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Home made cheese burgers tonight. The burgers are pre made from the local supermarket chain. They come about an inch think so I tend to flatten them out a bit. Once cooked if left end up like an over sized meat ball. In with the mushrooms... Now the green leaf salad. i tend to chop up fine with the salad, Then I add cider vinegar, mild olive oil, black pepper and a touch of salt. Now it time to build the burger... Melted cheese and cooked mushrooms. All done

Just got back from a day at the Natural History museum with Kataleya. Had a great time despite the place being over ridden with tourists who seemed to block every direction I wanted to walk in. No entrance charge although donations welcomed, didn't cost me to get there either as both me and the wee one are free on the trains from my manor. Kataleya really enjoyed the dinosaur skeletons and the massive blue whale still hanging up in one of the large rooms, it was there when I first went from primary school in the 60's. They have a massive moon globe which is lit up just like the moon in a blue back lit room, awesome. Weather was bloody awful but was a good day out for my exercise and to have fun with my daughter.

All a question of degree. The AUD and EUR are just being mugged, the GBP is being raped, sodomised and slaughtered.

Cheese also featured in my tea tonight. Chips and cheese on top of a tin of Heinz beans, with a liberal drizzling of HP, Twas lush 😀

Lazy meal tonight. 2 different pizzas for 11 quid. Real nice.

I'd be eating insects if I was in town, high protein and low carbs. Great value

@Thai Spice

Chilling on the banks of the River Usk near Carleon.

Anyway, I've had my money saving big Leos in my room and I'm off to spend my hard earned in the bars of Pattaya. We only live once.

it's all to do with uncertainty surrounding a no deal scenario , if we leave with no agreements , confusion and chaos will reign and the pound will fall further ... if Boris agrees a deal and gets it through Parliament then the pound will recover very quickly

I already am, but what can you do? I own my house in Pattaya and have a car and motorbike here, most of my stuff's pretty new and in good shape so it should last for years, and if I'm careful then I don't see any major expenditures on the horizon (though there's always the unknown unknowns, of course). So the exchange rate only really affects my food and drink costs, electricity, and discretionary spending. I'd never spend a winter in the UK so it might be possible to go back for six months in the summer to enjoy the 'cheaper cost of living' back there, but the savings aren't going to be life-changing. I go back to the UK twice a year for a month anyway, and bring back to Thailand the best part of two suitcases full of food, so a lot of what I eat in Thailand I buy in the UK anyway. Booze is becoming very expensive in Thailand at these exchange rates, it may be a good excuse to cut down on my alcohol consumption, who knows? Plus if I started spending summer back in the UK I'd lose my non-resident status for tax purposes, which would complicate life for a while, as well as making it permanently more expensive. I haven't worked out all the numbers yet, but as long as I'm careful in Pattaya and don't go crazy in a Gogo bar or whatever, then even below 30 Baht/£ I don't see much upside to returning to the UK for half the year. The other thing to remember is that Britain imports a hell of a lot more than it exports, so the weak pound will work its way through into consumer prices eventually and inflation will go up. The current 'low cost of living' in the UK is unlikely to last very long.

On the other end of the scale i've just renewed my mortgage deal for another 5 years at a fixed rate .... Never had it so good .

Looks like it's going to plummet from 38.xx to 36.xx in absolutely record time.

And again and again. In fact it reminds me of a song.😀

Many small businesses fail because they set prices too low. They simply can't generate enough revenue to cover expenses. The budget end of the market is extremely tough. Customers are very fickle. They'll take advantage of the special prices on food, but will drink in a bar where bottled beer is five baht cheaper. And it's a fact of life that you can't make money in Pattaya by selling meals for 99 baht unless the quality is abysmal. Evil

One day a lawyer was riding in his limousine when he saw a guy eating grass. He told the driver to stop. He got out and asked him, “Why are you eating grass?” The man replied, “I’m so poor, I can not afford anything to eat.” So the layer said, “Poor guy, come back to my house.” The guys say, “I have a wife and three kids.” The lawyer told him to bring them along. When they were all in the car, the poor man said, “Thanks for taking us back to your house, it is so kind of you.” The lawyer replied, “You’re going to love it there … the grass is a foot tall!”

Pizzas look good... Yes that's a cracking deal mate...

Thats the way Boris and his cabinet are talking ... whether they are stupid enough to make it happen or it's just a negotiating stance I guess we will find out in 93 days or sooner

From what I can make out, a no deal is more likely than ever. I'm not hopeful. For what it's worth, I'd much rather be in Pattaya right now, in spite of the financial hit, than back in the UK. The girls have been great. I'm doing STs with freelancers at 1000 a time and they've all delivered. Doing LTs and taking them out partying is a thing of the past right now. I was never a big spender but it's not that difficult to make cuts. I was telling myself that this could be the last time for a while, but now I'm here it's hard to contemplate Pattaya not figuring somewhere in the future. I just don't think there's anywhere else in the world quite like here. I'll be thinking of what to do next year as soon as I get back.

Lying on the sofa , surfing through the TV channels .... woke up on Sunday morning with lower back pain , was fine the day before, no idea how I did it .... so taken some anti inflammatory tablets and resting for a couple of days .. it's blowing a hooley outside so not missing too much 😞

The internet is really slow where I'm staying. I just got impatient. Apologies for the repetition. It wasn't intended. I've got less than three weeks now!!!

If they gave a f**k they would demonstrate massively for gun control, not for the protection of some old cowboy era rule.... And gun control mean ZERO guns, except for law enforcement (and even for those it remains a question...) I agree, its not the gun that kills but the people. So, explain me why 2 other countries with a huge gun ownership (Switzerland and Israel) don't have this problem ? Different state of mind (gently expressed...) ALL, I mean ALL the civilized countries in the world look at this mayhem shaking their head, or smiling depending on their mood. Me, I dont give a shit TBH, its your country, your rules. Don't come crying everytime it happens, it is of your making. Amen.

I agree , but from the outside it looks like your country as a whole has become desensitised to this type of violence and even after Las Vegas / Virginia Tech / Sandyhook / Santa Fe / etc etc nothing changes after unless of course the perp happens to be a Muslim , then it's terrorism and you are all under attack ...

🙄 dont appreciated the post. i'll respond as I see fit. dont post insulting stuff. and dont tell me how to post.

As the OP stated in his opening sentence...this material is firmly in the political arena and should be moved to that section imo

I;m not your bro, mate.

Trouble is most don't give a fcuk ... otherwise politicians would be listening and do something about it

The gun laws are are joke and by default are promoting the slaughtering. Reply to the post not the poster as personal attacks are not wanted here on the forum.

Millions of us don't see it as a joke.

The ham cheese toasties are pretty good.

Its going to get real messy, i thank my lucky stars im not in los or have any flights booked..unless 7/11 start doing rooms above the shop with free breakfast, i aint going back

Left over mash n cabbage or bubble n sqeak bacon and pork chipolaters

Slight correction

Now that a hard Brexit seems the likely outcome, a lot of currency traders are (have been) probably shorting the GBP , so that doesn't help.

You are mixing her up with

Will be eating this soon....

That ought to keep your gut filled for a while.

There is a percentage of the UK population that cannot afford to travel. That perventage is slowly increasing. Sent from my SM-J610F using Tapatalk

What are you going to do ....stay home and never travel ... ? The pound has tanked against most currencies, although the THB strength has not helped either ... Thailand is still the best destination for the type of holidays I want ( winter sun and women ) no where else can offer that imho and I have travelled to other countries ( Brazil , Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma )

The bottom tend to use the bottom. The bottom have only one loyalty,and that’s the cash. Bottomfeeders.

Bag packed will be in from tomorrow for the next 5 nights if anyone is around and wishes to avoid me you know what to do .......... .... few good lads turning up and of course free Twiglets (if you can prise them away from Phil).

Preparing woven small baskets for offerings tomorrow at the temple. Made from coconut tree leaves, and will be used to store a local sticky rice. 20190729_075407.mp4

This brought some tears. Lovely

One of the new rules they are bringing in for the coming season is that a player being substituted must leave the field of play at the nearest possible point, this is an attempt to stop the player dawdling for 100metres or more to kill a bit of time. can you imagine if he is an away player being substituted because he has just committed a bad foul and been yellow carded and the manager doesn`t want him getting another card and being sent off. He has to walk right around the ground receiving dogs abuse and more than likely having missiles thrown at him, by the time he gets back to the dugout he will be covered in sputum, this could possibly lead to another Cantona like incident. Cant wait for the season to start

With the tumbling exchange rate,people are gonna look at pricing rather than the quality in many circumstances.Most tourists want cheapness,its why all inclusive holidays are so popular. And most visitors to Pattaya are used to cheap prices,its one of the main attractions.