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Though it might pale when compared to some recent offerings of others, the fried cod, corn and bow tie pasta with salt and butter I had for dinner ate pretty good. And leftovers tomorrow.

Running away from this ..... She finds this.... The next few days might destroy the weight loss program...

My great hero Luther Blissett posted this on FB today: You may be surprised to learn this but when Love they Neighbour was on tv I sat with my family and we laughed. We recognised it was comedy, not malicious, reflecting life at that time and satirising the way some people behaved. Showing uncomfortable stereotypes and behaviour. On both sides.

Love this years Alpine car. Looks proper smart in these colours.

Has become our favorite place, we are having dinner here at least once a week. Thank you for not following my recommendation, which means it is still peaceful and quiet here. May it long last.

Pad het.

My guess is that he is here under a different persona than what you are used to too!

So basically I just used the M-Flow again today and I will be putting here a step by step on how to make the payment if you're not a registered user: 1) Go to the M-Flow website at https://mflowthai.com/mflow and click on "Non-Requestered(sic) Use of M-Flow" or you can just go directly here https://mflowthai.com/mflow/unuserpayment 2) A pop-up will appear and please fill in your vehicle's registration number. The province box means the province which your vehicle is registered at, not the province where you're residing (e.g. your vehicle could be bearing a Bangkok plate but you're living in Chonburi etc.) 3) Click Search 4) Here you can see that I have a history of outstanding payment to the tune of 30 baht. No penalties yet as I have not exceeded the allocated 2 days grace period for payment. 5) There are 2 methods of payment either via QR payment using your Bank's Mobile Application or via credit/debit card. I opted to use the QR code: 6) Click "Payment" and you will see a page with a QR code. Scan the QR code with your mobile banking application and proceed to make payment. 7) Basically once you have confirmed the payment via your mobile Banking application that's pretty much it. To be extra sure you repeat step 1-3 and if the payment is successful there will be no history of outstanding payment as shown below: Hope this helps!

When I was Root admin of the secrets for him one of the owners wanted me to boot him no way I told him if you want him gone you boot him and when he asks who and why I'll let him know. He goes off the rails sometimes but forums get old when people spend so much time patting each other on the back that's great good going nice shot that's wonderful. Controversy is good for a forum I will put in that's my opinion because of course many will disagree

Covid has a lot to answer for. It has brought about incredible R & D with regards to vaccines, delivery means, efficacy, timescales, demographic differences, mortality numbers and God knows what else. It has also demonstrated to current and successive governments the estimated level of public compliance, which groups are most likely to resist, demonstrate and which groups will follow instructions without question. It has allowed a draconian intrusion and removal of fundamental freedoms, some of which totally unnecessary (care home rules for example) .Moreover it has also demonstrated to which level a govt can call upon it's Police and law enforcement to uphold those rules, and the level of sanction they can visit upon offenders. For example: BLM protests in the UK. Very soft policing approach despite the rules in place. Racially sensitive. Sarah Everard protest in London. Tough approach, bully boy tactics and basically a throwback to how the Police operated during the Miners Strike. Almost, because "hysterical women". Fortunately, the piss useless muppet Cressida Dick has now left the Met, so hopefully even if her successor is half as competent as a performing monkey, he will therefore be twice as competent as her. But, I digress. I still believe that Covid was a weaponised version of that type of Virus. Deliberately weaponised, perhaps accidentally released, perhaps done on purpose. With my tin foil hat firmly covering my ears and eyes so as not to hear or see any reasonable argument against it, it remains my opinion after having spoken to some pretty clever people. The data, the virulence, the spread and the continuing mutation is priceless information to any Regime looking at how effective to make it's next biological weapon. Moreso, the time it took for how the various Govts reacted, and how far it had spread before they did so, and what the reaction was (remember Bojo and "Herd Immunity"? - "We'll have this virus beaten in 12 weeks"...yadayadayada..How long it took to spread and where it spread from and to. This is invaluable intelligence, absolute gold mine for the scientists and arguably a once in a lifetime chance to maybe pull a bit of a stunt and get away with it, relatively lightly. For a Political regime with an unenviable record on human rights and a self confessed aim of establishing another Chinese "Dynasty" as was however many thousand years ago, it seems a win win. No one will sanction them as they need the cheap stuff, no one will challenge them Militarily because the US simply does not have an appetite (despite the capability) for another punch up in SEA and no one will challenge them economically, simply because they can't (although keep an eye on India - Watch this space). Because after all, China seems to have done so, and gotten away with it, have they not?.

The problem is that a lot of people are bertie big bollocks from behind the safety of a keyboard and will not back down until actually proven wrong or challenged in person, whereupon they become shrinking violets or put up an emoji or somesuch tosh. all of a sudden they go quiet or less provocative for a while, then start again. It's in their nature. Cowardly acts of verbal aggression to make up for their own personal shortfalls. In some ways, this is when guys like Codeslayerbkk are missed on a forum, although a slightly abrasive persona, he wouldn't stand for people making statements such as the one highlighted in your post @Derek Dangleberries and would call them out on it. (although I know it was on a different forum and our Mods wouldn't entertain such behaviour) This is the Internet though guys. I'll have good money we can all remember a time before it and probably look upon those days with a slight nostalgia and wry smile.

Pork chops

Me too . . . Wordle 248 2/6 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Is he working for Red Bull? I'll get my coat.

I see Masi has a new job and they've stopped the teams talking to the race director during the race. Both good moves.

Dumb luck again. Wordle 248 2/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

^^^ That's quite an exhaust plume from an E-Bike.

Indeed! Difficult for anybody to control when the forum/bar owner posts that children of serving soldiers in NI should be killed. I am struggling to remember Matty's original BM name on PT. A very far left wing troll nutter from London. On PL he was a self employed carpenter or some such nonsense.

Well i still miss TS, CSB and ITT, bloody shame they had to go imo. When forums are only made up of yes men blowing smoke up each others asses they become very boring very quickly imo. Getting back to the topic title i sincerely hope Changfai from the Secrets board is nothing like his board persona in real life.

@galenkiaVFR rings a bell,it was before I got my eyes lasered so I could blast it a bit.Fucking stupid in retrospect but fun in the day😎

If it's who I think it was .... met him passed out drunk shortly after on the Bleachers in Secrets. His 'lady friend' told me it would not last and she was right .... ... lady already had more giks than you probably have golf clubs ......

V twin THE VTR1000 Firestorm. Any of these ring a bell?.

V4 you have the RVF750 or more sports tourer VFR750.

The lucky bugger is having too good a time in Thailand to come out of modding retirement

Mostly cosmetic visible from the pictures. Yoshi can (full system?), Paint, crash protection, grips etc. Mostly mods that don't add value, unlike stuff like luggage, brake upgrade etc.

That's what I was told recently, and despite being called "hansum man" by Thai bar girls (and who am I disbelieve them) 😁😁, I think I would rather hold back for a while,that being the case and leave it to the expats

My summary, if you are coming to go out and drink in the bars with your mates, then there are plenty of bars open to support that. If you are coming for Quality pussy to stay over night, then don't bother. The guys out number the girls massively and thats just the expats.

Totally agree that different personalities make a forum, but there are limits to people's behaviour and that's where the owners, admin and mods have to decide what sort of environment they wish to provide for the members. Long may that remain, otherwise you just end up with a shit fest, which no one really wants to be part of.

At present a large percentage of bars are open, even though they are operating under a restaurant licence. There are plenty of girls at these bars. That said the bars which are open do not include the GoGo bars, bar a tiny minority. My suspicion is that a number of GoGo girls are working in these beer bars. I noticed some very attractive girls whilst walking along Soi 6. The town generally is very quiet. There was a rise in the number of people visiting over Christmas; this was mainly Thai nationals from Bangkok but some overseas visitors. Most of these are now gone and the place is relatively quiet. Walking Street was dominated by GoGo bars which are closed and due to the lack of diversity in the area, Walking Street does look very much abandoned in parts. The shopping malls are open but relatively quiet. I did a few of the nearby tourist attractions the other week and generally they were very quiet. In one case I was the only spectator to watch the crocodile show. On average I would see about three visitors at the attractions at the time of my visit. The place is not deserted but considerably quieter than it was at Christmas and the New Year. By contrast it is busier than it was when I visited in July. By no means a good answer but I hope it assists.

If you are looking for a Vespa, there is a dedicated shop North on 3rd Rd Pattaya.

Cheesecake brownies...

Kiss food at soi Diana for brunch. Chicken penang, mixed veg and some seafood dish for my company. Was very prompt service and the food was good.

Friday special in the Sportsman soi 13 Pattaya.

Probably not the LPGA

https://www.lpga.com/tournaments/honda-lpga-thailand/overview

Tuesday 22nd February 2022.....Soi Buakhao.........20.00 hrs............Close of play....

As soon as Khan is mentioned, I cannot help but think of his glass jaw. Man was blessed with tremendous speed & skills, but the way he hits the canvas from a single shot……tragic. He’s not the only one though, one of my favourites Roy Jones, was exposed by Tarver and others much later on in his career. Guy had simply never gotten hit because he saw everything coming. I’ve researched why some fighters have better chins, and while there’s no clear cut answer, I think it’s something you’re born with. Nothing to do with pain tolerance, it’s more how your head is screwed onto your neck I’m afraid I agree 100% boxing plain sucks these days…..where is the talent, and excitement to boot? And the man who made more money than everyone else by far……..is Mayweather??? Just makes my blood boil. If I had £100M in the bank, I still would not fork over £75 for a Floyd PPV. I understand a fighter wanting to keep his marbles and not endure punishment, but hey, it’s the fight game and that’s what made the 70’s,80’s,90’s so great. It’s great to see guys with imperfections, who lose the odd war or 2, who demonstrate heart(Fury) and don’t just cruise to victory running away from blows. Canelo, Manny and GGG are 3 guys I loved watching, though It’s sad what boxing has become, and I don’t see it returning to its glory days. If I do buy a PPV or head to the pub for a fight, hate to say 95% chance it will be for UFC

Your concerns about Soi Arunothai are valid, however I have seen at least one E Trike using the soi and he has a flag on a fiberglass fishing pole to make himself more visible. The lack of sound produced from an approaching E bike is also a problem with E cars. Govt's are starting to address that problem with cars by forcing manufactures to add audible alerts. It would be good if they did the same for E bikes. Why quiet cars are getting louder Baring an installed audible alert, those on E bikes and push bikes should at least have the courtesy of announcing their approach to pedestrians when they see they'll soon occupy the same space and time. But unfortunately most don't extend that basic courtesy, so as always pedestrians need to stay on top of their situation alertness game. There's one other problem with E bikes, and it's a big one. The legality of their use on public roads. Unfortunately they're in a catch 22 situation. They run the risk of being cited for operating an unregistered vehicle, but there is no mechanism currently in place to register an E bike. Coincidently that situation has just made the news in Phuket.

3 in Well 'ard mode !! Wordle 248 3/6* ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Grilled cheese on wheat (always hits the spot). Pringles and a banana. Fuel for the walk....

And that has 65,000 knocked off in the sale. The green Yamaha X Max has 95,000 knocked off. I once spoke to a Thai guy that built extreme low rider scoots about this shop, he laughed and said they very expensive.

Forcebwithu's snap says it all the wall down to the beach.....

An admirable attempt at inclusivity. Now point to her or any other of the models and say how sexy they look. How long before some feminist will give you a slap to the face or a knee to the goolies !!!?? Blokes - we just don't stand a chance!

We ordered a Mango and Pineapple shake @ 60 Bt. Both nice, though I believe I got the last Mango for this season. Thre menu offers just a few western dishes beside the extensive Thai menu. Some of the pages: