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4 minutes ago, bob smith said:

I would like nothing more than to go to my favorite cafe, order some light breakfast and sit there till the sun goes down drinking my favorite lager.

 

but thats how it starts,

you promise yourself just a couple beers

then you meet some tourists here on a stag do/birthday whatever and they end up buying you shots.

then you order a whiskey

next thing you know you are asking the nearest taxi driver about girls at the soapy, how much etc..

then the wife calls asking if everything is all right,

she can hear you slurring your words, she knows that you are drunk.

you scope about the nearest kebab shop, 2 to go please.

you try and flag down a cab, nobody will go on the meter. you pay the tourist price.

 

then you get home and start a fight about being drunk again.

you ask her whats wrong with her. she says she hates it when you're drunk.

you repeatedly tell her that you are not, but she can see it in your eyes.

you end up sleeping in separate beds, she threatens you with divorce.

then you wake up the morning after with a headful of regret, tired, hungover, no good to anyone...

you waste the day in bed watching netflix, eating crap. mcdonalds gets a call, as they always do.

you cant bear to look at yourself in the mirror, you havent shaved for days.

you stand on the scales, 2 kg up since yesterday.

you throw up, the mcdonalds hasnt gone down well.

 

you sit on the edge of your bed and you ask yourself, was it really worth it? 

Meanwhile, the wife is silently mourning, isolated by the loss of her life's partner = even though he's "alive"...Because of drink he's eroding daily the intimate, special times, memories....Meanwhile, she cares enough to fight with him hoping to get her husband/lover/hero/inspiration back...

He's to stupefied (and stupid) to recognize what he's (irreversibility) costing both of them while killing her dreams day after day .....

21 minutes ago, Red Phoenix said:

They currently make use of these camera devices on a stick to take your picture for the Re-Entry Permit application, but indeed - in case that device is out of order - it would be prudent to also bring 2 pass-photos with you when applying for the Re-Entry Permit at the Imm service desk in the Airport. 

She asked for the photo & used a glue stick to attach it to the form....I then was sent to get copies of two items in my passport (not listed as needed)....When I returned to her window the picture was not on the form, no longer attached.....She panicked a little & checked the papers on her desk = nada.....She stood up to check the floor and there it was - - - firmly glued to her tight, little, shapely ass....

My picture looked very happy there ????????????????.....

5 hours ago, CMBob said:

Last time (end of November last year) I got a ME re-entry permit at CM Immigration, I was dumbfounded that, besides the documents listed above, they also wanted a photo copy of my TM30 Receipt of Notification and, if you can believe it, a copy of my current TM47Receipt of Notification.  I gave them copies as I take everything in the world with me to Immigration as occasionally they ask for something unusual.

Yes, I just got one at the immigration office..... They also asked for copies of items not cited in the actual instructions.....

I also made the mistake of going to the airport first where, a few years back, they had an open counter = it's now moved behind the the check in screening area for boarding carded travellers.....

I further compounded my mistake by going to the in airport Burger King for a bacon WHOPPER.....The 3 ft WHOPPER on the overhead menu turned into a miniscule disappointment, but the fries were ok....

I tottled on down to immigration to get my re entry

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Much better then my entree adventure.....

40 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Sorry just asking, do you ever suggest to your daughter about doing something maybe active together, where you can't look at a phone. 

Yes, I've booked & asked about activities, set up family times/games..... Supplied musical instruments she wanted to pursue that lasted for a short time.... She's the most accomplished freehand artist I've seen and I supplied everything she could possibly need....

We have Dad/Daughter days + slurpy days every Thursday....

I've managed to get us all out camping a few times.... I've taken them out for archery, mini golf trips....Have had her out bumping/digging/setting a volleyball, badminton, Frisbee toss & catch, also had her out hitting softballs off a tee & playing catch.....

Any ambition she's embraced she's had support....

2 minutes ago, Adumbration said:

Letting toddlers play on a busy road.

Toddlers standing up on motorcys between parents legs, gripping the handlebars to hang on.....Makes cringe every time....

7 minutes ago, JeffersLos said:

You have more than 10,000 posts on this one forum. Leading by example. ???? 

It's the only forum I'm involved in & it's taken 14 years.... Yeah, some time wasted as initially I got involved with some of the word games that account for half the total and certainly = wasted time....

I dropped participating in that when I noticed how the "posts" count accumulated....

I tend to ebb & flow posting....

But = point taken....

Unfortunately free range kids are very common here.....

Our 16 y/o is basically glued to her phone.....I wanted to set reasonable limits & my wife basically takes the "up to her" stance....

To my daughters credit, she is holding a 3.6 at school....She is very talented/gifted in many ways, however,  I have watched the creativity spiral downward close to zero with all her extra time going to playing on the phone.... Electronically free range....

I don't look forward to the wake up call....

I  carry when there....

I no longer hunt or have horses  but we do RV / dry camp boondocking style at times in primitive areas....

58 minutes ago, bignok said:

Honest posting. Not there for golf or culture.

Going for the elusive hole in one....

Fore....

5 minutes ago, RayWright said:

Friday is Martini time. 60ml Gin, 20ml vodka & 15ml Lillet Blanc. Prepped in the shaker and stored in the freezer for a "shaken, not stirred", topped with 2 pitted olives on a stick and a twist of lemming.

On the way back from Lotus, so 10 minutes and counting.

Them lemmings don't take kindly to being twisted....

The latest notice I saw on the subject was one person an hour was dying from Covid in TH....

It doesn't sound like many when spread through 80,000,000 people= unless you closely happen to cross paths with an unmasked stranger that happens to be infected ......

I went to our close by Hang Dong 2 big C a few days ago, paused and looked around - not a mask in sight......15 minutes later I again stopped & looked around - everyone within sight DID have a mask on..... Two time windows with completely different results.....

If I'm going to be in close proximity to strangers, I mask up....

We're flying out to the US via Taipei next month & we will mask up....

Frankly, I feel safer around those that are careful enough to exercise caution....