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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 ta

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 equ

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

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

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 perplexe

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 firs

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 unexpecte

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