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    Fresh coffee brewing. Life is great.

    Morning, Mendip.

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    3rd coffee.

    steaming hot.

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    Good morning guys!

    Thanks for all the food pics... much appreciated. And my feet are feeling a bit better today, thanks for asking.

    As is usual of my life in Thailand, I don't really know what's going on. Yesterday Miss Nurse sent me a load of pictures of foot creams and moisturisers on LINE, so I said, 'Yes please, that would be great'. But nothing has happened. I thought maybe it would arrive last night with my dinner, but no. Then I thought it would arrive this morning with my breakfast... but no. I'm reluctant to ask again as then I'll probably get a new tube of foot cream every morning. I'll see what happens today.

    Quote Originally Posted by PAG View Post
    Penang Gai looks OK.
    It was good PAG and was my best meal of the sentence so far.

    It made me think... American breakfasts are pretty dodgy in Thailand at the best of times, and are virtually inedible when stone cold. So I'm sticking to the Thai options from now on... still edible when cold and I need the spare rice for my pigeons.

    Gung fried rice today... with cold toast!



    With a balcony I have the choice of eating breakfast 'al fresco'.

    Yeah, I may not have McDonalds or Greggs in my ASQ... but Dill and Joe, try eating your lard soaked chips and gravy out in your gardens while you're stuck in those bleak northern ghettos during the bleak mid winter. You'll need more than a flat cap to keep warm this time of year!

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    2nd coffee down, have annoyed a few people online, now time to cycle 60km before lunch.


    Get stuck into the exercise bud. Split up 25 wall to wall sprints with 25 push ups on the balcony x 5, to start off.

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    But all said and done, I'm in real trouble here...

    Four days in and my carefully rationed whisky looks like this...



    And I let myself down a bit last night... I nailed my daughter's duty free chocolates while watching 'Line of Duty' until 3am...



    I also brought my daughter a few culinary delicacies back from Sweden, but it will be a bladdy miracle if they survive another 10 days...



    And look at me tin of custard... that was in perfect condition when I checked in my bag at Gothenburg. God knows how my jar of peas survived.




    And all the while I sit inside watching the news and writing this post... my new friend is sitting outside on the balcony wall looking at me, and making these cooing noises. I'll miss her when I leave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    2nd coffee down, have annoyed a few people online, now time to cycle 60km before lunch.


    Get stuck into the exercise bud. Split up 25 wall to wall sprints with 25 push ups on the balcony x 5, to start off.
    Yeah right... that should get the cracks in the bottom of my feet bleeding nicely!

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    Good to see you have survived another day and what's more seem to have retained your sense of humour.
    With those gross feet of yours and the tossers on here teasing you with food pictures, if it were me I think I would have jumped by now.

    Anyway speaking of your new found friend "cooing" you obviously don't understand pigeon as what she is saying is a repitition of what you have been saying since you got there
    i.e. feed me, feed me!

    Just remember time IS passing and one day it will al be over.

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    Mendip, you can all those culinary delicacies from Siamburi's in Pattaya and they deliver nation-wide now I believe, so do Siam Expat Food. So while surfing those pages and making enquiries about a price list and delivery, just eat everything and come up with some cock-n-bull story for your daughter about the treats you promised her having to be quarantined too and they'll be delivered shortly

    Get some Manston Epicure Breakfast sausages on order too, had some for brekky earlier and they're simply sensational
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Yeah right... that should get the cracks in the bottom of my feet bleeding nicely!
    Push-ups and sit-ups. 8 sets of each for Day 1.


    Don't be a droopy-dill.

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    ^^ I am literally salivating looking at that picture. I was considering issuing my first ever 'red', but as you've also given me a couple of hours of quality food surfing time on the net I guess it cancels out!

    It just seems a bit wrong to eat all my daughter's presents, but I am leaning that way.

    Those sausages look just perfect, by the way.

    To be honest, with decent food, unlimited alcohol and maybe the occasional 'visit', this quarantine malarkey could be quite enjoyable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Yeah right... that should get the cracks in the bottom of my feet bleeding nicely!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    Push-ups and sit-ups. 8 sets of each for Day 1.


    Don't be a droopy-dill.
    That I can do!

    How many are in a set?

    I've done one get-up and three sit-ups already today. I'm also looking on Lazada for a home gym... JPPR put me on to one and I'm thinking of having it ready at home for me.

    I've also been assured that my foot cream will arrive today, so the half marathons start soon.


    ^ And FFS... OK, I'll start exercising right now!

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    Men-dy Su Su!
    Men-dy Su Su!

    At first, give 20 x push-ups then 20 x sit-ups, six times in a row a go.

    That would do before lunch.


    Once your foot heals and yer mobile, I'd go for one cardio session (running) before lunch, and one upper-body session in the afternoon before dinner.

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    ^ Feet, not foot.

    I've got two of 'em... before you suggest I do half marathon hops around my room.

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    ^ I think doing it walking on your hands would satisfy him

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    3rd coffee.

    steaming hot.

    My post-lockdown commute back to work-dfe088a7-6531-4fad-a2cb-39035b2f06b6-jpeg

    Second coffee... also steaming hot.

    Not so very different I feel.

    You say tomato, I say potato.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Yesterday Miss Nurse sent me a load of pictures of foot creams and moisturisers on LINE, so I said, 'Yes please, that would be great'. But nothing has happened. I thought maybe it would arrive last night with my dinner, but no. Then I thought it would arrive this morning with my breakfast... but no. I'm reluctant to ask again as then I'll probably get a new tube of foot cream every morning. I'll see what happens today.



    It was good PAG and was my best meal of the sentence so far.

    It made me think... American breakfasts are pretty dodgy in Thailand at the best of times, and are virtually inedible when stone cold. So I'm sticking to the Thai options from now on... still edible when cold and I need the spare rice for my pigeons.

    Gung fried rice today... with cold toast!


    Good morning. Another night ticked off.

    If the cream does not arrive, in extremis that butter might be better than nothing.

    My own heel cracked open recently. The first time ever. I share this only because I learned something after the gf liberally applied her special foot cream. What I learned is that you should follow Miss Kit's advice and slip some socks on over the greasy feet. I didn't stop to do this and learned the hard way, the very hard way, what happens when greasy foot meets polished tile floor.

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    String up a rope from the balcony and do 2 hours of tightrope walking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    String up a rope from the balcony and
    hang edmond

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    edmond's hung.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond View Post
    String up a rope from the balcony and do 2 hours of tightrope walking.
    I've already asked for a length of rope, but along with a knife that doesn't seem to be coming either. I don't know why.

    And good plan Baldrick!


    Quote Originally Posted by ootai View Post
    With those gross feet of yours and the tossers on here teasing you with food pictures, if it were me I think I would have jumped by now.
    I admit my feet are probably not my best feature just now Ootai, but I think gross is a bit strong.


    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    If the cream does not arrive, in extremis that butter might be better than nothing.

    My own heel cracked open recently. The first time ever. I share this only because I learned something after the gf liberally applied her special foot cream. What I learned is that you should follow Miss Kit's advice and slip some socks on over the greasy feet. I didn't stop to do this and learned the hard way, the very hard way, what happens when greasy foot meets polished tile floor.
    Sound advice Shutree, and well received. It's strange... it always used to be my heels that cracked but this time it seems to be the front of my feet. I think the front is probably more painful.

    Sadly I threw out the last bit of butter but I have some Tartar Sauce left over from lunch. I'll maybe try that as my foot cream again didn't turned up with the food.

    I'll also try and find some unused socks because the last thing I need is an injury. I wouldn't rely on first responders turning up any time soon at this place.

    Today's lunch was undoubtedly my best meal so far, although only four days in and I'm now down to half a jar of peas. I spooned out the peas into a bowl and poured hot water over them from the kettle. Not ideal but they were the hottest food of my lunch. Never have I enjoyed a portion of peas so much!

    But only 8 chips with my fish... FFS.



    I'm gonna take it easy this afternoon and watch a movie... to take my mind off things.


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    Bummer on the fries, they are not supposed to be a countable noun. Hey call down and tell them you simply need more food. You are not 160 centimeters tall, and dont weigh 60 kilos. Dont be shy, if you are brave enough to show those ugly ass feet, go for more food.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    But all said and done, I'm in really trouble here...

    Four days in and my carefully rationed whisky looks like this...


    ^That my friend is a SAD SAD state of affairs right there. 4 days in and that's all you have left?? How many floors are you up?

    The rest of the food I could live without. Spam and all that packaged crap might work as barter for another bottle. I'd start negotiating with the other inmates...Opps I mean quarantiners'

    Also from an exercise point of view, do like I used to on business trips. I did inclined push ups. Put your feet on the chair, head down and rip off 20 of them in 3 sets.

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    Good Afternoon Mendip.

    Bet ya wished you had this on the table....



    or this......



    or this....


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    ^ There are two good whiskys there.. and a pretender

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