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A special sighting (for me at least) this morning. I was walking around Khao Tao Lake when in the distance I saw what I assumed was a very big bird flying very low across the surface of the lake towards me. It was an incredible sight, with such large wings flapping quite majestically to keep it in ...

RIP big man - thanks for all the amazing memories

I remember when I lived in a small village in Khon Kaen province nearly 20 years ago. A guy would turn up on a motorsi with his monkey riding pillion. They would stay for a few days and pick everyone's coconuts. After finishing one, the monkey would jump on the motorsi itself and off they'd go to th...

As for mother's home cooking, my mum, much as I loved her, was definitely from the overcooked beef and soggy veg school of thought... It made even boarding school fare seem good by comparison. I was lucky enough to do several exchange visits to France (and one to Germany) in my mid-teens, which ope...

That is absolutely stunning.........

Brendan Gleeson is a brilliant actor - from his portrayal of Michael Collins in the 1991 RTE series "The Treaty" to his role as Liam Tobin in the movie "Michael Collins" and even as Winston Churchill in "Into the Storm" (2009), and then as Sgt. Gerry Boyle in the excell...

pharvey wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 7:31 pm

barrys wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 7:24 pm While munching sexily on his burrito

Doesn't bear thinking about.....

Agree - but at least it rhymes.........

I hear on a thread that Big Boy's "Incognito"
So that he can watch a naughty video
With virtual dark glasses
The time quickly passes
While munching sexily on his burrito

Geko wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 2:04 pm Try making your own, my wife does and it beats any shop bought stuff hands down, then from there you can go on to make tartar sauce

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.... and aioli - yummy yummy

There once was a buxom young nurse
Whose boyfriend drove the village hearse
She didn’t mind him being seen with a stiffie
While passing the Guinness brewery down by the Liffey

The lockdown is starting to ease
Or is it a government tease
You could try going out
But if you’re in any doubt
Stay home to avoid the dreaded disease

Berlin wall fell (in metaphorical) terms in late 1989, official reunification in 1990.

I don't know exactly what the rules are in Thailand, but here in Cambodia, wheen you want to build you have to present a document to the land office signed by all the owners of adjacent properties that they do not object to the development. Is there any such provision in Thailand, which may possibly...

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There was a young man with a cough
Who couldn't stay away from the trough
He soon got so fat
And sat on the cat
Which politely told him to feck off