Lemondropkid

Well it does include the FunktionOne sound system( I have no idea what that is 😀) that's listed as worth over 5,000,000 baht. So let's say $140,000 USD. It would seem looking at Google you can pick up this gear second hand and still have change from $10k USD. How good a sound system do you need in a prefab structure in TreeTown? Haggle the price down, staff it with stunners who work for free- it's a gold mine.

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Thanks again. Now I'm learning basic vocabulary have realised how recall is aided by an image rather than trying to remember written text with no pictures!! Baby stuff but it works for me😀

I've lived in London, Leeds and Hull most of my live- on no day have I seen anything as bad as some recent days in HH There seems to be a huge collective blindness or just plain stupidity in people behaviours. I've seen runners coming down the Petkasem Road in it. Doubt they have chest problems either(yet) Never heard an expat here talk about the pollution. People seem to carry on oblivous to the sight and the smell of it. But in the 3 months plus I've been here, generally it's been OK. I'm enjoying it here but am just seeing how I go really. I've got nowhere near your depth of experience living in Thailand/Asia and don't have your long term connection with HH. I it's obviously your choice mate🙂

Amazing how he keeps turning out decent books, reviews well, hopefully a decent read for you🙂

I don't profess to have any understanding of how it happens. Given how that becomes politicised my interest switches off. totally. There's been a couple of days in recent weeks here where the air has had that stink I remember from spending too long in Pattaya

The air quality in recent weeks in HH has been pretty poor. Smog like haze in the air, I've been limiting the time spent outdoors some days. Very unscientific of me but everytime there's a bad day in HH, I'll have a look at the readings for Krabi or Phukhet, and there are always better- every single time. Maybe somewhere on the Adanman Coast would be a better place to live long term? Back on the central theme I'm still much preferring things to the current UK winter but Baz does make a good point about pollution being a negative.

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Assume you are referring to GoGos(?), think the staff only view excessive tippers as a soft touch to be a rinsed again. And they are correct of course🙂

If you are heading to Hua Hin, get yourself to a doctor. I've had three recommendations for this place, from expats who've seen a doctor there/and/or had treatment there in the past few months https://bewell.co.th/ Myself I was there 2 weeks back but at their dental clinic(it's upstairs on the same site) Easy to get an appointment, very professional from first contact. As a guide on costs I had a check up, including an Xray as a new patient and a clean up for 1500 baht. Doctor's English was first class.

One of both or your parents can know you better than you care to admit. Takes getting to a certain age to realise this unfortunately.

I'd give it a miss myself. It's pretty grotty here in Hua Hin too. You can tell just from looking at the hills, they are shrouded in a haze. When it's like this I'll exercise indoors

And it was so busy a year ago. Ancient history it would seem

Wow https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68104699

Did you realise that the Dark is 6.5%? It's lovely but I tend to go for the lager at 5% and finish on a Dark. Both way, way better than the standard Thai beers.

Read my first Strike novel " Troubled Blood" earlier this month. She doesn't do skinny volumes does she😀picked it up in a second hand bookstore. Like you I found it an engaging read. Looks like you've bought the hard back. As a bonus you can. Keep fit Bench pressing it

Strange I can be logged into YouTube without any adverts running Opera without any ad blocking software plug in installed. This is on my Chromebook, on my Andriiod tablet the AdBlock browser does the same job for me. Conversely I couldn't access YT properly using Firefox. The exact reverse of yourself!! Happy to be ad free again, they are infurirating

Had lesson 1 today and was thinking of this post, precisely 20 people replying to the teacher at once. Began with Thai vowels , consonants and tones. Some in the class were either extremely bright or had learnt these before. I struggled but enjoyed more towards the end as I was starting to get some of the basics on repetition. So plenty of home study coming up for me As one of your fellow countrymen said on leaving, "well this is going to be challenge!" 😁

The mattress king as I understand is down to 1 or 2 books that will take his bet. They only exist for 2 reasons. Firstly a long term relationship with them. Second up he's putting money into a highly liquid market, his big bet on the Houston Astros winning the world series. The brutal bottom line is the chances of you winning are somewhere between 1 and 3%, but closer to the former. I base that on the percentage of long term winners that an honest bookmaker would own up to. And even if you make into that 1% putting in full time research like a job, you'll be restricted to the point you can't get on. That is the modern earn income for the shareholders, corporate book making market. It's the big mouth from Barstool sports playing the big meme stock trader but won't lay $1000 bucks on the NFL draft . Read Walters book. I won't reply back on this am conscious I've dragged this thread way, way off topic.

You are way off mate. Read Walters book, he lists out the very, very small number of these parasitic corporates that you can even get a bet on with. Lose and consistently get best price will see an account shut down. Never mind winning ! Whomever is putting out the 15-20k figure is most likely away with the fairies. I've had accounts closed in the past couple of years within 4 bets. More like £150 to £200 A long term pro won't make 10% on turnover. So turning over 150 to 200k on a single site, B******t. They wouldn't physically be able to do it. You are correct on the need to bury bets in someone else's losing account or use an agent. Another topic that comes up in Walters book. Never done it much myself, considered it sneaky. Chances are you will be found out, they'll freeze your money, withhold any winnings and see you are banned with them and elsewhere. I worked for 888s precursor Hills 40 years back, and have worked for one other Biggie. Shop, head office and even on course at one point. They had a semblance of honour then, now they are just parasitic scum. Like the famous Goldman Sachs quote, "A vampire squid stuck stuck on the face of humanity with their blood funnell jammed into anything that smells of money"

OK so I used to punt to heavy levels (more than my annual salary). I've always kept records, more formal now with everything spreadsheeted. I only bet horse racing for significant stakes(still small by historical standards for me) and a small subset of races. These days I'll turnover about 6 to 8k GDP per annum my profit over 7 years to date runs at just shy of 14% return, That's a bit of fun and a hobby for me. I'd suggest 1. Keep a record of every single punt you make, broken down by sport. And I mean every single things no matter how small. 2. Don't bet on things you don't understand. Every punter having a lucky wininng bet has deluded himself he knows that sport. He doesn't he's got lucky, unless it somethng he really, really understands. That might be ice hockey in your case, it won't be Championship football. 3. There are chinks in their armour, but if you really have found them, you'll be closed down with a month maximun. Just getting the best price on a loser can see you account restricted. Finding a "chink in their armour" and losing that day, they won't like By closed down I mean restricted stakes. Ladrokes and Coral in the UK allow me an amusing 25 pence ew on an ante post horse racing bet, lets call in 12 baht ew. And I've had a losing year last year, that still didn't stop them I'm restricted by every single major bookmaker in the UK bar one (think I lasted 2 weeks with 888 sport). Only place bar one exception where you can get a bet, is a betting exchange. Pay the 2% commision of winnings, that's as good as you'll do long term. However even one of the them has restricted me to only depositing £100 pcm, why bother? This is due to new gambling laws coming into the the UK, 4. Very closely related to keeping records, learn about money management or you'll be totally screwed very fast. Highly recommend get a copy of Billy Walters Secrets from a life a risk. The chapters on staking and money management and how to rate bets, are the best explanation I've seen. Chapters 21 and 22 If all of this sounds like hard work, it is!! I think it's impossible in today's climate to make money off the corporate bookmakers. Play it for fun, but follow the above if you want to be serious. It's like a real job if you want to win but to be honest a real job is far less effort, time and stress

It's funny but don't have too think too long to realise how wrong bookmakers sponsorship of clubs, competitions, blanket adverts during the football is. Please gamble responsibily in our online casino- you what!!

Passing through BKK earlier in the month it was bedlam at the Vietjet check in. It was like the evacuation of Saigon in reverse!!! The bars in BKK will still be open when you arrive😛

It's OK to admit you love Ange 😘 No need to hide it now he's not at Celtic.

Nice reminder to me, I've got an old version that needs replacing. Had my done as the Asia Copy Center between Sukhumvit Soi 31 and 33 BKK. Can't recall the exact cost but certainly wasn't more than the 150 Baht you've paid.