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I am more than happy to lean a little to the East.

Frankly I really like Isaan music and Thai food.

There are, of course advantages.

I get two Fathers days a year, and two new years days, and two wedding anniversaries...

But, then again, so does the bride..

edit...(two Mothers days for the bride)

I am an Aussie, married to a Thai and living in Australia for most of the year.

Right now, I am at the computer obviously.

The wife has Isaan music on the wide screen surround sound whilst she is out tending to the naam-dok-mai and keow-savoy mango trees. We have the bahn-noi in the pergola. For tea we are having something Thai as usual (I don't know what, but it smells good). Our house could be picked up and dumped in Thailand and no-one would notice.

The fact is, I am not particularly patriotic towards Australia and enjoy my little piece of Thailand.

So, should I put another shrimp on the barbie? Should I turn her music off and put Jimmy Barnes on Instead? Maybe we have bangers and mash for dinner for a change?

When my Mrs is away I hit youtube and wander down memory lane. Good for the soul.

Sometimes it is easier to just go with the flow and try not to make sense of it.

Yes...but remember, the flow always goes downhill.

Find a new wife. The crap the falangs put up with is ridiculous !!!

I wouldn't call releasing 9 fish and 2 turtles at the temple ridiculous. Giving a tenth of ones wages to the church is ridiculous; but each to their own.

Can you provide some personal examples where your wife has made you put up with ridiculous crap?

Happy New Year CC, and everyone else.

Mate we had a good 2015, so I will settle for a carbon copy. Maybe just a few tweaks here and there.

Mrs SiPi made this brew yesterday, and it was really refreshing.

4 ltrs of water. A fistful of pandan leaves. 10 teabags, or your favorite tea leaves. A green paw paw skinned and cut into cubes.

Put in a pot and boil. Strain and cool. Serve on ice.

Yum.

I am not sure where to put this, so the pub will do.

So, after twenty something years I have finally seen "Return from the River Kwai".

I thoroughly enjoyed the first River Kwai movie, as inaccurate as it is.

But I really didn't expect the final scene from the latest movie to be a bunch of POWs heading to China in a paper mache sub-marine.

Good.

After a while you will get the feel for it and will decide for yourself which switch need jiggling and which plug has to be bashed into the socket with your fist. Welcome to Thailand.

Hi Xen.

I had the same problem with W10 and found this link helpful.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/242726-how-to-embed-a-youtube-video/

Thais seem basically clueless when it comes to body space, and will stop in the middle of a crowded footpath, totally unaware that the pedestrians are stacking up around them. It is damn frustrating. However it isn't worth barging through and chancing a punchup.

As well as plugging holes; Don't mount the external compressor unit directly on the ground or raised using bricks or whatever. Mount it on the wall using the proper metal mounting brackets. I also learnt the hard way.

Not many mangoes helping out the chef. Pickled?

Even again.

Not any more. Trans is now two votes in front.

In the event of a tie with Nance I will gracefully withdraw because from reading her posts she needs the accolade more than Trans.

For sure the best TVF posters are not in this years contest and I am just happy that I got where I did in the contest, shows me that there are folk out there who appreciate my input on TVF year round and l will continue to do so next year if still breathing.

Just ROCK ON folks.....

It's tied now. Wait to the very end to withdraw (wink,wink)

Sometimes it is easier to just go with the flow and try not to make sense of it.

CrazyChef is expecting a large delivery of mangos late tonight.

The Chefs mango recipes seem to have let him down.

Maybe the winner from the previous year could be the ring-leader for the following?

Exactly.

I don't know why they bother. I get in enough trouble with just one account.

Hide-my-ass VPN provider is on overload.

Can you use your behind the scenes powers to locate Trans? He has been quiet today.

Transam: What size chest are your jeans??

Trans is beating Nancy by a length.