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2 hours ago, Jambo said:

Thailand has a habit of both making one look stupid and kicking one in the goolies.

The girl knocked on the door of the "coffee lounge" to tell me my car was ready.

I walked to the desk where you pay with two one hundred baht notes in my hand and heard her say what I thought was

"Roi, har sip." Gone up by 30 baht but never mind.

"No, song roi, har sip" says she

I tell her that I was charged 120 baht on all my previous visits to which she reponds

"Cost now, 250 baht!"

So my "best value for money" has increased its price by 100%. The dry season see far less people having their cars cleaned so they do the typical Thai solution of increasing their prices.

Then find a different place .. easy ... mai pen rai ...

Bro .. you cannot ever take shit from anyone .. forget trying to be nice sometimes .. being a nice guy sometimes never gets you anywhere ... except more shit .. ask any " working " Thai gal ... LOL

I really like this tune .. its got a really good " beat " ...

14 hours ago, tko said:

It's not so much getting a beer.  I can stock up ahead of time.  It's the reduced party atmosphere..

Yea Bro .. I really don't like a lot of "put mak mak " either ....  for me,  it is really simple ... don't yak .. just do !

Parties .. never mind ! .. lol .. lol .. I will always try to dance to a good tune !

1 hour ago, nampla69 said:

I know Code your own Irish roots ya told me when we got drunk and sparred mate.

 

You are a really good person .. we just f***d around .. good on you Bro ... yea, I guess I am cursed my family being from Belfast ... LOL .. no way .. I take no shit from anyone and I never give anyone shit in a bad way ...

But, if someone wants to have a problem .. I won't walk away ...  just in my DNA ... bring your best motherfucker

Nui .. I wished I never seen you face .... this gal tried to bust me balls ... I got away ... I got very smart very quick .. Thai gals are a lot different from South American  gals ....

I have learned if you take control and tell them exactly what you want in no uncertain terms .  about 98% of them will deliver ... if you are a pussy ,, you are f***d ...

Jeez .. I just went on a small rant .. lol .. lol .. lol

Sitting here in Hua Hin at my house  .  I got distracted .... for what.. i don't know .. yea, I met a super sexy gal ... she is a little young 22 ...

It is just me ... but, I believe in this song ,, when you have a couple of good friends ,,, the world is your oyster .. they can always help .. when you doubt yourself ...

And Stevie is just a fucking beast ... it motivates me ...

2 hours ago, tko said:

Booking a Tuesday-Saturday visit to Patts because there's an election Sunday so the bars will close Saturday.  Last chance before we head up country for Songkran.

Bro .. you can always get a cold beer here ... even if they serve it up in a plastic up ..

Just take a seat at the local mom and pop shop ....for sure !  Which there are a shit load of them around in Patts ...

5 hours ago, Painter said:

The good news, however, is that because of the lockdown the numbers that boydeste mentioned are now way down, and that 26million have now had at least their first dose of a vaccine. 

In Europe, however....

In my humble opinion ... Brexit was way to late ..... great you are out of that mess ( me thinks )

13 minutes ago, Jambo said:

About to head off to the car wash having just finished checking the tyres; topped up the water in the screen washers and all other fluid/oil levels. All okay so set for my 660klm drive back to Bangsaray/Pattaya later this week.

The car wash is the best value for money 120 baht's worth in Thailand. A team of 3 or 4 decend upon it and clean the inside ( a million dog hairs), outside and engine and I sit in their airconditioned lounge with my kindle and a coffee until they return it to me in pristine condition. I add a 50 baht tip because any more would make me look like the over paid/over here farlang rather than just showing my appreciation for a job always well done. All tips go into the tip box and are shared out amongst the young team.

The front tyres are close to the end of their safe natural life. I will be replacing them before I make the return journey.

 

The last time I drove from BKK back home to the South ... there is a shit load of road construction going thru Samut Songkran

I didn't realize I drove through a bunch of wet concrete ....

It got all over the right hand side of the "beast" ... anyway, I just thought it was normal road dirt ...

Took the "beast" to the local car wash .... they called Beach gal and told her that they could not get the dried concrete off

Ok .. then Beach gal called the Insurance company .. 2 guys come out and told me that I would have to get the " beast " repainted ... WTF I thought .. and they also said they would need to keep the " beast " at least 5 weeks

This concrete was splattered every where on the right side

Well , if you know Beach gal .. she is relentless .. she never gives up or takes a standard answer ...

Anyway, she found a car detail shop somewhere about 1 hour away ... we go there .. they say they can fix

The said they needed 4 hours .. ok .. we go and eat .. spend a nice time sitting and talking .. they called Beach gal and told us they were finished ...

Jeez ... the "Beast" turned out perfect ... plus, they applied some sort of silicone ( ? ) ... it turned out perfect ..

Cost me 10K baht .. I didn't care .. because they did a fantastic job

47 minutes ago, boydeste said:

It's been a tough year mate, with many loosing friends and family to this f**k of a disease.

We now have around 40% of the population jabbed with what looks to be an effective vaccine, so hopefully we will get back to some normality by the summer.

For sure Bro .. stay strong ... !

12 minutes ago, Painter said:

 

Kids are in swimming pools closed in the UK, together with gyms, and all outside public sporting venues including tennis, golf, and basketball courts, schools are open,have just reopened after being closed for over 2 months, any place I want to go and eat bars closed, restaurants closed, although some are doing take away or deliveries.. all seems normal .. sunny everyday we wish...!! ... there are thermometers everywhere some shops have them, some use them. Hand sanitizer everywhere.. but, they are really never used ... shit, I even walked in to 7/11 today without a mask ( I forgot it ) .. I wasn't the only one .. where I am 99% are in masks in shops, and people steer clear of those that aren't wearing them .

There is a stay at home order in place for all. You can only leave home for work, if you cant work from home, shopping, or an hours daily exercise. Until early March meeting individual friends was forbidden, although now you can meet 1 other person outdoors in a public place.

Hope this helps you to understand what we are going through!

All I can do is just shake my head .. jeez ...

I work at about 35 hospitals here ... none of the ( I have asked a couple of times .. just as recently as Friday when I was at Ramkhamhaeng Hospital ) hospitals have had any reported case of the china virus

I don't go to the hospitals regularly ... but, I talk to a shit load of people that work there daily ... from Chiang Mai to Hat Yai

4 minutes ago, boydeste said:

Exactly, that's why we get excited when some good sport comes on the TV.

It's the highlight of the week for us!

LOL .. I understand .....

Seriously Bro .. I had no idea ...

Got up at my normal time this morning .. sitting here having a coffee and looking at the sea ...

1 minute ago, boydeste said:

Here's a brief summary to give you some perspective of the UK problem so far :-

4.29 million cases tested positive for covid with 126,000 of those dying so far.

At one point a few weeks ago over 2000 people were dying a day from covid.

That's why we have been locked down for so long and not able to live our lives.

 

 f**k me ! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

8 hours ago, boydeste said:

 

@code_slayer_bkk

It just shows the polar opposite effects covid is having around the world.

 

Bro .. I don't have a clue what you guys are going through over there ... I watch a "shit load" of news everyday ... all I have heard is that the UK has another "variant" .. really nothing more ... nothing -- or how you have been "locked down" .. really nothing 

I have heard more about Dr. Suess getting "canceled" .. than what you are going through in the UK ... I am fucking serious !

I don't mean to bust any balls .....

I don't watch any Thai news here .. it is just what I see and how I live ... yea, the tourists areas have had ups and downs .. but, regular life just goes on here ....

Kids are in swimming pools, schools are open, any place I want to go and eat .. all seems normal .. sunny everyday ... there are thermometers everywhere .. but, they are really never used ... shit, I even walked in to 7/11 today without a mask ( I forgot it ) .. I wasn't the only one .. 

Well, your real world is a lot different than my real world ... I get just sick and tired of a f**k using an excuse of drug addiction .. what is next ?

Talking about personal experience .. . tell me .. lol .. you are alive and not addicted ?

Velvet Underground ... I met Lou Reed on couple occasions .... he is a NY boy ... we were both young .. he seemed like a pretty good guy .. I always liked his music ....

A really good tune ..

4 minutes ago, coxyhog said:

More armchair sport,cricket at 1.30,the mighty Watford live on Sky at 3.00 then Ireland-England rugby at 4.45.

Some recording required methinks.

Jeez .... get out and live !

Just about ready to get in the "beast" and get my ass out of BKK and back home to the woman I love ( I never tell her that ,, for sure ,, talk is cheap )

Stop in Hua Hin tonight ... traffic is going to be a bitch getting out of BKK .. 

Funny !

7 minutes ago, Krapow said:

What free shit, methadone?

Methadone costs buttons to produce, and is used as a very, very cost effective harm reduction tool. Harm reduction to society in general. It's not about giving 'free shit' it's used as it has loads of benefits to society. 

You have to be pragmatic, people always have and always will use drugs, for all sorts of reasons. Methadone programmes save untold amounts of money, cuts way down on the associated drug related crime, free up Police resources, Court time, cost of prison, and health related stuff, and also saves lives. Nevermind stabilising people so they can try to get their shit together, instead of having a raging habit they need to feed that consumes their every waking minute, so they can't try t get their shit together without detox etc.

You have to live in the real world, you can't shoot drug addicts, at least in most places, you can't lock them up and throw away the key due to costs if nothing else. So when you say if they fall off the wagon once then forget them, what exactly do you mean?  I fell off the wagon after getting clean and sober, so what should have happened to me then?

Sure people have take responsibility for their actions, i fully agree, and people are made to as well. But offering a methadone programme is a very cost effective tool in dealing with a very complex issue.

If it was that easy, it would have been done years ago.

Ok .. you make a compelling argument .. lets get the statistics ... a totally different picture than what you are painting ...

It is not complex .. simple in mind .. you f***d up .. is society required to " pay for your f**k up "  the remainder of your time on earth .... I think not

31 minutes ago, Krapow said:

You're entitled to think what you want, but that will never happen in the real world, at least where you and i live.

So you have to have real world solutions to real world problems. 

But, it happens still in places .. Asia and the middle East .. including Russia ... people getting blown away ... is that the ultimate solution ... not sure ... I think a lot of the junkies are just cockroaches ... and yes, I totally understand their dilemma

Excuses, excuses and even more excuses ... just because they can't handle themselves .. and the majority cannot even get a grip ..... enough ~!

I don't even live in the USA .. but, every year I have to pay a shit load .. I mean a shit load of taxes to the US government .. what the f**k for ... for methadone clinics .. f**k me

You cannot just keep on giving, giving and giving without any type of retribution, or a cost ...

Even in love .. you cannot ever take any shit ....

Seems to me these junkies get away with all kinds of shit and never suffer any penalties ... or costs

Yea, I may sound like a hard ass but you have to pay the price with the decisions you make in life ... simple .. addiction isn't an excuse .. it was a choice you made ... cowboy the f**k up ...

Believe me ,, I have smoked a shit load of ganja , done a shit load of acid and speed .. never any coke, meth or heroin .. true ..

It was and is my choice .. did I turn into a junkie .. f**k no ... I could have taken that "out" "in life ... never

So, I only have empathy to a certain point ...

"Get up - Stand up" .. be counted .. make a contribution to life and your fellow man ~!  Don't keep on sucking the tit

On 3/19/2021 at 5:05 AM, Golfingboy said:

Quebec sugar shack dinner. And yes @boydeste, those are beans I’m eating, even though they look like chickpeas. Bloody good too, I didn’t know what I was missing

 

I buy dried beans ( ? ) all the time .. especially chik peas ..

Throw them into the crock pot with a couple of pork chops ,, a bunch of garlic and black pepper ...

Let them cook for 6 - 7 hours .. fucking delicious ... some home made bread .... a meal for Kings ...

On 3/18/2021 at 7:35 AM, fforest said:

 

 

Jeez ... be careful of that book ( lol ) cancel culture will come and get you .. If they got Doctor Suess ... then this guy has no chance ....

Recovering .... having a beer .. getting it together and packing up the "Beast" to go back to the deep South tomorrow morning

5 hours ago, Krapow said:

I know plenty of drug addicts and alcoholics (which totally destroys families and lives every bit as much as heroin or whatever) who have turned their life around, everything from IV heroin, mainlining crack and heroin, smoking crack, benzos, whatever. Everybody is an individual and different, some cannot or will not ever stop using drugs, some will. Your life doesn't have to be f***d. 

Didn't watch the video, but the reason they give out 'free methadone' as you call it, is that it's pretty hard to sort your life and various issues out, when you've a raging habit that is all consuming from as soon as you waken up, so you have to go sell, steal, sell your ass, do whatever to feed it. On a methadone script, once titrated, you're stable, not 'sick', so then can try to sort your life out, if you want.  It makes sense in all sorts of ways, it's cheap as chips, stops crime, the jails are full. It's cost effective if nothing else. 

You have to be pragmatic about a very complex situation, you can't shoot all junkies as you call them, well, unless you're in the Philippines or under Khun T a few years ago, you can't lock them all up forever, considering how much it costs to keep someone in jail, nevermind them being full to the brim, at least in the UK. So what do you do! You have to give people a chance and the support to try to turn their life around at least!  Sure many will just keep using, the whole lifestyle, do some real shitty stuff, and deserve everything that's coming to them, causing all sort of crime and misery to their families and society in general. But one size does not fit al, if it was that easy, the problem would have sorted years ago.

Seen a news report the other day, Thailand worst country in the world currently for meth use. Addiction can hit anyone, anyone!

Bro .. maybe I didn't say what I meant

I just think you give a person 1 chance to get straight ,, I am all for it ... sometimes people fall into shit ... they need help .. I agree

but, when they fall off the wagon .. then forget ... how many times are you supposed to help them ?  Are you supposed to give them free shit the remainder of their lives ?  People are gonna have to take responsibility for their own lives sooner versus later and later and later

I grew up during NY's heroin epidemic ... I witnessed the ravage it caused .. the despair, the wrecked lives ... who knows, maybe there is still an epidemic there ...

Meth has been a serious problem here for many years ... I watched something the other day .. and I didn't realize that Thailand also has the highest number of suicides in Asia as well .. people overwhelming the help lines here and no one answers the fucking hot line phones ... sad

I watched this program tonight .. what bullshit ...

With all of the " hopes and dreams " when you are a junkie ,, your life is f***d

Free methadone ... ? ... WTF ?

I grew up around a shit load of junkies and regardless how hard they tried ( which in reality - very little effort ) they always had an excuse for getting high again ..... always

You should just throw these fucks into a boot camp .. no mercy .. get straight or die ...  you return to the life .. you die

I have no pity for these fucks ... there are more efforts that are more important ... a fucking junkie ... give me a break ...

3 hours ago, Phantom51red said:

Keep on keeping on and leave all that signage behind,carry on regardless sir.  

Always Bro ...

^^^^^^ LOL ..

Sometimes I don't know which way to go ... LOL .. LOL