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Good to hear you were pleased with the service. Been visiting them for over 20 years. 5 story building yes? If you inquire they have a pick up service from a number hotel groups. And the dental nurses.....😜 Even though they wear face masks they smile with their eyes.

I went there on Wednesday and asked if I could buy one of the prettier dentists a new BMW. As it happened they said that they all had plenty of cars but would be happy to look in my mouth. This visit was occasioned by my 2nd wife making me use a herbal toothpaste for 20 years. Being unable to read the ingredients of same, I had assumed that the contents would have contained fluoride. Mistake, as my teeth started to become weak, chip and fall out, I used the google translate photo thingy to find that there was no fluoride in the herbal nonsense. I started using fluoride toothpaste and the remaining teeth became harder, but damage needed to be repaired. 21k bht and most of a day later and I walked out with the remaining gnashers in spiffing condition. Well pleased I am. Nice lady dentists crawling my head all day, luverly. Of note: nice handy map has 2 hotels nearby noted that have been renamed. The Avani Atrium Hotel is now the Grand Mercure Bangkok Atrium. and Siam Hotel is another name like Ladbrook or Lancaster or some such. I wandered about a bit before detective work helped me to find the nice lady dentists.

Mate of mine is having a retrospective at a major public gallery of 50 years of his photography, many of his current images taken on a phone and collected by big galleries. There is a new Ghana restaurant in Bangkok which is quite like. The owner supports boxing hence how I found him. Great food, nice people not associated or near Sukhumvit.

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Check the title of the thread 😂

I admit, I’m not the sharpest tack, but I don’t understand where global came in. Could be my old age and the barrels of alcohol that have been consumed.

First time I have ever heard Milwaukee and Global used together 😂

He was the radio announcer for my hometown Major League Baseball team, Milwaukee Brewers. I grew up, listening to him call all the games.

Looks like he meant something to you 😳

R.I.P. Bob Uecker, legendary baseball announcer and Major League actor https://www.avclub.com/rip-bob-uecker-baseball-announcer-major-league-star-mr-belvedere

I will not deny that *some* phones can take a decent picture when 1)lucky or 2) in the hands of skilled photographer such as myself, an award winning, professional photo journalist. What phone cams and “point and shoot cameras” lack is controlability/versatility, which to be honest is becoming less and less important given the state of the art of post production apps and software. Even Photoshop, which is great but a pain in the ass to use is becoming obsolete or less a vanguard.

American filmmaker, writer and artist David Lynch has died aged 78. Truly one of a kind with a career spanning six decades, his dark, subversive visions earned him a dedicated cult following and he was held in high esteem by critics. I actually hold him responsible for acquiring that dreadful illness called "Yellow Fever". I was infatuated with Joan Chan in Twin Peaks and never recovered. I remember he started doing weather reports during Covid. Had an interesting philosophy on how people transmit good or evil energy through how they channel themselves .

It's amazing how achievable a good pic is with a phone. I have been achieving outstanding results for years much to the disgust of another member who will remain nameless. One of my favorite pics I ever took was outside Siam Paragon. To look at it appears like a rendered image.

iPhone 12. Misty effect was achieved by slowly chilling the phone in the aircon whilst eating thence taking it outside into humid warm air to mist the lenses for the photo. Cheaper than Vaseline. 😜

Shame I’m gone in 12 hrs. I woulda enjoyed a meet. Platonically of course. Edit - I read “ate here” as “are here” - olden folk eyes.

We ate here as well and enjoyed it as well. Soi 11 more less on the corner. For Thai food, corner of Sukhumvit Soi 11/1, we like https://restaurantguru.com/Krua-Khun-Puk-Bangkok. If you are staying on Soi 8, next to Stable lodge, exit Stable lodge, go left, is Det 5 which moved from Soi 0 and is now a full blown respectable/decent restaurant. We also like Old German Beer House Soi 13 and a Korean place in “Korea town” on Sukhumvit around Soi 10 or so…first place on the right is usually our spot, but others are also good. Seafood, the big place down on Sukhumvit near Soi 5 and a bigger place Passed Soi 3.

Halal means it was killed quickly by one cut of a knife…a rack of lamb, 5-6 bones is about $30usd here at Costco.

Awful song....right up there with Bobby Goldsboro's Honey

I like the composition aspects as the objective elements are recognized which from my analysis was the theme of the establishment. The structure of the photograph may have been based on the waitresses and what they are doing. Photos that are taken from different angles show objects appearing different. This is more in images taken with wide-angle lenses rather than in close-up photos which leads me to think it was taken with a Smart Phone perhaps Android. You needed to take it from an angle to capture what you wanted. Shame old mate was there 😃 So Soi 11? My have to give it a go next trip. I usually stay in Soi 6.

Been to all three countries and my times in Burma were the most anxious

Disgusting behavior All done with the assistance of Social Media Influencer charged with torture, accused of giving her baby unauthorised medicine Police arrest woman over alleged torture of child Warning: This story contains information that some readers may find confronting. A 34-year-old social media influencer has been accused of torturing her baby daughter and taking photos of her in "immense distress and pain" to elicit donations. She is also accused of defrauding donors of $60,000 via GoFundMe. The Queensland mother was arrested at Logan, south of Brisbane, on Thursday and charged with administering poison with intent to harm, making child exploitation material and fraud. She was also charged with preparation to commit crimes with dangerous things. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-16/woman-charged-torture-alleged-money-online/104824488