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A while back I posted a topic on the above title. There have been arrivals,however,multiple departures (From Thai360). Here we are today ,with passings of both board members and old friends. The passing of KS is a reminder of the fragility of life. For those members whom have been on the forum for over twenty years,will no doubt have memories of the sad departure of those old names which are no longer in use. So I say to those of you who remain on this forum - good cheer and good days lads,we just never know our day. Salut.

Gentlemen, a thousand ways to spend what is left of xx (xxx ?) years. Usual age of retirement (65) has been 14 years ago , retiring would actually mean sudden death to me. I am keeping on selling engine components which has always been my great pleasure, most people I am dealing with are half my age. I simply wouldn´t know what to do otherwise. Can´t play golf. It finally depends if stop working looks like a relief or a disaster. Recent health checks are promising, maybe with 80 I quit working but I am not sure. I let you know. Poor Khunsanuk did not have a chance to think about retirement, we should feel blessed as we are still alive.

Gee takes a special kind of person to flame a dead man.

They were my thoughts as well but to be honest I'd like to see it keep going. But that relies entirely on the input from members.

Internet has been farked for a long time. I just found my way back.

Hi, Guys, why are you so obsessed with this thread? Why want it locked? Don't like it, just don't bloody read it. Sanuk!

It was 27 F in 2009 for Obama it was 28 F Obama was outside Other cold ones Carter in 1977, 28 F JFK in 1961 22F Ronald Reagan in 1985 7F The only previous one inside There were two around the same temperature and one even colder held outside no problem, the only previous one to be held indoors was proper cold The cold weather, which wasn’t that cold, was just an excuse because no fuckers could be arsed to turn up, stop presenting “Alternative Facts” again It is you and your ilk which are the liars and you don’t like it when presented by facts Inauguration Weather

Visiting her local shopping district, a woman notices a brand new store has just opened that sells Husbands. So the women goes in to browse and they have to follow the instructions at the entrance: “You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are 6 floors and the value of the products increase as you ascend the flights. You may choose any item from a particular floor or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you CANNOT go back down except to exit the building!” So, the woman goes into the "Husband Store" to find a husband. The 1st floor sign reads: Floor 1 – These men have jobs. The 2nd floor sign reads: Floor 2 – These men Have Jobs and Love Kids. The 3rd floor sign reads: Floor 3 – These men Have Jobs, Love Kids and are extremely good looking. “Wow,” she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the 4th floor and The sign reads: Floor 4 – These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking and Help with Housework. “Oh, yeah!” she exclaims, “I can hardly stand it!” Still, she goes to the 5th floor and The sign reads: Floor 5 – These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, help with Housework and Have A Strong Romantic Streak. She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the 6th floor and the sign reads: Floor 6 – You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the "Husband Store."

What a load of fucking crap ,don’t talk about things you don’t know about. conviction refers to the outcome of a criminal trial. It is the act of proving or declaring a person guilty of a crime. • A sentence, on the other hand, is the formal declaration by a court imposing a punishment on the person convicted of a crime. • A conviction is a result of the verdict of a judge and/or jury. In contrast, a Sentence is typically ordered by a judge. • The court cannot order a sentence unless the person has been found guilty or convicted. Therefore, a conviction must precede a sentence. Source

Social media have degenerated the human kind. This board is not that. It is nobody comes here, they go social media, get poisoned, raped, mistreated, killed, think it is all on the net. It is, but where? Had the backpackers came to here to ask for an advice, it would have been different.

It's been many years since I posted on this forum. I am sure that there are many, many of his friends that would like to know this. Maybe it is not my place to post this, but after getting the terrible news from Long Gun via Facebook, I thought it best to let the members know. I'm sure there will be much more to follow, but to those of us who called him more than just a Forum Founder/Moderator, but a true friend, it is a very sad day indeed.

I guess a lot of board members these days use other social media platforms however after a personal experience with one such platform I am completely off them and recently have realized just how socially destructive they are to the point I see them as being socially regressive and are creating catastrophic outcomes mentally and emotionally for younger generations with zero accountability.

Nice to see all the old board members, too bad it has to be a tragedy that caused it. Since the beginning of this board, Khun Sanuk was the public face of the board, and I have stayed in the background tending to sysadmin duties. I'll continue to do that for the foreseeable future. We may need to consider a new moderator or two to make sure things are attended to. Jigger

I was in Asda with the missus and put a box of Stella in the trolley. “What do you think you are doing”? Asks the missus. I reply “its on offer £10 for 24 cans” “put them back we can’t afford it“ she said. A few aisles on she picks up a £20 jar of face cream and put it in the trolley. “What you doing”? I said. “it makes my face look beautiful” she replied. So I said, “so does 24 cans of Stella and its half the fucking price”.

An Aussie and a Maori walk into a bakery. The Aussie steals three pastries and slips them into his pocket. He turns to the Maori and says "pretty slick aye bro, the owner didn't even see me". Unimpressed the Maori replies "typical dishonest Aussie, bro I’m gonna show you the honest way and still get the same result". The Maori calls out to the owner of the shop and says "bro I want to show you a magic trick" intrigued the owner obliges. The Maori asked him for a pastry and he eats it. He asks for another and eats that to. And the another which he eats also. By now the owner says "c'mon mate where's the magic trick?" The Maori points to the Aussie & replies “now check his pockets".

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Decades ago there used to be gatherings of a large group of mongers, Meet up at a place near cowboy, usually one with great burgers or a midget at the door run by Santos, Then off to all the bars as a large group, numbers fluctuating depending where someone dropped of or rejoined the mob. And the great joy was a post on Monday or Sunday about the bar crawl. Who got drunk, was the most handsome man, an online debate would follow on line defending oneself from disappearing so soon, and your opinion of that great bar sucks. For those living overseas it was a great way to remember what you might be missing In Oz we'd have our own get together, sitting at a mates place, now passed on, getting Thai food and beer, if lucky even Thai beer, and talking about past bar crawls. Ahhh the mamories!

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I do enjoy this guys vlogs. I pretty much disagree with everything he says. But this is very interesting. PS I do like his autoplay video on his home page. I do like his not monetizing the internet

The result of today's education system ... Ooh Say, Can You...Read? 10 Non-'Racist' Statues Targeted By Historically Illiterate Protesters https://www.mrctv.org/blog/oh-say-can-you-read-9-non-racist-statues-targeted-historically-illiterate-protesters?fbclid=IwAR3HXE9IC1Zq_XJgJVCEaLs58ServvYqUkMZBnTS_171qusCAsbu1rdxD2s

The way things are at the moment,we’re more likely to die of boredom than a virus.

You know the worn out, full off holes 30 year pullover that you can’t bring yourself to throw away? This board is the same, just comfortable

I had dinner with some people who hail from middle eastern parts yesterday, and they were as shocked as the rest of us are. These folk are such kind people, that they volunteer at the local community centre, to help in any way that they can. The father is taking weekly bible classes, because his intellectual curiosity is piqued and he wants to learn about Christianity so that he understands it better. They describe themselves as modern Muslims, their daughter is a doctor and a friend.

Coss Seems to slight confusion on how we both define "Social Welfare" but I will give you my definition based on the UK model which I happen to be au fait with. Whilst Health, Education, Pensions and Defense etc come from UK Central Government Expenditure they are not what are defined as "Social Welfare" or "Benefits. These include, but are not limited to, Tax Credit, Housing Benefit, Child Benefit, Disability Living Allowance, Income Support, Incapacity Benefit, Job Seekers Allowance, Council Tax Benefit, Unemployment Benefit and so on, there are approximately over 60 different benefits which can be claimed, and the benefits scroungers know them the best. There are people in the UK who have never done a days work in their life, never paid into the system yet are taking from it. Millions of Immigrants flocking to the UK being given Social Housing and many of the 60 odd benefits I have mentioned, Like WTF is all that about, and you wonder why I got pissed with my, the Tax Payers. money being squandered by successive governments , hence the reason why I packed my bags and fucked off.

"is there will always be people who take the piss out of the system" Yes and sometimes the cost of those people is worth bearing, for the good of the whole. A year and some months ago, I had a stroke. Because we have an efficient Ambulance system, I got not one, but two rides to two different hospitals in very quick time, straight into the operating room and they pulled the clot. Kept me in over night, I reckon I'm 98~99% back to normal. Slightly better than normal as I've taken up Kayak fishing as a health kick and I eat a lot of primo fish and I am fitter as a result. All of this without regard to my financial circumstances or whether or not I am taking the piss... I am alive and grateful. Looking after yer peasants is not always a bad thing, indeed if you don't look after yer peasants, you'll be lynched eventually.

Michael O’Leary, Chief Executive of Ryanair after arriving in a hotel in Manchester went to the bar and asked for a pint of Guinness. The barman said, "That will be £1 please, Mr. O’Leary." Taken aback, O'Leary replied, "That's very cheap," and handed over his money. "We do try to stay ahead of the competition", said the barman. "We have the cheapest beer in England". "That is remarkable value", Michael comments. "I see you don't have a glass, you'll need one of ours. That will be £3 please." O'Leary scowled, but paid up. He took his drink and walked towards a seat. "Ah, you want to sit down?" said the barman. "That'll be an extra £2. If you'd pre-booked it would have cost £1." O'Leary swore to himself, but paid up. "I see you've brought your laptop" added the barman. "That wasn't pre-booked either, that's another £3." O'Leary was so incensed and his face was red with rage. "I've had enough! I insist on speaking to a manager!" "Here is his e-mail address, or if you wish, you can contact him between 9.00 am and 9.01am every morning, Monday to Tuesday. Calls are free, unless answered, then there is a charge of only £1 per second". "I will never use this bar again". "OK but do remember, we are the only hotel in England selling pints for £1."

In case the subject on the left is his "girlfriend" any further penalisation should be prescinded from in the name of humanity.

The Trump government is the greatest attack on the US since Pearl Harbour. And since Pearl Harbour sounds somewhat logic because a hostile country tried to damage an enemy, it is now a bunch of idiots attacking their own country. These are wise words, aren´t they?

I am horrified and saddened. Khun Sanuk is dead. I cannot comprehend it. I knew him personally. We met a few times in the old ‘Woodstock’ (Nana Plaza; I think Rainbow 4 today). Once the New Zealander Stickmann (Paul) was there. That was an interesting round of talks. I would like to thank you in retrospect for founding and managing your Sanuk boards, which gave us the opportunity to exchange information and discuss. Lieber Marcel, ruhe in Frieden = Dear Marcel, rest in peace. A final greeting Nasiadai alias Bakwahn . Charly

I don't even consider them socially relevant and the followers enabling them to exist equally irrelevant.

While walking down the street one day a politician is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. 'Welcome to heaven,' says St. Peter. 'Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you.' 'No problem, just let me in,' says the man. 'Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity.' 'Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven,' says the MP 'I'm sorry, but we have our rules.' And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him. Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne. Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly & nice guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realises it, it is time to go. Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises.... The elevator goes up, up, up and the door re-opens on heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him. 'Now it's time to visit heaven.' So, 24 hours pass with the MP joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realises it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns. 'Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity.' The MP reflects for a minute, then he answers: 'Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell.' So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above. The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. ' I don't understand,' stammers the MP. 'Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened? ' The devil looks at him, smiles and says, ' Yesterday we were campaigning.. ...Today you voted.

Would love to have heard the conversation with the police officer conducted in pigeon English “I pay bar, she promise boom boom mai me condom but she not do!” “Yes This velly serious na, I go arresting she and take she go jail”

You are correct it was Woodstock’s on first floor of the plaza Gullivers is on Sukhumvit Soi 5 After Gullies it was at Los Cabos Sukhumvit Soi 14 Last meetings were upstairs at Bradmans on Sukhumvit Soi 23, just around the corner from Cowboy. I remember one Friday meet 2012 at det5 on Sukhumvit Soi 8, cannot remember if that was on one off or a weekly event The was a one off meeting, Sunday Brunch at Molly Malones on Soi Convent 2014 There was also another one off circa 2016 when somebody was in town, I didn’t attend that one

No one has ever confirmed the JFK planned that. But no, there was no such executive order. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_executive_actions_by_John_F._Kennedy I think I'd put Afghanistan ahead of the VN War as the biggest mistake. Just what the hell are we doing there, if not defending the opium fields, the way the conspiracy folks insist? US troops have been there 19 years, FFS! The Brits tried in Afghanistan - and failed. Russia tried in Afghanistan - and failed. And the US? I don't know one Soldier or Marine who has been there and doesn't think we should get out. They all tell me that as soon as we leave, the Taliban will take over again. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47391821 As to the US participation in the VN War achieving nothing, one can make a good case that if it hadn't done so, the communists would have conquered Thailand as well. I remember when when the Thai military was engaged with communist ":insurgents" at Khao Kor and other places. Malaysia was also very worried and openly supported South VIetnam. When the communists ruled Laos and Cambodia, the domestic communists would have been a serious threat. Thailand had a military government at the time, which was not necessarily very popular outside of Bangkok. Yes, the Thais were overall contented with their government, but so were most South Vietnamese with theirs. The communists didn't care in either country. They wanted power. In the 1970s my university students were donating blood and contributing money to help the Thai soldiers fighting against the communists at Khao Kor, while the commies had support from Hanoi and Beijing. NVA soldiers had been killed on several occasions inside of Thailand. http://outbackthailand.com/khao-kho-thailands-forgotten-war/ https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000012498.pdf p.s. In the 1970s I had a nodding acquaintanceship with the Thai commander at Khao Kor, while today I know several Thai ex-communists. They've said to me, "I made a mistake."

That's exactly right - it is much more about the history of the area and it really helps to fill in a lot of the background about the place. If someone is only interested in the bars, it should be of some interest but if you're interested in the history of the area then it's truly fascinating.

Honestly Some things you just cant make up

Kofi Annan died today, previous Secretary General of the UN. A most remarkable person within the limited possibilities of his job. When I celebrated my 50th birthday ( not long ago, lots of laughter ) at the Petersberg Hotel above the Rhine valley he came along asking what the party was about. And he was told that the Great Bubi turned 50 and he wished me well. Rest in peace Kofi, I shall always remember you.