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Coffee and Cap tour moves to Bangkok.

Snowflake society. Never heard of so many people needing counselling like you do these days. Bunch of fucking wimps.

And for the weekend lads......

Was the last day of the promo at Aroi: 2 burger for 225 Bt. Ordered them without the fries.

There were a couple on the front left side, looking from buckhou, but after a motorbike fire a couple of weeks ago they seem to have closed. I walked past a couple of nights ago and I think there was one open, back left corner.... at least, there were lights on there, but no music, no people.... Rumour has it that Baku group, fresh from their roaring success at Avenue Plaza, are negotiating to take over the whole complex. Work to start 3rd February, with the majority of big names having already signed up...

The masks do very little to protect from infection. They're actually more effective if you're already sick, protecting others from your coughing and sneezing of the virus into the air.

2 dozen wings & some dogs? That’s just for me....23 stone growing boy needs his nutrients

Having a quick nap, then I’m getting the snacks ready. No booze today. Have a great SuperBowl my fellow boardies.....Go CHIEFS!

I'm in the U.S. right now. Ordered a roast beef dinner for delivery. Huge portion, $14.00 (420 baht). Tender beef, ten big slices.

There is an auto update counter on the SCMP website.... https://multimedia.scmp.com/widgets/china/wuhanvirus/# For what its worth of course.... Anyway, expect some smart business to creat a an app or widget to put on your phone, to add to the panic ......

Over on PA, BM striderman gives regular reports of paraglider activities as a indication of how busy Pattaya is. Latest report is out of 11 platforms only two are now active due to the ban on travel from China. It's also quite noticeable the drop off in the number of tour buses on the road. I say long may it last.

Spent many an evening in Bintabaht enjoying a beer, but always went home to my wife. Sometimes I wish I was 20 again. 🤪

I had a burger and a sexy young 24 year old take out too. Some things just have to be done. 😎

@boydeste Oh yeah, I asked for mine "well done" they looked at me and said "Arai Na"? Had Wifey explain it to them 😃 Fun place with a few gals that back in the day, would have been fun I think....did you?

Why is Sai's mum watering the garden wearing a crash helmet? Incoming.......................................!!! There are two very tall coconut trees 🤣

Big announcement coming.....*caps lock on* HAPPY TO REPORT THAT LE PUB IS NOW AN OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE FORUM Just handed over a bag of golden beans to “the management “ Hope you will support a business that keeps the forum ticking over.

Hit us up with some pics from that camera, would like to see. I had my sensors cleaned yesterday at the local shop on my Canon, heading out tomorrow to Lake Tahoe for a week, wifey geeked up about her first time in the snow.

Ice cream? Poof!

Evening top up in the shape of a Lasagne. Very nice it was too.

It had a scoup of ice cream in it too. A bit special it was!

It's other bar owners asking who did the sign for Phil but they all count 😝

But it isn't a swimming pool, it is an additional water reservoir 😉

he has alrerady said he will take 12.5 same as retox, otherwise sitting firm.. good for him

Thanks for the info Phil, looks like i'm stuffed then with Truevisions Golf Channel. It never ceases to amaze me that TV is becoming an ever diminishing service but the price never goes down !!!

There was an article in New Scientist a week or two ago about various schemes being mooted to increase the ice cover in the Arctic. Cost estimates mentioned started at around $500 billion, and like HS2 you just know that will double or quadruple (or probably worse) as things progress. And that's if the schemes are actually technically realistic (one was constructing 10 million windmills Across the Arctic to suck seawater up and pour it over existing ice so that it thickens it). All such projects are going to have huge price tags which no country can afford, and it's pretty clear at the national level that leaders are happy to jaw-jaw about the problem, but much less happy to open their cheque books. So my guess is that we'd better get ready to adapt to whatever happens, because it seems unlikely that we'll be able to do much to mitigate it, and some of the geoengineering schemes sound to me like they have the potential to make things worse if they go wrong.

Forgot to take my cash from Buriram and don't fancy paying the 220 baht ATM fee plus getting a shit exchange rate from the bank, so just sent some money with Transferwise this morning to our Thai bank account. I got an FX rate of 34,64 but considering the transfer fee of €7,65 for sending €600 the net rate is 33,76. Money will be in the bank tomorrow morning. Not as good as cash obviously but not bad either.

About zilch I would say.

And the chances of that working? 🙂

When I was a kid every other advert seemed like it was designed to scare you ... drowning in ponds , suffocating in old fridges, getting electrocuted by overhead power lines whilst fishing or flying a kite , strangers offering sweets , rabies and huge needles ...the list goes on .. surprised we didn't need counselling 😉

Problem is some people taking this so seriously.... Ok, there are problems. Thats clear, but dramatizing them is not gonna bring the solution ! Sadly it seems the same reasoning goes for many things in our days. Dramatize, mediatize, create fear, create hatred, create division, shout, jump up and down on your feet in front of cameras... Mindboggling is that adult people even listen to this ! But as B.Trink would say "I dont give a hoot" Warm water and clear skies at the swimming pool !

Tried this tonight for a bit of a change:- I got two lamb shanks in one box from Aldi supermarket They come like this, kinda boil in the bag thing but i always make extra gravy and a few veg and mash and it goes down a treat.

A nice snack, pigs in blankets made with proper UK style butcher's sausages and chicken skewers with a peanut dip.

People watching in Nana...a coach load of Chinese tourists just passing...all masked up...please note the name of the coach operators 😮😮

As of this morning.... Digging trench north as far as soi 5 Delivering pipes to just south of soi 6, but well north of klang Kerb stones delivered from soi 10ish southwards

I thought I spied some work ongoing at the second roundabout folly in TreeTown a couple of days ago so checked it out when I had more time today. I don't think they're working on it, just using it to store and cut metal for the two story structures going up behind. And what might be old news to some, but was new to me, the 99 baht pizzas at the other end of TreeTown are now 129 baht.

Currently less than 2% and falling Sars 10%

Dinner at the lakeside. Chicken fried rice. Pretty good for 50b.

Slowly heading towards 50 😉😉

Would you take a lady from this bar?

Hangover food. Cottage pie.

Boys breakfast this morning with a few buddies, then over to Viet Coffee to see the girls for Chinese New Years...

Highlights of LK Metro

living close as I do, wea re all speculating in my local, how long ti will be until they discover bodies with weights tied to them 😉