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Fairplay to the OP for 30 years. I never knew that about the OP until today and that is refreshing as I read about some proper wallies who like to bang on about themself like they are the Christopher columbus of thailand.

OP what are you looking forward to doing on your return and where are you heading to?

41 minutes ago, RonniePickering22 said:

Just seen a tweet saying we should go "all out" to get Martial or Pulisic.

 

One of those is a top quality player....the other likes his hairspray and aftershave.

I did say months ago martial would be a great addition.

3 hours ago, RonniePickering22 said:

When was the last time Man City sold a player for a profit?

 

Edit: Actually name the last five....it will keep you busy for a wee while BB. 

To be fair they have made decent returns of late. Sancho and Mooy. 

Amazon prime

Animal kingdom s3. - decent

Start up s2 - very good

12 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

It's your kids vs our kids mid week in the states.

Be a good opportunity to sign a few of em up.

I visited a pharmacists round by us. Her english was excellent so I asked her about schooling choices she had made for her daughter and if she knew of a specific school round there and what she thought of the school. Her decisive answers were refreshing and her recommendation for a school I'd never heard of looks a great choice. 

She's 37 she went to a Thai school a normal one and worked hard to get to university.

Short answer no.

Letting unknown variables stay in your family home. That is the only question I would be asking myself.

I just think this particular subject is more important than the comments laden inside it and wading through the pages which I don't bother reading as they are normally hear say is stifling my effort to keep upto date. I just want progress updates sign of life etc. I am not interested in any other comments on this thread and I think the continuity of this subject and need for updates sets ut apart from other topics. The irony is fully understood too that I am now commenting. I just want some good news not bickering and deliberation on resource deployment.

7 minutes ago, BangkokSausage said:

Blah blah blah. Talk is cheap.. Why hasn't the white skin Boys not rescued them!!

Result is big fat Zero! Everyone running around like headless chickens

Get them out! They have done nothing but create chaos!!!

You must be as dumb as the guy who said this was a 50 man Job.

It's a monster, it's like 10km long it's got all kinds of trails. They have had to drill into rock without causing damage to structures and pump out water. It is not a toilet it's a cave filled with water. The ambulances on scene are not specifically for the children but anyone who needs them as the rescue operation may yield casualties of their own. A week ago they were talking about having to wait a week for the water to clear. Clearly someone high up kicked off and put every available piece of man power into action and then sought  international help. I hope these guys are foundoing safe and sound. Be a great film too.

Need a proper breakthrough on this tomorrow or sooner. If these lads have survived until now they need rescuing asap. 

@Chickenlegs your updates are great.

I'm using a Samsung A5 typing this. It's nearly 4 years old. The battery needs to be replaced I think, as it sometimes just reboots even when battery full. 

Got an S7 2 years ago but got it wet during songkran within 2 weeks. Reverted back to A5 until earlier this year. Took it Samsung service centre and got it fixed for 5k. Works as new.

I've never purchased a phone always get them free with a £20 a month uk contract. Due for an upgrade when I'm back there. Will be sticking wirh Samsung. 

Elephant training (mahout)

Visiting hmong tribes and seeing mountains upon mountains of ganja. 

Trekking through hmong cauliflower farms to waterfalls etc.

Eating khaoi soi.

14 minutes ago, Johnniey said:

I find it hard to believe that some people have never taken an illegal drug. Never a little bit of ganja or a tab of LSD? A lot less harmful than cigs or booze, in fact can be very enlightening, in a spiritual way. I recently watched a great movie about Ram Dass and his experiments with Timothy Leary at Harvard in the 60's.

All youngsters would have taken pot, I would have thoiught the older ones would have too, 40/50 years ago.

What's the point your making? 

1 minute ago, ukrules said:

The interesting thing about cheese is that if you buy a 'whole cheese' it's much cheaper.

 

There's no VAT for a start and I also believe the per KG price is lower, probably based on the reduced need to cut it up and package it into smaller units.

Vat does not apply when importing cheese into thailand?

3 minutes ago, Justfine said:

Pot is a natural herb.

Your diluting the topic. If you read the full story you would realise this is not the only drug involved.

4 minutes ago, jhonnie said:

the righteousness, the callousness, the lack of empathy from many  leaves me wondering if there is any one  left to throw another stone? John was a human being who had family , had friends and obviously made many mistakes; time to go back to your ivory towers 

Callous is the right word but you have got it mixed up. The dealer is the callous person who supplies the evil drugs that make fellow expats addicted. The road that leads to is self destruction and as his so called friends has pointed out, he was a recovering addict of some sort himself so knowing the struggles such people face what kind of person chooses to saddle others with such problems? It looks like he knew the effects only too well and decided to take advantage of the situation. If he had considered his family and the consequences he would not be involved in this behaviour, at his age it is clear he had not learned from mistakes as his demise demonstrates.

3 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Sounds like 'Mainland cheddar' to me. I like the vintage cheddar version, the rest taste like rubber.

The red packet I think. Same as us then.

But the increase is just ridiculous.

5 minutes ago, car720 said:

what the hell have you been smoking and where can I get some.

It was an answer for your question. Lyrics.

Doing our weekly shop yesterday and the Mrs noted we only had half a block of cheese remaining. Head to the cheese section and the cheese we buy has been increased upto 220 baht I think it was. Shock and dismay at this, this is nearly 40 baht increase from an avg price of 170/185 baht over the last 3 years.

It's the most popular brand comes in different strengths red/blue etc. Looks like a typical English cheese. Is a cheddar and a decent cheese for here.

I am sorry to say but I could not buy it the increase was just outrageous.

I see some nookie bear guy selling double the size (1kg) for 200 baht but he's in nong khai. I am tempted to buy bulk.

1 minute ago, car720 said:

Hasn't anyone ever heard of a CHIVATO?

Lick your bum bum down!

I actually know of one in khon kaen on the Sri chan Rd. 

It's about 7 metres by 4 metres internal but also has an outside.

I'm not sure it's a movable structure but a lot of appliances and furniture available.

The price on kaidee.com is 250k but if you were to stay in that location it would be 8k a month rent. Been sitting there shut for a few months now so I think theye would sell the assets relating to the coffee shop. Just do a search on kaidee.com for property sales in khon kaen and you can view it.