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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I think this thread needs a bit of proper Christmas cheer!

    Today I gave the daughter her 'Christmas jigsaw present' early.

    I'm really busy just now, the wife doesn't really do 'entertaining her daughter' activities - mind you, she hasn't done that for the past 13 years so no surprise there, actually, she's done pretty well sweet fuk all with regard to her daughter or anything else that requires any effort other than watching Thai soap operas and complaining about the weather while stuffing her face with Isaan crap 24/7 - so i gave Jess her jigsaw present.

    FFS, after two hours she'd only done the edges...



    The most expensive school in NE Nakhon Bumfuk no-where and we have this after a whole afternoon?

    It could last a few days yet!

    She even has the picture!

    Yeah the school.thing is tricky .my contract didn't include international school for my kids so I paid myself . You have to. But it was getting pretty expensive. One of the reasons we decided to leave Laos. Each kid was costing $10 k usd a year and that was in the second best international school. Here in.oz it's pretty much free and your kids don't end up learning fuckall.from.sex tourists masquerading as teachers. Similar scenario.to you. I Do all the school stuff . Buying books, uniforms etc. Kids are thriving though so that's the main thing
    Most people are Kunts.dont believe me? Next time you see a group of people. Shout out OI KUNT watch em all turn around.

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    Good King BLD last looked out,

    On the night of grungers,

    Saw them swirling round about,

    Armed with rubba plungers,

    Brightly shone their artefacts,

    Edmo's Jim-Jams glowing,

    He knew not from whence they cum

    But 'e knew where they were going

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    I'm glad your able to amuse yourself with that stuff rattling around in your head. Merry xmas

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    OK - my cunning plan is to don a Father Xmas red hat, load up a car with toys, candy and educational supplies and drive across the 'red' danger regions in Myanmar to visit various orphanages and monastery schools on the way..... (thanks to ChatGPT for the image).

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    Double post!

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    Very commendable Saint Simon!

    That jigsaw looks like a form of mental torture Mendy!


    Every other house appears to have one of these inflatable Grinches outside in my neck of the woods, must be a special deal on somewhere....

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    Brussels sprouts will be 25% bigger this year, and may be sexier too

    In a development likely to inspire both joy and dismay around the Christmas dinner table, farmers are forecasting Brussels sprouts will be 25% bigger this year.
    Good growing conditions, the introduction of new varieties, and a dose of sea air have resulted in a crop of super-sized sprouts for this festive season.

    The vegetable wholesaler TH Clements, a supplier to Tesco, has told the supermarket that the average sprout size this year is 30mm in diameter, compared with 24mm last year, when growing and harvesting conditions were poor.
    “The quality of the festive crop that has been coming through in the last few weeks is among the best we’ve had in recent years,” said Simon Tenwick, buying manager at Tesco. “We are certain sprout fans will be delighted.”

    The bumper-sized crop will be welcomed by those responsible for peeling the vegetables, but sprouts are not, of course, to everyone’s taste. Household chefs wondering what to do with leftovers may want to have a crack at Nigel Slater’s attempt to sex up the humble sprout with a miso, sushi rice and pickled ginger recipe.

    Tesco said it has been working with suppliers to find hardier varieties able to withstand the UK climate, with record rainfall earlier this year delaying planting, fuelling fears of shortages of crops such as potatoes, wheat and vegetables.
    Last year, conditions, including the wettest July on record, wrought havoc on crops, raising fears of food inflation.

    “This year we’ve pretty much had a reversal of growing conditions to 2023,” said John Moulding, commercial director of Lincolnshire-based TH Clements. “The right amounts of warmth and sunshine during the summer months after they were planted, good amounts of rain during the autumn and now colder weather in December.”

    The company has been encouraging producers to plant crops on the alluvial silts – clay, silt, sand, and gravel that is deposited by running water – on the east coast of Lincolnshire.
    “The silts are situated in different growing areas that all have their own microclimates and coastal frost protection. Sprouts enjoy the breeze of the coast that gives frost protection.”

    Tesco expects to sell 1.5m kg of sprouts in the two weeks before Christmas, when a quarter of annual sprout consumption occurs. This is the weight of 285 London buses and works out at three sprouts for every man, woman and child in the country, according to Tesco.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Happy As Larry View Post
    sprouts will be 25% bigger this year.

    Should solve any gas shortages, while waiting for my pies to mince.

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    The sprouts I'm boiling at the moment seem smaller than last year.

    A Christmas dinner practice run in the pipeline today...

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    Time to start thinking about gifts.

    Not that I'm much of a gifter, to be honest.

    Family back home - fancy-schmancy herbal tea sets and a DNA heritage set.
    Kid - Robux and some tech bits n pieces - tablet pen pad, electric guitar to go with her mic and amp Karaoke setup.
    Edith - Some Yen, or Jap shopping vouchers, if easily sourced.
    Gym boss - football shirt and a btl of Black Label.
    Gym reception gals - Restaurant vouchers.

    Which leaves the non-materialistic 19 yr old uni GF.
    Have yet to buy or give her anything, so don't want to go giving her ideas.
    Has zero interest in makeup, fashion, shopping, iphones, or any of that nonsense.
    Quirky gal that moved from the family town home to live alone in the big city after finishing high school earlier in the year.

    A bottle of perfume?
    She loves to sing and dance, so will check if she might be interested in a guitar.
    But might chuck it if I dump her in a month or three.

    Perfume and a rose?

    Anything better?

    Anyone with a non-materialistic 19 yr old that knows what they'd like?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Anyone with a non-materialistic 19 yr old that knows what they'd like?
    A 21 year old sailor?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Anyone with a non-materialistic 19 yr old that knows what they'd like?
    I'll ask my daughter.

    She's only 13, but a lot closer in age so will be on the same wavelength.

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    Or perhaps he could just stop polluting threads around the forum with the 'look at me, I'm fukcing a teenager' posts?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I'll ask my daughter.
    Thanks for the reminder.

    A book of 4+ letter scrabble words for meself.

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    ^ You're improving.

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    Will send yours down later today, Mendo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Will send yours down later today, Mendo.



    Don't say you're not loved.

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    You're really quite weird at times, Mao.

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    ^ Somebody's not getting sent a Curly-Wurly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    She loves to sing and dance
    How about one of the smaller karaoke boxes?

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    With accompanying earplugs for moi. Could work, cheers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    With accompanying earplugs for moi.
    Maybe for the neighbours too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonecollector View Post
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    I will sacrifice my daughter to satan if these are in Thailand?

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    Unfortunately not, they're not half bad

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