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No worries, Mate - I just thought it was funny, but your suggestion that you may have gotten it right following another post is also quite witty. I should watch my own spelling better, as I mis-spelt 'one' and used 'on' - can't criticise another poster if I also get it wrong too, now can I?.

A pity the menu was "lamented". I would have preferred on that was laminated and "celebrated".

Thanks for ending the year with another witty post, monkeyman! As always, I enjoyed it.

I have ordered food from the Metro Bar's Golf Club menu a few times and it has always been delivered hot and quite well prepared and cooked. Edit: Oh, and I can eat it in air-conditioned comfort in good company with a nice cold pint of Guinness.

That made me very hungry. Thank you.

No problems from Australia. Well done!

I think that, in Air Kazikstan, you have to piss out the window. I could be wrong though....

As always, Good Stuff!

That's a nice photo of you, Martin. The food looks good also

Isn't this thread getting a bit off topic?

Saw this on Facebook: Sorry, couldn't seem to embed it. https://youtu.be/IlfByJ1oToY Edit: embedded now

Thanks again for my monthly morning kick-start.

Lovely, just lovely.

The IDP only lasts a year in Aust., but when I had my photos taken the first time I had 5 or 6 prints, so I could use some on future renewals. I then found that the photos can only be 3 years old. Will find out next year if anybody notices....

Maybe it's cheap in UK, but in NSW (Australia) it costs AUD35.00, plus you need to get a new passport-type photo every 3 years. So, I reckon it's a bit of a rip-off.

I have no problems with that (above) but Thailand is a play area for many Australian families, and also a trap for young players who have (maybe) never ridden a bike before and think they will be okay there, so there have been huge medical bills and much grief following accidents. It has also meant huge bills for insurers, so they have rebelled. Do what you will, but be prepared for consequences.... I rode bikes in LOS for a couple of years, and also drove rented cars, but without a IDP and, luckily, without an accident. Won't try it again.

I agree with your comments, Idefix. About a year ago I approached my local bank branch in Australia (NAB) about the free travel insurance I receive when I buy my plane ticket via my NAB credit card, just to ensure that I have been covered for the past few years since I gave up purchasing insurance. I was told that, as long as I informed the bank of my travel dates I was covered (I didn't know I had to do that - just thought that seeing I had bought a dated ticket on my card I would be covered). There is a place on their website to advise the dates of travel. Anyway, I was also asked if I intended to drive a motor vehicle in Thailand. Upon answering in the positive, I was told that I would not be insured to ride any motorbike in Thailand, nor would I be insured for accident or injury if I drove any other vehicle that I was licensed for if I didn't have a current IDP with the correct endorsements. Luckily, I do have one, but think it is a rip-off to have to pay for it every year when I already pay for a drivers' licence anyway.

If Pattaya is all blah blah blah to you, you won't really care, and will find what you want, when you want....

Hmm...

Just puttin' it out there:

Pattaya hosts a Rugby 10s competition held every year around there first weekend in May, in memory of Chris Kays, who was the Pattaya Panthers captain and was killed in the Bali Bombing. See here: http://www.pattayamail.com/pattayasports/pattaya-rugby-10s-tournament-goes-from-strength-to-strength-3180

I didn't know there were any sports played in Malta, except those down in 'The Gut'.... I never got out of there (until my ship was sailing).

Here we go again!

You two should get a room!

It is great that she is getting plenty of business. Our praise of her service has probably assisted that, and even though some may even want to jealously guard her business as THE one we want to use, I feel happy that she is doing so well. Well done ikkrang for your strong support of (and for) her.