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55 small beginings and all that.Quote:
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Someone has a relief on Christmas day...and the anti-skid brakes work well on my SUV...not quite a Jag but screeched to a halt in time. My word, that was a close call. Hoping the kid that ran out on the dual carriageway didn't kak himself...
I'm so happy that I've finally got my children's bedrooms to where they need to be, courtesy of IKEAS innovative space saving ideas.
They are happy and I'm happy!
Hard work being a full time working father to three children but hugely rewarding.
I love their individual personalities and progress they are making into the world.
They are my legacy and I'm proud of them.
^ Nice Chitty.
I too am happy, i approached the New Year with trepidation thinking of new starts but i am happy to report that Mr Sausages is still the biggest repetitive curmudgeon on TD and Syb still posts a lot but never says anything so a new decade dawns and all is well with the world.
In other news, digging around my freezer i have found an ASDA Chicken Madras which is currently being defrosted and will be applied to my face later as a watch the first footie of a new decade - up the Arse.
A whole weekend of Cricket and England doing OK too.. Just a slight downer is TMS, wtf are the Beeb doing with some podcast shite with wanklers talking about cricket rather than the commentary so yet another reason not to pay the license fee to the already over paid wankers.
Still caught up with the rugger club and had my first New Year hangover all is well. :)
Well, its taken 14 months but the Mrs has finally got shot of some Land we threw some money at 7 years ago. 6 Rai of non titled land she picked up for 65k THB / Rai so 390,000.
She's sold it to a Thai woman who is married to a Yerman and lives there most of the time. Sale was agreed 14 months back at 1.5M THB and the lady paid 600K at the time but has has issues getting the remainder together but its come through now so had a very happy phone call from Mrs Toot.
nice little investment for her...us...the BiL :)
Shame i'm not there to take her to our favourite Isaan Moo Yang and Short Rib Soup place..lucky girl
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I’m in Chiang Mai! :bananaman:
First things first. Khao mon guy.
^congrats, misskit! Is that for good or just a short visit?
I'm happy for an ashfall-free day! It's sunny and generally a nice day. No earthquake felt yet for today, which is a blessing! Felt small earthquakes the past few days. Gotta count your blessings and be thankful. :)
Have cleaned my place (generally) of ashfall. Have visited my parents' house, all is well there too. Mom lives farther away from Taal volcano. Her area got some ash, but not quite as much as mine.
Cheers all! :)
^ One month only. :grumpy:
Have a great time Kit, i'm sure you've earned the break. Make a dent in the list of Northern curries whilst you are there...i miss those and must get back up there for a visit.Quote:
Originally Posted by misskit
Cheers - Arrived back at work and the place is a ghost town. :)
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Cheers - Most of the sites that we need to have sorted by 19 January are not working. :35: Awesome! :)
In other words "All systems go."
Welcome home MK.Quote:
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Well back to the grind on Monday, two weeks based near home, two weeks up Norf in a hotel.
Still its Bwexit tonight and out with a few mates which means Saturday is a write off :), a 4am start Sunday morning which may crucify some but i wake before 5 every morning so no biggie.
The good part is that i have less than a year left where i am before relocating Norf, i am genuinely looking forward to it. Worked quite a bit up there over the last year and have found the people to be really friendly.
So all the naysayers like Sausages can wither in their flats, i am looking forward to living oop Norf of the M4 for the first time in my life. I will miss the canal but i may just buy a boat to experiment, they are cheap(ish). I've been a gongoozler too long.
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Nicking this for the disco.
I assume it's a selfie :)
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^ probably - the EXIF data says the camera is on a 1.5 metre tripod :)
Well it all seems to be depressing news of late; Virus's, Shootings, GM withdrawing from Asia, the soon to be extinct fast food deliveries in the UK under the new immigration rules and all the stories from PH of the many tonnes of animal products making their way to China. On a more positive note its only 10 months til the UK receives its EU decree nisi.
Another bit of good news is from a place i visited a couple of times; South Georgia a UK territorial Island in the Antarctic, famous for being the resting place of Ernest Henry Shackleton, has a detachment of the British Antarctic Survey (odd bunch), has one of the worlds largest King Penguin colonies and a tiny museum run by a couple who sailed down there and never left in one of the buildings in the old Grytviken whaling station buildings. The good new is that the BBC has reported that the waters around the Island once infamous for slaughter of Blue whales has seen the largest number of the mammals recorded since whaling was banned.
Astonishing' blue whale numbers at South Georgia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-51553381
Scientists say they have seen a remarkable collection of blue whales in the coastal waters around the UK sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.
Their 23-day survey counted 55 animals - a total that is unprecedented in the decades since commercial whaling ended.
South Georgia was the epicentre for hunting in the early 20th Century.
The territory's boats with their steam-powered harpoons were pivotal in reducing Antarctic blues to just a few hundred individuals.
To witness 55 of them now return to what was once a pre-eminent feeding ground for the population has been described as "truly, truly amazing" by cetacean specialist Dr Trevor Branch from the University of Washington, Seattle.
"To think that in a period of 40 or 50 years, I only had records for two sightings of blue whales around South Georgia. Since 2007, there have been maybe a couple more isolated sightings. So to go from basically nothing to 55 in one year is astonishing," he told BBC News.
"It's such good news to see that they might be further rebounding and coming back to places where they were formerly extremely abundant."
Dr Branch was commenting on the survey which was led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) with the support of the University of Auckland.
I will have one. My son just came back from his last ever Ror Dor army cadet training (5 days in the field).
He is now officially exempt from conscription.
Nidhogg, How long did he have to keep going on the cadet training to be exempt?Quote:
Originally Posted by nidhogg
Must do three years to be exempt. It was all organized through the school. I would think pretty much every school has the option to do it. If you do less than three years your conscription time can be cut, but not exempt. Starting age 15.
^ Ok thanks.
That's cheered me up, two TDers posting and helping.
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Originally Posted by nidhogg
That is good news.
If it weren't the Thai army I'd say that conscription or some kind of compulsory service wouldn't be the worst idea in the world. But it is so they can get fucked, my kids aren't doing it.
A good hazing never hurt anyone.. oh hang on:)
Ant, how do you stop it happening?Quote:
Originally Posted by AntRobertson
I'm assuming they are Thai Citizens (Dual Citizens of Australia's South East Islands) :)
You mean the capital of Australia? Correct. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by David48atTD
Get them the hell out of dodge.Quote:
Originally Posted by David48atTD
Conscription age is 21 I believe? Can't see any reason they'd still be here by then really.
Been my nightmare for three years. But, he was going through (mostly) with his class mates. He is a personable lad, who make friends easily ( translation: not a dickhead like his dad).Quote:
Originally Posted by Dillinger
He never said a bad word about the regular army guys who were doing the training. My take is they were tough but fair, and he speaks of them with grudging respect. It seems the issue of him being luk krung was never raised, and indeed it seemed most people respected that he was not taking an easy way out.
As a left hander he was put in a new troup on this last training. Something to do with gun safety, they put all the lefties in one group. Caused him some concern on the first night, but he aced it, as i said a personable boy.
He told me the story of a group of half french boys who tried to play the i do not speak thai schtick and the army guys took no notice of that shit and got them to do the same stuff also. The boy also told me you could do the i am sick schtick, and you could go to the nurses tent with no fallout.
All in all, i was quite surprised how decent it was, and yes. I was prepared to drag him out at the first sign of shit.
You do have to keep up on the paperwork though. That side i am less clear on. A few trips back to the home province to file proper details etc.
Sounds like a good outcome Nid and perhaps gives the lad a different perspective on the future re careers i.e. fuk doing that for a game of soldiers i'd much rather be a ..... whatever it may be.
The cases we've seen about recruits on the wacky news in Thailand will be few and far between really.Quote:
Originally Posted by nidhogg
One thing I've always admired about Thais is the respect I see from the kids and youth (unlike the little shits from the UK) and the way most go on to become the equivalent of a pension, although is that just the girls:)
How's your son loving not going there anymore?
Will he need to do a monkhood soon?:)
I've been away from home for a few days and have missed my evenings with the dogs.
I'm heading back to Korat just now and the wife just called. I got her to hold her phone by Dan's ear (our 13 year old) and she started whining, yelping and licking the wife's phone.
It's cheered me right up! It's nice to be missed.
That's because your wife's got a new case for her phone.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
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I think that I'm naturally cynical and grumpy so am an infrequent visitor to this thread... the 'Daily Moan' much better fits my personality.
But... despite losing most of my fish the last couple of days to oxygen deficiency, even I must admit that four great things have happened today. Great things can come from adversity, as they say...
1. I went to Singapore last week and for a while today it looked as though my daughter was going to be excluded from her (very expensive) school for 14 days from my return due to imposed self-quarantine procedures. It also looked as though my mates kid was also going to be excluded since we share transport... me the driver. I was on my way to pick the kids up when the school phoned to say they had decided it only counted from the 24th... when the education guy in Bangkok made the declaration. I did a U-turn and came back home... result!
2. Our latest dog, Yogi, has always been a bit frigid and hates to be touched, but to be fair has never shown the slightest bit of aggression. All of our dogs have ticks (hebs) at the moment and after I'd managed to pick up Yogi and sit him on my lap he was as good as gold while I plucked his ticks off and plopped them in a glass of Hong Thong.. No problem at all and no sign of aggression. He even let me pluck out a few big ticks from inside his ears using my wife's eyebrow tweezers with no complaint at all (no complaint from him, that is). I was so pleased, and since this bonding session he's been a lot more open to being touched. The daughter's sworn to secrecy and the wife will never know, so all is good.
3. Tonight I was watching yet another episode of Dad's Army on Youtube (yes... that's Korat for ya...) when I realised that my daughter was singing along to the theme tune and knows all the words...
"Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler, if you think we're on the run ..."
I was so proud... there can't be many kids in Korat who can do that!
4. Before shutting up tonight, as usual I went outside to check on the dogs and the gardener was waiting for me and gave me a huge glass of his Ya Dong! He knows I'm pissed off about all our fish dying and he wanted to cheer me up. That was nice!
What a day of cheer!
^ see its not all doom and gloom, its just easier to focus on the bad bits at times. Yogi i assume is the wrinkly one with the expressive look focused on your sundowner of an evening. Great dog and one i'd have.
I have proper Victor Meldrew moments occasionally and when across in Thailand the Mrs just gives me a look, the one that says wtf have you got to complain about...the penny drops and the drama in a tea cup disappears - she's right, in the west we worry about a lot of insignificant shit and she's largely immune to it:)
she's on a role and we've offloaded another place, it was a "?" if we were going to hold on to it but no complaints, just that its the place i put up the car port xmas time - still no worries it was a trial run and we got the money back.
Gleaming.
I carn't believe how cheap tinned food is!
I've managed to nearly destroy the suspension on my car and fill every cupboard , nook and cranny in the house with a wide selection of various canned food for £100.
Must have 250 cans of Aldis finest now, maybe Covid19 would be a preferable alternative but hey ho:)
Don't waste good Hong Thong (oxymoron I know) ... we just chick them in the pond.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
Pla Nin are surface feeders :)
Posting for balance. Had a fairly shitty day, topped offf by really bad toothache. I hate dentists, but went back to my established one. As said elsewhere, she is a fucking witch. One minor injection, started root canal. No pain. Need to remember to balance my loathing for dentists with how gentle and good she is. Old Thai lady. An absolute witch. Beautiful lady.
Nid, did she take her dentures out? :)Quote:
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Little things make me happy, nope not me dick, but new potato season - loves em i does, just hope CORVIN19 doesn't ruin the crop or Brexit ruin next years!!
A mate has got a more bodged house than I.
Never thought I'd see the day:)
Managed to clear a headache and hangover. .
Left with strict instructions to forage for Loo roll from my daughter.
Hangover from hell, I sourced the holy trail....
A Bells Scotch pie!!!
Oh and a few rolls, she'll get a funny surprise when she goes to bed tonight...
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