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Lemondropkid

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  1. Thanks for the current info. I'd much rather be over the road in air conditioned comfort, and not have to listen to the Billabong's awful house band. Joy of Patts, something for everyone's tastes.
  2. Out of interest how much did each beer work out as then? The Billabong run the same scheme as I recall, I'd guess the real earner comes from the number of people who never finish there second drink, the probability of that rise with each order!!
  3. The Sunday Times Thriller of the year, 2nd of 2 in series no need to read the first one to follow it. First book is excellent though, this has started very well.
  4. Mozzarella, tomato, basil, touch of black pepper to keep it interesting, on sourdough. Balked a bit on the 240 baht price, but it was terrific.
  5. I'd have been furious. Its killing heat at the moment why deliberately put people through the worst of it? Is this a macho thing?
  6. You can get a visa on arrival, in January it only took around 5 minutes from handing my passport over to it being returned with a 1 month stamp. It may have even been $5 cheaper. Here is the official site if you want to get the visa in advance. https://www.evisa.gov.kh/ The processing time is a few working days. Simple print of the visa that you will get sent as an attachment. There's nothing like the choice of accomodation you get in Thailand. If you need a pool then the Sun & Moon, if not a fellow BM gave me a glowing report on the Tao Riverside. I've done 1000 baht rooms in the past in PP, but ended up with dingy, poorly lit rooms with questionable security. It just isn't worth it. I tend to bring USD expect to often get your change in KHR. It would probably be most cost efficient to do everything in KHR but I've never gotten around to figuring the best way to do that. I love Phom Penhn but it isn't cheap anymore, don't expect any bargains.
  7. Have met some very civilised Russians living here, who make the average Brit look a peasant. If made to pick I find the Indians consistently the rudest.
  8. Did you get 2 to avoid queuing up again?
  9. Excellent imported IPA at 189, they'll be some + on top but a great live band, all good
  10. I enjoyed a Muay Thai Brewery beer recently. They are brewed by the Heart of Darkness brewery in Vietnam, then imported and taxed accordingly, but badged as a "Thai" craft beer. Similar scenario with many of these Thai brewers who won't produce anything like the crazy minimum 10 million litres per annum to be allowed to brew legally in Thailand.
  11. Not been in there for 8 years or so, dreadful place. Has it been taken over by Pin Up😄
  12. I agree it's excellent. Far, far better than the majority of Thai craft beers. Unfortunately I was very reliably informed they have been bought out by Singha. Who being arseholes, brew it in Thailand but sell it at the price of an imported beer( which is of course, heavily taxed).
  13. Just had the haircut in Bangkok, first time I'd used this salon. Not as exciting as @Yessongs car story but even the little things can be fun here. Got a terrific cut from a lady certainty at least in her early 50s. The lad before me was an early 20 something good looking gym rat and she's all business with him. She's finishing up, shaving the back of my neck with a straight edged razor. She looks at me in the mirror and gives me the classic " You handsum man"😀, she pauses and then says "No very handsum!!" 100 baht tip secured! I know she's lying but walked out with a spring in my step🥳
  14. A little backstory picked up from Forbes, July 2023. Shows in part just how much money the Tawadeng outlets must have made "Sathien Sathientham, whose $1.5 billion fortune stems largely from Carabao Dang, an energy drink named after a popular rock band, is getting into large-scale beer brewing. He’s investing 4 billion baht ($115 million) to build a factory in central Thailand with the aim of capturing 3% of the estimated 257-billion-baht domestic beer market in the first year of operations. The investment is being made through Tawandang Brewery, which Sathien established last year. The first batch of beer is expected by year-end and distribution will be through Bangkok-listed Carabao Group, the energy drink maker Sathien cofounded in 2002 with his pal, singer Yuenyong Opakul, who goes by the stage name of Aed Carabao, and business partner Nutchamai Thanombooncharoen (No. 38). Carabao will have “minimal risk distributing those products” because it’s standard practice for retailers to pay upfront for alcohol products, Romtham Sathientham, Sathien’s son and managing director of Carabao, says in a phone interview in June. “There’s also minimal incremental cost as we’ll be using the current sales structure,” he adds. But the new beer will face entrenched brands: Chang, brewed by liquor tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi (No. 3), and Leo and Singha, made by beer baron Santi Bhirombhakdi (No. 20). Sathien, who recently changed his surname from Setthasit to Sathientham, is also expanding his roughly 50%-owned grocery giant, CJ Express, where his oldest son, Veeratham, is CEO. The retailer added 300 outlets in 2022 for a total of 1,000; it plans to add 600 more by next year. Meanwhile, his daughter Tientham is managing director at TD Tawandang, which operates more than 5,000 Tookdee convenience stores. Earlier this year, almost 100 Tookdee partners (the stores are run on a profit-sharing basis with local associates) filed complaints with Thailand’s Trade Competition Commission. TD Tawandang did not respond to a request for a comment." https://www.forbes.com/sites/anuraghunathan/2023/07/05/thai-energy-drink-billionaire-adds-froth-to-beer-market/?sh=44c711396781
  15. Read about Crispy Boy winning an international brewing medal was keen to try it. Really poor, tipped away the last 3rd of a can. Tasted nothing like a Helles, think you are being polite calling it OK 😁
  16. That's impressive, so hot at the moment I'm struggling to find the energy to make it to the condo exercise room. Maybe if I had a decent large gym with AC I might make the effort- that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
  17. You Sir will be hearing from solicitors (Sue, Grabbit & Run) after this shocking libel. I shall ask them to show a little mercy as your imagination is running wild ahead of your bi-annual furtive Boystown trip. Poor Mr's Krapow clueless as to the cesspit of sleaze and degradation you'll be wallowing in. Thinking how nice it will be for you to have the latest Ranger's shirt from Tony's Candy Shop. Heartbreaking- I shall pray for your sanity on Sunday. We are all clean-living, churchgoers here in Hua Hin🙏
  18. I think it will be still brewed but Carlsberg will move the production to one of it's own sites. Standard stuff from the big brewers, buy the brand and shut down the local brewer. I'm a bit more postive and think the micro pubs(converted small shops) are the ray of hope in the UK.
  19. Carlsberg have closed the original brewery https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23978120.ringwood-brewery-closure-tragedy-town/
  20. Much clearer, have seen the top 2 live in London. Willie Nelson only 10 years back, had no clue he was 80 at the time.
  21. Thanks, briliant photo. He's looking very well at 77, great to see. Extra points for the product placement😉
  22. It's the first Ludlom I've ever read. I think a degree of repetition is common to all prolific thriller writers. One of my favourites is Walter Mosely and he recycles character across different series but is good enough to get away with it. That is until his most recent novels that is🙂, he is 72 though.
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