The Old Bull

I don't trust credit cards over here I always make sure I have enough cash in my pocket in case there is a problem. So I will not trust this app till it is proven to work for a while..Also I wonder how much you will get hammered on the exchange rate.

Those fancy outfits will spend a long time trying to flog you expensive frames but very little time on the eye examination. I get a new set of lenses every couple of years from the guy in Big C Nadee Udon Thani. He charges three or four thousand for bifocals. Just a small stall nothing fancy and no eye candy.

I too have an old Fino 45,000 on it when the speedo quit about five years ago. My old lady went and bought a new Filano I don't know what she paid for it but it is quite nice. The center of gravity on Hondas seems to be higher making them a little more unstable.Go for a Filano.

Something you can wipe your feet on ?

I know a fellow had a bar, told me it cost B3000 a day to operate. So if he makes B20 on a beer he has to sell 150 before he can slide any change into his pocket. Not a good deal if you ask me.

And always remember if a deal looks too good to be true then the odds are that isn't true.

Where I live nothing within 4 kms only a couple of mom and pop shops not tech savvy. I can see some sharp young guy setting up a shell company with a QR code and buying credits for cash at a heavily discounted rate. This will get ugly when the Thai mafia get involved and these sites pop up all over. Thais like quick cash I can't see anyone spreading benefits over six months if they can get instant cash even at a discounted rate,so city businesses will be buying up credits rather than delivering goods. The whole thing is unworkable.

This idea that the Yanks have about instilling democracy on nations is very selective. It doesn't apply to the Saudies or any of those rich Arab countries. Egypt's democratically elected government was run off and Africa is full of people originally voted in but won't leave when their time is up. Thailand and Cambodia are another pair of basket cases when it comes to democracy. So why are they not speaking up about these countries? China has a one party system that suits them well with elected representatives. The haven't been communist for years since Deng Chao Ping. A lot of Ukrainians are pro Russian choosing the Russians over the Yanks but those numbers are concealed from us.

Should have disbanded NATO years ago sent the Yanks home. Still in Europe from WWII, the Russians have pulled out of East Germany, Hungary, Check Republic etc. but the Yanks remain. So if Trump wants to pull out he should be encouraged. The Yanks were getting a little to friendly with the Ukraine which is on the Russian border that is why had had to drop the hammer on them as they did not want US missiles on their border. Same with North Korea the only reason it exists is because the Chinese don't want US missiles on their border also.

Thais need to be educated about the virtues of saving for something untill they have enough to buy it. Immediate gratification is the problem. I was raised to believe "you cut your coat according to your cloth."

It's done all the time with oil pipelines. You dig the hole, topsoil to one side the rest to the other. You plant the pipe and fill it in replanting whatever you destroyed in the process. After a couple of years everybody has forgotten there is a pipe there.

Americans want cheap stuff and where does chap stuff come from? China.So US politicians must decide who to please and who to piss off. Of course they will go with the numbers and that means the consumers. The problem with having money in foreign banks is that it can be grabbed like the US did with Iran and some Russians.So for that reason alone its good to diversify.

I think for a dating site to be effective they should sort the sodomites from the straights not leave it up to the users.

I hooked my ring on something once, could have lost a finger. Now I don't recommend wearing any kind of ring without pre cutting.

I don't like it, sneaky stuff,you don't know you are wasted till you stand up and try to walk across the room. With booze you can feel it going down and pace yourself.

Why would the mother have the option to drop the charges? She was not the one that was raped.

Any floor cracking?

Beautiful work. Congratulations.

Lucky it was only 15 metres lots of places on that road could have been 150 metres.

There are loads in my yard near Udon Thani. There are a million of them that congregate on the powerlines near Tesco Ban Hansa every night.

The only thing agree with Trump is about , your body is like an engine, so many revs and it wears out. Why waste it in the gym.

I have a yellow house book and a pink card maybe that is the key. Not sure about the picture maybe the machine that spits out the licences also takes the picture. I got a medical but they weren't interested in it. For the previous medical I just paid the girl at the clinic and she reached under the counter took out a presigned paper and added my name.

When I got my last licence in Udon Thani did not have to wait. After the movie and eye test they usher you into a room and you sit next to the machine spitting out licences. When yours comes out they hand t to you.

A ridiculous idea . How can it work in rural areas where there are no shops using digital payment within four kilometers? Also a lot of people registered in village house books work away, how would you deal with them?

It would be nice to drive to Vientiane for supper, it's only thirty miles away without standing in line pay for a visa that eats up a page of your passport. It will never happen, too many government drones protecting their empires.