Skin2fan

I had to put her in her place on a "Mabilia" trip.

Was far to up herself.

Hopefully her enforced exile might have tamed her.

Doubt I shall or want to have the pleasure.

Sk2f

 

Tin cup is one of my favourites.

Not just because it's difficult to spend 100bht inc. a beer but the food is always fresh and tasty.

Shame they've trimmed their opening hours as it was a great early morning drop-in prior to jimjams time.

S2F

 

 

Nancy, the Holy Ladyboy Grail.

Skin 2 Towers hosted her on an overnight.

The "Gift from Papa" as she calls it was a sight to behold n hold n hold.

A delight from start to finish.

S2F

Apparently now in U.K,

 

Mrs. Nong of Nong Bar, Soi Diana.

 

Always smiling and eager to please her customers.

 

Her boat trips are always good fun.

It was posted sometime ago on www.boomboomme.com

I had a pleasant visit to the Bangkok Bank ATM opposite the site other day. 

 

For once I didn't feel I had plethora of pupils focused on my pert posterior.

"Pert posterior?" more likely looking at which cash out button you pressed.

Apparently Mrs. Pook is aiming for the Jap market.

So expect to see very fresh LB faces, tongue in cheek, for very ST.

Thanks for the on the ground report S2f!

As if this subject is new and previously unreported.

The big Buddha 2 day dry event is annual and the dates shift year on year.

 

Pattaya observes it, 555, but those in the know stock their fridges then go off to Koh Larn for each day.

The island hasn't enough BiB to enforce the ban.

 

Beer in tea mugs in many bars tonight.

Beer certainly hasn't.

He's not posted anything on his own website, which seems odd.

This is a message to Jack G/ Mr Bombay Gin

 

I have just spoken to Beer, who was the kindest and most loyal of your staff.

 

Please make payment of her overdue salary at your earliest opportunity.

 

Yours in Rotary

 

 

Sustra almost got the keg of beer.

Tomcat was nearly there.

It's the piece of land's exact name.

Sorry to be pedantic but all the answers are in the clues.

Nobody got the correct answer from my contribution a couple weeks ago, but if they had put the cursor over the pic they would have seen it was Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The signpost translated to Maritsa which is the river that runs through the city.

Perhaps a bit easier:

1. It is the UK

2. Multi-million £ mansions nearby are regularly bought then bulldozed to make way for bespoke rebuilds.

3. This property, which has no utilities, recently sold for nearly £200,000. Plus you're not allowed to live in it permanently.

4. Aficionado's of Bob Carolgees will have half the answer. (UK members clue)

5. A rather large river has a cake named after it plus an ex. President (US members clue)

Can you name it's exact location.

It' view

Well had to spice it up a bit

All the PR photos are in storage in the UK so next time I go back will scan them and post.

 

As an addendum Arthur was a bit Howard Hughes when it came to cleanliness.

All his flunkies were dressed in spotless white clothing, he was always also in white clothes.

I had to undergo a complete foot washing before being allowed into the house.

 

Cleanliness is close to Godliness I know but it was a bit freaky.

Didn't spot you in the video S2f, you weren't in the elephant costume were you.

I'll take a guess here and say India, maybe the south?

It's already been correctly identified as Sigiriya Rock, Sri Lanka.

It is known as "Venice of the North".

I was a 19 yo kid sent there to look after 500 or so Mathematicians attending a conference.

It was during the White Nights which was awesome.

Good boy pat on head. Sigiriya is correct.

Now have a little lie down.

I'm curious to know more about Arthur C Clarke if you care to elaborate Skin2fan. 

 

I heard his home on Sri Lanka was a real den of iniquity. Lots of young houseboys hanging around apparently.

I met him several times when he arrived into the UK and as a VIP had to escort him to London to meet his agent who was his un-identical twin brother, who had he booked into a Mayfair hotel.

So after a while we got to know each other.

I talked to him about my optical problem and he knew my specialist, whom I knew was gay but he was the TOP UK guy at that time, 1980's.

My optical surgeon was the innovator of over the counter reading glasses, he had a hatred of Dolland and Aitchison and campaigned big time over their over pricing and wanted Woolworths to sell un-prescribed glasses. It took nearly 20 years but it happened

Therefore we had a rapport.

So he gave me his address.

Arthur C. was way beyond everybody's timezone. His insight for the future was extreme, he knew that Satellite techno was the way forward. The Russians had just produced a new dish which they had sent to him for his testing so he said next time I'm in Colombo come and see the results.

Therefore I bowled up to his gated home on my next visit.

Yes he was surrounded by white robed very effeminate males who looked at me with a touch of distaste, cos I was young hansum man then.

Nevertheless Arthur C. was very informative about the new dish and could dissect many facets that were available at that time, even though computers were still in their infancy.

He foresaw a new computer age big time but was unclear as how it would occur his thoughts were definitely focussed on satellites and their use in modern times.

I once asked him what is the most un-explained phenomena that has perplexed him.

His reply was "A Fireball travelling from nose to tail through an aircraft"

Certainly I knew he had a penchant for young boys as did my surgeon but in the 80's you just kept quiet.

As for the "Fireball" no one really knows how, why or where but it's worth a Google.

Shan Hai Guan where China meets the sea.

Astana is incorrect. The signpost denotes the river that runs through the city.

A hint....skulls, 4's and 8's use it for international competitions.

I'm enjoying this thread so here's another pic.

Duran Duran used this location for one of their videos.

I'm in the video, very briefly.

Name the location in the pic.

I don't want to get a reputation but it's Burmese.

 

Try this one.

It was once the capital city of the country and overlooked by two hills.

Any board member with a knowledge of Cyrillic should get the answer.

It means "Georgian"

The penultimate picture is of the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi

Thats why i asked earlier why u didnt let him drive in Leipzig.....what happened to him,after the rallying finished -any idea skin2?

Firstly driving in Leipzig needed local knowledge. The airport was military and only used during exhibition times. Therefore no signposts. British Airways ran a special service for the exhibition as it was a major event. The guy who started MFI was one of my clients as that it where he started to source the flatpack furniture.

Paddy retired from racing then started his own motor accessory business. Everything from bulbs to steering wheels etc., all branded "Paddy Hopkirk"

TBH you should be more interested in Arthur C. Clarke he certainly was an enigma cloaked in a cloud of secrecy.

More or less the same as Nancy who strictly did not allow pics.

Wasn't Paddy in a LTR with Sarah Ferguson before she went on to marry Prince Andrew? I'm sure he was the other man.

Paddy Hopkirk was a famous UK rally driver in the 70's.

He was renowned for his risk taking tactics - not dissimilar than mine last Friday night.