7 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

There are now two bands using that name, The Rubettes featuring Alan Williams, and The Rubettes featuring Bill Hurd, another original member. The original high voice was Paul da Vinci aka Paul Prewer.

Didn't Paul da Vinci just provide the high voice on the recorded version of Sugar Baby Love? Didn't think he performed live with the group although I could be (and probably am) wrong.

 

I thought Alan Williams took on that role during live performances. I know there has been a dispute over the last few years about who is allowed to use the group's original name. 

21 minutes ago, Hummin said:

A motorbike or motorbikes?

 

Just checking

 

but a motorbike could be replaced by a decent car 😉

Nothing beats the flexibility of a Thai motorbike, driving a car is a pain in the ass with traffic and parking etc etc. Taxi's cost me less than the cheapest car would cost in terms of buying it, the upkeep, gasoline, insurance etc. Makro and 7/11 also deliver same as for most other large items.

Just now, ChaiyaTH said:

Nothing beats the flexibility of a Thai motorbike, driving a car is a pain in the ass with traffic and parking etc etc.

Well, all depends on location, so if living in tourist areas, or Bangkok, yes, it is and advantage, but also more riskier. I prefer to use my motorbike where there is no or little traffic. 

5 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Nothing beats the flexibility of a Thai motorbike

Personally never owned a Thai motorbike, just the Japanese& Chinese ones.

2 minutes ago, novacova said:

Personally never owned a Thai motorbike, just the Japanese& Chinese built ones.

My ex GF told me she once rode a Somchai.🙃🙃

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

2 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Nothing beats the flexibility of a Thai motorbike, driving a car is a pain in the ass with traffic and parking etc etc.

Well, all depends on location, so if living in tourist areas, or Bangkok, yes, it is and advantage, but also more riskier. I prefer to use my motorbike where there is no or little traffic. 

A friend of mine and I were in his truck on Pattaya Beach Road, and it took us over an hour to get from there to my place in NaJomtien. I made sure and got a Thai car driver's license as well as a motorbike for the few times I need to rent something with 4 wheels, but to drive one full time? I don't have the patience.

My library, brought all the way from Oz some years ago and growing weekly - c10,000 print books, c2500 ebooks, 700 classical music CDs, 350 DVDs.

11 minutes ago, Keeps said:

Didn't Paul da Vinci just provide the high voice on the recorded version of Sugar Baby Love? Didn't think he performed live with the group although I could be (and probably am) wrong.

 

I thought Alan Williams took on that role during live performances. I know there has been a dispute over the last few years about who is allowed to use the group's original name. 

Correct on all counts.

12 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

Makro and 7/11 also deliver same as for most other large items.

Depending upon how far from the store you live. For me 7/11 is 14km and Lotus/Makro 33 km. They will not deliver. Thank the Lord for Mom&Pop shop locally, for my beers.

1 minute ago, mfd101 said:

My library, brought all the way from Oz some years ago and growing weekly - c10,000 print books, c2500 ebooks, 700 classical music CDs, 350 DVDs.

Wow. Did you have to build a separate 'wing' to store that lot? I have around 500 print books back in the UK and been toying whether to gradually get them all over to Thailand. I currently bring around 4 at a time and leave them here so it would take a good few trips to get them all over here that way 😁 I like the feel of holding a book when I'm reading.

 

Also have a couple of hundred each of CD's and DVD's but don't think I'll bother with those. I'll sell my vinyl records in the UK if there are any takers. A few albums from the 60's are worth a few quid and should be of interest now vinyl is back in vogue. 

My false leg , it's an inanimate object but always part of me,

 

regards worgeordie

13 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

A friend of mine and I were in his truck on Pattaya Beach Road, and it took us over an hour to get from there to my place in NaJomtien. I made sure and got a Thai car driver's license as well as a motorbike for the few times I need to rent something with 4 wheels, but to drive one full time? I don't have the patience.

 

Completely understand and agree, but now Im at a point where I do not want to take those risks anymore, mostly because I do not have to. If I lived in Pattaya, I would most likely do and think the same. 

1 hour ago, DrPhibes said:

Hmm, a material thing that I still own...  Probably the pocket monthly calendars from when I was a seriously motivated rising young engineer in aerospace during the 80's.  I had something going on every day of the week including the 3 weekdays of happy hrs after work (had killer free food), running 10k's on the weekends, 2x a day at the gym, picking up my date in one of the 1st 2nd gen RX7s in LA county, plays, concerts, etc...  Was barely at my apt. at all.  Although, now, it makes me tired just remembering 😉 

 

One thing I did just sell recently that I miss was my tiny 2 bdrm bachelor pad in Port Hueneme CA.  Had the most killer view! Sold because I could never see myself living back there especially with no 2nd/3rd story elevator as age sets in seriously.

Nice shore break.   🌊

16 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

My false leg , it's an inanimate object but always part of me,

 

regards worgeordie

You taking the pi$$ or straight up? Didn't know whether to give it a thumbs up or laugh...

 

If telling the truth, what happened to the 'original' if that is not prying too much?

6 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Memories of a blessed life.   

 

Material things, photo & figurine of my past therapist, who without, I wouldn't be the person I am today.  Gave me guidance and reassurance in all my trials & tribulations.  

 

 

10 hours ago, lamyai3 said:

My old dog who I had stuffed. 

My ex-wives whom I had stuffed and made into coat-racks.

Signed,
Dexter

Realistically, I really don't have anything I covet.  When I left the US, I either sold or gave away virtually everything I had including the ex.  I tend not to be attached to objects  Is there anything meaningful to me?  Yeah, the few pictures I have of my daughter as a kid.  Good memories, She was a handful. Didn't make it past 18 though.  That hurt.  So I don't dwell on the past nor do I get attached to things.  Anicca.  Everything is in a state of endless change.  If I embrace anything, it is change.

I've never been sentimental about objects and relatively (!) few people.

When I decided to go to Thailand I sold or gave away everything-  house, car, furniture, nik naks, etc. I had never owned a mobile phone and gave up watches years previously . I was cash rich, had bank accounts and openned several permanent pension streams. I've never applied to CentreLink for pensions. 

 

I arrived here with one suitcase and essential paperwork. I had music and a few personal photos on a usb. The lower cost of living meant I instantly went from financialy comfortable to rich enough to never again have to worry about money. 

In Thailand I have bought cars, many motorbikes, none of which I have ever sat upon, several houses, much furniture and many rai of land, non of which I actually own. I do have permanent squatting rights which i have built in with safeguards.. 

My greatest thing is to wake up every morning and discover I'm still kicking despite multiple medical issues caused by a torrid, hedonistic life.

I can look out my bedroom window to views of mist shrouded mountains, lakes, temples,  a river valley painted vivid green by rice fields,fields of corn (ours) ready for harvest, and bird life winging their way down the valley.

 

I own objects for their usefullness without sentimentality. All can be replaced or upgraded. The wife perhaps not so easily.

I love my dogs.

 

Does my defined-benefits pension count?
 

37 minutes ago, Keeps said:

Wow. Did you have to build a separate 'wing' to store that lot?

Basically, yes. I had everything in storage in Sydney for 15 or so months after we sold up in Canberra. During that time my b/f & I bought a nice piece of land here outside Prasat, on which we built a 2-storey house using plans we bought then modified from BKK. Turned the upstairs plan (1 main bedrm, 2 bathrms, 3 small bedrms) into 1 large bedrm, 1 large bathrm, 1 library & office. Even then there was & remains 'overflow' of print books in the main bedrm & in the large main guest room downstairs. 

 

(Sigh) Thank goodness for ebooks! (which I can buy everyday guilt-free).

2 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Basically, yes. I had everything in storage in Sydney for 15 or so months after we sold up in Canberra. During that time my b/f & I bought a nice piece of land here outside Prasat, on which we built a 2-storey house using plans we bought then modified from BKK. Turned the upstairs plan (1 main bedrm, 2 bathrms, 3 small bedrms) into 1 large bedrm, 1 large bathrm, 1 library & office. Even then there was & remains 'overflow' of print books in the main bedrm & in the large main guest room downstairs. 

 

(Sigh) Thank goodness for ebooks! (which I can buy everyday guilt-free).

That's my conundrum. Do I just sack off all the books and purchase a Kindle? I can then download each of the books I really need and enjoy.

 

One book that I would certainly keep is Thai Food by David Thompson. I could no doubt download that these days but it was a gift from my mum and was relatively expensive when first published over 20 years ago. It's a beautiful hard back book and the guy probably knows more about Thai food than any other foreigner. 

For me, it’s gotta be the used ladyboy underwear collection that I won from bob in a poker game on Soi 6. 

If the house was on fire, and had to run and grab a couple things, would be ...

... laptop

... wildlife camera & lens kit

Also probably my most expensive (relative) items, but one holding all o my photos & vids, the other, only thing really worth saving.  Thankfully next to each other and easy to exit with.   Anything else, I don't need or use that much.

26 minutes ago, Keeps said:

37 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Basically, yes. I had everything in storage in Sydney for 15 or so months after we sold up in Canberra. During that time my b/f & I bought a nice piece of land here outside Prasat, on which we built a 2-storey house using plans we bought then modified from BKK. Turned the upstairs plan (1 main bedrm, 2 bathrms, 3 small bedrms) into 1 large bedrm, 1 large bathrm, 1 library & office. Even then there was & remains 'overflow' of print books in the main bedrm & in the large main guest room downstairs. 

 

(Sigh) Thank goodness for ebooks! (which I can buy everyday guilt-free).

That's my conundrum. Do I just sack off all the books and purchase a Kindle? I can then download each of the books I really need and enjoy.

 

One book that I would certainly keep is Thai Food by David Thompson. I could no doubt download that these days but it was a gift from my mum and was relatively expensive when first published over 20 years ago. It's a beautiful hard back book and the guy probably knows more about Thai food than any other foreigner. 

At my last time of keeping books I had 11 boxes that I shipped from Puerto Rico to Washington State. That's when I decided "enough is enough" and converted all but a favorite few to digital. There is nothing that compares to the tactile pleasure of holding an actual book (I always enjoy the aroma). The cost of shipping again and again was a deal breaker.

7 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

There is nothing that compares to the tactile pleasure of holding an actual book (I always enjoy the aroma).

There is always a book sniffer in every bunch. 

17 minutes ago, short-Timer said:

There is always a book sniffer in every bunch. 

And proud of it!

6 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Jazz Bass bought in 1976, still have it. First song played on it...Smoke on the Water, Spangdahlem Airforce Base, Germany.

Sorry, 1972. Deutsche Marks 1100. 

My cologne and $5 Laos poster collection

17 minutes ago, Prubangboy said:

My cologne and $5 Laos poster collection

Are you in Australia?

No, Soi 31.

 

I put on cologne 3 times a day. I have a schedule of fruity in the morning, mixed scent in the afternoon, and woody/oud at night.

 

That picture also reveals that I collect broken air conditioner remotes too.

My fine art collection, I couldn't live without it, I wouldn't want to live without it, and some days I almost prefer it over food. It provides me a lot of nourishment and inspiration.