Daily Moan

[misskit]

Sensodyne always worked for me. When it didn’t, turned out I needed a root canal.

[Shutree]

I told the daughter that I'd help her to revise for her end of term exams, but she ended up explaining stuff to me nd I could tell she was getting pretty frustrated..

During my teaching time I had to teach M2 maths one year. It was tougher than I expected, I can do the maths but I had forgotten many of the terms. Phrases like 'mixed numbers', I probably never used for fifty years and suddenly I needed to be precise with the language.

[Shutree]

What is it with all the people out wearing a motorcycle or football helmet to use a weed trimmer? It it a local peculiarity or is this something that has spread around the country?

I guess many people have motorcycle helmets easily available, better than nothing. A chap along my soi lost an eye a couple of years back when his strimmer hit a stone. He probably wishes now that he'd used his motorcycle helmet. Not that many people round here use them for motorcycling.

[Mendip]

Sensodyne always worked for me.

I've been using Sensodyne MK, and it certainly helps but sometimes my teeth are so sensitive that I will skip a meal. Not a bad thing some may think.

It was tougher than I expected, I can do the maths but I had forgotten many of the terms.

Exactly that, but I can't do much of the Maths any more either.

I've also been going through Biology, Chemistry and Physics with the daughter with no problem and a good refresher for me, but the Maths just leaves me dead. I've told the daughter that she doesn't have to be top of the class, but she does need that IGCSE. She seems a bit young to be taught exam tactics, but that is what will get her through, I hope.

[prawnograph]

Someone else's moan:
Friday two weeks ago I was at Thai Watsadu and approached by a man who asked "English?".

Responding yes was my mistake. He was the angriest disgruntled malcontent I've ever encountered here, pleased he'd finally found someone to vent to with his hatred of ... just about everything.

He was the embodiment of every negative foul-mouthed farang (you know who you are) spouting his hatred for living here, the climate, the people, roads, traffic, the drivers, the schools and education, Chanthaburi immigration staff, building standards, even 7-11s, on and on he went, following me as I worked through my list of items.

The good news is he's going back to England on Christmas Day. Retirement in Thailand hadn't been a success for him, though he may be just as miserable 'back home' searching for employment to supplement his pension.

[Molle]

^ you met Taxexile

[Joe 90]

Someone else's moan:
Friday two weeks ago I was at Thai Watsadu and approached by a man who asked "English?".

Responding yes was my mistake. He was the angriest disgruntled malcontent I've ever encountered here, pleased he'd finally found someone to vent to with his hatred of ... just about everything.

He was the embodiment of every negative foul-mouthed farang (you know who you are) spouting his hatred for living here, the climate, the people, roads, traffic, the drivers, the schools and education, Chanthaburi immigration staff, building standards, even 7-11s, on and on he went, following me as I worked through my list of items.

The good news is he's going back to England on Christmas Day. Retirement in Thailand hadn't been a success for him, though he may be just as miserable 'back home' searching for employment to supplement his pension.

Genticles hasn't been the same since he binge watched " Breaking Bad" and " Better call Saul"

[Edmond]

^ you met Taxexile

Not you after a bottle of 13.5% Shiraz, Mike?

[Shutree]

Bored witless. What to do about it? Look up TripAdvisor, the Top Ten Things to do in Nongbualamphu.
The top three are (surprise!) temples. Number 6 is a fishing lake, that might be something to do, except that it shut down years ago.
Numbers 7, 9 and 10 are all: The Sports Bar.

[cyrille]

Famous for its fossils, isn't it?

Hence the preponderance of 'sports' bars.

[Shutree]

Famous for its fossils, isn't it?

Apart from the farang fossils there is the world-famous Dino Park, Number 4 in the top ten. I believe there is one dinosaur footprint to see. I went once but they operate dual pricing and I told them they could stick their footprint. The online pictures have a lot of cement dinosaurs, looks like the Crystal Palace when I was a kid. They were boring then and I don't think they'll excite me much today.

[misskit]

Just got to ask…how do you guys get stuck out there in the middle of no where?

I’m planning a trip to Roi Et and my Thai friends are having a good laugh.

[Shutree]

Hence the preponderance of 'sports' bars.

It is just the one place. It used to be the only place in town but never good enough to get three places in the top ten. The last time I went there to watch a Premier League game, the staff were clueless, just gave me the remote to see if I could find it myself. I told her I didn't get paid to work there, but it didn't help. I watched half the game, a crowd of one. Then a regular fossil staggered in, well-oiled, and shouted at them to put on the Nongbualamphu away game which happened to be live on Thai tv. So she switched away from my PL game. I went home, I have a better feed on my home tv, and I haven't been back. Can't say I miss it.
On the plus side, we now have the City Bar two doors down. Spoilt for choice these days. Icing on the cake, Nongbua's first cannabis shop has just opened in between the two bars.

[Shutree]

Just got to ask…how do you guys get stuck out there in the middle of no where?

I’m planning a trip to Roi Et and my Thai friends are having a good laugh.

It isn't the middle of nowhere, it's more towards the edge of nowhere .... Old story, I met a girl ....

Roi Et sparkles in comparison with Nongbualamphu. Will you visit Norton? You both have new, cute dogs to talk about.

[misskit]

^Yes.

[Edmond]

how do you guys get stuck out there in the middle of no where?

That's one thing that has always befuddled me.

The number of men that move to some desolate craphole they don't want to live in, simply because they're told to by a woman that they're paying to live with them (more often than not).

Thailand has amazing places to live, be it up in/near the mountains, or around the beaches. Lots of Western amenities, places to go, things to do and people to meet etc.


Each to their own n' all that, I just don't understand moving to some god forsaken dustbowl with nothing and no one there because someone is telling you to.

[Shutree]

^Yes.

If you drive from Chiangmai to Roi Et you can pass through Nongbualamphu. Or not. Unless you crave the cement dinosaurs.

[Edmond]

Roi-Et's a nice place for a day or two. Was at a Thai Visa pissup with TD member Frambo there in..... 2007. It was at a Buffet and at the end the money for the bill was 200 baht short after everyone claiming they paid 5555

[Backspin]

That's one thing that has always befuddled me.

The number of men that move to some desolate craphole they don't want to live in, simply because they're told to by a woman that they're paying to live with them (more often than not).

Thailand has amazing places to live, be it up in/near the mountains, or around the beaches. Lots of Western amenities, places to go, things to do and people to meet etc.


Each to their own n' all that, I just don't understand moving to some god forsaken dustbowl with nothing and no one there because someone is telling you to.

I always check the names of these places on the map and then zoom out..not surprised that some ppl em ...get bored

[Shutree]

because someone is telling you to.

My choice. I'm a bit of a sociopath, a quiet place and a garden suit me most days. I can't imagine myself in Bangkok or Pattaya, the air quality in Chiangmai is a big negative. Maybe a nice villa with a pool in Phuket when that Euromillions win comes through. Until then, I'm fine.

[cyrille]

^^^Definitely somebody ​who's returned, and seems bitchy enough.

[Troy]

That's one thing that has always befuddled me.

The number of men that move to some desolate craphole they don't want to live in, simply because they're told to by a woman that they're paying to live with them (more often than not).

Thailand has amazing places to live, be it up in/near the mountains, or around the beaches. Lots of Western amenities, places to go, things to do and people to meet etc.


Each to their own n' all that, I just don't understand moving to some god forsaken dustbowl with nothing and no one there because someone is telling you to.

Actually, I love being in the middle of nowhere. Far away from the crowds and even further away from the tourists. It's not for everyone but it suits me. If anything, the village has grown up too much and I have to drive to another, even more isolated part of the sticks.

I don't need a sports bar, nor even a tv. Plenty to do every day and not a care in the world.

[misskit]

^^^ A sociopath! I ain’t coming near your place then. Maybe you mean an introvert. If so, I am pretty much the same but still have to have social connections to feel good.

[Backspin]

If you don't like the hustle and bustle of Pattaya , you could drive 45 minutes inland and settle there in some village. Instead of crawling into the asshole of nowhere 5-8 hours up country

[misskit]

I’m 12km north of the city of Chiang Mai. Sometimes there are a few tourists at the local market on their way to somewhere else. This time of year, if you go the back way out of my place, you run into some tourists out viewing the fields of flowers. Not too bad, though, and really beautiful scenery.