Had contacts from two new readers over the last couple of days who say they like the site, in fact they like it so much that they have gone back to the beginning and are reading through all 1,800+ posts. This takes a certain level of insanity; but I am grateful for their interest.
The first contact was from Wolfgang who also has a blog, very similar to mine as it is awash with photos and cats, so he must be a good guy. And he shoots with the right sort of cameras (Olympus). Welcome Wolfgang and please visit often.
The second was Christian and he said some nice things which is always good for my ego. It also appears we may have a back-up for our resident grammar guru genuinej, for Christian pointed out:
Reading from the very beginning, I found a typo in “Adobe and my
toilet are both full of it” Jul 30th 2008: “asked her for information
about the poistioning of the toilet”, I think it should be
“positioning”?
Frankly I am a little disappointed that genuinej has not taken it upon himself to go back to the beginning of Pattaya Days and re-check every post for inaccuracies, you just can’t get reliable staff nowadays; so thank you Christian for your diligence and let me know when/if you find any more. Not that I am likely to go back and change them but at least Wolfgang can be pre-warned of the grammatical horrors awaiting him.
Comments 🔗
2013-01-03| Wolfgang Lonien saysThanks for the warm welcome Spike. And I’ve read that Adobe and toilet article already, thought it was “poisoning” ;-)
2013-01-03| ChristianPFC saysKeeping cats is always a good sign (unless you keep them for eating).
I have bad news and good news for you.
Bad news first: there are more typos in your blog, in 2008_07_the-quran-iran-and-batman it should be “barbecued” instead of “I had barbequed lamb”.
Good news: you are not gay. Otherwise you would have taken and posted more pictures of the handsome shirtless boy who is on the wakeboard in 2008_07_wake-up
2013-01-04| Winter Cactus saysMe too. Thought it was only me who felt in love @ first read and gone crazy spending most of my available time reading your blog :P I found your blog while I was looking for info about 60mm macro vs 75 1.8, just before christmas. I cannot stop following your blog since and have been reading your old post, though I haven’t read all of them yet. Love your humour
Hopefully you can understand my Enhlish. :)
2013-01-04| Spike saysI have a a massive personal collection of photos of the handsome shirtless boy. I also have more photos of ladyboys than would normally be considered healthy. Was it not Woody Allen who said “bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.”?
I stand corrected on barbecued, although using a “q” has some usage, Can’t be arsed to change it though. Keep them coming, genuinej must be fuming that he missed these.
2013-01-04| Spike saysYour English is fine, thanks for visiting.
2013-01-04| Grant saysOh how totally super! Oh how wonderful! It used to be “you’ve got mail”, now it’s “You’ve got groupies!” Well done old chap, welcome to the 21st century, you have indeed become an icon! Verily, a legend in your own lunchtime…
2013-01-04| Grant says…or in your own barbeque. Both spellings are in equally common use and you certainly do not stand to be corrected. Very pleased to hear that it has long last been authoritively stated after prolonged research by interested parties that you are “not gay” which comes as a great relief to all of us who hold you in such high esteem. I do hope that this very carefully considered approbation does not preclude you from being, from time to time, “happy”, which is one of life’s greatest aims when all is said and done…
2013-01-04| Spike saysI realise that out there in the colonies you are still recovering from women getting the vote; but in the rest of the world nobody gives a shit about sexual orientation when measuring the worth of a person. Unless they are a lesbian, in which case it is difficult not to blurt out “can I watch?”
2013-01-04| genuinej says…but, modestly, unlike most politicians, not a legend in his own opinion. At least not yet, but if the current level of adoring recruits continues, who knows…?
2013-01-04| ChristianPFC says“I have a a massive personal collection of photos of the handsome shirtless boy.” Please share.
2013-01-04| genuinej saysPlease don’t!
2013-01-04| Grant saysGiven that we enacted universal suffrage in 1893 and it took 35 years, until 1928, for the mother country to follow suit I’d say we’re well over it! And no, you can’t watch…
2013-01-04| Grant says(You could threaten to withhold the Flake…)
2013-01-05| genuinej says1928 eh? We’ve been going rapidly downhill since then and now I realise why. You lot in NZ still hold the world’s ugliest Prime Minister title though, thanks to Helen Clark, but the current ginger Aussie twat is not far behind.
2013-01-05| Grant saysThe air-brushed photos of the unlovely Helen had us hooting with laughter for years, some nerdy photoshopper sure had a lot to answer for! Surely Neville Chamberlain could edge out HC for the All-Empire UPM Cup?