Oops, and by “Chad”, I wasn’t referring to BH. Easy there, Cobble.
“I think he may have been self-elected, Dave!”
“elected”, “self-elected”, “self-proclaimed”, “a-elected”, “auto-elected”. The point is, I was elected dammit!
*adding DIBS to the list of potential counter-revolutionaries*
Thanks, Biff. When I got to Bangkok the friend that I stayed with told me there was no chance of me hooking up during my three week trip. Said that all of the American guys wanted Thai girls and all of the Thai guys were afraid of American girls.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 27, 2009 10:50 AM
Let me play devils advocate here Jessi and ask whether you proved your friend’s theory wrong?
Um, DIBS, clearly you missed the election earlier this year. Clearly while the poll workers were counting dangling chads, you were off with Chad dangling his pole.
It was a close result, and some were making accusations of ballot stuffing that would have made the government of Iran blush, but it is what it is.
Very interesting story re: Thailand from Bloomberg just now…
Thailand Rescues Stranded Workers as Frost Kills Swedish Crops
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — For hundreds of Thai fruit-pickers, the 10,000-mile round trip to northern Sweden was supposed to bring wealth. Instead, it left them penniless.
The workers headed to the Nordic forests in July to pick blueberries, lingonberries and cloudberries and were promised more than 10 times the average monthly salary at home. A late frost devastated the fruit harvest. Today, the Thai government said it was helping the pickers to return home.
“I’m worried and sad,†Chartchai Khanu, 44, who borrowed 80,000 baht ($2,350) against his land in Thailand to pay for the trip, said by telephone from the Swedish town of Luleaa. “Idon’t know when I’ll be back or where to get money from.â€
The workers’ plight underscores the risks taken by Sweden’s seasonal laborers, who pay their way in hopes of earning more cash than they would at home. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok will lend the pickers money to let them fly home, deputy spokesman Thani Thongphakdi said.
$2,350 to get to Sweden????? I didn’t know fruit pickers flew first class.
Woohoo! Deal agreed, solicitors instructed, homeless in a month!
Thanks for all the support everyone – very much appreciated.
WonTon, what’s the scoop on your Thai Massage place? I’ll be staying near there. email me on chicken(dot)chan(at)gmail if you don’t want to put the details up here.
DH, that’s a damned shame!
Oops, and by “Chad”, I wasn’t referring to BH. Easy there, Cobble.
“I think he may have been self-elected, Dave!”
“elected”, “self-elected”, “self-proclaimed”, “a-elected”, “auto-elected”. The point is, I was elected dammit!
*adding DIBS to the list of potential counter-revolutionaries*
Thanks, Biff. When I got to Bangkok the friend that I stayed with told me there was no chance of me hooking up during my three week trip. Said that all of the American guys wanted Thai girls and all of the Thai guys were afraid of American girls.
Posted by: jessibaby at August 27, 2009 10:50 AM
Let me play devils advocate here Jessi and ask whether you proved your friend’s theory wrong?
Jessi, that’s pretty funny. Truth is Thai guys are afraid of everything..
I like the way Kens refers to DH as “Dirty.”
Speaking of being dirty – I had a cab driver refuse to take me home last night after I got out of the NIN concert because I ‘smelled bad’
that’s a first!
“WHOA, who made Biff President?????????”
Um, DIBS, clearly you missed the election earlier this year. Clearly while the poll workers were counting dangling chads, you were off with Chad dangling his pole.
It was a close result, and some were making accusations of ballot stuffing that would have made the government of Iran blush, but it is what it is.
Very interesting story re: Thailand from Bloomberg just now…
Thailand Rescues Stranded Workers as Frost Kills Swedish Crops
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) — For hundreds of Thai fruit-pickers, the 10,000-mile round trip to northern Sweden was supposed to bring wealth. Instead, it left them penniless.
The workers headed to the Nordic forests in July to pick blueberries, lingonberries and cloudberries and were promised more than 10 times the average monthly salary at home. A late frost devastated the fruit harvest. Today, the Thai government said it was helping the pickers to return home.
“I’m worried and sad,†Chartchai Khanu, 44, who borrowed 80,000 baht ($2,350) against his land in Thailand to pay for the trip, said by telephone from the Swedish town of Luleaa. “Idon’t know when I’ll be back or where to get money from.â€
The workers’ plight underscores the risks taken by Sweden’s seasonal laborers, who pay their way in hopes of earning more cash than they would at home. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok will lend the pickers money to let them fly home, deputy spokesman Thani Thongphakdi said.
$2,350 to get to Sweden????? I didn’t know fruit pickers flew first class.
Me too: LOSER!
Woohoo! Deal agreed, solicitors instructed, homeless in a month!
Thanks for all the support everyone – very much appreciated.
WonTon, what’s the scoop on your Thai Massage place? I’ll be staying near there. email me on chicken(dot)chan(at)gmail if you don’t want to put the details up here.