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I no longer travel as much as I used to but in the past I always travelled light to Thailand knowing that I would be able to buy clothing cheaply on arrival,

I was regularly approached at check in by women (it was always women) asking to use part of my baggage allowance because they were overweight (sometimes grossly so). I always refused, often to be be met with misandric abuse.

On 7/18/2024 at 11:01 PM, ravip said:

A TATA Nano breaks down on a roadside.

 

A BMW 750Li stops to help the driver.

"I will tow you to the next service station, but if I drive too fast please flash your lights"

 

They start up slowly but only a km or so down the line a Porsche speeds past 150km/h.

 

The BMW driver totally forgets about the nano & runs it after the Porsche.

 

Just as all 3 of them tear through a speed trap, the cop radios the HQ

 

"Calling all stations :: You won't believe this, I just saw a BMW & a Porsche racing past at about 190 km/h with a TATA Nano behind them flashing its lights to overtake. 

heard this 5years ago, but it was a Reliant Robin flashing its lights.

 

I just completed this quiz.

 

I just completed this quiz.

 

I just completed this quiz.

 

Will the mental tests include shining a torch in one ear and seeing if the beam comes out the other?

i was born immediately after the 2nd world war, there were 8 boys and 5 girls in my class in primary school and that continued for more than ten years. As a result many of my contemporaries remained single until over thirty. women had a great choice and became very dismissive of men.

 

Also, I found this blogger gabbles at such a speed that she was almost incoherent. This seems more common with women.

9 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Why do you want to go out and get hammered on a Sunday night if your wife wants you to stay home? 

If I care to go out and have a beer and conversation with friends it is my business.

This topic makes the usual and totally wrong assumption that all food from the UK is the same!

There are huge national variations and within the countries of the UK many regional differences. A lot depends on the resources  available locally. The west coasts of Scotland and Cornwall are particularly rich in seafood and Northern Ireland has a unique way with edible seaweeds.

8 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

Or crumbled Danish blue cheese on a haggis pizza. Boladh géar as they say north of the Trossachs.

 

You'll thank me for it.

 

 

Brawly Feekit.

 

URGENT.

Wife is trying to keep me at home tonight, insisting that a local decree has banned all alcohol sales tonight because it is the King's Birthday. I cannot find any proof of this . Is she correct?

12 hours ago, Thailand said:

ARO have gone in to cheese.

Tried the Gouda and Edam slices which were fine and yesterday saw they now have Tasty and Vintage blocks. Bought a Vintage at Makro but yet to try.

 

 

12 hours ago, Thailand said:

ARO have gone in to cheese.

Tried the Gouda and Edam slices which were fine and yesterday saw they now have Tasty and Vintage blocks. Bought a Vintage at Makro but yet to try.

 

Let me Know how it tastes. It has not yet appeared in my local Makro.

Yesterday evening I started to cough and started a runny nose. the cough is not painful but it continues until I run out of breath and choke I bring up a small amount of salty phlegm. Today, I have no appetite and no energy, climbing the stairs leaves me breathless I have no temperature, When I cough I  now have slight pain at the bottom of my ribs. I think I have a common cold but Madamme fears it might be Covid 19. No other family members are showing symptoms. What is it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No other family members with whom I have spent the last 4 day have any symptoms. What is it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Shame they're 'out of stock' isn't it.

Thanks, I'll keep watching.

11 hours ago, MrBrad said:

I've never heard the term "bed towels."  Google search doesn't help.  What are they?

Large (2mx2m) thin sheets of toweling material that can be slept on. I put them underthe sheet.

Rain in Thailand is warm. Thai neighbours often comment on my ignoring of light to moderate rain and cannot understand that as a Northern European I am used to icy rain and gales and find Thai rain and wind completely comfortable.

More than 20 ears ago I bought 2 bed towels in Wararot Market.

The are now becoming increasingly frayed and will not last much longer, but I cannot find any new ones.

Has any member seen bed towels for sale in Chiang mai area. I can find mattress toppers in many bedding outlets but these are not the 100% cotton that I want so ignore them please.

When I retired to just outside Chiang mai, I sent for a lot of vegetable seeds from a nursery in the South of england. I planted Runner Beans, Broad Beans, Peas, standard Cabbages and Brussels Sprouts et al just at the beginning of the cool season and watered them well . They all failed. They germinated, put out a good show of leaf and died. The beans and peas flowered but did not produce seed. I suspect that the local pollinating insects failed to recognise the strangers and ignored them.

If you go ahead make sure that they are suitable for your area.

When will governments learn that banning a pleasure drives it underground and into the hands (pockets?) of organised crime. Licencing cafes a la Netherlands model would bring in revenue to the government, but, that would mean the money going into to the wrong pockets.

I know it does not absolve the driver but China drives on the right, did the victim look the wrong way.

No mention  fthe influence of religious groups in other areas e.g. Northern Ireland.

My family often eat Pla Too (ปลาทู). Curious as to its english name, I put it to Google Translate. It came up with Mackerel, which the fish is obviously not. Can any member give me an english or even better a zoological name for it?

11 hours ago, Hanuman2547 said:

Perhaps skinflint boomers are a product of their parents who grew up during the Great Depression era of the 1930's.

I agree, My Maw and Paw endured the great depression as children and the 2nd World War as young adults. These imprinted a fear of running out of funds for the rest of their lives. Furthermore Grandchildren at university are expensive if you do not want to let them run up a large debt.

14 hours ago, bunnydrops said:

My guess is that they have a different e-mail address for you. I mostly use just one, but one time I gave my other address to a site and forgot. I thought I was having the same problem as you but then remembered to check the other address and there was the reset from the site.

I had the same idea but the helpline staff ignored my suggestion, I suspect her technical knowledge was insufficient. I had occasion just after opening the account to correct my EMail address and I wonder if their system has reverted to this incorrect EMAil.. It may be significant that, after their upgrade last December, the payment notifications which I used to get stopped abruptly.

On 6/14/2024 at 2:11 PM, richard_smith237 said:

Have you been able to log in on any other devices such as your phone?

 

 

I do not use an Iphone.