CMHomeboy78

What is on the table is usually a lot less than what passes under it... TIT.

Probably the same town planner who named this one.

Yes, I remember that tempest-in-a-teapot. The informal leader was a prominent poster here on ThaiVisa - as it was called then. There was the predictable exchange of bad-tempered posts on a thread that lasted several weeks and died a slow death. If I recall correctly, the principals involved went on to form a fencing club here in CM. Nothing surprises you after a while. TIT.

I suppose he was working without a work visa. Wok Visa's came in much, much later. I hope yours is up to date.

Maybe because egregious misbehaviour by Israeli tourists is so frequent and has been going on for so many years. In the early 1980s i was good friends with a Dutch guy who was an informal tour guide working with the biggest mountain trekking company in CM. Incidents with Israelis became so regular that the Thai owners bannsd them outright by nationality. It would be ludicrous to attribute that action to anything but what it actually was - a considered decision based on their customers behaviour rather than prejudice of any kind.

Ginger's Dilemma. It might have replaced Catch 22 as the world's best known conundrum.

Not really. Every time I try a new pizza place it doesn't seem to be any better. Although some aren't too bad - Rosie's Roadhouse, Peppino's, etc. With so many good restaurants around these days, there may be some better than The Duke's that I've never heard of.

Funny you'd mention fish at The Duke's Iron Bridge. I had the fish and chips a few nights ago with some friends and relatives who ordered a variety of other things. The fries were just OK - I've had better there in the past. The fish [snapper] was exceptionally good and done to a turn. There have been many positive and negative reviews of The Duke's over the years but the place has been going strong since the early '80s and has always attracted a diverse clientele. The consensus seems to be that it is the best - or one of the best - restaurants for American steakhouse food in Chiang Mai. To each his own.

All good places I'm sure, and worth recommending. Even limiting yourself to CM nowadays you are spoiled for choice. Quite a difference from what the oldtimers remember.

In Chiang Mai it's The Duke's [Iron Bridge] for me. Low-balling it, Mickey D's Double Quarter Pounder with cheese is a pretty good burger when the craving strikes unexpectedly.

There is no "...university and technical college rivalry...", at least none that results in armed clashes. It is certainly not a "town vs. gown" or class conflict situation. For many years now there have been periodic fights between students from rival technical colleges in Bangkok involving deadly weapons resulting in deaths and serious injuries. To say "...we just don't see it." is inaccurate as well. The incidents are widely reported on in the local media.

You're the norm, Ed. The majority of us stay out of trouble - for the most part. It's the slimebag minority that gives us all a bad name and spoils the scene.

My younger daughter, working in the US, comes home every year and has all her dental work done here. Yesterday she went to the CMU Dental Clinic in Meechok Plaza for cleaning and X-rays. First time there and all went well she told me. Check it out... google: DentCMU@Meechok. It might be what you are looking for.

I'm a graphic artist. I paint what I see... sometimes in my head, sometimes out of it.

That's the best advice anybody could give or get on this subject.

Thanks for the confirmation. Spineless idiocy like that makes it obvious just how much the country has changed for the worse. "You can't go home again"... the old chestnut has never been so true as it is now. Bending over backwards to avoid racial offence often descends into farce. Even the classic Hawley & Hazel toothpaste "Darkie" was renamed "Darlie" after Colgate-Palmolive acquired 50% of the Hong Kong based company in 1985. CEO Ruben Mark changed the name in 1989 insuring that no trsvellers in East Asia would be offended by a graphic depiction of a blackface minstrel and a name that was never used with hateful intent.

It was the same in the USA when I was growing up in the 1950s and '60s. I haven't heard it used for a long time... maybe it was offending some racial or ethnic group.

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FM radio stations in Chiang Mai are an unreliable source for BBC - or any other English language news. Go direct to the online sites of the news you want.

This corrupt clan are as slippery as eels.

He's dumb as dirt and he knows it.

Spot on. For years now Shinawatra apologists have been excusing the clan's blatant acts of criminality by saying "The Thai people overwhelmingly support them and vote them into office every chance they get". Not anymore. Now the big question is whether or not the people have the cojones to effectively put an end to this kleptocracy and install the winners of the last election. I wouldn't bet on it.

Khamtieng market has several large shops selling garden statuary. Whether or not they buy or sell on consignment I don't know.

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