toofarnorth

Turning the English around.  If going out for something my Thai wife says 'For what ' , I would say " What for ". Which is better ?

On 3/21/2023 at 12:02 PM, bendejo said:

If I never have to smell that damned cabbage soup again . . .

 

 

About 2 weeks ago me and 'er indoors went to Tesco Lotus for lunch , for a change not KFC but wanted the food hall next door.

I had to endure cabbage soup , well a little bit of it. Disgusting.

Big storm up here in the far north last night , thunder , lightning and very heavy rain , never seen it as bad before.

My Panasonic shaver came from 7/11. Has Panasonic batteries in , cheap batteries and it fails to work.

Big storm last night up here about as far north as one can get.  One tree stuck in the gate another bush went flying across the lawn.

Had to go round closing all the windows , power went off 3 times so went to bed. At least the mountains are back in view and the air fresher.

8 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Fossicking for scrap brass, copper, aluminium and lead at the local garbage dump. I bought my first bicycle with the proceeds.

 

Caddying for rich and influential people. Golf exposed the true character of most. Sad when I had to stop when I turned 18. My first win in competition.

 

Going to a college on a scholarship. Being called a freak by sons of rich people because I had an eidetic memory.

 

My first sex. I still wonder what she would look like now.

 

My mother's roast lamb, coconut ice, and lemon meringue pie.

 

The deaths of Stalin and Churchill.

You reminded me ; Lemon meringue pie , oh how I loved that. Roast beef oh a Sunday , I loved the burnt bit on the end.

As for first sex.  It was only with me but I soon got the hang of it.

I have to agree with many of the above. Mine ?

Parrafin heater in the bathroom.

Chapped legs in the winter from wearing shorts.

Before Corona the fizzy drinks man brought Neptune .

Gran and Grandad arriving on Boxing day.

Train spotting .

Cod liver oil and malt , loved it.

The misery of trying to make snowballs when wearing woolen mittens.

Eating sandwiches while watch a real steam roller at work.

Not being allowed out to play on a Sunday .

Bonfire night when I was about 13 and kissing Jennifer Parsons who lived next door.

YES !  that awful  radiogram. Playing 78s with a needle in the pickup arm.

Guess my age from the above .

16 hours ago, Wobblybob said:

Where do they sell Red Horse, like to give it a try. I normally drink Tapper which is ok, but only just ok. 

Found a craft beer shop near where I live and called in yesterday, they had many continental beers on draft and many bottles and cans of other superb beer, I settled on a bottle of Weihenstephaner Vitus at 7°, quality doesn't come cheap but at 250 Baht it was worth every penny.

Up here in Maechan there is an off licence that sells several beers , some from japan and some from Lao. I buy their Beerlao , not cheap maybe at 70 B for a small botle but so much better than Chang at 50 for a large one. None left in the fridge , must call in for a brew for tonight as the sun sets behind the smog.

3 minutes ago, Goat said:

From what I have seen I would say 90% of Brits in Pattaya who drink and have a vehicle will drive drunk.

Only went once to Pattaya many years ago. Never again . There must be so many better places to live . Phuket no better in my eyes.

But for those that do live in these places , go out get drunk fall over , bothers me not a jot.

2 hours ago, giddyup said:

Handbags at dawn!

Just what I was thinking , Handbags at 50 paces .

Just a thought , if God is a Christian god why are there lightning conductors on church steeples ?  Lightning is an act of god.

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

my answer would be ' are they poisonous ?' I have no intention of eating one to find out.

I have a Makita hedge trimmer and a Black & Decker grass strimmer both excellent. Funny thing is I was outside an hour ago with my first cuppa and I thought I must cut the hedge tonight.

On 12/12/2023 at 3:11 AM, Nemises said:

Give a better tip and your problems will disappear - the next time you visit her. 

That is what I do up here in the north.  Oil massage is 300B per hour . I have 1.5 hours and give her 500B. I usualy get an extra 10 interesting minutes.

' Listen up , we are not going to make it to Koh Tao today '.

 YIPEEE !

Not even going to open page 1. Pattaya says it all.

On 12/15/2023 at 12:41 AM, Morch said:

 

MiL (living with us) loves to watch them and scoff.

Too funny.

Isaiah 28 v 22 And now do not show yourselves scoffers.

See , I know stuff.  ( Kelly Bundy ).

1 hour ago, stoner said:

 

actually i use big bertha driver thank you very much. jealous much ? 

Big Bertha driver operated a steam loco. on the Lickey Incline.

Back to golf.  My dad's only proper hobby . When he moved on to the great fairway in the sky mum asked me if I wanted his golf clubs.

No thanks , could never understand whaking a ball as far as poss. then going off to find it.

There is something ominous here , it will leave when go fund me reaches 100 B.