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    On the day that I changed the name to the Elephants Head I hired an elephant to mark the occasion and draw attention to the fact.



    I also put on a free buffet dinner which was an enormous hit with all the backpackers but really pissed off all the guest houses in the area coz everyone came to my gaff for dinner and the guest houses had no one to sell meals too.

    Mai Pen Rai. eh?

    I actually made a mint that night and sold out of grog. I had to send the boy up to the shop to buy up heaps of grog at retail price just to keep it going but what the hell did I care as I was raking it in.

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    Here is a pic of me in my quarters upstairs from the pub with the workbench there in the foreground.



    I have still got that bedcover as well.

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    And here is a snap of me with some of my customers. The gal that is hanging on to me actually went on to become Mrs Sensible.



    I eventually went back to London and lived with her for 8 long years before fleeing back to Australia.

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    Fantastic stuff.

    So...you had no paperwork at all, very risky by the sounds of it but as you said 'you were racking it in'

    Now this is a very common comment to make when you are a westerner in a foreign country starting up a new business. Trying to keep up appereances and all that. Where you racking it in like you said or just getting by?

    Also, you mentioned the police coming to drink at your place but bringing their own booze...that wouldnt happen now. Did you ever ina ll your time there have any trouble with the local police/government? If so plese explain. Also did you ever need the help of these people and in what situations.

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    I quickly recognised that the business was seasonal and there were times when no one came in. The hot season in particular. Kan gets very fokking hot in the summer and folks tend to head for the islands at that time. So I made hay while the son was shining so to speak. I never kept books like you would with a real business but I always had plenty of dosh in my pocket. I actually bought a long tail boat and used it to take gals up river and have adult fun in the open air. They loved it.
    I never had any trouble with the coppers as my head waitress was the sister of the chief of police in Kan. Everything was all sabai sabai.
    I would always get a warning if I was doing something that was a bit moody like selling cigarettes that I had bought in Burma for tuppence.
    I used to sell ganja too and when they found out about that I had to stop. Well, I had to stop being so overt about it anyway.
    It was funny coz there were three prices that I charged for ganja. Thai price was basically fok all coz I wanted their business but didnt want to piss any one off. Falang price was simply double what I had paid for it. And then there was Yid price. hehehe. I used to sell the Israeli's a small bag of ganja for 125 baht where the same bag was sold to normal falangs for just 50 baht. I reasoned that it was justified because they were so fokking rude and had nowhere else to buy it.

    The only real problem that I had to deal with was from a local Chinese guy who saw what I was doing and decided to open his house up as a bar and go into competition with me. We had a small war go for a while there what with him offering free ganja and cheap drinks etc in an attempt to win over my customers. One night he sent a guy in to my bar with a gun. This trumped up little hoodlum came right up to were I was sitting on my own and sat himself down and asked me if I was scared of him. I looked at him in disbelief and he then pulled out his gun which was a small callibre pistol and waved it at me. I got to admit that he did scare the bejesus outa me so I immediately upturned the table on him and knocked the gun out of his hand. I then punched shit out of the little fella and dragged him out onto the street. I then went back and got the gun and threw it in the river.



    Thinking back on it now it was real wild west stuff and I did have a few sleepless nights thinking that the Chinese guy might torch the pub as it was built out of timber and bamboo.
    Nothing ever happened and he eventually closed down and I never had any more trouble.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Sensible
    Here is a pic of me in my quarters upstairs from the pub with the workbench there in the foreground.



    I have still got that bedcover as well.
    Bryan Brown would be right proud of your clobber there Cap!!

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    hehehe. I just came across this pic of me with three gals that I took up to Burma on a trek. Which one do you think that I played with?



    Clue, it wasnt the gal far left. She was American and a complete pain in the arse.

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    Let me guess...it was both the other two?

    Righto - back on subject.

    You meantioned it was real wild west stuff from time to time...what year was all this happening and have you been back since then and how much has it changed?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MeMock
    Let me guess...it was both the other two?

    Righto - back on subject.

    You meantioned it was real wild west stuff from time to time...what year was all this happening and have you been back since then and how much has it changed?
    There is no fooling you MeMock.

    Let me see now. I opened in 92 and I think that the incident with the gun happened in late 93.
    I have been back twice since my return to Oz from London and my gaff is now called the Jungle Bar and run by an English guy who caters to the same market but unfortunately doesnt do that well as there is now probably 40 or more bars on the main Thanom which is in a different part of town and most folks go there coz the bars have gals and all the usual nonsense.

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    This is a great thread captain.
    One of the most enjoyable reads in a long while.
    :drillserg love these smilies.

    glad I'm not the only one who has posted pics of himself on here.

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    kawp kun makt CMN. It sure is bringing back a lot of fun memories.

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    I'll take that credit thanks CMN!

    So 1992, thats 13 years ago. Quite a lot has obviously happened since then and we wont go into that just now but I believe you are planning a return.

    When is this happening?

    Where are you going to live?

    What are you going to do?

    And the most important question, are you going to snot Cd playing Patrick when you get there?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MeMock
    I'll take that credit thanks CMN!
    Big hand Memock. you rock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MeMock
    I'll take that credit thanks CMN!

    So 1992, thats 13 years ago. Quite a lot has obviously happened since then and we wont go into that just now but I believe you are planning a return.

    When is this happening?

    Where are you going to live?

    What are you going to do?

    And the most important question, are you going to snot Cd playing Patrick when you get there?
    Oh dear. I hope to be on the ground in the Los in time for Chrissy dinner at KK's where DJ Pat will punch me.

    I aint got a clue where I shall be living but I have a horrible feeling that initially I shall be sharing my time between Bangers and an undisclosed location elsewhere.

    I have made enquiries about doing the Celta course on January 30 for 4 weeks but am still waiting for their reply. Of course I shall also be doing some rove reporting with my camera for Teakdoor and hope to start getting some nice web pages up as soon as possible. I am heading to the dogs first up so we can plan how to get Teakdoor to be the biggest and best site in Thailand.

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    Failing that I shall open a fish and chip shop. 'The Captains Seafood Emporium'.

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    I know a nice little business in a good location with I think real bar potential up here.
    i don't have the time, money or inclination to do it myself. anyone interested?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon
    I know a nice little business in a good location with I think real bar potential up here.
    i don't have the time, money or inclination to do it myself. anyone interested?
    Pm me some more details CMN. I am always keen to know about opportunities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Sensible
    I am heading to the dogs first up so we can plan how to get Teakdoor to be the biggest and best site in Thailand.
    I actually think it's already the bestest.

    with myself.
    These emoticons are so much fun.

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    Errr ummm...but cap - we have all seen your cooking thread are you sure opening up a take away shop is a good idea?!

    Okay - well it sounds like you are a bit up in the air at the moment but we all wish you the best of Queersland luck.

    Back to your business.

    Why did you decide to leave and how/who did you hand it over?

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    Monkees song is Daydream Believer

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    Quote Originally Posted by MeMock
    Errr ummm...but cap - we have all seen your cooking thread are you sure opening up a take away shop is a good idea?!
    Cheeky fokker. I wouldnt be doing the cooking anyway. I would just count the money and do the ordering and boss type stuff.

    Quote Originally Posted by MeMock
    Okay - well it sounds like you are a bit up in the air at the moment but we all wish you the best of Queersland luck.
    What does that mean mate?

    Quote Originally Posted by MeMock
    Back to your business.

    Why did you decide to leave and how/who did you hand it over?
    But dont you wanna here about all the conquests and other stuff before I tell you how it ended?

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    Personally I'd love to here about it right hear.

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    We want the whole lot from first to last take your time Cap'n. Great stuff and a great read, and pictures even; for those english teachers that are challenged in thet area.

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    Hello friskofrankie!

    I'm Government Grant.

    I work for the government.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captain Sensible
    Cheeky fokker. I wouldnt be doing the cooking anyway. I would just count the money and do the ordering and boss type stuff.


    What does that mean mate?


    But dont you wanna here about all the conquests and other stuff before I tell you how it ended?
    The best of queersland luck...u no instead of british luck...err doesnt matter.

    Sorry for getting ahead of myself there - I just thought I would get that question out of the way first before getting into all the other nitty gritty.

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