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  1. Posted

    On 8/25/2022 at 3:42 PM, ethanhunt said:

    Well, am not so sure if Laos fought the Nazis in WW-II but USA sure did & yet plenty of people in the US march on the streets carrying this emblem on a flag.

    Sorry, but "plenty of people" is just blatant hyperbole.   

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  3. Posted · Edited by sornierob

    On 9/4/2022 at 8:10 PM, katana57 said:

    When I do a carry- on only trip I always use one of these....

    https://www.scottevest.com/products/rfid-travel-vest-for-men

    I get in my iPad,phones,chargers,cables,medicines,documents,passport,keys,sunglasses etc . You can really get a lot of stuff in.And it makes going through security easier too.Instead of having to take out your coins,keys,metallic objects...you just slip off the vest and put it in the tray and walk through the check while they do the scan.I put a pair of sneakers in ,one time!

    If you've got time before your trip, see if you can pick up a used one on ebay or amazon.

    They also do shirts , shorts, windbreakers with loads of pockets. A bit pricey, but well functional.

     

    I have 3 SotteVests and have been using them for over 10 years--never go without wearing one.   I carry everything in the vest that I do not want to lose and that I want to access during the flights.  I also haven't checked a bag for 25 or more years and my trips are usually 4-6 weeks.  Never had a problem finding a wash and fold shop, and some hotels will do it cheaply.  

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  8. Posted

    1 hour ago, sydney69er said:

    Stumble Inn my all time favourite. I visit here every time I visit Bangers. You cannot beat this view at night, with all the street food vendors in full swing. Great people watching, especially all the working girls/lbs stopping off to grab something to eat.

    Stumble Inn view.jpg

    Stumble Inn view 2.jpg

    If I were a resident, I would consider it my local, and I hope to hell that I can make it back there, if for nothing else than eating my at least 500th stick of meat from that lady vendor in the first pic.  Let's plan on giving her big tips when she returns.  
    SI often has good classic rock live.  

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  10. Posted

    On 2/26/2020 at 12:33 PM, BeachGuySC said:

    Careful with the US- Canada stuff. On the flight home last week I sat next to a Korean guy who asked me where I was from. Told him US. He then proceeded to ask me if I’d ever been to Canada, which I had and told him I actually lived there a while and had been all over the frozen north. He then asked me what I thought about Canada. So being tired and feeling a little snarky, I said “ only two things in Canada - retards and hockey players”. He was visibly upset with my answer and with a menacing glare retorted “ My wife is from Canada”. Gathered myself quickly and said “ oh yeah, what team does she play for?”  

    When I first heard that one about 40 years ago, it was “....whores and hockey players”.   Same answer—“what position...”.  It was used to describe a quick thinker , eh?

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  11. Posted

    On 7/25/2018 at 4:19 PM, getshorter said:

    All good tips guys. 

    I'd like to add a very traditional Som tam restaurant right by phloen chit.

    Madam Somtum
    888/19 Phloen Chit Rd, Khwaeng Lumphini, Khet Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330, Thailand
    +66 2 651 5899

    https://goo.gl/maps/A4a4t1D3j3Q2

    Sorry I didn't take any pictures but there are some available on the Google page. I have eaten here twice the som tam is excellent, made to your preference of spiciness, the grilled pork neck is heavenly the kind of melt in your mouth levels of tenderness. My personal favourite though was the Tom Yam pork bone, the creme de la creme of Tom Yam if you ask me, and here it is spectacular. It's a thai restaurant so expect a certain level of spiciness, stuffed my face here at lunch twice and not for more than 300 baht.

     

    Ate there once and it was great, but sadly must add it to the list of places described by YB:  

    “Nobody goes there anymore—it’s too crowded”F61D9890-E7DE-43C0-A3EE-7BE3BBC37645.jpeg

  16. Posted · Edited by sornierob

    Can you find someone to channel Steve Jobs? Maybe this is a design flaw.

     

    Just kidding.

     

    But seriously... the next question is: Is this problem specific to this website or does this happen on all websites. Pattaya forum excluded as it is the same IPS software. Keyboards are very simple and standardized across the board. If this happens on other website text input boxes it is probably a configuration or other problem on your iPhone. Maybe a spot on the screen lost its sensitivity to heat of your finger.

     

    Remember those Apple Genius Bars? Is there one near you?

    Thanks for the reply. Nothing wrong with my touchscreen. When I type the post on this forum, both apostrophes and quotation marks show in the text. But when The the post appears on the forum, they have disappeared. Wont Didnt Hasnt. . I afded several quotation marks and I am looking at them as well as the apostrophes.

  19. Posted · Edited by sornierob

    When I post on the forum from my iPhone 7, the apostrophes that I type never show up on my post. Since apostrophes are monstrously (and mostly erroneously) overused, I have joked that maybe admin banned them, but since I see so many of them in other posts, it doesnt appear to be a ban or tech problem with the web site. Any ideas or anyone else having this issue?

    Quotation marks also do not post.

  22. Posted

    I spent 60% of my 45 year career in hotels. Much of the time I had no choice in booking, and about half the time I had to sleep during the day and worked at night. Renovations were literal nightmares. The standard tool used is a hammer drill, and no matter where it is used, it reverberates throughout the property. Stay away when you have a choice!!!

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