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Funny. Although a Brit by birth I grew up in the USA. Many of our neighbors professed to disliking lamb... Until they had a decent roast lamb dinner. 

Same as my wife and other Thai friends. All expressed disdain and a fear of a bad smell. But after a taste.... "aroi" So much so that lamb roast or lamb chops is the most common request now from visiting Thai friends.

As the phrase goes. " Used to hate it, till I ate it" 

but sure enough , it takes all types to make the world revolve.

All fails so far  Try this.

Yaa pad naan krup, mai ow pak nim nim

อย่าผัดนานครับ, ไม่เอาผักนิ่มนิ่ม

Et voila :D

Two four bone racks all ready for a quick sear in the pan followed 8mins in the oven.

Well seasoned with a nice light herb crust. Bottle of red already opened to breathe. Beans on toast anyone ? 

Usually have lamb at least once a week. I buy a fresh vac packed Aussie or NZ leg. Cut it in half. Have the knuckle end as a roast and bone out the fillet end for a curry of cut into lamb steaks. Whole leg is around 600-800 baht so works out pretty good value for 4 or more meals. 

Chops have come down in price and the fresh NZ loin and cutlets from Big C extra eat well. I bought a whole fresh NZ best end all ready to roast whole tomorrow.  Again about 700 baht and easily enough for 2 with roast potatoes, veg and gravy. You only live once. 

Just now, Crossy said:

One assumes (TiT) that these have plastic covers included to cover the screws.

 One also assumes that this being Thailand Somchai will lose most of them before the job is completed. 

7 hours ago, Crossy said:

Homepro do Clipsal ones https://www.homepro.co.th/product/136198 and you can order online if you wish.

Love the huge slots. Small chance that even Somchai could get it on the wall straight. Wonder what it will look like with the usual cheap nasty rusty countersunk head screws they insist on here ?

I've got MK sockets and switches at my current place. Had similar style of Clipsal from S'pore in the last house it had small plastic screw covers for a neat look.

Much higher quality too. Over ten years use, no yellowing or cracked plastic covers.

On the bright side his todger will be a few mm's larger than what she's used to.

Had a similar problem. I only have four trees but they were loaded. I squeezed the fruit added syrup, tequila and triplesec tomake a few gallons of margaritas then froze in handy zip lock bags. 

Africans although one of the smallest torist minorities visiting Thailand are the largest foreign contingent in Thai jails. Must just be racism, nothing to do with them being found guilty? Seems to be a huge Worldwide conspiracy.. The whole World's jails are full of black people...

Coincidence ?

Yep, I brought some runner seeds with me from the UK. The vine grew like mad on a shady trellis but no flowers. The local bugs had a field day eating the new leaves.

Don't tell me they are flooding here to buy the cheap Chinese made plastic junk available in most stores ?

I'm more interested in seeing what sort of state it is in a Month after the big Naval party.... Run down, rusty and strewn with refuse is my guess.

14 minutes ago, Machiavelli said:

Shouldn't have colonised half of the world. Should not have created the mess in the Middle East. 

Yes should either have killed them all and took their land/resources. Or just left them to shag goats and continue in their primitive existance.

Everyone is keen to bash colonialism but forgets the infrastructure we built. Roads, Electrification, Communications, Water treatment, Schools, Hospitals and Ports. Then there is the education system and advances in medical trestment. Yes maybe some people were subjugated but many had their lives improved.

It's been almost 30 years since the last remnants of the British empire were granted independence many turned to violence and civil war once we left.

Conflict in Africa and the Middle East was often between religious or tribal groups and started when the West left a vacuum. But blaming conflict between Sunnis and Shias and Jews and Muslims on the West is just daft. As for Africa, tribal warfare has been going on since they first invented the spear. 

They have another 1000 years of development before they eradicate tribalism. 

11 hours ago, rwdrwdrwd said:

It's awesome, I'm sure, if you're a sex tourist. But personally, I thought it utterly dreadful, primarily due to Chang vest sporting fat pervert westerners.

 

I realise I'm probably in a minority on ThaiVisa. Each to their own. However I genuinely find a few black guys peddling drugs less distasteful than reams of leering overweight perverts roaming the streets.

A minority of one. 

Terrorism is bad enough. But wait a few years until we have an epidemic of HIV, antibiotic resistant Tuberculosis and Hepatitis. All brought to the UK by refugees and asylum seekers from the third World who weren't immunised as kids nor checked on arrival. This is a huge ticking bomb that has yet to explode. Wait to see the hand wringing and outrage that Govt did nothing to screen these arrivals. Will be a bigger scandal than the HIV infected blood for haemophiliacs..

Surprise sex is a way of life in Thailand. 

Every girl I have ever dated had stories of unwanted advances from bosses or influential clients.

140k baht per camera.. Guess that includes installation ?  No shame...

30 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

So it's good to have an evil president? Sounds like you're saying that. 

It's not doing China, Russia or North Korea any harm :) 

9 minutes ago, talahtnut said:

Show them...so we can mention them.

I would but I'm a brunette ( with a hint of grey ) 

Nobody's fault but our own. Allow foreign "cultures" and religion to ride roughshod over ours. Fill the country with undocumented refugees and asylum seekers,. Allow religious faith schools to brainwash kids, Allow mosques to be built and community groups to spread their propaganda. Have a toothless criminal justice system and elect a bunch of hopeless lefty PC apologists to Government. Fail to punish those found guilty and fail to crackdown on the missuse of the internet. Why is anyone surprised that terrorism is rife.

When I bought my Duc ( A sport 1000 biposto ) from Ducati Bkk several years ago the service was excellent. There weren't any cheap Thai manufactured Ducatis back then just full fat imported bikes.

You were treated as a real VIP as I remember being massively impressed with their staffs service, command of English and punctuality. Fast forward some years to a few of my friends buying Ducati bikes in Pattaya and there seemed to be a seachange in quality and service. Monsters became a common sight piloted by locals. Guess a reduction in service accompanied the reduction in price.

Anyone mentioned blond or ginger pubes yet ?

On 16/10/2017 at 2:30 PM, Jingthing said:

Look, he knows there is zero chance of winning California in 2020. A mature civilized NORMAL president would look past that and realize he is still president of all the people in all the states, even the majority that hate his guts (with good reason). But he's a corrupt evil moronic baby man scumbag. The USA elected this horror show. We broke it. Now, how to fix it? 

Same deal in Puerto Rico. They're a colony. It's is a shameful situation and that's not only on the republicans either. 

But aren't the ones complaining exactly the same liberals who held up the " Not my President" banners after he won a democratic election ?

Can't have it both ways. Deny he's their President but then cry when he ignores them. Sounds like they were just as childish not to acknowledge he won the election..

I have to travel to Myanmar for business next Month. I downloaded the application form from the Embassy website. But couldn't see any info regarding supporting docs.

I have.

UK Passport valid for a further 4 years

Passport photos - UK size

Letter of invitation from Myanmar company

Myanmar company registration document

Letter from my Company (Malaysian) stating they cover all costs etc

Flight itinerary/ booking

Apart from the fee is there anything else required ? Hoping I can do this in one day ?

Any info would be most reassuring :)