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ever strategic tourism plan for the area, intended to cover the next twenty years. Udomsuk Nimcean, president of the Tourism Association of Prachuap Khiri Khan, said the group has completed the framework for the province’s strategic tourism plan for 1-4 years, 10 years, and 20 years. “The entire province is ready to move to another level. This is the first time the association has drafted a proactive tourism development plan, focusing more on the high-end segment,” he said. Official figures show that the province has 500 registered hotels with 3,000-4,000 rooms, as well as hundreds of non-registered hotels and accommodations, with the vast majority in the Hua Hin area. These figures also show up to 7 million provincial visitors in 2016, with up to 45% staying in Hua Hin. Of the total visitors, 65% were domestic travellers, while the rest were foreigners, mostly from Sweden, Germany, Australia, Russia and China. The average length of stay for tourists is 3-7 days per trip, but free independent tourists stay longer -- 2-3 weeks per trip. While there is always some doubts about the reliability of the tourism statistics, the overall concept of having a coordinated plan to promote tourism in this area is a welcome one, although so far there is only a general overview, and nothing has been announced as regards the specifics of how and where the promotion will be done, nor how it will be paid for. There also appears to be an official blind spot regarding the numbers of empty retail units that have appeared in the last few months that belie the optimism and figures being touted. What seems blindingly obvious to the majority of expats and foreigners is that far fewer western tourists are coming, due to a combination of a too strong baht, a military government and more attractive alternatives nearby, such as Vietnam.
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Down 2 Greeting — precipitation (4) 3 Small rodents (4) 4 Animated (6) 5 Small crustacean (6) 6 In the proper manner (9) 7 Kind of camel (9) 11 Appeal to arrest an escaping offender! (4,5) 12 Unceasing (9) 13 Put (writing) before the public (5) 14 Brief moment (of hesitation?) (5) 18 Lubricant (6) 19 Keen insight (6) 22 Short distance (4) 23 Borehole (4)
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silence in court (thanks to Terry) These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
ATTORNEY: She had three children , right? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: How many were boys? WITNESS: None. ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney? ____________________________________________
ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to WITNESS: By death.. ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated? you that morning? WITNESS: Take a guess. WITNESS: He said , ‘Where am I, Cathy?’ ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you? ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? WITNESS: My name is Susan! ____________________________________________ WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I’m going with male. _____________________________________ impact? WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks. ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant ____________________________________________ to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? ______________________________________ WITNESS: No , I just lie there. ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Doctor , how many of your autopsies have you ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis , does it affect your performed on dead people? WITNESS: All of them.. The live ones put up too much of a memory at all? fight. WITNESS: Yes. _________________________________________ ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory? ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral , OK? What WITNESS: I forget.. ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of school did you go to? WITNESS: Oral... something you forgot? _________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been body? involved in voodoo? WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM WITNESS: We both do. ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time? ATTORNEY: Voodoo? WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished. WITNESS: We do.. ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: You do? ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample? WITNESS: Yes , voodoo. Are you qualified to ask that question? ATTORNEY: Now doctor , isn’t it true that when a person dies WITNESS: ______________________________________ in his sleep , he doesn’t know about it until the next morning? And last: WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam? ____________________________________ ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is WITNESS: No. he? ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure? WITNESS: He’s 20, much like your IQ. WITNESS: No. ___________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing? ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? WITNESS: No.. ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive WITNESS: Are you shitting me? _________________________________________ when you began the autopsy? WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor? August 8th? WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time? nevertheless? WITNESS: Getting laid. WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and ____________________________________________ practicing law.
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opening up While Pattayas finest continue in their attempts to control the ladies of the night (morning, lunch time, afternoon and all points inbetween), they might want to take note of how similar measures are back firing in Hull. Yes it goes on here as well, and for many years has been concentrated in the docks area, where business from the fishing industry once boomed. With the decline of fishing times became a bit harder for the ladies, but the area had become well known by then and they managed to carry on by maintaining a high profile. But by 2014 the Council, along with local residents and businesses, had had enough of the high profile, and Hull became the first city to implement orders contained in a 1972 Local Authority Act to crack down, creating a prostitution free zone in the area. Along with tough new measures against offenders, the Council agreed to work with other agencies to provide support for vulnerable women who had been affected by their work, and presumably even more affected by the crack down on it. In reality the new policy of ‘naming and shaming’ offenders, compounded by forcing them into less safe areas, put the women at much greater risk. Now some former sex workers have joined together to form a collective called An Untold Story, and have written a book with the same name. One of the group says that the police used to be quite nice when dealing with them. ‘They were quite supportive, asking us if we were OK, if we had any dodgy punters... they’re here to punish now, and not to support.’ The surprising thing in a way is that a senior police officer, who has called for local people affected by sex workers to report incidents, is also a woman. Could it be that it has taken the rise of women into the senior ranks of the police for such a tough stance to be implemented? If so there are probably no prizes for guessing why - but as far as the new collective is concerned there is no justification for the ‘naming and shaming’, which includes the publication of offenders photos and personal information, and little sign of the promised support. Meanwhile, in response to official guidance, the country’s first Sex Working Managed Area was set up in Leeds last year. A Government report recommended a change in the law to decriminalise soliciting, and the Association of Chief Police Officers issued guidance on the need to ensure the safety and protection of sex workers. Then earlier this year clampdowns on prostitution in the form of raids, arrests and prosecutions
spread to other cities across England. Ever wonder whether our powers that be talk to each other? Last Friday evening though the bridges of Hull did talk. Well - kind of. The river Hull which divides the city has a navigable length of 20 miles, and along that length there are 13 movable bridges, which is apparently a world record. At 20.17 hours on the night in question all 13 bridges were opened at the same time, accompanied by a live performance of music composed to represent the sound of them opening. Thankfully the bridges were only opened for one minute, and not during a rush hour, although some Friday night revellers might not agree. The idea of the potential chaos was to make people aware of the need for the city to be bound together. You couldn’t make it up.
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You’ll be bitten by a vampire Gemini May 22 – June 21 Libra Sep 23 – Oct 23 and become one of the Your sudden desire for You have evidently failed to Immortal Sanguinary stability will lead to you learn the lessons of history, Children Of The Night just retrofitting yourself with as you begin next week when the whole fad is about StabiliTrak, a rather dated by attempting to find the to blow over. skid-control system that brakes your feet Northwest Passage, unite individually to improve control. Britain and Ireland, and get your family to stop exchanging Christmas gifts. Pisces Feb 19 – Mar 20 Your future has yet to Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 22 be determined due to You’ll be taken aback by the Scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 21 a malevolent online news that your life story Only one major thing will community’s massive denialhas been changed from a happen to you this week. After of-service attack on the lightweight romantic comedy that, however, it won’t really relevant zodiacal elements. to a lengthy and detailed police procedural. be possible for anything to ever happen to you again.
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Your romantic life will hit a The so-called Tenth Crusade Sagittarius Nov 22 – Dec 21 rough patch this week when will end almost as soon as You’ll begin to suspect that your lover, having grown it begins next week when your spouse has taken other bored of your relationship, armies of religious warriors sexual partners shortly after trades you to the Saskatchwan have no trouble whatsoever conquering and they open a conversation Rough Riders. subjugating you. with you by saying “I’ve been thinking about taking other sexual partners.”
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A section for all you budding etymologists where each week the origin of a word or phrase is investigated. This week it is.... Tempest in a teapot /storm in a teacup A small or unimportant event that is over-reacted to, as if it were of considerably more consequence. Readers from England who get irate that ‘a tempest in a teapot’ is a mangling of their perfectly good phrase ‘a storm in a teacup’ and that this US interloper only exists because of the neat alliteration of tempest and teapot need to calm down; the tempest version is the earlier form and it isn’t American in origin. In fact, neither the teacup nor the teapot were the first location of the said storm. As we will see, the phrase is really ‘bad weather in a domestic receptacle of your choice’. The expression probably derives from the writing of Cicero, in De Legibus, circa 52BC. The translation of his “Excitabat fluctus in simpulo” is often given as “He was stirring up billows in a ladle”. Other cultures have versions of the phrase in their own languages. The translation of the Netherlands version is ‘a storm in a glass of water’, and the Hungarian ‘a tempest in a potty’. The first user of the expression in English made no mention of tea-making, although he wasn’t far away. The Duke of Ormond’s letters to the Earl of Arlington, 1678, include this: “Our skirmish ... is but a storm in a cream bowl.”
Also, before the ‘teacup/teapot’ versions were well-established, another nobleman came up with a version that didn’t involve the tea-table at all. The Gentleman’s Magazine, 1830, records: “Each campaign, compared with those of Europe, has been only, in Lord Thurlow’s phrase, a storm in a wash-hand basin.” ‘Tempest in a teapot’ is the version that is used most often in the USA but which nevertheless appears to have a Scottish rather than an American origin. Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, 1825, included this: What is the ‘tempest raging o’er the realms of ice’? A tempest in a teapot! Finally, we come to the ‘storm in a teacup’ version of the phrase that we English might imagine is the ‘proper’ original version. This appears to be neither original nor English as it is later than the versions above, and the first mention that I can find of it also hails from north of the border. The Scottish novelist Catherine Sinclair wrote a novel of fashionable society life, Modern Accomplishments, or the march of intellect, in 1838: “As for your father’s good-humoured jests being ever taken up as a serious affair, it really is like raising a storm in a teacup.”
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Golf Society looking for new members. LVGS play Monday & Friday at Lake View. Membership is mixed sex and mixed handicap. Enjoyment is paramount. Regular away trips and social events. Mail: hhlvgs@ gmail.com auto
motorbike/car rent Motorbikes 250 a day, 1400 a week, 4500 a month, Cars from 900 a day, 4000 a week, 12,000 a month. Please call David on 092 927 7207 or email davidhodgins@ymail.com for more information Property for sale
Advertise your property here for just 300 baht for 12 weeks! Employment
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to take a share (or long term rental) in a new 4th floor 1 bed condo unit completing soon at The Pine in Khao Takiab; any arrangement considered but 50% ownership preferred. Call 082 892 1266
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the breeze condo for rent or sale available immediately. 2 bed, 2
bath, ground floor, 90sqm. 30k per month negotiable for longer lets or 5.5m sale. Call 082 892 1266
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A non-profit fellowship of men and women for whom drugs have become a major problem
Meetings now in Hua Hin on Sundays at 10.30am, Tuesdays at 12 noon and Thursdays at 6pm Contact Add 086 014 7585 Emmanuel K. 090 438 387 Mark 084 314 1928
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money & information overseas calls information
Useful Numbers
REVERSE CHARGE CALLS The list below is the free number to connect to an operator of that country to request the reverse charge call. ARGENTINA 001-999-54-1000/ 2000 AUSTRALIA 001-999-61-1000/2000 AUSTRIA 001-800-28787421 BAHRAIN 001-999-973-1000 BRUNEI 001-999-673-1000 CANADA 001-999-15-1000/2000 DENMARK 001-999-45-1000 FRANCE 001-999-33-1000 GERMANY 001-999-49-1000 HAWAII 001-800-865-8424 HONG KONG 001-999-852-1086 INDONESIA 001-999-62-1000/2000 ISRAEL 001-999-972-1000/ 2000 ITALY 001-999-39-1000 JAPAN 001-999-811-0051 KOREA 001-999-82-1000/ 2000/ 2001 MACAU 001-999-853-1000 MALAYSIA 001-999-60-1000/4000/ 4001 MALTA 001-999-356-1000 MEXICO 001-999-52-1000 NEPAL 001-800-977-1-9999 NETHERLANDS 001-999-31-1035 NEW ZEALAND 001-999-64-1066 PHILIPPINES 001-999-63-1000/ 3000/ 6000 PORTUGAL 001-999-351-1000 RUSSIA 001-999-7-1000 SINGAPORE 001-999-65-0000/ 2008 SOUTH AFRICA 001-999-27-1000 SPAIN 001-999-34-1066 TAIWAN 001-999-886-1000 U.A.E. 001-999-971-1000 U.K. 001-999-44-1066 U.S.A. 001-999-1-1111/ 2001/ 2002 Thanks to the staff at CAT in Hua Hin for providing the above numbers. FREE and cheap CALLS If your mobile phone or device and that of the person you are calling supports it, you can use a number of apps to make free calls anywhere, with the best known being Skype and Viber. The mobile phone operators offer special numbers to prefix an international number to get cheap rate international calls. More information call True 1331 AIS 1175 DTAC 1678
Police 191 Crime 195 Fire 199 Traffic Control Centre 197 Highway Police 1193 Tourist Police 1699 Tourist Service Centre 1155 Missing Persons 02 282 1815 Police Station 032 511 027 Tourist Police 032 516 219 Cha-Am Police 032 471 321 Bangkok Hospital 1719 Hua Hin Hospital 032 511 743 San Paulo Hospital 032 532 576 to 585 Red Cross 032 512 567 Municipality 032 532433 Tessabahn 032 511 047 Immigration 032 520 617 Bus Terminal (non air-con) 032 511 230 (air-con) 032 511654, 512543 Railway Station 032 511 073 Tourist Information 032 513 885 Electricity Office 032 512 215 Electricity Call Centre 1129 Water Office 032 511 677 TOT 032 519 000/001 TOT Call Centre 1100 TT&T 032 532 018 3BB 032-900020-1 086-0127273 3BB Call Centre 1530 CAT 032 511 350 Alcoholics Anonymous 0870 620 098 Narcotics Anonymous 084 314 1928
exchange rates (27-9-17)
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Parties, special deals, regular events, celebrations and more; to get it in AWOL email submissions@awolonline. net or post it on our Balloon Chasers Facebook group. recently added and coming soon
siam handlebar, Phetkasem Road (opp. airport); Ladies Night every
Saturday; from 8 to 11pm first drink free, 50% thereafter (wine, small beer, Spy, soft drinks, mixers, ice only) father teds, Damnoernkasem Road.
Hour every day from 5 - 7pm BOGOF. British style the palm bistro, soi 88. Join their Sunday Roasts: Sunday Lunch Club and start earning a Andreanna’s, Khao Takiab free Sunday Roast (see ad p3)
siam handlebar, Phetkasem Road Bobby’s Bar, Soi 102 (opp. airport); Breakfast now available Father Teds, Damnoernkasem Road seven days a week from 9.30am to 12 Hua Hin Miss You, Soi 80 ian’s restaurant, khao takiab (099 noon. 497 3040) toon’s bar and restaurant, soi 6, Jungle Juice, Soi Selekam borfai. Premier League Happy Hour Mucky Duck, Bonkai (Soi 88) during matches get 3 for 2 on all small domestic beers. Now open every day Nany’s Cafe, Soi 88 from 3pm serving a wide range of Thai Nit’s Kitchen, Soi 94 and Western food until 9pm, and great Orchid Restaurant 94, Soi 94 prices all day every day on drinks until Palm Bistro, Soi 88 (032 828144) Seajays Resort, off Pala-U Road. 083 late
Ladies night every Thursday - Buy 1 get one free on cocktails; Every Friday is Lads night - get happy hour prices on all Uncle Bryn’s (2km past Palm Hills north along klong road. Turn left draught beers (see ad p2) and 200m on left.); Large beers at great Regular offers prices. Open daily 7am-late. 085 405 6976 (T) 080 197 2072(E) Bobby’s Bar, Soi 102.; The 99 baht breakfast is Back! FREE Sunday Roast pub quizzes - spend 250 baht and get a free Sunday Roast (see ad p2). Available from 2 to king bar, Soi Binthabaht. Quiz second 8pm. All You Can Eat Chicken Wings Monday of every month (next one and Kebabs every Friday from 5pm to Monday 9th October 2017 at 7.30 pm) . Free entry, food and prizes - hosted by 7pm when spend 200 bt. double d, Soi 6. Happy Hour every day Hawk - all welcome. from 2 - 8pm; Buy 2 get 1 free on all Sunset Boulevard, Khao Takiab. small domestic beers, Samsong + mixer Third Tuesday of the month 7.30pm 40 baht, Wine 55 baht, San Miguel and 10pm. All video home compiled quiz Heineken 65 baht, large domestic beers with 8 rounds including audio visual rounds. Teams of up to 6. Free half 70 baht. el murphy’s, soi selekam. Murfs time food and free entry but minimum Happy Times from 7am to 7pm Pints bar bill 200 Baht per person. Bookings of: Guinness 189 bt, Old Speckled Hen essential as there is limited space 084 210 bt, Magners and Stowfor cider 180 376 9438 or go to our Facebook page. bt. All day Chang and Leo Large 90 bt, Next quiz on 19th September. tk roadhouse, Khao Takiab. First small 49 bt. Tuesday of every month ‘The Best Quiz father teds, Damnoernkasem Road. Live music, special food and drink In Town’! 8 rounds, beer questions, free offers, draught Guinness, something food. happening every night! See add on p2 for details.
311 1787 Sunset
Boulevard,
Khao
Bookings only 084 376 9438
Takiab.
Ye Olde Buffalo Tavern, Chomsin Rd Zab Wer, Soi 112.
johnnie walker, soi selekam/ poolsuk road. Happy Hour every day
from 9am to 8pm.
nany’s cafe, soi 88. Friday special - Fish, chips and mushy peas 139 bt, Atlantic cod fillet chips and mushy peas 220 bt. Also Leo draft now available small(half) 55 bt, large(pint) 75 bt passport cafe, Samorphrong. Now open for Breakfasts, Freshly baked bread, Daily Specials and more (see ad p9) PIT’S CAFE, Dusitland 8, Soi 94. Every Saturday from 2-6pm, All You Can Drink draught Leo; Ladies 300 baht, Men 400 baht red piano, soi kanjanomai. Happy
TRADITIONAL HOME MADE COOKING - THAI AND ENGLISH TOP OF SOI 94 OPEN DAILY 8AM TO LATE ALL DAY BREAKFASTS TRADITIONAL SUNDAY ROAST - Lamb, Pork, Beef, Chicken Peas, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Carrots, Cabbage, Mash, Roast Potatoes, Yorkshire Pudding, Stuffing one free glass of wine with your sunday lunch! Pies, Beef Stew, Bangers & Mash, Fish & Chips & more! TAKEAWAY CALL 081 820 2309
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events with surf 102.5fm events
Ongoing
Rescue Paws is a non-profit organization based in Hua Hin dedicated to helping and improving the lives of Thailand’s stray animal population. Find out more on their website rescuepawsasia.org or Facebook page RescuePawsThailand Trash Hero Hua Hin now every Sunday at 3pm a beach area gets cleaned. See their eponymous Facebook page for weekly details HUA HIN HOBBY COOKING CLUB If cooking is your hobby you can join an international group of hobby cooks in Hua Hin. Tel. Robert 0983 562290 Dusit Thani Hua Hin Soccer Academy: exercise and professional football coaching for kids. Hua Hin Hash house Harriers every Saturday around the area. (see p14) Cicada Market and Performing Arts Fair. The Upcoming Venue@Suansri. Fri/Sat evenings from Inform awol or Surf fm of your sunset to 12 pm, Sundays from 4pm; charitable or non commercial event and Dining, shopping, art, performances, and we will announce it here films in a beautiful park-like setting. A great place to spend an evening Welcome to our collaborative section with Hua Hin’s only local radio station playing Western music 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the one and only Surf 102.5 FM! Every day Surf features local events and activities that visitors and locals might be interested in enjoying, and you will find these below. If you know of an event, activity or regular happening that is not listed here or in our Balloon Chasers section, please get in touch by email to either AWOL (submissions@awolonline.net or Surf 102.5 FM (surf102.5fm@gmail.com) or via either of the respective Facebook pages; AWOLexpat or Surf102.5. Get on the air! Go along any Friday morning to the Siam Bakery at the Marriott to have a chat or just watch the guys do the Breakfast Show between 7 and 10 am.
surf 102.5 fm schedule • The Marriott Breakfast Show with Steve Johnston Mon. to Fri. 7:00 - 10:00 • Asia Pop 40 with Dom Lau Sat. 09:00 - 12:00, Sun. 15:00 - 18:00 Tue. 21:00 - 24:00 • “Something On The Radio” with James Ross Sun., Tues., Thu. 20:00-22:00 • LA Spinz with Peter Reynolds Mon., Wed.19:30 Fri. 20:15 • Q Burn Rocks On with Peter Antony Fri. 22:00 Sun. 00:00 • The Mellow Show with Gary Zeipe Sun. 22:00 - 00:00 • Soft Surf Mon -Thurs, Sat. 22:00 - 01:00 • BBC News headlines every hour • BBC News Sat., Sun. 07:00 - 08:00, Every day 19:00- 19:30
An Unmissable Opportunity
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ALL NATIONS GUESTHOUSE, BAR & RESTAURANT Now Only 1.5 million baht!!!
(originally reduced to 1.75m from 2.5m) • 14 rooms • 10 rooms with a/c, ensuite, balcony, tv, fridge, safe • Bar/Restaurant • Satellite TV • Kitchen • Pool Table/Dart Board
town centre location established over 20 years featured in lonely planet rent of 65k fixed until 2019 Price includes all stock, fixtures & fittings and thai company if required
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Serious enquiries only please call 081 817 3000
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uk Grandmother forced to deny that her home is a brothel A grandmother so sick of men waking her up in the middle of the night, after mistaking her home for a brothel, has been forced to put a note on her door telling them to go away. Her message reads: ‘This is a private address not a massage parlour!!!!!’ and was taped to the front door of her house in the Rock Ferry area of Birkenhead. The woman behind the note says she constantly has calls at her home in the early hours by men looking for sex. She asked not to be named, but said her grandchildren often come over to stay and that having callers like this was very upsetting. She believes there is a brothel very close to where she lives, and that the late-night visitors are getting confused. Merseyside Police say they are aware of the address in question, due to previous reports about the property, and have now issued a fresh appeal to anyone who has information about it to get in touch.
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russia Nazi gun uncovered on new statue for Russian AK-47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov A new monument dedicated to the Russian inventor of the AK47 assault rifle has been altered after it was found to carry the image of a gun used by Nazis during the Second World War. Just three days after the statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov was unveiled in Moscow, arms experts discovered that instead of showing an AK-47, a drawing on its base depicted a Sturmgewehr (StG 44) rifle. Sculptor Salavat Shcherbakov said he did not know how the mistake was made, adding that he did not have “any saboteurs in my team who might have chosen a wrong sketch on purpose”. He told Russian state media: “I didn’t do that either. There may have been a mistake, but we still need to find out if it is or it is not.” A spokesperson for the Russian Military and Historical Society said the drawing had to be removed otherwise “a lot would need to be explained”. Mikhail Kalashnikov became a national hero after the AK-47 entered service in 1949 and became a standard weapon for Soviet forces. It also became one of the world’s most widely used assault rifles, with an estimated 100 million made across the globe.
General Kalashnikov, who insisted the rifle was “a weapon of defence... not a weapon for offence”, died in December 2013. During the unveiling of the statue on Tuesday, Russian culture minister Vladimir Medinsky praised the inventor and said the AK-47 was a “cultural brand for Russia”. He had added: “Mikhail Kalashnikov is in a way the craftsman of the 20th century. “He’s the implementation of the best characteristics of a Russian man. “He was incredibly talented, simple, honest and all these traits helped him design this line of weapons used to protect our motherland.”
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sri lanka Man caught with kilo of gold hidden in rectum at Sri Lanka airport A man has been arrested by Sri Lankan customs authorities after being spotted attempting to smuggle, with “difficulty”, close to a kilo of gold hidden in his rectum. The 45-year-old India-bound passenger was seen behaving “suspiciously” in the departure lounge of Colombo airport, spokesman Sunil Jayaratne said. “He was called for a thorough screening after customs officers noticed him walking with difficulty and appearing to be in pain,” Mr Jayaratne said. A close examination revealed the man was hiding 904 grams of gold wrapped in black plastic sheets, including seven yellow “biscuits” and six chains, he said. The haul was worth more than £22,000. Mr Jayaratne said the contraband was seized and the man fined 100,000 rupees - just over £1,000. The suspect was described as a courier for an organised smuggling ring.
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LOCAL SPORTS hua hin city F.C
Hua Hin City F. C. is the local professional team formed in 2011, playing their matches at the Takiab Stadium in Khao Takiab. FIXTURES The season is over. New season details and other news will be announced here when available thai League 4 Western Region table
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Team Suphanburi B Muangkan United BTU United Assumption United Ratchaburi Mitr Phol B IPE Samut Sakhon United Hua Hin City Look Isan Nonthaburi Pathum Thani United
P 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27 27
GD PTS 36 64 19 56 20 51 22 48 3 39 -1 38 -5 29 -19 27 -18 26 -57 4
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This year’s competition is provisonally booked for the weekend of 9th and 10th December, but full details are yet to be announced. The organisers want to raise awareness and get people involved either as players or support as soon as possible so to find out more and be kept in the loop, please email huahinworldcup@gmail.com. Last year’s Facebook page (Red Mountain Hua Hin World Cup 2016) is currently the only other place to get information, but a new page will be set up soon for this year’s competition. There is always a charity element to the competiton, with last year Jungle Aid being the beneficiaries, but this has not been announced yet for this year. There are also sponsorship opportunities, so please contact the organisers on the email address above if you are interested in this as well. Last year’s winners were Thailand, following up their win the previous year, with Sweden and Finland the other winners since the tournament started in 2013.
hash house harriers
A drinking Club with a running & walking Problem! LEFT onto Route 1049 (HHH sign) and The Cha-Am and Hua Hin Hash House Wc2sE4pcqiS2 N 12.581203, E drive a further 800 m to run site (HHH Harrier Clubs meet alternate Saturdays GPS Coordinates: sign) near bridge. for around an hour’s. run/walk in the 99.871800 (N 12 34.872, E 99 52.308) surrounding countryside followed by Any queries then please call Swindlers a social gathering. lf you would like to DIRECTIONS to RUN SITE come along then visit our website www. From Hua Hin & Cha-Am via Phet Pissed on 087 370 2994 or Rubber Duck on 095 959 6114 h2h3-cah3.weebly.com or Facebook at Kasem Road www.facebook.com/H2H3CAH3 for full Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/ Hash Tax: Male Drinkers ฿200, Female Drinkers ฿150, Teetotalers ฿100, kids details and directions. Please note that dhtadV5Q1312 people attending and participating do so Make you way on Phet Kasem Road to the ฿50, under 8’s Free). Your effort to bring Pala –U Road traffic light junction (Soi the CORRECT change would be very entirely at their own risk. NEXT RUN Saturday 30th 70). Turn Right from the North and Left much appreciated. september 2017, meet @ 4pm for from the South and drive 450 m crossing a 4:30 pm start. (NOTE NEW START the railway and turn RIGHT onto route TIME) 3218 and continue for 9.9 km and turn Hua Hin Hash House Harriers (H2H3) RIGHT (HHH sign). Drive a further 800 Run #369 m to run site (HHH sign) near bridge. Hares: Swindlers Pissed & Rubber Duck From Cha-Am via the bypass Route 37 Hash Snacks: Hungover Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/ Tax Collector: Tinks xUWnJse7oEx LOCATION: NORTH SIDE OF THE Head South on the bypass and exit left PALA-U ROAD (ROUTE 3218) ON at the Pala-U Road exit and head east ROUTE 1049 – NEAR BRIDGE towards Hua Hin. After merging with Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/ the Pala-u Road drive 0.5 km and turn
local golf Butterfly Rock Golf society
RESULTS 25th September 2017 Lake View AB Stableford 17 entered 1st Abe Gurman 33 pts (18) 2nd Simon Seymour 33 pts (10) 3rd Terry Hofgartner 32 pts (24) 4th Geoff G Batt-Rawden 31 pts (05) 20th September 2017 Majestic Creek A & B Stableford, NTP and Twos Club 26 entered 1st Andrew Reid 37 pts (13) 2nd Dave MacDougall 36 pts (18) 3rd David Gibson 36 pts (15) 4th Tony Martin 35 pts (10) Fixtures 2nd October 2017 Lake View Medal 4th October 2017 Palm Hills Stableford ronnie’s roll up
Held every Friday at Palm Hills. Please contact Ronnie on 0811 942 556 if you are interested in joining in, and thanks to Ronnie for the results. 22nd september 2017 14 players Front 9 - Abe Gurman (19) 18 points Back 9 - Mark Pikard (23) 18 points Overall - Abe Gurman (19) 34 points
Hua Hin Golf Society
saensuk Golf Society
Results Results 26th September 2017 25th September 2017 Black Mountain Stableford Ladies 12 Springfield Royal Country Club Splinter entered Cell Stableford 12 entered 1st Tum Ringnalda 35 pts (16) 1st Marten Norregaard 37 pts (06) 2nd Neung Chueanil 32 pts (06) 2nd Roy Sweetland 34 pts (06) 3rd Bow Pongyart 32 pts (20) 3rd Kjell Karlsson 32 pts (20) 4th Oon Heath 31 pts (14) 4th Alan Rawson 32 pts (13) 26th September 2017 Black Mountain Stableford 26 entered 1st Tim Vermeersch 41 pts (19) 2nd Kieron Bose 39 pts (08) 3rd Neil Henderson 37 pts (08) 4th Mats Jogin 37 pts (11) 22nd September 2017 Banyan Stableford 27 entered 1st Maarten Feijen 36 pts (05) 2nd Franz Heigl 35 pts (17) 3rd Robert Bird 35 pts (15) 4th Tim Vermeersch 34 pts (19) 22nd September 2017 Banyan Stableford Ladies 9 entered 1st Pailin Humphrey 34 pts (09) 2nd Anna Sjogren 34 pts (13) 3rd Wan Khongjam 32 pts (26) 4th Ampika Sangwichai 32 pts (17) fixtures 3rd October 2017 Banyan Masters 6th October 2017 Palm Hills Stableford
22nd September 2017 Springfield B & A Splinter Cell Stableford 10 entered 1st Lars Hultqvist 37 pts (16) 2nd Victor Visot 36 pts (17) 3rd Roy Sweetland 36 pts (06) 4th Marten Norregaard 35 pts (06) 20th September 2017 Black Mountain Resort Individual Stableford 47 entered 1st Mark Johnson 40 pts (03) 2nd Jean Pierre Gougry 39 pts (24) 3rd Michael Wicke 39 pts (13) 4th James Lithiby 38 pts (00) fixtures Monday/Friday Springfield Splinter Cell Stableford 4th October 2017 Banyan
cha am golf club
Contact: secretary@chaamgolfclub.com FIXTURES No fixtures currently listed. HUA HIN DARTS LEAGUE
results week 6 26th september 2017 Blue Lagoon 3 - 6 Johnnie Walker Black Johnnie Walker Red v No Game Pinky Bar 2 - 7 El Toro Loco League Table Team JW Black El Toro Loco JW Red Pinky Bar Blue Lagoon
P W D 5 4 0 4 3 0 4 2 0 5 1 0 4 1 0
L 1 1 2 4 3
+/- Pts 3 8 8 6 0 4 -5 2 -6 2
fixtures week 7 3rd october 2017 No Game v Blue Lagoon El Toro Loco v Johnnie Walker Red Johnnie Walker Black v Pinky Bar
lake view members club
Results 21st September 2017 Course AC 1st Mick Court (17) 32pts 2nd Norman Young (17) 32pts 3rd Steve O’Brien (14) 32pts 4th Doug East (13) 30pts 25th September 2017 Course AB 1st Bill Evans (13) 37pts 2nd Peter Tucker (12) 35pts 3rd Don Banker (20) 35pts 4th Toby Olsson (12) 35pts FIXTURES Lake View every Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Crossword Solution
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pool leagues hua hin khao takiab super Pool League
thursday friendly Pool League
results week 21 21st september 2017 Arilds Bar v Tap House Bar n/a Bobby’s Birds v High Five n/a Home v Fin Bar n/a Hut Bar v Star Bar n/a Mucky Duck v N & G Bar n/a Pits Cafe v Lanla Bar n/a Sweetheart Bar v Le Kiss Bar n/a The Dream v Muan Bar n/a Tiki Bar v Drink & Shelter n/a
Fixtures week 1 5th october Big Kahuna v Bar 80 Saloon Coopers Beer Lounge v Sabai Bar Hua Hin Bar v Patty’s Family Jaew Bar v Nalee Bar MasterCues Bar v Silver Fox Mausi Bar v Mr Dan’s 88 Mint Bar v The Connection Cafe Silver Fox Wolverines v Squealing Pig
Fixtures Week 23 5th october 2017 Arilds Bar v Le Kiss Bar Bobby’s Birds v N & G Bar Home v High Five Hut Bar v Fin Bar Lanla Bar v Tore’s Bar Mucky Duck v Tiki Bar Pits Cafe v Muan Bar Sweetheart Bar v Drink & Shelter The Dream v Tap House Bar
Team Bar 80 Saloon Big Kahuna Coopers Hua Hin Bar Jaew Bar MasterCues Bar Mausi Bar Mint Bar Mr Dan’s 88 Nalee Bar Pattys Family Sabai Bar S. F. Wolverines Silver Fox Squealing Pig The Connection
League tablE
League Table Team Tap House Bar Muan Bar Tiki Bar N & G Bar Mucky Duck Drink & Shelter Pits Cafe Home Lanla Bar Arilds Bar Fin Bar Bobby’s Birds Le Kiss Bar Star Bar The Dream High Five Sweetheart Bar Tore’s Bar Hut Bar Hut Bar
P 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 15
W 17 14 13 15 15 13 11 10 9 11 8 7 5 6 5 5 3 3 1 1
L 1 4 5 3 3 5 7 8 9 7 10 11 13 12 13 13 15 15 17 14
+/132 104 94 88 80 76 60 58 6 2 0 -34 -48 -66 -82 -90 -106 -122 -152 -133
Pts 255 241 236 233 229 227 219 218 192 190 189 172 165 156 148 144 136 128 113 91
P W D L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LUCKY SHOT BAR
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results week 10 22nd september 2017 Lucky Shot A 2 - 6 Big Kahuna Muan Bar 3 - 5 Pits Pirates Pits Rangers 5 - 3 Lucky Shot B fixtures The season is over. Congratulations to Pits Rangers on winning the league, and an undefeated season. Details of any new season will be printed here when available. League tablE Team Pits Rangers Pits Pirates Big Kahuna Lucky Shot B Lucky Shot A Muan Bar
P 10 10 10 10 10 10
W 8 5 3 2 3 0
D 2 3 5 4 1 3
L 0 2 2 4 6 7
+/28 8 8 -6 -10 -28
Pts 18 13 11 8 7 3
friday team League
Fixtures The season is over. Details of a new season will appear here when available. League tablE Team Sabai Bar Home Bar Mucky Duck Bobbys Bar Ba Na Na Bar Home Bar 2 Nalee Bar Bikini Bar
P 14 13 14 13 14 13 13 14
W 12 10 7 5 4 5 4 1
D 2 0 3 1 3 2 0 1
L 0 3 4 7 7 6 9 12
+/106 80 10 6 -24 -26 -62 -90
Pts 227 202 179 165 162 149 131 129
pool leagues HUA HIN social POOL LEAGUE
results Week 15 27th september 2017 Bentho Bar 5 - 14 Tiger Bar Booz Bar 8 - 11 All Nations GH Jungle Juice Leopards 6 - 13 JW Black JW Red v Pink Panther n/a King Bar v Jungle Juice Cheetas n/a Limelight 8 - 11 N & G Fixtures Week 16 4th october 2017 All Nations GH v Jungle Juice Leopards Bentho Bar v Booz Bar Jungle Juice Cheetas v JW Red JW Black v King Bar Pink Panther v Limelight Tiger Bar v N & G League Table Team N&G Bentho Bar King Bar JW Black Limelight Jungle Juice Cheetas Tiger Bar Pink Panther All Nations GH Jungle Juice L’pards JW Red Booz Bar
P 15 15 12 14 13 11 15 13 14 15 13 14
W 12 10 9 9 9 9 6 6 4 4 3 1
L 3 5 3 5 4 2 9 7 10 11 10 13
+/- Pts 69 24 21 20 40 18 38 18 33 18 29 18 -11 12 -31 12 -26 8 -63 8 -25 6 -74 2
tuesday POOL LEAGUE soi 94
hua hin soi 80 tuesday Pool League
results week 15 26th september 2017 Connections Cafe 7 - 11 Tores Bar Home Bar 2 9 - 9 Tiki Bar Mausi Bar 8 - 10 Nalee Bar Na Na Bar 5 - 13 Arilds Sports Bar Tree Bar 9 - 9 Home Bar
results Week 11 26th september 2017 Bar 80 Saloon 7 - 11 Fin Bar 1 Eagle Bar 11 - 7 Mint Bar Exotic Bar 13 - 5 Hut Bar Fin Bar 2 10 - 8 Hua Hin Bar ‘S’ Hua Hin Bar ‘K’ 12 - 6 Mona Bar
FIXTURES week 16 3rd october 2017 Arilds Sports Bar v Tree Bar Connections Cafe v Na Na Bar Coopers Bar v Home Bar 2 Tiki Bar v Mausi Bar Tores Bar v Nalee Bar
Fixtures Week 12 3rd october 2017 Bar 80 Saloon v Hua Hin Bar ‘K’ Fin Bar 1 v Eagle Bar Hua Hin Bar ‘S’ v Mona Bar Hut Bar v Fin Bar 2 Mint Bar v Exotic Bar League Table
League tablE Team Coopers Bar Home Bar 2 Tiki Bar Home Bar Tores Bar Arilds Sports Bar Connections Cafe Na Na Bar Tree Bar Nalee Bar Mausi Bar
P 13 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13
W 12 11 11 7 5 5 4 3 2 2 0
D 0 2 1 4 4 3 3 1 3 2 3
L 1 1 1 3 5 6 7 10 9 9 10
+/94 70 80 42 -10 -20 -6 -38 -68 -70 -74
Pts 36 35 34 25 19 18 15 10 9 8 3
Kom Hom have withdrawn from the league and all their results removed
Fixtures Week 8 4th october 2017 Aonzy Bar v Sabai Bar BRGC@Bar80 v Jaew Bar Breeze Bar v Coopers Reds Coopers Blues v Squealing Pig Home Bar One v Tores Bar Tree Bar v Home Bar Two
P 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
W 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 2 1
D 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
L 2 1 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 9
+/- Pts 24 25 32 24 -6 19 16 16 14 16 8 16 2 16 10 14 -28 8 -72 4
hua hin wednesday Pool League
results Week 4 27th september 2017 Pit’s Cafe 1 15 - 4 Baan Sanook Infinity 11 - 8 Lucky Shot 2 Lucky Shot 1 12 - 7 Pit’s Cafe 2 Arild 2 - 17 Big Kahuna
NWPL New Wednesday POOL LEAGUE
results Week 7 27th september 2017 Coopers Reds 10 - 12 Aonzy Bar Home Bar Two 9 - 13 BRGC@Bar80 Jaew Bar 15 - 7 Breeze Bar Sabai Bar 17 - 5 Coopers Blues Squealing Pig 8 - 14 Home Bar One Tores Bar 9 - 13 Tree Bar
Team Exotic Bar Fin Bar 2 Fin Bar 1 Hua Hin Bar ‘K’ Bar 80 Saloon Mona Bar Eagle Bar Mint Bar Hut Bar Hua Hin Bar ‘S’
League Table League Table Team Sabai Bar BRGC@Bar80 Home Bar Two Tree Bar Coopers Reds Aonzy Bar Jaew Bar Squealing Pig Coopers Blues Home Bar One Breeze Bar Tores Bar
P W d 7 7 0 7 6 0 7 6 0 7 4 0 7 2 3 7 3 0 7 3 2 7 2 0 7 1 3 7 1 1 7 1 1 7 0 2
L 0 1 1 3 2 4 2 5 3 5 5 5
+/- Pts 38 21 44 18 26 18 20 12 2 9 -12 9 12 6 -12 6 -20 6 -18 4 -54 4 -26 2
Team Pit’s Cafe 1 Lucky Shot 2 Lucky Shot 1 Pit’s Cafe 2 Infinity Baan Sanook Big Kahuna Arild
P W L +/- Pts 4 3 1 30 6 4 3 1 24 6 4 3 1 8 6 4 2 2 0 4 4 2 2 -6 4 4 2 2 -18 4 4 1 3 4 2 4 0 4 -42 0
FIXTURES Week 5 4th october 2017 Pit’s Cafe 2 v Pit’s Cafe 1 Lucky Shot 1 v Lucky Shot 2 Big Kahuna v Baan Sanook Please note: Some points deductions Infinity v Arild have been made to two teams
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pool leagues hua hin star Pool League
102 & 88 saturday POOL LEAGUE
results cup 24th september 2017
results Week 8 23rd september 2017 Banana Bar v Mucky Duck Big Kahuna v El Toro Loco Bobby’s Bar v Silver Fox Master Ques v Bobby’s Babes
results Week 5 22nd september 2017
FIXTURES Week 9 30th september 2017 Banana Bar v Mucky Duck Big Kahuna v El Toro Loco Bobby’s Bar v Silver Fox Master Ques v Bobby’s Babes
FIXTURES Week 7 6th october 2017
Brian 7 - 3 Tim Dang 7 - 3 Mick Hampi 7 - 1 Bernard Lieven 4 - 7 Kwan
Axel 6 - 7 Paul Korn 7 - 6 Derrick Thong 7 - 4 Golf Gent v Julius n/a
Fixtures week 7 1st october 2017 division 2 division 1 Derrick v Peter Paul v Lieven Brian v Kwan Thong v Tong Brian v Andy Dang v Job Hampi v Prj Pek v Korn
League Tables division 1
Darren v Jay Shawn v Michel Bernard v Tim Mick v Steve Axel v Tina Thong v Gent Julius v Den Wad v Golf
P +/- Pts Player
Hampi Korn Brian Pek Peter Kwan Thong Lieven Dang Job Andy Tong Derrick Paul Brian Prj
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
24 7 5 10 9 4 4 0 -2 -3 -3 0 -9 -18 -20 -8
12 10 10 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 2 2 0
Darren Thong Gent Julius Den Shawn Mick Golf Tim Bernard Wad Axel Jay Michel Steve Tina
P +/- Pts 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
15 12 10 6 7 7 5 1 1 -3 -4 -8 -10 -12 -12 -15
Exotic Bar v The Connection n/a Fin Bar v Jungle Juice n/a TK Roadhouse v Sweetheart Bar n/a Take 5 Sports Bar v High Five n/a
Exotic Bar v High Five Fin Bar v Muan Bar Sweetheart Bar v The Connection TK Roadhouse v Jungle Juice
League tablE
League tablE
division 2
Player
Hua Hin Khao Takiab Cool POOL LEAGUE
10 10 10 10 8 8 8 8 6 4 4 2 2 2 2 2
Team Master Ques El Toro Loco Mucky Duck Bobby’s Bar Big Kahuna Silver Fox Bobby’s Babes Banana Bar
P W D L 7 5 1 1 7 5 1 1 7 5 0 2 7 3 1 3 7 2 1 4 7 1 2 4 7 1 2 4 7 2 0 5
+/40 14 8 4 -4 -12 -20 -30
Pts 11 11 10 7 5 4 4 4
FIXTURES Week 5 4th october 2017 Bobby’s Beauties v Muan Bar Mucky Duck v Bobby’s Bangers Silver Fox v Master Cues Sunset Boulevard v High Five Bar Take 5 v T.K. Roadhouse
P W D L +/- Pts 4 2 0 2 4 48 3 3 0 0 23 46 4 2 0 2 -4 44 3 3 0 0 13 41 3 2 0 1 9 39 4 0 0 4 -20 36 3 2 0 1 -1 34 3 0 0 3 -9 30 3 1 0 2 -15 27
leagues not currently running
Details of new seasons will be printed here when available. Organisers please contact AWOL with any information. hua hin/khao takiab ladies Pool League
Friends of Hua Hin Wednesday Pool League
results Week 4 27th september 2017 Bobby’s Bangers v Silver Fox n/a Master Cues 14 - 6 Bobby’s Beauties Muan Bar v High Five Bar n/a Mucky Duck 15 - 5 Take 5 T.K. Roadhouse 14 - 6 Sunset Boulevard
Team Fin Bar TK Roadhouse Take 5 Jungle Juice The Connection Sweetheart Bar Muan Bar High Five Exotic Bar
League tablE Team Master Cues T.K. Roadhouse Bobby’s Bangers Silver Fox Mucky Duck Muan Bar Bobby’s B’ties Sunset B’vard Take 5 High Five Bar
P W D L +/- Pts 4 4 0 0 42 8 4 3 0 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 14 5 3 2 0 1 6 4 4 1 2 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 4 1 0 3 -10 2 4 0 2 2 -10 2 4 1 0 3 -32 2 3 0 0 3 -24 0
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english premier league table
(all times Thailand)
saturday 30th september 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE Huddersfield Town v Tottenham H. 18:30 AFC Bournemouth v Leicester City 15:00 Manchester United v Crystal Palace 15:00 Stoke City v Southampton 15:00 West Bromwich Albion v Watford 15:00 West Ham United v Swansea City 15:00 Chelsea v Manchester City 23:30 CHAMPIONSHIP Queens Park Rangers v Fulham 01:45 Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers 15:00 Burton Albion v Wolves 15:00 Cardiff City v Derby County 15:00 Hull City v Birmingham City 15:00 Ipswich Town v Bristol City 15:00 Middlesbrough v Brentford 15:00 Millwall v Barnsley 15:00 Nottingham Forest v Sheffield Utd 15:00 Preston North End v Sunderland 15:00 Reading v Norwich City 23:30 SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Hamilton Academical v Rangers 01:45 Aberdeen v St Johnstone 15:00 Celtic v Hibernian 15:00 Dundee v Hearts 15:00 Kilmarnock v Ross County 15:00 Motherwell v Partick Thistle 15:00 sunday 1st october 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal v Brighton 18:00 Everton v Burnley 20:15 Newcastle United v Liverpool 22:30 CHAMPIONSHIP Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds Utd 18:15 thursday 5th october 2017 WORLD CUP EUROPEAN QUALIFYING GROUP C Azerbaijan v Czech Republic 23:00 GROUP E Armenia v Poland 23:00 friday 6th october 2017 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING EUROPEAN GROUP C Northern Ireland v Germany 01:45 San Marino v Norway 01:45 GROUP E Montenegro v Denmark 01:45 Romania v Kazakhstan 01:45
football
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Team Man City Man Utd Chelsea Tottenham Liverpool Watford Arsenal Huddersfield Burnley Newcastle Southampton West Brom Brighton Everton Swansea Stoke Leicester West Ham Bournemouth Crystal Palace
P 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
GD PTS 19 16 15 16 7 13 5 11 1 11 -1 11 1 10 2 9 1 9 1 9 -1 8 -2 8 -2 7 -7 7 -4 5 -5 5 -3 4 -7 4 -7 3 -13 0
fantasy premier league - awol challenge
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Team Pony & Trap Carthorses Are Go Colonial RentMyThaiVilla AC Clacton Mr. Cha Aming Wanderlust United Frankies 11 Lost Cafe FC ROCA Dannyxcollinz HH Jambos JR Brutd S.C Atletico Pathetico AWOL Wanderers Hua hin jambos The Dada Donkeys Pink Panther AFC Portsmoth city Shortimeagain
GW 79 77 66 70 57 76 49 70 96 84 58 55 66 38 64 51 33 63 48 46
TOT 362 345 344 340 339 335 333 331 329 329 311 310 301 275 273 272 269 253 251 228
GROUP F England v Slovenia 01:45 Malta v Lithuania 01:45 Scotland v Slovakia 01:45 Featured Game
saturday 30th september 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE Chelsea v Manchester City 23:30 A massive game that the reigning champions will not want to lose, as it would open up a six point gap between the two sides. This early in the season that could prove difficult to overcome. The two charismatic managers may pull a few tactical or selection surprises to catch the other out, but these are pretty evenly matched sides on paper, but City have the edge in terms of their squad, and the subs they can call upon to change a game. However we think this will be a draw, probably with a few goals in it as well, and some high quality football.
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put to the sword Jose Mourinho attempts to shift focus to HIS package
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uK The Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has asked fans to focus on his allegedly large wang, in an attempt to protect star player, Romelu Lukaku. Jose Mourinho employed the strategy following an outcry from anti-racism groups, after the famously cock-obsessed fans of Man Utd started chanting stereotypical things about a black man’s todger. “I’d compare it to the length and width of a tube of tennis balls,” confirmed Mourinho. “I can see why our fans wish to discuss genitals – especially if you’re in possession of a set as frankly magnificent as mine. “But we shouldn’t be chanting it about a black person, as that enforces a stereotype. So I’m happy to take the bullet here. “I’d like to offer ‘the special one, he’s got a massive dong’ as an opening line. Technically it doesn’t rhyme at all, but it’s good enough for football. So crack on.”
Left: Jose Mourinho tries to take the pressure off his players by indicating what he believes Antonio Conte and Pep Guardiola have to work with
Man United fan, Simon Williams, from Surrey, said, “I mean…does he? “If anything, he seems the kind of person that’s compensating for a lack of thwack in the truncheon department. “I mean I should know, I drive a BMW Z4 for a reason.” Meanwhile some older football fans are wondering what all the fuss is about, having lived through song scandals
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before, such as ‘Georgie Best, Superstar, wears frilly knickers and a Playtex bra’ and the iconic leader of the pack as regards genitalia songs, Chuck Berry’s ‘My Ding A Ling’, which managed to throw in not-so-subtle references to paedophilia for good measure. Perhaps the Red Devils fans need to raise their game a little?
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