7 hours ago, Old Croc said:

I met a Brit in Phuket who climbed Everest.

 

Funny, I couldn't find his name on the comprehensive lists of those who have achieved it.

 

(I can confirm Bear Grills was there)

What is Bear like?

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

It's nice to know I have your seal of approval.

That's OK. Wouldn't want anyone to think you were boasting.

17 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

What is Bear like?

 

Name is Bear Grylls, I misspelt in the previous post.

 

 

1 hour ago, Old Croc said:

 

Name is Bear Grylls, I misspelt in the previous post.

 

 

Is his stuff fake or real?

1 minute ago, Sparktrader said:

Is his stuff fake or real?

Like what? Hanging on to the skid before exit with a parachute? 
 

Quite normal to climb outside planes and helicopters with a parachute on. Done 3000 skydives +- and around 500 base jumps where I have been climbing buildings, spans, antennas, cranes  and mountains before we exit. 
 

And yes Bear Grylls is the real deal like it or not. He have an tendency to hype up things for making tv for average joe, but he know what he is doing most of the time. Drinking your own urine is still not to recomend

Lots of things on my bucket list, so that means not yet.

Hope I'm not in the last stage of it but would accept that.

At 20, my friends said I'd be dead by 30. I said I'd be happy with 50, which has been surpassed. Many old friends are dead.

Since getting sober, done many things that make me smile, including starting 'Thai AA', becoming a Thai citizen, having a loving family and many friends, etc.

 

32 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Like what? Hanging on to the skid before exit with a parachute? 
 

Quite normal to climb outside planes and helicopters with a parachute on. Done 3000 skydives +- and around 500 base jumps where I have been climbing buildings, spans, antennas, cranes  and mountains before we exit. 
 

And yes Bear Grylls is the real deal like it or not. He have an tendency to hype up things for making tv for average joe, but he know what he is doing most of the time. Drinking your own urine is still not to recomend

I tried it

3 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

I tried it

Fresh urine is not dangerous, and is a fetish ???? old urine after days of little water to flush your kidneys, is not to recommend even philtered through your well used sock or snake skin!

 

But good luck

On 3/14/2022 at 3:37 PM, Sparktrader said:

Buy a small unit or townhouse before u go Thailand.

Gonna send me a cheque for the payment then?

If I could afford a small unit or townhouse do you think I'd have ever left LOS?

 

You rich guys have no idea.

18 hours ago, Hummin said:

Drinking your own urine is still not to recomend

Unless diseased, fresh urine is sterile and IMO will not harm you to drink. I wouldn't drink stale urine though.

The problem is that it tastes revolting, so the addition of cordial is recommended.

 

On 3/15/2022 at 3:08 PM, Old Croc said:

I met a Brit in Phuket who climbed Everest.

 

Funny, I couldn't find his name on the comprehensive lists of those who have achieved it.

 

(I can confirm Bear Grills was there)

Is climbing Everest even a big deal now that so many have done it?

7 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Is climbing Everest even a big deal now that so many have done it?

I'd have assumed they were lying and countered their story with my adventures in the SAS.

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I'd have assumed they were lying and countered their story with my adventures in the SAS.

I once thought of joining the SAS, then I gave myself a slap and forgot about it.

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Unless diseased, fresh urine is sterile and IMO will not harm you to drink. I wouldn't drink stale urine though.

The problem is that it tastes revolting, so the addition of cordial is recommended.

 

I thought that was old myths today, so had to do a google search. 

 

»Urine is not sterile, even before it comes out of you and gets contaminated by your skin. Bacteria are present at low levels in the urine of healthy people not suffering from a urinary tract infection, Evann Hilt of Loyola University of Chicago reported May 18 at a conference of the American Society for Microbiology»

 

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/gory-details/urine-not-sterile-and-neither-rest-you
 

 

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

I'd have assumed they were lying and countered their story with my adventures in the SAS.

I knew what he was at the time, just wanted to check that particular claim to confirm. This guy had many stories of his imagined exploits. He was well known in Phuket and had even been known to collect roadside fines from tourists when working aa a Police volunteer. He inserted himself into our Sunday brunch as he knew one of our party. He provided the entertainment.  He didn't realize we were laughing at him not with him.

He had the sleeves on his short sleeve shirt rolled up, presumably to display his biceps, and carried handcuffs on his belt. I asked why the cuffs, and he said you never know when they will be needed. He had no response when I told him I carried handcuffs for many years and never felt the need to take them to Sunday brunch.

As we were packing up and I said I'm paying the bill, he nearly pulled a hammy in his haste to get to the bar to order another glass of red, despite having a half glass in front of him.

Just one of the many pathetic flotsam who wash up in Thailand. 

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Is climbing Everest even a big deal now that so many have done it?

I would never attempt it. I hate standing in queues.

8 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Unless diseased, fresh urine is sterile and IMO will not harm you to drink. I wouldn't drink stale urine though.

The problem is that it tastes revolting, so the addition of cordial is recommended.

 

Or beer

8 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Gonna send me a cheque for the payment then?

If I could afford a small unit or townhouse do you think I'd have ever left LOS?

 

You rich guys have no idea.

where is the best place in Thailand?

18 hours ago, Hummin said:

I thought that was old myths today, so had to do a google search. 

 

»Urine is not sterile, even before it comes out of you and gets contaminated by your skin. Bacteria are present at low levels in the urine of healthy people not suffering from a urinary tract infection, Evann Hilt of Loyola University of Chicago reported May 18 at a conference of the American Society for Microbiology»

 

https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/gory-details/urine-not-sterile-and-neither-rest-you
 

 

I stand corrected, but the fact remains that we can drink fresh urine without harming ourselves. Some do so and there are books about it.

11 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

where is the best place in Thailand?

Than Sadet. So difficult to get to that it's not over run with day trippers. Long may it be so.

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I stand corrected, but the fact remains that we can drink fresh urine without harming ourselves. Some do so and there are books about it.

Beers are based on it

3 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Beers are based on it

Pisner!

 

Kind of fetish if you order that one!

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I stand corrected, but the fact remains that we can drink fresh urine without harming ourselves. Some do so and there are books about it.

Just because I 'can' .... no thanks to a lot things.

 

Drinking urine ... nah, got to be in top 5 'not' to do list.

3 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Just because I 'can' .... no thanks to a lot things.

 

Drinking urine ... nah, got to be in top 5 'not' to do list.

Tasting  lady's orchid? Enjoy that?

Well i consider myself blessed dont know if its what i wanted or not but its been a fxxn wild ride. When i return this car to the shop i dont want it in concourse condition. I want the bitch flogged banged up and like she been somewhere. 

 But more importantly in a real sense my favourite group The Streets couldnt have put it any better than in these lyrics from "On the edge of a cliff"

 

For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your mum and dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed onto you life
What are the chances of that, like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk, it gets the best smile