TheFiend

Thailand have announced a 32 man squad ahead of the game although it will be reduced to a squad of 20 in October.... Looks like there's a few Thais playing in the lower leagues in Australia so Thailand might be able to put together a competitive team... Therapol Ritson has picked up a couple of Man of the Match awards this season playing for Kingstone Championship team Workington Town and Superleague clubs are keeping an eye on him.

All the Brexiteers claimed it would it would be a short term dip and it would recover..... well, at the moment there doesn't seem to be any sign of recovery.

So book it!!!

Decent price, just a shame they only fly into Heathrow...... Would be great if they took the plunge and started flights to Manchester....

For me it's a 70 mile round trip to get one, but it's worth it as I do quite a lot of driving in Thailand...

For what an IDP costs I would hardly class it as a rip-off.

I always have an IDP with me when I'm in Thailand, even though I've never been asked to show it....

Option 3 with a pissed up lady can be seriously dangerous!!!

No doubt there'll be a Buddha on the dashboard, an amulet and garlands hanging from above and the monks will have daubed a Buddhist yantra on the overhead panel...

LOL... class!!!!

routesonline.com piece on the MAN A380 news http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/268319/emirates-moves-manchester-to-all-a380-service-from-jan-2017/ Will be interesting to see if a 4th daily happens... My preferred departure time from Manchester is the morning flights, which leads to an early morning arrival in Bangkok, so EK21 changing to A380 means The Fiend is a happy chappy!!!

Hmmmm Emirates A380 or Qatar A350... tasty!!!

Emirates have today announced that all the Manchester flights will be A380 from1st January 2017. http://www.thenational.ae/business/aviation/third-a380-to-manchester-sees-emirates-aving-it-large Some said it would never happen, that they would keep one 773ER on the route for cargo capacity.... Looks like they were wrong!!! Emirates have proved how good the A380 is for regional markets, Manchester being the perfect illustration. MAN will have the same number of A380 flights as LGW Looks like Qatar and Etihad will have to up their game to compete with Emirates at Manchester.

Happy 11th Anniversary Adam.. Shame I can't be there tonight.... See you in October matey!!!

My home town shopping centre is quite busy. They did a major rebuild of the shopping centre about 10 years ago and attracted some big name stores. It's paid off because it attracts plenty of folk to come into the town.

Sadly, it seems a firefighter has died.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36963112 Luckily no fatalities.

On-line banking is one of the reasons banks are closing down branches - Long gone are the days everybody did their banking at their local branch....

It was a cashback "offer" on my Lloyds Current account.... at the same time they were offering 5% cashback for a booking with Emirates. All it needed, after opting in, was to book using my Llouyds debit or credit card.

Booked via cashback link on my bank account Qatar Airways was 8% (£60 max) ... Quidco - up to 3% and Topcashback - 1.85%.. And my bank paid the cashback within a month of the booking compared to than waiting for months!!!

I used quidco for a while and to put it bluntly was not impressed...... the last time I used them the cashback was a grand total of £5.62 on a spend of £1183 with Emirates..... they made the cashback worse by only paying out on the airfare, not airfare + taxes. Also used quidco for a while when booking airport parking, but didn't take long to suss out that you could get much cheaper quotes via other means, even after the quidco cashback.

Jameaters.... The term dates back to the time of coal-mining in West Cumbria, when some miners from Workington went to work down the pits in Whitehaven - jam was a popular sandwich filling as it kept the bread moist down the pits.... It is now used as an abusive term between the two rival towns, with both calling each other jameaters!!!

Seems there is a wee bit of a following for Rugby League in Thailand so it might attract a crowd... There is one Thai lad playing at professional level in the UK... Theerapol Ritson who plays for Workington Town in the Kingstone Championship, the same team as ex-NRL player Jarrod Sammut. And there is a good chance both player could be playing in this match Tee is quite a good player.... Played against the Aussie Schoolboys when he was playing academy rugby, scoring the only try for the RFL Academy Select side. Have a look at Khon Kaen Cowboys Facebook page... Tee seems to have quite a following in Thailand!!!

After a bit of research I have found out that admission to the match will be free!!!

There is a Rugby League International being held in Thailand, between Thailand and Malta Knights. http://www.asiapacificrl.com/2016/05/30/malta-announce-tour-of-thailand/ I just happen to be in Thailand when it is being played, so I'll be there!!!