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•You• are reading the last ever AWOL. This is not an early April Fool’s joke. The company this week hua hin
learned that the work permit for it’s Managing Editor will not be renewed, so with that simple decision the newspaper comes to an end as his current permit expires on 3rd April. However we will not leave you without a more detailed description of the farce that has unfolded in this matter - the company is owned by the editor’s Thai wife, and having successfully obtained a work permit in 2010, has had one continuously to date. However in 2016, the Social Insurance department contacted AWOL to inform us that his social insurance payments could no longer be made through the company, because of who owned the company, and instead had to be paid directly by himself. At the time no more was thought of this, until this week when a visit to the Labour Department in Prachuap Kiri Khan revealed that without these social insurance payments being made through the company, the work permit could not be renewed. The Social Insurance office were spoken to, and confirmed that the payments could not be made through the company - Stalemate, and Game, Set and Match to bureaucracy. We are extremely sad to have to bring this news to you, as we have spent nearly ten years producing the only weekly publication in the area. We now have to wind up the company, and try our best to both collect monies owed to us, and refund monies given to us for adverts placed, and we will be in contact with all our advertisers. The last few years have been difficult for us - financially, as advertisers became harder to find, staff wise as we tried and failed to attract staff that could work for us, personally, as our editors’ parents have both passed away in the last 19 months, and finally bureaucratically, as ever changing demands from the authorities have finally buried us. We hope you have enjoyed AWOL, and thank you for reading. Goodbye to you all.
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weather & tides World weather (29-3-18)
Local Forecast AND TIDES
Rain (mm) Conditions Temp. °C Tides CITY Weather High H L 1st 2nd 3rd 4th °C SA 3 Pleasant; sunny 33 24 03:31 1.3m 06:08 2.4m 16:22 1.3m 18:39 2.3m Amsterdam Fog 5 SU 1 A t-storm in the a.m. 3 1 24 04:02 1.3m 06:26 2.4m 16:19 1.3m 18:47 2.4m Ankara Sprinkles 9 MO 0 Sun ; high clouds 32 25 04:32 1.3m 06:38 2.3m 16:15 1.3m 18:59 2.4m Athens Sunny 12 TU 0 Mostly sunny 33 25 05:00 1.3m 06:45 2.3m 16:12 1.3m 19:14 2.4m Auckland Mild 20 WE 0 Mostly sunny 33 25 05:26 1.4m 06:47 2.2m 16:13 1.3m 19:32 2.5m Beijing Overcast 20 TH 0 Partly sunny 33 25 05:51 1.4m 06:43 2.2m 16:15 1.3m 19:51 2.5m Berlin Light rain 4 FR 14 Partly sunny 33 24 06:16 1.4m 06:29 2.2m 16:19 1.2m 20:13 2.4m Buenos Aires Clear 20 Cairo Sunny 19 Chicago Fog 8 thailand weather (29-3-18) Copenhagen Light snow 1 Dubai Passing clouds 34 Place Temp Hum Conditions Place Temp Hum Conditions Dublin Partly sunny 2 Nakhon Sawan 36 °C 29% Haze Aranyaprathet 33 °C 53% Haze Helsinki Passing clouds -5 Nan 35 °C 36% Scattered Clds Ban A To 33 °C 50% Ho Chi Minh City Mostly cloudy 34 35 °C 53% Partly Cldy Ban Baen Chado 33 °C 63% Scattered Clds Nang Rong Hong Kong Passing clouds 26 30 °C 70% Partly Cldy Ban Bang Bamru 33 °C 63% Scattered Clds Narathiwat Islamabad Sunny 31 34 °C 39% Haze Ban Bang Duan 33 °C 63% Scattered Clds Nong Khai Istanbul Broken clouds 8 Pattani 31 °C 66% Partly Cldy Ban Bua Chum 37 °C 34% Haze Jakarta Partly sunny 32 Pattaya 30 °C 66% Scattered Clds Ban Fai Na 32 °C 55% Partly Cldy Jerusalem Quite cool 12 31 °C 55% Clear Ban Hua Tho 33 °C 63% Scattered Clds Phayao Johannesburg Fog 17 Phetchabun 36 °C 39% Haze Ban Ko Thung 36 °C 30% Haze Karachi Haze 38 32 °C 58% Partly Cldy Ban Krathing Lai 30 °C 66% Scattered Clds Phetchaburi Kuala Lumpur Broken clouds 33 Phitsanulok 35 °C 36% Clear Ban Na Si Nuan 34 °C 46% Haze London Broken clouds 2 Phrae 36 °C 30% Haze Ban Nong Pladuk 32 °C 55% Partly Cldy Madrid Partly sunny 9 32 °C 55% Partly Cldy Ban Samphan 37 °C 29% Scattered Clds Phuket Manila Partly sunny 31 Prachin Buri 34 °C 53% Haze Bangkok 32 °C 62% Partly Cldy Mexico City Clear 17 Prach. Khirikhan 32 °C 61% Overcast Chaiyaphum 35 °C 39% Haze Moscow Sunny -3 Ranong 33 °C 63% Mostly Cldy Chanthaburi 26 °C 87% Mist Mumbai Haze 30 30 °C 66% Scattered Clds Chawang 35 °C 38% Scattered Clds Rayong New Delhi Sunny 33 Roi Et 34 °C 45% Haze Chiang Mai 35 °C 28% Haze New York Overcast 10 Samui 31 °C 66% Partly Cldy Chiang Rai 31 °C 55% Clear Oslo Scattered clouds -5 Sattahip 30 °C 74% Scattered Clds Chok Chai 32 °C 69% Haze Paris Passing clouds 4 35 °C 44% Scattered Clds Chumphon 32 °C 57% Scattered Clds Satun Perth Sunny 28 Songkhla 30 °C 59% Scattered Clds Kam Paeng Phet 35 °C 27% Haze Phnom-Penh Mostly cloudy 34 Sukhothai 34 °C 46% Haze Kamalasai 34 °C 46% Haze Rio De Janeiro Clear 25 Suphan Buri 33 °C 63% Scattered Clds Kanchanaburi 37 °C 19% Haze Riyadh Sunny 33 Surat Thani 36 °C 47% Scattered Clds Khanom 31 °C 66% Partly Cldy Rome Scattered clouds 14 Surin 35 °C 53% Partly Cldy Khlong Yai 25 °C 100% Mostly Cldy San Francisco Passing clouds 14 36 °C 28% Haze Ko Lanta 35 °C 49% Scattered Clds Tak Seoul Passing clouds 19 Takua Pa 30 °C 99% Partly Cldy Ko Samui 31 °C 66% Partly Cldy Shanghai Passing clouds 25 Tha Tum 35 °C 10% Partly Cldy Ko Sichang 30 °C 6% Partly Cldy Singapore Partly sunny 30 35 °C 36% Scattered Clds Krabi 35 °C 49% Scattered Clds Tha Wang Pha Stockholm Sunny -1 Thoen 34 °C 46% Haze Lampang 35 °C 34% Haze Sydney Passing clouds 26 Thong Pha Phum 36 °C 25% Haze Lamphun 33 °C 32% Haze Taibei/Taipei Passing clouds 30 Thung Chang 35 °C 36% Scattered Clds Loei 33 °C 46% Haze Tokyo Passing clouds 20 35 °C 49% Scattered Clds Lop Buri 33 °C 63% Scattered Clds Trang Vancouver Passing clouds 8 Trat 25 °C 100% Mostly Cldy Mae Hong Son 34 °C 29% Haze Vientiane Partly cloudy 34 Ubon Ratchathani 33 °C 63% Mostly Cldy Mae Sariang 34 °C 34% Smoke Yangon Haze 35 34 °C 49% Clear Mae Sot 34 °C 41% Scattered Clds Udon Thani Zurich Chilly 4 34 °C 41% Scattered Clds Mukdahan 33 °C 47% Scattered Clds Umphang Nakhon Phanom 32 °C 44% Haze Nak. Ratchasima 34 °C 44% Haze
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10 years experience in Hua Hin Ask us for a quote Contact 081 614 8728 (Thai/Eng) 081 649 8361 (Eng.) We can also fix problems with your pool - just ask! Last issue’s solutions Puzzle 1
Puzzle 2
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puzzles Each letter in this puzzle is represented by a number 1-26 Can you crack the code and solve the crossword? Every letter of the alphabet is used at least once. Two or three letters are already in place to get you started. Use the 1-26 small grid to keep track.
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crossword Across 1 Osculatory party game (8,5) 8 Elizabethan man’s jacket (worn with hose) (7) 9 Places to rear the young? (5) 10 Composer of Carmina Burana, d. 1982 (4) 11 Confused (3,2,3) 13 Picturesque (6) 14 Agree (6) 17 One leapt (anag) (8) 19 Man leading prayers in a mosque (4) 21 Vulgarly bright (5) 22 Australia’s bush country (7) 24 Treat with undue familiarity (4,9)
The solution to last week’s puzzle is on page 19
Down 1 Footprint — home of one’s own (slang) (3) 2 Fluffy egg dish (7) 3 Kind of whisky (4) 4 Irritate — weed (6) 5 Large marsupial (8) 6 Removes from office (5) 7 Osculatory greetings service (9) 10 Hunt goals (anag) — offensive (9) 12 Unfaithful (8) 15 Mildly bitter aperitif, often drunk with soda (7) 16 Self-assurance (6) 18 Lorry (5) 20 Asterisk (4) 23 1969 Ken Loach film (3)
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papers You can tell a lot about a person by the type of paper they buy. ...If a person buys the Guardian paper they’re liberal lefties. ...If a person buys the Mail paper they’re right wing reactionaries. ...If a person buys Sandpaper they’re Australian cricketers.
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lemon At a local bar in downtown Wakefield.... The owner & bartender, was so sure that he was the strongest man around, that he offered a standing £1000 bet. The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and then hand the lemon to the patron. Anyone who could squeeze two more drops of juice out of it, would win the money. Many people had tried, over the years: weightlifters, longshoremen, etc., but nobody had ever been able to do it. One day, this scrawny little fellow came into the bar, wearing thick glasses and a polyester suit. He sat down, ordered a glass of draft, and started looking around the bar. After reading the sign on the wall about the lemon challenge, he said in a small voice: “I was just reading your sign, and I’d like to try the bet.” After the laughter had died down, the bartender said: “Ok,...” He grabbed a lemon and squeezed the heck out of it...... Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to the little fellow. But the Crowd’s laughter turned to total silence....as the man clenched his little fist around the lemon....and six drops fell into the glass. As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the guy his £1000, and then asked little man: “Do you mind if I ask what do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a weight-lifter, or what?” The little fellow quietly replied: “I work for The Inland Revenue.”
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top gear News has come through today that the main presenter of the Colombian version of Top Gear has lost his job. Although it has to be said the show had nothing to do with cars.
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anorexic I’m certain that I’m anorexic, every time I look in the mirror I see a fat ugly bastard looking back at me.
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Wife or Mistress An architect, an artist and an accountant were discussing whether it was better to spend time with a wife or a mistress. The architect said he enjoyed time with a wife, building a solid foundation for an enduring relationship. The artist said he enjoyed time with a mistress, because of the passion and mystery. The accountant said he liked both. “Both?” chorused the others. “Yes,” said the accountant. “If you have a wife and a mistress, they will each assume you are spending time with the other woman, which means you can go to the office and get some work done.”
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Directions: From Hua Hin go north on the Klong (Canal) Road through the traffic lights and turn left at the blue bridge with the water tower next to it, then immediately right before the 7-11 Follow this road for approximately 2 km and you will find us on the right opposite Tropical Hill.
tuppence for your thoughts? With Easter upon us it’s that time of year when Brits flock to the coast like lemmings. It is a long established tradition, like preparing gardens for the summer or putting the house on the market, which has no regard for the weather forecast. Sometimes day trippers are lucky and blessed with spring sunshine, but often they end up taking shelter in amusement arcades, where those ever popular ‘push penny’ machines attract all ages. Also known as coin cascades or penny falls, it is easy to pass an hour or two feeding them with coins before walking away with just a key ring as a prize. But it isn’t the prize that matters with those machines, it’s a bit of fun with a smattering of luck. Even an addict would have difficulty losing more than a fiver an hour on one, and they haven’t even taken proper penny coins since decimalisation, but two pence pieces. Yet they are still gambling machines which, like Thailands’ dart boards, require gaming licenses, and now Britains’ gambling industry could be facing one of it’s biggest crises ever with the demise of the two pence piece. Along with the one pence, two pence coins are rapidly falling out of favour with the British public. A recent survey by ‘Compare the Market’ (the company which made meerkats famous) found that almost a third of people no longer use them at all. They aren’t worth carrying around, particularly the two pence which is too bulky for it’s own good, and ends up stored in jars at home or even thrown away. To the government these low value coins have become too expensive to produce, which has re-opened the debate on whether they should be discontinued, and surely few people would miss them? Except for when we fancy a flutter on those push penny machines, which did manage to survive the change to decimal currency, but short of producing supplies of blank metal discs what could be done next to save them? True, there are some which take twenty pence coins, but that would be an increase too far and take the fun out of what has been a quite innocent pastime, which even young children can legally play. Some might say that fact in itself is enough to ban the ‘push penny’s’. That they will lead children into a lifetime of hard gambling and the crime that often goes along with it. Which brings us to the genuinely serious problem to be found on any High Street in Britain. The high stake fixed odds betting machines in every betting shop, which people can feed with up to 200 pounds sterling every 20 seconds.
Industry regulator the Gambling Commission has found that in Britain more than 2 million people are addicted to high stake machines, with over 430,000 of them having a serious habit. So serious that lives are destroyed, sometimes quite literally. In 2016 one of the UKs’ major betting shop chains, Ladbrokes Coral, took around 800 million pounds from their machines alone, and in January this year the government reported on plans to reduce minimum stakes from 100 to between 2 and 50 pounds. Those plans have been delayed to the end of this year, while the betting industry continues to grow. So despite Thailands’ draconian laws against gambling, which now include games of darts, is the country proving to be right after all?
On This Day
Finally, two cents in the States is about as useful now as the British two pence piece, but in 1867 it would buy an acre of land. On March 30th that year the US bought Alaska from Russia for just two cents an acre, which might help to explain a few things. Sadly there must now be another, and really final, ‘finally.’ For reasons beyond anyones’ control AWOL has to say goodbye, and along with it THAB HQ will close. My thanks to Steve for letting me share life with you for the last seven years. It has kept me off the streets and hopefully hasn’t been too mundane. So as we say in Hull, taraa for now. See ya. Mags. EDITOR’S NOTE: I would like to personally thank Mags for all the work she has put in writing this column every week, from her very first one in issue 225, almost exactly five years ago to this issue (29th March 2013) and just shy of 250 articles. Hua Hin misses you in person, and will miss your unique reflections on life here and there.
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They’ll say what you did to all those nurses was unspeakable and ugly, but you know in your heart they’re all really just jealous.
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Remember: If you give in to the impulses to do whatever you want with your life, you’ll become one of those happy, satisfied people you resent so
Virgo Aug 23 – Sep 22
You’ll soon experience redoubled energy, a renewed sense of purpose, and a profound rush of confidence, proving once again that cocaine cannot be trusted.
You may have great quantities Gemini May 22 – June 21 Libra Sep 23 – Oct 23 of bravado, élan, and You may treasure the sense of Your sneaking feeling that puissance, but there’s no way mystery you have about the people are out to get you just to be sure until you find out future, but really, learning the shows how delusional you are, what those words mean. days of the week won’t ruin as you should know damn the magic. good and well that they’re out to get you. Pisces Feb 19 – Mar 20 The stars foresee many Cancer Jun 22 – Jul 22 amazing things ahead of you Travel and adventure are in Scorpio Oct 24 – Nov 21 this week, but really, they’re They say lightning never your future this week as your too good to just tell you about strikes twice, which doesn’t captors continue crossing in advance. explain what’s been happening state lines to stay one step to you at three o’clock every ahead of the law. ARIES Mar 21 - Apr 20 Wednesday for the past three You’re sick and tired of being Leo Jul 23 – Aug 22 months. treated like a child, except You’ll wake up naked in for the sexy parts where they a hotel bed between the Sagittarius Nov 22 – Dec 21 change your dirty, filthy You always dreamed of being corpses of a prostitute and a diapers. a human cannonball, but you district attorney and have no had no idea that advances in memory of what happened, artillery technology would but presumably it’s the same situation as last limit your career to a very small number of time. appearances.
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Our last English Corner is, perhaps appropriately, concerning a phrase that involves silence. This week it is.... Sent to Coventry To be ignored or ostracised. This behaviour often takes the form of pretending that the shunned person, although conspicuously present, can’t be seen or heard. The origins of this phrase aren’t known, although it is quite probable that events in Coventry in the English Civil War in the 1640s play a part. For those not familiar with the UK, Coventry is an industrial city in Warwickshire, England. It is well-known for its two cathedrals; the modern cathedral being built in 1962 to replace the old cathedral, which was destroyed during an intense German bombing raid in 1940. In the 17th century, when this phrase is supposed to have originated, Coventry was a small town. It has been suggested that the phrase, although we now use it in an allusory sense, originated from people being actually sent there. The story - and it is no more than that - is that Cromwell sent a group of Royalist soldiers to be imprisoned in Coventry, around 1648. The locals, who were parliamentary supporters, shunned them and refused to consort with them. The first known citation of the allusory meaning is from the Club Book of the Tarporley Hunt, 1765: “Mr. John Barry having sent the Fox Hounds to a different place to what was ordered ... was sent to Coventry, but return’d upon giving six bottles of Claret to the Hunt.” By 1811, the then understood meaning of the term was defined in Grose’s The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: To send one to Coventry; a punishment inflicted by officers of
the army on such of their brethren as are testy, or have been guilty of improper behaviour, not worthy the cognizance of a court martial. The person sent to Coventry is considered as absent; no one must speak to or answer any question he asks, except relative to duty, under penalty of being also sent to the same place. On a proper submission, the penitent is recalled, and welcomed by the mess, as just returned from a journey to Coventry. A well-known example of someone being sent to Coventry is Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), after his falling out with the Liddell family. Dodgson had developed a close relationship with the Liddell’s daughter Alice. In 1863, when Alice was 11, something happened to cause the family to ostracize him. Whatever it was we can’t now be sure as, although Dodgson recorded it in his diary at the time, the entry was later cut out by a Dodgson family member. This has led to widespread but unproven speculation that the relationship between Dodgson and Alice was inappropriate in some way - possibly what would now be called paedophilic. This phrase was common in industrial disputes in Britain in the mid-twentieth century. Anyone who was considered to be unsupportive of the workforce was in danger of finding that his/her workmates refused to acknowledge their existence. Co-incidentally this was centred on the highly unionized car industry and especially British Leyland, which was largely based in Coventry. That gave rise to people who had in fact lived and worked in Coventry all their life being sent there figuratively by their workmates..
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business for sale. 3 A/C rental rooms (always fully booked), massage room, plus 2 rental motorbikes, pool table, 4 TVs and all equipment. 390,000 THB negotiable. Call Cody or Noi 063 661 4498. ESTABLISHED (10 years) Bar/Restaurant for sale in Nong Kae area close to several hotels. 3 years rolling lease renewable. Low rent. Tenant can live in with 2 upstairs and 1 downstairs bedroom. Price includes all fixtures fittings and equipment making it immediately ready to trade. Baht 500,000. Call 084 376 9438 (English) or 084 359 7545 (Thai). Only serious callers please.
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS If you want to drink, that’s your business, if you want to stop, we can help.
Call to speak to an AA member:
Peo (Swedish) - 086 012 856 Henrik - 095-950-7550 Loren - 081-007-6856 Terry - 091-883-7757
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Meetings every day in Hua Hin
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17 Rai in the Kui Buri area, near National Park and Yang Chum reservoir 499000 baht per rai or 7 million for all (offers considered) Full Chanote Call 081 614 8728 for more details
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
A non-profit fellowship of men and women for whom drugs have become a major problem
Meetings now in Hua Hin on Sundays at 10am, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 noon, and every Friday at 8am Contact Add 086 14 7585 Andy 062 1815
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money & information overseas calls information
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 1-999-54-1000/ 2000 AUSTRALIA 1-999-61-1000/2000 AUSTRIA 1-800-28787421 BAHRAIN 1-999-973-1000 BRUNEI 1-999-673-1000 CANADA 1-999-15-1000/2000 DENMARK 1-999-45-1000 FRANCE 1-999-33-1000 GERMANY 1-999-49-1000 HAWAII 1-800-865-8424 HONG KONG 1-999-852-1086 INDONESIA 1-999-62-1000/2000 ISRAEL 1-999-972-1000/ 2000 ITALY 1-999-39-1000 JAPAN 1-999-811-51 KOREA 1-999-82-1000/ 2000/ 2001 MACAU 1-999-853-1000 MALAYSIA 1-999-60-1000/4000/ 4001 MALTA 1-999-356-1000 MEXICO 1-999-52-1000 NEPAL 1-800-977-1-9999 NETHERLANDS 1-999-31-1035 NEW ZEALAND 1-999-64-1066 PHILIPPINES 1-999-63-1000/ 3000/ 6000 PORTUGAL 1-999-351-1000 RUSSIA 1-999-7-1000 SINGAPORE 1-999-65-0/ 2008 SOUTH AFRICA 1-999-27-1000 SPAIN 1-999-34-1066 TAIWAN 1-999-886-1000 U.A.E. 1-999-971-1000 U.K. 1-999-44-1066 U.S.A. 1-999-1-1111/ 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
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balloon chasers
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Parties, special deals, regular events, celebrations and more; please now post yours on our Balloon Chasers Facebook group. recently added and coming soon
happening every night! See add on p2 for details.
pub quizzes
johnnie walker, soi selekam/ king bar, Soi Binthabaht. Quiz poolsuk road. Happy Hour every day second Monday of every month (next
from 9am to 8pm.
one Monday 9th April 2018 at 7 pm) .
nany’s cafe, soi 88. Friday special - Fish, Free entry, food and prizes - hosted by
chips and mushy peas 139 bt, Atlantic Hawk - all welcome.
ye olde buffalo tavern, chomsin cod fillet chips and mushy peas 220 bt. Sunset Boulevard, Khao Takiab. road; Sunday 1st April - Easter Sunday Also Leo draft now available small(half) Third Tuesday of the month 7pm - 10pm.
Roast, choice of Lamb, Pork or Turkey with all the trimmings and a free glass of wine or bottled beer, just 290 baht, or 400 baht with dessert. Book your table now! (see ad p 11) double d, Soi 6. Every Friday free Thai and Western food after 8pm when purchasing a drink. lucky thip bar, soi samorphrong.
Every Friday Free Thai and western food with drinks purchase after 7pm. Plus Happy Hour every day from 2pm to 1am! Regular offers
55 bt, large(pint) 75 bt
All video home compiled quiz with 8
passport cafe, Samorphrong. Now rounds including audio visual rounds.
open for Breakfasts, Freshly baked Teams of up to 6 Free half time food bread, Daily Specials and more (see ad and free entry but minimum bar bill 200 Baht per person. Bookings essential as p9) PIT’S CAFE, Dusitland 8 Soi 94 . Every there is limited space 084 376 9438 or go Saturday from 2-6pm, All You Can to our Facebook page. Next quiz on 20th Drink draught Leo. Ladies 300 baht, March 2018. tk roadhouse, Khao Takiab. First Men 400 baht Tuesday of every month ‘The Best Quiz red piano, soi kanjanomai. Happy In Town’! 8 rounds, beer questions, free Hour every day from 5 - 7pm BOGOF. food. the palm bistro, soi 88. Join their Sunday Lunch Club and start earning a British style free Sunday Roast (see ad p3) Sunday Roasts:
siam handlebar, Phetkasem Road Bobby’s Bar, Soi 102. The 99 baht (opp. airport). Breakfast now available Andreanna’s, Khao Takiab breakfast is Back! FREE Sunday Roast seven days a week from 9am to 12 noon. Bobby’s Bar, Soi 102 - spend 250 baht and get a free Sunday Ladies Night every Saturday. from 8 to Father Teds, Damnoernkasem Road Roast (see ad p2). Available from 2 to 11pm first drink free, 50% thereafter Hua Hin Miss You, Soi 80 8pm. All You Can Eat Chicken Wings (wine, small beer, Spy, soft drinks, ian’s restaurant, khao takiab (099 and Kebabs every Friday from 5pm to mixers, ice only) 497 3040) 7pm when spend 200 bt. toon’s bar and restaurant, soi 6 Jungle Juice, Soi Selekam double d, Soi 6. Happy Hour every day borfai. Premier League Happy Hour - millers hua hin, soi 91 from 2 - 8pm. Buy 2 get 1 free on all during matches get 3 for 2 on all small Nany’s Cafe, Soi 88 small domestic beers, Samsong + mixer domestic beers. Now open every day Nit’s Kitchen, Soi 94 40 baht, Wine 55 baht, San Miguel and from 3pm serving a wide range of Thai Orchid Restaurant 94 Soi 94 Heineken 65 baht, large domestic beers and Western food until 9pm, and great prices all day every day on drinks until Palm Bistro, Soi 88 (032 828144) 70 baht. Seajays Resort, off Pala-U Road. 083 el murphy’s, soi selekam. Murfs late
Happy Times from 7am to 7pm Pints of: Guinness 189 bt, Old Speckled Hen 210 bt, Magners and Stowfor cider 180 bt. All day Chang and Leo Large 90 bt, small 49 bt.
Uncle Bryn’s (2km past Palm Hills 311 1787 north along klong road. Turn left Sunset Boulevard,
Khao
Takiab.
and 200m on left.). Large beers at great Bookings only 084 376 9438 prices. Open daily 7am-late. 085 405 Ye Olde Buffalo Tavern, Chomsin Rd 6976 (T) 080 197 2072(E) Zab Wer, Soi 112
father teds, Damnoernkasem Road.
Live music, special food and drink offers, draught Guinness, something
The AWOL Balloon Chasers Facebook group will continue running for the forseeable future after this final issue of the printed paper, so please post your special offers and events there.
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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 p18) Upcoming Cicada Market and Inform Surf fm of your charitable or non Performing Arts Fair. The commercial event and they will announce Venue@Suansri. Fri/Sat evenings from it on the radio sunset to 12 pm, Sundays from 4pm; Dining, shopping, art, performances, and 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 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. 9:00 - 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. 0:00 • The Mellow Show with Gary Zeipe Sun. 22:00 - 0:00 • Soft Surf Mon -Thurs, Sat. 22:00 - 1:00 • BBC News headlines every hour • BBC News Sat., Sun. 7:00 - 8:00 Every day 19:00 - 19:30
this issue’s sudoku, codeword & crossword solutions sudoku
codeword
Puzzle 1
Puzzle 2
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weird news
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brazil Teenager with ‘I am a thief ’ tattoo on his forehead is arrested for stealing A teenager who has ‘I am a thief and an idiot’ tattooed across his forehead has been arrested for – surprise, surprise – stealing. His unfortunate tattoo was not self-inflicted, but forced on him by two men who allegedly caught him stealing a bike. A year later, Ruan Rocha da Silva, 18, was caught again in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Military Police arrested him after he allegedly tried to steal five cans of deodorant from a supermarket. Silva’s torturers were caught by police after they filmed themselves tattooing his head and sent pictures to friends. Tattoo artist Maycon Wesley Carvalho, 27, and neighbour Ronildo Moreira de Aruajo, 29, were both found guilty of torture and jailed for more than three years. In the video, Carvalho is heard saying: ‘It is going to hurt, it is going to hurt.’ Silva is now awaiting trial after being released on bail for the most recent case. His cousin told local reporters that he was shoplifting because he had relapsed into drug addiction. At a trial for Silva’s torture case, it was heard that he was receiving treatment for crack cocaine and alcohol addiction.
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uk Cat wanders into home days after family held a funeral for him When Willow the cat went missing during the Beast from the East snowstorms, his owners feared the worst. Jonny and Cat Robinson put up posters and searched the neighbourhood for ten days. The search was called off when they discovered the remains of a cat on a road near their Herefordshire home. Convinced from the similarity of the fur that it was Willow, they buried the animal in their garden and said their farewells. But a few days later the 18-month old tabby limped into their garden in Hope-under-Dinmore with a broken leg. The cat they buried was not him after all. ‘Jonny was absolutely distraught when he found the remains on the main road,’ Cat said. ‘He found a lump of fur which resembled a cat on the road and took it to the vet. It turned out to be definitely a cat and had similar markings to Willow, but it had been run over so many times it was difficult to make out.’ Their children, Josh, 7, and Buddy, 4, watched as their parents buried a cat beneath an olive tree in the garden. ‘We did our grieving,’ Cat said. ‘Though we kept hoping Willow was going to come back.’ Jonny continued to put out food just in case. Then his hopes were raised when he saw it had been eaten. ‘Then Jonny came in holding Willow who was a bag of bones,’ Cat explains. ‘We don’t know where Willow went and what stories he could tell.’ Now safely back at
home with his family, Willow is like the cat that got the cream. There is only one mystery – the identity of the animal buried in the Robinsons’ garden. ‘People have asked “So whose cat is in your garden?”‘ said Cat. ‘All we can say is that at least some animal has had a nice burial.’
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uk Prankster convinces Bitcoin ‘scammer’ to dress up as a raccoon and go through some bins When Neil Murphy, from Belfast, was sent a message asking for a Bitcoin donation he decided to have a little fun with his new friend. Instead of telling Yousef, who said he was from Egypt, to leave him alone, he agreed to send him 0.15 Bitcoin (£851) if Yousef dressed up as a raccoon foraging through his neighbour’s bins. When Yousef asked for $100 (£70) worth of Bitcoin in a bid to secure the deal, Neil said: ‘I cannot trust you. I have been scammed before. ‘Last time I sent somebody the Bitcoin and he sent me a picture of him dressed as a badger instead of a racoon and he didn’t even scavenge in a bin.’ From there, it seems that Yousef was hooked. He replied: ‘I’ll wear the raccoon and send you a picture. I also love raccoons very much and we have a farm that has a lot of them.’ He also advised Neil that it would take him at least two days to source the outfit and take the pictures. But Neil said: ‘Ok maybe you don’t even need to buy a costume you could just put some white stripes on your face and you will look like an au natural raccoon. Plus some striped black and white clothing. But the bin scavenging picture is absolutely essential. I cannot begin to stress to you how important it is.’ But Yousef then begins to question why he is doing this. But Neil puts his foot down, and says that if the photos are not sent, then they the deal is off and Yousef will not be getting his Bitcoin. This makes him comply and Neil receives the photos that he has been waiting for. Yousef even sends Neil a selfie showing his racoon makeup in all of its glory and asks if there is anything that Neil would like to change. How considerate. But the prankster decides to take it even further and tells him that he needs a more authentic looking top, and for the photos to be taken at night. He also requested that Yousef snarl at the camera, to really make his experience as a raccoon authentic. Finally, the photos were sent. Yousef even went to the effort of tipping a bin on its side in the dead of night to send the hilarious photographs. After receiving the photos, Neil decided to end their correspondence and told Yousef that he would not be receiving any money from him. Yousef, unsurprisingly, blocked him.
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hua hin city F.C
hash house harriers
Hua Hin City F. C. is the local professional team formed in 2011 playing their matches at the Takiab Stadium in Khao Takiab. results sunday 18th march 2018 Assumption Utd 1 - 2 Hua Hin City
A drinking Club with a running & walking Problem! The Cha-Am and Hua Hin Hash House the roundabout drive along Soi 112 for Harrier Clubs meet alternate Saturdays 2.6km then turn left (HHH Sign) into for around an hour’s run/walk in the the Banyan Golf Course Road. Travel surrounding countryside followed by on this road for 6.4km. Note there is a a social gathering. If you would like to fork in the road the left fork takes you to come along then please visit our website Banyan Golf Course but take the right www.h2h3-cah3.weebly.com or Facebook fork following the signs to Green Valley at www.facebook.com/H2H3CAH3 for Fishing Resort. At 6.4km you will see a full details and directions. Please note huge sign for Sanctuary Homes, a smaller that people attending and participating sign for Green Valley Fishing and an even smaller HHH sign. Turn right and follow do so entirely at their own risk. the Green Valley Fishing Signs / HHH NEXT RUN Saturday 31st March 2018, signs to the car park meeting @ 4:30 pm for a 5:00 pm Start Hua Hin Hash House Harriers (H2H3) From Cha-Am via By-Pass (Route37): Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/ Run #382 btM1SrhZHom Dress Code - Easter Bunny Run Hares: Hugmanannygoat & No Name From Cha Am take the Bypass South, when you see the signs for Rachapakdi Donny Park turn left into Soi 112 and drive Hash Snacks: Karaoke Queen along Soi 112 for 7.8km. Turn right into Tax Collector: Tinks LOCATION: Greenfield Valley Fishing the Banyan Golf Course Road. Then follow directions as above. Resort Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/ Any queries then please call Hugs on 081 JiuaE8CgjcK2 GPS Coordinates: N 12.473331, E 015 4027 99.933570 (N 12 28.400, E 99 56.014) HASH TAX: Drinkers Male ฿200, Female ฿150, Teetotallers ฿100, Kids 8 years DIRECTIONS to RUN SITE From Hua Hin/Cha-Am via Phet Kasem and over ฿50. Your effort to bring the CORRECT change would be very much Road (Route 4): Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/ appreciated. fSScFUYuuuv From Hua Hin/Cha-Am head south IN ADDITION there may be a Fun Run and after driving over the flyover turn on Wednesday 4th April 2018 from the first left, then left again to drive under same place as above and at the same time. the flyover which takes you to a mini- This will be the same trail but in reverse. roundabout. Turn right into Soi 112 at Please check our website https://h2h3the mini-roundabout looking out for cah3.weebly.com/misdirections---fundrivers who drive like they’ve never run.html for confirmation and further seen a roundabout in their lives! From details.
FIXTURES sunday 1st april 2018 Hua Hin City v Nonthaburi 17:30 thai League 4 Western Region table
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Team Nakhon Pathom United Samutsongkhram IPE Samut Sakhon United Look E-San Hua Hin City Chainat United Assumption United Nonthaburi Chainat Hornbill U-23[5]
P 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 6
GD +16 +1 0 −3 −1 −2 0 −5 −6
PTS 18 11 11 9 8 8 6 4 4
To keep up to date with the club now that AWOL is unable to, there is a Facebook group called Hua Hin City ‘Farang’ Fan Page – Unofficial and the link is https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1562160917433997/ This is pretty much the only English resource for the club, although there is also a Wikipedia page - https:// en.w i k ipedia.org /w i k i/2018 _Thai _ League_4_Western_Region - which has the latest league table and results from the league. Good luck team and fans from all at AWOL.
thank you to everyone who has helped with results, fixtures and tables in our local sports pages, particularly the hard working organisers
local golf Butterfly Rock Golf society
Hua Hin Golf Society
Results 23rd March 2018 RESULTS 26th March 2018 Banyan Texas Scramble 10 teams Black Mountain West-East (new 9 + old 1st John Rea, ‘Mod’ Rea, Magnus front 9) Stableford 28 entered Warbert, Joyce Warbert 67 - 08.4 = 58.6 1st Andrew Reid 39 pts (11) 2nd Stefan Foerg, Olivier Pinard, Kari 2nd Gary Engelman 37 pts (13) Kari, David Angel 61 - 02.0 = 59.0 3rd Anna Kozanchuk 36 pts (25) 3rd Peter Bakker, Jari Knights, Anna 4th Martin Saunders 36 pts (14) Sjogren, Winfried Lauenstein 65 - 05.0 = 60.0 21st March 2018 4th Eric Taylor, Steve Brighton, Tim Lake View AB 2 man Scramble 7 entered Vermeersch, Bob Deasy 66 - 05.8 = 60.2 1st Paul Di Mella, Sue Murray 76 - 08.3 = 67.7 fixtures 2nd Pekka Hogman, Seppo Rintala 74 - 3rd April 2018 Springfield Stableford 05.8 = 68.2 6th April 2018 Lake View Stableford 3rd Peter Hayes, Mark Simpson 74 - 05.5 With AWOL no longer able to publish, = 68.5 you can find details of the society on their 4th Geoff G Batt-Rawden, Terry website at http://huahingolfsociety.com/ Hofgartner 76 - 07.0 = 69.0 lake view members club Fixtures Results 2nd April 2018 Palm Hills Stableford 23rd March 2018 4th April 2018 Lake View Medal Stableford. Course AB With AWOL no longer able to publish, 1st Peter Tucker (12) 35pts you can find details of BRGC on their 2nd Greg Smith (22) 34pts website at https://brgc.weebly.com/ 3rd Michael Daly (22) 33pts palm hills friday roll up
4th Mike Knight (15) 32pts
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. Apologies that we will not be able to print the results any longer. 23rd march 2018 20 players Front 9 - Christa Maring (22) 20 points Back 9 - Glenn McBurney (11) 17 points Overall - Christa Maring (22) 36 points
26th March 2018 Stableford. Course CD 1st Steve O’Brien (14) 37pts 2nd Gary Ross (19) 34pts 3rd Richard Hooi (9) 31pts 4th Mick Court (15) 31pts
Crossword Solution
Here is last issue’s Crossword solution.
HUA HIN DARTS LEAGUE
League Table P 12 12 12 12
W 9 7 5 3
D 0 0 0 0
Results 26th March 2018 Springfield Royal Country Club Splinter Cell Stableford 17 entered 1st Anette Hellstrom 41 pts (20) 2nd Bruno Del Bel 39 pts (12) 3rd Stellan Hellstrom 38 pts (06) 4th Kjell Karlsson 37 pts (18) 23rd March 2018 Springfield Royal Country Club Splinter Cell Stableford 9 entered 1st Stellan Hellstrom 35 pts (06) 2nd Thomas Ronnestam 35 pts (17) 3rd Phillipe Tamin 35 pts (20) 4th Anette Hellstrom 33 pts (20) 21st March 2018 Springfield Royal Country Club Splinter Cell Stableford 8 entered 1st Freddie Larsson 37 pts (10) 2nd Thomas Ronnestam 36 pts (17) 3rd Kiat Larsson 33 pts (14) 4th Anette Hellstrom 30 pts (20) fixtures Monday/Friday Springfield Splinter Cell Stableford 4th & 5th April Black Mountain Club Championships & Presentation Dinner at Prime Steakhouse With AWOL no longer able to publish, you can find details of the society on their website at http://saensukgolfsociety. wixsite.com/saensuk
FIXTURES Lake View every Monday, Wednesday, Friday Apologies to readers interested in this club that we will no longer be able to publish their results; please contact Peter Tucker for information at tuckerpeter1@ aol.com
Team Johnnie Walker Red Blue Lagoon Johnnie Walker Blck Golden Star Kitchen
saensuk Golf Society
L 3 5 7 9
+/22 7 -2 -27
Pts 18 14 10 6
fixtures The season is over. Please contact Oil at Johnnie Walkers for details of a new season.
cha am golf club
Contact: secretary@chaamgolfclub.com FIXTURES No information available at press time With AWOL no longer able to publish, you can find details of the society on their website at http://www.chaamgolfclub. com/
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pool leagues thursday friendly Pool League
hua hin/khao takiab ladies Pool League
hippo friday pro League
results Week 26 26th march 2018 Master Cue 9 - 13 Silver Fox Muan..Super 11 - 11 Patty’88 Silver Fox..Kh 12 - 10 Mausi Bar Sunset Boulevard 22 - 0 Aonzy The Connection 11 - 11 Muan Bar The Squealing Pig v Tk Roadhouse n/a Tore’s Bar 9 - 13 High Five
results week 21 22nd march 2018 Bar 80 Saloon 9 - 11 Nalee Bar Hua Hin Bar 14 - 6 Mausi Bar Jaew Bar 5 - 15 MasterCues Bar Noum Bar 6 - 14 Mint Bar Sage 8 - 12 Silver Fox Silver Fox Wolverines 8 - 12 Mr Dan’s 88 The Connection Cafe 6 - 14 Sabai Bar
Fixtures The season is over. Congratulations to Muan...Super on winning the league. Please visit http://hhktldpl. leaguerepublic.com/l/fg/1_89748126. html or go and see Muan bar for details of a new season and future information.
Fixtures week 24 5th april 2018 Bar 80 Saloon v Sabai Bar Hua Hin Bar v Mr Dan’s 88 Jaew Bar v Mint Bar MasterCues Bar v Mausi Bar Noum Bar v Silver Fox Silver Fox Wolverines v Nalee Bar The Connection Cafe v Squealing Pig
League tablE Team Muan..Super Muan Bar Master Cue Patty’88 Squealing Pig Tk Roadhouse The Connection Sunset B’vard Silver Fox Silver Fox..Kh Tore’s Bar Mausi Bar High Five Aonzy
P 26 26 26 25 25 25 26 24 26 25 26 26 24 26
W 20 18 18 13 12 14 11 11 13 10 6 6 5 1
D 3 6 2 5 5 1 6 4 0 1 3 1 3 0
L 3 2 6 7 8 10 9 9 13 14 17 19 16 25
+/178 178 116 30 42 42 22 40 32 -30 -52 -74 -102 -422
Pts 43 42 38 31 29 29 28 26 26 21 15 13 13 2
leagues not currently running
Details of new seasons will be printed here when available. Organisers please contact AWOL with any information. Hua Hin Pool Billiard League Friends of Hua Hin Wednesday Pool League hua hin khao takiab super Pool League
League tablE Team MasterCues Bar Nalee Bar Hua Hin Bar Bar 80 Saloon Mint Bar Squealing Pig Silver Fox SF Wolverines Sabai Bar Noum Bar The Connection Mr Dan’s 88 Sage Jaew Bar Mausi Bar
P 19 20 20 20 20 19 20 20 19 20 19 19 20 19 20
W 19 18 13 13 11 11 8 8 9 6 6 6 3 4 1
D 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 3 2 2 0
L 0 2 6 6 7 6 9 11 7 13 12 10 15 13 19
+/166 136 54 52 54 8 -10 -8 -10 -50 -44 -38 -74 -72 -164
Pts 311 299 254 253 251 218 214 208 196 188 181 176 171 164 120
results week 11 23rd march 2018 Pit’s Devils 5 - 4 Pit’s Pirates Lucky Shot Shooters 2 - 7 Diamond Bar LS Jumanjis 3 - 6 LS Pin Hunters Pit’s Rangers 5 - 4 Lucky Shot Tigers Fixtures week 14 6th april 2018 Lucky Shot Shooters v Pit’s Devils Lucky Shot Jumanjis v Pit’s Rangers Diamond Bar v Lucky Shot Pin Hunters Pit’s Pirates v Lucky Shot Tigers League tablE Team Pit’s Devils Pit’s Rangers Lucky Shot Tigers Diamond Bar Pit’s Pirates LS Pin Hunters Lucky Shot Jumanjis Lucky Shot Shooters
P 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 11
W 8 8 6 6 5 5 3 2
L 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9
+/20 15 18 13 1 -11 -33 -23
Pts 16 16 12 12 10 10 6 4
With AWOL no longer available after this week, details of this league can be found at http://pro.huahinpool.org/ Hua Hin Khao Takiab Cool POOL LEAGUE
results No matches last week
FIXTURES week 6 6th april 2018 JNB v The Connection Jungle Juice v Exotic Bar Muan Bar v TK Roadhouse With AWOL no longer available after this Nok Bar v High Five week, details of this league can be found TK Special v Take 5 Sports Bar at http://castashadowthursdaypool. leaguerepublic.com/l/fg/1_296749643. League tablE Team P W D L +/- Pts html TK Roadhouse Exotic Bar Jungle Juice Take 5 The Connection JNB Bar Muan Bar TK Special Nok Bar High Five
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
3 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 4 4
34 24 18 18 6 -8 -10 -12 -26 -44
63 58 55 55 49 42 41 40 33 24
With AWOL no longer available after this week, details of this league can be found at http://hhktcool.leaguerepublic.com/l/ fg/1_575156647.html
pool leagues HUA HIN social POOL LEAGUE
NWPL New Wednesday POOL LEAGUE
results week 12 28th march 2018 All Nations GH 12 - 7 Pink Panther Cato Bentho Bar 10 - 9 Jungle Juice Cheetas Bluebell bar 8 - 11 JW Black Booz Bar 5 - 14 King Bar JW Red 9 - 10 N&G bar Jungle Juice Leopards 9 - 10 Limelight Tiger Bar 10 - 9 Coconuts bar
results week 8 28th march 2018 BRGC@Bar80 14 - 8 Pockets Breeze Bar 8 - 14 Sabai Bar Fame 11 - 11 Noum Bar Home Bar Two 17 - 5 Mr Dan’s 88 Squealing Pig 12 - 10 Home Bar One Tores Bar 18 - 4 Sage Tree Bar 9 - 13 Jaew Bar
fixtures week 13 4th april 2018 Jungle Juice Cheetas v Bluebell bar JW Black v JW Red King Bar v Coconuts bar Limelight v Booz Bar N&G bar v Jungle Juice Leopards Pink Panther Cato v Bentho Bar Tiger Bar v All Nations GH
FIXTURES week 9 4th april 2018 Home Bar One v Tores Bar Mr Dan’s 88 v Jaew Bar Noum Bar v Home Bar Two Pockets v Fame Sabai Bar v BRGC@Bar80 Sage v Breeze Bar Squealing Pig v Tree Bar
League tablE
League tablE
Team N&G bar Limelight JW Black Bentho Bar JW Red King Bar Jungle Juice Cheetas Tiger Bar Jungle Juice L’pards All Nations GH Pink Panther Cato Coconuts bar Bluebell bar Booz Bar
P 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
W 10 10 9 9 8 7 6 6 5 5 4 2 2 1
L 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 10 10 11
+/- Pts 48 20 30 20 30 18 26 18 28 16 20 14 22 12 4 12 -4 10 -16 10 -38 8 -30 4 -40 4 -80 2
Team P W D L Sabai Bar 8 7 0 1 Home Bar One 8 6 0 2 Fame 8 5 1 2 BRGC@Bar80 8 5 1 2 Squealing Pig 8 5 1 2 Tree Bar 8 5 0 3 Home Bar Two 8 5 0 3 Breeze Bar 8 4 0 4 Tores Bar 8 3 0 5 Mr Dan’s 88 8 3 0 5 Noum Bar 8 2 2 4 Jaew Bar 8 2 1 5 Sage 8 0 1 7 Pockets 8 0 1 7
+/- Pts 50 21 34 18 30 16 24 16 18 16 22 15 20 12 -12 12 -12 9 -16 9 -10 8 -16 7 -78 1 -54 -2
With AWOL no longer available after this week, details of this league can be found With AWOL no longer available after this at http://huahinsocial.leaguerepublic. week, details of this league can be found at http://newwednesdaypoolleague. com/l/fg/1_375248945.html leaguerepublic.com/l/fg/1_823820468. html Disclaimer All articles are published in good faith and based on information available to us at publication. Some articles are satire or ‘spoof ’ stories intended as humour. No responsibility is accepted other than that stipulated by law. Although the information in this publication has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, AWOL cannot guarantee accuracy in all cases. Any opinions expressed are those of the contributor and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. All materials copyright. All rights reserved and no part of this publication may be reproduced in part or in full without the previous written consent of the publisher. Neither can any part be stored in a retrieval situation, nor transmitted by electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or any other means. AWOL is printed by Petchpoom Printing, and we can be contacted on info@awolonline.net or 81 614 8728 Please send any other communications to Mrs Chukamol James, Managing Director, AWOL Co. Ltd., 136/229 Emerald Hill, Soi 6 Mooban Borfai, Hua Hin, Prachuap Kiri Khan, 7110 THAILAND.
hippo wednesday Pool League
results week 8 28th march 2018 Lucky Shot 1 9 - 10 Infinity Diamond Bar 11 - 8 Lucky Shot 2 Tiki Bar 7 - 12 Pit’s Cafe 1 Pit’s Cafe 2 10 - 6 Top of 94 Bar FIXTURES week 9 4th april 2018 Top of 94 Bar v Lucky Shot 1 Lucky Shot 2 v Tiki Bar Pit’s Cafe 1 v Infinity Diamond Bar v Pit’s Cafe 2 league table Team Pit’s Cafe 1 Lucky Shot 1 Tiki Bar Lucky Shot 2 Infinity Diamond Bar Pit’s Cafe 2 Top of 94 Bar
P 8 8 8 9 9 7 6 5
W 7 6 5 4 3 3 2 0
L 1 2 3 5 6 4 4 5
+/28 38 26 -3 3 -19 -28 -45
Pts 14 12 10 8 6 6 4 0
With AWOL no longer available after this week, details of this league can be found at http://pro.huahinpool.org/ 102 & 88 saturday POOL LEAGUE
results week 2 24th march 2018 Banana Bar 6 - 12 Bobby’s Babes Bobby’s Boys 15 - 3 Sage High 5 5 - 13 Mucky Duck Silver Fox 7 - 11 Home Bar FIXTURES week 3 31st march 2018 Bobby’s Babes v High 5 Home Bar 8 - 10 Bobby’s Boys (played early) Mucky Duck v Banana Bar Sage v Silver Fox League tablE Team Bobby’s Bar Home Bar Mucky Duck Banana Bar Bobby’s Babes Silver Fox Sage High 5
P W D L 3 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2
+/20 6 8 4 0 -4 -16 -18
Pts 6 4 3 2 2 1 0 0
With AWOL no longer available after this week, details of this league can be found at http://hhsapl.leaguerepublic.com/l/ fg/1_317991902.html
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pool leagues tuesday POOL LEAGUE soi 94
hua hin star Pool League
results week 18 27th march 2018 Arilds Bar 10 - 10 Nalee Bar Eight Connections Bar 11 - 9 MausiBar Home Bar One 11 - 9 Tiki-Bar Nalee Bar Nine 15 - 5 Na-Na Bar Tree-Bar 5 - 15 Tore Bar Home Bar Two - no game FIXTURES week 19 3rd april 2018 Home Bar Two v Tree-Bar Nalee Bar Eight v Connections Bar Na-Na Bar v Arilds Bar Tiki-Bar v Nalee Bar Nine Tore Bar v Home Bar One Home Bar Two - no game League tablE Team Tiki-Bar Home Bar One Nalee Bar Nine Connections Bar Home Bar Two Tree-Bar Arilds Bar Tore Bar Nalee Bar Eight MausiBar Na-Na Bar
P 17 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 16
W 13 12 13 9 8 7 5 5 4 1 3
D 1 0 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 1 1
L 3 3 2 6 6 6 7 9 11 15 12
+/122 88 54 10 10 2 -12 -36 -62 -82 -94
Pts 258 218 214 184 183 178 168 154 149 132 120
With AWOL no longer available after this week, details of this league can be found at http://huahintuesdaypool94. leaguerepublic.com/l/fg/1_665958350. html
results 25th march 2018 fa cup 1st round Peter Johnson 6 - 5 Paul Gulbrandsen “Wor” v Andreas “Andy” Knabe n/a Phil Dodd 4 - 5 Korn Aksonsil Tom Talgo 5 - 7 Brian Nuttall Marko Weissmann 7 - 2 Liam Werrett “Bernard” 3 - 7 “Hampi” Den D 6 - 1 Arnon “Non” Wongchiang Claus Nielsen 7 - 3 Lieven Praet Darren Downs 5 - 7 “Thinna” Brian Callihoo 1 - 7 “Job” “Thong” v Walk over “Dang” 7 - 6 “Joy” Patrick Laureyns 6 - 7 “Nok” Walk over v Robin “Robbie” Kirkby “Gent” v Steve Reeves n/a “Jae” 5 - 6 “Kwan”
fixtures week 4 1st april 2018 division 1 Brian Nuttall v Peter Johnson Arnon “Non” Wongchiang v “Job” “Jae” v “Kwan” Tom Talgo v “Gent” Andreas “Andy” Knabe 8 - 3 Walk over Claus Nielsen v Korn Aksonsil “Thong” v “Hampi” Lieven Praet v “Wor” Division 2 “Nok” v Patrick Laureyns Robin “Robbie” Kirkby 5 - 0 Walk over Brian Callihoo 3 - 5 “Thinna” Steve Reeves v Paul Gulbrandsen “Bernard” 5 - 4 Darren Downs “Dang” v Liam Werrett Phil Dodd v “Joy” Marko Weissmann v Den D
division 1 League tablE
division 2 League tablE
Team P W “Kwan” 3 3 Peter Johnson 3 3 Lieven Praet 3 3 Claus Nielsen 3 3 Korn Aksonsil 3 2 “Jae” 3 2 Tom Talgo 3 2 “Hampi” 3 1 Brian Nuttall 3 1 Andreas “Andy” Knabe 3 1 “Gent” 3 1 “Job” 3 1 Arnon “Non” 3 1 Wongchiang “Thong” 3 0 “Wor” 3 0
L 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
+/- Pts 12 6 10 6 9 6 7 6 10 4 6 4 1 4 3 2 -2 2 -3 2 -5 2 -7 2 -11 2
3 3
-7 -8
0 0
+/50 56 40 24 8 -12 -40 -26 -100
Pts 173 167 157 156 146 139 123 121 78
hua hin soi 80 tuesday Pool League
results week 16 27th march 2018 Bar 80 Nomads v Mint Bar Exotic Bar 11 - 7 Bar 80 Saloon Nok Bar 1 11 - 7 Nok Bar 2 Som Bar 9 - 9 Mona Bar Hut Bar - no game
FIXTURES week 17 3rd april 2018 Bar 80 Saloon v Hut Bar Mint Bar v Nok Bar 1 Mona Bar v Bar 80 Nomads Nok Bar 2 v Exotic Bar Som Bar - no game
League tablE Team Nok Bar 1 Bar 80 Nomads Mint Bar Exotic Bar Mona Bar Som Bar Bar 80 Saloon Nok Bar 2 Hut Bar
P 14 13 13 14 14 15 15 14 14
W 11 11 9 8 7 3 4 2 1
D 0 0 2 2 2 4 0 4 0
L 3 2 2 4 5 8 11 8 13
With AWOL no longer available after this week, details of this league can be found at http://soi80tuesdaypoolleague. leaguerepublic.com/l/fg/1_68797554. html
Team Den D “Bernard” Phil Dodd Brian Callihoo “Dang” Darren Downs Patrick Laureyns “Thinna” Liam Werrett “Joy” Steve Reeves Marko Weissmann Paul Gulbrandsen “Nok” Robin “Robbie” Kirkby
P W 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 2 3 2 4 2 3 2 4 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1
L 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
+/- Pts 11 6 9 6 8 6 3 4 3 4 1 4 1 4 -1 4 3 2 1 2 -1 2 -3 2 -4 2 -5 2 -8 2
With AWOL no longer available after this week, details of this league can be found at http://www.huahinpool.org/
football fixtures (all times Thailand)
saturday 31st march 2018 PREMIER LEAGUE Crystal Palace v Liverpool 18:30 Brighton v Leicester City 21:00 Manchester United v Swansea City 21:00 Newcastle Utd v Huddersfield T. 21:00 Watford v Bournemouth 21:00 West Bromwich Albion v Burnley 21:00 West Ham United v Southampton 21:00 Everton v Manchester City 23:30 CHAMPIONSHIP Derby County v Sunderland 01:45 Birmingham City v Ipswich Town 21:00 Hull City v Aston Villa 23:30 SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Motherwell v Rangers 18:30 Aberdeen v St Johnstone 21:00 Celtic v Ross County 21:00 Hibernian v Partick Thistle 21:00 Kilmarnock v Hamilton Acad. 21:00 sunday 1st april 2018 PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal v Stoke City 19:30 Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur 22:00 SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Dundee v Heart of Midlothian 18:30 monday 2nd april 2018 CHAMPIONSHIP Preston N.E v Derby County 18:45 Bristol City v Brentford 21:00 Burton Albion v Middlesbrough 21:00 Ipswich Town v Millwall 21:00 Nottingham Forest v Barnsley 21:00 QPR v Norwich City 21:00 Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday 21:00 tuesday 3rd april 2018 CHAMPIONSHIP Sheffield United v Cardiff City 01:45 wednesday 4th april 2018 CHAMPIONSHIP Aston Villa v Reading 01:45 Fulham v Leeds United 01:45 Wolves v Hull City 01:45 Bolton Wands v Birmingham City 02:00 SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Hibernian v Hamilton Academical 01:45 Motherwell v Aberdeen 01:45 Ross County v Partick Thistle 01:45 thursday 5th april 2018 SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP Celtic v Dundee 01:45
fantasy premier league - awol challenge
english premier league table
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 Liverpool Tottenham Chelsea Arsenal Burnley Leicester Everton Bournemouth Watford Brighton Newcastle Swansea Huddersfield Crystal Palace West Ham Southampton Stoke West Brom
P 30 30 31 30 30 30 30 30 31 31 31 30 30 30 31 31 30 30 31 31
GD 65 35 39 34 25 14 1 2 -13 -12 -16 -12 -10 -17 -27 -18 -21 -15 -29 -25
PTS 81 65 63 61 56 48 43 40 40 36 36 34 32 31 31 30 30 28 27 20
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12= 12= 14 15 16 17 18 19
Team Mr. Cha Aming Carthorses Are Go Colonial FC ROCA Lost Cafe RentMyThaiVilla AC Clacton HH Jambos Wanderlust United Portsmoth city JR Brutd S.C Atletico Pathetico AWOL Wanderers Dannyxcollinz Frankies 11 Hua hin jambos Pink Panther AFC Shortimeagain #›fl°‡ ~ÏÎÔfiØÌ
GW 103 68 95 90 70 79 77 83 33 73 70 68 82 36 27 13 3 29 1
TOT 1787 1776 1759 1713 1707 1702 1689 1644 1547 1546 1542 1527 1527 1490 1390 1374 1335 1290 222
Featured Game
saturday 31st march 2018 PREMIER LEAGUE West Ham United v Southampton 21:00 An absolutely vital game for both these teams, sitting in 17th and 18th plave respectively; a win for either will jump them several places up the table in a very congested relegation battle that covers half the teams in the league. West Ham’s last match featured angry supporters protesting and invading the pitch, and a team that were clearly distracted by the hostility. Southampton are a better team than their position suggests, but are also facing trouble on and off the pitch. This is likely to be a nervy and edgy game where the first goal will prove vital. As our last featured game, this writer is going with his heart rather than his head and predicting the Hammers to win this on their way to survival, and hopefully huge changes at season end.
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balls to the wall Cricket reclassified as ‘cheaty sport’
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australia CRICKET has been officially reclassified as one of the world’s ‘cheaty’ sports, along with cycling and sprinting. Following the confession of balltampering by Australia captain Steve Smith, the sport is now registered as one where results are likely to be dishonest but which you can still enjoy if you like. A spokesman for the International Cricket Council said: “It’s fine, it’s still the same old cricket. It’s just a bit cheaty. Especially if the Aussies and the Pakistanis are involved.” “There are some sports that are basically honest, like football and tennis, some that you have to keep an eye on, like Formula One and rugby, and some that are simply dishonest by nature like cycling, athletics and now cricket.” “It’s quite liberating, in a way. Now we don’t have to pretend to be an actual sport with regulations we can make it much more exciting, with unlikely twists
Left: A close up of Cameron Bancroft during his confessed ball-tampering had female viewers wondering if cricket is exciting after all
and turns like England winning a Test.” “Australia can take a belt sander to the ball in the next match if they like. The crowd are all pissed anyway.” Former cricketer and now the owner of the Bat and Ball pub in Yorkshire, John Stumps, said, “I don’t know what all t’ fuss
is about. We used to glue bails to stumps, put itching powder in t’other teams jock straps, and laxatives in their coffee. Ball tampering? Bloody amateurs!”
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