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did this last year...they always discount around the king's birthday. if i'm correct you can book it before jan and you have up till march to take the tests. the bangkok international equivalent is about half the price of the half price bangkok pattaya. however some the tests at 'pi' were done on a different day and you have to go back another day to collect you're results whereas 'bp' you're in and out in about 5 hours........still my tests at 'bi' cost 20,000 bt and at pi it was about 9,000. one further criticism of 'bi' was they said my blood pressure was high............this was taken 4 times during the day and i looked at the last 3 scores and they were text book perfect. so i assumed the first one was high. on the strength of that i bought a home blood pressure tester.......gave up using it after a couple of weeks perfect levels and now assume an error at 'bi'. so if you're pushed for time and have the cash go 'bi' if you're strapped for cash but have the time go 'pi'.

enjoyed what i understood of the game. the freak played better than he looks. however never seen so many men spitting out the side of their mouths for so little exertion. is this just fashion. sorry can't get upper-case on my keyboard.

Not for me........I'm a Jehovah Bystander............Don't want to get involved!

The 5 min' argument or the full 1 hr?.......... Abuse would be OK for me!

OH you 'typed' smilies........that's OK then!

I'm not blond and I don't have big tits and I didn't score 29 either! Only 25. 24 the 2nd time.............brain cells dying off by the second.

I seem to meet quite a few American haters.....'Hate is a strong word' I say........They don't modify it though.....they just go off on one. None of their reasons for actual 'hate' really hold up and I always feel it's based more on either an insecurity or the fashionable holier than thou, anti US lip-service. I just change the subject. Having said that, I have encountered a particularly obnoxious, Jewish New Yorker, who seems intent on under-mining my arguments and weaken my resolve to defend you. I'm sure others like Sailfast (who seems an awfully judgemental fellow) have met equally loathsome Englishmen and will no doubt give me chapter and verse!

I too remember waking-up that special Christmas morning...and there it was.. obscuring the fireplace....my first penny farthing! Oh what fun that day ker-nonking the poor peasant children with my ker-nonking-stick.........until Thaiempire whizzed past with his mates on their Raleigh choppers.......Life was never the same after that! Actually the bike idea is a good one. I'm not allowed to say how many leave JBC each day,but I've counted them out and I've counted them back in, it seems pretty safe. I can see they are definitely getting fitter and their communal warm done over coffee is positively post-coital............Good luck to Thaiempire. If I wasn't swimming a km everyday and playing squash in between shags I might have the energy to join you.

Watched the Red Socks and the New York 'somethings' this morning. I'm a fan!! Haven't the foggiest what's going on..(Quite normal for me)......One guy just stiff-bats the ball into space...........jogs to the first base and then doesn't go all the way round like I would have thought......but goes back to his mates who all hi 5 him and call him, 'a jolly good fellow' At the moment I'm only really 'getting' the 'Americana' which is always a fun lead in to US sports. And being impressed by some very slick fielding. This completes my contribution to this thread. In another 3 or 4 years of intensive study I may be able to make a worthwhile and suitable comment.

Joe, I didn't understand a word of that.........But your excitement came through. I've got a sort of grip on American football and enjoy it. I think I understand basketball.........but I don't enjoy the scoring over-kill....So maybe baseball's for me. I'm inspired to endeavour to educate myself in your jazzed-up version of 'rounders'. Judging from your commentary I've a LOT to get to grips with.

Well thanks for that Joseph ....... Inspired by your comment I have actually started writing a book...............I'm intending to link Colonic Irrigation with an exploration of Wagner's Ring!.....Make a great 3D movie dont'cha think?

Bear with me a bit. Last night the Fairtex squash court was like a skating rink and my uncomplaining opponent (and fellow board member) looked like he'd compounded it by putting bowling alley shoes on by mistake. After half-an-hour, a couple of splits, a double toe-loop and a bit of a sweat on we decided to call it quits and head for the showers. Coming out of the changing rooms to hand in our towels we noticed a small crowd gathered round reception. It was obvious that something was afoot. The receptionists........the delicious Ning and the languid Anne were looking totally perplexed and a matronly Thai lady standing at the counter, had a look of shock on her face, like an owl in labour! The cause of it all seemed to be a skinny, ginger kid of about 16 and his very sheepish mate. Ginger turns to me. 'Er'e d'you speak English?' 'Yes' 'You can speak it good like?'...( He was from Manchester I guessed) 'Pretty well I think!' 'Good!........Do they do COLONIC IRRIGATION here?' It began to dawn on me.....(as it's doing with you) the cause of all the consternation. God knows what comic pantomime of explanation had been taking place before I came through the door. 'No, I don't think they do. This is a gym lad' Ginger turns to his uncomfortable looking mate and says.'They do it here, I'm sure they do.' Turning back to me he says.....'Could you ask them for me?' Three things quickly registered........... No 1. When he'd asked me if I could speak 'English' he thought, and he still thinks, he'd asked me, 'if I spoke 'Thai.' No 2. Colonic irrigation...pheck me this is gonna be a test of my 'rudimentary-Thai'. No.3...I'd just called Pastry a shit-stirrer on another thread..and now I was the one in it......'Instant Karma's gonna get you atlas!' Ning and Anne looked on helpless and hopeful....... I spoke directly to the old lady first, 'Kar tord yai' (Sorry grand mother) 'Bang-ti malliard mai dee.' (may not be polite/good manners) She sniffed with a high beaked forbearance.......Like Lady Windermere when the vicar farts at tiffin! I turned to Anne and said,'Pom kid war' ( I think) 'Kow yak' (He wants)............a pause and then I squirted out, 'Tam nan kwarm sa'hat.........doit!'..... (Work clean bum). The penny dropped instantly Ning and Anne laughing, chorused together .... 'Detox'....which sort of trumped my long 'winded' Thai explanation. Lady Windermere thought it was well worth the entrance money. Steadying herself with a hand on the desk and obviously employing her pelvic floor muscles to stop from pissing herself! 'Yes we have a spar!' ..........A long sigh of relief from Ginger, (premature I thought!) Anne knuckles to her chin in excitement says.'Oh thank you khung 'atlas' you very clever man' 'Bag waan, gon briow'..... (Mouth sweet bum sour), I considered saying, but looking at the state of lady Windermere hysterics thought better of it. So there we finally are..........For those that want it, and I know some of you do...They have colonic irrigation at the Fairtex spar in North Pattaya. When the kids had left I couldn't resist speculating out loud......... 'So that's how they get the bubbles for the jacuzzi.....' ...........That was too much, 'fetch a mop for Lady Windermere someone!!'

Even though I've got a couple of years to go I found it useful. Thanks

These fish and chip debates are just so gay! Adoramus profundus obesus manachus Trans: 'We love the deep fat fryer'

Apart from all that...........spot on you'd say?

Good one!

Yes I did mean Best..........He was just so contemptuous. There's a great clip of him in his later years tackling his own team mate (Rodney Marsh) for the ball. They were both chasing each other round the pitch in the middle of the game. Of course they'd both be shot for that in the Premiership. Not as much chance to shine on the world stage as Pele. And therefore Pele will always edge out any others for most people . Pele's a perfect mixture of incredible talent and fame. A bit like the 'Beckham effect', though with much more justification and likely longevity ...........Pele the first name people think of. I enjoyed the compilations and the music they were put to. Thanks to the OP for that.

He was born with the right name.

joe If it was one word I would have written it as one word......... Look into it why don't you?.......... And if I'm wrong let me know and I'll correct it..................If by some small chance it's you that has made the mistake please let me and everyone else know know so that we can feel confident when using the expression in future......... For those without the time to 'Google'........'Puckey' means shit.....So 'horse puckey' 'shit of the horse' makes a welcome change from the acrid whiff of your, (OK our) usual 'bullshit' (one word) joe!

Yes......... 'Poser-like' comes effortlessly to some people. I prefer plain old 'pococurante' to 'horse-puckey'

To say that, The Yupic of Northern Alaska have 99 identifying words for sea-ice formations sounds so poser-like!

The word originated in Ancient Greece the word 'idiote' meant a unit of population,layman,common man. I think we all know what the word has now come to mean. But thank you anyway. Actually, I take that back. I idiotically didn't bother to read completely through your post, which does add to the debate. I think that failure puts me at moron.

I was thinking about this today and I recalled the use of American Indians in WW11...... having absolutely NO connection to any Indo-European language the Nazis were completely f**ked. I understand languages have a 'life' and some will die out. It's the natural way of things,but I repeat it's more than a shame if they disappear without us learning anything about them or the knowledge the speakers hold. The Eskimo has 99 words for different types of ice. I know, vital if you want to mix a good Martini! But all knowledge can be unexpectedly useful......... and we can expect the unexpected!

We've documented only about 20% of the word's languages. Every language contains the stories the myths the achievements and the knowledge of it's native speakers. On a practical level we've also only documented about 80% of the world's flora and fauna. Many species are unknown, or hardly known to us, but to the people that live alongside them the interconnections and uses may well be stored in their language. When it dies out so does forever all the history and learning of those peoples. Actually it would be more than a shame.

As I said, somewhere........an 'idiot' originally meant a 'layman' or just a 'unit of population'........If language hadn't changed through usage it would still mean just that.......... and we'd all be speaking Greek. 'English' is a rich language with probably the largest vocabulary. Indo-European, through German...........enriched by Greek,Latin, the Romance languages and on 'thru' again thanks to Aussies,Kiwis,Yanks, Canucks,Rock-spiders,Salt-peels et al .....not to mention the Scots,Irish,Welsh and the unfortunate people of Birmingham.........Order a 'Cup of tea' there and they'll sell you a 'Kipper tie' All Indo-European languages trace back about 6000 yrs. Though they share a common root...... to most of us, Indian languages are unrecognisable gibberish.......(Especially those bloody call centres we're put through to). Languages are dying out at the rate of 1000's a year. That's a shame and the dominance of 'English' is a large factor in those other languages decline. However, we should celebrate in our language's usage...............Sure makes life easier round the world.......'Cept in Birmingham.