hankypankee

Any day where you don't manage to rub one out is a full waste of a day.

And you are by far his number one stalker fan. Nearly the first one to post on almost all of his topics. Guess you got a real obsession with him?

A bit of Thai sticky rice dipped in the spicy-sour juice from some Larb Gai. A bit of finely-chopped mint and cilantro mixed in. Pretty unbeatable.

Marriage material!

For those up north, try "By Hand Pizza Cafe" - 25 Moon Muang Rd Lane 7, Tambon Si Phum, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai 50200 Wood fired oven. Great stuff.

There’s a place in Bangkok that makes a massive pizza shaped like one giant slice. It’s huge, probably enough to feed around 10 people. I saw an ad for it online once, but now I can’t find it. When they serve it, they cut the whole thing up into small pieces, but the pizza itself is literally just one oversized slice. I know there’s a place near Khao San called Casa Picasso that does very large slices, but I haven’t been there yet and I don’t think that’s the one I saw in the ad. Anyone know the place I’m talking about, the one that does those massive rectangular pizzas shaped like a single slice?

They accept both cash and credit/debit card. Normally I pay them in cash.

That salty, oily cheese they use is exactly like NYC pizza. Perfect. I usually ask them to heat up the slice to make it extra hot because I like the cheese melted. Perfect. Also, a few weeks ago I ordered a couple of slices there. I then decided not to eat them both, so I asked them if they could bag the second one. They were very nice and put it in a cardboard box and then in a plastic bag with carry handles.

For Pattaya have you ever tried Pizza Big in Naklua? It's been there for at least 20 years. Real wood-fired oven making plate size pizzas. Very authentic Italian style. No gut bomb effect, but a very classic taste.

Not sure if you like New York pizza, but have you ever had a slice from Soho Pizza in Sukhumvit Soi 11? It's about 90% pure mainlining of NYC pizza flavor. A dash more sauce with a touch more oregano in the sauce and it would be a near perfect copy.

For me, it’s gotta be a margarita. That’s the true test of a pizza, no distractions, no fancy toppings trying to show off, just pure pizza doing its thing. Sometimes I’ll throw a bit of pepperoni on there if I’m feeling cheeky, like I’m living dangerously. And when I really wanna test the quality, I’ll shove a slice in the fridge overnight and eat it stone cold in the morning like some kind of pizza connoisseur with a hangover who’s just given up on life. That’s when you really find out if it’s the good stuff. What about you?

Just another bankrupt topic from the resident low-budget troll.

Agree. A big risk. You don't want to advertise. Better to keep a low profile.

No, wives are a liability. Look at Macron. They should be the first thing to go.

You're good 👍🏼 Things are much more precarious though for the millions living in cities.

Sure. But for just a couple of days you could survive on boiled pasta or rice. I don't keep lots of food stores, but I have a couple of kilos of dried pasta on hand. The challenge might be finding a way to boil it without having a gas burner.

A friend of mine was caught in Europe during the power outages in April that I mentioned and he said it was a mess. If he just had as little as some extra cash on hand, a flashlight, an old school radio, and a power bank he probably would've been fine.

Yeah, the heat would be another issue. I guess some sort of backup battery that could run a house fan for a couple of days would be quite useful in the situation like that. Lots of people who live up country have some form of solar power with batteries that could at least power some basic stuff for a few days.

Right, but does having a flashlight with batteries, a bit of cash on hand, and a fully charged power bank, and maybe a few days supply of bottled drinking water, make you a nutter? In my OP I already explained the difference between being one of those nutter preppers and just having the basics on hand I just mentioned above.

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Why don't you whack a photo of Elon on your bathroom mirror and pull yourself off some more? Plonker.

Imagine that major earthquake that hit Bangkok recently, which took down a high-rise building under construction and cracked hundreds of other completed tower blocks, also took down the fragile power grid in Bangkok for two weeks. How would you deal with it?

I'm really surprised at all the idiotic replies so far. Actually, I'm not that shocked given the lack of basic intelligence around here. I guess trying to fix stupid is far harder than asking somebody to charge up a power bank just in case the power goes out. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/spain-portugal-power-outage https://www.theverge.com/news/657017/major-blackout-spain-portugal-france-europe https://www.engadget.com/general/theres-a-massive-power-outage-cross-spain-portugal-and-parts-of-france-183025048.html https://www.wired.com/story/europe-blackout-spain-portugal-power-outage/

Sheeeesh. Do you even have one iota of a clue what’s going on in the real world, or are you just here chasing dopamine squirts from acting smug on the internet? This literally happened in Europe. In April. As in, five minutes ago in adult time. I even said that in the OP. So what is it, you can’t read, or you just can’t comprehend? It’s not a conspiracy theory. Not a tinfoil-hat doomsday fantasy. It was a real-world, documented power outage where people couldn’t charge phones, use cards, or get online. But yeah, let’s slap “paranoia” on anyone with basic situational awareness and carry on pretending everything’s invincible. Absolute genius.

I am not talking about a total collapse or global cyber war where the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, North Koreans or some other bad actor completely takes out the grid in some dystopian plot to bring the world to a halt. I’m only suggesting a temporary outage. Like the power blackout that hit parts of Spain and Portugal at the end of April. Power gone for a day, no internet, no phone charging, no digital payments. Suddenly, modern life grinds to a halt without any explanation. People who rely entirely on their phones found themselves cut off, not just from the nonsense worlds of Instagram and TikTok, but from real information, communication, even the ability to buy food because they couldn’t use digital technology to make payments. In moments like that, it’s not the end of the world, but it can feel like it if you’re not ready, especially if you don’t really know what’s happening or how long it’s going to last. Situations where you can’t charge your phone. No QR codes. No apps. No bank transfers. You can’t even pay with a physical debit or credit card. And unless you’ve got an old-school radio stashed away with batteries in it, you won’t even know what’s actually going on. It’s the kind of situation where real cash is suddenly needed again, and so is having a bit of backup power. I’m not talking about being one of those prepper nutters building fully sustained underground bunkers and hoarding ten years of canned beans. Just about common sense. Do you have a power bank of at least 20,000 milliamp with at least one full charge on it so that it could charge your phone for a few days? Do you have at least a few hundred dollar equivalent in banknotes (preferably in a mix of a few different currencies) stashed somewhere in the house in case the ATM machines stop working for a while? It’s amazing how quickly we’ve gone from “I’ll just tap my phone” to forgetting that without electricity, all of that vanishes. The truth is, most of us assume the lights will always stay on, the signal will always be there, the card machine will always work, and 99% of the time that’s true. But what if it doesn’t, just for a day or two? Can you still function? Can you buy food, get home, check on family, or even just find out TF is going on? It’s a useful reminder that for all our high-tech habits, the basics still matter. A bit of cash. A charged battery pack. A flashlight. Maybe even an old school radio with real buttons. Not because the world’s ending, but because sometimes, sh*t can happen and it’s nice to be able to keep going when it does.