Foxy52

It's a G/H near ThaPae Gate. I was lucky to get the 'Granny House' above the garage, but unfortunately (for you) it's the only one

When I moved to CM 7 years ago, I stayed in a hotel in the old city for a couple of months. When  I finally got time to look for a more permanent place, I went for a walk and found a nice garden flat about 100 meters down the road and I've been here ever since

Try Piriton, a first generation antihistamine. I've been taking them on and off for years, with no addictive or other ill effects. And at THB20 for 50, they won't break the bank

The other night, I had a dream/nightmare that I was stuck in the UK and couldn't get back to Thailand

Maxim's Bar at the Kalare NM is open

Blackbird Leys seems to have a very bad image on here. I lived there briefly in the early 1980s and quite liked it, apart from the local pub, which was a bit of a dive

These small town papers are usually short of news, so they leap at 'exotic' articles about locals in Thailand. When I was visiting the UK from HK a few years back, I asked the local rag in Grantham about locating a long-lost sister, which became a front page splash

My old Mum always told me not to borrow money, or lend it if I can't afford to lose it. And I never have, to the extent that I even bought my house in the UK for cash. Mind you, none of my 'loans' to Thai friends have never been returned and I never really expected them to be, so no great loss. 

Had a crown fall out earlier this year and went to the new Ram dental hospital next door to the Ram without an appointment. No problem - prompt service from an excellent dentist, who took x-rays, filled and fixed the crown, gave me a full check-up and clean/descale. Took less than 1 hour and cost a shade over THB1,000, which I thought excellent value

Hardly desperados!

Better to err on the side of caution, IMO

I'm not sure how many bars will be able to reopen, after months of having no income, but still having to pay rent and other overheads

When we lived in HK we had a large garden and would see the occasional cobra or rat snake. We left them alone, they left us alone. After we'd been there a few years, a Chinese guy moved in downstairs and proceeded to kill any snake on sight. Within just three months, the place was infested with rats and mice. I preferred the snakes.

Not to kick the bucket

When I first moved here from HK, I was taking atenolol 100 mg o.d., amlodipine 5 mg o.d. and an ACE inhibitor, the name and dose of which I've long since forgotten. After 3 months I had to halve the atenolol and amlodipine doses and stop the ACEI altogether, due to severe postural hypotension (passing out while standing up, due to low BP). I believe this was due to the low stress here, compared to HK.

They do this in HK too. The first time I visited by wife in prison there, the waiting room was empty apart from a line of bags, books and other items. Minutes before visiting time, the owners of these objects appeared and took their respective places in line. It worked fine and I did the same on subsequent visits

After living in Hong Kong for 30 years, my small one-room Thai wooden house with bathroom is like a palace by comparison. Mind you, it has a large covered garden terrace which serves as my office, living room and kitchen

I never, ever thought I'd miss Songkran

I never thought I'd miss Songkran ...

I dreamt I was a butterfly, but what if I was a butterfly dreaming I was a man?

My landlady recently recommended that I lock my garden gate at night. She's never mentioned this before and I've been here for more than 5 years

All bars ordered to close from today until April 1, apparently