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Perhaps my opinion as a longer-time Thorntree member will count for something. Perhaps not. Anyway, I'm staying at this guest house now -...

Thanks, Norm - although what I said is just the most basic common sense. And by the way, I didn't even need to have children to reach...

Henning: Drinking and swimming at the same time is the very definition of not having your wits about you. Doing so endangers not only...

Vientianeboy: I was thinking of gathering a group of westerners at Thanaleng to share a taxi into Vientiane. But if most westerners exit...

Thanks, Captain. That makes more sense....

300-350 baht from the Nong Khai train station to the Friendship Bridge? I was expecting it would cost more like 30 baht. How far is it?

Thanks very much to everyone who commented. My question has been answered....

I understand that there is now a shuttle train from the Nong Khai train station into Laos via the Friendship Bridge. As I plan to arrive...

On my second attempt I needed 22 tries. I missed the E-Mail one, and that subjunctive one took me 4 guesses! If I had to do it a third...

Nutrax: All good examples, but do we have an equivalent expression for it in English? I'm beginning to think not. Maybe English speakers...

My result:...

I did the same search as well, and it does appear to be a commonly used expression - by Germans. I couldn't find an English equivalent,...

Thanks, Kano_Jim, but I was aware of the literal meaning of the expression. What I'm looking for is the figurative meaning. For this I...

How would you translate into English the German expression, "Ich glaube, ich bin im falschem Film."? Danke im Voraus.

Wow, Rod - that's some great information! Thanks!...