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After years of trying to avoid him, or one of his many mates that have supposedly inhabited Thailand for God knows how long, I finally met him. I bet some of you guys have too. No, I’m not talking about Elvis Presley secretly running a bar in Pattaya, not talking about him at all. Anyway, we all know that Elvis runs a Fish and Chip café in Birmingham. Or possibly shares an apartment with Jim Morrison and Princess Di in Morocco. So, who am I referring to? I’ll tell you then: None other than the ubiquitous ex S.A.S man notorious throughout Pattaya. I guess that most of them wear the British Army uniform, wifebeater, baggy shorts, sandals and socks. Terry certainly did. WOW! Blind Boy, tell us the tale I hear you all plead silently, so then to put your minds at ease, I will. But, before I do so, let me state that the following stories he told me are exactly as told. None of the following have I conjured out of thin air. There I was some weeks back, before my Achilles tendon decided that it no longer wanted to be attached to my Heel, when early one evening I thought that I’d mosey down to Jomtien beach, sit with a cold drink and watch the Sun go sinking into the sea. Which is what I did, quite happily sitting on the beach wall minding my own business, when some old guy came and sat next to me. ‘Oh Christ’ I thought, it has to be the local loony, and it was. “Hi” he said “I’m Terry, do you speak English?” “Basically, I’m American” I replied. But, Terry was too wise to fall for that ploy, even if I had told him that I was stone deaf using sign language, he would have still continued, and he did. So, I got his life story. Up to the point where he joined the S.A.S. He was of course the guy that went over the balcony and into the Iranian embassy in London to rescue the hostages therein. Mmmmm…Ho-Hum’ I thought, that character has to be the obvious choice for all these ex SAS men…. Nothing new there then I was hoping desperately that that would be the end of it, but no, Terry proceeded to reach remarkable heights of absurdity. He then explained that back in the 80’s the American Secret Service contacted him because they were worried about Presidents having a habit of getting shot now and then. They hired him to go to Washington, live in the White House for a month and teach the Secret Service how to handle presidential security and protection properly. ‘Oh my –my’ I thought… that is hopefully the end of it then… But no, Terry was keeping the best until last. “Do you remember the first Gulf war?” he asked. “Vaguely“ I answered “those sort of things pass me by” “Well, I’ll tell you… Before the first Gulf war MI6 were hearing rumours of Saddam’s intentions regarding Kuwait. And they decided that they needed more information. They put together a plan with the Israeli Mossad to get an undercover operative into Saddam’s house to ‘bug’ the place. I was asked to be the undercover man. They decided that the simplest plan would have the best chance of success. And they had heard that renovations were going on at Saddam’s place. So Mossad flew me to outside Baghdad at night, when I parachuted in disguised as an Arab. I got to Saddam’s house and knocked on the door and asked them if they wanted any Painting and decorating done. Luckily they did, I painted two rooms and managed to plant bugs throughout the place. And that’s how the allies got so much accurate information to help fight the war.” I do hope that I never see Terry again, he’s a dangerous man. Anyone ever meet any of his mates from the Regiment? If not hang around bars in Soi Buck, they’ll find you.

The architect of Trumpism. Good riddance. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rush-limbaugh-dead-trump-ruined-america-1129222/ Rush Limbaugh Did His Best to Ruin America How the right-wing talk radio icon corrupted the Republican Party, spread hate, racism, and lies, and laid the groundwork for Trumpism

On a flight back from los there was a guy sitting next to me who started chatting to me. He said he was 65 and had been in the Parachute Regiment. I was a bit dubious about this claim as he wasn't much over 5 ft tall and had as much meat on him as a butcher's pencil. He explained this away by saying he had been a crack shot in another regiment, winning medals at Bisley shooting competitions, and had been seconded to the Paras to be a sniper. He said there had been a plan to assassinate Robert Mugabe by shooting him when he visited somewhere near the border with South Africa. He was taken to South Africa to carry this out, but unfortunately Mugabe didn't appear. I know the Parachute Regiment does take specialists from other regiments on temporary secondment, so his story could possibly be true. But anyway it was an entertaining yarn and passed some time.

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Good riddance indeed. A true piece of human garbage if ever there was one. Burn in hell forever for all the hate you spewed, Rush.

Here's Teya - with 'nipple slip' !

I was shaking and shivering this morning. Could hardly stand up. I thought I might have the virus, but I had the vaccine three weeks ago. I was going to ring my doctor for advice. But my temperature was normal and I didn't have loss of smell or taste, usually symptoms of covid 19. I was going to ring my doctor, but then I realised it was probably alcohol poisoning from the eight brandies I drank last night. I used to be able to drink that amount without too much ill effects the next day. I guess it's due to getting old. I'll have to be more careful in future. Feeling better now.

Many of them in Pattaya.

The Boss then not now

Rush Limbaugh passed away, lung cancer.

I just got the message that Dew and bella are celebrating their Birthday on ( Sunday 21.02.21 ) Everybody is welcome :-)

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Looks like you fell for the trick...... just like EVERYONE ELSE. Around 1999, Greenspan removed oil, food and other daily items from the basket of goods that make the CPI. So that 2% inflation rate does not reflect reality of how much costs go up for people. In otherwords, food goes up by high single digits.....but that does not impact the official inflation rate. It's fuzzy math in the US for stats like that.

Vietnam seems to have been experiencing a third wave for 1 week, not more. I had read no news and no one told me the government was about to make decisions. In December I had been informed that jobs were threatened by a decision to close non essential business but nothing happened. Vietnamese people don't know that vaccination campaigns started in North America and Europe, they even don't know that a Vietnamese vaccine started the phase 1 tests. I also noticed contradictions between what I was told and what seems to be true. A ladyboy going back to her family home in the province is supposed to quarantine 21 days, but I saw ladyboys going and having rest. I can't explain everything. I also saw ladyboys living in one of the most affected provinces going out and having a normal life. She usually lives with her family. Back to lì xì. This means "lucky money", but it's not really a lottery. It's what is reffered as to New Year's gifts but gifts for children and youngsters only. The giver has to purchase a beautiful envelope to offer money. Of course ladyboys sollicit their sponsors to get some money although they are no longer teen agers. The information costed me a lì xì to my girlfriend. I had to make WU heat for a while.