Rasseru

If you like french fries or stewed apples in custard this looks like the place to go

A little bit childish to pin on only one sentence in a review, don't you think?

I think, Khun Nienke, you are misreading what I took to be nothing more than some amusing playfulness about the fact that these were the only dishes actually described by Khun Annabel in her review.

I haven't eaten at Le Petit Paris yet, but after Annabel's review I will as I value her opinion on food.

I haven't eaten there yet either. I don't know enough myself to value Khun Annabel's opinions about food, but I liked her enthusiasm and I do value your opinions about people (even though, or perhaps precisely because, you value dogs above humans). And with that, one last

If you like french fries or stewed apples in custard this looks like the place to go

:D

If you are interested, middlepath, in returning to Chiang Dao by bicycle, I would encourage you to consider taking a different, quite a bit more scenic and far less trafficked route, albeit one that is longer and in one place that I will mention, has some steeper ups and downs. Take what I think is route 1001 north from Chiangmai to Phrao, then turn and go west on a differently numbered road (this road crosses a range of mountains and has the steep bits that I just mentioned) to a point just north of Chiang Dao on the main road that runs from Chiangmai to Chiang Dao and then to points further north. Obviously, since you will then be slightly north of Chiang Dao, you would turn to the south to get to Chiang Dao. In giving you these rough directions, I am counting on you, if interested, to get a map and confirm the routes and road numbers and so on that I mention here.

Its called "KNIT PICKING"

Thank you very much for the opportunity to engage in more of same, but in fact it's called 'nitpicking'. :D

No one, and I like it just fine that way.

Wowie zowie, very nice!

. . . [Mr. Jackson]'s never really been my cup of tea on a personality level (fiddling with kids notwithstanding) . . .

I believe (and certainly hope) that you meant to use there some other word or phrase than 'notwithstanding'.

A fan

When you grow up, will you be an air conditioner?

Don't be such a Groucho!

They have wifi on Kata Beach?

Not the whole beach, as far as I know, but where I am staying, yes.

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is this where all the beautiful CM

girls migrated to for CM off, dead season ? . . .

If so, they are keeping themselves very well hidden from view. Lovely as they may be, the lasses in Phuket are not rivals in beauty with those of Chiangmai.

. . . it is summer season coming up...

maybe you could remind them all while you are there so they will come back on up here soon ...

If I should happen to spot any, I fear that I will be somewhat limited in my ability to approach them with your message, as Kata Beach also has the wifie on it.

He's American too, but a little bashful about it.

Very well done, Ulysses G. You have achieved a degree of understatement of which even an Englishman could be justifiably proud.

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Some people don't do irony.

Perhaps I should hasten to assure that, while you are indeed correct, I do do windows, and prove how much I adore a bad pun?

Best of luck. I happen to be sitting on Kata Beach, just starting my second of two weeks here. Not bad at all . . . at least for a week or two.

They have wifi on Kata Beach?

Not the whole beach, as far as I know, but where I am staying, yes.

Rasseru, post # 11. Very witty!!

You are very kind. If one out of twenty of my desperate and foolish attempts at wit does anything better than invite pity, I am pleased.

Best of luck. I happen to be sitting on Kata Beach, just starting my second of two weeks here. Not bad at all . . . at least for a week or two.

A real Ernest Hemmingway he is...

Sawasdee Khrup, Khun GPDJohn,

Yossarian lives !

sincerely, Oinknest Hammingway

[Picture Mr Frankfurter Sinatra here, if you will] He hammed it his way . . .

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Sawasdee Khrup, Khun Ingratehead333,

After decoding your message, I feel a twinge of brotherly compassion for you . . .

~o:37;

And after reading yours, I am so overwhelmed with pity for him that I can hardly stop laughing . . .

11 am. Wake up.

11:05 am, feel next to me to check there isn't anyone there.

11:10 am, decide against having a shower

. . .

As soon as you realise you did not sleep with anyone the night before, you decide against having a shower, is that it? Makes a lot of sense to me . . .

Monkey asked... "What do you think of this theory?" . . .

Orang replied... "About this much." . . .

I think that is about the best illustration I have come across of the family resemblance between the human animal, at least in the form of its 'less-developed members', and the other primates.

. . . When you write it all down it DOES sound a little boring, doesn't it. It gets better if I add photos though.

I would be fascinated to see how you would achieve that in relation to your recent observation, made elsewhere, about what your friends thought and wished as they lay dying with tubes in their various orifices.

. . . It's a bit of a routine, but it fits my life style. I can't say it would suit everyone.

That last statement seems somehow uncharacteristic of you, Ian.

Well rasseru, I left out the part about cavorting.

I thought you had that covered with your admonition to 'think about 1969'.

Wow.. credit where credit is due, this advice should be framed and put on a wall:

I'll go first. Sleep a full night and rise when youI wish. Go slowly. Have a general routine, but be flexible. Acquire new friends and nurture them. Do your hobbies; get new ones. Learn the language if you can. Try to get to know the locals. Walk, run, swim ten months per year outdoors. Do day trips, overnight trips. Explore the internet. Grow a garden. Meditate; think about 1969 and 2019, Eat healthy food.

You took that to be advice? I thought it was simply a description of a typical day in Peaceblondie's life, in answer to the OP's question.

I am sorely tempted to gather a group of orangutans together to sue for defamation.

'Half of you dying' would be such a great blessing, surely, that any perception of 'ugliness' would be a small price to pay.

No, it's from talking with a lot of friends dying of cancer or other ailments.

Good sources, then.

. . . if i knew that in 3months my time was up, i'd go absolutely crazy, i'd cram into those 3 months, everything i should have crammed into my life, which in reality thats what i should be doing now.

No cramming, but I'm doing now exactly what I want to be doing. I recommend it. To some extent, I expect I will regret dying, since I like living so much, but I won't regret it because there was something I didn't do.