I Suppose I Better Explain.......

[theblether]

I Suppose I Better Explain.......that random topic about me on TV last week, some of you will be aware that I'm in town, there are two ways you can work this out. One of them is, some of you have been drinking with me, and for all others, can you see Doi Suthep? I turn up and the skies clear, that's the power of theblether.

Awrite awrite I'm only joking <deleted>.

Anyway, a certain TV member came to see me in Glasgow last month. He came down from the Highlands to await the arrival of his lovely lady at Glasgow Aiport, and he accepted an invitation to stay at mine the night before. We set out for a pizza with all intention of being sensible, however a few steins of beer later found us in an African bar in central Glasgow.

Stick with me here.......

Anyway theblether pulled this darling Kenyan burd and we retired to the casino for some late night drinking, it got to 4.00am and theblether realized that his guest should really get some sleep as his lady was arriving for a much anticipated visit at 11.00am. So off to the house we did go, full of beer and jollity, and that's that. Or so I thought.

Anyway, at 6.00am a highly inebriated theblether was woken by a knock at his bedroom door, not having figured his house guest to be of that inclination, ( though theblether doesn't mind, he knows he has that affect upon all three sexes ), theblether was disconcerted to see his house guest bent in agony and pleading for an ambulance. The ambulance service decided it wasn't an emergency, but theblether knew it was, so I phoned a taxi to rush my guest to hospital. I knew already what the problem was, ( not because I'm a doctor, it was because I'd been involved in a similar scenario with someone else 18 months ago ).

Anyway, the house guest disappeared, theblether selfishly crashed out for another couple of hours, then woke up with his conscience bothering him. After a bit of tooing and froing, the house guest reappeared at my place walking like John Wayne.

So picture this, delightful gf is on the flight, only three hours away, bf is obviously looking forward to her arrival and!!......he's just been diagnosed with a prostrate problem that caused his waterworks to seize up. The poor bastid had a catheter inserted and had to go to the airport in great discomfort to break the disappointing news to his lady.

Unfortunately for him his lady was quite pleased with this development

Anyway, on a serious note, that is twice I've seen that problem kick in with critical treatment required in the last 18 months. The Doctor reckoned it was brought about by alcohol in this case. In the previous case, there's a suspicion that taking painkillers before flying can bring it on. Be aware, especially if you are over 50, of the potential for this to happen. If you go try to urinate a few times and it's not working, it's hospital time, trust me.

I'm not at liberty to name the individual concerned but I'm looking forward to having dinner with Rob in Chiang Mai this Sunday.

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Another TV member came through to see me and after several steins of beer he took off to his home town on the train about an hour away. At least that's what the theory was. He fell asleep on the train, the train got into his home town, and returned to Glasgow with him still sound asleep on it. The conductor kicked him off in a snowy Glasgow night, his phone had crashed so he couldn't get a hold of me and it was the last train, so instead of doing the sensible thing and booking into a local hotel, he got a taxi home. £100.00 out of the window. I really can't tell you who that was cos he'll kick my head in

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Anyway, to the OP from last week, I arrived in CM, went down to the Old Bell to drop off some poppadums ( chilli flavour, and superb value at only 35 baht each ), had a few beers then went to see Zoloft. His lady likes to see me arrive but she's never too happen with the state I leave him in, hence the random post last week.......however!!

The good news is Zoloft is getting married next month in Dan Sai ( I think that's how you spell it ), in Northern Isaan, so I'm off to an Isaan village wedding, so my questions are......

Would you ride a scooter from here to Isaan or would it be brain damage?

What's Dan Sai like?......and

What should I expect from a Thai ( Isaan ) village wedding?

ps Beetlejuice has agreed to meet me for a beer, this should be eventful

[hellodolly]

The one I went to the whole village was involved. We chartered a large buss to take us there. When we arrived we stopped in the center of the main road through town. They had a series of tables set up down the center of it for us to eat at.

Behind one of the houses they were butchering some pigs and a cow. At a near by town we were able to get accommodations for all of us. The next day was the day of the wedding. A big party All the villagers plus ones from a rival village.

Hard to say what all happened I know they had to go up to a tree and sit in a room where every one passed through and gave them various amounts of money. That was after 5 or 6 monks had spoken. My friend had hired a band and they were set up on a low bed flat top truck trailer right across the main road, He had also hired some police men as there was not exactly a peaceful relationship between the two towns. We had left before they became necessary at about 1:00 in the morning.

All in all it was an experience I wouldn't trade for any thing else,

[theblether]

That sounds amazing HD, I'm really looking forward to it, and I've never been to Isaan so that's an added bonus

[daoyai]

don't you have a blog or facebook for this sort of "topic" ?

Edited April 5, 2013 by daoyai

[BuddhaMind]

i'm sure the OP is a good guy. seems like he could even be popular here in CM and on TV. his 6500+ posts at the very least shows some spunk. but really, i couldn't be left more numb after a post, which seems essentially about, drinking. i'm over 50 and don't see the inside of a bar until someone has a birthday. maybe i'll give up my interest in sports, reading, writing, good restaurants, visiting friends at their home, going out to movies, taking a class, and other various activities, so i can see what he is talking about.

[smokie36]

Better keep up the Muay Thai training at this rate.

[smokie36]

Sometimes threads seem about nothing at all....or ask no question yet simply invite comment from interested parties.

Its a local forum and the OP is in town for a while. Perhaps he just wants to have a blether with a few of you?

Be gentle.

[lsk]

There used to be a "wank similey" on TV which now I cannot find.

So instead,

Wank Wank Wank.....

[smokie36]

There used to be a "wank similey" on TV which now I cannot find.

So instead,

Wank Wank Wank.....

Thanks for your substantive post.

[theblether]

You see, some people would be amazed at the amount of members that refuse to post on Thaivisa because of the type of reaction that we see above. Around 50% of the membership refuse to post at all because there are that many bitter clowns lurking and waiting for a chance to spew bile.

If you've got nothing positive to add then add nothing, as it's quite obvious who the true wanks are on this thread

incidentally, here's the emoticon your looking for

[theblether]

Better keep up the Muay Thai training at this rate.

Wouldn't need it

Obviously none of them have been to a village wedding otherwise they would have given me some advice

[habfan]

theblether, don't get discouraged (Iknow you won't) I always enjoy your posts!

[473geo]

Don't forget to take your envelope with the cash inside to wish the happy couple well.......500/1000 baht......enjoy

[BookMan]

You see, some people would be amazed at the amount of members that refuse to post on Thaivisa because of the type of reaction that we see above. Around 50% of the membership refuse to post at all because there are that many bitter clowns lurking and waiting for a chance to spew bile.

If you've got nothing positive to add then add nothing, as it's quite obvious who the true wanks are on this thread

incidentally, here's the emoticon your looking for

He (isk) could have just posted a video of himself instead of the smiley

Edited April 6, 2013 by BookMan

[theblether]

Don't forget to take your envelope with the cash inside to wish the happy couple well.......500/1000 baht......enjoy

You know what Geo, that's exactly the kind of advice that I'm needing. I was wondering how much to give as a gift, thanks for that.

[LawrenceChee]

Bring a solar charger as well for your ipad, iphone, galaxy tab, bb, camera and then some :-) I love the hospitality up north ...just bring your smiles and life is good :-)

[anselpixel]

If there's a single piece of advice I'd offer, it's to go ahead and get the catheterization done before you go.

Thais can drink for days when there's a good wedding, and you won't want to miss out on any of the fun.

I attended one somewhere north of Bangkok last year, and especially enjoyed having the attendants deliver three bottles of Johnny Walker to our table of four over the dinner to breakfast closing. They even had coyote dancers.

[theblether]

Whisky and Coyote dancers? I can't wait

[orang37]

You see, some people would be amazed at the amount of members that refuse to post on Thaivisa because of the type of reaction that we see above. Around 50% of the membership refuse to post at all because there are that many bitter clowns lurking and waiting for a chance to spew bile.

The idea that 50% of ThaiVisa Chiang Mai members "refuse to post" because some people express their distaste for listening to sordid drunken adventures that have nothing to do with Chiang Mai, or Thailand, or "expat life," is: absurd.

~o:37;

[theblether]

You see, some people would be amazed at the amount of members that refuse to post on Thaivisa because of the type of reaction that we see above. Around 50% of the membership refuse to post at all because there are that many bitter clowns lurking and waiting for a chance to spew bile.

The idea that 50% of ThaiVisa Chiang Mai members "refuse to post" because some people express their distaste for listening to sordid drunken adventures that have nothing to do with Chiang Mai, or Thailand, or "expat life," is: absurd.

~o:37;

They don't post because they get inundated by bitter and malicious comments

Thanks for taking the time out to prove my point.

[Rob8891]

There used to be a "wank similey" on TV which now I cannot find.

So instead,

Wank Wank Wank.....

Thanks for coming. Don't let the door catch your ass on the way out....

[Rob8891]

You see, some people would be amazed at the amount of members that refuse to post on Thaivisa because of the type of reaction that we see above. Around 50% of the membership refuse to post at all because there are that many bitter clowns lurking and waiting for a chance to spew bile.

The idea that 50% of ThaiVisa Chiang Mai members "refuse to post" because some people express their distaste for listening to sordid drunken adventures that have nothing to do with Chiang Mai, or Thailand, or "expat life," is: absurd.

~o:37;

I have it on good authority that the initial story about the Glasgow evening was entirely Thailand-oriented, the discussion, the impending arrival of a thai lady on her first trip to the UK...and also that it was far from sordid.

...... and if the dissenters (like yourself) took the time to read carefully and THINK, then they would see that theblether was actually offering some very sound advice. ... I have THAT on good authority too.

I would, however, make one slight correction to what has been posted. Medical advice (so I am led to believe...) states that the condition described in the OP can be brought about by drinking larger than usual quantities of ANY liquid, and that it is not exclusively alcohol-related. So you holy-joes who try to go one-up as teetotal, (herbal) tea-bag toting evangelists are just as risk as anyone else. Now go back and read the advice. IF YOU PERCIEIVE A PROBLEM GET HELP AT ONCE, BEFORE IT BECOMES ACUTE.......

........trust me on this!

[Konini]

I think the CM forum is good. It's friendly. Chatty. Blethery.

Apart from a lot of good information and the opportunity to ask things like 'where do I find this in CM?', I enjoy the more vague 'community' posts.

Nobody can disagree that some of them are very amusing.

[theblether]

As it should be......talking about blethery, I haven't seen eyecatcher for a while? he's nearly as bad as me.

[Rob8891]

As it should be......talking about blethery, I haven't seen eyecatcher for a while? he's nearly as bad as me.

That's unpossible.