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Just relaxing at the end of a  good and productive day and feeling happy that the flu that has dogged me for the last three days or so is finally lifting....

2 hours ago, davethailand said:

A 348 is the only Ferrari i've ever had a ride in, my Dads client/ mate gave me a lift to the Royal Courts of Justice in his blue one when I was an outdoor clerk in Holborn.

The Cobra is my favourite but a very close second is a Ferrari, also very rare and very expensive. 

🙂

288 GTO, very rare indeed at only 272 examples manufactured...

2 hours ago, coxyhog said:

Proper bike porn,Norvin....

Now we're talking - never mind the bloody choppers or equally ugly modern crotch rockets,  this bike is MY definition of two-wheeled nirvana....would love to hear it run and I'll bet it drives as well as it looks...TFP.....

Twenty days to wheels-up - and the time will go by quickly....

Well, the snow has finally stopped so I'm gonna go outside and clear my driveways and walkways, then I'm  going to fill a few sandbags for weight in the back of my little pickup; later I'll go to the nearest Post Office station and get what I need to send my passport out to the Thai Consulate in Vancouver for my 60 day visa....

Just getting ready to head off to my local for a few pints with my mates - at 1440 the thermometer still hasn't gotten above 0C, yesterday's snow hasn't completely melted yet and now we have another 2-4cm promised for overnight...way too early for this time of year but on the brighter side, I finished my seasonal employment on Friday so now I can concentrate on getting home and affairs in order before I head off to Pattaya again...

3 hours ago, grayray said:

shit!!! I was away with the fairies when I wrote that I left the [if] of the start,

should have read "if the specialist finally"

come on fellas iam just your average 18bob bloke,you know not a full quid but the day after I get clearance,

I will get a flight as quick as I can.

regards

grayray

Well, I sure hope you do because I would love to meet you, Ray - best wishes to you.....

50 days until wheels-up....

My first new dirt bike, a 1977 Maico 400WR:

Another great name from rock'n'roll passes on:

https://etcanada.com/news/507056/lead-singer-of-the-cars-ric-ocasek-dead-at-75/?fbclid=IwAR1eh7bNgbgLVt5VPl1NNU0ussudD7A0SOLYJqyN0ZMdGe4vqPaBQeqj1wE

Not only was this guy an outstanding musician and songwriter, he was also married to one of the most beautiful women in the world for 28 years.....

 I was always more of a dirt rider - still really don't like street riding that much - and this is one I wish I had kept; 1983 Husqvarna SC500, desert bike with 6sp transmission and 100mph top speed, last of the  classic metal tank, twin shock Huskies:

-and this is the craziest bike I ever owned, a 1991 Honda CR500 - I didn't keep it long, was just too much and wasn't suited to the cross-country riding I preferred:

A couple of  classics I've owned over the years:

3 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Love em G, a 250GTO and a ????

I had to get the model of the 348TB from the States as i could'nt get one in the UK. As a young lad i always wanted a red Ferrari it was my dream car and sure enough when i retired i realised my dream and bought the 348TB as a second car, god i loved it.  

The other car is a 365GTB4 Daytona, the last real front-engined Ferrari GT - it was superseded by the 365BB, or "Berlinetta Boxer" that was a mid-engined model with a flat-12 motor. I was a  Ferrari nut from childhood, and had an Airfix model of the original 250GTO that was sent to me by my English grandma back in the day - it was a lovely model and very well detailed and I am sure would be a collector's item today. Ironically, in my youth some classic Ferrari models- mainly the 2+2's -  from the '60s were actually quite reasonably priced and if I hadn't lived virtually in the middle of nowhere, I might have taken a chance on one....kudos to you for actually owing one back in the day....

10 hours ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Love em TS, here's mine, big boys with little toys ehh lol

A pair of my favourite Ferraris:

I must admit that I got off to a slow start on this forum while I watched the "Shhh" forum die its slow death but I'm enjoying it now....

Sitting here on Saturday morning listening to the weekly "Buy and Sell" phone-in program on the radio - I just love it, I seldom buy or sell anything but some of the idiots that call in really crack me up.....a real cross-section of humanity...

Cold, clear morning which means that it's going to be a lovely sunny day later - and the weather office promises us a week more of this stuff. We used to call this "Indian Summer" but in today's PC world it's probably better to say "Aboriginal Autumn", 555...

2 hours ago, nampla69 said:

I'll be there a few weeks before so will leave some treats with Phil for this "fine and august body of men" or "disorganised pisshead rabble' delete as appropriate. 

We'll probably start as the former and finish as the latter, 555.....

1 hour ago, Britboy said:

Yep, it's lethal. I sat in the bar right on that junction the other night with the owner who kindly offered to be a witness. Sat for an hour, saw at least 5 incidents that could easily have turned into accidents, including a coach doing a fucking u-turn (it was a 7-point turn) which is illegal there and clearly signposted "no u-turn". It took him about 5 minutes to do it, holding traffic up and causing a jam as the lights changed 2 or 3 times during that time.

Just don't get the mentality.

When people at home ask me, "isn't it dangerous over there?" I reply that the only danger I ever encounter in Thailand is crossing busy roads on foot every day....you really have to pay attention and you can't take any driver's potential actions for granted; here in my corner of Canada, the pedestrian is God and can bring four lanes of traffic to a screeching (or sliding, in winter) halt at a crosswalk and then amble across taking their own sweet time about it - I'd like to see them try that in BKK or Pattaya, lol.....

As for Passion Club, it's only about a 5-7 minute walk in from the Hanuman statue - just keep your eyes open because the sign at the end where you turn right is quite small; it's a nice little place and there are often some good lookers working there too. You should grab a taxi and make it out to Blush, as well - it's pretty impressive since its recent makeover...too bad I wasn't there right  now, I'd take you on a tour of Jomtien clubs....

I've stayed in that area many times myself and that Thappraya/Thepprasit junction always gives me the willies too....

Count me in, will arrive in Pattaya on the 13th....

Waiting for the world outside to slowly warm up so I can go out and work on my car......

It's Sunday morning of the last long weekend of the summer, Labour Day and not a cloud in the sky....only 29 working days left for me after this weekend and then it's time to make preparations for the next trip....