soap

While Ricos bar is on the menu

Would like to thank Rico for the EXCELLENT buffet he gave free of charge to his customers on August 1st (Swiss national day)

Thanks

So, despite around 6 sports channels the Vietnam option will not show The English Premier League? Can anyone confirm if they have? Guess we may have to wait until 18th August to know for sure. Also there is no guarantee that the Vietnam satellite companies won't change their codes in the future.

Ive just watched the Kitchee V Arsenal game LIVE on the Vinasat Thetheo channel ,it finished 2-2 good game good crowd

but i suppose if the likes of Postman Pat are Arsenal fans im sure the fees their paying they must of watched it on their beloved True Visions

Chiangrai Family Friendly HHH Report *105

The July 21st hash was held in the rolling hills at the base of the mountains to the SE of the city. A brave ____ 25 souls turned up for the occasion as the weather had been rainy for the days up to the hash. Expectations were low because it was the first hash to be set by our Japanese duo of Lost Samurai and Mile High. During the briefing Mile High mentioned a long stretch of straight flat dusty road beside the main road that had the more experienced hashers trying to think of a good excuse to get away before the start but without an alibi, they were stuck. The beginning of the hash led on a dirt road through a forested area and numerous checks were easily solved by the early FRBs including Able Semen, Flying Dutchman, Crash, Fired Up and an unnamed hasher aka Moses. The young lads – Johnny Walker and Buffalo Bill were able to keep pace for the first couple km. Just as Namron was commenting to Brain Health that first time hares had a tendency to make checks too easy, Able Semen came running back, cursing under his breath “God-dam_n, TWO false trails leading to a back check!” Brain Health turned and said “those Japanese can be quite tricky, it looks like a completely different kettle of fish.” Sure enough, the checks proved very devious and kept the pack together as tight as sardines for the first 70% of the course. The trail was exceptionally beautiful taking us through verdant rice fields, over panoramic hills in fruit plantations and through cool deep forests. Our hares were even kind enough to run us through some thick shiggy so that No Name and Ranger were able to add to their collection of weed induced scars on their young faces. The weather cooperated and it turned out to be a radiant day (except for the FRBs who kept getting spanked by the checks.) Being the sympathetic bastards that they are, the hares finally took pity and made the approx. 1 km stretch of forested trail check free so that FRBs were finally able to break away from the pack. The last 1 km was indeed a hot, flat 1 km walk back to the circle but there were no complaints. By the time everyone returned at the circle, it was only 5:20 pm and the sun was still HOT so the circle took place in the only small patch of shade in the area. After Shocking did his usual speil and needed something to keep the circle going he called Brain Health into the circle and with tears of ecstacy in his eyes told the circle that we should honor the Chiang Rai founding father (when will it stop!?) Brain Health used the occasion to demonstrate that the Chiang Rai has was truly becoming an international affair with Japanese hares, British, American and Thai runners and an Irish virgin that he immediately took a shining to (since his wife was testing the limits of his credit card in Central.) However, when called into the circle, the hashers were befuddled that an Irishwoman did not order a beer, only a coke and not only that, she wasn’t able to finish it! Brain Health started getting suspicious and through his lawyerly questioning ascertained that the virgin was actually an American of Irish heritage (from the rotten spud generation) and at that point, the gleam in his eyes disappeared. The naming ceremony for Chompoo (Crash’s better half) was also a rather drawn out affair. Crash, being afraid of repercussions, did not assist in the naming at all. (Showing obviously who wears the pants in that relationship!) Finally Brain Health made the connection between her bike shop and bedroom behavior (Crash has not commented on this either) and she was christened the venerable “Pumps a Lot.”

The GM, Shocking, who was unable to do the run because of a sliver in his toe, did a commendable job of protecting the hash stash and the local beer thieves were only able to get away with 8 cans of beer before the FRBs returned. Shocking said that if it wasn’t for his black belts in Akido and Jujitsu the bastards would have taken it all.

Besides what turned out to be possibly the best virgin run that our Alzheimer infected hashers could remember, the hashers were also treated to a large variety of fresh fruits before the circle. The 4 young lads, Moses and Namron took full advantage of the fact that they were the only ones to have brought a mat to sit on and subsequently all the food ended up in front of them.

Another interesting aside in CR hash history is that it must have been the first circle with more Coke requests for splashes than beer - certainly not living up to our billing as a drinking group with a running problem! Wirgin Bluce, who has been working hard to come up with a hash name for the yet unnamed member of the Twice clan will be happy to know that since Gabriella did not show up, he will have a chance to work his magic yet again!

Scribe: Namron

Postman Pat Quote

Anyway, those of you brave enough, enjoy your 30 Vietnamese channels, in Vietnamese, I ll stick to ESPN, BBC, CNN, HBO etc etc all available legitimately through Truevision!!

Postman

ESPN, BBC,CNN,HBO,etc etc are all in english available on Vinasat plus 6 HD chanells HBO,AXN, StarMovies ,ESPN,Discovery,ITV.

So when the True visions SUGAR period runs out with the HD chanells and their obscene fees go up AGAIN,make sure you dont miss a payment

And Star Sports in English..

Also notice on TrueVision that all the FTA and Knowledge are back, plus a couple of GOLD so far,.. Have been able to watch FOX for the past 3 days

Anyone get K+ ? looks to be also from Vietnam and has what VTC is missing

The K + package and the VTC package are on the Vinasat satellite all you have to do is change channels on your remote

for example the 1 pm BBC news comes on at 1-30pm on K+ but on the VCT package it comes on at 1-0 pm

Postman Pat Quote

Anyway, those of you brave enough, enjoy your 30 Vietnamese channels, in Vietnamese, I ll stick to ESPN, BBC, CNN, HBO etc etc all available legitimately through Truevision!!

Postman

ESPN, BBC,CNN,HBO,etc etc are all in english available on Vinasat plus 6 HD chanells HBO,AXN, StarMovies ,ESPN,Discovery,ITV.

So when the True visions SUGAR period runs out with the HD chanells and their obscene fees go up AGAIN,make sure you dont miss a payment

Its already done. Tech came this weekend. Dish need to be modified (and pointed differently) and dreambox/openbox will get the Vietnamese feed. No Thai channels but I never watched them anyway. Gets about 30 Vietnamese channels (which I probably wont watch either). As far as the rest it is "a bit better than True Gold but not quite as good as True Platinum". About 12 HD channels (including ESPN sports, HBO, Star movies, Disc, etc. CNN, BBC, FOX, yes. ASN, no. Does not get the True sports channels obviously but does get two dedicated football channels ("Goal TV") which the guy said carries EPL football. Does not get TCM or MGM (which i liked from True Platinum). Oh well. Its free and I am not about to start sending True more than 2000 Bt a month.

Goal tv one and two dont carry EPL games they show championship games and scottish games

you might get a EPL game on Bonga or The Theo

Chiangrai Family Friendly HHH *105

Saturday 21st July 2012 Start 4-00pm prompt　

LOCATION----BAAN SUN SAAI, A.MUANG CHIANGRAI

DIRECTIONS

Head south the Super Hwy(#1) passing Big C and 4 way traffic lights at the#1020.

Continue along the #1 Hwy, pass the traffic lights at the new bus terminal.(Do not turn left to the bus station).

You will see ESSO gas station in about 300m on your left side, drive further down about 3 kilometers,

you will come to see another gas station(CALTEX) on your left side and the first HHH sign.

Turn left onto the paved Soi(the corners are the CALTEX and the Wat Ban Pong Sali) on your left side. (Do not pass the Wat, make sure to turn the Soi to the left at the HHH sign.).

Drive along the winding road in the rice fields and village houses(Moo baan) about 1.7 Kilometers.

And then you will see a narrow concrete bridge with the second HHH sign on your right side over the

Mae Nam Lao river(there is a small grocery store on the left) , turn right to cross the bridge onto the rice fields both sides,

proceed along this road for 500m ,and come to a narrow water way or an irrigation canal.

Park up along the water way. Allow Approximately 15-20 minutes from Big C.

ON ! ON !

Min Yamashita (Last Samurai)

Shinji Imagawa (Mile or Maple High)

I do not believe it,with the scottish golf open coming to a climax True visions at EXACTLY 11pm (i did not think the Thai knew what the word meant)

have aborted their services for the night T.I.T.

Pattaya Parent

I can hit this Vinasat bird in north Thailand with a 65cm --75 cm KU band dish, the first time i moved my Agila KU Dream Tv dish very slightly

to my right and bingo (very lucky) "hit the bird". I am going to try again this week and without any sat finders if you look at your True visions 68.5 dish

and think its at 1 o clock then you want to be at 9 o clock for 132%.

Try it mate

youve got plenty of time, Theres nothing on the telly ha ha

Thanks for the info

Chiangrai Family Friendly HHH Report #104 June 16th

This month’s hash began and ended at the so-called Twice Residence, so

it was more of an urban walk than a traditional hash further out of

town. As such the route was through some very degraded “nature”,

interspersed with numerous rubbish tips. Much like the other hashes

then.

After some tense moments before the start attempting to get the

hashers not to park on the grass, things quieted down and everyone set

off.

The hares had not had the heart to distribute copious amounts of

paper, so an attempt was made to stick together as a group. This

worked very well until the end of the driveway, after which the

hashers coalesced into a group of 5 very fast hashers, led by Blows

Twice’s son Stephane, and a group of 25 very slow hashers, led by the

hares. Blows Twice was possibly the first hare ever to do a hash in a

dress, but appearances can be deceptive, the hares were taking their

duties very seriously.

The typical organisational framework occasioned much tut-tutting and

head shaking from Wirgin Bluce, but fortunately he is no longer the

hash scribe.

It is correct that some hashers got slightly lost due to the absence

of paper, but it was felt by the organisers that it would be quibbling

to differentiate between getting lost due to the absence of paper

versus getting lost due to paper intentionally pointing down false

trails.

The first part of the walk was through the vacant land around Doi

Prabat. This area is not on the tourist trail, and thus is used

primarily by the local community for leisure activities such as

buffalo grazing, catching snakes, fly-tipping and the like. After

doing a loop through here we reached the first thrill of the route, a

flimsy bridge consisting of 2 bamboo trunks. Nonetheless, everyone

decided to cross except Shocking, who was desirous to return home for

a head start on the drinks.

The vacant land on the other side of the river was more of the same.

For those adventurers amongst the hashers who like to “buy” land

without proper title and build on it, this part of Chiang Rai is

ideal. And you can walk to Central! In fact you have to walk to

Central, because there won’t be a road going to your house.

The second bridge was even trickier than the first, due to a

pronounced swinging motion, but despite having cameras at the ready,

no one fell in, although On Fire picked up a leech. Some mastered the

bridge crossings more gracefully than others of course, but it’s not a

competition. Except for one of the hashers, who crossed a bridge on

her hands.

Back at home the business of the day was handled with customary

professionalism by Shocking, Wirgin Bluce and Able Semen. Blows

Twice’s son was on his 3rd hash and after a cliffhanger of a vote he

now rejoices in the hash name Twice As Long. These names are the gift

that keeps on giving.

The refreshments provided by the hosts (fruit) were slightly

underwhelming given that the outlay was only thb 1100, but at least

there was no issue with leftovers.

By in large the hashers were quite well behaved, apart from the odd

plastic bottle discovered on the lawn, and it is believed that no one

peed in the pool, at least not while standing on the side.

On On

Comes Twice and Blows Twice

As retired Hash Scribe your faithful ex-correspondent remains silent.

He resists commenting on the absence of paper which complicated the

search for the trail. All struggled to follow a lanky bald spot which

kept disappearing in the distance. While he acknowledges the perverse

creativity of the hares who insist on outlining in great detail every

twist and turn in the route to be followed, he confesses that at the

third turning to the left following at least four turns to the right,

he had no idea what the hare was talking about. It seems the ex-scribe

was not alone in his confusion. Stephane, son of Blows Twice who was

to lead the Front Running Bastards and presumably knew the trail,

also got lost. It seems Stephane has a talent for leading the FRBs

astray and in recognition of this skill, he acquired the hash name

"Twice As Long." His partner in sin, Gabriella will be coming up for

a name next time she makes the mistake of coming to a hash. May I

humbly consider that in memory of the fine hospitality we received at

the Twice residence at this June hash, we give her the name "As Long

Inn." Jeremy the girl who walks as much on her hands as on her feet

will need a name next time also. Any suggestions?

I will send you by a separate email a fine video done of our hash

by Virgin Jim.

On! On!

WB

Driving Instructio​ns for Hash Run #104 Saturday June 16 at 4 pm # Run 104

Inboxx

The Chiang Rai "Family Friendly" hash will begin at the Twice residence on Saturday June 16 starting at 4 pm. Please see the driving instructions below:

Attached is a map to the hash starting point, which is our house.1. Drive down Paholyutin Rd from the city centre. When you reach the entrance to Central on your left, take the road on your right, opposite Central. After 300 m this road bisects the old airport runway.

2. Continue to follow this road. 400 m after the runway there is a t-junction. Turn left, you are now on Doi Prabhat.3. We are on soi 10/1 (between soi 10 and soi 11), which is a dirt road on your left 1.4 km after the t-junction

4. We are 200 m straight down this soi, on your left, white wall and black gate.

This part of the soi has deep mud grooves, so if your car has low ground clearance you are better off continuing on Doi Prabhat road to soi 11 (600 m further, on your left) and getting to our house that way. There will be HHH signs at both soi entrances. (Your faithful scribe definitely recommends this alternative for all who do not have 4 wheel drive.)

The walk will include a couple of river crossings over flimsy bamboo/tree trunk bridges, so those who do not wish to risk getting wet in the river can return home via a short loop and get wet in the pool while awaiting the others.

Swimming is encouraged, so do bring your speedos.

On! On!

Comes Twice and Blows Twice

ChIangrai Family Friendly HHH #103 Saturday May 19th

Report

The latest hash began with an added twist in that the first “checks“ or misleading trails, were cunningly laid by Hare Crash before the walking even began, for example by giving driving directions to turn at a non-existent “large orange house”. This may explain why the numbers this time were relatively circumscribed, but then again coincidence is not necessarily causation.

The route started at a very pleasant plantation, with surprisingly little litter and very beautiful long grass between the trees. The hashers saw to this anomaly by decisively bulldozing the grass with a number of large and heavy SUV’s and pickups. The site is now in “normal condition”.

The walk proceeded along a pleasant, wide path along plantations of tea and a tree species unknown to this reviewer. In fact the walk could well be recycled (excuse the pun) at a future date for a bike hash, since there are relatively few overlapping members between the groups.

The longer sight lines in the plantation setting allowed the back-running b’s to guage more easily where the frb’s were heading and thus to avoid most of the false trails.

Upon arrival at the finish line there was a relatively heavy downpour, and at this moment a technical glitch was discovered, in that, for nebulous reasons, the Assistant Hare, Shampoo, was in possession of the key to Wirgin Bluce’s car (are you still following me?), which contained the refreshments. And in an added twist, Assistant Hair, sorry Assistant Hare Shampoo was one of the last hashers to arrive at the finishing line. So the hashers found themselves in a situation of cold rain but no beer. Inexplicably some departed early, but again, coincidence is not necessarily causation.

In the end though the organisation of the refreshments was as usual flawless, which is only to be expected from the kind of person who carries jump starters in the back of his car.

The circle continued in its usual manner, with the consummate diplomat Shocking expressing gratitude to all those present for having made it. Conversely, some of those present felt the same way towards towards Shocking, since the solicitous hare, no doubt concerned about his legal responsibilities as the organiser, had sent the support vehicle to pick him up.

The Hash name Farang Friendly was given to the sole new member of the day. She was fine with the name, but didn’t seem to like the beer too much.

There were 4 out of towners, one being an American couple who seemed suitably grizzled and had all the gear to blend in perfectly with the crowd. Conversely the other couple, Jolly Molly’s son Stephane and his partner Gabriela stood out a little bit because Gabriela had omitted to bring Hash-appropriate gear from Bangkok and therefore came in an outfit borrowed from Jolly Molly’s infant daughter, much to the satisfaction of some of the hashers.

When it came time for the business-to-discuss rubric of the Circle Wirgin Bluce bounded up and insisted pedantically that Jolly Molly’s name should be changed, based on an obscure Hash custom that Hash partners have connected names. He then “spontaneously” suggested the name Blows Twice since Jolly Molly had once had 2 flat tyres during a bike hash. Har, har, har. Comes Twice attempted to counter-suggest the name Molly Comes, since Molly comes to the Hashes regularly, but was out-bullied by Wirgin Bluce and Shocking.

In retaliation Comes Twice tried to run Wirgin Bluce over on the way out, but unfortunately his vehicle was not sufficiently powerful and sprightly Bluce managed to jump out of the way.

Many thanks to Crash for organising an interesting walk and as usual to Fired up, On Fire, Superglue, Lost Samurai, Maple High, Able Semen and all the others for their good cheer.

Comes Twice

Hash scribe (pro bono)

The 103d run of the Chiang Rai "Family Friendly" takes place Saturday May 19 beginning at 4 pm. Here are the driving directions:

Heading west from the fancy Clock Tower, follow the bend at the end of the road and then take left turn at the first traffic lights. Now you are on Old Chiang Mai Road. Follow this road past kilometer stone 7 and make a right turn at the HHH sign. Locals "Thai" know this road as the Quarry Road. Look for the large orange house on the corner where you turn. Go 2.5k along this quarry road and park at the red motorcycle with the waving hare.

Hare

Crash

Chiangrai Families Friendly HHH Run # 102

Location: Baan Doi Hang Nai

Date: Saturday April 21, 2012

Hare: Soreasses and Marmalaid assisted by Crash

Precisely at 4 pm the hare called the rowdy hashers to order, and sent them braying onwards along the track. Less than 10 minutes later the heavens which had been threatening rain for a week finally opened up and deluged its beneficence upon both the righteous and the rest. Fortunately the group was just passing a sheltered bus stop at that moment. Ten minutes later the worst had passed. Then Special Services boldly stepped forward well protected beneath a towering umbrella.

Not long afterwards came the first hill. Shocking looked straight up and decided that this wasn’t for him. Pat-on-the-Back rushed back to accompany him fearing that he might otherwise get lost. Superglue defied all expectations by carrying on without his mother.

The route took us through bucolic vistas but the price for such splendor was climbing and descending two very steep hills. At a couple of points the hares thoughtfully laid out ropes to help navigate the slopes but at one of those two lines, it was only the thought which counted as the tree to which the hares had attached the rope had since blown down.

The eight checks did exactly what they were supposed to do. By the time the FRBs Flying Dutchman and Fired Up found the way forward, anyone could be in the lead. Thus it came about that Superglue managed to slip by these FRBs on the last check and cross the finish line first. Congratulations, Superglue.

The trail at 7.5 km was on the long side and given the delay caused by the rain, darkness threatened to overtake hashers wondering about in the field. It didn’t help that being so environmentally conscious, Soreasses had marked the route using confetti paper which dissolves in the rain. So to save time the sweep, Crash indicated the way forward when the last hasher reached the check. Having only done the route once before, however, his memory was less than perfect. Thus he once again demonstrated the wisdom of his hash name, Crash.

As a result of much painful experience, the Lost Samurai had developed a strategy to avoid getting lost. At each critical juncture, he got out his camera and took a picture. Afterwards he was unanimously elected Hash Flash.

At the conclusion of the brief circle, Shocking proposed that all hashers who had survived the run deserve a down down. So we redrew an imaginary circle and recruited a neighbor to take the picture located below.

On! On!

Hash Sec Wirgin Bluce

Chiangrai Family Friendly HHH

Saturday, 21 April, will be the 102nd Chiangrai HHH in beautiful Baan Doi Hang Nai with a 4:00 start time.

The trail: a couple of short hills, narrow rice paddy ridges (our neighbors’ rice so please do not walk on it--recommend any dogs can be put on leashes when traversing through farmers' homestead proper and rice paddies), some heavy growth terrain, couple of places you might need a buddy to give you a hand up one or two vertical steps, otherwise 7.5 kilometers of pure enjoyment.

Directions to Don’s Café: Starting from the Shell garage at the top of the Old Chiang Mai Road (Highway numbered 1211) in Chiang Rai, proceed about 1.5 km south until you reach the second set of traffic lights in Den Haa (Moom Mai corner). Turn right here. (If you see the “Sixties Bar” you have just missed it.) Continue along this curving road until you reach Don’s Café on the left side of the road. It is about 8 km. The blue Doi In Cee Stupa signs will keep you going the right direction.

From Don's Cafe take the Soi going left at Don's "Y" intersection (HHH sign). Turn left at the "T" intersection when you see the blue "Doi In Cee Stupa" sign (HHH sign). You will be behind a school with a smaller soi going straight. Turn left on Soi 1 (HHH sign). The main soi will turn right at the king's picture, and a wat will be on your right, as well. Soi1 begins concrete then becomes gravel and grass. A blue house is on top of the hill then Soi 1 leads to 4 mint green buildings. Our house is the first one. The road leads directly into our driveway.

Parking: Since the children of House of Union are away at their villages now, you can park on the complex football field behind our house. Follow Moo 1 and go between the buildings.

**The Beer/Water/Snack Wagon can park in our driveway.**

On On On at Don's afterward is only off the menu because Don doesn't have the staff anymore to offer buffets. I'll take a head count before the trek of those who wish to go there afterward so he has a "heads-up".

Chiangrai Family Friendly HHH

Report of Run #101: Saturday, March 17, 2012

Location: Huai Sak Reservoir

Hare: Cop Out and Scotch on the Rocks

This was a run of many firsts. Overlooking the hang-over hash last month, this was the first time, female hashers hared a route. It was also the first time in a long time, that the better halves of the hares neglected to come.

It was also the first time a Thai adult male had graced our run in eight years. Tak was one of eight virgins who showed up this day. He came as a guest of Tony who almost extinguished himself on the trial in the presence of On Fire. He complained about throbbing heart pains but it was nothing that another cigarette couldn’t solve.

It was a Goldilocks trail neither too long nor too short, or too hilly or too flat. Our two hares, Cop Out and Scotch on the Rocks recently returned from shopping spree in Penang and Hong Kong and they knew exactly what they wanted.

As usual Thaitanic and Flying Dutchman led the twenty-nine participants closely followed by Jet, a twelve-year old Canadian virgin running in flip flops. Jack Off, a hasher visiting from Istanbul was not far behind. As the end neared, they were surprised to discover Shocking ambling on well ahead. Following paper was never his forté but this time it seems he stumbled on the right trial by accident.

Thankfully the run began at 4 pm just after the heat of the day had passed. Most hasher took about an hour to complete the course. The FRBs finished about 15 minutes ahead. Anticipating the inevitable problems, your faithful correspondent had the foresight to lock the beer in his car. Fortunately there was a big lake nearby in which the drink-deprived FRBs could drown their sorrows.

The two Japanese, Lost Samurai and Mile High were as inseparable as ever. To everyone’s astonishment, Special Needs was able to walk 30 minutes without the constant attentions of Special Services. Marmalaid and Soreasses likewise took a break from one another. Best Man did even better. Somehow he mislaid the backsliding MANipulator and brought his friendly Rottweiler, now named Holly Bone in her place.

On! On!

Hash Sec Wirgin Bluce

Chiangrai Family Friendly HHH Run No 101

Saturday 17th March Start 4-00pm prompt

Hi all

The one good thing about the rain and high winds which have beset our beloved Chiangrai these past couple of days is that they have blown all that lung-clogging soot away. The air is clean! What's more, beginning tomorrow the weather forecast is clear. So we are definitely going ahead with our 101st hash at the Huay Sak reservoir. See driving instructions above. (There is no change from the ldriving instructions I first sent out 10 days ago.) The hares have proposed that we begin at 4 pm. The sun sets around 6:30 pm and we all want to be in and the circle done before the darkness falls, so please everyone be on time.

There are a couple of restaurants overlooking the reservoir and I am sure they will be happy to receive anyone who wishes to stay afterwards for dinner. Wild Woman and I are seriously thinking about doing that and we are hoping others will join us.

On! On!

Wirgin Bluce

Chiangrai Family Friendly HHH Run No. 101

Saturday 17th March 2012 Start 4-00pm prompt

LOCATION----HUAY SAK RESERVOIR

DIRECTIONS

Head South pass the Big C, at the first set of traffic lights opposite the Little Duck Hotel turn Left onto the 1020

Travel this road past Kilometre Stone 14.You will come to a set of traffic lights,TURN RIGHT at the lights HHH sign

Proceed along this road for 3 Kilometres and park up at the Reservoir HHH sign. Allow 35 minutes from Big C.

People do swim in this lake, so if you are up for a swimming hash afterwards, do bring suitable attire and a towel. Also there are restaurants in the area so the hares, Cop Out and Scotch on the Rocks will check out the possibility of an On! On! On! and get back to us later on that.

It's not a percentage of the purchase price, but rather a percentage of the wholesale price

All cars sold in Thailand are liable to pay an excise tax (info on taxes here) - the first car buyer's program offers up to 100,000 Baht rebate on the excise tax value, after one year of ownership, with these basic rules:

• Purchaser must be a Thai national, and over 18 years old
  
• Purchaser must have never had a car or truck registered in their name
  
• Purchaser must agree to waive their rights to sell the car for 5 years
  
• The car must be:
  
  • Made in Thailand
    
  • A pickup truck, or a passenger car with an engine less than or equal to 1.5L
    
  • Have a sticker price less than 1M Baht
    
  • Be purchased before Oct 30, 2012
    

Hi Moon River

Are you sure that a Thai national can qualify for this scheme if they are 18 or over.I thought they had to be 21

Chiangrai Family Friendly Hash Report # Run No 100

Report of Run# 100 Friday to Sunday February 17 through 19, 2012

Hares: Able Semen supplemented by Nam Ron, Red Hot and Pole Dancer

Location: Baan Ruam Mitr (Elephant Camp) Chiangrai town and Rai Boon Rawd

Friday Night Pub Crawl

It took a hundred runs before the Chiang Rai “Family Friendly” S2ATO (Start Slowly and Taper Off) Hash finally got around to doing anything innovative but at last that moment has come. On the eve of the great occasion beginning at 7:30 pm armed with only a hairy tennis ball and packet of manioc flour, Nam Ron boldly bounced out a trial from the Condoms and Cabbages to the Wangcom Hotel. Five very different bars lay along the way. The group began with your faithful correspondent, Pole Dancer, Red Hot, Soon to be Virgins Mindy and Kelly plus Not Yet Virgin Antony. At the first spot, Chiangrai Belly, we encountered our leader Shocking well into his beer along with Backsliders Boy Magnet and Pickled Prick. At the next spot, Rico’s, Mecca of expatriate residents, our numbers increased with the addition of the weekend’s hare, Able Semen then licking his wounds from a recent motorcycle accident along with Rubber and Fat Cat. Next we headed over the Chiangrai Hipster an outdoor place which was jumping with local kids. Going to the opposite extreme we hit Lek House on Tanalai Road where we were the only customers in their bamboo abode. Finally we staggered into the bar kitty-corner to the Wangcom Hotel where his pockets empty and his belly full, this truthful reporter left the others to continue their sins.

Saturday, Chiang Rai Hash 100^th Run

The next day the group now greatly enlarged returned to Rico’s for registration and t-shirt distribution There were 43 of us including 5 children, and 14 women. This number included two extremes four virgins and eight hard core hashers from Chiangmai. The latter could be readily identified by their more risqué t-shirts and Rambo-style gear but otherwise they really looked quite similar to the Chiang Rai hashers.

Our Swiss German correspondent asserts here that at Rico’s we were of course received with the warm and gracious hospitality for which the Swiss are so renowned. He then goes on to observe that the t-shirts distributed bore a likeness of Shocking on the front, came in a choice of S, M, L or 2XL (for Shocking) and contained only one typo. This he declares makes it a real steal. The best customers were the Chiangmai hashers who, it seems were not as un-family friendly as is generally claimed. Many bought an extra presumably as a peace offering to partners left back home. Our shirts have gained some notoriety among hash circles as the only hash paraphernalia which people dare to wear outside hash circles.

From Rico’s the jolly group continued by boat to the Elephant Village, where the walk began. During the boat journey hashers were able to observe the Chiang Rai construction boom on both sides of the river, including at the Elephant Village itself where a new structure has been built that compares unfavourably to the old one (yes, this is possible) in terms of architectural merit.

Able Semen had laid out 2 trails, one steep and one relatively flat. Eighteen hashers including three children, four virgins and one recently delivered mother who didn’t know better dared to scale the steep option. Those who had the courage to look down, got the benefit of spectacular views over the Kok River. Being in Elephant Country we were also given a safety briefing (*yawn*) about what to do when encountering an elephant, but it was nonetheless with some surprise that we did actually come across one halfway through the walk. However he went and hid behind a bush (not easy when you’re an elephant) upon seeing (smelling?) the hashers, possibly because he took them to be his next ride. In any event, if a hasher does ever find himself in danger of being charged by an elephant, this is a situation where it is vitally important to be with a carefully chosen companion. This is because it will not be possible to outrun the elephant, so it is important to outrun the companion. For this reason the smallest children, Ranger, Buffalo Bill and Johnny Walker had lots of companionship on this trip, notably Nam Ron, Comes Twice, Jolly Molly, Pole Dancer, Red Hot, Barely Legal, Most Wanted plus Virgins Jereme and Kelly who despite their inexperience know a good thing when they see it. One thing that really impressed the Chiangmai hashers was how the paper went directly under the elephant. How did the hare manage that trick? Able Semen refused to divulge any “family friendly” secrets.

However steep trail went up and down, drainage at points could be a problem as Virgin Kelly discovered when she slipped knee deep into a puddle of mud. Just as Turkish Delight’s eye wandered to a busty lady leaning over some rice plants, he fell also into a pothole. When his cries for help failed to elicit the desired fondling attention, he was obliged to limp onwards for eventual evacuation to hospital. Likewise Horny Monkey found no sympathy when he was caught doing willful damage to a bamboo bridge with one leg dangling down between two poles.

Keeping on paper was no easy task. It seems our hare raided a confetti factory to get this run’s supply. The tiny pieces easily disappeared into the surrounding flora. Your devoted correspondent followed most the trail with founding GM Brain Health who after 35 years of hashing in Thailand has developed a practiced eye for paper. Nonetheless we lost our way many times but eventually saw Lost Potato and Virgin Bryan chasing up a hill in the distance. Unfortunately for them, they had stumbled upon the flatter route and were headed in the wrong direction. Some villagers sorted us out.

Our very own Flying Dutchman kept pace with Square Rooter and the other Chiangmai FRBs but at the end they were overtaken by Craven Image who slipstreamed in the enormous wake of Shocking and Fat Cat who accompanied by Kitty Kat and Belly Dancer, short-cutted the last hill. Meanwhile the twenty-five other hashers like Cop Out, Bang Cock, Second Hand and Scotch on the Rocks who chose to do the relatively flat route, leisurely wound their way about while Cop Out’s enamoured husband Virgin Pim serenaded.

Age and sorry experience trumped youth on this hash as most of the younger crowd got lost and had to be picked up by the old, sorry experienced hashers after they became tired of waiting in the elephant stables. The tricky point of etiquette as to which of the lady hashers should be given the comfortable seat inside the pickup was ingeniously resolved by Frozen Dick who commandeered the seat for himself. Last in were Barely Legal and Most Wanted who had become so absorbed in their own romancing that they failed to notice the absence of paper and had to call for assistance.

The boat trip back to Chiangrai landing in the cool of the setting sun was even more pleasant that outward trip. Once back on solid ground, the two Specials disappeared along with Soreasses and Marmalaid. Likewise our devoted scribe, Comes Twice slipped into the darkness with Jolly Molly so the story continues with input from this humble replacement.

GM Shocking called the circle to order to splash the hare and the virgins and visitors in the time honoured way. In his own immitigable style he recognized the founding couple of our hash, Brain Health and Just Perfect. Of the 99 people who came out to that first hash, the three were present this day happened to be the hares on that occasion, notably Brain Health, Square Rooter and yours truly. Brain Health and Buffalo Bill, aged 69 and 7 were honoured as the oldest and youngest people to complete the steep trail.

The formalities completed we got down to the serious business of the circle. Mindy was named “Most Wanted” with fond memories of her recent flirtations with the FBI. Shinji now retired from Air Canada got the name “Mile High.” Virgin Kelly demonstrated cartwheels as an alternative form of hashing. Virgin Jereme topped that by walking on her hands into the eager embrace of Horny Monkey. Not to be outdone Fat Cat insisted on showing off his idea of the back flip. His particular profile uniquely facilitated rolling around on the floor. Through all of this, the beer continued to flow thanks to the generousity of Brain Health who donated four cases to the worthy cause.

Now back at Rico’s for the On! On! On! Rico produced a buffet in such vast quantities that even 40 hashers could not consume it all. That served only to ready the crowd for the long night which stretched ahead. Your faithful correspondent like Cinderella had a deadline to meet and must let the story end there.

Sunday, Hangover Hash

However there is a postscript. As the last item of business at the circle, Red Hot and Pole Dancer announced that there would be a hangover hash the next morning and that anyone who got to the rendezvous point before 10:30 am would get a free cup of coffee. Eighteen hashers showed up in various stages of dehydration desperately in need of something to wake them out of their stupor. These included six women and two children, Ranger and Buffalo Bill plus two virgins Pedro and Elisha and Backslider Boy Magnet. Only Bushwacker, the dog looked eager for what would follow.

The trail wound around the rubber plantations of Rai Boonrawd off Old Chiangmai Road. As the sun rose in the sky and the coffee stimulus wore off, the hills seemed to rise steeper and valleys became ever muddier. At the last check, none of the alternative trails evidenced paper. This called for more creative solution which I am proud to report that your truthful correspondent discovered in his discrete sojourn behind an off-trail tree. Determined at last to be “first in” amongst the reduced competition, Able Semen and Flying Dutchman soon supplanted yours truly in the lead and claimed the final laurels for themselves.

On! On!

Hash Secretary Wirgin Bluce and Hash Scribe Comes Twice

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Cheers

Chiangrai Family Friendly 100th Hash

Would just like to thank the 45 hashers that attended our 100th hash on Saturday,from start to finish it was a memorable day.

From the boat rides up to the Elephant camp were Able Semen had set two very scenic trails to the hilarious circle were virgins Kelly and Jeramine

entertained the hashers by doing handstands and cartwheels and not to be out done Fat Cat showed how a cartwheel should be done.

To Ricos bar and restaurant for organising an excellent buffet for the On On On.

A special mention to our founder member Brain Health and his charming wife Just Perfect for their donation of 4 trays of beer, and last but not least we

would like to thank the Chiangmai hashers that took the time and made the effort to join us on this memorable day

Thank You

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Chiangrai Family Friendly Hash 100th Run 18th February 2012

Founded 15th November 2003

We will be meeting at Ricos restaurant & bar please arrive no later than 1-00pm

Directions

Go West from the golden clock tower (ask anyone) along Ban Prakan rd go through the first set of traffic lights and follow

the road around the right hand bend go through the next set of traffic lights and Ricos restaurant & bar is on the Y junction corner just past the

Morning dew lodge hotel with the Condotell on the opposite corner.

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Chiangrai Family Friendly Hash 100th Run 18th February 2012

Founded 15th November 2003

We will be meeting at Ricos restaurant & bar please arrive no later than 1-00pm

Directions

Go West from the golden clock tower (ask anyone) along Ban Prakan rd go through the first set of traffic lights and follow

the road around the right hand bend go through the next set of traffic lights and Ricos restaurant & bar is on the Y junction corner just past the

Morning dew lodge hotel with the Condotell on the opposite corner.

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Chiangrai Family Friendly HHH 100th Run Saturday 18th February 2012

Founded 15th November 2003

To celebrate the Chiangrai Family Friendly 100th hash the mismanagement committee are organising a fun hash weekend,we will travel to

the very scenic Chiangrai Elephant camp by long boat, Able Semen as set two trails the tough trail will test the FRBS for well over an hour

the second will take the walkers about one hour half.

We will return to Chiangrai by long boat,the circle will be held at the boat pier,in order to keep to schedule there will be a limit of one

hour on the circle,those not wishing to take part in the circle can relax at Ricos restaurant and bar till the start of the On On On at 7-30pm.

Our founder member Brian health as kindly donated 4 trays of beer for the event.

To keep a tight schedule please sign in at Ricos no later than 1-00pm to receive a hash shirt

Fees, Hash drinkers to pay 700B Hash non drinkers to pay 600B includes Beer/Soft drinks, hash shirt,long boat ride, On On On

Children under 12 pay 200B include long boat ride,On On On hash shirt optional

As it is customany to reward the Chiangrai hares with a hash shirt for their time and effort there will be a 200B discount for those

Chiangrai hashers who volunteer to hare a trail in the future.

To welcome are guest hashers Namron will organise a pub crawl on Friday the 17th starting at 7-30pm

For the compulsive hasher we hope to organise a hangover hash on the Sunday morning

Further Details PM Soap

All Welcome

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