atlas2

New to me.

Friend of mine falls asleep in the chair.... his soon to be ex girlfriend takes his thumb and presses it gently against the home button and sifts through his messages..... End of story.

'Familiarity breeds contempt'............ I've heard that said so often I'm fed-up with it! However, it's true. Today is Christmas Eve.......Any of us here still feel the same about it as we did when we were 7yrs old? If you want to recapture the magic of Christmas look through a child's eyes. Perhaps here it helps the old tired farts amongst us to look through the eyes of visiting friends.

A beer at my club is 220 baht.......And often its warm.....They bring a little ice-bucket but I've usually drunk it before it's proper chilled. Hmm must cut my toenails .......

No my good man.......Living in Naklua must be thirsty work! It means 'The salt fields'

Impressed: Im sure many of you will have visited a delicatessen counter, ordered an amount of cheese and watched in amazement, or at least respect as the owner weighs it in his mind takes a wire to the cheddar, slices off a lump, throws it on the scales and 'bam' exactly the weight you asked for........'Anything else sir?' Well I was at a money exchange in Pattaya early in my time here and the British 'wedge' I was handing over was equivalent to 43,000 baht. The guy showed me the amount on a little ticket, It agreed with what I'd worked it out beforehand so I nodded. He turns grab

...........lovely........ I like story jokes.

Happy Thanksgiving Day......... Hope all the Yanks have a good time...........And enjoy their Turkey and pumpkin pie.

Sounds 'Gold Card'ish' A friend has one and he gets all sorts of discounts and has similar visa privileges to the ones you describe.

Actually I want a new basic phone........My old Nokia has been very useful.....Suppose they might still make the batteries. But thanks for the heads up.

Thanks.........

Good one.

This comes up every now and again.... And always gives me a laugh or two.

Actually i should have said something about the service....In the one opposite Outlet Mall they have a couple of senior overseers and lots of what seem like school age boys and girls on work experience. This means that they are really polite, attentive......and prompt. Though you can also sense a little nervousness at serving (let's face it) tricky falangs......This also means that they are polite, attentive and prompt.. So to sum up I find the staff to be........polite and attentive and prompt.

I go often to the branch next to outlet mall in Jomtien. Never had a bad meal there.

It might be a good idea to have a thread devoted to health issues, hospital experiences, comparison of health Insurance companies..... When I had BPPV......(vertigo from getting some muck loose in my semi-circular canals)...and later, 'plantar fasiitus' pain in arch of the foot... board members pm'd me with their own experiences and youtube got me through without costly hospital bills. For the BPPV I managed to drive myself to hospital thinking at the time it was just an inner ear infection from swimming every morning..... but thought it prudent to visit Pattaya International to check

Me too.

Ooops.......Sorry I read the title and thought this was the Hillary Clinton thread.

I'm really not playing devil's advocate.........And although I keep thinking of stopping when I pass it, I haven't been there for a long time....And.......and I rarely eat noodles...So couldn't judge on that dish. OK with that out of the way........Oh yes and I'll add as well that I don't expect too much for the prices there. But it was a place I would pop into often for a late breakfast of chicken and ginger, or kai jeow moo sap when I stayed in hotels locally. Now you're judgement is forcing me to return. I usually calibrate cheap Thai restaurants with a dish I know well like, 'Kow

I found this educational..........Most of it I didn't know. The girl is cute but initially irritating......and the model ??? weird !! But it's very informative. Just thought I'd share.........I look around town and I'm reminded of dear Oscar......“Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.”....at least partially true methinks.

Probably get a copy made here for between 5 and 8,000 baht....Decided to lose a bit of belly first. Then get some print-outs and plunge in. Got a month.

I thought I'd buy some Aussie dollars with baht today......I'm paying another visit to my sons graduation..... Seeing the baht drop fills me with joy pound wise but using baht to buy Aussie dollars before it falls further meant I lost about 7 dollars from yesterday's rate on XE. Still it's only money.

That picture I posted in the 'age now' thread must have stayed up longer than I thought...........

Thanks.... I'll keep trying.....

I'm thinking of buying my first tailored suit in nearly 50 years. I cared more about fashion/appearance in my teens I guess. I easily find clothes off the peg that....,,'fit like a glove' so I've never bothered with the bespoke route. I recently gave away to a security guy at my condo a load of clothes and my last suit....(kept my Tux)....And of course straightaway something has turned up for which it would I need a suit. A couple of days ago I started my 'due diligence'.......I began with all the 'tailor threads' (no pun), on here and on 'Thai Visa'....I asked around too. Lot's of