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Coss

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  1. Thanks Kiwi, a sad tale and one that shows true friendship. It reminds me of the blokes who've gone, who were my friends. An aphorism, sourced from the cult of the sky fairies, is apt at this point: " There but for the hand of God, go you or I "
  2. ... the military seize power. They ban modern art, popular music, avant-garde novelists, modern mathematics, classic and modern philosophers and the use of the term "Ζ" (Greek: zíta, or Greek: zi, which is used by protesters against the former government), which refers to the deputy and means "He lives." 30 : all
  3. The right-wing, military-dominated government of an unnamed Mediterranean state. 15 : all your serve...
  4. I stand corrected, though my view of people who will use stunts, to further their career, has not changed. And the husband is, still, receiving sympathy from the male half of the planet, ± a few.
  5. How ever you dress this story, the mother is an Attention Whore, the husband is receiving sympathy from the male half of the planet.
  6. Sounds like me. After months and months of observation, I'm now using SkyScanner with alerts to let me know what's available and will book with the appropriate airline direct when I decide on dates. And vis the wife and living arrangements, sounds like you're doing what MLG and I intend to do. She likes NZ, I like Laos, so we'll be back and forth cupla times a year, hopefully with the airfares staying at ~1,000 NZD AKL-BKK. I can’t get health insurance in Laos because of preexisting conditions (ex-stroke, cancer and Afib, 63) So - treatment in NZ, holiday for months in Laos, rinse and repeat, side trips to Cambodia, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, etc as the airfares allow.
  7. We enjoyed your posts and I for one, am looking forward to more, even non monger, daily observations, as befit, gentlemen of our outlook
  8. Coss

    Once was

    A medieval representation of a couple of us heading out to a Nana Plaza/Thai360 meeting. Amazing how prescient the Middle Ages' thinkers were.
  9. Wot yer reckon Immigration would feel, about you and several other old Farangs turning up, with hip flasks and or bottles of orange juice, then spending several hours socialising?
  10. very kind of you and after 11 hours to think about it, I am somewhat relieved to find I exist in real life.
  11. I've always found Kong to be pleasant chap with his "grumpiness" fun to lob little stones at, very amusing. MPiH on the other hand, pings around, like scalded cat inside a whiskey barrel, most interesting. And both, are excellent company for as you say, watching "the Soi unfold as we have done in the past after a late lunch". Should someone be moved to comment on my personality, I'd be surprised, I'm not sure I have a personality, excepting as, Juan Antonio Miranda Vera Crusta De La Hoya Cardinales. This my monger name and my answer to the young ladies oft proffered "What you name?"
  12. Coss

    Any New Jokes

    Dad jokes.... OK... and I'll be the first, those aren't mandarins they're oranges, in fact they're almost yellows
  13. Yes, too many times... Good writing Mr Nasiadai.
  14. when ya hooked ya hooked cut the cord I got the shits back in the early '90s when google and others algorithms, were revealed as heavily disposed towards, "Popularity = Truth" And so it fails.
  15. Mate of mine queried me yesterday, on why I didn't use facebook. Nullum usum mihi = no use to me. I only trust, this board and gmail.
  16. Kim Jong Un will be remembered throughout history, as the first person to look at something and utter the words "Can Eat?"
  17. Curious as to the rest stops an old train might make on a journey to Putin-land, I came across Pont de l'Amitié which is in Wiki ... commissioned in 1959 as a replacement for a temporary wooden bridge. Located immediately downstream from the China–North Korea–Russia tripoint, the bridge is the sole crossing point on the 17 km long North Korea–Russia border. Planks are laid between the tracks making crossing of road vehicles possible by special arrangement, but it is primarily a rail bridge. The tracks are dual gauge because the Russian railroad system uses a track gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) while the North Korean system uses 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The bridge is served by the Khasan railway station on Russian soil and Tumangang Station on the North Korean side of the river... No words on the availability of online booking for tickets. Attempts to contact the Tumangang border control office on the Nth Korea side have proved fruitless. And the carpark looks empty, perhaps the Tuman Gang have been reassigned, or run away over the border...
  18. You agree then. How's it feel? Larf? I nearly shat myself 555
  19. Almost like The Nation is not a news outlet,. Pity "NotTheNation" has gone. Did we ever discover the identity of that wonderful missive's author?
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