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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 29, 2017 21:23:31 GMT 7
Only one of my precious possessions was missing of things returned. A puppet. How strange. It was authentic and very valuable, i bought it cheap, knowing. Then fate, i found another, of equal aesthetic, very similar. Yes still here. The place i found the same, a certain place on sukumwit, destroyed a few days later. Now a park and the owner has a spot on TV . Oh life is amusing. Now i laugh. A park, not really checking, but if ever I pass I don't see any one in it. Still fond memories, that corner of soi 10. The Great Man Himself.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2017 21:30:29 GMT 7
Hey what's your favorite tipple buhi?
I love the warm feeling a few glasses of red gives me , but sure hard to beat an icy cold beer on a balmy Bangkok evening. Its such a satisfying feeling especially that first beer.
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Post by buhi on Jul 29, 2017 21:35:23 GMT 7
Hey what's your favorite tipple buhi? I love the warm feeling a few glasses of red gives me , but sure hard to beat an icy cold beer on a balmy Bangkok evening. Its such a satisfying feeling especially that first beer. Hippity you are not on thin ice, you have fallen through. I am trying to protect you. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2017 22:06:14 GMT 7
Thanks for that buhi.
I don't always call you Betty , but when I do , you can call me Al.
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Post by buhi on Jul 29, 2017 22:15:54 GMT 7
Back to tales from the soi.
Yesterday was the King's birthday and it was celebrated, but with an awareness that the country is still in mourning for Rama 9.
There were no fireworks at Rama 9 Park, next to our house. It would have been inappropriate.
Thai know respect.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2017 22:32:56 GMT 7
Aretha knew it. So do the Thais.
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Post by bowie on Jul 29, 2017 22:51:20 GMT 7
Aretha knew it. So do the Thais. Who is Aretha? |
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Post by buhi on Jul 30, 2017 21:21:49 GMT 7
I let rip this afternoon.
Mad man that i am.
Idiot shouted in my ear and i shouted back.
Then calmly sat in Bett's garden.
Chatted with bird, a minor.
It has learnt from me,
"Shut up,".
I do not like caged birds or caged anything, but there is reality. ???
Released it would be dead in minutes, bred in a cage.
William Blake
The Schoolboy
From Songs of Experience
I love to rise in a summer morn,
When the birds sing on every tree;
The distant huntsman winds his horn,
And the skylark sings with me:
O what sweet company!
But to go to school in a summer morn, -
O it drives all joy away!
Under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day
In sighing and dismay.
Ah then at times I drooping sit,
And spend many an anxious hour;
Nor in my book can I take delight,
Nor sit in learning's bower,
Worn through with the dreary shower.
How can the bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?
How can a child, when fears annoy,
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring!
O father and mother if buds are nipped,
And blossoms blown away;
And if the tender plants are stripped
Of their joy in the springing day,
By sorrow and care's dismay, -
How shall the summer arise in joy,
Or the summer fruits appear?
Or how shall we gather what griefs destroy,
Or bless the mellowing year,
When the blasts of winter appear?
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Post by buhi on Jul 31, 2017 21:01:58 GMT 7
Just back, was with Hui, the local boss.
It was fun.
He p**sed out of his mind, me not so.
Anyway a fine time was had by all.
How dare this farang be so up front with Hui?
Well , that's me.
Am i on the death list?
Well i might welcome that, but no.
No, little chance, it is called families.
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Post by buhi on Jul 31, 2017 21:22:48 GMT 7
Just back, was with Hui, the local boss. It was fun. He p**sed out of his mind, me not so. Anyway a fine time was had by all. How dare this farang be so up front with Hui? Well , that's me. Am i on the death list? Well i might welcome that, but no. No, little chance, it is called families. In fact a very drunk Hui prostrated himself before me. "Get up, i do not accept that from anyone,". Bett translated. |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 31, 2017 21:30:41 GMT 7
Just back, was with Hui, the local boss. It was fun. He p**sed out of his mind, me not so. Anyway a fine time was had by all. How dare this farang be so up front with Hui? Well , that's me. Am i on the death list? Well i might welcome that, but no. No, little chance, it is called families. In fact a very drunk Hui prostrated himself before me. "Get up, i do not accept that from anyone,".Bett translated. Its not about you, its about him. The phrase you are looking for is, ไม่ต้องเกรงใจ mai tong greng jai. |
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Post by buhi on Jul 31, 2017 21:38:57 GMT 7
In fact a very drunk Hui prostrated himself before me. "Get up, i do not accept that from anyone,".Bett translated. Its not about you, its about him. The phrase you are looking for is, ไม่ต้องเกรงใจ mai tong greng jai. Correct , but it was one of those moments and i spoke in English. Bett knew what i said, and was quick to translate. Hui and i are drinking friends. He knows i know as do most. Am i interested in their shady deals? Not in the least. How could i? |
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Post by smokie36 on Aug 1, 2017 2:45:42 GMT 7
Hey what's your favorite tipple buhi? I love the warm feeling a few glasses of red gives me , but sure hard to beat an icy cold beer on a balmy Bangkok evening. Its such a satisfying feeling especially that first beer. Hippity you are not on thin ice, you have fallen through. I am trying to protect you. Why would the Hipster be on thin ice? We skate together every Mardi Gras but I do wish he'd shave off that ridiculous moustache. |
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Post by buhi on Aug 1, 2017 11:25:06 GMT 7
Hippity you are not on thin ice, you have fallen through. I am trying to protect you. Why would the Hipster be on thin ice? We skate together every Mardi Gras but I do wish he'd shave off that ridiculous moustache. Old news, have moved on. Back to the revelry of last night. Minor details that were missing. Hui claimed Bett was his mother, obviously in jest. My response , "Then you must be my son,". At which Hui prostrated himself at his "father's" feet. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 18:08:59 GMT 7
Hippity you are not on thin ice, you have fallen through. I am trying to protect you. Why would the Hipster be on thin ice? We skate together every Mardi Gras but I do wish he'd shave off that ridiculous moustache. Torvill to my Dean.  |
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