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I am hoping that next year I will be able to take my wife to the UK for the first time, and it may not be during the summer!!!!. Having never left a tropical climate before my wife doesn't seem take in what I tell her about the gale force winds, with freezing stinging rain, whilst waiting for hours for a taxi ect. Help me out wiv some examples so that I may get my point across....

how much did she cost?

Read the above post, She is my wife, you prejudiced ignorant prick.

Yeah, but how much did she cost to make her your wife?  :wink:  :mrgreen:  Did you save on postage?

There's some pictures of the recent floods on a thread somewhere...
http://www.thetownend.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22352&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90

Bit extreme. Not sure that will help. I suppose you get a rainy season in tropical climates anyway.

it was meant as a joke. people do buy wifes over there though.thats why i made light about it.

Bit OTT Bangkok!! Come on fella,  this is the TEF.  The only time Arriba cracks a joke and he bombs!!  Unlucky.

i'll stick to being grumpy i think :wink:  :D

Iv'e had a few bevvies' so maybe I over-reacted a bit, but would you say that to someone that you have never met in a pub? But to answer your question, yes people do "buy" wife's over here, and many who do not come to buy a wife to take home, still end up buying love.... It's a fucked up culture in many ways because the general opinion is that you have to have money to be happy, and you cannot be happy without money. The farangs (Westerners) give the girls money, and the girls give them "Love", until the farang runs out of money that is.

It is embarassing to hear the farangs bragging that they shagged this girl or that girl  and "She says she loves me", or "Handsome man" when the fact is that for about 2,000 baht  (about 25-30) quid that girl would love an 18 stone GERMAN !!!

I am one of the lucky few who has a misses with integrity, and I know that
because when I first met her I did'nt have a pot to piss in, and there are not many farangs out here who can say that. She has a professional job and works hard for her family, AND THAT IS WHY I BITE.

Besides which the cultural differences here are huge. It is difficult to understand for many. But one thing is for sure, Thailand is unique, and it is fun fun fun fun fun.

I like being a farengi - 45th Rule of Aquisition - Never buy an English league 1 football club - unless you get ear stroking thrown in for free!!

Anyway, apologies for the drunken outburst arriba.

but back to the question in hand? How the fuck can you explain to a Thai just how miserable the weather in England can be?

no probs,been guilty of doing it numerous times myself. 8)
i'd stay over there if i were you,we aint had a summer really

Have you got a freezer in your house??  If so just bundled her in there for an hour or two and she'll get the idea.

Or chuck her in the shower fully clothed and put on the power shower for a bit (on coldest setting).

I'm sure she'll thank you for the "heads up".

 I'm surprised I've never spotted you in the pub Ron

  http://www.reviewsonline.com/images/cdx99/CDX99423a.jpg

Did I mention that she has a mean left hook on her?

I went to Brands Hatch in Kent today. Show her this picture of our lovely English summer.


Edited.

I think you link it better like this...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Ralphy-Boy/brands2.jpg

You were linking the photobucket page it's on as an image. That doesn't work.

Cheers Ben.

you could have just edited his link to make it work, but no, you had to go and show off didn't you?

yeah. I also wanted Ralphy to learn. I'm like an arrogant teacher. Like Dumbledore.

he died.

I know. Back in 1997.

Why were you sat at Clark Ralphy? Can you see Graham Hill or Surtees from there?

I was sat on the top of Paddock Hill, can see the whole track from up there bar a tiny little bit of Clearways.  8)

Got a beaut of a view of the 11 car pile up in race 1 going up towards Druids, where Neal went got involved (shame, what a cunt). It was all happening at Paddock all day!

Shame they abandoned the Clios though, they're always a quality race.

P.S. It was absolutely wanking it down

Sat at Clark for the first race mate.

You can see surtees and clearways very well. Graham Hill is just visable.

What happened in race 1? I haven't seen the TV footage? I heard Matt Jackson caused it?

Makes a change from Fiona Leggatte  :mrgreen:

Yeah Jackson spun on the way up the Hill towards Druids (understandable as very wet and his BMW is RWD). Matt Neal went into the back of him as he started to  straighten up (they were about 5th and 6th at the time) and in the attempts to try and avoid it, the rest of the field pretty much just went piling into each other. Took ages to sort it out, and I think Matt Neal and Dave Pinkney went to hospital. You going to Knockhill or Thruxton?

You do know where Knockhill is, right???

Been there  8)  

One of the UK's best tin-top circuits

Unlike Thruxton, which is utter wank for spectators

Me too. Hence why I know its a long way from somewhere with Chipping in the name  :D

haha, it's not all that much different to going to Carlisle away though really (the few extra hours drive aside). Best to go for the weekend though  :shock:

Just checking. One or two round here are somewhat geographically challenged...

Knockhill is a great circuit, just outside Dunfermline.

I shall be going to Thruxton yes, you?


Did Fiona Leggate actually complete one lap?

No she didn't, got involved in the pile-up on the first lap in race one, missed the 2nd race due to damage, and started the 3rd race from the pits but beached it at paddock on the first lap! Poor Fiona.

Won't be going to any more BTCC meetings until next year I don't think. Planning on going to Noristring to watch DTM next year though, and gonna go back to Brands next year for BTCC too.

World Touring cars are on at Brands soon, might do that.

Yeah I was tempted but would have to go on my own and this weekend cost me a bomb. Some proper old-school touring car drivers in the WTCC. I remember when Prilaux (sp) was racing Renault Spiders in BTCC suport races, just like Plato did in 1996

Aren't Thompson and Muller in WTCC now?

Good to see Cleland in the Renault Clio's. Another great BTCC driver from the past.

Yeah, John Cleland used to be my hero  :oops:  I think it's his son who races in the Clios now. John's an absolute legend though.

Some Touring Car veterans of note in the WTCC:

Nicola Larini
Gabrielle Tarquini
Alain Menu
Yvan Muller
James Thompson
Rickard Rydell
Joerg Mueller

Alex Zanardi races in a special adapted car, and there's a bloody woman in it as well!

Here you are Ralphy, Race 1 incident

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unUHPSw2qlY

you can tell it's a good sport by the way it's on ITV4.

And Setanta and ITV 1.

If your not interested then don't comment prick.

 :shock:

Calm down Ralphy !

Hangover ?

hahaha, didn't realise that was the internationally recognised method of determining how "good" a sport is!

jeez, i post one random comment at 5am after drinking with FB all night and Ralphys toys go flying everywhere.  :D