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  1. The Scots only play well when their opponents are England! As it is, I doubt any Scot would willingly play on the same side, nor under the Union flag. Can't even get along in Parliament!
  2. That was some thunderstorm last night. About 4 inches of rain fell.

  3. I thought I mentioned it,I use True internet and lanzalad said the boxes don't work with True. I also do not want to watch programs only on the TV, sometimes I just use the laptop. I have adequate for my needs at the moment.
  4. Rereading the ban reports the more general term 'Schools' is being bandied about. I doubt Walking St would be closed down....more likely to move the school!
  5. That horse really could talk, heard it straight from him! I will always remember Bewitched husband was called Darrin, tall dark and dreary as Agnes Moorehead referred to him. Peter according to Google!! Obviously I didn't know it and will have to buy my own horse-pee. You see what I did there, got us back to animals. Which famous actress supplied the voice for one of the Addams Family Members as a child?
  6. Would Soi Xcite not be better, the speed bumps seemingly less of a danger than the Chaiyapoon, pot-holes? I will admit I do the assault course when in the mood for an MP dalliance to have a look around. Some of the places on that Rd have abysmal facilities though.
  7. You know very well it used to be on TV when we were kids. I am sure my dad always piped up Frankie Laine every time the song came on Mr Ed, My Favourite Martian, Beverly Hillbillies etc etc forever imprinted. A horse is a horse of course of course and no one can talk to a horse of course...... TV's hay-day.
  8. They started using my name so I was put off! It really is a minefield on Chayapoon....... couldn't imagine trying to ride the bike down there at night-time.
  9. I just go down soi Lengkee instead.
  10. Mobile banking!
  11. Not in coach, but perhaps a neighbour can help.
  12. I use a different VN provider here in Thailand (IP Vanish) and use UK based servers to watch BBC Iplayer just fine.
  13. I was sat in the Bangkok Bank today, rather longer than I wanted to be but a complicated request from me and 2 mistakes from them forced it. It gave me time to look at the exchange rates, which tell me I would have got 3000 baht more had I waited a few days to send my money over. Enough for a BB LT or a GGB ST, o-well! It wasn't too bad, there is some dandy eye-candy in there, and it is nice and cool, about the same temperature as a Walking Street GGB beer! Cooler still than some!The apologetic young lady was pretty, and polite, and spoke well. But was surprised I hadn't any children, and offered to be my daughter. Wasn't sure how to take that, offended as being seen as a daddy figure (realistic actually), or was there more to it as she had seen my bank accounts? I was offered 'insurance policies' by 3 different staff members, some deal about getting 3% interest and life coverage for about half a million a year, and some-money back on maturity. There was a 5 year and a 10 year option, and I declined saying my 10 year plan was staying alive and no more. Sorry, my mind wanders more these days, pretty girls and short skirts sparked a few neurons, and nothing else flinched.
  14. I don't think there is much difference between the banks, and the kiosks belonging to the banks match their posted rates. You will see small differences, for example, I just checked and Bangkok Bank offer 0.2 baht more than SCB for cash notes. But if I had cash notes I would be going to the TT kiosks which are consistently better than banks. Don't the ATMs just offer the standard Visa rate?
  15. I was on Soi Honey Inn on Monday, close to midday. I was going to try the second place down from Bua Khao but it was full of monks eating. I tried next door and a nice lady said, 'Massage, no better you try soi Bua khao, here we do xxxx job, xxxx job and xxxx xxxx'...... jeez honey, the mystery is part of the enjoyment.
  16. A bit confused by the location MM, it says 'South Pattaya', but the map appears to be Chonburi City.
  17. 2017 was mentioned somewhere I was reading recently. It might well be that UK interest rates don't move until then anyhow. A lot of pressure from 'industry' to keep them down.
  18. Yes why not. Did you get a HDMI cable sorted?
  19. Found a puddle in a cupboard yesterday and spent 2 hours on my back under the sink replacing a tap. I am getting old, I have aches and pains this morning.

  20. Seems to be working now... wonder where the issue was?
  21. Ahh, did we drift off topic? Are some people thinking of the Belgian character Tin-Tin?
  22. Thanks, helpful if annoying! I tried my Windows 7 laptop and that wouldn't seem to work at all with the site. BBC IPlayer worked fine and I ended up watching that. So could be my ISP (although the VPN should eliminate that), Adblock (but I turned it off and I do not have it on Internet explorer)., or my Virus protection I suppose. Still problematic this morning......
  23. I use this as an alternative to yet another box under my TV, but thank you for the suggestion. I also believe Lanzalad said his box didn't work with 'True'... which I have.
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