Some People, Eh?
Don't Some People just drive you up the wall sometimes, eh? Is it our fault for expecting too much or theirs for just being stupid?
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Category General
This section covers posts that in general do not fit into other sections easily. They will mostly be made by admin on whatever I am adding at that moment, which is usually something to do with writing, publishing, websites, eating or Thailand, which is where I live :-)
Holidays in Thailand – How Much?
Holidays in Thailand – How Much? Thailand is, and has been for at least a decade, right at the top of both the world’s holiday resorts and travellers’ wish-list destinations. The same goes for retirees and expats. The question people…
Sad Times
Sad Times Despite all the modern methods of near-instantaneous communication, we only heard today that a good friend of ours died a week ago. So, these are sad times for his wife, family, both European and Thai, and his friends…
Aching Joints
Aching Joints I don’t know whether I drink too much. Sometimes, I suppose, but I probably drink more than most people and more than doctors would recommend. I usually have about four beers a day in the early evening. Anyway,…
Lickay – Thai Pantomime
Lickay – Thai Pantomime Lickay tonight, but more about that later. The weather first as according to tradition. Well, it’s so hot today that it is unpleasant to go to the toilet because the water coming out of the bidet…
Writing for Pleasure and Profit
Writing for Pleasure and Profit If I don’t mention the temperature for a while, it’s because it is still in the forty-five to forty-seven range. I have slept nearly all day today because of it, and people assure me that…
Word Botchers
Word Botchers When I lived in the UK, I didn’t really notice the birds in my garden, although I have always considered myself a bird watcher, or word botcher, as the late Humphrey Littleton once said on a show. Word…
Mailing List
Mailing List Aweber’s usefulness to me for delivering a series of emails has come to an end, I think. I have well over a hundred sign-ups on my mailing list, but many are Chinese and take no active part in…
Doldrums
Doldrums The weather reminds me of the stories of the doldrums on the Equator… Another forty-sixer today, but forty-seven yesterday! I forgot to report our plight. As we approach the Summer Equinox, though, we have gained an hour or daylight…
Languages and Words
Languages and Words I love languages and words and how they can spark thoughts. As I was publishing yesterday’s post, a song came into my head. I could only remember ‘Meat, nor drink, nor money have I none, yet I…
Miserable Sods
Miserable Sods I have received a few snide remarks from some miserable sods concerning the designation of the revenue from ‘Asian Shorts’, well, let me tell you miserable sods a true story. Many members of my family give £5 a…
Ting Noi, Ting Noi, Ting Noi, Ting Noi
Ting Noi, Ting Noi, Ting Noi, Ting Noi Another day in the forties centigrade! That’s about a fortnight now and is unheard of. Thailand has the odd day at that temperature, but it averages ten degrees lower in its summer.…
Hundred Days
Hundred Days Well, believe it or not, the Day of Merit (see yesterday’s post) has seemed to make people happier, despite the fact that one girl’s father has his ‘One Hundred Days’ today, although that is not necessarily a sad…
Merit or Tamboon in Thai
Merit or Tamboon in Thai Today is a Day of Merit, or Tamboon in Thai, for our village. I don’t know how many they hold per annum, but I’m sure it’s more than one. The day before yesterday, it was…
Tiger Lily 2
Tiger Lily 2 or 'Tiger Lily of Bangkok in London' is the story of Lily after moving to London. Will the old Demon of child abuse resurface?
Charisma
Charisma Famous people, and by that I mean people you see in the press and on TV, are always banging on about the importance of charisma – star quality. You hear about it on all the ‘talent’ contests on TV…
Introductory Offer
Introductory Offer The starting price of all the banners on this site is now $10 a month! First come first served. Look around this and other pages on this website and you will see banner ad placeholders clearly mararked. To…
Easter Monday
Easter Monday Today is Easier Monday, not in Buddhist Thailand, but there is still something going on and there seems to be every year at Easter. I suspect that it is because Easter is a moveable feast which has something…