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    Lets hope she has insurance ,, shame lovely looking girls ,, unusual for UK females hardly recognised them without all the tattoos and lard and piercings

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    Tax, you seem to be somewhat schizophrenic today.
    far from it old boy. actually refreshed and on top of my game these days after a wonderful break in hong kong and macau.

    now thats how cities should be run. bloody marvellous.

    why on earth you masochistically persist in living in bangkok is quite beyond me.

    it is an awful place unless you have a job that you enjoy or a harem of brown gash to regularly dally with. no place to retire to, unless you enjoy suffering.

    daytime in bangkok is as you correctly say, awful. one must stay indoors. the whole environment is soul destroying. the heat, the noise, the people, the filth.
    there is just nothing to do unless you like sitting in overpriced pubs or sleazy bars.

    nightime is better, the vibrancy is truly world class, but even so, after a few days in that city i am chomping at the bit to leave and return to the peace, quiet and easy life on the coast.
    unfortunately, due to my mother in laws serious illness, we will have to endure some lengthy periods in bangkok over the next few months, and i'm not really looking forward to it.
    death's waiting room,
    hardly, and here i feel i must jump to the defense of my adopted home town.

    hua hin, at least the area where i live, is delightful. coastal breezes mean never having to turn on the air con, windows open fresh air, plentiful fresh food, good local restaurants, unpretentious bars and gathering places, and the locals here are much more relaxed and easy going than their bangkok bretheren. cheap public transport means a car is not a necessity, and there is no need to use taxis.
    the town centre is compact and walking around is not the hassle it is in bangkok.

    there is decent countryside 5 minutes away, good for exploring on foot, the infrastructure is still coping even with all the recent expansion here. there are some spectacular national parks, and single guys of all ages that come here seem to have no trouble finding girlfriends from amongst the working population. there are also prostitutes available for those either unable or unwilling to form lasting relationships, or for who need quick relief.



    the points you raise may occasionally have some validity, but like so much of your retired colonel ranting, you tend to highlight the extreme, you must be in a permanent state of hypertensive apoplexy as you stumble, mutter and curse your way through a life filled with unmet expectations and disappointing social intercourse.

    and who but the lazy, spoilt and stupid would waste their money, time and dignity by shopping in that overpriced joke of a supermarket, villa.

    after being here a while you soon strike up relationships with shops and traders and service is usually given with a smile. its hard to do that in a big impersonal city like bangkok.
    my bills are always paid in cash, monthly at the relevant authority. electricity, phone etc.
    that way you soon get to know the staff and they get to know you. any problems are then sorted out efficiently and quickly. our car insurance lady comes to the condo to pick up and deliver all renewal paperwork for car tax etc. problem with the washing machine, plumbing or lighting, the condo on duty engineer comes up there and then to sort it out. in bangkok you are at the mercy of mostly useless tradesmen, that is if you can get them to come.

    life in thailand is all about building up relationships, and in a small town its easy to do. life just becomes easier all the time.

    why you choose to go to 7-11 and deal with those soulless cashiers to pay your bills is beyond me, but i suppose in bangkok you have little choice. a three hour trip to pay an electric bill would be a bit silly, as would a three hour wait in nana bank.

    i think most of your frustrations come from living in bangkok, sukhumvit is it?
    awful area unless you are on a generous expat package or a career "monger", i think thats the politically correct term for a purchaser of sexual favours these days. i'm sure life in the suburbs must be better.

    as you enter your possibly premature dotage i would recommend a relocation to a less frenetic environment, do wonders for your blood pressure.

    how far behind schedule are they on your condo at the moment?

    pattaya is it?

    out of the frying pan. har har.
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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
    top of my game these days after a wonderful break in hong kong and macau. .

    And I trust you will file a trip report to inform other readers interested in a mini-break.

    I did offer my services as a hiking guide, but there was no response.

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    i'm working on the photos as we speak, photo thread within the next few weeks.

    i thought your offer was made in jest actually, i didnt know you lived in hong kong.

    loved it there, macau too, and thanks for the offer. next time for sure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
    i'm working on the photos as we speak, photo thread within the next few weeks.

    i thought your offer was made in jest actually, i didnt know you lived in hong kong.

    loved it there, macau too, and thanks for the offer. next time for sure.
    Ok we have a date for next time. Bring your walking boots !

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    Indeed, Tax, many worthy observations there, certainly in relation to Bangkok life.

    Thank you for your kind offer of accommodation in Hua Hin. We shall be there next week with our stuff and look forward to a pilot residence. I think 3 months should see it through, warts 'n all.

    I am partial to draft lager and good conversation but much prefer it when discord and strife adds its spice. We'll soon get those laid back chaps back on their mettle, eh what?

    Love Hong Kong but I can't bring myself to go there anymore when I know we shall have to return to this city. If we go back to Blighty, a distinct possibility, I shall ensure a visit there before we return.

    The Pattaya development is bang on target and will be done by mid 2014 or thereabouts. Probably end up renting it though - people seem to be happy paying daft rents there and will be a useful money spinner.

    Anyway, let me have directions etc and we'll be in Curmudgeonly Tax Towers in no time.

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    Some good posts here, I havent been to hua hin for over thirty years but it still sounds lovely.As for road safety,there isnt any.

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    Ok we have a date for next time. Bring your walking boots !
    and you bring your jimmy saville pants and your hitler coat.

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    Curmudgeonly Tax Towers
    benny hill suite, 15th floor, "loggerheads" wing.

    slip the guard a monkey and use the private lift.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Ghost_Of_The_Moog View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
    top of my game these days after a wonderful break in hong kong and macau. .

    And I trust you will file a trip report to inform other readers interested in a mini-break.

    I did offer my services as a hiking guide, but there was no response.
    I used to hoof it up Castle Peak and an area around Lion's Rock (?) when I was about 19 years young. Is it still there or is it all built up?

    Have the photos posing in my technicolour flares, tie-dyed T shirt and Levi jacket looking all moody in my John Lennon specs, long hair and goatee beard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thegent View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by The_Ghost_Of_The_Moog View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
    top of my game these days after a wonderful break in hong kong and macau. .

    And I trust you will file a trip report to inform other readers interested in a mini-break.

    I did offer my services as a hiking guide, but there was no response.
    I used to hoof it up Castle Peak and an area around Lion's Rock (?) when I was about 19 years young. Is it still there or is it all built up?

    Have the photos posing in my technicolour flares, tie-dyed T shirt and Levi jacket looking all moody in my John Lennon specs, long hair and goatee beard.
    Yes both hikes are still terrific to do - National Park boundaries are enforced on real estate developers.

    Castle Peak much easier to get to now a direct train line to Tuen Mun is there. Last time I did Castle Peak I got lost on the way down and ended up having to lower myself down a 100 ft (seasonally dry) waterfall using a fixed rope that someone had helpfully left!

    Please post your nostalgic old photo !

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile View Post
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    benny hill suite, 15th floor, "loggerheads" wing.

    slip the guard a monkey and use the private lift.
    I'm all out of Bonobo apes but may have a Gibbon I can lay my hands on. Will that do? What will he do with it? Conversation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Ghost_Of_The_Moog View Post


    Please post your nostalgic old photo !
    Back in Blighty with my other treasures, I'm afraid. Probably just as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StrontiumDog View Post
    British woman, 27, suffers broken back in horrific crash in Bangkok taxi
    • Her and friends Ruth Ginn and Natasha Smith were due to fly home
    By Leon Watson

    "Her" and friends were due to fly home.

    FFS Daily Mail - you're a semi- trashy tab but that doesn't excuse you for writing like white trash does it? I mean you're not The Sun.. "Wotz Hazz Up To Now.." etc..

    I guess "her" friends had to fly home "Wiff-out 'er" then in it. Know wot I mean?
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    Quote Originally Posted by thegent
    But the real kicker is, as so vividly demonstrated by this accident, the fact one is always, always vulnerable to the sheer reckless stupidity of the average Thai wherever one might be.
    Driving home this afternoon I had to negotiate a 90 degree bend to the left. Both sides of the road were dual carriage way demarked with a yellow line as a central reservation. at the apex I was faced with a car steaming towards me at speed on my side of the road.

    Fortunately, as I took this route regularly, I have noticed this to be a common theme among the thais (on this corner). Luckily, also, the inside lane was free so a quick turn of the wheel facilitaed my escape.

    What would have happened if there had been a bus in the inside lane on my side?

    Thais, generally, just don't have the cognitive skills to be allowed safe access to modern western inventions. Cause and effect is just not a part of their thinking process beyond 'how much will I get out of this?'

    Just another example of lack of empathy in the Thai charachter - Thai driver only thinking of him/herself, crossing the central reservation and driving the wrong way on the wrong side of the road into the face of oncoming traffic with no sense of conscious pricking on the issue of the safety of other road users!

    Did he hang around after causing the accident? Will he be pursued?

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    Quote Originally Posted by taxexile
    thais at that level have to survive, and for them anything goes.
    It's also the way the elite operate - you only have to read the stories of the kids of redbull owner, Mooham, Mr Happy Toilet, Toxin's brood and the cover ups their families shell out for

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