Main mission today was to locate a replacement toilet seat. Not exactly a “captain of industry” sort of job, but I just take the assignments I am given by management. Had previously been to Home Mart, given them the toilet brand and model and was told they would call me back in the morning with a delivery date. They didn’t. Went back again and discovered there were six options for that particular model, so more details were required. Shame they didn’t tell me that the first time.
Instead, this morning I went to Boonthavorn and showed the assistant the photos of the broken item (I have decided not to share them here, please contact me privately if you would like to view them). “Ah, the 1309GR sir, yes we have that in stock”, and they did. Astonishing. As was the price, 2,800 baht; which was exactly twice what I then paid for a routine service for my truck. Then had the truck washed, did a couple of other jobs and that was the day pretty much done. Bet Richard Branson didn’t do as much as me today.
I felt I deserved a bit of a slump in front of the computer after all that activity and my general noodling found me reading about something called “Google Latitude.” From your browser or your phone (if it supports it), you can check the location of your friends and family (assuming they have agreed). It works on top of Google maps and finds the location by using cell tower triangulation, GPS (if your phone has it), or wi-fi points. For my particular lifestyle (practically inert with few friends), it has little point, but damn it is cool.
Just to prove that he lives where he says he does, here is Camberley in Camberley, displayed on my phone.
Of course I have blacked out his real name as he likes to remain incognito, what with the restraining orders and everything.
I suspect there are some reading this who would rather that their better half did not have access to such a tracking device, “why is your phone located in the hot pussy go-go club when you said you were going to Tesco’s?”
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2009-08-13| Billy saysIt is with the faintest hint of schadenfreude that I learn of Camberley having to live in a large patch of alarmingly brown mud …. how can this be?
2009-08-13| Spike saysIt may be mud, but it’s his mud. Think of the wallowing potential.
2009-08-13| Snowy saysHaving never bought a toilet seat in my 48 years and aghast at the price you quoted I have just spent the past 30 minutes trawling the online offerings from B&Q ………….. reassured that a stout solid wood natural effect seat can be obtained for £8.29 seduced by the moulded wood (?) multi-colour stripe seat at £29.98 interested in the mechanical workings of the Serenity soft close seat at £59.49 but desperate to know what the “Toilet seat to go black” (image unavailable) is all about ???? £9.98
Thanks for inspiring a new hobby for me to while away the coming winter months in the Highlands. To start the collection I think it is only right for you to post a picture of your purchase and allow me to start my collection with what must be a real “throne” !! Snowy PS Pleased to note that you appreciate the “Salford Bard”
2009-08-14| Jamie Monk saysGoogle Latitude does not seem to have Thailand as an option in the drop down menu.. :(
2009-08-14| Spike saysI can summarise my new toilet seat with the words “white”, “plastic” and “plain”. The price is a mystery, I have seen complete toilets for around 3,000 baht. Of course the standard Thai toilet doesn’t need a seat, so maybe this is viewed as a specially imported item. “Evidently Chickentown” and “Conditional Discharge”, definitive descriptions of the human condition.
2009-08-14| Spike saysJamie, try setting it up via your phone.
2009-08-14| Billy saysMrs Billy pointed at to me last evening that you may have a toilet seat fetish as putting “toilet seat” into your search box (oops, pardon me)brings back no less than 6 occurences (approximatley) …. including the infamous “load of crap post”.
What one earth are you doing to get through so many toilet seats? … what do you (both?)do on them? … can we see photos? … the readership (ie me and the other guy) DEMAND to know.
2009-08-14| Spike saysMy dainty posterior is incapable of damaging anything; and even the massive appendage attached to SWMBO (god, I hope she doesn’t read this) is not responsible this time.
Truth is, SWMBO is somewhat of an embryonic property magnate. She owns a condo which she rents out, and the tenant managed to break it. Naturally the task of obtaining a replacement fell to me.
Spike, crapper equipment procurement specialist, by special appointment to the not at all large-arsed SWMBO.
2009-08-14| genuinej saysSpike; anagram for ‘Sad Person/Photographer Into Khazi Equipment’.
2009-08-14| Billy saysAh, I understand now - tax dodge
2009-08-14| Spike saysWhat’s “tax”?
2009-08-14| Snowy saysThink Billy might have stumbled across something. I refer to another of your previous posts : “password to the admin area (it’s wobblybottom69, you could never guess it)” I think we may be closer than you think to the elusive admin password !
2009-08-14| Spike saysDamn, you guys are too smart.
2009-08-14| Billy saysMmmmm, just tried to break in with wobblybottom69 …. no luck … all suggestions welcome …
2009-08-14| Billy saysTesting .. best ignored, as ever
2009-08-14| Billy saysTest failure … you have to activate Avatars