Bullfrog

Yep ...it is a constant shower at the moment ...not that hard but hard enough to stop me going out to my wine shop ... Thursday night was worse over this way.. But added together surely there must be some improvement in the water level...

I was there around 08:30 when an unladen low loader pulled up outside. By the looks of your photos it didn't take much away...!!

5. At breakfast do not talk to, acknowledge the presence of, or dare to look into the eyes of, a smoker until they are on their fifth cigarette .......And even then do not put a runny egg in your mouth if you suspect that they are going to cough up a mouthfull of phlem and swallow it back ....

I couldn't work out if there was pork belly or noodles in it either ..... but no fuck though ... (pumpkin)

Totally agree.... If I may generalise ...some people say "rent don't buy" but are happy to keep 800,000 in the bank which ....at a moments notice ...can be locked down or increased by an edict from an over zealous xenophobe... AT ANY TIME! We are lucky in Pattaya that we have access to alternative methods and I have a tremendous empathy with expats living 2 or more hours drive from an IO and with very few options but to jump through hoops .....Been there done that! As the thread title says "The screws keep on turning" ........ but at least here they can be greased a little ....

Another way that I started to spend less (apart from flying at the back nowadays) was using National coaches on the UK part of the journey ... same same but different ...

Fuck knows ..... "Guay tieow pak mai sai nam dok" ...??

Fantastic story mate..!!

Yup!

The morning that I read Jacko's question I walked passed the agency I use and popped in... "nothing changed" was their reply but because it didn't fit with the question I didn't reply...

I have never been involved in kerb work before, just several thousand telecomms towers worldwide so was just guessing really ......

A blinding layer maybe ..???

Shit yeh....whenever I read yet another pompous arse on Thaivisa saying that his wife is a highly paid office Manager or runs a succesful busines blah blah blah and why do farangs marry bar girls I think back to the financial crash in '98 when they all scurried to the bars to take it up ass for 500 baht....

So it wasn't you I saw then .....

Was that taken about 08:15 ..??

I really am pleasantly surprised! We had a total shitfest with flooding after Sunday's downpour...We even had some during the night...but it doesn't seem that adversely effected...

You would think that the primary high pressure foam would be directed at the heat source. Shit it wouldn't take much Engineering with directional hoses/flexible tubes to do that...And Secondary "volume" in the surrounding area.. Perhaps that's how it works , but in this case there was no heat source... Cleverer (and more sober) people have designed this so I'll just shut up and go to the fridge..

Please be informed that no aircraft were harmed in the making of this video ...

Jeeez how the hell did you find this ?... and give me more please ...! The original was written by his Father apparantly. His Father was a classical composer that said the he could write any punk shit and it would be a hit..... Can't be assed to google it .... but that is the way I remember it... By "his" I meant Plastic Bertrand of course...

Yup ... better cash in the bank than collecting dust in the cupboard under the sink...... I don't really care if it is giving some people a job ...

I went in there around 08:30 Tuesday morning and even at that time most of the usual stalls were up and running...I bought a bag of asparagus for 20 Baht and 6 pairs of socks for 100 Baht so if that is any indication prices are pretty much normal too.... Whilst having my morning coffee I spotted movement on top of the Jomtien Hospital (North Side) so got my perving binos out..A bloke was standing on the flat roof leaning over and painting the outside using a long handled roller...No safety ropes, no parapet, just a straight drop down......So normal service has been resumed there too ....

Hahahaha - fucking brilliant....

I shall have to make a point of having a beer in there at that price...!!!! I have never smoked.... but coming from a family of smokers I kinda miss the occasional Secondary smoke .... 3 hour walk today but more importantly I have just woken up from my first painless sleep in Months..!!!

Is that the place that does large beer chang for 60 baht? ....I've only ever seen it looking in .......unlike you........

Oh YES you have to be very specific in contract negotiations and RFQs in Asia and Africa..I've been through quite a few... but the worst country I have worked in (and quit) was USA. How to walk "Whilst working on any of our sites, or any other site, any where on this planet, or one that we may inhabit in the future, you must walk one step at a time (Only for functional biped humanoids - for all other non discriminatory alternatives please read addendums to the contract). After each step it is your contractual responsibility to observe a 360 deg area that all contractual Health and Safety regulations (not limited to this planet but includes all planets or interspacial working platforms) are being adhered to. When all observations have been confirmed by a group of independant advisors that equal opportunities groups have agreed that the movement of the travelling leg ( See contractual definitions) whilst not being the standing leg but has intentions of being the standing leg does not infer any superiority, nor gain superiority once it becomes the standing leg."