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"Pushing" is a joke form often used in the U.S. in reference to people who not the english so good write. Evil

Another update from a meal a couple of days ago at The Balcony. My friend ordered a green salad that he and his companion split. He said the ingredients were fresh, but there could have been more tomato slices. The only option for dressing was oil and vinegar, but he was happy it came without dressing so he could add it himself. I had one of my personal favorites - squid with salted eggs. The flavor was very balanced between the saltiness of the eggs and the sweetness of the vegetables, but the dish would have benefited from a few moe pieces of squid. My fried chicke

I know. I was just pushing someone's leg, but not yours. Evil

It's a recent problem with the topic history not showing and I've had the signature for several months prior to that without any hassle. But if it helps, I'm more than happy to go back to the Monger Card sig. Evil

Tried that, but will try again. Evil

I thought that might be the case, too. As I understand it, the "Major Participant" group includes BMs who upload a lot of photos and have exhausted the allowance most member have. But I ran out of space for photos several weeks ago and MM fixed that the next day via the "Major Participant" group. The problem with not seeing the topic history began only two days ago. Evil

Say hi back and I'll give you teddy bears to take to them next time. Evil

Yup. It's just the "Go to top" button. Evil

The mystery deepens. I can see the topic history when I am not logged in: But this is what I get when I log in: The same pattern (logged in, can't see; not logged in, can see) occurs across multiple browsers and platforms on my laptop, desktop and in Internet cafes. As I said earlier, there have been brief spells in the past when one board feature or the other wouldn't work for a few days, but usually it didn't affect the computers in the Internet cafes. I'll see what happens, Evil

I tried the seafood BBQ buffet at the Hotel Mercure. It's a once a week event, only on Saturday nights. It cost 600 baht per person for an extensive buffet of seafood and non-seafood items. It's very pleasant to sit by the pool and dine on a cool night. The seafood part included grilled-to-order river prawns, rock lobtsers and crabs as well as raw oysters, steamed mussels, Swedish-style cured salmon (gravlax), "seafood salads and fish dishes. There plenty of other main dishes besides seafood, including beef, chicken

I don't have the "This topic has been visited by ..." on any browser. No new Add-Ons. Strange. I'll see if it comes back in a day or two. Such things have happened before. Evil

I don't see a collapse option (maybe I'm going blind). Evil

Checked it out on both Chrome and Firefox on my laptop running Windows 8. Will try Explorer. EDIT IN: Same-same on Explorer as Chrome and Firefox. I'll try later on my desktop which runs on XP. This is what it looks like for me now at the bottom of the Agogos News topic which had been viewed by several hundred BMs. Evil

Until a few days ago, there used to be a list at the bottom of each topic with the names of the BMs who had read a thread. It looked something like this: Now all you see at the bottom of the page for every topic are the names of the people reading it in real time, not the names of those who have read it. Is there a reason for the change? I found it very useful to know who had read a particular topic. Evil

Another good meal at Pattayanis Greek Taverna. A friend of mine from NYC and I had dinner there. Because the Greek salad (250 baht) was such a large portion, we split one between the two of us. My friend figured that at least four fully ripe tomatoes had gone into the salad. He was also very impressed by the feta cheese. We both had the lamb mixed grill (350 baht), which was also a substantial portion. You can order various combinations, but I had the lamb chop, beef meatballs (keftedes) and chicken souvlaki. It came with the yogurt, cucumber and garlic dip tzatziki

Booze is indeed cheap in the U.S. There are still places in mid-town Manhattan with once- or twice-a-week special nights with (brewed-through-a-horse domestic) beer sold at $1.00 a bottle. Many, many bars in NYC and the metro area have happy hours with beer at $3.00 or less. I took the pics below last summer. Turtle Bay is located near the corner of 2nd Ave and 51st St, a prime location. Evil

Today is: It's a classic summertime dessert, simple but elegant. Nothing better than ripe raspberries and whipped or fresh cream. And raspberry is the only word in the English language with the consonants s, p and b in consecutive order. And there is a type of daylily named raspberries in cream: I also noticed that August 1 was: But it isn't really a raspberry cream pie in the above photo. It's some sort of frozen dessert; probably good, but not a pie. This is what raspberry cream pies look like: Evil

This one is mainly for North American members: Happy National Root Beer Float Day! Root beer is a flavor seldom found outside Canada and the U.S. Even there, it accounts for only 2-3% of the soda pop market. ... But both root beer and the root beer float have a long history, with the forerunner of today's root beer first brewed by Native Americans from the roots of the sassafras tree. For several centuries, tea or beer brewed from sassafras root was seen as a medicinal drink. When commercial production of root beer began in 1876, it, like Coca Cola, was touted as a tonic. Ice c

A friend and I had dinner at The Balcony last night shortly after 7 p.m. I finally got around to trying the beef and my friend ordered salmon steak. Both of us were happy with our meals and they were value for money. I'm happy to report that there were several other guests as well; previously, I had been the lone diner except for whatever companion(s) I brought with me. We started off with very fruity cocktails called Thai Parynya for 129 baht. I was struck by the similarity to "paranoia," but apparently Paranya is a Thai male name. The drink was full of exotic fruits and the alcohol kick cam

Happy National Oyster Day! I found this tidbit of information on a Web site devoted to this important food holiday. Anything about Casanova has a natural connection to Pattaya: I don't eat raw oysters in Thailand, but just about every Thai girl I have met loves them, but only when served Thai style. And oysters seem to be cheaper in the U.S. compared with Thailand. .. And whether or not you actually celebrate National Oyster Day, remember, Pattaya, if not the world, is your oyster. Evil