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Remember what David Spade said: “There’s a lot of hybrid hookers out there. You go on a date and fool around…next day they call you up: “Hey, I need a new radiator.”” But he was talking about The United States of America. Where the hybrids can have you cancelled for believing beauty is in the eye of the beholder rather than what a govt appointed sociologist insists it is. I find your days to be a curious mixture of charity and licentiousness.
» Posted By Dan On 17/May/2021 @ 4:50 pm
I used to be 180 pounds heavier. Then I got divorced…
21 beers a week is about double the weekly recommended unit countage, which is – EVERYONE AGREES! – deliberately, nanny statishly low, so you aren’t really in the red zone. The evidence is in that moderate drinkers live longer than teetotalers, and that people who drink too much tea live shorter lives than both.
Sincere best wishes to Kevin. We’ll surmise his sharpness in the game by the continued scary-smart content of his postings here.» Posted By Dan On 15/May/2021 @ 6:28 pm
Am I reading that right? Is that 60 cents a beer all day? What’s that in USD? Too many questions, sorry…
Your Alley Cats buddies sound like Hollywood friends. It’s always a bracing reducer to be reminded of the fact. Don’t let it upset you and please, when you get the time, compose a disquisition on the nature of expat friendships and how they can be established and maintained, if at all.
Sorry, one more question: How do you feel about passing packs of hungry dogs all the time?» Posted By Dan On 14/May/2021 @ 8:27 pm
Misread that first sentence as “I’ve decided to take a break from the dating scene for a while…” and the rest of the paragraph still made perfect cogent sense.
You make retirement in the USA look boring in that photo, but some lucky and arguably mentally declining seniors in the USA actually get to become president.» Posted By Dan On 13/May/2021 @ 8:44 pm
You could actually furnish a small, well appointed hovel with the drek and bric a brac you hash past on those mountain trails. Do it and see your blog stats explode.
Congrats on the 3 years there anniversary. I knew a guy who retired to Thailand in his mid fifties and was still there 35 years later, though the last 15 had been spent as grey powder in an urn. But he never complained!» Posted By Dan On 11/May/2021 @ 6:58 pm
Last pic looks like a reunion of these guys from Africa Addio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWBcBEk9T5g
(Sorry, it’s 2021 and I don’t know how to embed.)
Check out the whole documentary when you are next daytime sofa surfing.» Posted By Dan On 08/May/2021 @ 11:49 pm
In darts, you’re not in direct competition with your opponent but you can directly put them off. Break seditious wind, mutter something left wing under your breath, or pretend to be drunker than you are. Darters are a more sensitive bunch than their huge waistlines would suggest. It’s a game of wiles every bit as much as pigeon racing. There’s good reason why Churchill called darts a sport invented by gentlemen but played by the unpalatable chasing the inedible.
» Posted By Dan On 01/May/2021 @ 8:20 pm
$400 dollars difference. You had to do it. Now take that 400 and drop it monthly on a spread of cryptos. Cash out in one year’s time. Then live large: rent a pent and light cigars using low denomination bills in your ex-landlord’s face. On the matter of his fundamental stupidity, one is reminded of what Dorothy Parker said on the head guys always making bail but the mid level guys always paying: “If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gave it to.” Which somewhat contradicts my advice in the previous sentence? But doesn’t really if you think about it.
Good luck in the new place.» Posted By Dan On 01/May/2021 @ 8:55 pm
Ah, the old fire in bar power outage trick. You better learn some tagalog otherwise you’re going to find yourself pure prey in far more perilous scenarios. Seriously though, what a happy adventure. But just imagine it – all of it – without beer.
» Posted By Dan On 24/April/2021 @ 9:01 am
You should have stayed in that bar and had a great time and were they painting it red and you can see where I’m going with this…
Wonder if any of Dick’s stories end with him losing any of these putative fights. Except Vietnam, of course…
» Posted By Dan On 22/April/2021 @ 5:42 pm
You are Mark Wahlberg’s dad and I claim my ten dollars.
4.30am start? I thought that was when you were rolling home. Your pics are never time stamped so always assumed it was whore o clock. Never figured you for Cinderella with a bitch for a fairy godmother.
That said, I find myself impressed. There’s some iron discipline in there amidst the beers. Just out of curiosity, are most of the other guys we see in these annals similarly conscious about balancing out the good times with the healthy? Or are they more dissolute?» Posted By Dan On 16/April/2021 @ 8:56 pm
That street name is God telling you to stay put. The next place you inquire about will be probably be called Hereisshitcomparedtowhereyouarenow Avenue. Love that bar name.
» Posted By Dan On 16/April/2021 @ 9:01 pm
Do you really want the hassle of moving?
Offer him half of what he wants and be willing to go up to $30. Add in the proviso that he doesn’t f#ck with the rent again so long as you stay.
Lean in real close with your hands on your knees when you add in that proviso. End it with a mafia hug. Least, that’s how we do it in Peshwar.
Seriously, the other place looks less salubrious. Can easily picture that toilet being stuck with a floater that won’t flush.» Posted By Dan On 14/April/2021 @ 8:55 pm
Glad you’re back up and at em. But I’ve got to pick you up on your darts. On that 99 check out, I’d have gone 9, double top, bull. I’d have got it, too. That makes me a more stylish darter than you. You see it now don’t you. This is the internet, and you’re losing.
» Posted By Dan On 10/April/2021 @ 10:35 pm
Just curious. And flat out nosey. At any point during the last few years -saving periods of illness- have you ever gone a sustained period of time, which I guess for you would be a week or more, without going for long walks…? And if so did you notice any health and mind faculties heading south fast?
» Posted By Dan On 12/February/2021 @ 9:48 pm
Come on boss, the Things I Hate list joke is older than the one about the Pakistani who told his white neighbour that he’s better than him.
“Why?” asked the neighbour.
“Because I don’t live next door to a Pakistani.”That lady did get treated harshly. Filipinos smile more than Koreans but would you say they’re hiding just as sharp a self interest knife under those outer garments?
» Posted By Dan On 26/January/2021 @ 3:37 pm
Reading this blog, it strikes me that you never seem to take a rest day. Rest days are crucial when you clock up the clicks you do. Get some more and regularly. And not just when you’re run down. Also, drink Guinness.
» Posted By Dan On 16/July/2020 @ 7:29 pm
Has anyone who doesn’t own a bar ever died on a hash?
» Posted By Dan On 15/July/2020 @ 5:16 pm
Why do clowns always vote for centrist parties?
They believe in big tent politics.» Posted By Dan On 15/July/2020 @ 5:20 pm
“I finished my night at my new old favorite, Mango’s. Sat in my regular seat beachside on the back patio, drank beer, ate grilled pork chops, and watched the light show as a thunderstorm rolled across the bay. It was a nice way to end the night.”
Do I have your permission to quote this at any male of the species who ever again doubts the wisdom of not being married?
(And yes the two ARE mutually exclusive. Even if you were married and alone at the bar, the always present awareness that yes, you are married would still interrupt the vibe.)» Posted By Dan On 15/July/2020 @ 5:26 pm
I always thought c’est la vie was French celery.
» Posted By Dan On 20/May/2020 @ 9:42 pm
I’ve been staring at the picture of that meal. And I fear my expression was like someone regarding a pensioner picking his nose for 5 minutes straight. The steak looks like a semi alive skinned squid that was pumped full of growth inducing steroids all its life. And are the two massive spoonfuls of butter on that baked potato really necessary? You should replace the whole lot with kale and meditation.
» Posted By Dan On 18/May/2020 @ 10:56 pm
Your temp is actually a tad low. ALWAYS take it twice. Thermometers are like those blood pressure machines: they need a practice one before the real one. But don’t get paranoid. Lot of people suddenly jumping over to the dark side of cautious…
https://i.imgflip.com/3u8170.jpg
» Posted By Dan On 27/March/2020 @ 12:31 pm
Were 500 Italians a day dying due to seasonal flu this winter? Don’t think so.
This thing definitely has unknown unknowns which makes it a lot funkier than seasonal flu.
That “I’m hungry” call must have been sobering. Your social circle is going to come under all kinds of pressure. Be wise in being kind…» Posted By Dan On 21/March/2020 @ 6:44 pm
I think you should only start to worry about being a victim of coronavirus crime if Duterte follows suit with Iran and Brazil and starts emptying the prisons. Doubt he’ll do that though, having only just filled them up. Oh, the irony.
» Posted By Dan On 17/March/2020 @ 9:18 pm
Why have/has (?) almost every single darts world champion been British..? Just asking…
That said, here is the best bit of darts video in existence, and he’s Dutch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlGrBQHeUXs» Posted By Dan On 13/March/2020 @ 11:16 am
Be careful. I heard that goat had eaten hot to Trot’s cheesecake…
» Posted By Dan On 12/March/2020 @ 12:16 pm
Quit worrying. Worst case scenario for you is that you have to drink at home and do your own laundry
» Posted By Dan On 09/March/2020 @ 4:50 pm
Here are a few ideas for what you might blog about:
– More salaciously detailed accounts of your fellow ex-pats fortunes in love or life
– Philippine politics at the local, national, and international levels
– Transcribe verbatim conversations with your “staff”, with an eye to providing insight on cultural miscommunication and misunderstanding» Posted By Dan On 05/March/2020 @ 9:09 pm
«« Back To Stats PageI think this disease, like the Belt & Road project, is just Chinese neo-coronalism.
» Posted By Dan On 02/March/2020 @ 11:38 am