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Just back from my mate the viking's house. Turns out the bloke in this story https://thepattayanews.com/2023/12/01/norwegian-motorcyclist-drives-into-dangling-cable-and-gets-injured-in-sattahip/ is his brother. He had a 3 year relationship with Mrs Smiler's niece but that is long over and done with. Spent quite a bit of time with him when he first came to the village.

Poor bastard is in a bit of a state - broken collar bone, broken hip, 3 broken ribs and a punctured lung. 

Mrs viking is off down to Pattaya tomorrow to try and make some sense of it all. Seems like the Police are activlly pushing the company responsible for the cable to take care of hospital bills etc. 

1 hour ago, boydeste said:

5 nights.

DM ed you 

1 hour ago, boydeste said:

Just checked in for my flight to Udon Thani…..

 

How long are you in Udon matey?

Well it doesn’t get much more  exciting than this thrill seekers. A real “out there” adventure for the adrenaline junkies who like life on a knife edge……

Making “good luck” tokens for a family member’s forthcoming ceremony to become a monk. 
 

Each token contains 1 baht wrapped in a brightly coloured bit of fabric, held together by a laky band and even a ribbon for some.

I think I may have peaked too early - only another 234 to go.

Living the dream…..

On 11/23/2023 at 2:00 PM, Stillearly said:

I landed at Swampy today at 11:55

the Airport looked empty when we arrived , but as I got to immigration the queues were huge .. even beyond the immigration ramp ... 

Luckily I had booked Fast Track , there were still queues , but I was done in 15 mins ✅

I arrived at 14:30 Thursday last week. Was busy but not as bad as your pics. That said I went to arrivals 2. Wondering if one gets busier than the other??

Took around 20 mins to clear immigration but at least 5 mins of that was chatting to the very nice, friendly imm  officers. “Boooeeee farang poot Isssaaaan etc etc”.

Got into the baggage hall near belt 18 and had to walk down to belt 5. I stopped for a change of clothes and a fresh up mid way at the toilets. Suitcase just dropped down onto the carousel as I arrived.

Swampy arrivals was the busiest I have seen since before COVID, not far from capacity I am guessing. Seemed to flow quite well tbh and wasn’t too painful.

2 minutes ago, forqalso said:

It would be impossible not to. But whatever you do, don’t accuse Buzz Aldrin of lying about going to the moon..

 

Fair fucks to Buzz 👍not sure when that was filmed but he is got to be getting on a bit. Good on him for punching the twat 👍

2 hours ago, forqalso said:

Neil Armstrong; the first man to walk on the moon, earned a little over $27,000 a year in 1969. Breaking that salary down to an hourly rate means he was paid around $33 for his walk on the moon.

If you ever met him (is he still alive?) how long would it be before you asked him about walking on the moon?? 😀🫤

Today I met an Englishman who lives relatively near to the village.

I learned that he likes to drink alcohol, as much as possible, as often as possible and as cheaply as possible. Alcohol is his sole topic of conversation and would appear to be his very reason for living.

That’s 5 minutes of my life I’ll never get back…

If I am off the weed (which I have been for a while now) then yes. Had a fantastic dirty dream just last night as it happens, absolutely marvelous, I kind of realized I was dreaming and made the most of it😃. 
 I used to keep a dream diary years ago which I would keep by the bed and record any dreams as soon as I woke.

59 minutes ago, Krapow said:

Made me laugh, can just picture the Thai's nodding their heads, farang can eat spicy mak mak, well impressed. 

If he could take 6 kids to school in the morning on a scooter with no accidents as well, he'd be made head man of the village 

Mate when word of his “pet lie lie” eating prowess got out, people were turning up with various dishes to challenge him - he ate them all and now enjoys the nickname “Falang pet Yai “

No - if the the amount of chillis mean that I can't taste what I am eating then I don't eat it.

Fresh chilli makes me hic-up profusely for about 5 mins, much to the amusement of some people.....

I do however love the Thai foods that build in heat and intensity as you consume.

Got a mate who is a real chilli freak, the guy regularly competes in chilli eating contests here in England, he is always looking to go one hotter and got a lot of respect when he first came to visit in the village. 

Must have been a good 10 years ago that I had a haircut at the place on the corner of Soi Farang in Udon (not sure if it is there now). I got a stiffie while having my hair washed and as with all unwanted erections, this was a diamond cutter or big horse’s handbrake that would just not go away. 
Mrs smiler was waiting and I remember the “what the f**k?” look on her face as I shuffled almost bent double from the wash basin chair to the other side of the salon.

Oh to be younger again 👀

Legend

My first hero

Rest in Peace Sir Bobby

24 minutes ago, Painter said:

Sorry for your loss, @Binlid

Yeah same as mate - May she Rest in Peace.

I have been at the stage with Thailand for some years now where you could tell me almost anything about the place and I would simply shrug my shoulders, nothing really surprises me. However, a bloke I am working with showed me a post on his social media this week which certainly shocked him.

Women goes for a boob job (Pattaya or Phuket I think). Is sent home all bandaged up and is told she can remove the dressings in a couple of days time. So she goes home to her village and invites a couple of friends and family round for the big reveal. She is very happy with the new size but when she took off the bandages she was somewhat concerned to find she had no nipples - they had been removed.

Calls to the tit clinic go unanswered so she got a mate to go round there only to find the place is all shut down with no signs of any occupants.

Apparently there is a big market within the ladyboy sector for womens nipples, who knew?

Because I am a cynical bastard and again, nothing surprises me about happenings in Thailand anymore, I think there could well be an element of truth in the story.

What do you reckon?

I learned that my close mate has come through his heart bypass opp which he had yesterday at Bangkok Hospital in Udon. 
 

Result👍

Fond memories of Rhossili when I was a kid. Thanks for the pics Dave 👋

Just about to start work, first shift for 6 weeks - going to be a challenge 😉

4 hours ago, Nightcrawler said:

 

It's strange, I never seem to get jet lag when I arrive in Thailand traveling West to East. But always get in when I arrive back in UK  lasts up to week. Ihave often wondered why coming from East to West is worse. 

Someone told me once that the time of flights can make a difference with daylight etc, but never really understood it. 

I am the opposite, no probs going to the UK apart from falling asleep by 9 pm for a couple of weeks. Travelling to Thailand seems to take its toll more and more these days, no matter what time I arrive. Takes a good 4 or 5 days for me to adjust and recover.

Back again in dear old Blighty…..sigh!

Anyway, yesterday morning at Swampy was busy but not the clusterfuck I experienced back in January.

Took around 40 mins to get from domestic arrivals through to the Miracle lounge (or whatever it’s called) at international departure. Was relatively painless and even included a ciggy stop, fast track would have been a waste of money.

Thai Air TG916 was a way past its sell by date plane, 3x3x3 seating but as luck would have it had an empty one next to me, which makes all the difference. The food was meh as was IFE but the red wine was quite nice.

landed at Heathrow a couple of mins early with hopes of getting the 8pm bus to Bournemouth but unfortunately and very annoyingly, we were given some BS about another plane on the stand and had to wait 30 mins. Turns out 6 police boarded and arrested a couple…….. so that was the real reason for delay. 
 

No wait at all at the border and I didn’t have checked luggage so it took just 15 mins after leaving the plane to get to central bus station.