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Marzipan is very easy to make

450g (16oz) Ground Almonds

225g (8oz) Icing Sugar

225g (8oz) Castor Sugar

2 Eggs

1 tbsp Lemon Juice

1 tsp Almond Essence

Whisk eggs, essence and lemon juice.

Stir in the sugars and almonds.

Use your hands to form the mixture into a ball.

Knead well to produce a pliable dough.

Wrap in grease-proof paper and refrigerate until needed.

Where do you find your Ground Almonds?

At the bottom of a grinder.

Tried that but the flavour isn't right. Hoping to find bagged ones in Hong Kong next month.

Marzipan is very easy to make

450g (16oz) Ground Almonds

225g (8oz) Icing Sugar

225g (8oz) Castor Sugar

2 Eggs

1 tbsp Lemon Juice

1 tsp Almond Essence

Whisk eggs, essence and lemon juice.

Stir in the sugars and almonds.

Use your hands to form the mixture into a ball.

Knead well to produce a pliable dough.

Wrap in grease-proof paper and refrigerate until needed.

Where do you find your Ground Almonds?

'Only 73 written complaints have been received since April 1st'

Well; chances are that if more Thai's could write properly when they left School there would have been a lot more written complaints !

This blokes Father is as brainless as he is to shell out the dosh in the first place. Best way to teach Son a lesson would be to leave him to think about the shit he has done while stagnating inside a Thai jail. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

These people face the death penalty and they are still crazy enough to do it just to serve it at a party. Might as well have stored it in his empty head !

The top 4 don't surprise me.

Some of the rudest people I have met in Thailand also come from those places !

The OP obviously doesn't follow Chalerms cunning plans to execute people within a few days of being given the death sentence.

That is not true. Chalerm's proposal is that convicted prisoners on death row should be executed within 2-3 weeks of the FINAL APPEAL being rejected. That is nothing like what you are suggesting.

For the record, I am vehemently against the death penalty.

Whatever; each to their own opinion about what should happen to people who are useless to society as a whole. I am not a 'Hang 'em High' merchant but perhaps 'Hard Labour' would be appropriate.

The OP obviously doesn't follow Chalerms cunning plans to execute people within a few days of being given the death sentence.

As a side note Wifey says Murderers, Drug dealers and Rapists should all be killed as they are useless to Thailand and just cost money to keep in prison. I said 'Why Rapists?'; she said, 'because many Father and Uncle rape their own family and they are very bad people'.

As for Thai's being good Buddhists; well, only when it suits them and they think it's going to do them some personal good, bring them luck or whatever.

Answer to headline.....NO; they just charge them more tea money.

Cricket is booorrriiinng!

The wonders of cricket are obvious to those who understand it

There are over 1 billion cricket fans in the world

For those who do not understand it, I feel nothing but sadness

By the way, I put together one of my best ever innings in your home town of Manchester, if you had been watching that day, you would love cricket (and love me too probably)

Take away the Indians, you may have 20 cricket fans left.

Well; I'm proud to say I'm one of the twenty then....twenty million at least from my country.

Blimey; this is turning into some kind of contest for who has the most 'likes'. I would rather have a contest for who has the most 'licks', but I guess we would be moderated into oblivion !

They aren't really interested in feedback complaints from customers. Delays all the time never informing passengers why, I flew BKK KL recently , we are all sat in our seats ready for take off 10 minutes before schedule and then ..No movement, waiting 30 minutes, as it turns out for late passengers, No explaination why the captain decides to delay flight for them,

If you find a link for email customer service /complaints it s just an automated "thank you for your feedback " message,

Clearly AA attitude is , we are a popular airline and cheap so we dont need to provide a good service. It needs another big airline across Asia to compete with them on budget and routes, surprised a major Asian/ Chinese airline isnt doing so , Lets hope some company does,

You've mentioned the one thing that annoys me more than anything else when flying. Delaying the flight for late passengers really gets up my nose as they should be left behind if they can't get their ass in gear like everyone else on the plane. Holding up between 150 and 400 people seems to be a hobby for some of these prats. Yes; I know anyone can be delayed for reasons they cannot help but this happens too often for that to be the regular reason. If you can't get to the gate on time you should expect to be left behind....period.

Unfortunately they have to unload the missing passengers' baggage as well, out of bomb fear. And the baggage is not neatly stowed in separate lockers... so normally its quicker just to wait for the errant passengers. Air Asia probably don't run with the handling crews to be unloading and reloading luggage

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The amount of security baggage goes through these days is it really through fear of any bomb? There should be a rule in terms and conditions about late passengers (who cant read their boarding cards that state the last time for boarding)

(i)If a passenger fails to get to the gate of a flight on the time stipulated on the boarding card they have to purchase another ticket to the destination or wait up to 72 hours to reclaim the baggage.

Maybe it is in the small print of some airlines T&Cs

I've got a better idea; just fine the gits by doubling what they paid right there and then and if they refuse to pay chuck them off the flight !

They aren't really interested in feedback complaints from customers. Delays all the time never informing passengers why, I flew BKK KL recently , we are all sat in our seats ready for take off 10 minutes before schedule and then ..No movement, waiting 30 minutes, as it turns out for late passengers, No explaination why the captain decides to delay flight for them,

If you find a link for email customer service /complaints it s just an automated "thank you for your feedback " message,

Clearly AA attitude is , we are a popular airline and cheap so we dont need to provide a good service. It needs another big airline across Asia to compete with them on budget and routes, surprised a major Asian/ Chinese airline isnt doing so , Lets hope some company does,

You've mentioned the one thing that annoys me more than anything else when flying. Delaying the flight for late passengers really gets up my nose as they should be left behind if they can't get their ass in gear like everyone else on the plane. Holding up between 150 and 400 people seems to be a hobby for some of these prats. Yes; I know anyone can be delayed for reasons they cannot help but this happens too often for that to be the regular reason. If you can't get to the gate on time you should expect to be left behind....period.

Welcome. A lot of good stuff but some not so good. A friend remarked last week..'TV is like a Minefield of Poo with the odd Gold Nugget, which means you should be careful where you step' !

Another bullshit 'Crackdown' that just gives the BIB yet another reason to fill their ever bulging pockets.

Sadly I did not know your Father Larry but it is obvious that he was a clever, kind and thoughtful man that spent a large part of his life trying to do his best for Humankind. My Condolences to you and your family and may your Father rest in a well earned peace.

Just been invited to eat at this place and wondered if it's any good. If not I may try to convince the others that we should go elsewhere

As you have been invited to this place, wouldn't it be quite rude to try suggest another place just because you don't like the place?

Nah; we've been good mates for years and he'd be ok but don't know about his new bird !

Just been invited to eat at this place and wondered if it's any good. If not I may try to convince the others that we should go elsewhere.

What about scanning prints; anyone got experience with getting them done in CM ?

I have done thousands over the years, and quite frankly you are far better off investing in your own scanner, depending on the quantity you want to scan. If it's only a handful I will glady scan them for you, and put them on a flash drive, Keeping the scanner bed free from dust is the secret, and wiping all photos with an "antistat" cloth before scanning.

Thanks MM, that's a kind offer. However I think I must go and buy a scanner as I have a lot and I should get them on disc or whatever. Will keep me busy for a while.

What about scanning prints; anyone got experience with getting them done in CM ?

Here we go...when I was a young lad in England in the 50's our Mum's bought their meat/fish at the local Butchers or Fishmongers where it was all just laid out on marble slabs with no covers,tongs,plastic gloves, fly killing lamps,ice or any other fandango way to protect you or the product. Sainsburys and the Maypole were where you bought sliced meats and cheeses and they also had it all on marble slabs. I well remember cake shops with flies and wasps on the cakes and you bought your biscuits by the pound out of open topped large tins by taking them out with your fingers and putting them in brown paper bags to be weighed. I could go on but suffice to say nobody I ever knew in those days died from food poisoning; hence most of us are still here today to tell the tale. Indeed; I have known more people in modern times with all the food safety precautions we now have to fall foul of food poisoning and the like. Anyone who cooks knows that the majority of germs will be cooked out of meat and fish if they are cooked properly and all vegetables etc should be washed before they are cooked.

All in all I don't care if the Thai's handle the meat or fish I may later buy because I know it will be cooked well in my home. If you come to live here you should expect exactly what you get, so get on with it !

In Wifey's old village a woman hung herself only last week because of debts. Her Husband works in Qatar and sends back good money but in the last three years he has only been back once and she blew the lot gambling, drinking and bragging to show her friends how big it was to have a Husband working abroad and earning high money compared to all around her. She was borrowing cash from money lenders big time to cover her gambling debts and had no way of ever paying it back, and when the Husband announced he was returning for three months next week she topped herself before he found out the ugly truth.

No matter how many photo-calls Wonder Woman, or her god knows how many deputy's make, they cannot change the fact that the cost of living for most working Thai's has risen and is continuing to rise week on week. Oh, they will Blah Blah about how it's this season or that or the 300 Baht wage scheme(where it's been applied) takes away hardship etc etc but I know from my own neighbours that they are feeling the pinch and cutting back on the amount they eat because of price rises over the last year in particular. Old School clothes are being patched up for re-use and many parents are taking their kids to school on Motorbikes instead of paying for the bus. Nevertheless; in the area around where I live you won't hear a bad word for Yingluck and her merry band of thieves because they hate the Democrats with a passion and would rather have the current lot stealing their money (yes they do know) than have the others doing it.

Something are more expensive (like veg).

Something are cheaper (like cooking oil).

Something stayed the same (like haircuts).

True; mine hasn't gone up in four years.