Andrew Dwyer

Have you ever witnessed a legendary artist at work but not realised it ??
Happened to me:

There I was in 1994 working in São José dos Campos when my Brazilian girlfriend said that we were going to São Paulo to a concert !!
Well, not really able to speak any Portuguese I felt like I could take it or leave it but went anyway.

The band ? Legião Urbana ?? never heard of them !!

Anyway the place was packed to the rafters and the crowd were well excited.
The music was okay, kinda pop rock but I felt it was the message that the band were sending was more important !!

Anyway, this music started and the place erupted !!

Legião Urbana - Quando o sol bater na janela de teu quarto
( when the sun hits the window of your room )

The lead singer ( Renato Russo ) was a legendary singer songwriter who I was witnessing. It was only when he died ( from AIDS ) a couple of years later I realised how much he was idolised.
Recognised as a genius he was heavily influenced by the Smiths, Morrissey in particular.

If you’re into anything with a guitar in it ( like me ) then this might interest you.

Basically a music documentary featuring Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge kicking around some ideas, some stories and jamming on an empty stage.

It might get loud !!

The world is going completely mad.


If you read these safety instructions you would think I have bought some technically advanced paraphernalia which could cause danger to life or limb if not used correctly !!



But no !!


What I bought is












I’m kinda afraid to use it now [emoji51]

Perhaps he never chased anyone again.
 
If a dog chases you, if you stop quickly, look them in the eyes and shout, they walk away baffled. They don't expect that and it surprises them.

My gf backed up your post by saying I should stop my bike suddenly and raise my voice at them , she showed me a couple of times and it does work.

Of course on my own is different !!
When the dogs coming my way with his teeth showing and growling I tend to go overboard and shout really loudly “ Hey “ or “ No “ ( one time I shouted “ you bas#%€d “ [emoji23] ).
This usually has the desired effect and the dog scurries away but due to my excessive volume the locals look out their window and see a solitary farang on a bicycle in the middle of the road screaming at ...............well nobody !!

This just helps to strengthen the theory that Thais think all farangs are a weird bunch !!

Some interesting reading.
HOW THE INTERNET STARTED, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE
Please do not Google or check this with Snopes. They will lie to you. Trust me!
In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a healthy young wife by the name of Dorothy. And Dot Com was a comely woman, large of breast, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com.
And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?"
And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?"
And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent.
To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew to the People (HTTP).
And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drum heads and drumsticks.
And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or eBay as it came to be known. He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."
And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "YAHOO," said Abraham. And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com.
Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside.
It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE).
That is how it all began. And that's the truth.
I would not make up this stuff.

I moved province, went to IO armed with a TM30 and a TM28, she dismissed the TM28 telling me to bring it back on 90 day report, which I did only to have it dismissed again.

According to UJ a lot of IO’s are favouring the TM30 only.

 

This was Ayutthaya, if you tell us which Immigration Office maybe someone will have more specific information.

Think I might have to give this a try , just in the name of research of course !!

Just to round the thread up.

 

Could’nt find the Cotto Nano near me ( Homepro, Home Mart and Mega Home ) so settled for some “ Premium “ Crocodile brand , must be good at 187 baht ? 

Anyway, time will tell .

Edgar Broughton Band - Aphrodite [1970]
 

This name is certainly familiar, pretty sure my older brother had one of their albums back in the day.

Gotta ask Mr Google !

Thanks DB

Just to add a caveat to an earlier post.
 
Make sure that fittings are compatible, i.e. don't screw a parallel thread to a tapered thread.

I second that, a common mistake !

I also wonder if this is available in LOS


This is the real deal, sort of liquid PTFE, just need to make sure that the joints are dry and allow sufficient drying time.

Used this for many years in my previous life as someone who worked for a living !

A Coca Spaniel ?

I have this on repeat for the last 45 min
 
 

Great song !

Nosguitar and Tropo

According to my gf I only paid today for the injections ( and other things )I received . Next time I will have to pay again for injections and any other incidentals.

Next appointment 12th Dec, will post price on here.

@nosguitar@tropo

Had another injection today plus weight checked, blood pressure checked and she also pointed a laser at my forehead this time ?, not sure if she was trying to read my barcode or give me the Indian red dot ! [emoji51]

Anyway, charged me another 1,010 baht ! , so the grand total will be 6,080 ( there’s another shot on my card now 6th Jan, must have missed it before , so 3 more to go )

I sense they are feeling more familiar with me now and the farangs bum novelty has worn off , this time they sat me on a chair, rolled my sleeve up and jabbed me , not even a plaster !
At this rate for the last shot they will probably get me with a blow pipe as I’m walking cross the parking lot !!

The library?
I heard they had one in Alexandria, Egypt, but wasn't it destroyed?
Or are you living in a parallel universe?

Funnily enough I was in the uk recently and needed to print a doc from a flash drive, went to the local library, there were more computers than books in there.

Although, I think the library aforementioned has a different appeal other than books !!

You do realize there are two polls going now and this is only the preliminary phase before the actual final poll? 

Yes, and seems like I can vote in both polls !! That can’t be right surely ?
If I have 2 votes I want to use them in Poll 1 as that’s where my nominations went.

Of course I could always not vote in Poll 2 but then I can’t see the action !!

Decisions, decisions .

6 hours ago, tutsiwarrior said:

 

thanks Andrew...for most of us remote from the MFA the EMS cost won't be that bad to have the signed document delivered...the alternative is to hang around BKK with the associated expense when we'd just like to be at home playing with the grandkids...

 

as this requirement for MFA is unusual I fear that some folks may find themselves in a bind if they leave the extension renewal to the 'last minute'...if yer in immigration district 3 check out yer IO requirements for extensions of stay a few weeks before ye apply...

 

btw...Ayutthaya IO had this requirement briefly and then someone said that it had been withdrawn...when were you there last? Ayutthaya useta be my IO until the Suphan office opened last year and there was no requirement for MFA then and I was dismayed when I heard...they were always nice folks...but the diktat came from above just like it did at Suphan and they had no choice...

 

I called 1178 and complained and the dude said: 'it's probably a new requirement' and I said': 'if it is a new requirement then it would be nationwide and for which I would have no problem...BUT IT IS NOT! it's just for immigration district 3 indicating that someone there has a serious problem as extreme inconvenience can occur, especially when extension applicants have no previous advice...'

 

if enough folks complain maybe we can beat this...don't be afraid of the bastids...

 

 

I haven’t done an extension yet ( due Sept 2018 ) as managed to squeeze 2 years from an O-A Visa.

Was at IO a couple of weeks ago for TM30 update ( thankfully Ayutthaya don’t enforce it ), they seem friendly enough. My next 90 days is not for 70 days and I probably will try online but the IO is not far from me so I can pop in anytime.

They're hardly likely to SCORE if they're in goal! 

Wouldn’t be so sure !!



Probably gets the same reaction after a bit of solitary confinement !

 
yeah...please...we need to have all the info for this to lessen the inconvenience...an EMS return after submitting in person will help tremendously, otherwise I'd need to have a driver outta BKK retrieve the document and bring it up to my house at considerable cost...
 
('bbbut, wouldn't it be nice to have an excuse to have a party in BKK?'...shit; I'd rather sleep in my own bed and eat my own food than any party in that shithole...not directed at you, tanoshi you have been helpful...)
 
 

I can confirm that an EMS return is available from MFA, I visited British Embassy and on going back home ( Ayutthaya ) called in at MFA , EMS took about 3 days.
Sorry, don’t recall the actual cost .