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1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I also needed a little longer for Pillars of the Earth. It is one of my favorite books.

The followup "World without End" was pretty good too, perhaps a bit close to home with the current pandemic.

1 hour ago, Brierley said:

I may be wrong but it seems more probable that the poor quality of your meal is due to reduced staffing levels at a time when there are dine in restrictions at many restaurants. A poorly trained person likely got roped in or similar, who knows, maybe even supply problems in these troubled restaurant times.

The soup and curry components are in plastic packages, separate items. The restaurant and staff have nothing to do with it, the components are either assembled by the staff and served at the restaurant, or I do it myself when I get home. I actually like the concept, because it's much less of a lottery with food hygiene. The food bowl and lid are recyclable, useful for storage of fruit in the refrigerator. That's why I am venting on TV. Disappointed.

9 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

I agree. I would never read a book on my mobile phone or any other "computer" monitor.

Book readers use e-ink screens which pretty much "feel" like real books. No light is shining out of that screen.

 

 

Each to his own, I find the phone is just as easy to read, and less bulky to cart around. The Kindle is now just a backup in case the phone carks it.

Admittedly I can't change the font size on the screen, but I'm not Mr. Magoo - yet.

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

My hobbies ....... hookers and booze.

I'm getting a bit old for the hookers now, very soon my only hobby will be booze.

Hopefully I'll be able to continue with the booze hobby until the day I die.

Jimmy Demaret said golf and sex are the only two things in life one can enjoy without being good at it.

Oscar Wilde said of sex the expense is abominable, the position ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.

I'm sticking with golf, 9 holes takes me about an hour, unless I'm stuck behind Koreans or Thais.

AFAIK neither golf or sex will kill you. Statistically, booze has a pretty good chance of so doing.

2 hours ago, Nemises said:

Loved tennis, golf, motorcycle riding and long distance walking & cycling back in farangland. But far too hot and humid up here for any of that. 
 

 

 

 

 

I hit off at 6.30 am, winter in Chiang Rai I needed a pullover on top of the golf shirt.

6 hours ago, PGSan said:

Really?   And how does a non-acid grapefruit taste, to you?

I don't know. I do know grapefruit is more acidic than the durian I tried.

10 hours ago, fangless said:

The GF, the smell in the fridge or both?

Not the GF, she does too many things for me I can't post on this forum.

1 hour ago, rumak said:

 

No scrabble  ??

I think Rooster does that.

59 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

is there a specific software to compile/edit videos, that's something I would be interested looking at as have many old videos from when the kids were growing up and would like to compile/edit some, thanks for any referral

 

You can download OpenShot for free from the internet, it's probably not the most sophisticated around but it's doing everything I want. Some file suffixes it won't accept. Had a lot of fun learning how to use it.

4 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

He is only doing what comes naturally, he is from NZ ................LOL

Thais should be grateful there are no sheep in Thailand.

3 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

 

and as to my kindle, I spent lots of time in customer service chats trying to find out how to get a new battery for my kindle... it took so long because they never told me they would rather I just buy a new kindle... I think I can get a battery on lazada... 

You can download books from Amazon to your smartphone. My elderly Oppo A37 has about 200 books on it, you can nominate the delivery or redeliver on the Amazon website.

My Kindle gets hardly any use at all now, it's more convenient to read on the Oppo.

The translations of Guy de Maupassant and Alexandre Dumas are good reads, particularly The Count of Monte Cristo. Steinbeck's classic East of Eden is getting there, nearly 70 years old.

When I was a kid, I devoured Charles Dickens' books. Still go back occasionally. IMO the original historical fiction novel was The Cloister and the Hearth, by Charles Reade. Another good book is Hereward the Wake, by Charles Kingsley.

About 60 yo, Maurice Druon's series The Accursed Kings inspired George R R Martin's Game of Thrones.

Take a free drop.

I'd suggest you consult the health authorities, seem to remember they are in Lamphun Road in Nong Hoi. Google is your friend, take along a fluent Thai speaker if you can.

Individual villages are being locked down, that just means they are taking temperatures and contact details at the entrances. AFAIK there's no bar to travel between the two provinces, unless you are in a CM hotspot.

2 hours ago, starky said:

Why do half the posters here talk about everything in relation to getting drunk or barfines f f s . Get a life

Excuse me? When did I say I did either? I have a good life here, I think the last time I was in a bar was about 7 years ago.

Just now, blackcab said:

 

2 children in a top tier international school in Bangkok would help towards that significantly.

Fathering a child in Thailand is not an ambition of mine, but point taken.