Orton Rd

Thought about buying somewhere last time I was in the UK until I discovered the council tax was 179 quid a month and water 41 a month. What's that over 8k baht a month before you get started on the gas and electricity. ????

Far worse than reformed smokers are the reformed drinkers who constantly remind the rest of how long they have been tee total for, when they last had a drink, what disgusting wrecks they were before they were saved etc. One thing more boring than a drunk is people who once were, and probably wish they still were. At least former smokers don't try the old -'it's a disease not an addiction' lie to get out of their responsibility for addiction.

Looks more like a funeral urn than a cake, Amor do a half decent birthday one and s&p fruit cake slice is not bad, apart from that poop as mentioned.

Fastest track still seems to be in a dingy or out of the back of a lorry, virtually no chance of being sent back!

20 minutes ago, alien365 said:

While we're on the topic of Chang I wonder if anyone here has bought the magnum sized bottle? I've seen it on sale for a while but refuse to buy it due to the price difference. I'm assuming it's just standard Chang inside and hence a rip off.

No as it's only 4.8% like this 25 year nonsense

Had a condo for 6 years in Bkk, owner never repaired a thing, and the air con was filthy also. Surp

4 hours ago, Beggar said:

200 Baht? Where is this? 

He's in CM aint he? used to have in done for 250 in bkk but the sod was filling up the gas when it was not needed so ended up at 600. Mitsubishi had to let gas out when I got them round. Our landlords never fixed a thing but at least we got the deposit back and no arguments. If you pay on time and don't bother them that seems to be the way to go.

4 hours ago, CM Dad said:

As long as Thai schools and educators insist on using a grammar-focused approach to teaching English, they will never succeed.  Languages are learned by listening and speaking followed by reading and writing.  Only basic grammar is needed for the development of the first two skills.  The latter two skills are where grammar should be refined.

That's it exactly, grammar, grammar, grammar is counter productive. After the basics like past present and future they need to concentrate on vocabulary and SPEAKING. Endless grammar bores and confuses kids, so they switch off and just do the minimum box ticking to pass. There again they are pretty well stuffed if the teachers can't speak the language to start with.

58 minutes ago, baansgr said:

But isn't that exactly what the wonderful Maggie thatcher did...took away social housing and tied everybody for generations to come with massive lifetime mortgage debt. "grip"

Na the wonderful Baroness empowered the working class and was responsible for the greatest distribution of wealth since the Norman conquest, bless her!

The meaning of mortgage is death grip, which might not be so bad if the homes being bought were going to last until the loan gets paid off. Poor devils round us have got 30 year mortgages at 8k a month for houses they can never sell and which are falling apart after 8 years.

Probably

4 hours ago, Traubert said:

In China the kids are only taught to pass exams. The oral element of the exam is only 5% of the mark. Consequently you have A grade students who cant string a spoken sentence together.

 

Is it the same in Thailand?

Naomi went to School in China, her English is great, as are a few other things about her ????

All been done to death, far too much already almost all the same with drone footage and awful music seemingly compulsory. Don't do another one on scams or 10 things not to miss in Bkk or even worse the nightlife and endless waffle about hotels, tuk tuks and god awful street food. Go to a morlam or likay concert of course ???? or film some disgusting cock fighting, illegal gambling or beggars. On no account film temples, monks or ladyboys!

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The only reason she survived the election was because she took a chance and sent the forces to the Falklands against advice. She got lucky and the resulting patriotism gave her a win.

She won re election, IMO, on the lives of the troops lost in that far away land. 

That far away land was British territory whose inhabitants wanted nothing to do with the invaders, maybe we should have avoided WW2 in order to save troops, but then why have them at all?

1 hour ago, Tony125 said:

Really? I worked for US  Postal Service ( not window clerk) but after 9-11 you have to show ID if mailing a package/envelope of 16 oz that goes by air as it might contain an explosive. Mostly they just ask for ID for anything.  They will not take a letter at (the widow) or deliver some letters from mail boxes if no return address. Some contained Anthrax in the past.

Showing id for posting a post card or a birthday card is idiocy

35 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Wind your xenophobic neck in.

 

Regardless of his immigration status the fire was not the fault of the guy in flat 16 were the fire started. The inquiry has exonerated him:

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/grenfell-inquiry-exonerates-resident-of-flat-where-blaze-began-

 

 

 

Of course it did

3 minutes ago, BigStar said:

Money! Ha, dangling quite a carrot there then. How much we talking?

50 baht is the usual

Fire started by asylum seeker having the fridge plugged into a faulty and over loaded extension socket, then leaving the windows open letting the fire expand onto the cladding, then wanders out knocking on a couple of doors. It's everyone else's fault though!