Lol. been a member for over a decade now since last september.

Okay. just wanted to mention that.

Can delete now, if you want. Thanks TV.com for always being here.

Lots of newbies, lots of oldies - they will soon catch up!!

Welcome back.

I have to come here to see how sane I am in my real life as opposed to lot of the other posters here on TV.F .

Lots of clowns have passed through kayo!

Where you been?

Hi boo. been off the rails, getting married, settling, running a bar in the UK For about 7 years now.

Kind of lurked on here once a year or so, but just been preoccupied getting bogged down in an unhappy place.

Moving on gradually though, and about to go rambling in South Africa (SA) while I consider my next move - as a newly single man with no obligations anywhere. My wife did the cliché - so she'll be staying around here with my bartender, and I'm closing down the bar.

Hi boo. been off the rails, getting married, settling, running a bar in the UK For about 7 years now.

Kind of lurked on here once a year or so, but just been preoccupied getting bogged down in an unhappy place.

Moving on gradually though, and about to go rambling in South Africa (SA) while I consider my next move - as a newly single man with no obligations anywhere. My wife did the cliché - so she'll be staying around here with my bartender, and I'm closing down the bar.

Sorry to hear that Kayo.

It's happened to me a couple of times, and I've put it down to their lack of appreciation of the best things in life.

Enjoy the Cape, Stellenbosch and Natal. I am weird, spending a lot of time in Arabian deserts, so I also enjoyed the Namib. Try it and see.

Oh, and also the wildlife in the National Parks. But at all times make sure you have good physical protection. It is not like the UK or Thailand.

Thanks Humphrey. Kind words and advice. I'm sticking to Western Cape mostly this time round. I went briefly last year and loved it, but didn't have time to explore as much as I wanted. Actually, a little of what you said is relevant there. My wife (was with me last year) didn't want to do anything exciting or fun or discovery.

This time I've got a month, a few friends scattered around, and lots of wine and meat to sample around the coasts and outback/desert. And lots of beautiful wildlife to observe.

It is a stunningly beautiful part of the world.

I'm not planning on doing anything to dangerous or risk inducing. I just got out of a marriage...

Kayo, I'm tempted to say, "How unfortunate," regarding the cliché but am more apt to hold my tongue since I've experienced too many silver linings in dark clouds; those silver linings forcing me to gain quite the opposite perspective to where I can look back on "doom and gloom" events and feel fortunate that they occured. Consider this pretty, 12-string ballad of "Pamela Brown." Perhaps a new anthem?

Keep in mind, good sir, you've friends around the world. I'm still keeping that spare bedroom available for you here in BKK. Might need a bit o' dustin' and tidyin'. And the line-up of girls I had for you are starting to show their age. But the beer is still cold here and the never-ending nights warm.

Cheers Kayo, and welcome to a new world.

Tip

By the by, it's been a decade for me as well as of last September. Makes us classmates, don't it? 5555555555555555

Where you been?

And where have you been, Boo? Glad to see some things never change. 55555555555555

Sorry to hear the marriage didn't work out Kayo. These things happen the key is to not allow bitterness to take over. You are allowed to feel bitterness for a while but to open your heart again to opportunities in time. After all, who can resist the lures of the Klown

I love ZA, I spent a lot of time there in 2000, I nearly lost my hand in Cape Town & had to stay around for a while & came to know the are well. I 2nd the Namibia suggestion, one of the best places I have ever been.

Good luck with the travels

Still around Tip, just less active & more busy IRL. Got a very active 7 year old boy with a very active schedule plus a FT job plus the Mr Boo so little time these days for interwebs. That said I'm still around to stomp my boots when needed

Wouldn't be right in the virtual world to not see you around TV, Boo. Is the little spunky tyke a TV member yet? Best to start him early.

Tips, good one with the song.

Unfortunately I did marry my Pamela Brown. And lost seven years of my life. (well, some of it was good I suppose)

But yeah. I wouldn't be writing this from a beautiful lagoon just off a beach in the middle of Western Cape SA if I was still there. And if I hadn't settled for a while with her, I'd probably have killed myself with a lifestyle that was unsustainable. So yeah, in a way it kind of works. (it is a great song)

Boo, Thank you!

Don't ever let your kid be a member here. You know as well as I do that it's the downfall of any human.

I'm ok. Still a little sore, but I'm working through and moving on. It's a whole other story. But it's given me the impetus to start writing again, which I ain't done for years. So, hey ho, who knows. Maybe the whole thing will provide me the ammo and feeling I need for a great bestseller (All character and locations and cheating lying scumbags fictionalised of course)

[sic] But yeah. I wouldn't be writing this from a beautiful lagoon just off a beach in the middle of Western Cape SA if I was still there. [sic]

Exactly the point. Well, yeah, you might have to edit the lyrics a bit. "I'm the guy that didn't marry married "pretty" Pamela Brown (for a sort seven years) . . . " You're a writer/lyricist . . . not a problem for you, right? Maybe dub in the 12-string over your new lyrics and you'll be on top of the charts.

Just think if she stole 14, 21, 28 years from you instead of the mere 7 (you're still young, aint ya)? What if she had saddled you with a gaggle of whiny little brats? And they were all just like her? And you had to deal with her until the little muppets were out of uni? What then, huh? Take in the sight of that lagoon again, make a toast to her with the best wine you can afford, and thank her mightily that she cut you free before you became a wrinkled prune. In which case you'd have ended up in Thailand, like so many other geriatrics trying to regain their youth, instead of the Western Cape in SA. Ah, so much to be thankful for in life.

[sic] (All character and locations and cheating lying scumbags fictionalised of course)

Aw, what an utter mountain of steaming horse manure! We all know it would be an entirely accurate account of your life.

Cheers Kayo,

Tip

You are right. It could have been much worse. Even my ma, who loves the idea of grandkids (she got two from my bro), literalllly said, "thank god you decided to wait to have kids." (The plan was, always was, finish the pub then have kids).

And you are right also, in that it could have been much much more of my life. Hey ho, educational, I suppose. I was by no means perfect but I was loyal as a dog. She wasn't perfect but she was mostly great. She's changed a lot more - hm... Her change curve was greater than mine. She went from 24 and optimistic, to 30 and depressed. I went from from 28 and depressed to 35 and wanting to get back to living. Never mind hey. It is what it is.

She's now with an optimistic 24 year old... Circles keep turning,

Anyhoo! It's great to be back and active on TV. with old unknown friends. And some well known.

tipster, according to TV ITS YOUR BDAY next week. 108. Man. I remember when your were yay high... ?

You are right. It could have been much worse. Even my ma, who loves the idea of grandkids (she got two from my bro), literalllly said, "thank god you decided to wait to have kids." (The plan was, always was, finish the pub then have kids).

And you are right also, in that it could have been much much more of my life. Hey ho, educational, I suppose. I was by no means perfect but I was loyal as a dog. She wasn't perfect but she was mostly great. She's changed a lot more - hm... Her change curve was greater than mine. She went from 24 and optimistic, to 30 and depressed. I went from from 28 and depressed to 35 and wanting to get back to living. Never mind hey. It is what it is.

She's now with an optimistic 24 year old... Circles keep turning,

Anyhoo! It's great to be back and active on TV. with old unknown friends. And some well known.

tipster, according to TV ITS YOUR BDAY next week. 108. Man. I remember when your were yay high... ?

Sorry for the double post. In fairness, tv returned an error message, ... So it's entirely George's fault.

Ho, ho, ho, let's do some maths. 35 minus 28 equals 7 and 30 minus 24 equals 6. I think we can now see where the problem was. You were married for 7 years but she was married for only 6. Why, you should have seen what was to come a year ago, Kayo. Quite elementary, my dear Watson.

Oh, and I'm actually shorter now. Damn curvature of the spine!

I gave george a slap for you last month kayo.

Cheeky bugger didn't even buy me a beer!

I expect my account and identity will be undergoing some re-education after this post.

Just no OJ please.

Oh and enjoy your telegram Tip!

Edit: We loves ya really george lol......

I must say i saw a photo of Kayo from a plane in SA on fussybook, and he looks ok.

And as i keep reminding him - he does have family in Geneva. So, if he ever visits them - we can meet. And moan at each other for about five minutes and then laugh.

I am not complaining

Seems desolate to me. Where are the girls? No people there at all? Bah!

There were a few birds there...

Most definitely the wrong kind of birds, kayo.

I've started to realise that now. Must be why the ex flew the coop. [emoji1]

Although I want to throw an arm round you K.O, the wife insists you are stilled banned from Oxford.

Genghis Khan once told me to only pick fights you can win, I can't win this one, but I will still get you out of trouble if I have too.

Moss Finn

Solo signatory of the proclamation

Although I want to throw an arm round you K.O, the wife insists you are stilled banned from Oxford.

Genghis Khan once told me to only pick fights you can win, I can't win this one, but I will still get you out of trouble if I have too.

Moss Finn

Solo signatory of the proclamation

Don't worry Kayo I've banned myself!

Some great seafood down Rayong way you hogger....kept that one quiet all these years!!!

Haha! Mossy! Still to this day I cringe about that! [emoji30]

Seafood would most definitely not have improved that f(ch)uckup [emoji79][emoji87]

Although I want to throw an arm round you K.O, the wife insists you are stilled banned from Oxford.

Genghis Khan once told me to only pick fights you can win, I can't win this one, but I will still get you out of trouble if I have too.

Moss Finn

Solo signatory of the proclamation

Don't worry Kayo I've banned myself!

Some great seafood down Rayong way you hogger....kept that one quiet all these years!!!

I most certainly do not hide it, where did you go, near my place?

The finest, freshest sea food on the east coast, 12 kloms of good beach half way between Ban Phe and Rayong City. I can kinda forget, reflect and watch the Sun go down in a fabulous burst of Orange Melange, hear the sea make their raucous shout at the world in rebuke of mans stupidty to man, marvel at the sand crabs chasing nothing and building their homes in circular solitude, the lobster boats in line in perfect synchronisity, a half empty chang, a dark caped red snapper with a garnish of chilli and garlic. And I am chasing the western dollar on a merry-go-round, of bankers who sell their souls to the devil, politicians, who sell their integrity to the ill informed, and people, oh people, why do I have to deal with them.

We had a few days at the Bandara...if you should happen to see the manager feel free to accidentally pour a drink over him...or run him over.