Farmerslife

Thank you. 

Humour is the best medicine for whatever ails you.

According to their T&Cs they are meant to inform you if they are declaring the account dormant. 

That said, would they have had an updated contact address?

Just checked mine using Android and it's working fine. Having said that it wasn't necessary for me to sign on so I haven't attempted to re-enter my password.

Isn't this what we do when dealing with bereavement?  We throw ourselves into our work or something else to distract us from our grief and sense of loss.

 Fly me to the moon

let me play among the bars 

let me see what drink is like on Jupiter and Mars

Well, the won't be open down here anytime soon. 

Bloody Omicron! 

London taxi drivers are required to know all the streets within a 6 mile radius of Charing Cross, it's called 'the Knowledge' . On average it takes about 3 to 4 years to master. 

If your London taxi driver was suddenly gifted with the ability to read and speak Thai then I would imagine it would take him a similar period to learn a 6 mile radius from say The Grand Palace or wherever you place your central point .   

Makes good sense to me, given the all year round bloodletting on the roads. It's a pity more people don't travel by train.

Unfortunately trains have been seen as the poor mans means of transport and have been woefully underfunded by successive governments. Only now is Bangkok beginning to catch up with other capital cities around the world with the skytrain and the underground. Sadly though, the rest of the country has not seen any investment.   

Our orchids continue to provide me with photographic opportunities. 

4 hours ago, SiSePuede419 said:

but my 2 year old is not going to qualify for many jobs at the moment.  He likes to turn light switches on and off, but there's not much need for that on the employment market.

I absolutely love this line and the image of a two year old running round pressing every light switch he can reach is going to stay with me all day.

For this on its own you get a thumbs up from me.

1 hour ago, Paulaew said:

There really is no topic so trivial that some of us won't respond. Some of us even revel in the trivial.

Trust me, my tongue was very firmly pressed against the inside of my cheek when I wrote my comment about "insignificant trifles".

Enjoy your New Year and the serious drinking. ????

3 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Never heard of New Years decorations..

It's a bit of a moot point here I think. A lot of the decorations serve a dual purpose and New Year probably resonates with most Thais more than Christmas even though it is not their calendar but I take your point. 

Well, I guess I've got my answer, 130 odd views and not one reply. ????

Clearly, the expat community doesn't bother too much about such "insignificant trifles". ???? 

Are we talking about Jing Joks or Tokays here?

We very occasionally get Tokays in the house and believe me their $h1t is something you really want to avoid. At more than a foot in length (the Tokay that is, not the t*rd ???? ) they make a considerable mess and it stinks to high heaven. Furthermore, when you hear the gecko, gecko call there's a good chance a snake will respond to it, so now you find yourself with both a Tokay and a hungry snake to deal with.  

- - - - - and all I had to deal with in the summer months in the UK were crane flies and gnats and no $h1t. ????

Backlighting courtesy of the sun.

Do many/any people bother? I seen a number of posts around traditional Christmas fare and present giving but I've not seen decorations mentioned.

I've only got into the swing of it this year at my wife's insistence,  her years in the UK left its mark on her. ????

A Christmas day story for you,

Many, many years ago a friend of mine was pulled up by the police and asked to blow into the, somewhat new at the time and fearsome, breathalyser.  

Apparently his response was subsequently printed off and framed under glass at the local nick.

" You don't expect me to blow that fing up, do you ossifer, I'm ***king p*$$ed!