Gary

My wife is not at all keen on having a nice yard. Actually. I'm not either. I'm really good at being lazy.

Our yard looks like the Beverly hillbillies. I once laid some sod and it was doing well. I found that it was a lot of work caring for it. One day I went out and found that the wife had built a campfire in the center of it. It never grew back and I decided that having grass simply wasn't worth the effort. Since the house sits on 2.5 rai, my wife is quite handy with her gasoline sprayer and herbicide. I used to run the little Honda weed whacker but I'm no longer allowed to do that. I cut her herbs. They look like weeds to me. Her bitching at me about cutting her herbs irritated me until I decided that I was the one ahead. As long as I do nothing, she is happy. I used to use the tractor and blade to pile up leaves and twigs. It worked well and I was proud of my clever handiwork. I caught hell for that too. She said for me to leave the ground cover alone because it naturally prevents weeds from growing. Another win for me, as mentioned, as long as I do nothing, she is happy. I tried for two years to grow big juicy tomatoes and every effort failed. I had a friend bring different varieties of seeds designed to grow in south Florida. The plants looked great but when the fruit was golf ball sized, the plants withered and died. I tried sterilized potting soil and even planted in pots, full sun, shade and partial shade. I had the same results every time. The wife laughed at me for using an old toilet for a planter. I thought the moisture would be easily controlled. FAILURE!

If you have a lot of stuff to transfer, buy a suitable size USB hard drive. Start the transfer when you go to bed and the next evening start transferring to the new computer. That's by far the easiest way. Transfer to the USB had drive will be finished by each morning and the same with the transfer to the new computer. No waiting.

They are still open but Eddie is gone. He sold it. New owner.

I love coleslaw and potato salad but finding GOOD coleslaw or potato salad is a problem. Rich Man Poor Man in Jomtien had both and both were excellent. Unfortunately RMPM has changed hands. I think the place is now Thai owned and managed. I have not tried it, yet.

Universities are even worse. The no fail courses are a joke for sure. When you have semi literate graduates you know there are problems. What the hell is liberal arts and what good will that do them in the job market. Looks to me like training to be a politician or a community organizer.

Some years ago during a trip to the US, I bought some clothes in a JC Penny store. At the checkout, the girl asked for my card. I didn't have one so she was trying to get me to sign up for one. I told her that a J Penny card wouldn't do me any good in Thailand and that I wanted to pay cash. She then asked me if "Taiwan" didn't have JC Penny stores.The cashier then got a funny look on her face and finally told me she didn't know how to accept cash. She had to go get the manager. Many US people have never heard of Thailand and always ask about Taiwan. Apparently in this day and age they no longer teach geography in schools.

Is it just me or is the competition driving down, at least, the beer prices? During better more prosperous times, some beer bars were charging GoGo bar beer prices. It got to the point that I always asked how much for a bottle of beer besides asking how much for a lady drink before buying either. If this is the new trend, maybe I'll put Pattaya back on my rounds rather than Jomtien and Ban Chang.

I too wondered about that. Apparently forums have been sold in the past rather than being shut down.

I lived in Northcote, north of Melbourne, for a long three months. That was enough for me. The Aussie ladies made me think that I was back in the US.

That's me. Also Secrets forum.

I married a lady from Loei and have been living up here for more than ten years. I do still have a condo in Jomtien that I don't rent out. I like it to be available when I want a change of scenery. And yes, I go way back, even before Pete bought the FLB. I had advised Pete to forget about buying a (then) GoGo bar. I didn't realize at that time that he is a very astute businessman. Being an old man now, I still enjoy my trips to my condo and Pattaya even though I have outlived many of my old Pattaya/Jomtien friends.