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How bizarre.

6 hours ago, Freee!! said:

I experienced one as it woke me up in Utrecht: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Roermond_earthquake

I don't really care to repeat the experience.

We got shaken around pretty good when the 1964 Alaska earthquake hit - it was a real biggie and did a little property damage where I live but without any injuries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake

I was only eight years old so it was quite a novelty watching things moving around in the house. 

In later years I experienced a couple of earth tremors and found the experience fascinating - once I was in the unfinished basement of our house and you could actually see the concrete walls flex without breaking. 

56 minutes ago, Glasseye said:

Worrying about how some friends (and their families) are going to be able to handle the upcoming heat wave.

Cold beer and lots of it, and decent shower and A/C when you get home!

Woke up yesterday with cold, cough and bad hangover so had a quiet one last night; hangover's gone but the cold lingers, however it's time to get out and get some stuff done. I hate hot weather colds but I seem to catch at least one per extended trip, damned curse...

4 hours ago, boydeste said:

Ffs, it's 43 here in Bkk, can't imagine being in shorts in 14 degrees. 

On the other hand, every day I see guys walking around in this heat wearing black t-shirts and blue jeans, dunno how they can stand it. 

1 hour ago, Aqualung said:

I love the big cats. Especially Tigers. Beautiful animals. 

I was up in the lake district one time visiting a wildlife park near Ulverston and if anyone was in doubt about the strength and power of tigers it was soon put to bed when feeding time came around. 

3 telegraph poles planted into the pen. More than 20 feet tall. At the top of each pole a chicken /some sort of meat was placed there. 

Out come the big boys or girls and jesus christ!!!. Never seen anything like it...... Just 2 strides to get up there, get the food, turn around and then jump down from about 15 feet. No problem whatsoever. Amazingly powerful animals. 

I have 3 cats as pets and I'm sure if they were bigger than me I would be toast! 

 

Yes, they are beautiful animals; I especially like the Siberian tigers and often wonder what life in my part of North America would be like if they had spread into our continent back in the day, as their modern habitat in Asia is very similar to ours. 

Pound per pound the leopard is probably the strongest cat out there; you can see plenty of videos on YouTube and reels on FB that show these things climbing trees with antelopes heavier than themselves in their mouths - occasionally the meal will slip from their jaws and they just catch it effortlessly with one paw and keep on climbing up. 

As an aside, I'd much rather be eaten by a big cat than a bear - big cats always kill their prey before they begin eating, but a bear just starts eating whether you are dead or not...

6 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said:

 

 

The only female cashier in the RH that sticks in my mind is the one that was going to get married to an English bloke until she told him (truthfully) that she had 5 kids. In fact they were 5 kids by 5 different fathers but I'm not sure if she told him that bit. Either way he binned her and left ...

I'm guessing 10 years ago ....

I'd probably know her too - I was a pretty regular customer from 2009 until 2012 or so and have plenty of photos of the staff from that time.

3 hours ago, thumper63 said:

I remember her name as Anna but my memory has proven to be shit of late. I first met her at Rock House when running with Ukguy and Rocktaff. Then she transfered to Time Bar as Gordon mentioned above. She was a great lady and very funny

Quite possible - they do change their names, or answer to more than one, occasionally...

I just started this one the other day and am thoroughly enjoying it - this fellow's writing style is very similar to Ben Macintyre's, most entertaining; this is the first book of an award-winning trilogy and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series:

10 hours ago, Horizondave said:

That bar used be run by a girl who was the cashier previously at the Rockhouse. Can't remember her name but she had a very large chest and I think she was running it for the owner when he was away. I remember her when she was working also as a cleaner in the Scandinavian bar right across the back of the 'Best Friend Complex' on Beach road.

Last saw her in a bar in Hua Hin a few years back but she was a friendly girl.

It does seem a nice bar with comfortable chairs. Not a lover of billabong myself.

 

I remember her well, her name was Ouy and I believe she became involved with a fellow who had business interests in the Philippines; he built the original single-shophouse Time Bar for her to run which she did for a couple of years at least, then I think it was sold and became the bigger venue we enjoy now. I haven't seen or heard anything about her since but I partied with her lots back in the Roadhouse days, she did have an ample chest and a lovely head of hair and was lots of fun:  

Sadly, she plumped out a little later, here's a photo from 2016:

3 hours ago, Aqualung said:

King crab. My first time eating crab and I have to say it was delicious. Bloody should be at around £50 per kilo! 

I'd rather eat king crab than lobster - I find it more tasty although I haven't eaten it for years because of the hideous expense. 

1 hour ago, Aqualung said:

I let the wife crack them. Like your good self, I also lack the patience! 

With the proper tools, it's not so difficult.

On 3/21/2024 at 8:48 PM, galenkia said:

Enjoyed this on Disney.

I'd love to see this, hopefully I can find it somewhere else; I read the original novella by Frederick Forsyth many years ago and heard it narrated on CBC Canada at Christmas several times over the years, always enjoyed it. 

1 hour ago, thumper63 said:

I'm still in bed. Started out atTime bar then over to Cloud 9 and finished off the night at Heaven Above. For someone who hasn't had a drink in 32 years I sure spend a lot of time bars....5555

When in Rome, etc....lol...great seeing you again last night. 

I think if I was always doing shorter trips like some on the board, I would be depressed upon leaving as the time just goes by so fast; but after my usual three to five month trips I am quite content to be heading home. 

Another happy Heineken:

All this for just 99b on Soi Honey today, great deal:

1 hour ago, coxyhog said:

Well I went to the meeting in Hemingways but didn't get there until 3.45,expected to see a group of guys but there wasn't any.

Then I got a message saying it only lasted 45mins.....

Not sure what the point of that was.

Sorry we missed you, I was looking forward to meeting you there but yes, we generally don't spend much more than an hour together. 

As a resident of northern Canada, I doubt that  I would ever buy an EV - I've just read too many horror stories from present or former owners all over Canada who have just had too many issues with owning them and driving them in winter climates with big landscapes,  not to mention the lack of support from the manufacturers for constant breakdowns and defects. It's a pity in a way as my hometown driving habits would actually work quite well with an EV for a daily runabout, although I would save longer trips for a regular ICE vehicle - for example, the nearest town to mine is fifty miles of wilderness away and you don't want to be stranded out there in the cold for long. 

24 minutes ago, KhunDon said:

Sorry mate, I’d assumed wrongly as it turns out, that you were in UK and under the NHS. 😟

Apologies for that. 🤪
 

I think you meant this reply for Binlid, but I do live in Canada and was just putting in my 2b worth...

40 minutes ago, KhunDon said:

I found that telling the surgery that I was going away for 3 months holidays, always ensured I get 3 months prescriptions for my controlled drugs. 

In my jurisdiction, I am on the seniors' government "Pharmacare" plan - they will only pay for a maximum of 3 month's worth of meds whether you're going to be going somewhere or not; if you want to take more with you it would be at your expense; needless to say, I make up the shortfall when I am in Thailand or Cambodia, especially the latter as the meds that I take are much cheaper there. 

14 minutes ago, fforest said:

So Sois 6,7,8 Soi Bukow and beach road are splash zones.....So they should all be alcohol free for all of Songkran....

Well, what street having more than a few bars isn't a "splash zone" during Songkhran?

Surprised to see no reports from Pattaya - coming down pretty heavy in BKK right now and I've seen news reports of flooding in some areas of Chonburi...

Flew to Don Muang from Phnom Penh yesterday and had a funny thing happen when I checked in - the clerk starts nattering about my passport - "What's the problem?", I ask - turns out there is a little chunk missing from the top of one page where a hamfisted immigration officer tore an arrival/departure slip off six years or so going by the adjacent stamps; I say "So what, no info missing" but that's not good enough, she has to go and fetch her superior and together they keep nattering until I persuade them somehow to just forget it and finish the job of checking me in. The flight itself was uneventful and I arrived just before another flight came in so didn't have to wait long to get through Immigration -another few minutes and it would have been a different story - and breezed through with no problems at all.

I picked up my bag and hustled down to the cab booking area with only about ten people ahead of me. Then it was my turn and as I walked out to the cab with the driver he grabbed my heavy rolling bag with the handle extended and pulled it right off the curb at an angle, then fought to keep it upright as it started tipping this way and that way as he kept dragging it along - "Careful with that thing, damn it!" Once we got in the cab and got underway, I asked him about the meter - "Oh, you want meter?" "Yes!" whereupon he pulled a cloth off that was hiding the meter and turned it on. We took the freeway which is expensive from DMK, 130b altogether, and the meter fare was 220b with a 50b surcharge so a total of 400b - I'll bet he would have charged me 500 if I hadn't insisted on the meter; I've heard of this BS happening from Suvarnabuhmi but this is the first time I've experienced it from DMK. 

14 hours ago, Lantern said:

 

I have the same problem with Magpies.

I feed my local magpies in the winter, but on a shelf fastened to a tree across my driveway so they can shit all they want....