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by Vital Spark
Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:09 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: barsinhuihin crescent......
Replies: 6
Views: 631

Mr. K. this is going to be a tad difficult for me aswell, as I also don't frequent the bars. It's purely location, not anti-libation. However, during my fortnightly tripett I'm going to head west(?) to have a beer or two at my favourite watering hole: All In HuaHin OK - I know it's not a bar - but i...
by Vital Spark
Wed Oct 03, 2007 1:12 am
Forum: News
Topic: Put an end to hazing
Replies: 9
Views: 909

Sorry Simon, but the 'soggy biscuit' thing is a figment of someone's imagination. Parahandy went to Eton - they didn't do it there. And never have done. They did 'fagging' (which has nothing to do with faggots) which involved being a kind of helper/servant to an older student. Polishing his shoes, g...
by Vital Spark
Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:41 am
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Money, bloody money!!
Replies: 17
Views: 1921

700 guests? Does your wife/her family really know that many people? That's a lot of 'friends' to have at your wedding. Catering can go to about 200 baht per head (that's 140,000 baht). Sang Som is not that expensive, and the fact that most Thais will dillute it with ice, they're not going to drink t...
by Vital Spark
Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:27 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Average Age?
Replies: 60
Views: 5900

As my father used to say 'I'm as old as my tongue, but a little younger than my teeth'.

Just over halfway between Dawn and DM. Been living here for nearly 10 years.

My goodness DM - are you really that old? :wink:

VS
by Vital Spark
Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:27 am
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Thailand's Frenzy for Amulets
Replies: 22
Views: 1647

K: Believe you me, my eyes are wide open - and I'm pretty open-minded aswell. :wink: What I do, however, see here (in the relatively poor village in which I live) is that hard-earned cash is being spent on amulets to bring luck. Little Pui has to leave school at Mattayom 4 because the parents can't ...
by Vital Spark
Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:36 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: police
Replies: 35
Views: 4463

I'll just put in my two-penny worth. Parahandy and I have lived here for ten years. Firstly in Bangkok, then four years in Nakhon Pathom, and now (over four years) out in the sticks here. We got burgled in Nakhon Pathom and the police, quite frankly, didn't care. From my correspondence with family i...
by Vital Spark
Sun Sep 16, 2007 5:19 pm
Forum: On The Road
Topic: HH Travel AGents
Replies: 7
Views: 810

Western Tours - same as Dawn.

Never had any problems, the staff are efficient and polite. We've used them for at least three trips abroad and everything's gone ticketyboo.

VS
by Vital Spark
Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:11 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Fuel Prices
Replies: 23
Views: 1686

From a very local (Thailand) perspective, the increase in the cost of fuel is affecting them hugely. A lot of people who live in the area where we live work for Dole Thailand. They ride their motorcycles to and from the factory, and some of them travel over 20 kms. They earn around 170 baht a day, f...
by Vital Spark
Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:46 pm
Forum: Foo
Topic: MISSING: ONE PENGUIN
Replies: 20
Views: 1573

GLC's penguin was seriously cool and, I suspect, had attitude (the two sort of go hand-in-hand). He's actually in ICU (or somekind of anacronym) at the moment, due to the fact that he always had his headphones on. It affected his sensory organs - his Walkman was playing the Spice Girls non-stop. Don...
by Vital Spark
Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:50 pm
Forum: Property & Real Estate
Topic: Development Projects Just Been Visited By Bangkok Police
Replies: 15
Views: 2218

I can just imagine it. Police HQ in Berlin. Clerk : 'We have allocated a huge budget for training, and we haven't spent much of it yet, because tents and stuff in the forest don't cost much'. Senior man : 'That's OK. We'll have a trip to Thailand. I think it's quite warm there, and we'll talk for 10...
by Vital Spark
Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:00 pm
Forum: Entertainment Zone
Topic: Stairway to Heaven
Replies: 11
Views: 1127

I've cut a bit from the report for you Dawn, here it is: It is the perfect chance to dust down the leather jacket and unfold the faded jeans. Led Zeppelin, the British rock group who disbanded 27 years ago, are expected to announce that they will reunite later today. The group disbanded 27 years ago...
by Vital Spark
Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:16 am
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: Decent chow.
Replies: 10
Views: 1762

I've always thought that 'ba mee' was egg noodles - as opposed to rice noodles. 'Sen mee' are glass noodles, you can also have 'sen lek' slightly larger, or 'sen yai' obviously the flat, large noodly bits you have with 'pad see yew' (excuse the transliteration). The best 'ba mee moo daeng' in Bangko...
by Vital Spark
Fri Sep 07, 2007 11:07 pm
Forum: Life In Thailand, Opinion & Relationships
Topic: Thailand's Frenzy for Amulets
Replies: 22
Views: 1647

From what I've seen here, the poorer the person, the more superstitious paraphernalia they waste their (limited) resources on. Check out the motorcycle taxi guys. I'd love to tell them that some piece of expensive dangly thing is not going to save them when they drive around like a maniac. And a pha...
by Vital Spark
Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:45 pm
Forum: Feeding Time
Topic: A cooking utensil
Replies: 24
Views: 2251

I know exactly what you're talking about - the Thais call it 'moo gataar', and you can easily buy the kit at the wet market in Hua Hin. Just browse around the cookery shops on the outskirts. Failing that, they also sell what you want in the supermarket in the Shopping Mall - right at the back with a...
by Vital Spark
Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:34 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: jellyfish
Replies: 25
Views: 3171

A student on Monday turned up (bless her cotton socks) limping, and obviously in a bit of pain. One (only one) of her legs had been stung by a jelly fish while she was paddling in the sea at Hua Hin two days previously. She had extremely nasty red blotches on her leg, from the knee down, and her foo...