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while Patts is somewhat quiet I've had a great time. Just want to say a few thank you's. First night in Le Pub - nice to see Phil again and thanks for the hospitality. I'll be coming on a regular basis. Great to meet John Luke and his good lady. So good to put names/handles to faces and enjoyed your company. Also good to meet Larry. Many thanks to JDM too - what a star, finding me the perfect apartment. Not even one of his, he spotted the ad in the local foodmart, made the initial contact and was good enough to drive me over there yesterday. I couldn't have wished for a more ideal place, overlooking the ocean, just what I wanted. And what can I say about Namps? Absolutely brilliant to meet you mate. Two brilliant nights out, one in WS and last night in LK. Such a laugh. Upstairs at Kink is something else - will definitely be going there again. I've found the girls attitude to be very good and fun, in both WS and LK. Only issue I've had so far was in one particular gogo on WS, where I was one of about 6 guys in there. Got eye contact with an especially pretty girl, gestured for her to come and down and bought her a drink. Had about 15 minute chat, was going really well and I was thinking barfine. Then the mamasan came over and told her to go dance. Unbelievable. The stage was full of girls with only half a dozen punters. The girl got up on the stage and gestured she was upset at having to get up. I immediately check-binned and legged it, with the girl giving me the crying gesture as I walked out. Complete idiot mamasan, causing the place to lose some more drinks, probably a barfine and me as a customer now. That's been the only negative in the first 2 days, everything else has been fantastic. I'm looking forward to my 6 month stay and meeting more of you guys.

BabyDolls is no more and under refurbishment. Remember you saw the refurbishment ongoing here on here.

Charity Shield, Ashes Cricket, F1 and Moto GP tonight. Plus LPGA British Open. Lots of nice girls and now fully aircon.

You seem to be doing well Phil and I am happy for you, wish I was there.

Busy one tonight.

If that's really lamb at 149b then the Pope really is a Protestant.

Hello to all, I have been on Secrets Forum for 12 years, also known as Atticus over there. I have never been a prolific poster, though in the days of the Secrets 'Bangkok section' I posted a lot on there, with hotel / sightseeing recommendations and advice. I 'see' some familiar faces on here, Phil, Larry, Boydeste, Thai Spice, Moonfly (with a different handle) and many others. Cheers! Atticus

Todays board from Cheap Charlie's.

Preface below comment with- 1. I hate guns, have never held one, never mind shot one in my life 2. NRA ranks right up there with Big Pharmy and Big Religion as the most evil congregation of $$$ disguised as political lobbyist in history of mankind, but it is still a distant 3rd compared to the other 2. 3. I am an ardent supporter of the second amendment of the US Constitution, but fact is, we the people lost the inherent intended rights our founding fathers bestowed upon us via the second amendment more than 150 years ago so not sure where the argument, whether it be pee shooter, AK47, or any purchase control comes into play in the year 2019. Now, to answer the above question directly - Yes Texas has open carry laws. But private property owners are allowed to "trump" the law and make their properties GUN FREE ZONES. The tragic events today happened in a GUN FREE ZONE, so the brave people you refer to were acting as law abiding citizens. Allow me to close with some more subjective conjecture. Guns are a problem, no doubt, but they are not THE PROBLEM. They are more a symptom of a bigger problem, that being mental health. For sure not a Seppo centric problem, but one big Pharmy and big Religion has exploited in America more than elsewhere simply because it has been the most lucrative market for profit over the past 100 years. But that trend is slowly changing and can be evidenced by the trends in violent crime and intentional homicide rates. Whilst US is still quite significantly above most of our fellow western cultures in cases per 100k people, it is fact that our trend for past 20 years has been down, and down significantly whilst the opposite holds true for our fellow Western cultures. Moral of the story....be careful what you wish for. You might be ahead of the curve on the gun thing, but don't be shocked when folk with mental health issues start using more than trucks on the promenades of Paris to destroy innocent lives but start using dirty bombs or chemical weapons to take out 1000's of innocent lives in one swoop. If we all don't start addressing the problem rather than lathering up over the symptom, well call me crazy but I fear a day when we all look back to the "good ole days" when the worst thing in the hands of a mentally disturbed individual was an A-47! Just saying.....................

Good idea to avoid the USA, too many whack jobs with guns over there.

That thoughts and prayers should be one word with a hash tag up front if you are going to postit on social media

Securing their spots before the WBA kickoff .... 😉

Nice save from Walker

I agree 100%.

Thing is you are probably not wrong. I reckon there is a link between violent video games and mass shootings,especially among the younger shooters.Having trouble separating reality from non reality.

Throw in a happy ending and I'm in...

2-1 mate. Certain people from the Nottinghamshire area have gone a bit quiet.

I went to see this last night.. Absolutely nothing to do with Fast and Furious IMO apart from the two characters. Some real LOL moments and some unreal impossible stuff. Escapism at it's finest .. Loved it myself and some stunning women to boot. Makes London look brilliant there are bits filmed in Krabi, but they pretend it's Samoa in the movie.

Call of duty - Modern warfare is being released soon....prolly just getting in some practice in readyness.

None, they all made peace the next morning with a few pints !

20 dead now,but at least the poor luvvie wore ear protectors so he will be able to hear them fire up the chair. Best alias gets down the gun shop tomorrow to load up on ammo if he needs to defend himself from these lunatics.

Unless I fly somewhere for work, I am hoping my next flight won't be until March 2021. Tripped planned as flying Brisbane to Sydney, cruise Sydney to Singapore, train Singapore to Chiang Mai, fly Chiang Mai to Udon Thani, drive Udon Thani to Pattaya and then finally fly Bangkok to Brisbane. Hoping to just holiday locally for the next 18 months.

I'll have to look but I know it's under 200 days

Hahaha....just confirmed my point ! Having a gun makes you brave ? In fact its the opposite, but thats gonna be hard to understand for you guys ! Salaam and good night !

I like this at the moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRcgtmLKSNE

Its a concept that works well in the USA !!

So should we all have guns instead to protect ourselves as that will sure solve it. There is a lot less chance of a massacre American style with a knife than a gun,plus most knife attacks are between black youths who think they are 'gangsta innit',so no loss to society,but American gun massacres target innocent people.

These little shoot up things over there in the America always reminds me of this song.

love Finbar Furey

I have watch this video heaps over the last month love it regards grayray

19 confirmed dead and at least 22,including children,injured. 21 year old white male in custody. Another fine advert for the constitution's right to bear arms.

A pasta and chicken salad over a bed of lettuce. Cool and refreshing.

Just kicking back with a C J Box book.

2-1 win for Rangers at Stoke today mate,did not really expect that considering how we normally perform away.😀 I'll take that table on day one.

bit of a dickhead answer imo..we are supposed to convey "on the ground" knowledge to fellow posters..should we have it

I’m guessing she will show up soon.❤️

saw these girls in november sadly i could not attend as id just got back from 4 week trip and was short of cash hope to see them next time round

20 days and a wake up until wheels up from San Francisco to BKK and taxi to Pattaya for a short visit before onward to Kenya for a couple weeks. Returning back the same way, with another 3 day stay in Patts before homeward bound.

I have no plans to expand, quite happy with my little bar. Whose coming tonight for the “entertainment “?

not too shaby …………………….10 days till wheels up

Down the pub drinking Blackcurrant and soda. Detox week for me.

After yesterdays pizza I decided to grill some chicken breast and eat some fresh veg.

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 😀

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

Chilling on the banks of the River Usk near Carleon.

Sitting in a motel room at Newark Liberty Airport, watching classic Western TV series from the 1950's and 1960's. Looking at Rawhide right now, the series that led Clint Eastwood to the movies that made him a star. The top star of the series, Eric Fleming, had been offered the role of the "Man with No Name" in A Fistful of Dollars, but declined and recommended Eastwood to Sergio Leone. Not a bad room for $100/night. A spacious room like that with microwave, fridge and big-screen TV with 200 channels would cost $300-$400/night in Manhattan. It was very clean with a comfortable bed, but the furnishings were a bit worn.

That's what forums are for .. 😉😉😉

I am sure that if you were working for someone you would always put on a united front for the public, if not you wouldnt last 5 mins :) Jambo was probably the most loyal of employees they ever had to be fair. He would never say anything derogatory about them until the end. a lot of companies would give their left nut for that kind of loyalty, especially here

What to do when the envelope won't close and there is no glue?