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  1. Set off in the Car yesterday and turned on the radio to hear Tommy's voice saying "So NARAK means the same as SUAI" (It is Tommy getting his weekly Thai lesson in the studio.) "No", says the Thai lady "Not the same, as NARAK means more like "cute" than beautiful" "Ah", say Tommy "Much easier to use than SUAI as if you get the tone wrong it means something completely different than beautiful" "Yes, that is correct" says Thai lady" "I will give it a try at the weekend" says Tommy" Well, I hope you did better than me mate I phoned teerak Sai this morning for a video call on Line as Sai is up in Mae Sot waiting for me to join her on Monday. Much to my pleasant surprise Sai answers the phone naked from the waste up having just come out of the shower. We both laugh and I say "That is a nice unexpected welcome. You look very narak Sai." Sai stops laughing and says "Narak?? You never say Narak to me before!" "It is a new word I just learnt as you do look cute this morning." "Why you learnt the Thai for cute? Who have you been telling that they look Narak?" "Nobody teerak ....I learnt it from Tommy Dee" "You tell him he looked .........Narak!" And promptly ended the call 🤣 You have to laugh.
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  2. I did it with two this year very close mate within 6 weeks of each other (the first one I couldnt go to the funeral because I was in LOS. I had known these two since I was 16 years old and it hurt when they died like never before especially my 2nd mate (suicide and he told me he was gonna do it) I was best man at his wedding etc etc .. The only good thing to come out of it I ended up meeting back up with an old mate (we all had a reunion in Aug and October on the strength of it and laid loads of old grudges and things that needed to be said to rest. It's made me realise when you see someone and say "We gotta meet up" make the fucking effort because one day it really will be too late. All the best for 2020
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  3. To be honest, a few months ago I didn't think I'd see Christmas but I made it with the battle of my life. Today I got to see my son open all his parents for the first time.
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  4. Home from the pub with a mixed kebab and potatoes. Very nice.
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  5. Trying out my new cookware set, got it for 85% off on Boxing Day. Well worth it, don’t know why I never upgraded sooner. Udon noodles and chicken
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  6. Absolutely,I go to Jaguar(the aircraft not the car) reunions in Norwich & every time there's someone else gone off to the big hangar in the sky.
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  7. England 24-0 chasing 376 to win.Only day 3 so oodles of time but have the England batsmen got the patience.My guess is no.
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  8. Made it out to Huai Chak Nok Reservoir today. Water level is looking pretty dire there too. Here's the view from the dam end on the NW side. Close up of the outflow structure to use as a benchmark for the water level. A lot of what was once under water on the south end of the dam is now dry. Here's a screenshot of the satellite view of the reservoir with a maker of where the above pic was taken. Image is from Nov, 2018 and gives an idea of how far the water has receded. They have pumps going to move trapped water on the south end into what remains of the reservoir. It's going to be quite a while before this overflow outlet will be needed again. @thegrogmonster, is this your land? If so, somebody stole all your cassava. And this is the view now from your "waterfront" property. A bit of hike from this side of the reservoir to get to the water's edge. The cows are enjoying their new pasture land. The view from the north end looking south towards the dam in the far distance. And on the other side of the road, looking north. Easy pickings for the fishermen. Side note: I've edited the topic title to reflect that posts here cover all the shrinking water sources for Pattaya.
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  9. How about a little levity..... In the US, A man goes to the doctor for a VD checkup, and after one look, the Doc says "Thats the worst VD I have ever seen and regetably you need to let me cut it off.. Shocked, the man goes to another US Doc and gets the same response. Being desperate, he goes to a Chinese clinic and tells the Chinese Doc what the US Docs told him, and the Chinese Doc tells him, Cut, Cut, Cut!! Thats what all western Docs to - No need to cut anything, just wait 2 days and it will fall off.....
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  10. It's been two weeks and two days since the last update, so hopped on my bike and had a very enjoyable ride this morning around what remains of Mabprachan Reservoir. Starting again on the southwest side. More spots that were previously underwater are now exposed. Wish they would mount a water level gage to this structure. I'm estimating the water is down another 1/2 meter or so since the last update. I wonder how much longer it will be before this guy can walk to his fishing camp. They're now having to pump water from the low spots. Another couple of weeks and there will be no need for a bridge over this channel. A babbling brook in the middle of what was once a lake. The island is now a peninsula. On the north end looking south. Fishing is a lot easier when they fish are trapped in what remains of the water on the north end. Mabprachan is fast becoming a lush meadow. Can't really call it "lush" as the dominant flora are thorn bushes. A bit of a technical ride to get out to the far end of this exposed rock outcropping. Had to ride over a lot of broken shells and gnarly rocks to get to the far end, but this was the view looking back. And the view towards the dam at the west end of the reservoir. Now back at the southwest side. I see they've closed off the channel into the pond within a lake and are now having to pump water into the pond. At the rate the water level is dropping it doesn't bode well for the Pattaya area in the coming months. As the next rainy season is a long way off, I expect we'll see severe water rationing measures to conserve what little remains of the water supply.
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  11. Vardy's wife just given birth yesterday apparently. .... she could have held on ..... 😉 https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/28/leicesters-jamie-vardy-isnt-playing-west-ham-11970350/
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  12. Already started the NY resolutions .. 🙂
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  13. Can't argue much with that,obviously Strauss as captain. I went to the BBC website & picked exactly the same.
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  14. Turkey stew ( leftovers) I made last night. My son is having his first so he’s the guinea pig, so to speak, on whether it’s nice or not. It smells great so fingers crossed.
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  15. But did it get any bigger?
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  16. Recent news reports are painting a dire picture for the area water supply over the coming months. I had a nice bike ride around Mabprachan this morning to check the situation out and take a few pics that can serve as a baseline of how bad the lake level gets as we head into the dry season. Currently nowhere near as bad as it was in Sept, 2015, but we may get there. At the end of this post is a link to pics from Sept, 2015. Lake level looks ok in the view to the north But the overflow outlet on this end of the lake shows just how low the lake level has gotten. The bottom of the darker portion of the concrete marks the normal high water mark. In Sept, 2015 this side of the lake, the northwest end, was a mud hole (first pic the linked album at the end of this post). Maybe in a couple of months this guy can walk to his fishing camp. View from the north end looking south. Nong Prue Park is getting ready for Loy Krathong celebrations this evening. In this pic you can see the land strip, normally underwater, that was used to hold back the water from the south end while they dug out the north end to increase capacity. I was on my skinny tired road bike today. On another day I'll take my mtn bike and see just how far out on the land strip I can ride. The bike path around the lake is now complete. They really did an excellent job on this path as it's completely separate from SCC Rd. So you can ride the 9 km loop without worrying about getting sideswiped by passing traffic. One negative though is a short section across from the Wat on the northeast side has a barrier of barb wire along the path. Not good if you're admiring the lake view and stray off the path even just a little bit. IMHO, a length of rope would have sufficed instead of barbwire. Some shots of rock outcroppings that are normally underwater. Click on pic below to view pics from Sept, 2015.
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  17. 1984 , a few more bands that had "final" tours https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-10-farewell-tours-that-werent
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  19. Last night before back to London, feast. Chinese beef curry with fried rice and chips. The Chinese curry you get in London, though no doubt more authentic, I find rank. The Chinese curry you get in Northern Ireland and Scotland is the bollocks!
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  20. Tomorrow's a different day.... but we can hope....!
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  21. Wow....We managed to play test cricket today.
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  22. Hi, was a member since 2006 or 2007 on the old forum. Same handle.
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  23. You can pick your England team of the decade on the BBC Sport website. Here is mine.
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  24. My oldest mate joined the RAF on the same day as me in September 1970.He lives in China at the moment(Chinese wife) but we talk most days on Whatsapp and are due for a couple of very boozy reunions,one being the 50th anniversary of signing on the dotted line. I keep in touch with quite a few old mates from the RAF and we all relentlessly take the piss out of each other.That's what mates do.
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  25. Thanks very much for taking the time to go out there and take some photos. I have never seen the water level that low here. You were very close to our land just a couple of blocks to the east. Land shown by red star on this photo.
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  26. funniest story in 2019. u made my day. hahahaha
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  27. I have had a lifetime retirement visa in the Philippines for 7 years now. You get Residency and I have never been to an Immigration office.
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  28. @john luke So the girls out doing a little "Marketing" huh? Aren't they sweet? NYE might be fun there. I still have dreams about this one.....I hope you understand 😃
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  29. Do you shave or wax your legs Code ? 😜
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  30. For me I don’t think it is any kind of a big deal, about an hour to sort the paperwork and an hour or 2 at immigration. I was quoted over 20K by agents to do it, cost me 1900. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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  31. I logged in to Sky Sports Cricket from HD Prime on my Minix Box for a while this morning just in time to see England lose their first wicket after which they had a break for advertisements. The first one was a Durex advert for an orgasm cream for females accompanied by the song lyric "We want it all ........and we want it now !" There will be a few heart attacks in the Long Room at Lords. I have not made this up. It actually happened just as I described above.
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  32. Proper desalination plants will deliver potable water, so will also cover cooking.
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  33. I did not know where to put these photographs and finally settled on the Street Photography thread. The two ladies were distributing their leaflets, initially when I saw them at Chunky Monkey and Hungry Hippo. By the time I had got the camera out of the bag they had moved along down Soi Buakhao. I mentioned that I was a personal friend of @Yessongs and so they posed for the last few photographs.
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  34. Christmas dinner at an Indian. A combo of traditional and Indian. Was very very nice.
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  35. J, where you been mate?how is Izzy and Beach girl going? regards grayray
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  36. Nice day for a bike ride, so took my mtn bike out to Mabprachan reservoir to see if it was now low enough to ride across. Entered the bike path around the reservoir on the SW end. Compared to the pic from last month, the water level at the overflow outlet looks to be down another meter. Pic from today. And from 10 Nov Imagine the volume of water lost from the reservoir. The high water mark is the dark patch of concrete about 6m up from the water. The new and quite a bit larger beach on the NW end. Unfortunately my hope of being able to ride across the lake bottom was dashed when I encountered numerous channels that blocked me from my goal. And no, I wasn't about to cheat by using this "bridge". Still an island, but not for much longer. Same view from 10 Nov With another 5+ months to go before the next rainy season, there's a good chance this island will look like it did on 7 Sept 2015. The birds don't see to be bothered by the low water level. But this guy can no longer cast a line from his front porch. Same view from 10 Nov I'm now on the north end looking south when I noticed more and more of the birds taking flight. I use to fly sailplanes for fun and I'm pretty sure what happened is my riding the mtn bike across the dry ground on the north end kicked loose a thermal. Use to see that quite a bit when I flew in Wisconsin. When I was getting low I'd look for a farmer plowing his field and it was almost a sure bet if I loitered around the area for a few minutes I would be rewarded with a thermal to gain back altitude in. Anyhoo, the birds probably saw a few of their friends having fun in the thermal and soon the whole extended family joined them. They might have to soon rename the reservoir to Mabprachan Desert. These guys standing around in the middle of the reservoir demonstrate it isn't that deep in parts. This is another marker of how low the water level is. Soon the outlet channel will be higher than the water and this part will turn into a stagnant pond.
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  38. A friend will help you move. But a real true friend will help you move a body.
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  39. But ya never really lose a mate imo, if ya do he was'nt really a mate in the first place just a friend. The reason why your mates is because you sing off the same hymn sheet, share the same values, standards and common interests. I can honestly say that i've only ever had 4 real mates in my life 2 in the UK and 2 here in Thailand, you know the kind of mates you'll do anything for and likewise. I got loadsa good friends shedloads of em i'm happy to say but they don't fall in the same category as "real mates" Just sayin like
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  40. There are friends, they are close and knows you in and out and you know them in and out. Small by number. Then there are comrades. A much broader circle covering anything from colleagues and class mates, drinking partners, members of the same club, sharing same hobbies, etc. Large by numbers.
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  41. we in OZ there are "friends" and then there is "mates" a mate is closer than a friend,in some cases a mate is closer than a wife, most blokes share things with their mate, things that they would never tell wifey. you can always get another wife,but lose a mate and you never get him back regards grayray
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