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narikaa

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  1. Hes a relative of Baldrick (non forum savvy), using a blanket bomb comms approach All resolved
  2. Farm fresh they have little flavour - mostly just the subtle taste of the oil that they've been cooked in When hawked from street carts however that oil may not be too piquant (and the bugs may taste a little insecticidey) .
  3. Getting eyeball to eyeball with one of these critters first thing in the morning aint such a bad thing Being as they are (like the fabled Big Kahuna Burger) the cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast .
  4. No better start to the day than piping hot Oolong and a few dhan tat .
  5. MBK conspiracies (whatever next !) new one on me (note to self more tin foil on this weeks shopping list) @ opti exactly right (if only bitter ole TT could be as 'gruntled') .
  6. I do like it when you open the curtains and the rain has cleared the heat haze, the smog has gone for a while, and you are afforded some visibility for a change. I never tire of being greeted by this panorama. Its a chore to leave it to descend down to street level for another day in 'the office' .
  7. Today is the day that the monks come out (Ork) after a three month confinement to the temple during the '"Rains" (Phansa) Traditionally a young man elects to ordain as a monk once at least for a Rains retreat. These 'short timers' can be spotted at the tail end of the procession of monks (rules of seniority apply ) and some have pre-grown a degree of head hair in readiness for the imminent disrobing. Its a big day on the Thai calendar where people 'make merit' (translated literally from Tam Boon) by giving sweet foods etc to the monks at some ungodly hour of the morning . The monks preceded by a Buddha statue (on wheels) wind their interminable way between a double column of chairs stocked with awaiting offerings aided by a retinue of helpers humping away countless sackfulls of goodies (this year thoughtfully being sent on the way to the flood victims of Nakon Sawan province). But what have we here?: A canine merit maker (apparently) .
  8. Nah Piek never was the 'Costco of Super Reps' oft imagined Dreams of sauntering along stocked shelves of mouth watering watches while engaging in knowledgeable rep waffle with the proprietor, are just that...misinformed dreams Squeezing information and or watches out of 'old grumpy' himself (or heaven forbid, his sister)is as good as it gets at that couple o' square meters of hallowed rep ground .
  9. Spork Over the Pearl River .
  10. Dont sound off like a slack jawed Rolex - o - phile there Ken Yes all have gen counterparts .
  11. Hook up today with a goodly supplier of the arcane and unusual in rep watches - Ive not seen him for a while I was particularly taken with these: Gen: http://www.ablogtoread.com/chopard-l-u-c-louis-ulysse-tribute-convertible-watch/ .
  12. Youll note its not in my sales section but the Rolex Area
  13. . At least till you know your "L"s from your "C"s or Your "U"s from your "I I"s :lol: .
  14. Mmm Well for sure he would have failed the usual litmus test for telling if a Thai is asleep.... 'Has he stopped eating?' .
  15. After a few days of listening to the guy at MBKs 'Nah Piek' store telling me that 'Pee Chai (elder brother) saleep' Ive been waiting for some Thai handsome prince to come and kiss him & wake him up. Got the news today that he wont be waking up any time soon....died this morning As he was the guiding light of the operation it remains to be seen how this affects the continuance of these revered watches. .
  16. I was at 'Nah Piek' a day or two ago Available Well 'Hab!' was the actual noise that emanated from him .
  17. Yadda yadda 1 Sees subject 2 Takes diminutive Canon IXUS 100is out of shirt pocket 3 Switch on (in pre set 'D - Macro mode' which allows full zoom focus in macro) 4 Hand held PnS...click 5 Resize to 1024 x 768 .
  18. Just going through an SD card of photos and came across this gem from one of the 'fashion' outlets in Guangzhou: I'll hazard that what was going through that Chinese entrepreneur's head at the time of design is'nt the same as whats going through yours right now .
  19. I watched with increasing mirth a small pantomime developing on my arrival at Nah Piek (MBK) yesterday A 'European' buyer was at the counter literally pouring over a GMT Rolex in fact at one stage he stood mesmerized for some 7 to ten minutes in silent contemplation of it! As dear old Nah Piek quietly fumed. As a true WIS he then regaled a list of minutia that he found wrong with it and after much loupe time Mr N.P. agreed that he should come back tomorrow for a replacement and matey boy's cash was returned to him. After the Anal Retent had departed good ole N.P. went into a venomous soliloquy "Him no good Him want original He say this minute only 99%..Original not only 99% This price here (knee high hand gesture) original price here (head high hand gesture) He look long time no speak , same crazy people He come back tomorrow I not sell He go buy original He no good" I had a vision of the 'Minutia Muncher' brooding all night over his horological expectations prior to his trek back to MBK the following day for the pleasure of being 'back heeled' by Mr N.P. And it brought to mind a similar memory of a friend back in the UK (of a very bitter demeanour) who told me of his encounter with the 'new breed' of doorstep Jehovahs Witnesses: Seems the evangelists had - unusually - turned up as a familiy unit (him, her & two very young daughters), after the preliminaries which involved my man asking the 6 year old if she was aware that Mummy & Daddy were going to let her die if she ever needed a blood transfusion! - it became aparent that there was little 'middle ground' for fertile discussion. Undaunted the father asked if there was any other member of the household that would like to speak with them, and was told that possibly Sally would but that she was out at the moment. Gleefully an appointment was arranged to return and do what they could for Sally's immortal soul... On the appointed day the family in their Sunday best pitched up and asked to speak with Sally. With a low whistle and a call of her name Sally (a manic lakeland terrier) came out the door at waist hight to do an impression of 'An American Werewolf in London' on the front lawn...my Man said 'As its a bit cold I'm going in - just give a knock when you've all finished" Which made me wonder if its part of some psychological condition which requires a return appointment to have vengeance extracted. .
  20. Orange Monster time.... .
  21. Why do I feel like Hans Christian Andersen's little boy shouting out that the Emperor is wearing nothing at all :lol: .
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