Well, it seems that no one has noted the explosions in Bangkok on New
Year's night. Eight devices in all.
I think they are 'after me'! One of the bombs was found under my
favouite seat in 'coffee world' at Buddy's bar in the Khao san
district. That one was de-fused.
Three killed and quite a few injured, and now the usual Government
warnings about travel.
The culprit(s) could be a number of people...but the press seem to
place Thaskin (deposed President) and his supporters as being behind it
all. Sadly, the tourists are the targets on this one.
I've just been looking for cheap flights there..might find a bargain
now! Remind me to have coffee somewhere else though!
Werewolfy
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| User: "mukyuk" |
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02 Jan 2007 10:53:59 AM |
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"Werewolfy" <Werewolfy1@yahoo.co.uk>
Remind me to have coffee somewhere else though!
Others might say, lightning never strikes twice in the same spot.
Werewolfy
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| User: "Werewolfy" |
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02 Jan 2007 01:25:59 PM |
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mukyuk wrote:
Others might say, lightning never strikes twice in the same spot.
True Mondo, True. Horrible thing about that is that lightning is more
likely to strike the same place twice, than it is to strike another
spot. After the strike, the air is ionised in a crazy zig-zag fashion.
This offers a 'path of least resistance' to any secondary bolt to
follow.
I'll just have to look under the seats I think!...;)
Werewolfy
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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03 Jan 2007 07:39:43 PM |
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On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:43:06 -0800, Werewolfy wrote:
Well, it seems that no one has noted the explosions in Bangkok on New
Year's night. Eight devices in all.
I think they are 'after me'! One of the bombs was found under my
favouite seat in 'coffee world' at Buddy's bar in the Khao san
district. That one was de-fused.
Three killed and quite a few injured, and now the usual Government
warnings about travel.
The culprit(s) could be a number of people...but the press seem to
place Thaskin (deposed President) and his supporters as being behind it
all. Sadly, the tourists are the targets on this one.
I've just been looking for cheap flights there..might find a bargain
now! Remind me to have coffee somewhere else though!
Werewolfy
They made the news here.
I think you are probably safe going to the same coffee shop, but I'm
surprised that you'd hang out where the tourists go. ;-)
Woods
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| User: "mukyuk" |
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03 Jan 2007 11:28:58 PM |
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"Woodswun" <woodswun@tepidmail.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.01.04.01.39.43.736766@tepidmail.com...
On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:43:06 -0800, Werewolfy wrote:
Well, it seems that no one has noted the explosions in Bangkok on New
Year's night. Eight devices in all.
I think they are 'after me'! One of the bombs was found under my
favouite seat in 'coffee world' at Buddy's bar in the Khao san
district. That one was de-fused.
Three killed and quite a few injured, and now the usual Government
warnings about travel.
The culprit(s) could be a number of people...but the press seem to
place Thaskin (deposed President) and his supporters as being behind it
all. Sadly, the tourists are the targets on this one.
I've just been looking for cheap flights there..might find a bargain
now! Remind me to have coffee somewhere else though!
Werewolfy
They made the news here.
I think you are probably safe going to the same coffee shop, but I'm
surprised that you'd hang out where the tourists go. ;-)
I saw it in the news also
Woods
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| User: "Werewolfy" |
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04 Jan 2007 10:01:51 AM |
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mukyuk wrote:
I saw it in the news also
I suppose it was on the UK news..but I've been attending to the final
Test match between England and Australia for the last few days Mondo.
Pretty awful stuff if you care about England winning!
I hadn't intended to buy anything else before I went back to Thailand,
but this morning I couldn't resist an auction in Clevedon..a few miles
from here.
I came back with a Victorian glass dome of 'naturalised' birds..all
exotic species and two early telephones for restoration and re-sale.
There's a lot of money in buying old phones and adapting them to the
modern exchange. People want the old style and pay a lot for them.
It's a recently added venture of mine. Usually, taxidermy pays the way
nicely. This dome, for example cost me =A3100 but should re-sell for
=A3200/=A3240 at least..it has ten birds in it!
My wife just looks at me and shakes her head sadly when I come back
from an auction..it's always a suprise...;)
Now to find buyers! I need a break in the magic heat of the Far East!
Werewolfy
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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04 Jan 2007 05:31:43 PM |
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On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:01:51 -0800, Werewolfy wrote:
mukyuk wrote:
I saw it in the news also
I suppose it was on the UK news..but I've been attending to the final
Test match between England and Australia for the last few days Mondo.
Pretty awful stuff if you care about England winning!
I hadn't intended to buy anything else before I went back to Thailand,
but this morning I couldn't resist an auction in Clevedon..a few miles
from here.
I came back with a Victorian glass dome of 'naturalised' birds..all
exotic species and two early telephones for restoration and re-sale.
There's a lot of money in buying old phones and adapting them to the
modern exchange. People want the old style and pay a lot for them.
It's a recently added venture of mine. Usually, taxidermy pays the way
nicely. This dome, for example cost me £100 but should re-sell for
£200/£240 at least..it has ten birds in it!
My wife just looks at me and shakes her head sadly when I come back
from an auction..it's always a suprise...;)
Now to find buyers! I need a break in the magic heat of the Far East!
Werewolfy
My gosh - wherever do you find this stuff?!? You must live close to a
fairly sizable city to get those kinds of items. We have nothing so
exotic at auctions near me that I've seen thus far. (Not that I go to
auctions much anymore - the rest of the family hates them).
Woods
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| User: "Werewolfy" |
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04 Jan 2007 08:22:36 PM |
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Woodswun wrote:
My gosh - wherever do you find this stuff?!? You must live close to a
fairly sizable city to get those kinds of items. We have nothing so
exotic at auctions near me that I've seen thus far. (Not that I go to
auctions much anymore - the rest of the family hates them).
Woods
There's dozens of good auction houses within a hundred mile radius
Woodsy. I do it to make myself 'part of the world'. Without it..well,
too much of a hermit.
So, I scour on-line catalogues for interesting things that I know will
yield an instant profit. That way I 'have a day out', enjoy rooting
around ancient objects (never do know just what will turn up) and
always manage to buy a few things at half their re-sale price.
I leave ceramics well alone. That market is for the expert, and how
anyone could pay so much money for an old plate is beyond me! It's a
minefield of imitation ware too.
Anything Military always sells. WW1 'trench art' abounds..letters from
the front line, de-fused hand grenades or tin helmets..all command good
prices. The trick is finding them in an auction which doesn't
specialise in the subject you are after. That way, dealers are
reluctant to pay too much, and you can buy the item for a very cheap
price. So I tend to prefer sales of 'Antique and General' to any other
type. That way you never quite know what will turn up..and therein lies
the entertainment! Auctioneers who do 'house clearance'..usually after
some poor old soul has died..are the best source. People hoard the most
extraordinary things. Finding them is the fun part.
The Ack Ack gun battery range finder I bought a couple of weeks ago is
a good example. Judith stared at me in disbelief whilst I was
bidding..and in horror when I became the new owner! We dragged it out
and, with a look that said, 'You're crazy', helped me to get it back
home. I told her at the time I would make about =A3200 profit..maybe as
much as =A3500.
It was a touch of luck finding a military group with a huge Government
grant to restore the old Hartlepool (NE of England) war-time defences.
I made my profit within two days on that one!
I find the 'out of the way' auction houses better than large city ones.
Judith hardly ever comes with me..she works, but for me it's a
combination of making money and enjoying the day out. That's one great
advantage of Europe and it's history. 'Americana' is all nasty quite
modern stuff. As a Nation, we were all over the world Woodsy, and
people would bring back everything from an elephant's foot table
taxidermy to Zulu spears. These things often sneak back through sales
rooms just waiting for me to find them..;)
Life's hard!
Werewolfy
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| User: "Werewolfy" |
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04 Jan 2007 09:51:16 AM |
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Woodswun wrote:
I think you are probably safe going to the same coffee shop, but I'm
surprised that you'd hang out where the tourists go. ;-)
Ah...One of life's joys, Woodsy. A few days in the Khao San 'people
watching'.
All of mankind is represented passing every hour of the day or night.
The immature first time all alone back packer, the hardy 'I know
everything' traveller, the sad, the lonely, the ugly, the beautiful.
Agnostics and Buddhists wander up and down, Koi Toi's watch for their
chance (lady-boys) Tuk Tuk drivers call to single men inviting them to
'go somewhere special'. Bars are full of merry-makers drinking local
Singha beer, the drum beat from a thousand tortuous loudspeakers rap
some message or other to the milling thousands. The Hill tribesmen
appear at 3pm selling their crafted silver, an elephant passes, someone
starts a street show juggling, another sketches, yet another fly's the
latest 'flying saucer' toy for re-sale. Beggers halt and lame, limbless
and disfigured lie across the pavements. Rats scuttle from the huge
drainage system and steal food from any of the ten thousand bycycle
stalls cooking keebabs and about anything you could imagine.
People watching at it's best, Woodsy.
After a while, I always wander off into remote places to be alone. I've
grown quite fond of a Buddhist Temple close to the Kwai river bridge.
the monks adopted a tiger that was alone and young. They hold all life
to be sacred. Now there are 20 plus tigers wandering the temple and one
aged monk caring for them. I like that place. It's tranquil...but one
has to look out for the tigers!
I must really 'wind things up' here and get back soon. I've got too
many things to sell just now, and it's good to be clear prior to
leaving. I've got as far as pencilling in a trip via Mumbai and Delhi.
That should really complete the very informative 'people watching'
campaign! ;)
Ricky
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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04 Jan 2007 05:26:41 PM |
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On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:51:16 -0800, Werewolfy wrote:
Woodswun wrote:
I think you are probably safe going to the same coffee shop, but I'm
surprised that you'd hang out where the tourists go. ;-)
Ah...One of life's joys, Woodsy. A few days in the Khao San 'people
watching'.
I have to admit to indulging in people watching, myself. I live not too
far from a tourist town, and once in a very great while during "the
season" I'll go in just to watch people. (Mostly avoid it like the
plague that time of year).
All of mankind is represented passing every
hour of the day or night.
The immature first time all alone back packer, the hardy 'I know
everything' traveller, the sad, the lonely, the ugly, the beautiful.
Agnostics and Buddhists wander up and down, Koi Toi's watch for their
chance (lady-boys) Tuk Tuk drivers call to single men inviting them to
'go somewhere special'. Bars are full of merry-makers drinking local
Singha beer, the drum beat from a thousand tortuous loudspeakers rap
some message or other to the milling thousands. The Hill tribesmen
appear at 3pm selling their crafted silver, an elephant passes, someone
starts a street show juggling, another sketches, yet another fly's the
latest 'flying saucer' toy for re-sale. Beggers halt and lame, limbless
and disfigured lie across the pavements. Rats scuttle from the huge
drainage system and steal food from any of the ten thousand bycycle
stalls cooking keebabs and about anything you could imagine.
People watching at it's best, Woodsy.
I'm jellus. ;-) I get to see middle-class and upper middle class
pretending to be a notch or two higher up the social ladder than they are.
After a while, I always wander off into remote places to be alone. I've
grown quite fond of a Buddhist Temple close to the Kwai river bridge.
the monks adopted a tiger that was alone and young. They hold all life
to be sacred. Now there are 20 plus tigers wandering the temple and one
aged monk caring for them. I like that place. It's tranquil...but one
has to look out for the tigers!
Which flavor Buddhism?
I must really 'wind things up' here and get back soon. I've got too many
things to sell just now, and it's good to be clear prior to leaving.
I've got as far as pencilling in a trip via Mumbai and Delhi. That
should really complete the very informative 'people watching' campaign!
;)
Hey, do you ship? If so, do you have a web site that lists out what
you've got? Doesn't hurt to spread the word a bit, you know!
Woods
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| User: "Werewolfy" |
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04 Jan 2007 08:45:44 PM |
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Woodswun wrote:
I'm jellus. ;-) I get to see middle-class and upper middle class
pretending to be a notch or two higher up the social ladder than they are.
Grins! I know what you mean there. That's pretty dull 'people watching'
due to the people being pretty dull!
I try not to 'watch' the locals around here...hideeous bunch really.
Which flavor Buddhism?
Not sure really. I'm not able to differentiate netween Christian
religions, so which particular Buddhist group is way beyond me! They
are nice people though..and that's all that really matters to me.
Hey, do you ship? If so, do you have a web site that lists out what
you've got? Doesn't hurt to spread the word a bit, you know!
I've sold a fair bit in America. Even with postal charges, I'm always
sending things that way. Victorian items have a huge market and
taxidermy is popular. That's not suprising. Your taxidermy..other than
deer family items and rattlesnakes...tend to be all composite 'pretend'
taxidermy. Goat hair is used extensively to make the object. It's a bit
like buying a fluffy toy..not the same as buying the real thing.
I use e bay as well as a number of sources I've built up through
contact with dealers.
For example, a woman in Florida is a descendent of the Ashworth
Brothers who made pottery of a certain style around 1860. I'm always
looking for things for her. Every now and then something turns up and I
have my buyer all ready.
If anyone wants a special thing..chances are I'll find it over here.
Roman coins to Napoleonic bayonets..you never quite know what will
'turn up'.
Ricky
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| User: "Werewolfy" |
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04 Jan 2007 09:17:06 PM |
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Werewolfy wrote:
I meant to add that the dome is on e bay now, Woodsy. Also a nice hare.
If you look at ebay UK. Search 'collectables' then 'animals' then
'taxidermy' you'll find me!
Ricky
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| User: "Werewolfy" |
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04 Jan 2007 09:24:22 PM |
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Werewolfy wrote:
Hell..It's 3.30am and I forgot to add a web link!
I know someone who specialises in birds. Interesting web site, well
worth a browse. We've done some business together...
http://www.antique-taxidermy.com/
Ricky
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| User: "Docrodile" |
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02 Jan 2007 10:34:24 AM |
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Sheeesh! I bet that left an eerie feeling with you! The last time
Americans had any interest in that nation was when they found the sex
fantasist John Karr in Thailand making claims he murdered JonBenet Ramsey.
And then there was a very brief interest in a military general who deposed
the civilian leadership in a bloodless coup...mainly caused by
stock-market concerns.
It seems that the interest in SE Asian people is fleeting...unless many
thousands die, as they did when the Indian Ocean tidal wave swept across
that region.
Much of the Western consumer high-tech stuff comes from the cheap labor of
those hard-working people, and yet there seems to be little interest in
their daily lives, or in their trajedies, in the USA media or among the
populace here.
Docrodile
"Werewolfy" <Werewolfy1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1167752585.863606.127600@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Well, it seems that no one has noted the explosions in Bangkok on New
Year's night. Eight devices in all.
I think they are 'after me'! One of the bombs was found under my
favouite seat in 'coffee world' at Buddy's bar in the Khao san
district. That one was de-fused.
Three killed and quite a few injured, and now the usual Government
warnings about travel.
The culprit(s) could be a number of people...but the press seem to
place Thaskin (deposed President) and his supporters as being behind it
all. Sadly, the tourists are the targets on this one.
I've just been looking for cheap flights there..might find a bargain
now! Remind me to have coffee somewhere else though!
Werewolfy
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| User: "" |
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02 Jan 2007 03:45:07 PM |
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Werewolfy wrote:
Well, it seems that no one has noted the explosions in Bangkok on New
Year's night. Eight devices in all.
I think they are 'after me'! One of the bombs was found under my
favouite seat in 'coffee world' at Buddy's bar in the Khao san
district. That one was de-fused.
Three killed and quite a few injured, and now the usual Government
warnings about travel.
The culprit(s) could be a number of people...but the press seem to
place Thaskin (deposed President) and his supporters as being behind it
all. Sadly, the tourists are the targets on this one.
I've just been looking for cheap flights there..might find a bargain
now! Remind me to have coffee somewhere else though!
Werewolfy
So do we hear the Cicero phrase Qui Bono?
But I suppose you will now have to look carefully at your surroundings
before java!
All players in the great game eh?
LB
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| User: "Werewolfy" |
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02 Jan 2007 04:44:38 PM |
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All players in the great game eh?
T'is all a chequer board of nights and days,
Where God with men as pieces often plays.
Hither and thither He moves, and mates, and slays.
And one by one, back in the closet lays.
Werewolfy (with the help of Omar)
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