Back in the UK after 10 years in Thailand

[sanemax]

On 10/1/2019 at 3:55 AM, Chazar said:

Although I am not overkeen on Thailand, Im even less  keen on the UK, the main reason would be the weather, all that keeps me  in Thailand is the Wife

I am undecided about which Countries whether I prefer .

Yes, I like the warmer weather , ut Thailand seems to be either hot or very hot  , sometimes its too hot in the daytime to go outside and do anything  . The UK can get a bit too cold and Thailand can get a bit too hot and the best whether is somewhere in-between, which both Countries have .

   40 degrees or 0 ?

One extreme or the other .

Whilst its not strictly the weather, what sways it for me is the air quality or the pollution .

   The fumes from the traffic is bad enough , motorbikes and cars and buses spewing out blue plumes of smoke  and then you have the burning and months of bad quality air .

   I prefer the colder cleaner UK air , rather than the warmer dirty Thai air

[Kadilo]

2 hours ago, sanemax said:

 

   The fumes from the traffic is bad enough , motorbikes and cars and buses spewing out blue plumes of smoke  and then you have the burning and months of bad quality air .

   I prefer the colder cleaner UK air , rather than the warmer dirty Thai air

Didn't you live in Chiang Mai?

 

[sanemax]

13 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Didn't you live in Chiang Mai?

 

Yes I did 

[Jip99]

On 10/2/2019 at 1:55 PM, FredGallaher said:

Where do you come up with such bull? That's not what I eat, I'm much more discrete.  OMG stating a Big Mac is better for you than Pad Thai, is insanity. Just tell they no salt (or MSG) and/or sugar. Delicious!

 

 

Actually Fred, I don’t think he is that far off the mark.

[sanemax]

On 10/1/2019 at 8:10 PM, silver sea said:

On 8/10/2019 at 1:57 AM,  sanemax said: 

Confectionery is expensive , mars bars , twix , can of coke , crisps , a pound each .

 

 

 

 

Best value for money is a packet of Penguin biscuits for £1.00 at Tesco’s. Occasionally, for a short time, they are priced @£1.47, but most times at Tesco’s, it’s £1.00 per pack.

 

https://www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/record/f647d45c-d76a-4e82-97d1-3ff58e4039d0

 

In the advert, it’s only a pack of 6, but these days you get 8 in a pack. Unbelievable!

 

What’s more, they’re the still same size after nearly 50 years as in that 1976 advert. And recipe is the same too! Can you believe that?!  ... unlike Mars and Yorkie bars, which have really shrunk in size over the same period. They’re girlie, nibble bars now; nothing man size about them when you want ‘some scoff’.

 

I buy up loads of Penguin packs, as they fit flat in my suitcase. When I return to Thailand, I hand them out to places I frequent a lot e.g. small Thai restaurants and coffee shops. Thais absolutely love them. Definitely, ‘Aroi maak maak’ with them.

8 Penguin chocolate bars are 90 P in Tesco and a Pound in ASDA .

I bought a double 400 gram pack of Custard creams for a 50 P , 18 Baht yesterday

[Thaiwrath]

38 minutes ago, sanemax said:

8 Penguin chocolate bars are 90 P in Tesco and a Pound in ASDA .

I bought a double 400 gram pack of Custard creams for a 50 P , 18 Baht yesterday

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-forecast-britain-braced-20464767

 

I don't mind paying the inflated price here, and staying warm, and able to get out and about ! 

[transam]

4 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-forecast-britain-braced-20464767

 

I don't mind paying the inflated price here, and staying warm, and able to get out and about ! 

Plus I don't eat custard creams or penguin chocs...????

[sanemax]

12 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-forecast-britain-braced-20464767

 

I don't mind paying the inflated price here, and staying warm, and able to get out and about ! 

Those seem to be regular red top headlines  , it always seems to be the hottest/coldest/wettest weather ever coming next week and it never comes  .

   Its easier to get out and about in 15 degrees in the UK , than it is in 40 degrees in Thailand 

[Andrew Dwyer]

I’ll be landing on Wednesday for a couple of weeks, don’t mind the cooler weather...... but the rain !! ☹️

[transam]

30 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Those seem to be regular red top headlines  , it always seems to be the hottest/coldest/wettest weather ever coming next week and it never comes  .

   Its easier to get out and about in 15 degrees in the UK , than it is in 40 degrees in Thailand 

Well from my own recollection, you are at the start of 6 months of sitting in doors watching telly....Me, I am out near every single night, in a T-shirt having a beer watching the world go by...????

[Matzzon]

On 8/9/2019 at 9:23 PM, sanemax said:

I have no idea about prostitution 

And you try to tell us that you lived in Thailand for almost 10 year? ????

[sanemax]

12 hours ago, transam said:

Well from my own recollection, you are at the start of 6 months of sitting in doors watching telly....Me, I am out near every single night, in a T-shirt having a beer watching the world go by...????

Its only cold weather and you can wear clothes to keep warm .

Anyone would think that flesh eating Zombies will be invading the UK and eating anyone they see on the streets .

   I can go out in cold weather 

[transam]

1 minute ago, Matzzon said:

And you try to tell us that you lived in Thailand for almost 10 year? ????

YOU, have serious problem, YOU think you know everything about everyone, for the simple reason YOU base everything on YOU...

 

Now STOP reading girlie mags, Wai-ing the birds in Tesco and sort yourself out...

 

I don't hold much hope though...

[simon43]

2 months ago, I moved to live in Luang Prabang in north Laos.  One benefit is that the temperature is cooler and much more pleasant. The middle of the day is hot, but early mornings and evenings are cool, almost long-sleeved shirt weather.  I'm liking it!

[transam]

3 minutes ago, simon43 said:

2 months ago, I moved to live in Luang Prabang in north Laos.  One benefit is that the temperature is cooler and much more pleasant. The middle of the day is hot, but early mornings and evenings are cool, almost long-sleeved shirt weather.  I'm liking it!

Come back and tell us what it is like in January...????

[sanemax]

12 hours ago, Matzzon said:

And you try to tell us that you lived in Thailand for almost 10 year? ????

If you follow the discussion , you would see that he was asking about prostitution in the UK 

[Kadilo]

On 10/3/2019 at 10:26 PM, sanemax said:

Yes I did 

Thought so. 

You would go on a trip to the Desert and co plain about there being too much sand. 

[sanemax]

12 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Thought so. 

You would go on a trip to the Desert and co plain about there being too much sand. 

Well, I would state that there was a lot of sand there , but it would be a comment about the locality , rather  than a complaint .

[silver sea]

2 hours ago, sanemax said:

8 Penguin chocolate bars are 90 P in Tesco and a Pound in ASDA .

I bought a double 400 gram pack of Custard creams for a 50 P , 18 Baht yesterday

 

Yes but your complaint was about chocolatey things being expensive like mars bars and twix. Remember? I know it was 40 pages ago ???? but you said:

 

On 8/10/2019 at 1:57 AM,  sanemax said: 

Confectionery is expensive , mars bars , twix , can of coke , crisps , a pound each .

 

That’s why I recommended Penguin biscuits and you put some pucks in your suitcase, your Thai friends will thank you for them.

 

 

“When you p-p-p pick up a Penguin,

There’s so much more to enjoy,

it’s bigger, so chocolately, with chocolate filling too.

When you’re feeling p-p-peckish,

What’s bigger and best for you?

p-p-p-p pick up a Penguin.”

 

No brainier, really Max ????????

 

Anyway, I like custard creams too. As you have splashed out on them instead, you should also get a whole load of Bourbon biscuits and mash ‘em up all together as in this YouTube vid:

 

 

 

It could turn out to be the highlight of your return to the UK.

Edited October 5, 2019 by silver sea

[sanemax]

12 hours ago, silver sea said:

 

Yes but your complaint was about chocolatey things being expensive like mars bars and twin. Remember? I know it was 40 pages ago ???? but you said:

 

On 8/10/2019 at 1:57 AM,  sanemax said: 

Confectionery is expensive , mars bars , twix , can of coke , crisps , a pound each .

 

 

That is from small newsagents though  , much cheaper if you buy from supermarkets and in bulk, i.e., more than one piece . 

[Kadilo]

4 minutes ago, sanemax said:

That is from small newsagents though  , much cheaper if you buy from supermarkets and in bulk, i.e., more than one piece . 

Wow, I’m learning so much from this thread. Keep it going. 

[sunnyboy2018]

On 9/30/2019 at 9:56 PM, EVENKEEL said:

Lay off the soda, crisps...huh … sp????????eak real English please.

Soda means soda water in English. 

[sunnyboy2018]

1 hour ago, Matzzon said:

And you try to tell us that you lived in Thailand for almost 10 year? ????

Yet many people who claim to know nothing about prostitution have strong opinions about the subject.

[sanemax]

12 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Yet many people who claim to know nothing about prostitution have strong opinions about the subject.

You misunderstood and didnt follow the discussion .

A poster asked me whether  UK prostitutes accept payment by card and I replied "I have no idea about prostitution" (whether they accept payment by card or not) .

[Matzzon]

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

If you follow the discussion , you would see that he was asking about prostitution in the UK 

Can only be two things. Can´t take a joke, or just sad to be in UK.

[Matzzon]

17 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Yet many people who claim to know nothing about prostitution have strong opinions about the subject.

People who claim what? Are you talking about yourself again, sunnyboy2018? So confused.

[EVENKEEL]

34 minutes ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Soda means soda water in English. 

You know, that's funny because I had a long layover in Heathrow, took the train out for a meal, didn't know where I was at. Anyway find a pub, order a meal...….and I order a "soda"  yep, gave me soda water.

[scorecard]

35 minutes ago, sanemax said:

You misunderstood and didnt follow the discussion .

A poster asked me whether  UK prostitutes accept payment by card and I replied "I have no idea about prostitution" (whether they accept payment by card or not) .

During the Vietnam conflict at times US and other soldiers able to drink / eat / shop in some safe villages, some prostitutes accepted Military Payment Coupons (MPC) issued by US army. 

 

[sanemax]

12 hours ago, scorecard said:

During the Vietnam conflict at times US and other soldiers able to drink / eat / shop in some safe villages, some prostitutes accepted Military Payment Coupons (MPC) issued by US army. 

 

Thanks for the info, but I would prefer if that kind of thing wasnt discussed in this thread

[scorecard]

11 minutes ago, sanemax said:

Thanks for the info, but I would prefer if that kind of thing wasnt discussed in this thread

 Sorry if I offended you, not sure why your reaction.