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[jimbo34]

No. It was a euphemism.

 

 Oh....riiiiiight

[dixon cox]

Oh....riiiiiight

You're clearly in the obtuse phase of your monthly cycle.

Try Googling it FFS.

[Spyder Rocket]

 

 
Someone did it straight away, I really wasn't expecting that 
 
I shall delete them if I believe urine is being extracted 

WTF!

You were serious?

I do believe my precious little feelings are hurt, sniff, sniff. :'(

[Hard News]

Bloody Malaysia Airlines.........That`s who I`m flying on to Thailand in 4 weeks time !!!!

 

I`ve got to much mongering to do to end up in the Indian ocean or where ever !!!

[batman4ever]

Bloody BM`S with my email signing up on linkind.....  got 4 emails already why i havent accepted them

[jimbo34]

Bloody BM`S with my email signing up on linkind.....  got 4 emails already why i havent accepted them

 

 Oops, sorry Batman.

 They die off after a while, thankfully. Another Fartbook type site by the look of it, but for unemployed "Executives", "Company Directors", and the long-term unemployed, that call themselves "Consultants" !

[tourist]

 Oops, sorry Batman.

 They die off after a while, thankfully. Another Fartbook type site by the look of it, but for unemployed "Executives", "Company Directors", and the long-term unemployed, that call themselves "Consultants" !

 

very very very.. well said, Jim

 

I was part of that bunch for a long while then I quitted : only troublemakers, job-seekers wanting to be "connected" or some over-qualified GM,or former CEO..or Managing Directors, etc etc...    only now I realize never saw a profile from a cleaner or bell-boy there, I guess why....

[jimbo34]

very very very.. well said, Jim

 

I was part of that bunch for a long while then I quitted : only troublemakers, job-seekers wanting to be "connected" or some over-qualified GM,or former CEO..or Managing Directors, etc etc...    only now I realize never saw a profile from a cleaner or bell-boy there, I guess why....

 

 I put myself on as "Unemployable", but they came back to me and said i should change it to "Entrepreneur" ! Lol.

 

 Can't be arsed with them.

[Spyder Rocket]

Not that ranting about the weather does any good, but damn, I thought we were getting into a little spring weather and then we get another snow storm.

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[jimbo34]

Saturday Night 22nd march

 

 So the bar's closed.

 Why?

 For a local election for the position of mayor.

 

 The alcohol ban is in place to discourage the locals from getting drunk and missing their chance to vote.

 

 So how many staff do we have that are eligible to vote?

 

 Er......thats Nought, Zero, None then.

 

 And how many customers are eligible to vote?

 Er.....thats None again !

 

 So what the hell good is closing the bar going to do?? Grrrrr.

 

 The last mayor, Pian, was disqualified for a year and "yellow carded". A year has now passed, and guess who's standing?
 Yep, you got it, the corrupt gangster, Pian himself.

 

 What's more his vote-buying operation is now offering 5,000 baht (yes 100 quid !) per vote! That's how important it is for him to win !

 His opponent is an eloquent middle-aged lady who appears to genuinely want change on the island. Pian, of course, wants the status quo, hence upping his bribe (from 2,000 baht last time).

 I'm praying that the offer of 2 weeks wages hasn't swayed the voters, but with that kind of bribe, i fear the worst.

 

 Oh, and why was Pian disqualified, and yellow-carded?
 For election "Irregularities" !

 You can't make this stuff up!

[jimbo34]

Aaaaargh !

 

I was wrong about it being the mayoral election - that's still to come. This weekend was the Senate election - as is NEXT weekend.

THEN there's the mayoral election, and AFTER THAT there'll be a rerun of the National Election!! Ffs we're going to be closed most saturday nights this year!!

[jimbo34]

Weds April 2nd

 

 Its visa run time again!

 

 After the last debacle, i vowed i would take the "easy" option of a flight    in and out of KL. Sooo.........

 

 I left The Skylab this morning at 4am (!) , having had no sleep, to drive myself to the airport. This isn't usually a pleasant journey on a scooter. But ithought i'd do it to A) save money, and B) it;ll be murder trying to get a sober taxi driver to turn up at that time of day!

 

 All goes well until. 5 miles from the airport, it starts to rain.

 "No problem" i think, and pull over to retrieve the plastic mac from under the seat. "Oh bugger" , it rained the other night and i've left the bloody thing at the bar.

 

 I remount and, shouting "No, Stop! NO, DON't DO THIS TO ME, YOU BASTARD" at the sky, continue towards the airport envisaging a day dripping wet, with pneumonia to follow.

 

 Fortunately dear old 7/11 in their wisdom, had decided to put up a store just a few hundred metres down the road, and i was able to buy another plastic sheet for 29 baht.

 

 So all goes well from here on.

 Almost.

 

 The airport's almost deserted and check-in goes smoothly, we leave on time - Air Malaysia (!!).

 KL International airport in underused, clean, and pleasant. So i spend 3 hours drinking coffee and reading the news on my laptop.

 Then its time to check in for the flight home.

 

 Now bear in mind my laptop has been through a scanner each time i've entered the airport, and i've gone outside at least once an hour for a ciggie.

 

 So i queue to check in.

 

 I queue again at the top of the escalator that goes down to the departure area.

 

 I queue at the bottom of the escalator, and have the laptop scanned, to enter the departure lounge.

 

 I queue to pay for a duty free bottle of aftershave, and have my passport scrutinised.

 

 I queue at Immigration, and have the laptop plus the contents of my pockets scanned. Again.

 

 I queue to enter the departure gate, and have to empty my pockets and dump the stuff in a plastic tray, along with my laptop, to be scanned, YET A-FUCKING-GAIN !

 

 I queue to get on the bastard plane!

 

 Then i join a massive QUEUE at Phuket Immigration !

 

 Now i know we British    are supposed to be good at queuing, and i know Air Malaysia had a wee spot of bother losing a plane in the Indian Ocean, but FFS!

 

 I note from my passport that for the July visa run last year i went to Phnom Penh, a trip i recall with great affection.

 So, come July 1st, i'll be headed that way, hoping to avoid too many QUEUES !!