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Ribs with veg.

Back from the walk, was quite the ordeal…..That’s the farthest I’ve gone in that time frame, and the humidity gets you eventually. Plus I don’t think I’m 100% recovered from the COVID

Watching Arsenal footy dinner. Air fried medium rare steak with mushrooms and diced onions. 2:0 up at half time.

Victoria Sponge and cappuccino from Mason and Rye. £8.35 Proper quality.

Buffalo wings.

You know!

Found a small shop in a little side alley across the main road from my condo. Decided to duck into and just give something a try. Turned out the place was a "Ramen" shop. I thought to myself... wtf ? I went for one of the ramen dishes, along with some basic tofu. The flavor of the ramen "soup" was mind blowing (good). I will be going back !

Reliving my youth. A retro arcade just opened up near me so took my two lads there this afternoon. Not played on some of these since the early 80s and wanted to show my lads how we did it in the 80s.. Spent 4 hours in there walked in early 50s ,played like a teen... walked out an old man again 🙈🤣🤣 Pics won't upload ffs 😆

@Aqualung @roomark Well......this tour is getting mixed reviews, some say they did NOT like this version at all. I saw him do "The Wall" tour a few years back.....I though I had gone to heaven after seeing that particular tour. But....I have the tickets and will go either way.....the visuals are absolutely stunning.

Saturday 20th August ....Soi Buakhao....20.30 hrs......Should be for the weekend.....

This lady is always over the park training her dog. Decent looking and I'd sort her right out.😀

Now that would be worth watching 😎

Les Pubs ..... ???

Happy weekend everyone.

So lets say your state pension is £9000 a year and you are 66. If you have an index linked pension which hits average 3 percent a year for 18 years (the average life expectancy of a 66 year old) with compound interest that pension will be worth around £15000 when you are 84. Now that £15000 taking into account of inflation will have the same buying power as today but anybody not having an index linked pension will have probably half the buying power of today, that is the worrying fact for many retiring overseas today if they are reliant only on that pension. My figures are approximate but not having the pension index linked really has an affect if we live the average or more years after retirement.

Was eating in restaraunt outside hotel in granada just now,wondering why people were glancing over,when i got back inside looked in mirror in lift see if i had big boogers or something... i had big panda eyes,got back from trekking to the 2 highest summits in mainland spain,mulhacen and pico valeto in sierra nevada,sunglasses on all day 9 hour trek,it was hot and dry as hell,and altitude nearly kicked my ass,but job done,few beers now ready for kip,knackered. 1st summit pico valeto 2nd summit and massive west flank of mulhacen,there is people goin up and down but you cant see them as there that small !

Too funny! My parents bought my sister & I Galaxian & DK for Christmas around 1984 or so. Spent hours on those games. Just found this pic online, like any collectible they are fetching good money today, $200+….

Had them all mate 🤣🤣🤣 Defender , Galaxian , Donkey Kong you name it.. Brilliant

I think 'Les maisons publiques' sounds better.😃

Dinner at Mai Thai

Hi guys! I am Nathan, Leaving in Bangkok for 3 years now. Loving Thailand and i am always looking for new tips or new places to visit. I will happy to read your feedbacks and I do know now a little bit about this country! See ya!

All being used for hire or every day transport around Pattaya.

You don't need help you cheeky bleeder!

That only applies to bank cards issued by a bank or institution which is based outside Thailand. Thai bank account plus Wise seems the most efficient way to obtain cash in Thailand.

Just saw this on FB Who is the most popular guy at a nudist resort? The one who can carry 2 coffees AND a dozen doughnuts

live and dangerous thin lizzy

Stuck in an "office" again....

In my view too much money was given as free handouts during Covid. At one point the UK Government was paying out 80% of salaries to staff who were not able to work. Some support was needed for firms during Covid restrictions, however my view is that the 80% level was far too high. Additionally a lot of public money was given out as grants to various businesses and local authorities. The Government did not have this money and hence National Debt level increased. Higher National Debt means higher interest rates at some point with the consequent negative effect on cash flow and day to day banking businesses by firms. It is speculation but I wonder whether the great 'Rishi Sunak give aways' and his subsequent popularity was all part of his leadership bid/plans. The media have also made the most out of the increased costs of living. The media realised what power they have in the way they were able to keep the Downing Street Parties stories going; these ultimately contributing to the fall of the Prime Minister. Once anything averse to stable government occurs the Trade Union Movement capitalise on it and the current wave of politically motivated strikes are also having a negative effect. Many reasons for the situation including those stated in earlier posts by other members, however I suggest the above have and are now playing a major part.

The generation that I was born into have probably had it the best it's ever going to be. As Butch mentioned, it's hard to imagine what life must have been like during WW2 and perhaps our generation doesn't have the fight now we have headed into difficult times, particularly the Pandemic and all of the knock on effects now on the economy and labour shortages. Then add on the Invasion of Ukraine and subsequent rise in fuel prices and the early negative effects of Brexit. All 3 have come around in the last 3 years. Nothing feels normal to me anymore, at least what normality was maybe 4 or 5 years ago. The world has changed fairly rapidly. I can only speak for UK, but I think the next generations will end up paying for Covid. That isn't a criticism about the way Covid was handled, but the actual costs to the Country to try and keep us afloat during lockdown. Whilst Covid infections are less harmful now, the effects of the Pandemic still haunt us and it hasn't gone away yet I think it will take at least 10 years before we see a real economic recovery and that is dependent on eventual world peace and political stability. Some of may be brown bread by then. We now live longer than probably at any time in history, but the quality of that longer life is being eroded. We have no choice but to adapt to change, that's nature's way. But right now that process is hard for many as we only have our own past to compare with. We can only relate to our own standards of living, whereas in many parts of the world, people have been struggling for years. We can't expect governments alone to make everything right again. Normality is relative. For me personally, it's been more than Covid/Brexit etc and my health changed a lot just before Covid struck. I have had to adapt to ageing and long term effects of treatment On the plus side though, we have food on our tables, and all of us here have a roof over our heads, albeit getting more expensive. We can travel again, and enjoy holidays again and spend more time with our loved ones and love dones. Change is hard for all of us, but we shall eventually adapt to a new normal Amen 😀

Defender and Galaxian were mega,as was Track and Field. Spent fucking Hours a day in my youth playing those. Remember playing the old table top Space Invaders and Asteroids in boozer's as a kid.

Understand that. Hope the hassle settles down and of course the new job becomes a pleasant routine. I will be in Thailand in December.

No mate,too much expense and hassle at at the moment. Plus just started a new job . Hoping things settle down next year.

Didn't think you were 66, thought you were in your 50s you whipper snapper you lol

Had the email this morning granting my visa, a pain in the ass to apply, but much better not having to send your passport off in the post.

From this morning's walk.

Baht bus for Jomtien now leaving from its previous departure point.

I have never used my Wise Card in Thailand but my understanding is that any card issued by an institution outside Thailand carries to 220 baht fee per transaction if used Jin an ATM machine.

Thanks, especially at 285 pounds

Fair enough , but that's out of reach (the account) for the average person on holiday.

I was just puttering around my house when I heard the sound of a big chopper passing by - not uncommon as I am more or less on the flight path of air traffic heading for Alaska after stopping here and occasionally see some interesting military hardware go past - and I saw two of these Bell Boeing V-22 Ospreys passing by, the first time I've ever seen these; unfortunately a little too far away for a photo, but here's a file photo:

The Covid money was madness. Self employed working and getting thousands in payments. People working other Jobs while claiming 80% etc. Tens of billions defrauded and will never be got back. People registered companies at a ridiculous rate. Proper mess this current government has made of handling the economy.

More Dilbert

Certainly some of the business loans given out of up to 5k were certainly abused and easy to obtain. They were not underwritten by banks and the Government will have no chance of claiming back many of them, cerainly not legally. That said the Furlow scheme did benefit many during lockdown. There are lots of staff shortages everywhere, noticeable when shopping, dining and even call centre wait times for banks mobile phone and energy companies. But it appears that low paid jobs are not attractive to some who can get more on benefits as opposed to zero hours contracts. Heathrow is an example where many left their jobs, especially ground and air crews and have not returned, partly because of change of contracts being less attractive.

They've got a shop selling all sorts of motoring related stuff which also has a cafe. The coffee cake is lovely. No entrance fee & you can just wander around drooling over the cars & bikes.

These Burgers each contained a pork and a beef patty a little combination. They were very nice but I ate them both and now I'm going to vegetate and watch TV for the rest of the day I'm stuffed

I've had 3 jabs, just recently had covid for the second time, different variant and it hit me in different ways than the original Delta one did. The Delta was much more severe by way of symptoms, I "lost" 2-3 days where I have not much memory other than in my waking hours, watching the clock tick by hoping that I'm getting better rather than any worse. This variant "BA5" the symptoms were relatively light, but they seem to be longer lasting and create longer term muscle fatigue and tiredness with more "cold like" effects rather than the full blown flu. Ultimately, I believe the jabs reduced the symptoms of BA5 somewhat. If someone had offered me the same for the Delta back then, then I'd have snapped it up immediately. the thing I noticed most about BA5 is that one doesn't just "snap out of it" over a period of 3 days like Delta, recovery is much slower and more gradual, but taking Vitamin C, keeping hydrated etc did help, but consider tnat it may have been a placebo effect though. I'll go for a fourth booster if offered. If, by chance a "worse" variant emerges then IMO some protection is better than none.