4 hours ago, BuaBS said:

2 normal days with shops open and a nice temperature !

Nice temperature ? Not today mate. Foggy , rainy and 22 degrees is not what I call perfect Pattaya weather. 

 

2 minutes ago, balo said:

Nice temperature ? Not today mate. Foggy , rainy and 22 degrees is not what I call perfect Pattaya weather. 

 

Depends where you are . Here up north it was great , some clouds keeping the f... sun away . The 2 best months of the year.  Who wants to live in Pattaya , yuk !

6 hours ago, BuaBS said:

Who wants to live in Pattaya , yuk !

What is that supposed to mean ? Who wants to live up north , yuk! 

 

Storm coming in down south again.  flooding

Enjoying my Coffee while reading TV. Later I will write SIDs for running the 9 5/8" casing. Sadly I am stuck at work for 3 more weeks. Such is life I suppose though I would rather be reading this while at work than making a thread about how many people are online while you are yourself online as well.

10 hours ago, balo said:

Nice temperature ? Not today mate. Foggy , rainy and 22 degrees is not what I call perfect Pattaya weather. 

 

Rain in Chiang Mai this morning, almost unheard of in December!

Disappointing boxing day!!!!

 

I had a great day Wife working, bloody cold, raining. ( if i could feel my nether regions theyd be freezing).

So what else to do but get inside and get on TV?

On the contrary Sir! Everyone's idea of a good time is different.

People having such a disappointing Boxing day that they are hanging out on TVF.

 

Boxing never was my favourite type of sports.

I would not even call it sports.

 

PS. Not all of us are Brits.

 

Relaxing in Nelson (NZ) as the rellies have taken their boisterous kids out for the day..........peace and quiet in my farm-stay cottage overlooking the bay. So passing time mucking around on the computer and getting some dozing time in cos the kids are full on and wearing me out!

 

Temp around 23 but with a cool wind and nice and cool at night for sleeping, if only I could!

Mrs J and myself were on the golf course from 9am ... just a few minutes of light rain ...lovely and cool ...then lunch at the chicken and fish shop ... then 'feet up' cause we are old .......

3 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Relaxing in Nelson (NZ) as the rellies have taken their boisterous kids out for the day..........peace and quiet in my farm-stay cottage overlooking the bay. So passing time mucking around on the computer and getting some dozing time in cos the kids are full on and wearing me out!

 

Temp around 23 but with a cool wind and nice and cool at night for sleeping, if only I could!

Aaaaaaaaahhhhh Nelson, NZ.

Spent a lot of time there when I was young - as a matter of fact, I fell in love with Thailand in Nelson.

More precisely, she worked at the Sukothai restaurant......

And then there is the Heaphy track, Nelson lakes and a Dutch cafe that was the hangout of the alternative crowd. (i forgot the name, Wilko or something).

Found it! My long term memory is still intact....

 

https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/24560/chez-eelco-coffee-house-nelson-1962

Alas..... I read it is closed now.

17 hours ago, 473geo said:

I must admit there is a slight imbalance as Thai business attempts to take advantage of the commercial side of Christmas while the kids are going to school on Christmas day and Boxing day.

I've been watching US tv a bit and seems the Thais are not the only ones trying to turn Xmas into a commercial event. It seems that it's all about sales, sales, sales. The actual meaning of Christmas has apparently got lost in the ringing of shop tills. Same in the UK.

Pity. As a child Xmas for me was all about chapel services, carols and opening presents on Xmas morning. Even now, it's the time of year to send greetings to family and friends not seen for a long time.

When families go into debt they can't afford just for a one day extravaganza it's a shame. I still remember my mother making the decorations and presents were also home made- the thought really was more important than the cost, way back in a different world that I grew up in.

 

 

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I've been watching US tv a bit and seems the Thais are not the only ones trying to turn Xmas into a commercial event. It seems that it's all about sales, sales, sales. The actual meaning of Christmas has apparently got lost in the ringing of shop tills. Same in the UK.

Pity. As a child Xmas for me was all about chapel services, carols and opening presents on Xmas morning. Even now, it's the time of year to send greetings to family and friends not seen for a long time.

When families go into debt they can't afford just for a one day extravaganza it's a shame. I still remember my mother making the decorations and presents were also home made- the thought really was more important than the cost, way back in a different world that I grew up in.

 

 

I would think not many have strung popcorn to put around the tree like we used to. Was fun doing stuff with the family. But even the very notion of Santa was just a marketing ploy. He started off as a small gnome invented by Coca Cola....

3 hours ago, simoh1490 said:

Rain in Chiang Mai this morning, almost unheard of in December!

It's the big storm that is off Vietnam. Always causes rain in C M when there is a big storm there. Nothing to do with the normal wet/ dry season.

Still raining now, but no wind.

 

15 hours ago, janclaes47 said:

 

I even see one who has the time to survey how many are spending time on TVF.

 

Must be a really boring life.

 

Oh, and I'm not British, so boxing day doesn't mean anything to me.

Yes, currently quite boring, but that's due to injury enforcing idleness. 

 

You apparently are unaware how to find out how many people are currently on TVF. Takes about 15 seconds to do so.

43 minutes ago, KhunMhee said:

I would think not many have strung popcorn to put around the tree like we used to. Was fun doing stuff with the family. But even the very notion of Santa was just a marketing ploy. He started off as a small gnome invented by Coca Cola....

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-nicholas-the-original-santa-claus/

 

Actually, think that giving tradition started in Turkey with the original St Nicolas in the 4th century.....

Later, in the 1920's Coca Cola "invented" the look of Santa partly based on an 1800's poem....

Father Christmas, St Nicolas was entrenched & happily plodding along way before Coca Cola existed....

Now today have been 'power washing' the pavement but like the cricket ... rain stop play.  And if that rain comes tomorrow the caddie will be a little upset as she doesn't have an umbrella!!