[Bangkok. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.It's Marmite City. You will love it, or you will hate it.]

Bangkok. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

It's Marmite City. You will love it, or you will hate it.


Why do people use the Marmite term then explain it?

I know I said no waffling but I just want to tell you this bit, I'll keep it short.


The flight to Bangkok was a nightmare for me, sat as I was in the cheap seats.

"I just can't sit still for 10 hours plus" I wailed.

"You seem to manage alright at the poker"  Mrs Red observed pointedly.

Anyone who has seen me playing poker knows that what I do in my chair can't be called sitting.
Lounging, kneeling, straddling, standing behind it, standing in front of it, and mostly, long before 10 hours have passed, vacating it.

To make matters worse loads of people were reclining their seats but I couldn't find a way to recline mine.

"Ask the stewardess" Mrs Red advised.

As if I would. Here's me, practically an aeronautical engineer, unable to recline my seat and there were all the other  plebs with probability no qualifications at all reclining all over the place.

Staring straight forward so as not to give the game away I nonchalantly felt every part of the arm rests. Nothing.

All the rest of the seat. Nothing.

I leaned forward and felt under the front edge of the seat.

It's surprising how easy those life-vests are to pull out and how difficult they are to put back, especially when Mrs Red is hissing at you and digging her finger nails into the back of your ear.

She flagged down a passing stewardess. "Excuse me, could you show my husband how to recline his seat please?"

"Oh this row of seats back on to the emergency exit, they don't recline".

The bloke in the seat in front of me sniggered and reclined his seat until it was about 4 inches from my face, meanwhile I was forced to sit bolt upright amongst all the loungers. I felt like a bloody meerkat.

4 or 5 hours later I noticed something on my fingernail. It may have been a bogey, who can say?

The bloke in the seat in front of me had fallen asleep and the back of his head was lolling in to view between the seats every  now and then.

To my absolute shame I flicked the unidentified substance at the head as it came into view. Unfortunately I misjudged it's adhesive qualities and it clung to my nail for a fraction of second too long and left on an unintended trajectory, missing it's intended target and sticking to the wrist of a dapper chap in the seat directly opposite.

I held my breath but he obviously didn't feel a thing. Eventually though, he did notice it and assuming it was his, proceeded to roll it between his thumb and forefinger for the next half an hour until it became too dry to stick and fell to the floor.

Sorry. Proper update next time I promise.

 

Sovietsong?

I’m alive and well. Had a daughter who turns 5 in a few months. Set up a small business & stopped playing poker, obviously everyone on here knew I was a bigger fish than chiprich

Hope everybody is well

Went quiet on blonde on purpose just trying to get a mention in here.

Claypole doing the same.

Tony Kendall

Just to clear things up. Titty fooled me in to going to a Georgian (the country not the period) restaurant. It was rotten. Then he made me pay. Then he fled the country promising to come back. He waited til I visited the UK to come back then escaped again just as I was getting back to Malta.

Don’t trust this imposter.

Ahh, that’s better.

That's my first great grandson Vin, Great granddaughter on the way.

GREAT GRANDSON?  really?

I mean, I knew you were old, but not that old.

Congrats Tom.

How many of them have you got now?

😂😂😂😂

Welcome back and was good to see you last week. Good luck in the Main.

Nirvana won the comp.

 

Missed that post Claw.

Comp was rubbish anyway. Nirvana turned up and was still in when I left around 11.30 despite insisting he would be out before the first break.

Lucky played cash with me and was telling me how he wasn’t lucky anymore. Couldn’t argue really as he was only around £500 up when I left.

Tom min cashed I believe and has access to his account again so he will posting an update soon.

Sicilian more or less bubbled and is now 0:4 in this comp.

Celtic owes me dinner...

🤬🤬🤬🤬

Going tomorrow with dean and Eso. Possibly a few others. Not sure it’s a reunion but you’re more than welcome to be anti railed.

What are you doing here anyway, Maltesers chuck you out?

Shame you can’t make it. Arbboy is coming and that’s not someone you want to miss.

I’m here for around 9 days, seeing family and cemeteries etc. was in Scotland for 9 days prior to that for my girlfriends granny’s 100th birthday party. She got a card from King Charles too so that made her happy.

Will catch you next time hopefully 🙏🏼

I’m playing the  Luton G on Sunday with the likes of Sicilian, Eso, poss Claypole, chompy etc. be good to see you if you’re free. It’s a £100/10k gtd

I’m playing the  Luton G on Sunday with the likes of Sicilian, Eso, poss Claypole, chompy etc. be good to see you if you’re free. It’s a £100/10k gtd