Leaderboard

Greetings Monkeywatchers, core coon crap for jumping aboard, and welcome to this month’s mad as a March hare ramblings. Chocks away. The post COVID outbreak of stinking pig in the Walking Street area is reportedly spreading and is now threatening to become a pandemic. Unfortunately no vaccine is available but face masks definitely help. There’s a new craze sweeping teens in Pattaya, namely riding motorbikes round the city and slapping Indians round the head. They don’t seem to bother with farangs, presumably because most of them are slapheads already. An Italian man who wa

Rehearsals on the beach this afternoon:

Beaver shot! Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

Street Food for the Music Festival this evening.

Getting old. What a bugger! Saw this guy in Pattaya. Many times! Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

Gourmet food compliments of Jamie Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

Walking along Soi 6.

Nothing felt in Pattaya by myself. Bringing down The Waterfront might have been beneficial. I see the building in Bangkok fell vertically, pretty much into it's own footprint.... I hope that fact does not get the 9-11 conspiracy theorists going! Airports were closed in Thailand....as was BTS etc. Relatives of my Mrs all on motorcycles to get home, and minibuses. Heaven knows what the situation is in Myanmar..... I will be putting the news on shortly.

RIP Big George, if you look at their lives Foreman and Ali were decent people both a credit to the sporting world.

Off the wall? Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

I had an appointment at Bangkok Pattaya Hospital yesterday afternoon, knew nothing about any earthquake and was amazed to find Building B completely devoid of staff or patients, and lots of nurses etc. evacuating patients from the main building. Nothing for it but to go home, where the TV told me why. One has to ask how come one high-rise under construction in Bangkok collapsed owing to an earthquake with an epicenter 600 miles away, while other buildings were just damaged. Pity the poor buggers who were working in it, there can scarcely be any hope for them.

Less of a consideration for a pickup than an SUV or a car I should think. While I share your uncertainty about the overall quality, the Chinese seem to have cracked the code for making decent-looking cars anyway.

Nobody said it was - I was just explaining why we don't close threads on request, that's all.

Just done a flight myself. and pardon me for drifting off the topic of domestic flights. Could have gone far far cheaper with Air Asia, but decided against it... getting to DMG is aggravation enough early mornings. Nor did I want to mess about with seating charges and baggage. I could have managed with carry on but was not prepared to drag a case in transit... SQ and Changi do all that very well. Sadly air travel is getting worse in this part of the world, as the airports fill up with 3rd world monkeys that truly irritate, facilitated by cheap budget carriers.

In the early days of flying Air Asia I spent more time unchecking boxes “for your Convenience” than booking a flight . No I don’t want extra baggage, no I don’t want insurance, no I don’t care about my seat on a 2 hour flight, no I don’t want your shitty 300 baht meal.

Something to ponder. Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

https://tdac.immigration.go.th/arrival-card/#/home Has to be done 3 days before arrival. Not sure how long before that it can be completed.

I remember reading somewhere that tremors from quakes are directional in nature. Google AI confirmed my memory.

When you see videos of high rise pools sloshing water back and forth during an earthquake, that's a good thing as long as a person doesn't get tossed over the side of a building along with the water.

Out 47 still missing, latest is there is signs of life of at least 15. I hope they get to those trapped in time. Signs of life detected at collapsed Bangkok building Vital signs of 15 people trapped in the collapsed under-construction State Audit Office building in Bangkok's Chatuchak district were detected on Saturday, raising hopes for rescuers to save them within 72 hours. The death toll from the building collapse stands at eight, while 47 people remain missing and their identities unconfirmed, Suriyan Rawiwan, director of the Bangkok Fire and Rescue Department, said on Satur

Yep, I was thinking about that last night.. During my 18 months working there I saw roadworks being cut into mountains in the Southeastern Provinces that would collapse if anyone sneezed, The Rakhine mountains were too dangerous to drive across in the rain, Bago was very susceptible to landslides and the houses out in the countryside were less safe than a cowshed in Isaan (In fact many families lived directly above the cows). Normal townhouses in Yangon were so old they probably just imploded in a pile of dust! However, I don't expect any meaningful news to come out other than the major towns

Hope she makes it homes safe

Minor Motor Show at Terminal 21.

[/thread]

https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/44350851/two-heavyweight-champion-george-foreman-dies-age-76 "'Big' George Foreman, one of the most influential and recognizable boxers of all time, died Friday, his family announced on his social media account. He was 76. Foreman, who captured an Olympic gold medal in 1968, was a two-time heavyweight champion and Hall of Fame boxer. He's perhaps best known for the historic Rumble in the Jungle bout with Muhammad Ali in 1974 in Zaire, a fight Foreman lost in an upset via eighth-round KO. It's arguably the most famous fight of all time,

Hi all, just a note the first adult all-inclusive resort is now taking bookings but rooms are filling fast. It promises to be very different to your average resort: https://www.maggiemaysresort.com/

Been out of stock a good few weeks now just waiting for the next boat to come in 😊

You don't need an oven, thick bottom frying pan and stainless steel crumpet rings.

Half a dozen from the Big Buddha site this morning.

Nice melons. (Low hanging fruit) I know tooooo easy. 🤣

Juicy!!! 😜

Leaving it is at the far end again... on the check in level. On arrival I had already walked a long way and it was like Calcutta railway station.

You get what you pay for these days. Does he need checked baggage? Can he just take a 'carry-on?'

Thanks Teelack that is one of my pet hatreds these self serve checkouts everywhere but no discounted prices!

Sort of sign that you think you would get in Thailand! Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

There will be a music concert this coming weekend on the beach, with associated road closures. This boat became a challenge to take a decent photograph of it. The objective still not achieved. The ones being thrown are the empty ones. Motor cycle taxi guide prices listed at Central Festival.

Words of wisdom? Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

Loony Tunes 1 Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4gex01m7n5t The effects are being felt across Thailand and buildings have collapsed in Bangkok.

There was a video posted elsewhere that showed the guy getting ejected from the cab shortly after the crane tore away from the building. RIP to the guy.

Video of the building collapse.

I didn't say you did that, mate. What other explanation would there be except that I actually saw this and took screenshots, so therefore it actually happened? Well, I'm not sure how a problem at a user's location would cause the server to allow him into areas of the database that he's not supposed to be able to access, but if you're satisfied with that explanation, I have nothing more to say on the matter. Just trying to help here. [/thread] Mods, you can go ahead and close this thread, after force and whomever else has had their say.