Hua Hin Forum

The sewage workers' annual fancy dress competition was a bit of an anti-climax.

The leader of the Elephant Artificial Insemination Team was demonstrating the approved insertion technique.

Which way to the durian farm?

Shogun is turning into a binge-fest, I have no time to be rude to you.

pharvey wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:52 pm Had not heard of these - and the HK element certainly interests me. Shall visit Annas-Archive!!

I should warn you: there are no pictures and some of the words are quite long...

Good old Wiki, it turns out that there was also a 1986 film version of Tai-pan, starring Bryan Brown.

dtaai-maai wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:06 pm Don't think so, but King Rat, set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, was later filmed starring Steve McQueen

... and Noble House was made into a tv series starring Pierce Brosnan.

Don't think so, but King Rat, set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, was later filmed starring Steve McQueen

dtaai-maai wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:41 am

pharvey wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:23 am Apologies if this has been mentioned previously....

... I thoroughly enjoyed reading Clancy's Shogun and Asia series (at least twice)

Not Clancy, James Clavell.

I'm halfway through the first (long) episode, and thoroughly enjoying it, though the copious subtitles make casual watching impossible. The lead role of the English pilot, played by Cosmo Jarvis, who sounds remarkably like Richard Burton!

Apologies if this has been mentioned previously.... Not that I recall, and muchas gracioso mon cher amigo for mentioning it, as I thoroughly enjoyed reading Clancy's Shogun and Asia series (at least twice) and I think I can vaguely remember the Chamberlain mini series. :thumb: :cheers: :cheers: {Yo...

Successful and therefore popular Managers don't get the same shite obviously, but is this because they have all things working well and a club/team and a decent set of Players (not as above) fully behind them? Would things go "pear-shaped" and Players/Fans attitudes change if results were...

Lost wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:13 am ... but I'll be glad to be proven wrong.

after 4 minutes, dream on...