaya. They paid their own airfares to Thailand. They received no wages for their work. They had separate rooms in a house for volunteers at the Pattaya Orphanage.
In return for their board, they spent six days a week changing nappies in the babies’ room, feeding toddlers at the orphanage, playing after school games with children from Street Kids, assisting the blind, listening to the elderly and teaching English to adults at the Vocational School.
Photo: Heidi walks Binnie the dog, with blind Maria.
Heidi and Torben agree, "We have never had such a good three months in our lives. It was fantastic."
What is it that drives two such talented people to spend their time helping some of the poorest, most neglected and rejected people in Thai society?
Heidi explains, "I am here because when I was in sixth grade I saw a movie about some Danish volunteers working in Africa. I wanted to work with an organization in Africa."
But high school intervened. After Heidi graduated from high school, she completed a year of specialist studies in gymnastics. She then worked for one year in an office. "But I knew it was not the way I would like to live.
"I stayed there for three years but I deeply desired to go and work in another country. I wanted to do humanitarian work, but I had to be twenty-five to be eligible for most organizations. I was too young.
"I first heard about Pattaya Orphanage last year in a magazine article printed in Denmark. Some people from Rotary in Denmark had just been to Pattaya. I said, ‘Ok Torben, it’s now or never!"
Torben was also keen to travel. He had lived briefly in the United States as an exchange student during high school. He was drafted into the army in Denmark for nine months and worked as a cannon operator. He took leave from his current job as an export assistant.
"I wanted to go overseas again. But I wanted to go to other places than America. We were not highly qualified enough for India or South America. They needed doctors and engineers."
So Heidi and Torben came to Pattaya Orphanage.
Heidi explains some of their work. "We take care of the small babies in the baby room. There are about thirty-eight babies from newborn to nearly two. The nurses have all the hard work. We give the babies some fun, some play, some love and some hugs. We also change diapers and feed and bath the babies."
Torben spent about three hours a day there. Heidi sometimes spent seven hours a day with the babies. She says, "You really get to love the small creatures."
Every Wednesday afternoon Heidi and Torben participated in an outing with the toddlers. About ten volunteers and nurses are needed, one for each child. The toddlers are taken to Jomtien Beach if possible, or to Mike’s Mall or Royal Garden to play. Torben observes, "They love it so much."
Then there is the Old People’s Home. They visit some of the residents each day. Torben smiles, "Angie always gives us a lot of good advice. ‘Wear long sleeves. Don’t go out in the midday sun. Don’t go to Bangkok because it’s flooded.’ She has a lot of stories about her life in Burma."
They walk the dog with blind Maria four times a week. Heidi helped Maria bake a cake and make sandwiches to be eaten at a party to celebrate her dog’s first birthday. "Maria enjoys our visits a lot. She likes the company. She’s very lonely despite all the people around."
And if there is not sufficient variety provided by caring for babies, toddlers and the elderly, there are also the handicapped Vocational School students who need English lessons. Heidi and Torben each taught English one hour a day.
Torben says, "Initially I was amazed how the students handle their wheelchairs so skillfully. After I taught for a while, the handicaps just disappeared. I didn’t see the wheelchairs at all."
Heidi recalls, "I asked the students to clap one day. Then I panicked. I thought, ‘Some students don’t have two hands. How can they clap?’ But it was easy for them. They tapped the table. They didn’t have a problem, the problem was mine."
Heidi and Torben return to Denmark soon after traveling in Thailand. They both agree "Being here we have learnt so much. We have experienced so much that is good and so little that is bad."
Would that other visitors to Pattaya could have the same experience!
Then again, perhaps it is that Heidi and Torben came to Pattaya with a spirit of generosity and selfless love. They gave love and joy to the people they met in The Redemptorist Social Projects. In return they received love abundantly. Pattaya will always retain a special place in their hearts.
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Hands up all those with a $10 head!
In the mid ’60s the Bell Helmet Corporation had a great slogan - "If you’ve got a $10 head wear a $10 helmet". Thirty years on and that adage still applies - except that in Pattaya it’s... "If you’ve got a 250 Baht head"!
Motorcycle helmets have saved countless thousands of lives since Bell’s advertising gimmick - but those words seem lost somewhere round Pattaya Beach Road. Sorry all you chaps riding the Harley look-a-likes, Ninja Suzuki’s and other monster bikes - but those fake WWII yankee helmets or other plastic garbage available for B250 do not qualify as Safety Gear. Look inside and there’s no certification from US Snell. No certification from anywhere in the ones I’ve looked at. Not even Walt Disney. In fact some of them would be lucky to pass ISO 9000 for an ice cream bucket, let alone a bucket to hold your grey matter together in that time of emergency.
Do yourself a big favour and buy the best helmet you can afford. There are plenty of top quality helmets in the world - Bell, Arai and Shoei for starters. My own preference is the Italian Boeri which has had me covered for all types of competition - carbon fibre/Kevlar construction making it light and strong.
And while I think about it - do your helmet up too! It certainly won’t keep your brains from scrambling if it’s bowling down the road beside you while you are doing 80 kph "Flying W’s" down Pattaya 3. Finally, buy one for your pillion passenger. They deserve to live as well!
By the way, the last word in helmets - Batman Ears! They’re all the rage in Bangkok right now. Stick on ears on the top of your helmet. Looks wild with a black helmet and visor. I’ve got to get some for my Boeri. Happy motorcycling.
AUTO THEFT
Some friends of mine bought a house the other day. Only 1.3 M Baht, close to the beach at Jomtien and quite a bargain. Some other folk bought a second hand car for 2 M Baht - in my mind, not a bargain! When you think about it, it really is crazy to have cars which cost more than houses - but with import duties being the way they are, we’re stuck with it, I guess. And with the diving Baht syndrome, they aren’t going to get any cheaper!
One amazing feature of these expensive toys is that we happily leave them parked at the side of the road for hours. What’s more, we just as merrily expect them to be there when we get back. This, unfortunately, is not always the case. Auto theft is a worldwide problem, and I for one certainly can’t see an end in sight!
The manufacturers are aware of their responsibilities towards the owners and are now producing "Smart Locks" (thank you Mr. Ford) but it’s still not the total answer. Meanwhile, the electronic design chappies continue their quest for affordable, ergonomic locking systems for our pride and joys.
With the electronic advancements, there can sometimes be a downside. Ever used your remote lock/unlock sender in a parking lot and see another car wink its lights at you as well? It happens, I can assure you.
That reminds me of an amusing incident in the UK a couple of years back. I was testing a new Rover and came out from lunch and attempted to use the remote to unlock the car in the car park. Pointed it at the car, pushed the button - nothing. Walked closer, pushed the button - nothing! Shook the sender and threatened it with physical violence, pushed the button - still nothing! Remembering that the receiver for the IR beam was located in the internal rear view mirror I lay across the bonnet, holding the sender on the glass while I again pushed the magic button - nothing! However, at that precise moment an indignant, tweedy English gent called out "I say, old fellow, what in blazes do you think you’re doing?" "Trying to unlock the bloody car," I replied in my best Australian accent. "This is my Rover," he retorted, "Yours is three cars further down the line." And sure enough, there was mine with indicator lights flashing like a Xmas tree! He stood there watching as I left, wondering if I was a thief or just an Aussie idiot!
Car alarms as deterrents aren’t worth much in my book. So many are sensitive to movements that you can hear them going off day or night in any parking station, so they eventually become totally ignored by everyone. Mind you, there are amusing ones which "talk" to you - I have heard one which went "Please step back. You are standing too close to the car." The novelty value of this type soon wears off when you find you have a queue of people lined up to converse with your parked vehicle.
Immobilizers are another method of attempting to keep your car in your hands, rather than someone else’s. Unfortunately, they are technologically out of date as soon as they are released and are generally very expensive. Electronic gizmos like these appear to be superceded quicker than computer programmes! If you have an older car, the best immobilizer is just to remove the rotor button and stick it in your pocket. What’s more, this costs nothing other than a bit of grease under your thumb nails when you wrestle with the distributor cap.
Other popular devices are the steering wheel "club" locks. Some incorporate a mechanical foot to depress the brake pedal as well. These range in price between 900 - 1600 Baht and do work as a deterrent. However, they do have a very big drawback - where do you store it while driving around? Inevitably it ends up lying on the floor between the seats and turns into being a lethal weapon in a major accident. Try being clubbed behind the left ear by 2 kgs of flying metal if you don’t believe me.
Probably the best I have seen recently is a small locking "horseshoe" which clamps around the gear shift in Neutral. Your thief can start the car, but can’t drive off! Elegantly simple, stows out of the way and safe in an accident. They retail around the 1000 Baht mark.
Remember that you will never stop the truly dedicated professional car thief. All you can hope to do is make it difficult so they steal someone else’s car which is easier to nick than yours!
Your last resort, of course, is Theft Insurance. But getting that has more snags attached to it than you’ll see at the average Aussie BBQ. However, I will venture into that minefield in another column. Stay tuned.
LOCAL MOTORSPORT NEWS
The first Quarter Mile Drag Racing event for 1998 is being held this weekend at the Bira International Circuit on Highway 36. The last event in ’97 had around 300 competitors and the organizers expect another bumper entry. Look for some of the largest exhaust pipes you’ll ever see. I saw a BMW with a 12" pipe - big enough to crawl down and check the valve clearances! Plenty of Nox bottles too for that push button power!
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