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In other news 65 million people didn't take a train and at least 1 did not leave his house for 4 days,

Storm in a tea cup.

Great respect for other people's property. So many morons out there .

The whole series used to be on YouTube. Don't know if it still is. I stayed at a 2 bedroomed cottage in Port Merion for 1 night with 2 Thai girlfriends who were students. Great buffet breakfast in the pavilion overlooking the estuary. Driving there from London we were a bit late and stopped at a roadside pub to ask for directions. Everyone was speaking Welsh. As soon as I began to ask the barman the way in English , the whole place fell silent and stared at us. Talk about the elephant in the room. Freaky like a scene from Straw Dogs. This was about 44 years ago so no internet and The Prisoner was forgotten about so we had the whole village almost to ourselves. Jam packed with tourists now.

Thank God. I'll sleep a lot better tonight knowing that.

7/11 has conquered Thailand and made a better job of it than the Daleks could have. A lot more friendly too. Had many an easy breakfast sitting outside some branch or other in the middle of nowhere enjoying a coffee with a toasted ham and cheese sandwich. Lifesavers.

Try to find a lightweight Thai worker and get him to paint the roof Thais white on the outside. This will reflect a lot more of the suns heat. If the bar is outside you are up against since the slightest breeze blows in the hot air.

" HomePro '................... make a good name for a Pattaya girlie bar. Hoys are us ' ............ that would work too Could even have a ' Big ... ' on second thoughts, that might turn punters away. Seriously though , one annoying thing about HomePro is that as the OP says , there are legions of girls loitering in the isles but when you get to the check out there is often only one cashier working, two if things are really cooking .

Oh well , the venal Thais who thought it was a great idea to welcome these kinds of people can't really complain or be shocked. Everything comes at a price. You want their money and this is the price .

Not a problem any more since I bought the safe. No probate , no letters , no hassles.

I asked about this at our bank. They said if one of the account holders dies then legally they are obliged to freeze the joint account until probate has been completed. They just advised that if my wife was given my account pin number she could just withdraw cash from my account until it was empty. This is illegal and they know it but TIT. If doing this anyway , best to learn how to make cardless withdrawals. The safe I bought is bolted and glued to the floor out of sight. Easy to use and bypasses the bank altogether. Not like I'm losing a fortune in interest.

Wow.....just wow. Totally awesome. I think I'll rent a room near there so I can visit 365 days and throw water in a strangers face every single day. You can keep sex. This is how I'll be getting my rocks off from now on.

My other grandads car

6 years old listening to this on the car radio at Christmas

Do they still do this now ?

Going to holiday camps in one of these with my sister and grandparents. Our parents used to drop us off every weekend at our grandparents house in Hanwell. On entering there would be two huge piles of comics for my sister and myself. Beano Dandy Hornet Hotspur Topper Valient. That kept us quiet for an hour or so. Around supper time grandad would sit in his chair watching the football results and filling in his Littlewoods pools ticket. Never forget the tone of the announcer. Chelsea 3 ( rising three ) Arsenal 0 ( faling nil tone ) Sometimes would go with him to Stamford bridge . Always took my wooden rattle and he would buy me a rosette. He would occasionaly shout ' Come on the blues ' and I would stare up at him like he had gone mad. For Christmas I finally got the toy of my dreams and set about shooting up the place I remember my nan, who had been in service giving us the food of the toffs....kedgeree Then there was her fabulous bangers and mash with onions and gravy. Hmmmmmmmm Poor England. Different world today. Best thing of all was that everywhere I went I was always surrounded by love. Happy childhood.

Pondering this myself , and how there could be a problem with my wife accessing my bank funds , we bought a safe which I have installed at home. Two thirds of my funds are now in this safe and my bank account is kept at around 100,000 which she can empty with my ATM card on my demise. If your house is secure it is worth considering. If you need the money for your extension just put it back in your account 2 months before you apply. Just make sure you don't kick the bucket during this period.

The missus has a strap on ?? Wow , you two are really open minded. In retrospect , I think I've had such a sheltered life .

I have no idea how much the ladies working in Soi Nana charge these days but if he is an example of what frequents the area then they deserve every baht.

That would be Admiral Bob Smith.

KIS ....Keep it simple. Too many ingredients will discourage you from making it and don't make a huge impact on the final result. I use the following method ( in video ) except I don't use as much liver as if you make too much it might go off before you eat it all and I have found it does not freeze that well ( water gets in ) Secondly, I only marinate the liver in milk for about 30 minutes....not several hours. So all you really need is 4 cloves of garlic and a small onion plus the liver. Cook these up in a pan with a slice of butter. Add black peeper and salt ( plus optional mixed herbs if you have them. One cooked let cool and put in a blender. As you blend, graduallky add cream ( I just use milk ) and blend until you get the texture you want. Don't put all the cream or milk in at once as if you overdo it it will be runny. Slowly slowly until it is nice and smooth. Put in a tub then pop it in the fridge. You can melt butter on top if you wish or sprinkle black pepper on it.

Something else I have started drinking early evening before boozing.... A big glass of chilled tomato juice with a generous amount of Worcester sauce stirred in. Really hits the spot.

Just made up a tub of pork liver pate to spread on my home baked bread. Delicious and easy.

I have also started drinking sponsor recently and find it works better than water if you have been drinking alcohol.

I had this issue once when visiting a friend in Bangkok and had forgotten my passport at home. Just stayed at a curtain hotel instead. No questions at all except would we want drinks or food. Pretty good place with excellent wifi and big bath with plenty of hot water. I won't mention the several porno channels or strange chair thing in the corner because I am sure AN readers would not be interested. Car parked downstairs behind curtain, room upstairs.