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Dining in Elgano Italian restaurant in Cardiff to celebrate our 16th Wedding Anniversary.

Jesus Christ this Tom Yum was burn your mouth off spicy. Pineapple rice shared with daughter.

One for the artists, lol.

A bit of western fusion here as there wasn’t enough of either to go round. It was delicious. Spaghetti bolognese, omelette and baked beans with a bit of bbq pork on the side.

Eggs benedict for brunch today. The sauce was darker than normal, but still very nice.

When I was installing my DIY garden shade canopy I was very aware how dangerous it was working around and over the wall spikes, and that was while I was using a ladder. Even in my most drunken state I would never attempt to climb over the wall. RIP to the guy.

Taking a walk last night to see the newly installed tiles right? See this gal standing there, said to her "Tao Rai Krap"? She asked me " Well, how long will it take you to cum" I said "That depends on how tight your coochie is" Sorry....just couldn't resist.

Mount Etna puffs giant smoke rings in ‘extraordinary’ phenomenon

Bought a new addition to our jungle, a fern plant.

8am Spanish time this was.

Helpful Thai signage for those a bit challenged when hitting the urinal.

From my Lapland trip in February. Amazing nature!

Plus they charged the missus 1000 baht for me. They put it down as a checkup. The wife wouldn’t challenge them but I did and got the 1000 baht back.

Packing,leave boat tomorrow, 2 hour bus journey to malaga ,1 night in malaga then horrible 6am flight malaga to abz via lgw,probably 4am pick up or some stupid time.

Pan fried lump of chicken, served on a splat of parmisan mash, with a cream and mustard gloop dolloped on top

Sometimes this Forum is just like standing at the bar in a pub in England just having a laugh with mates over a few beers !! Brilliant .... Perfect !

"Peche" ???

Doing a Boydeste 😎

Just before 4pm today, Second Road, Pattaya:

That doesn't instill confidence in the skill level at that dental clinic.

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Happy anniversary to you both. Enjoy!

She is looking lovely as always mate.

The air pollution in Pattaya has been considerably better today:

Penang ?

Getting ready to start a crockpot full of lentils with hamhocks. Another successful gym day today. I have a slow leak on my front tire. Security friend is going to help me fix that tomorrow. Also my gate came off its railing today, but I was able to get that back up and repaired. Tomorrow I will lube it up with WD-40. Always something.

I was confused by what the map represented as well. Using Google Image search I see the heading was cropped out of the picture. Another version of the map without the country overlays. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Koppen-climate-classification-of-Australia-adapted-from-45_fig1_350760601

Oh my. Nothing does me in like ass cheeks hanging out of a pair of tight shorts. For you fellows that have had bouts of shingles.... I wish you the best. Awful stuff. Everytime I read about one of these cases I think to myself how lucky I am to have gotten the vaccine shot for this years back.

Last trip in March , the girls were okay with $100 LT , and $60 ST .. same as I'd paid on previous holidays ... 🤷‍♂️

Not sure if this is an only in Thailand thing. Last week we got our teeth cleaned and I was told I needed a filling and to come back today. A different dentist and this one said I didn’t need a filling and sent me on my way. Missus had to get a filling so the trip wasn’t wasted.

Dinner in the pool hall. Fried pork in garlic for a change from chicken.

My missus absolutely hates tattoos,I think if I'd had one when I met her she wouldn't have married me. A few years ago I said I was thinking of getting her name,Nid,on my right shoulder in Thai. She went up the wall! Personally I don't like Thai girls with them,or metal bits in their face or plastic tits. Au naturel for me also.

Yeah, and you'll probably recall it wasn't too much earlier that the fare in Thailand was 500 Baht, the purple persuader. In PP where US dollars are more welcome than Cambodia script in the tourist areas they used to call the fare the Jackson.

Let me guess... Does it the word start with a P ? 55555 ! Safe travels to wherever you are headed.

He done for me with Foden....Lol

Seared Scallop Pasta - Revisited Some of the younger family members of the Mrs are in town as they are on their Songkran school breaks. We had them over today and I made a large batch of Seared Scallops Pasta accompanied by a large Salad, and some garlic bread. It was a nice time between pool time and the dinner that I prepared being well received. One of the taller younger guys used some black putty to try to address the damage to a few tiles on the reflection wall by my pool. Worked out pretty well. Looks much better. I still have to have a guy run a new line across the top to feed the water more evenly. That contractor is busy with another job, so that will most likely be after Songkran. I am posting this mainly to show the food pics. A couple of points about the recipe: I have discovered that the Little Walk Villa Market has frozen scallops that are not bad. I usually buy them a few weeks before I am planning on using them because they may be unavailable on any given day. These can be found in the frozen section directly in front of the butcher area. In the previous post I said I went a little past Alton Brown's 90 second per side rule for the scallops and they were a bit over cooked. This time I did exactly the 90 seconds and they were a tad under cooked. I left myself a note to do 2 minutes next time. Raising the heat would also address this, but risks burning the fat. I also went a little Plain Jane this time as I was unsure as to how my guests would like this dish. I used pasta water as the thinner instead of wine. I also did not finish with ground black peppercorns. It went well. The crew bagged up the leftover pasta and salad and took it back to their condo. Oh, I made a homemade vinaigrette for the salad. The link below lists 8 ways of making vinaigrette. Better than store bought IMO and can be done in minutes. https://www.food.com/recipe/basic-vinaigrette-dressing-with-8-variations-213989 Pics Pasta Salad - I cut everything up in the Morning, covered with plastic wrap, kept in the fridge, made the vinaigrette in the Morning as well, but did not dress the salad until meal time. The salad was made up of Cos lettuce, Sliced Red Onion that was soaked in water for 15 minutes, a diced Red Bell Pepper, Sliced Mushrooms, a few sliced radishes, and some crumpled Feta Cheese. Some packaged Garlic Bread from VM. I went about 30 seconds too long on the broiling step. 2 minutes and 30 seconds for next time. Still zero leftovers. Plated

When I lived in Pattaya I sometimes ordered this as a side .. https://expatfoodsthailand.com/shop/mughal-indian-meals/mughal-saag-paneer-380g/

Tremendous post mate. Tip of the cap to you, indeed.

I bet there's a few guys on this forum who wear theirs 24/7... 🙂