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Chang is the best. The main selling point is the 6.4% alcohol content.

If you're (edit) just drinking to get drunk, why not just stick to meths?

SC

Because you can't get a head on it? And they don't usually have a cold shelf for it?

I'm amazed that this thread has mainly focused on baked beans, something so readily available in supermarkets. Don't you guys miss anything else? If I were an Australian I would long for things Australian like Moreton Bay bugs, WA crayfish, barramundi and if I were from Adelaide perhaps a pie floater; and your country has the best lamb in the world.....

hmpf....goes to show how much you know.

Moreton bay bugs are here...just different name and about 5/700 per kilo from memory.

Crayfish is over rated....the bugs are much tastier than any crayfish or lobster.

Barramundi is available in plentiful supply...we have it regularly.

We have a freezer currently stocked with lamb chops and 2 legs....easily available and if you know where to shop...priced right too.

Pies available from 2 suppliers I know of and one sells a tub of mushy peas if that takes your fancy.

Vegemite a plenty.

I wasn't talking about availability, just my puzzlement that in a thread where the OP asked what people missed, the emphasis was on baked beans. I'm not Australian and only talked about things I enjoyed there.

I think that I was about the first to reply on the thread so if you look back you will see the absurd things that I miss and I don't believe they are available.

So why the gratuitous insult about how much I know?

Shetland lamb is, in my humble opinion, the best I have tasted. That includes NZ lamb.

Mind you the chef was excellent!

Nah; Welsh new season Lamb is the very best if you buy it direct from the Farmer. Nothing frozen wherever it comes from is as good as that on your plate the day after it was running around in the field.......Baahhhh.

We could argue this all day long....JT give us a poll please!

I have bought mutton from an organic farm in Wales and it was amazing. I can't understand why mutton is no longer available except from specialist outlets, it beats lamb hands down for flavour.

I'm amazed that this thread has mainly focused on baked beans, something so readily available in supermarkets. Don't you guys miss anything else? If I were an Australian I would long for things Australian like Moreton Bay bugs, WA crayfish, barramundi and if I were from Adelaide perhaps a pie floater; and your country has the best lamb in the world.....

I agree about beans not really something one need hanker for here, with their widespread availability, but to question you on the lamb, are you saying Aussie is better than New Zealand?

In a word yes; the best lamb I ever tasted was, believe it or not at the Gabba in the Brisbane Lions club. I was visiting my son and coincidentally his wife had gone back to the UK for a conference so we went there for lunch. The lamb was delectable and without the fat of NZ, Welsh, English and Scottish lamb.

It may be because grass in Australia is less succulent than elsewhere but I know that it tasted better - to me at least

A simple statement that many Farang men come to Thailand to marry girls a third of their age, when they could never in a million years date someone as young and pretty and of equal standing as that in their own country. I believe that is a fact yet you won't agree or disagree you just hone in on something else, something that sits better with you.

This is your statement. Not the statement I replied to. Read PC's statement again.

Yes I know! I have understood how you have been picky with semantics from the start. PC said something and you said it was a crock of crap based on a very literal translation of the word he used.

Since then I have expanded from the word he used so as to make it quite clear what I am talking about even if I was wrong about what I thought PC was saying.

You now refuse to say whether you agree or disagree with a simple statement I am making. Why is that?

It couldn't be because you started a fight about something he said to someone else?

Interesting post from the OP because I noticed that the horizontal model for ThaiLoveLinks was recently used in one of my wife's magazines as an underwear model; no "dirty old man" digs, please, she was on the cover and I only wanted to check. But uncle had a good look and he agreed.

Can it be possible that these sites use beautiful women who are not actually available?

^ and a prime example of why i dont have a TV

You don't have a tv but you have a computer? You miss out on all the things that make life worthwhile like.....wait while I have a think

^ So basically , Neanderthal and Thai Chinese are the two main socioecoethno groups found in Thailand , with minority groups such as Wannabe HiSo Partners , Bonafide HiSo Partners and Farmers Daughters Partners and other smaller tribes making up the rest .

Sorry to be a spoilsport Luke but Neanderthals never got to Asia except the Middle East and MAYBE Siberia; that's why I think that it's unfair to claim them as ancestors unless you are a Northern European. Any interbreeding that happened can be witnessed on a weekly basis at Ibrox or Parkhead

No mate, that's Brussels sprouts named after the Belgian city; looks like your Ivy League education came up short if you can't spell where you live with your HiSo wife

OK, you got me. Sorry.

Note:

I thought about playing the game with you, but I anticipated that it wouldn't be much fun since we both know more-or-less how it's going to go.

You bait me. I rip you. You come back. Perhaps another guy joins in on either side. The mod comes in and deletes our stupid posts and issues us warnings. One or two 'responsible' posters make posts about getting back onto the topic. You and I get a bit upset that we typed these long-winded, silly posts that are now deleted and realize that we are powerless to get them back, and because we have no real interest in actually arguing our points with each other, rather than sending personal messages to each other, we instead just give up, more interested in selfishly feeding our individual boredom, ignoring each other for the rest of the day, and we get back to posting random, often silly things on an anonymous board.

Yes You're right - it does tend to be boredom; we really should find something better to do.

I see you have posted that you were leaving the thread; that's a pity since I wanted to question your assertion that Neanderthals were our ancestors. They were not and I think you will find that while the two types of humans were around at the same time, there is little evidence of interbreeding and that is hotly disputed.

There's some evidence from DNA sequencing that ? up to 5% of our genome (those of non African descent) is Neanderthal ( off topic, but did Neanderthals have souls? what amount of DNA qualifies?)

I said that Neanderthals were not our ancestors ie we evolved from them; There is nothing to suggest that the earliest modern humans were anything other than a group who had evolved in Africa without contact with Homo Neanderthaliensis. The two species of humans co-existed in North Africa and Europe and there may have been some interbreeding but the scanty DNA evidence is quite new and is disputed. Such evidence as has been presented is also restricted, as far as I recall to a much smaller population than you are suggesting.

I know nothing of souls and as a convinced atheist would not want to get involved in any theoretical discussion on something I reject entirely.

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown sold the UK down the river over their despicable governing of the country and in the process of making considerable personal fortunes have created a truely aweful place to live.

I for one will not be going back bar for the shortest possible must go visit. i certainly won't miss being mugged by a hoody or being fines for putting my rubbish in the wrong colour bin.

Don't talk about "sold the UK down the river" that happened under Thatcher and Major and an 18 year Tory rule under her band of thieves.

Now is this true, did you get mugged by a hoodie or fined for putting you rubbish in the wrong colour bin?

I'm amazed that this thread has mainly focused on baked beans, something so readily available in supermarkets. Don't you guys miss anything else? If I were an Australian I would long for things Australian like Moreton Bay bugs, WA crayfish, barramundi and if I were from Adelaide perhaps a pie floater; and your country has the best lamb in the world.....

Baked beans have been available at pretty much all supermarkets in Bangkok for years. What has taken you so long to stumble across them Ray?

If you go with Mayam brand, do make sure you get the light ones. The standard non-light ones are very sweet.

If I have to go with the standard Mayam brand then I use a couple of splashes of Malt Vinegar or Tobasco Sauce to get rid of the sweet taste.

Light ones not available in your area then?

Re-read the post, I said "if", light are sometimes available as are heinz.

Now children, don't squabble - they are all baked beans in tomato sauce

Like your reply St cowboy.

How about familyisn, nepotism, oh dear Mr T again!

Beatification. That's a bit papist, isn't it?

Thaksin's a papist? That's why his eyes are so close together. And there was me wondering why he was so ugly in spite of being HiSo SinoThai. His grandad was an Irish navvy digging canals explains it all.

Baked beans have been available at pretty much all supermarkets in Bangkok for years. What has taken you so long to stumble across them Ray?

If you go with Mayam brand, do make sure you get the light ones. The standard non-light ones are very sweet.

Perhaps he normally lets the wife do the supermarket run?

Ah! Such memories....

I had an e-mail today from my cousin who has lived in the southernmost part of Spain, Algeciras for 40+ years. She has just taken delivery of 10 kgs of haggis delivered along with 2kgs of sliced sausage - haute cuisine a l'Ecosse.

I envy her even though she must have paid a fortune for it to be flown from Linlithgow via London to Seville.

At the beginningof the year I received the tragic news from an old friend that our favourite butcher's shop had been subject to an arson attack by errant kids. That brought back memories of his World Championship Scotch Pie awards - 2 Firsts in 3 years before I left. I could think of nothing else for weeks but the smell and taste of those delicious combinations of minced lamb, fat, pepper and water pastry.

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Bloody Geordies stole most of it to keep their sheep penned; I would not dream of suggesting that was for sexual purposes

They thieve our wall, they thieve our stones, and then they shag our sheep? They're worse than scousers!

SC

Edit: Is this "tribalism" or "why did I leave Teesside?"

Having lived in Tyneside I really don't think the Geordies were to blame entirely - it was probably the Makems. I have it on good authority that there were no Geordies until a Scotsman shagged a sheep. Is that tribalism?

When I was a kid we had snowball fights with the school next door - that's tribalism. But I went home on their bus because my mates went to that school and I sang along with the sectarian songs. That's Scottish or maybe just what most of us are like.

"When I was a kid"

I'd have tried to keep that one quiet, when I was making sheepshagging jokes...Bah!

SC

OMG my secret's out - what a silly goat I am.

BTW Hartlepudlians are obviously neither racist nor tribalist if they elected a man with the very Scottish name of Stuart Drummond pretending to be a monkey

Astro carry a show titled "SPL highlights" (Scottish Premier League. for those of you who are fortunate enough not to know)

They clearly don't rely on repeat business

SC

Now that is quite unfair, theblether needs to know that Motherwell are first of the also-rans.

I say rebuild the wall and let them run around in dresses and paint themselves blue to their hearts content

I say re-build the wall. tile it on the north side, let the constant rain fill the waste lands north of the boarder with water which can then be pumped south and put the tp the useful end of keeping English lawns green.

Bloody Geordies stole most of it to keep their sheep penned; I would not dream of suggesting that was for sexual purposes

They thieve our wall, they thieve our stones, and then they shag our sheep? They're worse than scousers!

SC

Edit: Is this "tribalism" or "why did I leave Teesside?"

Having lived in Tyneside I really don't think the Geordies were to blame entirely - it was probably the Makems. I have it on good authority that there were no Geordies until a Scotsman shagged a sheep. Is that tribalism?

When I was a kid we had snowball fights with the school next door - that's tribalism. But I went home on their bus because my mates went to that school and I sang along with the sectarian songs. That's Scottish or maybe just what most of us are like.

Well the topic has been side tracked, humour to release the tension, but for the bigger picture?

There are fanatics out there!

They fight for their tribe.

They excuse their vitriole and claim nationalism.

The muslims have taken over, well nearly and unless we act now the future is .........

I hope my team wins tomorrow; if they don't I"ll blame the ref!

I take it you're not sat getting pissed in a muslim country like I am, just now

Until we stop blaming others for our problems (muslim terrorists, referees, the weather, nationalists, politicians, drunk drivers) we'll be forever stuck in that counter-productive rut of negativity. Let's face it - if you can't laugh in the face of adversity, whose face can you laugh in?

SC

SC I hate to say this because it might hurt your reputation but you sometimes make salient points I wish I had

I say rebuild the wall and let them run around in dresses and paint themselves blue to their hearts content

I say re-build the wall. tile it on the north side, let the constant rain fill the waste lands north of the boarder with water which can then be pumped south and put the tp the useful end of keeping English lawns green.

Bloody Geordies stole most of it to keep their sheep penned; I would not dream of suggesting that was for sexual purposes

I've lived here continuously for about 6 years now, and I plan to return to the US later this year...possibly July/August.

The main reason I'm leaving is education for my daughter, who is (you might guess!) 6 years old . I can't afford the top notch schools here, and even if I could, I believe FREE schools back home are better than the ones here.

I'd have probably already departed if certain family issues (ie Mom) didn't exist. Other reasons i'm leaving are:

Food: I used to be very curious about various Thai foods and enjoy trying new tastes. Now, more and more, the things everyone is eating around me just looks disgusting.

Sports: I miss cheering on the local teams back home. College basketball, baseball, even high school sports, football, etc. I just haven't been able to get into the sports here. I've tried..attending many many TPL football matches but I miss my sports.

Magazines, Newspapers, Books.

Good television.

Weather that is conducive to outdoor exercise during daylight hours.

That's about it.

You are totally wrong about the schools- the best fee paying sｃｈｏｏｌｓ here are equal to almost any in the world-certainly better than the free ones back home.

Good TV-？？！！ you mean find a good TV show and wait one week before you　ｃａｎ　ｗａｔｃｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｎｅｘｔ　ｅｐｉｓｏｄｅ？？！！　　ＤＶＤＳ，　ｐａｎｔｉｐ！

You are comparing apples to oranges. You cannot compare the best fee paying schools in one county, with a free school in another country????

If you want to draw a comparison, compare the government schools in Thailand with the government schools in the UK, and U.S.

and the best fee paying schools in Thailand, with the best fee paying schools in the UK, and U.S

The man was clearly referring to Thai gov schools.

As for the t.v. - There are only 100 "real" channels with the True Visions platinum package. Back in the U.S, you get 400 channels for the same price.

I have a daughter who has taught and been deputy head in international schools on 3 continents and it is her opinion that international schools are inferior to state schools in Scotland. Not having been a teacher I would accept her valuation ahead of any poster less qualified

I've lived here continuously for about 6 years now, and I plan to return to the US later this year...possibly July/August.

The main reason I'm leaving is education for my daughter, who is (you might guess!) 6 years old . I can't afford the top notch schools here, and even if I could, I believe FREE schools back home are better than the ones here.

I'd have probably already departed if certain family issues (ie Mom) didn't exist. Other reasons i'm leaving are:

Food: I used to be very curious about various Thai foods and enjoy trying new tastes. Now, more and more, the things everyone is eating around me just looks disgusting.

Sports: I miss cheering on the local teams back home. College basketball, baseball, even high school sports, football, etc. I just haven't been able to get into the sports here. I've tried..attending many many TPL football matches but I miss my sports.

Magazines, Newspapers, Books.

Good television.

Weather that is conducive to outdoor exercise during daylight hours.

That's about it.

You are totally wrong about the schools- the best fee paying sｃｈｏｏｌｓ here are equal to almost any in the world-certainly better than the free ones back home.

Good TV-？？！！ you mean find a good TV show and wait one week before you　ｃａｎ　ｗａｔｃｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｎｅｘｔ　ｅｐｉｓｏｄｅ？？！！　　ＤＶＤＳ，　ｐａｎｔｉｐ！

I'm flagging under the cost of school fees, and so I looked at school costs back home, and I'd certainly not be saving much moving back... in fact, I think more expensive, though I didn't pursue it in detail. A colleague moved back a few years ago, and reckoned it was a step back for his child's education, though there is more to life than books and certificates.

I don't have time to watch much TV anyway, except for sport - and, of course, pornography. I do my best myself, but I still enjoy watching the likes of Johnny Wilkinson or Tera Patrick.

SC

I was about to ask which TV stations you got your porn but then you explained - Jonny

A true story. A bunch of us went to Ireland for a weekend of golf and alcohol abuse. We stayed at Bunratty Castle Hotel (quite posh) and next to the hotel was a pub called Durty Nellie's which claimed to be the oldest pub in Ireland. Don't google "oldest pub in Ireland" because there's loads making that claim.

Anyway, Durty Nellie"s was a very old place with nooks and crannies, sawdust on the floor and a live band on Sundays so we were there for the Sunday afternoon session, some of us listening to the Irish band and others enjoying the afternoon sunshine at tables outside.

One of our group who was drinking outside came into the pub and said to the barmaid "Could I have an astray?" She said " you're standing in it". He said "No, I'm drinking outside" and when she appeared puzzled he went on to say "I'm a cigar smoker and I like an ashtray to lay the cigar down". She looked at him for a few seconds and then asked "Which one of us is Irish".

It's part of our evolution. We are all superior to those in the next village. 2 species in this planet declare war on their own kind. The other one is Chimpanzees.

SC I used to be dragged up to Crown Flatts every time Dewsbury were at home. Dad bought us seson tickets, so we could freeze in the stands, instead of the terraces. We are down at the font, near the dugouts. Ball goes into touch. One of the opposition comes to collect it. One of the subs kicks it away. "****" fom the oppostion guy. I turn to dad and as I open my mouth, he says "Don't even ask." 10 year olds in those days never got past flipping heck.

There's plenty of species eat their own, eat their own children, whatever. We're no different except that we have the wit

- to know the difference

- and to do it properly, for better or worse.

I had no intention of posting anything that might pass for serious discussion on this thread, and I feel somewhat aggrieved that I have been baited into doing so - clearly by a master, so I'll leave you with this.

A fella walked into a bar.

"What'll you have?" asked the barman.

"Jamiesons. Pint."

"Pint?"

"Aye. Pint"

So he measured it out, quarter-gill at a time. Whilst he was ringing sixteen measures through the till, the fella knocked it back.

"Right then, that'll be two pounds ten and sixpence"

"Oh no, mate, this one's on you. You said to me 'What'll you have?', and I grudgingly acquiesced".

Obviously, a scuffle ensued, the fella was thrown out in the street, to shouts of "And don't darken my door again, or you'll get a proper kicking".

Next day the same fella came in. "I thought I told you yesterday never to come back in here after you refused to pay for that whiskey"

"Not me mate, fresh off the train. Look, there's my ticket. Pint of whiskey - that's madness, man"

"Well he looked just like you. You must have a double."

"All right - Jamiesons."

SC

How far off topic can we get? What colour do Hearts wear? Maroon! OK Mine's a pint.

BTW I hadn't heard that joke in a French context before but it works without the racism I associated the version I knew

Strange that people who have those amazing stories to tell are always those who just discovered Thaivisa that very same day.

And of course he has completely disappeared, waiting for the predictable replies whilst he laughs on his other identity or his mate's.