Trip

On 4/5/2024 at 7:09 PM, Yessongs said:

But, but, but, she has a sister too Mr Force! LOL!  

 

And a Thai cuz

1 hour ago, Yesitisdakid said:

These are some meals from Angeles City here in the Philippines over the last couple of days. The biggest shock of my whole trip is the cost of food here now it has really skyrocketed.

Looks ok. is there much equivalent to Thailand street food there, i.e., where you can get 100 Baht/$3 tasty meals?

29 minutes ago, Evil Penevil said:

Just to make things clear-  both April 1 Stickman columns were deliberate pranks on his part.  He posted the columns in the April 1 tradition of fake news.

Evil

I know. It's one of his things. My take is that those tongue in cheek musings aren't that much more accurate than his regular dribble.

I do like the photos though, even though he doesn't take those now either since he's seldom in Thailand.

1 hour ago, Evil Penevil said:

Some years ago, when April 1 last fell on a Sunday, Stickman had an article about the Thai government forbidding   foreigners to take Thai women back to their hotel rooms.  Many, many of his readers as well as posters on the various boards were fooled.  Some posters with a sense of humor "doubled down" on the Stickman article and claimed to have seen the official announcement of the hotel ban, which lent credibility to the Stickman report.

One explanation of why so many were (are?) gullible is that Stickman's column and the boards are widely read internationally and April 1 is not a big thing in some countries.  A lot of people outside the English-speaking countries are unaware of the April 1 tradition of fake stories in the media.

Evil

True, and then there's the fact that Stickman isn't now and hasn't been for years actually in Thailand. He gets his information from scouring fora and people with as suspect credibility as himself.

But photos are good.

1 hour ago, thumper63 said:

That sausage seems to have inentions about dem eggs.

40 minutes ago, karon steve said:

In a similar vein many years ago my stepdaughter, at the tender age of 13, asked me to buy her a "talking dick". Apparently this is a talking dictionary.

yeah, and meanings can change with the passage of time. For example, I've always wondered if the feminists in #MeToo understand that to Boomers, # doesn't always mean hashtag but rather pound.

1 hour ago, boydeste said:

A BM here recommended the penang curry in Det5, so I went to try it today. It didn't dissapoint.

Laab Moo Tod at Det 5 is a treat also. Goes well with the all day HH.

Det 5 is a great way to chill in the hot afternoons in Bkk as you line up your prey for the evening.

23 hours ago, Stillearly said:

Oppenheimer was also available on the flight , but after watching KOTFM I needed something lighter.. 

I was on a recent long flight and saw both Oppenheimer and the 90-minute Documentary Oppenheimer the real story back-to-back.

The movie was ok, but it was too long and just dragged at spots like delving into his balancing a girlfriend and crazy wife.

OTOH, the Documentary at 90 minutes I found riveting as it went into details about Oppenheimer's ties to his mentor Neils Bohr and why Groves chose Oppenheimer to head the Manhattan Project and how it ended up in New Mexico.

At the time Oppenheimer was black balled by Hoover/FBI for suspicion of being a communist sympathizer/agent but Groves went to Roosevelt and they over ruled Hoover. Groves said he knew in the first 5 minutes of meeting Oppenheimer that he was the only man for the job because he could condense nuclear physicist gobblygook into a few sentences of plain English so that Groves and others could understand the meaning and importance.

Any way, here is a link to the Documentary free on YT

3 hours ago, boydeste said:

Last weeks chicken and pasta was really nice..

Brick House is a well run and managed place. Those weekly specials are worth trying.

1 hour ago, Zeb said:

Might look a bit better at night ?

But still.......

Very cold beer, good pricing, good line ups will all need to be match fit....from day one

Probably as most night life places by definition put their best face forward when the lights come on. Like all businesses time will tell if the punt will be a success but given the infinite competing choices to wet one's whistle in Pattaya; it's not looking like a good bet.

It is different though, sort of like socialism for bars, everyone has to accept the same pricing, same music, etc.

4 hours ago, thumper63 said:

Now I'm rather new to this particular project but it is coming along. Photos from this morning March 29th.

Nothing screams Vegas quite like a tin shack with dozens of miniature beer bars. Sure to be a rousing success ... not.

1 hour ago, thegrogmonster said:

Dinner at the Brick House.

Have you tried their 199 Baht weekly specials yet?

3 hours ago, thumper63 said:

Just out of shower. Going to hunt down a breakfast spot

Casa Pascal

Liberal Canadians which may be 90% of them.

LoL ... but will work for Chang draft

Marilyn was a babe and nice voice as well

1 hour ago, thumper63 said:

So is that an old block ice hammer? 

Might be something you bash Everton supporters with.