Category Archives: Drinking

Dying Solo Ala Pattaya

October 26, 2017 – 7:41 am

Back in 2007 a local Pattaya paper reported on a desolate death as follows; Residents of Nongprue municipality, near Pattaya, reported to the police that a man had sighed his last next to a wooden bench in a built-up area. Arriving at the scene, police found the corpse of Mr Jamreon Racha, aged 55 and […]

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Steve McQueen Wanted Dead Or Alive

June 14, 2017 – 12:47 pm

Steve McQueen achieved national recognition for his role as Josh Randall in the TV western WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE. The King of Cool parlayed his anti-hero persona in this series to win a lead in THE GREAT ESCAPE, which catapulted his name into the bright lights of Hollywood. His portrayal of a rebel sold well […]

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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD FARANGS

February 25, 2017 – 7:02 pm

In 2008 the Coen Brother’s NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN won the Best Film Oscar this year. Three minutes of the creepy lead actor’s haircut was enough for me. I chucked the DVD into the swamp behind my house and haven’t heard from it since, but at the Pattaya court I ran into an aging […]

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A Long Twenty Minutes

February 14, 2017 – 1:54 am

Last night I was at the 169, drinking gin-tonics. After my first I shouted to Dakota for a refill. The lanky Arizonan was serving a two-deep crowd, but took the time to come over and say, “You have to learn to wait your turn. You’re on a five-minute ban for service.” “Five minutes?” “Make it […]

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Un Fils De Charleroi

February 7, 2017 – 7:59 pm

My nephew Fabo is back in Pattaya. On his last trip I wobbled off the motorsai taxi. He lost a lot of teeth. Fabo is from Charleroi. People don” need much teeth in that city. Beer doesn’t acquire chewing. I wish I was in Pattaya with him. I like drinking beer too, but not Heiniken.

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