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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    It was supposed to be sausage, egg and chips but my oven chips seem to have disappeared from the freezer
    French fries and that is the only hint you get.

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    Congratulations Mendip on the CoE and Happy New Year to you & your family!

    HNY to everyone as well. Cheers!

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    14 days to go...


    ^^ Tell me it ain't so... that's got me thinking. Do you think she set the whole thing up to get her hands on my chips?

    My colleague's preparing a 'French' New Years Eve meal today. It'll be interesting to see how it compares to my Christmas feast! I've certainly put the pressure on her.


    ^ Thank you Katie, and Happy New Year to you!

    For now I'll just be happy to see the back of 2020.


    All said and done, the CoE process has been remarkably straightforward and I could have done it a while ago... I think it was maybe back in October when flights became regularly available. But now that I've almost finished this trip it is a good feeling to have so much work under my belt. I won't have to worry about travelling away from Thailand for a long time.

    But I haven't even got there yet, of course.

    Yesterday I also booked up my RT-PCR test and Fit to Fly exam for two days before my flight. They guarantee same day results, so I put a day in the bank for contingency. The certificates have to be issued within 72 hours of departure.

    I'd already booked a test in Bristol, UK for my original flight and wasn't hopeful about getting my £149 back, but after an email they just said it would be refunded within a week. That was a nice surprise.

    I ballsed up with my ASQ booking however. The booking with my original flight was for a room with a balcony at a nice Sukhumvit hotel. When I re-booked to fit with my revised flight they didn't have any rooms with balconies available, but upgraded me to a small suite, which I went with. Problem is... sometimes I get this weird feeling when I'm in a sealed hotel room with no balcony or opening window and with no air movement. I don't get this feeling very often, but when I do I just have to get out of the room until the feeling passes. Maybe it's some kind of claustrophobia? I've had some strange looks standing in hotel corridors in my underwear in the past, but I just have to get out the room when this happens. I sometimes get the same on boats when I just have to get out of my cabin. It's a horrible feeling and I don't want to risk 14 days quarantine in a sealed room when there's no option to get outside.

    So, I rebooked the ASQ and now have a nice room with a big balcony, available from day one. To be honest now I'm very comfortable about the whole 14 day quarantine thing and it will be no problem with an open airy room... and if the food's any good I may offer to stay longer. Since it was strange circumstances, the original hotel didn't give me a refund but have offered the deposit on account until the end of 2022. This is fine because I regularly stay in Bangkok hotels anyway, so I think it's a good result.

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    Good to see that things are starting to fall in place for you mate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post

    She went out and confronted this burglar, who she describes as a non-Scandinavian wearing a mask. He took off down the stairs.
    Just catching up on your thread. You've had a busy week and it seems like everything is coming together.

    Miss France might not be seeking any advice but in case she asks, confronting a burglar inside the building is rarely a good idea. Clearly the culprit was out in the cold night, probably on drink or drugs. Just lock yourself in your room and call the police. She was lucky not to have been hurt. Of course, had she been attacked, you could have come to her rescue and she'd have swooned in your arms.

    Enjoy your French dinner, maybe she'll offer something special for dessert.

    Happy New Year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Maybe it's some kind of claustrophobia?
    Yes, that's exactly what it is.

    In the 80s I met a guy in his 70s who had experienced this just once in his life, when briefly enclosed, with otters*, in a space they were working in during the war - a hangar, IIRC. Nobody had anticipated a problem, and when there was one, there was nothing anybody could do about it. The experience had obviously traumatized him. Still, if that was the worst thing that WWII did to him, I guess he got off lightly.

    * No, that bit's not literally true, but it's a TD tradition.

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    ^ It's really strange... I get it so rarely but when I do I just have to get out. Like I say, usually in a sealed hotel room or a cabin on a boat. Just the knowledge that I can get out may be enough, but I didn't want to risk it in an ASQ hotel room where getting out is no option.

    I used to do a lot of caving with no problems what so ever.

    I just hope I never get it while flying. I haven't so far, so fingers crossed.

    I once had it while having a CT Scan on my shoulder and I just had to get out of the tunnel. That was weird, and pissed off the nurses no end as we had to start again.

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    Congrats Medip on getting your walking papers. I am sure your daughter is overjoyed.

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    Personally, I'd save the homecoming news to as late as possible, possibly even make it a surprise. Which, would be a helluva good surprise and moment for all concerned.

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    She knows that it's happening but I haven't given exact dates yet. To be honest if all goes well it's still a month away after quarantine, and that's a long time for a nine year-old.

    I'll be glad not to be playing Skype 'rock scissors paper' every morning, that's for sure. She called me at 4am for a game today and thrashed me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    Just catching up on your thread. You've had a busy week and it seems like everything is coming together.

    Miss France might not be seeking any advice but in case she asks, confronting a burglar inside the building is rarely a good idea. Clearly the culprit was out in the cold night, probably on drink or drugs. Just lock yourself in your room and call the police. She was lucky not to have been hurt. Of course, had she been attacked, you could have come to her rescue and she'd have swooned in your arms.

    Enjoy your French dinner, maybe she'll offer something special for dessert.

    Happy New Year.
    Thanks Shutree... and Happy New Year to you. I seem to remember promising you a small Chang in Bangkok when I get back, but can't for the life or me remember what it was for now.

    Miss France isn't really the type to take to advice. She is quite... well... headstrong shall we say. I've taken to locking myself in my room at night with a box of red wine and Netflix turned up loud on my headphones.

    I wish she'd start smoking again... maybe it would relax her. To be honest I'm not surprised the burglar scarpered.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    and that's a long time for a nine year-old.
    Same age as my lass. Old enough to count the days of the month, and if she has a Teakdoor Mendip Mutt Calendar she can cross the days off as they pass.

    personally, I think that’s better than a surprise.

    About 18 months ago I was separated from her (and the rest of the family) for 3 months and that was hard enough! I feel for you, but so pleased to see that the light is at the end of the tunnel!
    Warning: Be cautious if you are a fragile pink

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I wish she'd start smoking again... maybe it would relax her.
    This French bint needs a real man.

    You need to be more tenacious, like the French, like Pepe le Pew, not some lamedicked Yam Yam cuckold like Cyrille.

    Get loads of cognac and garlic down you and just straight up ask her if theres "any chance of a fuck?",

    Or show her a subtitute you have for smoking and start lovingly slapping it around her face.

    She'll love you for it.

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    ^ If it goes wrong it could be an awkward day in the office tomorrow.

    To be honest I had a good chat with Mohammed last night. He's OK, easy company.

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    Hmmmmm

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    To be honest I had a good chat with Mohammed last night. He's OK, easy company.
    is that what you call it these days? I can never keep up with the different euphuisms.

    first the gardener, now Mohammad, I’m beginning to see a pattern.

    better than a lawsuit from the Frenchie, don’t forget you’re not in Asia right now where those sort of advances are allowed. In fact der rigeour

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Mohammed last night. He's easy.
    Geez, Mendip. It's high time you got back home
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    Your gardener is missing you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post

    I once had it while having a CT Scan on my shoulder and I just had to get out of the tunnel. That was weird, and pissed off the nurses no end as we had to start again.
    Mendip I feel for you as I had a similar experience once in Singapore when having an MRI.
    I had had them before and no issue but this time I got all the way in but then couldn't handle "it" whatever 'it" is and made them get me out.
    I went back to the specialist and he was not happy that there had not been an MRI completed so he sent me back with instruction to get them to knock me out which I was OK with provided they didn't use a hammer to do it. They gave me an injection and it was all good.

    Another time I was doing Underground safety training and was in the smoke chamber using the self rescuer and couldn't see and got panicked it was terrible.
    When I eventually got out I informed them that in a real UG fire they would find my corpse.

    Anyway good luck with your trip back home and have a Happy New Year's eve.

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    ^^ I can't help feeling my comment has been taken out of context!


    Anyway, I just had to nip back to the accommodation to drop off my washing, and there is food laid out on the table...

    That's not SPAM! This doesn't bode well for our French New Year's Eve meal.



    I may not be a Gordon Blue chef, but at least my Christmas roast didn't come out of a tin!

    I'm trying to keep an open mind...

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    Looks like she is setting up a second round of festive parsnip jousting Mendip.

    Weapons at the ready...

    My New Years party has been ruined by a NYE Covid-19 hoarding run on Tunnocks Teacakes

    The shelf was bare and that was at $6 for a box of 6 (which works out at an extortionate $1 each)

    My post-lockdown commute back to work-img_20201231_211702-jpg

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    ^ That's too bad.

    Haven't you got weird Jaffa Cakes over there!

    I've only ever seen McVitie's in a blue box.

    Happy New Year Mr Looper!

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    Happy new year gents, it’s pissing down here. Having an indoor family pyjama party

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Happy New Year Mr Looper!
    Bonne Année Monsieur Mendip and may you plant your parsnip in a fertile furrow for 2021

    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I once had it while having a CT Scan on my shoulder and I just had to get out of the tunnel.
    I had a CT scan on my tusks last week but it was not a claustrophobic experience as the view was bucolic

    My post-lockdown commute back to work-img_20201222_110930-jpg


    My molars look like something from a horror movie

    My post-lockdown commute back to work-ctscan-jpg

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    Oh god. Leave it to Looper to kill the moment.

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    Tomorrow I'll try and dig out the video of screws going into my shoulder bone so they could re-attach my rotator cuff tendon!

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