StreetCowboy

That's the sort of talk that gets you into fights. I could kid myself that I could deck anyone I squared up against, but I could not kid myself that more people would jump in on my side than on his. You should not need to come to Thailand to learn that, and you should not need to learn that the hard way. SC

I don't normalise other people's values

He was probably trying to show off his English ability; if he’d wanted to look hard, he’d have not chosen an elderly farang.

You were lucky you did not start a fight. Being assaulted is one thing; getting in a fight is another.

You can’t generalise from your own experience; I am as normal as a fruitbat - a normal one!

You were lucky you were not armed. Don’t take your guns to town.

Keep a ready smile to hand, and don’t be afraid to use it. Simple apologies are better than debate.

Why would anyone attack him in preference to the other two? He’s probably asking for advice in case any of his mates are subject to random attacks, but did not want to let on the company that he keeps. Which brings me to my recommendation for lion attacks - make sure you can run faster than your travelling companions.

The 9th Tour de Damansara is scheduled for 4th December, for those that wish to join. We’ll be visiting the pubs tomorrow to confirm their participation. Then the detailed route planning, poster preparation, sponsorship and riders…

This forum has been like a morgue recently, so I thought it was time for a cryptic thread. Post a cryptic description of where your bike’s been, and let others describe the photo; please quote the original description, as I fully anticipate there will be loads of challenges running in parallel.... then a week later, or sooner, or later, as you see fit, post the photo.

I was undergoing medicinal treatment from the chaps at Boon Rawd, and browsing this forum at the same time. I chanced to happen upon some remarkably entertaining threads, and thought perhaps, with a jolt from the old electrodes, and a judicious post or two, they could be brought back to life.... But then I thought "Is that what the good doctor would do? No - of course it's not. He wouldn't give the kiss of life to any old team and let them flounder as before. He'd bring in the best from around the world, he would scour the planet to the ends of the M62 and back to create a veritable dream thread. But did I have the courage to do the same - to create a best of best thread, with posts stitched together from whatever moribund sepulcher they could be rescued? I knew where to turn for inspiration.... Yes, yes, I would do it.... And so, I give you - DOCTOR FRANKENSTEIN'S THREAD! Cobbled together from the salvaged remnants of the long dead and more recently demised - and, perhaps, in the spirit of my compatriot doctors, the imminently fondly remembered. Perhaps I should put the ball into scrum, as it were, with a couple of examples of my own...