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You can take the Thai out of Thailand, etc etc, but I actually think you shouldn't. They seem much happier here and sure as hell Thailand is more agreeable to me than Greater Manchester. But the Topic, well it has been done before but I think we can beat a bit more out of it. What funny habits does your wife/TGF/live in have that remind you that she is Thai and you are falang and some things have different priorities. My subject is her ability to put objects anyplace, leave things lying around, and when questioned on it reply tangentially to make it seem like it is my fault. Like, 'where are the scissors we keep in this drawer?' After hunting around for 10 minutes. 'On the microwave' 'Why?' 'My phone rang' 'When was that?' 'Yesterday or day before' 'So when are we thinking of putting them in the drawer again so I can find them?' 'I have to go to school' Mine just came out as I was coming into the house, and I glanced around and said... 'Why have you got 5 pairs of shoes positioned all around the door?' 'This pair for in house' 'I know, but you appear to still have only 2 feet so don't need 10 shoes at once'... 'Grumpy old man' 'Shall I throw this large shoe cupboard behind the door out then, apparently we don't need it' 'That for your shoe' 'Yes, apart from one pair all mine are in there' 'Grumpy Old Man' And don't get me started on what you can find at the rear of the fridge!

And for my sins, 2 minutes after I posted, bloody mosquito bit me on the ankle, itches like hell. Got the bastard with my zapper bat though!

I thought it's peaked during the rainy season. Sure, plenty of water about in Central and Bangkok, but not here. We are well into the dry season here in Pattaya.... hasn't rained for a good while.

640 kwh is quite a lot of energy for an apartment........

Yeah I spent a good bit of time in Merida, and visited Hermasillo quite a few times, and other Mexican Cities.Always like the country a lot. My last posting there was around 9-11, and the world changed then and Mexico since. I used to drive down from Phoenix and park in the USA and have a night in Nogales just to get the flavour again.

Aw sod it, I'll go to Singapore for the weekend. I'll start their 90 day reporting malarky when they get the roads sorted.

I believe it is 90 days from your previous reporting or entry into the country.Renewing the extension is not counted as reporting.

I don't believe so, you are allowed to report a week either side.

Yes, that was amusing, then it got dull.

Just hover over the name, Find Content from the window that appears.Then select Only Posts. I got 40 pages of previous posts.

Blood Simple.

This thread isn't funny!

Some guys have seen too many Hollywood films where some kid hacks into the secure network, fingers flashing over the keyboard and the clock ticking. My neighbours seem to think the same of their geeky son, and I said if he can hack into my wireless network before tomorrow I will believe them. Of course I just turned it off.

I tend to agree.They have managed to extort the governments over the years for better and better terms and conditions. It was always easier to give in as governments are transitory things and the impact would not be felt until the future. Well the future has arrived and the £1.1 trillion bill for public pensions is unsustainable.. Source Sure, having your lollipop taken away can bring a tear, but taxation is somewhat at a limit now. Stamp Duty Tobacco Tax Corporate Income Tax Income Tax Council Tax Unemployment Tax Fishing License Tax Petrol/Diesel Tax Inheritance Tax (tax on top of tax) Alcohol Tax V..A.T. Marriage License Tax Property Tax Service charge taxes Social Security Tax Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Workers Compensation Tax Not forgetting the Financila transaction tax being considered to help sustain irresponsible countries who spend beyond their means. Cameron is being quite brave, he is hardly likely to survive.

Well Bada Bing was the strip club in Sopranos, a phrase that became popular from James Caan in the Godfather. Or were you just lining up the condom line?

Some years since I went to Ali Babas, but I recall the food was a high standard.

If they are flights of fancy, or south bound, use these.....

Settle down children..... Chris Rock.

Samuel L Jackson.

It's already in the Funnies Section

Geena Davis.

And there is me pondering whether to post this as it could be construed as politiically incorrect.

Yeah, what a way to piss of the neighbours!

Was first so...Winona Ryder

They like our Range Rovers....... ooops, they are Indian now aren't they?