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Back in 1987 I started coming here fairly often on business trips and decided to open a bank account because I planned on being based here later. I walked out of the hotel I was staying in and saw a Thai Farmers Bank branch across the street, so I went over and opened an account. No questions about work permit or visa type back then. When I came out of the bank with my new passbook and looked across the road, the first thing I saw was a Bangkok Bank branch next door to the hotel, on it's right hand side. I'd turned left to get to the pedestrian bridge and hadn't seen it, so I could just have easily had a Bangkok Bank account for 36 years. However, in that time I've seen no reason to change to another bank, though the name has since changed to Kasikorn Bank, and that branch is no longer there. I find that the branch I moved to, and others I deal with are very efficient and friendly. I'd add that, I have bank accounts in Australia, Singapore, Thailand and the Isle of Man, and the personal banking apps of my Thai and Singapore banks are lightyears ahead of the clumsy, horrible things the Aussie and IOM banks provide.

If you're going to wear her pants, the least you could do is wash them before giving them back.

People have accused me of bare faced plagiarism. Their words, not mine.

It's proving very difficult to find a shop selling "Left Guard" for my other armpit.

I was having a coffee the other day when a very old couple walked in and asked if they could sit at my table. I agreed and the gentleman sat down while his wife went to the counter. I said “I hope you don’t mind but you seem quite mobile for your age, how old are you?” He said “I’m 94 and my wife’s 90” “Wow! How long have you been married?” “71 years” “That’s some going” “Yes but we’re getting divorced next week” “Really, after so long? Why now?” “Well, we haven’t been getting on for a while but we thought we’d wait until the kids were dead”