gobbledonk
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Fuck it - images giving me the aaaaarrrgggghhh shits !
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Meanwhile, in Utah:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/18557630/girl-dies-freak-trampoline/
I'm no mormon, but if that doesnt qualify as an act of God, I dont know what does. Tough break.
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A little premature, perhaps, for this thread but it highlights the need to 'seize the day'.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/18167767/simpsons-creator-leaves-fortune-to-charity/
Nature is one cruel mofo when you get down to it - how many of us would swap places with Sam, regardless of how big those royalty checks are ? I want death to be fast and completely unexpected - this would be the opposite experience.
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I met a couple of really tall Thai guys back in 2008 who had been raised in Sweden (complete with the Viking diet, apparently), and they could easily have passed themselves off as Americans to my untrained ear. Bert, Ernie and The Count have an awful lot to answer for .....
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On a lighter note, I was accused of being a Texan on a forum today. It doesn't get any more insulting than that, does it ?
I put my location as 'NSW', but one of my audio forums is almost totally dominated by Yanks who have no idea that there is anything beyond the lower 48 other than Mexico. Geography must be a fascinating subject in US high schools.
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When a voice transcends little things like intonation, I can forgive a few liberties. Killer soprano performance, even if its not the best rendition of this particular tune I've ever heard.
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For those who need a reason to avoid Detroit ....
http://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/detroit-emergency-manager-files-bankruptcy-201454103.html
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Clock's ticking for us all Munchy - seize the day, my friend.
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James Gandolfini dead at 51:
Widely credited as the talent behind HBO's resurgence, and I have to thank him for that, even if I wasn't a huge Sopranos fan. RIP.
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Yup - politician = habitual liar : I get it. Of greater concern is the fact that Obama is now cautiously committing resources to the Syrian conflict - the US will provide arms to the rebels while Russia continues to support government forces, and countries like Jordan are forced to house the flood of refugees. One pundit made the point this morning on Oz TV that the billions pumped into the US war machine might just be better spent rebuilding infrastructure (50 year old bridges would be a good start ..), but I dont know how well that would sit with certain people in Washington. Apparently several million jobs depend - either directly or indirectly - on the defense industry : like Detroit, it's 'too big to fail'
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Great stuff, DS - you should give Saturday Night Live a call
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Excellent - thanks Flasher - I have to go out to Bang Sue on another matter, so this will be a welcome diversion ! Whilst I shan't be needing any spirit houses or religious statues, the other stuff looks interesting. I ran into an English teacher a while back who told me that, even on his meagre salary, he had been able to fill his apartment with teak furniture : pretty obvious that he wasnt paying tourist prices.
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OK - I've seen it in the high-end malls ($$$) and I've seen it at Chatuchak, but I'm not interested in filling a condo with tables and chairs etc. Just thinking about a low table to put a stereo on - something like this:
When I see anything like that in Pattaya or CM, my immediate thought is 'Ha ! Tourist prices !', but I honestly have no idea what I should be paying. It doesnt have to be a genuine antique (obviously those cost more), but I do want that antique look - anyone ?
Thanks,
Gobble
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrissy_Amphlett
bust, I first saw the Divinyls at the (now long gone) Astra Hotel in Bondi circa 1981, and it came as a surprise when it was revealed that she had MS.
FWIW, she was 6 months younger than Yours Truly, and that's way too young to die. RIP.
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Have to say that I'm surprised by the length of time it has taken to get to this stage, given the initial rush to knock everything down. Must have been a few holdouts - still feel for those guys who pumped so much into The Sporstman
The past:
The future:
http://www.sportsbarbangkok.com/index.php/en/contact
http://www.asialifemagazine.com/thailand/the-sportsman-bar-and-restaurant/
I will definitely make the effort to buy a couple of beers in their new bar, even though I'm not much for pool. When you consider the 'decor' in most BKK beer bars, even those with pool tables, the Sportsman was (and presumably still is) a class act.
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Great pic, Corinthian - here's another Stickman took from street level:
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Anyone been to 'Thailand's only authentic Southern Steakhouse' since it moved ? I recall the food as being 'OK' back in 2008, but I was never sufficiently motivated to go back more than 2 or 3 times.
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The eternal rumormonger (you know who I'm referring to) is still throwing out the possibility of Queens Park Plaza being redeveloped (read : bulldozed to make way for a highrise), given the changes occurring all around the old cluster of bars and massage joints. This is the same person who basically campaigned for many years for NEP to be closed and toured Cowboy as *the* nightlife destination in BKK - that opinion has now moved 180-degrees the other way since Nana was redeveloped. Also appears to have been a significant thawing the opinion of said commentator re the Third Sex, presumably in light of their alleged popularity with Soi 4 punters I'll miss Soi 4, but I have no time for 6' tall chicks-with-dicks.
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I feel much the same way when I read that Ronnie Biggs still sees the Great Train Robbery as 'an adventure'. He's a criminal, pure and simple - I guess we can thank Guy Ritchie for making east-enders somehow 'charismatic'. I never considered the likes of the Krays as 'charismatic' ....
(yes, I know Biggs was born in Lambeth and spent a large chunk of his life in S America - for all that, he belongs with the Krays)
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Boris Berezovsky had it all - a Russian billionaire with friends in high places, but it all went sour from the day he clashed with old chum Vladimir. From rooster to feather duster, so it comes to us all.
Boris, old mate, you could have spent that money flying teams of hookers from one end of Russia to the other - instead, you felt the need to tell the world what we already knew, and to give your money to scumbag lawyers. A sad end.
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All the money he must have made ... and he ended up in a VA hospital? At least he seems to have got his act together before the end.
I dont know if they really made that much money - I recall reading a Penthouse piece back in the 80s which claimed that the women were the most highly paid, even though they had very short careers - the industry revolved around fresh faces and genitalia (the Japanese AV industry today is much the same). The brightest women soon realised that they were better off putting the money toward an education than up their noses - most of the guys dont seem to have thought that far ahead.
The big difference between LA in the 80s and Japan today is that a career as an AV actress - even in hardcore movies - doesnt seem to ruin their chances of doing something else later - I dont have any firm proof of that, but I'm prepared to put in as much research as it takes
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Great idea FM, unfortunately they are not content to fight and kill each other.
There is their noble concept of conquest of the non-muslim world.
Live and let live is somehow thought of as a weakness.
That isnt my understanding, at least not for so-called 'moderates' : its the Wahabist nutbags who exploit poverty and lack of education to plant hatred from a very young age. Part of the 'deal' with ongoing Australian aid to Indonesia is supposed to be that money is invested in Madrassas that teach a moderate view of Islam, but I've seen very little follow-up re monitoring. The last thing the Indonesian government wants is hardliners turning Indonesian against Indonesian (with the possible exception of the TNI Generals who made millions of dollars from Aceh - bastards). Fascinating country - so many unique rivers flowing into a single lake - and I really hope they can deal with the challenges that lie ahead.
(fwiw, I find it ironic that two of the most spontaneous and uninhibited groups on the planet - Malay and Filipino - were colonised by religious fanatics who preached 'sex for procreation only' and an unsmiling attitude to pleasures of the flesh. Obviously, the size of their respective populations throw that right out the window.(TV will fix that) One can only imagine what it must have been like to be one of the first Europeans to step ashore in the Phillipines
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Looks like the Algerians have a simple response to 'negotiation' : kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out.
http://www.news.com.au/world/al-qaeda-seizes-hostages-in-algeria/story-fndir2ev-1226555513214
A DRAMATIC four-day hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant ended in a bloodbath when Islamists executed all seven of their remaining foreign captives as troops stormed the desert complex.
Twenty-one hostages, including an unknown number of foreigners, died during the siege that began when the Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen attacked the facility deep in the Sahara at dawn on Wednesday, the interior ministry said on Saturday.
Thirty-two kidnappers were also killed, and special forces were able to free "685 Algerian workers and 107 foreigners," the ministry said.
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Belgian beers are the bomb, but i thought no-name bar met the wrecking ball months ago ?