Mike Teavee

39 minutes ago, Tagged said:

How can we respect a religion who spread this false promisses and treaths among people? Invade other countries in name of god. Robbing cultures for their traditions and resources, all in the name of god!

... and am I less holy, 'Cause I chose to puff a blunt & drink a beer with my homies

Ghetto Gospel... 

I wonder if heaven got a ghetto... 

I ain't trying to preach, I believe I can reach but your mind ain't prepared, I'll see you when you get there... ... ... 

1 hour ago, Mike Teavee said:

I thought the car chase at the start of this was awesome... God knows how much they spent doing it but to have a chase like that around the narrow streets of Florence (was hiding behind my hands when it ended up in the Uffizi) can't have been cheap...

 

Really enjoyed this one... will watch it again... 

@IvorBiggun2 what's sad about my post/view on this movie?

Have you even been to Florence? One of my favourite cities on the planet, spent a couple of months working there & it's hard enough to walk around the streets there never mind stage a car chase like that.

Stand by my statement it's up there with The French Connection & Bullitt in terms of enjoyable car chasing scenes & that's without mentioning the Parkour of the guy coming down Florence Cathedral...

Nah, stand by my post... thoroughly enjoyed this one & will watch again 

Edit: in fact I’m going to watch it again right now...

On 12/15/2019 at 4:36 PM, worgeordie said:

6 Underground, this is a real action movie ,non stop from start to finish,

car chases,shootings,bombs, one of the best action movies in awhile.

regards worgeordie

 

I thought the car chase at the start of this was awesome... God knows how much they spent doing it but to have a chase like that around the narrow streets of Florence (was hiding behind my hands when it ended up in the Uffizi) can't have been cheap...

Really enjoyed this one... will watch it again... 

8 hours ago, Traubert said:

It's well documented on Thai Visa that Chinese and Indians don't spend

It's documented on Thai Visa that Indian's are only 2nd (to Chinese) when it comes to average daily spend, both > 6,000 THB per day

Come on fellow Falang, you're embarrassing us here, get your wallets out ???? 

17 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Not including rent, I'd say you are at least 750 baht over

Nonsense, Thailand sets the bar at 65,000 pm which is > 2,000 per day.

For every expat living under the radar on 750 THB pd (approx 23,000 pm) + rent (let's say another 5,000 so 28,000 PM) there is one living on > 100,000 THB PM.

1,500 THB per day (45,000 PM), even excluding rent feels on the low side to me...  

19 hours ago, Chazar said:

kin unbelievable..........

You've obviously never worked for Big Corp then.... about 80% of meetings I attended over 30 years ended up, in summary, lets have another meeting... 

You learn to nod, smile & go do what needs to be done ???? 

7 hours ago, Traubert said:

there were approximately 440,000 expats living in Thailand, which included 141,000 Chinese, 85,000 Brits, 80,000 Japanese, 46,000 Indians, 40,000 Americans, 24,000 Germans and 23,000 French

Good to see us Brits are keeping our end up ???? 

3 hours ago, apalink_thailand said:

I thought the plan was big spending Indians and busloads of low end Chinese tour groups? Oh wait, simple quiet beaches aren’t of much interest to that crowd.

I hope not, am off for a quiet 3 day post Xmas break in Cha Am & looking forward to not having to jostle with the crowds. 

On 12/14/2019 at 6:58 PM, faraday said:

Did you watch it - what were your thoughts on the lifers in solitary, who cannot sit down, & have to walk all day?

 

 

I can't find it now, but I watched a much worse one than that about the Russian prisons in Siberia.... 

The inmates were walked down the corridor with their hands behind their back & their hands had to be higher than their head so they had to stoop low (Try it yourself) & all the time there was these huge German Shepherds barking away at them... 

Wish I could find the show, if anything doesn't scare the <deleted> out of you about going to prison that will... 

Just keep your Thai mobile for 1 month after you leave (or until you've emptied the account).

Have no problems receiving SMS on my (PAYG) AIS SIM when I'm in SIngapore & that's how I pay the monthly bills when I'm outside of Thailand. 

Beautiful girl.. ... The boy did good ????

39 minutes ago, Nakmuay887 said:

I'll shoot you a pm with my contact information. Would be great to stay in touch and always good to speak to people who understand and enjoy boxing haha

Thanks... I'll be honest I know very little about boxing, My 1st knowledge of MP was when he fought Ricky (The hitman) Hatton & I was explaining to my Filipino mate how outmatched his guy was... Boy was I wrong... Funny enough I spent 8 years with a Filipina from Davao (Manny's home town), visited 4 times a year & got to know more a lot more about the guy (god) there

I'll try to dig out the video where you can see Ricky's head move an inch or 2 when Manny hit him... and hit him hard... 

And on that note, back to health insurance, doesn't matter how good you are, 1 slight lapse could see you taking a knock (& RH was on top of his game at the time, but MP clearly more talented)  so please take care to take care of yourself...  

Oh I personally thought Manny beat Mayweather but in the US money talks (Obviously biased here towards the guy)

Edit here's the MPvRH fight.. 

For those with ADHD skip to about 5:50 where Manny lands one & after than it's game over for Ricky (Very Brave guy, wouldn't stay down) 

Skip to approx 11:30 minutes in where Manny lands a right (He's a southpaw) & then a left (& Ricky hits the floor).

I'm a huge Ricky Hatton fan (as per my conversation with my Filipino mate) and this fight effectively ended his Career... But my Irish mates tell me he's doing well running a huge gym there, still on the Guiness, still eating the donuts (Apparently he's now known as Ricky "Donuts" Hatton, but I wouldn't say that to him ???? ) 

I give up, I've had the sign... the calling, the above youtube video finished and the next one that auto played was... 

Kid you not... I'm off to get baptized to the bigger god... 

25 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

 Thanks. You take defeat very well.

 

 

ROTF...LMFAO... Just when I thought you couldn't get any funnier... 

At least you've maintained the fact that I've never met a Canadian that I didn't like.... 

Edit: You probably wouldn't get Spitting Image (Encourage you to watch it as it proper takes the p1s5 out of us Brits) but one of the episodes has a song about South Africans

They should do a new one that goes...

Well I've never met a not nice Canadian

And that's not bloody surprising man

Because they're a bunch of great guys

Who love to drink a brew or 2 

???? 

Edit to add: I spent 18 months working in Jburg and met many, many nice South Africans, the above is a p1s5 take on us Brits and in no way aimed at as a dig at my ZA mates... 

1 hour ago, Nakmuay887 said:

Which part of Thailand are you moving to? I'll keep you posted on fight dates.

 

I'm on the mend the next 6 weeks but the goal is 20 fights next year. 

 

Cheers. 

Long story short, I'm moving to Bangkok, this has been an 18 month project while I've been finishing up work in Singapore, so I needed to stay close to the Airport (Been bussing in & out twice a month).

Once I'm fully moved I'm planning to go check out Udon Thani as my next stop...  But I am drawn to beaches so planning a few trips to the islands... I completely agree with your views on Phuket. my 1st trip to Thailand was to there & I visited a few more times until my next door neighbour (Tigerair Pilot) suggested I check out Krabi... haven't been back to Phuket since).

Last day was last Friday (6th) & I'm finalizing things to fully exit SG after the Chinese New Year  a) Because I want to to spend 1 last CNY with the good friends I've made here over 12 years & b) Because my Condo here is fully rent paid until 9th March ????

Please do post any fight dates, Also I would love to watch your young lad fight, he does look like a future champion, has that look in his eyes of a young Manny Pacquiao (Filipino Boxer, but I'm sure nobody needed to be told that!) about him.

1 hour ago, canuckamuck said:

Matthew 27:62 The Guard at the Tomb
The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, After three days I will rise.’ Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”

OMB (Oh My Buddha) I'm literally rolling on the floor laughing here... 

As I've always said, I've never met a Canadian that I didn't like & I love you... You're so funny ???? 

Can't stop laughing ???? 

5 minutes ago, sirineou said:

You guys talk about these things as if they really happen, or even if they did, that happened as reported.

There is even a debate on even if Jesus ever existed. never mind actual events and specifics about actual event.

Though I am sure you all have gone over that ground and  those who believe, still do, and those who do not still do not, but it seems that those who believe are decreasing in size.

Personally I believe there was someone there , who taught some good things, that after his demise his disciples tried to spread his teachings, and so that people would believe in them embellished actual event, so that Constantine  the great    made a political decision , and that it was to his political interest and to the interest of the religious establishment that developed that such embellishment were reinforced and further developed .

And now we are where we are. 

Thank you... Sums up my thoughts on this subject exactly... 

26 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

For what purpose would they put him in a coma? The Romans ordered a guy to stick a spear in him to make sure he was dead, and then they posted guards outside his grave because they were warned that people would claim he came back from the dead, and they didn't want to risk it. And I am not sure, but the process for putting someone into a medical coma is probably complicated in front of a crowd while the subject is undergoing crucifixion.

What you suggest is some kind of inside job, but the Romans weren't on team Jesus.

PMSL here, are you being serious with that? 

Did you see the guards posted outside of his tomb (It wasn't a grave, accounts say he was put into a cave & a stone door rolled across)

And at that time nobody (again according to accounts) expected him to come back from the dead (HINT if they did, it wouldn't have been a miracle would it).

Still laughing... 

Edit: And the process for putting somebody in a medical coma is a relatively simple procedure.... Can do it with a single injection, but is normally done with a <deleted> load of monitoring gear on site... 

3 hours ago, neeray said:

Sorry Jingthing but I choose to ignore your request and say my 2 baht worth.

Work keeps me active and healthy.

I will stop working when either my brain goes silly, spittle runs out my mouth or my legs or organs give out.

< 30 I thought that way (then again, until I was 30 I used to write my own compilers)

At 30 you grow up a little, let somebody else write the compiler, in fact let them write the code just tell them what they need to write, then re-write the none error parts (I.e the 20% of the code that's important)

At 40 you're getting on now, let somebody else tell them what code they need to write, you just give them the big picture & tell them (& the Infra teams) what parts need to come together to make it ALL work.

At 50 you're like... fck this, I just want to sit on a beach & sip cocktails... 

So how old are you & what stage of your career are you at???

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

The punishment is 100 lashes with an al dente noodle. 

OH NO!!! Not Al Dente !!! [skit on Monty Python's "Shrubbery Bush"]

Was watching a reality TV show (About Americans bringing foreign partners over on K1) & one of the couples is a US guys with a girl from Ukraine.

So girl from Ukraine is deeply religious (Catholic) and he turns around and says he doesn't believe in God but thinks some advanced Alien species visiting earth can explain most of the stuff that happened in the bible.

At 1st I laughed, then I thought about it & thought both are equally ridiculous but at least this theory had more credence.... 

What if the "Man in the Cloud" was an Alien riding some kind of hovering device?

What if Jesus didn't really die but was put into a medical coma due to his injuries & "brought back to life" 3 days later [Bible Pushers please tell me this isn't possible so I can laugh at you some more] 

Flicking through TV Shows on Morph (My stream channel of choice) & spotted Dexter, realised I was 4-5 seasons behind so started again at season 1.

Awesome show, am more hooked on this than I was Breaking Bad.... 

Would sure love to watch you box sometime, maybe ThaiVisa could organise a sponsored fight with all proceeds going to your local projects... 

TV Mods??? Would be good advertising so maybe some of your ad sponsors would get involved, obviously the OP can't arrange it without bringing problems on himself, but am sure you guys could easily do it... 

4 hours ago, Ron jeremy said:

Wrong, letter of invitation is $25 canuckCanuck

It all depends which company you use, $38 was just an example to share how the process works and how you need to get an "Invitation Letter", then the Visa on Arrival - I speak from experience as the 1st attempt to visit Vietnam, we turned up at Changi airport & got refused check-in because we didn't have the Invitation Letter or a Visa (Not a problem, s$10 SGD & 1 hour later we're sat on a flight to Phuket, good old days when Airlines were more flexible). 

I can't remember how much I paid for the Invitation when I did finally get around to visiting as It was about 10 years ago & since then I've just used VIsa Exempt 

As an aside, a month ago my mate lost his Credit Card & needed to get a Cambodian eVisa so I helped him to buy it on mine, the site he was going to use wanted $145USD, I've done this a couple of times, so went straight to the official Cambodian Government eVisa site (https://www.evisa.gov.kh/) & it was $35 (maybe $38) USD - I wonder if Vietnam has a similar "Official" site & how much it would be on there.

Great story (& by that I mean real-life story), what a refreshing change from a lot of the negative threads we have on here at times... 

One thing I'd pick up on is when you say "I know I'm not "desired type of farang to be living in Thailand" at least if I go by the opinions of many on this board. I'm not retired or wealthy"... I'd suggest you're exactly the type of desired Farang where you're living, as proven by how much you get back from the local kids/people there.

In the middle of making the move to Thailand myself so am off to read your original thread, you certainly seem to have hit the ground running following it so I'm sure I can learn a lot ???? 

All the best wishes for your future endeavours, Oh and fabulous pictures... I think you could have a career as a photographer if you ever do hang up the gloves.