Whitespider

When I first met my Mrs, many many moons ago, she would use the leaf in cooking. I would guess that was back in the days when things were far more relaxed but it does show that it has (probably) been used historically in cooking in times gone by. 

On 2/23/2021 at 8:25 PM, fforest said:

I have never seen anything fun or sanook or exciting about flights on a airplane....I sure as heck would not want to hang out or eat a meal on a airplane if I had a choice in the matter.......

So whos the target customer for this airplane?....I seriously doubt its farangs especially those who have have taken many international flights.....

Maybe it's for Thais who have never flown in a big bird?

I don't get it....   

it will be Thais I think. As so often happens here, a copycat of the one in Ban Amphur which, pre COVID at least, had queues to get in most days. Whenever something “works” it always seems to get copied pretty quickly.

What a great thread. When we moved to UK in 1976 I spent two years in Skipton. By 18 I couldn’t wait to see the bright lights and left but my Mam remained until she passed away and my sister is still there. I went back a few times and took my son to meet his Nan about 6 years ago. I enjoyed my time there and have some good memories of it.

3 hours ago, Kathmandu said:

The Boss.

Now that takes me back :) 1977, my mate got use of his grannies lime green Toyota Corolla every weekend. Cruising (cough) with windows down, wayfarers on, and Bruce blaring. Prize plonkers we must have looked 555

On 2/11/2021 at 8:39 AM, Stillearly said:

Before there was a green mark by the avatar to show if posters were online at the moment, not that important but was a "nice to have" imho 

Back

Fixed 🙂 

6 hours ago, Yesitisdakid said:

This quote from a Bar owner on walking street that asked to not be named

Midnite closure great ! another hour to do F*ck all business 

Laterally thinking tho - a quote from an LK manager on the same subject.

”it’s not enough but our takings were up 15% with it”

Agree, it’s too little but that 15% can be the difference between losing and breaking even. My personal view is it’s a rollout for the better - eerytime they give a little more it’s another step down a long road.

On 2/19/2021 at 12:07 AM, Blue Streak said:

A few bits..Yes Bar on Soi Buakhao next to  the Annie Jack's is to become ''The Bay......

Friday night will be the end for Club Electric Blue for a while with the reopening of ''Beavers''...........Rumour has it....

Yup, CEB closed and Beavers open. Talking to Andy they just wanted to get the playmat area into play and was easier to just open the bar that already has it

This, I’m rather ashamed to say. We were discussing the worst songs of the 80s in my defense.

1 hour ago, tko said:

I know it makes sense to consolidate with your other properties, but of the forums I visit it seems PA's is the least stable.  The ones that have the least problems appear to have private servers. 

In any case, best of luck.  It's not the provider that makes a forum for me, it's the content and the members.  I also do appreciate that the mods have to keep it from turning into a sh*tshow.

 

We had our own servers before but Invision would not give priority support. This is why we took the, reluctant, decision to switch to their hosting about 18 months ago. Thai Visa made the same decision for the same reason. I really wish a better option existed. Hopefully this forum will be relatively error free, touch wood, as it’s very small. 

I got some the other day. Would have been the first I’d had for donkeys years. Then the Mrs forgot to cook them so they still reside in the veg tray in the fridge sadly.

7 hours ago, tko said:

Time for some accuracy.  As a long time member of PA and TV, when they said we will be more stable and have fewer problems after moving to invision, it will actually be the opposite.  Of all the forums I am a member of, those on invision are the least stable and have the most problems.  Something to look forward to under the new ownership of 24-7.

EDIT: From something I saw on another forum, it may not be invision but rather the server provider that makes PA, etc so unstable.  I believe that is Cloudflare?

Server provider/host is Invision.
 

There would be problems with any server/host running software that changes so frequently. We use Invision mainly for the Support as they don’t offer it to a reasonable level if we host the forum elsewhere.

The perfect host/solutions probably don’t exist. If they did we would try it.

3 minutes ago, Freee!! said:

It could have saved transfer time and storage

True but many hours to check. Sure the transfer took days but it was only 1 second work I.e turning it on.

I get your point though.

Just now, Freee!! said:

It might be worthwhile to check whether there are (still active) links to the items in that folder. There is a very good chance about half is orphaned by now.

Yes, good point, but if there are no links it doesn’t really matter and running that check would take even longer than transfer anyway. Besides which it’s done now ❤️ 

The upgrade/backup has finally completed - it took longer than expected as we found a 70gb folder of images and videos. Fortunately there were no major issues with this part.

We have asked the server guys to transfer to the new server at 21.00 Thai Time on Tuesday 16th February 2021.

This could take anything from a couple of hours to, well who knows.

Once the transfer is complete there are almost always "issues" but once its back we will start a thread where members can notify us of things missing or not working. 

Once "stable" we will turn as many of the 3rd Party plugins back on that have been missing recently as we can. Some are out of date so it wont be all but again we will do what we can.

Please bear with us - its never straightforward but we will do our best to keep the downtime to a minimum.

20 years for me on Thursday. Only the 2nd one I’ve actually remembered - which may be a valid point 🤣

On 2/14/2021 at 8:47 PM, coxyhog said:

I think the 3rd umpire is a good example of why we went to neutral umpires.

I could be wrong but aren't the current series only using "local" due to travel restrictions?

If thats not the case - yes we should have. That (non) stumping looked an appalling decision.

36 minutes ago, Pumpuynarak said:

Great interview Tommy, well thats it then next time wifey and i are in Patts we'll go for the sunday roast, do they sell on other days ?

I don’t know about Nickys but a friend does Sunday Roasts and it’s only really cost effective to do as “planned”. Basically lamb and beef joints take hours to roast, and are not cheap. I would GUESS chicken and pork could well be on the cards though.

If you use Facebook it might be worth asking her direct.

Decent morning for England removing the last 4 wickets for 29.

But, 329 looks a good score on this track.

Pant got runs again. Exciting player to watch. Great quote by one of the bbc commentators yesterday “he can’t keep wicket but he sure can bat”.

England, as I write, 7-1 and I honestly think they are going to struggle to get to 250. That could change of course, two decent innings India only had 3 really) could make things very tight.

1 hour ago, maipenrai said:

Damned if I can remember just  where this place is, although I have probably walked by it dozens of times - but after seeing this interview I will make it a point to drop by the next time I am in Pattaya - and may it be soon;  I love this woman's outlook and attitude and may she survive and prosper....

It’s on Soi Buakhao

Gmap link

https://goo.gl/maps/FD7tetNUPz3oqY1U6

1 minute ago, Mr. Smooth said:

Jeezus Egg! Were a bunch of starving men out here and what do you do but show off a repast of delicious delights that few, if any of us, can partake in and satisfy our lustful pangs by tasting the sweet and succulent morsels of sensuous pleasures that, tragically, lay tantalizingly beyond our reach.

Acts of such cruelty have seldom reached these epic proportions.

Gotta admit, there are 3 or 4 in that group that could butter my biscuit any day of the week. 

He’ll have Palmers pies and bacon butty pics next - food porn 555

Le Pub has long been my start point on my, very rare, forays to WS. Nice bar.

I have never been either. However, I am very aware that both the lady, and the business, have very good reputations and followings. Hope she gets through.

I’m so old and been here so long I remember the days of 28 Baht to the £GB 😂😂. Also remember waking up one morning, 1998 I think it was, and thinking it was Christmas as it had shot from 40 something to 90 odd almost overnight.