RayWright

Have the App versions of The Daily Mail and The Sun, so I can still read Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Littlejohn and the odd Piers Morgan 'Arry bashing articles. Rest of the time to gloat how stupid the UK has become.

Had similar issue last year. My branch in Central @ Pattaya. Card got eaten by ATM in Malaysia. Went to KBank in EmQuarter and got a new one. Happy to pay the annual renewal fee. Mind you had a big argument with them as they wouldn't allow me a copy (photocopy or self takened photo) of the documents I was being asked to sign. After 2 hours of escalation got through to an English speaking agent in their call centre who recognised how Western Banks operated and after signing an additional document was allowed to photo all the Thai documents I was being asked to sign. Don't read Thai, but at least I have copies of the 4 documents I had to sign. " You can not" was the common reply when initially trying.

Dat wud 'ave bean da old Ugandan passport. Wid da profits from da used car lot in Kampala. I said to Eppi, if you can lend me 2 mill, I can get a Toberhone bank account on hi inter rest and deposit da car loot wid yaws, promise to pay u back heeps in da Nu Year at yaw Island Parradice. (Apologies to A Coren)

Harking back to the old BBC 1940's of Music While You Work, then today have been playing off the iPod:- Public Service Broadcasting - Inform-Educate-Entertain Cranberries - Everyone Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Amon Düül II - Made in Germany Yes - Fly From Here-Return Trip Cat Stevens - Greatest Hits Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings Tomorrow I'll kick off with a bit of Genesys, Lamb Lies Down, Liverpool Empire, 19-Apr-1975.

Hi @RuamRudy, had the honour of seeing Peter O'Toole in the role. In fact available on YT. 2 hours of absolute magic.

According to the sign at The Coach and Horses, Jeffery Bernard is Unwell.

Fully understand your problem, been looking for a Gillette G2 for a while. When ever I see multi-blade shavers always reminds me of the remake of The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin with Martin Clunes as the Project Executive in charge of disposable razers at GroomTech. Anyway, found these in my local Family Mart / Tops. Very similar to the old G2. Doesn't swivel and no gel strip.

This was always a good Pogo workout...

Met him mid 80's when he lived in a squat in The Elephant and Castle. Definately very mellow! Nudge Nudge wink wink, say no more.

French, Brazilian or Hollywood?

Does this match your requirements?

Looks like those knifes get some use, judging by the scar.

Is this applied the French Way, ie as a suppository?

2 most popular species in Thailand are the Blatella Germanica and Periplaneta Americana, and as their names translate, the smaller German Cockroach and the larger American Cockroach. Having lived in Singapore for years, The American Cockroach is quiet plevalant, due to the higher humidity. Can say I see about 1 a month in Jomtien, luckily upside down and dead. However one did land on me 3 days ago whilst having a late evening fag on the balcony. Put the boot in as can't stand them. The worst ones have got to be the big Australian ones up in North Queensland. The rainy season will force them up from the sewers (humid environment) , so more abundant around that time. Hence why they tend to appear in bathrooms, as it's wet, warm and humid. Don't like cool / cold environments, so keep the AirCon on.

Have you tried: https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/colour-details

Have you tried the Ducati factory in Rayong? Some what nearer if you just need a Diag check, plus might have transport. Worth a phone call Monday at least. Buona fortuna.

Oops, forgot How, with Jack Hargreaves.

Yes, US did produce some great telly in the 60's / 70's. Luckily with re-runs in the UK got to see a lot when Channel 4 first aired in the early 80's: The Munster's Addams Family Car 54 Get Smart The Beverly Hillbillies On BBC / ITV Star Trek M*A*S*H Bonanza Casey Jones Bewitched The Pink Panther Show The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The Twilight Zone Gerry Anderson (Joe 90, Fireball XL5, Thunderbird, Stringray) The Prisoner Dr. Who Danger Man Do Not Adjust Your Set And the UK kids stuff, Magpie, Blue Peter The Goodies Blake's 7 And sitting on the top step peering down to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus or TW3 (re-runs late '60s) after my bedtime. When working in AUS in the early '80s, then Hogan's Heroes The Paul Hogan Show Kingswood Country Bewitched I Dream of Jeanie To name but a few. We didn't have a telly till I was 11 (queue the Four Yorkshiremen sketch), so thank god for re-runs. Watched Best of Paul Hogan couple of months ago, still makes me laugh.

Have flown short-haul a few times, BKK-SIN and BKK-HKG and found the experience pleasant. Pods are spacious, dedicated 240V UK style electrical socket, so able to keep laptop powered all flight and work and provide my own movie / TV entertainment. I'm 1.9m so sufficient legroom to stretch out / lie down. Pods are off-set, so if lying down you don't crush the person behind, saves on the mid-air agro, hence fewer window seats, so book early. Can't comment on food, as never eat airline food unless sealed, so the bread rolls, bottled water and Laurent-Perrier are all highly recommend. Customer experience is excellent as always addressed by your name. Would consider long-haul, ie BKK-LHR or CDG but my Scottish genes make me fly sardine class but book the aisle seat on the front row of any section for the legroom and cost saving. Bon voyage.

Floppy Disc, you were lucky. We had to key in the instructions on toggle switches.

BBQ Butterflied leg of lamb (hind shank more meater). Marinated overnight in either a jerk sauce or better still citric orange marmalade studded with plenty of garlic and rosemary. Agree with the comment from @Bday Prang, taffy is best, free range pasture fed.

Big issue now is Visa, as a general Pommy tourist you can only spend 90 days out of 180 at any given time. So you could stay for upto 180 days in any given year, but in 2 tranches, with 90 days outside of Spain (includes the mainland, Canary and Baleric Islands) and the other 26 countries that are part of the Schengen agreement. So you can't flip-flop between say, Spain and France. Recently both Spain and France have voiced financial concerns over the impact of lack of UK tourists, as the UK isn't in the Schengen Agreement, to create an exception to allow UK passport holders the right for 180 continuous days at a time. Knowing the speed of EU law changes, great idea, but won't happen over night. Like Thailand, there are other types of Visa to circumvent this issue, but they are based on financial status, education or marriage. Wouldn't hesitate in a moment if I could do 180 days at a time, 6 months in Spain or France, 3 months in Malaya and 3 months in Thailand. Was surprised recently on having to visit Hong-Kong, you get 180 days as standard with a UK Passport.

Stuart

Best value for money / taste I've found is in Big-C Extra on Pattaya Klang Road, not seen it in their other stores or elsewhere. Knight Black Horse (KBH) at just over 400THB. It's a Australian Cab Sav, but mixed with a bit of Thai Roselle to get round the high foreign alcohol import tax. Bottled at 13%. Also Roselle is used in lowering blood pressure, so essentially a health drink! No hints of oxidation from the bottles I've drunk, so implies good cellaridge. Check the label carefully (yellow with black writing), as KBH also do a Mulberry-Roselle fruit wine which is cheaper, and technically isn't wine and a lot sweeter. A review on this esteemed organ back in 2020 used the word "antifreeze" as a means to describe the taste. Currently the 2017 is on the shelves, the 2016 does have a slight edge though if you can get it. Price did jump 5% about 6 months ago. They usually have it in their bins, so laying down so the cork stays wet. Unlike an old Tesco store I saw recently that's got a bottle of Grange predominantly displayed upright in a lighted display cabinet, at a price that's nearly 2 months rent.

As @TorquayFan lawyer says, "Wait and see". Take a read of Barry's article in today's Pattaya Mail. https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/myths-about-thai-expats-and-those-income-tax-changes-starting-very-soon-447262