Dr. Seuss

The No name guys are a pretty good crowd. When i was in Kanchanaburi i bought a decent set of tackle and booked a floating pontoon room at one of the guesthouses and sat drinking and fishing, a handful of small dog biscuits (donated by the guard) soon had them feeding.

On topic. All this talk of British food is spoiling my Tom Yum Moo. I think the point has been made that any country serves up tosh fast food. Pie 'n'Chips for the British, Gristle on a stick for the Thais. As a foodie i have munched my way through most of the things i have heard described, i have munched a few of the cast of watership down due to my grandfather the farmer, but i have no idea what jugged hare is. Over to you Ravisher.

Sounds like the Londoner fell down over Christmas. Was the dinner that bad and is it true they had the nerve to charge a 1000 baht for it?

Off topic. Glad to see dr. pong is doing his bit for insomnia sufferers. And your point about my low number of posts is....what? Are you suggesting i am a veteren posing as a new-ish-bie? Add paranoia to your list of poor traits. Maybe it was the day of my first post when i asked a few questions about how to use this forum and you barged in likea bullied child let loose amongst smaller children. I intend never to respond to your drivel again, maybe i should never have risen to your depths. I expect a warning for this tirade and i shall take it on the chin. Needless to say when my spaniel lets out that involuntary woof as he sleeps, it will make more sense than you could ever aspire to .

Blue ice is great, a welcome change to Chang and the dreaded Changover. Singh is not terrible but a few too many and i have acid tum for days.

or for a mere 5 grand or less you can buy a 20 inch tv with 12 month warrenty.

Sounds almost the same, except there is no obvious main course in the meals i have enjoyed there. Meze seems to be the name i remember from the time. And from the hotel 'Authentic meze meal' night. I skipped those and headed out in to the hills in a rented jeep.

Tuna wrapped in vine leaves and lamb stew was out of this world.

Ahh! now im with you. Youre right. you werent very clear. I stand by my comment on Dr. pong, especially when you look at the other moderators.

Enough said.

I remember from the past you said you are in Greece. To stay on topic or at least close to. Is the Cypriot style of Meze meals a standard in Greece? I remember eating a 16 course meal washed down with fine dry white Cypriot wine.

Now, when people talk about how wonderful French food is, i describe the setting of a rustic restaurant in the Cypriot hills.

Sang som is rank. Just the smell makes me retch. Maybe thats due to barfing on it. Vodka and soda all the wa-hey way. The water with it stops hangover.

Can you buy Chang in the U.K? ive never seen it but i understand they sponsor a football team.

Ravisher, you have me at a loss. i re-read my post and could find no trace of any of the words you seem to be berating me for. I always use the word British, although i am not offended by Brit.

I dont belive i attackted Dr pong, just his style of writing. If a book critic gives a poor reveiw of an author, has he let himself down badly?

I do belive Dr pong and his endless quotes in order to deliver what he, and he alone, belives is a stinging and ultimate comment is tiresome.

I enjoyyour posts and was impressed by your 'climb down' regarding the German and the slapped bargirl affair. But i must confess i dont get your point on this one. Feel free to let me know

I have been lucky enough to spend quite abit of time in Burma/Myanmar, i can assure you there is nothing Islamic about them.

The razing of Ayuttha was a quick and overwhelming event, nobody has ever given me a decent answr as to why the Burmese beheaded the Buddah images.

This is why Thais see the Burmese as dogs.

You can still see a huge ball of gold and gems on top of the Shwedigon pagoda, in Yangon/Rangoon, that was looted from Ayuttha.

The Don Muand taxi rank is where old taxis go to die. I hate skimming down the expressway in a car that has never been serviced. The TAT should learn about first impressions.

Off topic. What is your reason for being, Dr pong? You may think that your Devil's advocate style one liners serve a purpose, in fact, like you, they don't.

Go back to flirting in the ladies forum. I cringed as i read your boasting about your 'timing'.

On topic. Would anybody agree that The Londoner pub serves up the best British snap in Bangkok? The jacket spuds must be some kind of record breakers. If there is better i would like to know.

Is that the 'Shifty buisness award'? If so, he has my vote.

I guessed you meant V-brakes or V-cantis by the way you spoke in a knowledgeable way. I was just trying to clear it up for Ned before he hits the swirling mass of tecno jargon that is the wonderful world of modern bikes.

Where are some of the closest trails to bangkok you have visited? I have hardly ridden since leaving the U.K, although a breif spell in British Columbia scared the spuds off me.

Those Canadian guys sure can fly.

It's good to see you keeping it polite.

A night of merry making while people in the south are trying to pick up the peices seems a little inconsiderate to me.

One possible way of using some of the money set aside for a good pi** up is to send it to where it is needed. I will be going out but not on a "Mad'un".

I dont know about you Marquess, but most people in the u.k eat at home much more ofton than a pub.

Maybe those that run good British food down dont know a baking tray from a hole in the ground. A little skill in the kitchen goes along way.

love him or hate him, you can not deny Jamie Oliver made cooking trendy, and with it single men learnt to cook and not just "pierce plastic and microwave for 3 mins"

I for one have his books and used to enjoy putting together meals that were a blend of the better side of British food.

I think it is a fallacy that French food is fantastic and British food is dire. Does anyone belive that a busy French family comes home from work and then spends hours slicing and dicing before a banquet on crisp white table cloths.

Two things. In regards to Thaksin, the Buck has to stop somewhere, he is the boss.

Secondly, I presume, but dont know for a fact, the Meterological department is a government body. If it could be shown that Thaksin had pressured them to overlook anything but a 'dead cert' then maybe some of you would prefer the blame game to the standard thai shrug of innocence.

IA! your valid point may be undermined by "<deleted> and fags"

Hey! I resent your censoring me. I cant not belive ###### is a swear word. What about a topic on heaven and ######?

Dr. pong need not reply

You must be coming from a real dump to wish to retire anywhere near Pattaya. Yep! rent for 6 months and that will give you enough time to get the ###### out.

I'm with IA. To say that it was an act of nature is true but we can avoid acts of nature, sometimes. The earthquake could not be forseen but the waves could.

To say we should not blame anyone is to say the same for drunk drivers who kill. should we think "oh! well. Who could have known?".

I for one believe Thaksin is the type able to push facts to one side and just hope for the best. I think it is unfair to use Khun Phumi as a benchmark of Thaksins dignity, i doubt very much he knew the guest list at every resort.

Thailand is the most developed of all the nations hit, if any country was or was able to be warned, it was Thailand.

An open letter to Thaksin may be in order.

I think a genuine model is fine, as someone said a Sony is a Sony. The big difference here is that Thais can't see past "well we have your money, so go away" if i goes wrong. I bought an expensive camera from a large store and when it broke after 19 days they just shrugged and told me to go to the comapny. I did go and see them and was stunned to hear that they would only fix it if i paid a large sum of money. It seems that taking photos was the cause of my camera to go wrong. So it was my fault. I am not joking.

when you say cantilever, you must mean v-brakes. i recommend disc brakes all the way. i used to ride with hope discs in the u.k and they are great. you can throw them through mud and water and still be sure you can slow or stop.

dont think that we dont have mud in thailand. light dust and sand can be a bugger with v-brakes.

before you get carried away with super duper suspension you should take a while and think about stopping equipment.

oh! and dont skimp on on bars and stems many a snapped wrist could have bben prevented by bars and stems not snaping first.

i dont know what makes of bike you are thinking about but you wont go wrong with a Marin

Handbags at dawn gents. Didn't the Hutu's and Tutsi's do each other in in not such a tolerent way?

Marquess, what about whole meal bread and good mature cheese. Asia is full of sweet white bread and something i call the Devil's work, Craft slices.

Good food bursts from Britain like my buttons after a good sunday roast. As kids, how many times did we call out "how much longer mum?" when the pans and pots stoped rattling?

British food is not to many peoples liking as it is so stodgy but who (from Britain to be fair) can turn their nose up at thick back gammon, good country greens, welsh butter, trout, a rack of lamb, backed beans on toast, Sunpat peanut butter, quality fish and chips, lamb casserole, and not forgetting roast spuds and bubble and squeak, not on the same plate of course.

Pork pies, faggots (like meat balls) and jellied eels aside of course.

I'm thinking of a golf trip to Burma/Myanmar. I have travelled around Burma and found it to be a great country, however it is very run down. Has anyone been golfing their? and what did you think??