Christmas Holidays

[Master]

Went to Toys R Us and spent a fortune on kids presents, nieces and nephews.

[Memphis]

Bit of good news to lift me during this tough week, Im out of here by 3 at the latest on Friday, should be 7 so Im happy about that.

I never count the current day so only two more days to drag myself through, Nowt will happen on Friday so Im scratching that off as well

Really must start to make some career decisions next year.

[Master]

Bit of good news to lift me during this tough week, Im out of here by 3 at the latest on Friday, should be 7 so Im happy about that.

I never count the current day so only two more days to drag myself through, Nowt will happen on Friday so Im scratching that off as well

Really must start to make some career decisions next year.

Sounds like a new years resolution.

[erics44]

ill sit about and play with the kids for a couple of weeks

they finish school at half 1 today so im gonna go and pick um up

im going for a swim first mind which obviously makes me good at boxing

[karategan]

I'm never really the one to be in the Christmas spirit. I just have a family dinner with my family like Thanksgiving, but other than that, we don't do much. Just went online and bought myself two MMA tees and boxing trunks.

[erics44]

I'm never really the one to be in the Christmas spirit. I just have a family dinner with my family like Thanksgiving, but other than that, we don't do much. Just went online and bought myself two MMA tees and boxing trunks.

you sound like a right laugh

[pacfan]

Yo, Merry Christmas to ya all! Just been keepin' my mouth shut and staying away from trouble...thought maybe santa might pay a visit if I be good but haven't seen him yet...

[Andre]

Yo, Merry Christmas to ya all! Just been keepin' my mouth shut and staying away from trouble...thought maybe santa might pay a visit if I be good but haven't seen him yet...

So you would come across pirates out there fishing in the South China seas?

Tell us some sea fairing stories uncle Pacfan

[pacfan]

Yo, Merry Christmas to ya all! Just been keepin' my mouth shut and staying away from trouble...thought maybe santa might pay a visit if I be good but haven't seen him yet...

So you would come across pirates out there fishing in the South China seas?

Tell us some sea fairing stories uncle Pacfan

Ahh, you mean those ol' fishermen's tales. There's a saying 'do not believe in a fisherman's tales,' you know those tales recounting the fishermen's heroic excapades on sea and nearby shore with lots of booze and gals to go with them. Nope, there are no ship waiting in the middle of the sea with many a nice women on board. There's no mermaid either, only seacows or dugongs which fishermen sometimes mistake for one. Smalltime fisherman's life is actually a bore, just cruising around the shorelines catching mostly cheap fishes. The only thing 'exciting' about it are the dangers that comes with it, like a sudden squall with a tornado like winds and rains coming out of nowhere, is the worst, and it'll give you the shivers. Naw, I guess I'm too old for those thrills now so I've turned into an armchair fisherman, letting others do the fishing for me in our fishing village here and just enjoying my li'l fishing sitting on the bank of the nearby shore, musing at the marvel of the horizon and the world beyond, and of course without the booze and the gals and that ain't no tale. Sorry to disappoint you mate but I guess real world is more of a drab and I'm not fit to weave a fancy tale. But if I can think of one, maybe I just might, lol...

[Andre]

Yo, Merry Christmas to ya all! Just been keepin' my mouth shut and staying away from trouble...thought maybe santa might pay a visit if I be good but haven't seen him yet...

So you would come across pirates out there fishing in the South China seas?

Tell us some sea fairing stories uncle Pacfan

Ahh, you mean those ol' fishermen's tales. There's a saying 'do not believe in a fisherman's tales,' you know those tales recounting the fishermen's heroic excapades on sea and nearby shore with lots of booze and gals to go with them. Nope, there are no ship waiting in the middle of the sea with many a nice women on board. There's no mermaid either, only seacows or dugongs which fishermen sometimes mistake for one. Smalltime fisherman's life is actually a bore, just cruising around the shorelines catching mostly cheap fishes. The only thing 'exciting' about it are the dangers that comes with it, like a sudden squall with a tornado like winds and rains coming out of nowhere, is the worst, and it'll give you the shivers. Naw, I guess I'm too old for those thrills now so I've turned into an armchair fisherman, letting others do the fishing for me in our fishing village here and just enjoying my li'l fishing sitting on the bank of the nearby shore, musing at the marvel of the horizon and the world beyond, and of course without the booze and the gals and that ain't no tale. Sorry to disappoint you mate but I guess real world is more of a drab and I'm not fit to weave a fancy tale. But if I can think of one, maybe I just might, lol...

I was under the impression you went out to sea for months on end

I met some pirates once in 1986 out on Ko rock west of Thailand. Machine guns the whole nine yards, lucky for us (as we were some of the first whites ever to go onto the newly opened island) we were with an ex Lieutenant Colonel of the Thailand navy who allowed them a certain clemency if they did their business elsewhere and only visited late after hours. Interesting night on the Mekong with them,still have no idea what they were saying though some of them looked through us like they wanted to kill us and said nothing at all.

[pacfan]

Yo, Merry Christmas to ya all! Just been keepin' my mouth shut and staying away from trouble...thought maybe santa might pay a visit if I be good but haven't seen him yet...

So you would come across pirates out there fishing in the South China seas?

Tell us some sea fairing stories uncle Pacfan

Ahh, you mean those ol' fishermen's tales. There's a saying 'do not believe in a fisherman's tales,' you know those tales recounting the fishermen's heroic excapades on sea and nearby shore with lots of booze and gals to go with them. Nope, there are no ship waiting in the middle of the sea with many a nice women on board. There's no mermaid either, only seacows or dugongs which fishermen sometimes mistake for one. Smalltime fisherman's life is actually a bore, just cruising around the shorelines catching mostly cheap fishes. The only thing 'exciting' about it are the dangers that comes with it, like a sudden squall with a tornado like winds and rains coming out of nowhere, is the worst, and it'll give you the shivers. Naw, I guess I'm too old for those thrills now so I've turned into an armchair fisherman, letting others do the fishing for me in our fishing village here and just enjoying my li'l fishing sitting on the bank of the nearby shore, musing at the marvel of the horizon and the world beyond, and of course without the booze and the gals and that ain't no tale. Sorry to disappoint you mate but I guess real world is more of a drab and I'm not fit to weave a fancy tale. But if I can think of one, maybe I just might, lol...

I was under the impression you went out to sea for months on end

I met some pirates once in 1986 out on Ko rock west of Thailand. Machine guns the whole nine yards, lucky for us (as we were some of the first whites ever to go onto the newly opened island) we were with an ex Lieutenant Colonel of the Thailand navy who allowed them a certain clemency if they did their business elsewhere and only visited late after hours. Interesting night on the Mekong with them,still have no idea what they were saying though some of them looked through us like they wanted to kill us and said nothing at all.

Actually the boats used by most fishermen here are really small and simple types, and you can only travel no more than a kilometer away from the shore. Anything more than that, you'll end up lost and in the belly of sharks. I once heard a group of fishermem claiming that one night they had actually seen a mermaid, and they looked very serious about it. So with some other fisherfolks they set out again towards the same area every night for several days...
...it turned out that the mermaid was just a dugong or a sea cow, a sea creature never seen around here. What a spoiler 'cause by the look in their eyes I really thought they'd seen a mermaid! Buy I still remember that mermaid story sometimes and brings back some nice childlike wonder in my heart, something we adults lost somewhere along time, I guess...

Ya I remember those years you've mentioned; those were the era of pirates here in SE asia, particularly the Thais, sometimes with the Cambodians and the Vietnamese. There were many stories of pirate attacks then. You're lucky to have come out unharmed. I had some dangerous encounter here myself, on land though, like a neighbor being gun down just couple meters away from me. Good thing the killer just sped off hardly noticing me. That was the closest encounter I've had but that was just one of the many murders just right here in our neighborhood. I've also had some dealings with some dangerous fellas, powerful ones here, who went on a ruthless vigilante style killing spree, but I can't go into that without compromising my safety 'cause I've made a mistake of telling my location on some of the threads here. When I was young in Japan, I used to be a gun freak together with my best friend and our monthly fare at the US military PX here were Gun World, Guns Illustrated, and Guns magazines. When I came here, I gradually lost interest in them when I found out that they actually use them to kill people. But I don't want to put my country down too much so let me end by telling you that things have improved vastly over the years and bad guys here have turned much gentler than in the past. The main culprit is no doubt because this country is about the only country around Asia where gun ownership is legal, a hand-me-down practice I guess from the American colonizers and they used to call this country 'the wild west of asia' until the early 70's 'cause many macho guys used to openly carry guns in their holsters and used to see them as a teenager when I came here on vacation. Boy I was thrilled 'cause I hadn't shaken off the gun freak in me yet that time, lol...

[Andre]

Yo, Merry Christmas to ya all! Just been keepin' my mouth shut and staying away from trouble...thought maybe santa might pay a visit if I be good but haven't seen him yet...

So you would come across pirates out there fishing in the South China seas?

Tell us some sea fairing stories uncle Pacfan

Ahh, you mean those ol' fishermen's tales. There's a saying 'do not believe in a fisherman's tales,' you know those tales recounting the fishermen's heroic excapades on sea and nearby shore with lots of booze and gals to go with them. Nope, there are no ship waiting in the middle of the sea with many a nice women on board. There's no mermaid either, only seacows or dugongs which fishermen sometimes mistake for one. Smalltime fisherman's life is actually a bore, just cruising around the shorelines catching mostly cheap fishes. The only thing 'exciting' about it are the dangers that comes with it, like a sudden squall with a tornado like winds and rains coming out of nowhere, is the worst, and it'll give you the shivers. Naw, I guess I'm too old for those thrills now so I've turned into an armchair fisherman, letting others do the fishing for me in our fishing village here and just enjoying my li'l fishing sitting on the bank of the nearby shore, musing at the marvel of the horizon and the world beyond, and of course without the booze and the gals and that ain't no tale. Sorry to disappoint you mate but I guess real world is more of a drab and I'm not fit to weave a fancy tale. But if I can think of one, maybe I just might, lol...

I was under the impression you went out to sea for months on end

I met some pirates once in 1986 out on Ko rock west of Thailand. Machine guns the whole nine yards, lucky for us (as we were some of the first whites ever to go onto the newly opened island) we were with an ex Lieutenant Colonel of the Thailand navy who allowed them a certain clemency if they did their business elsewhere and only visited late after hours. Interesting night on the Mekong with them,still have no idea what they were saying though some of them looked through us like they wanted to kill us and said nothing at all.

Actually the boats used by most fishermen here are really small and simple types, and you can only travel no more than a kilometer away from the shore. Anything more than that, you'll end up lost and in the belly of sharks. I once heard a group of fishermem claiming that one night they had actually seen a mermaid, and they looked very serious about it. So with some other fisherfolks they set out again towards the same area every night for several days...
...it turned out that the mermaid was just a dugong or a sea cow, a sea creature never seen around here. What a spoiler 'cause by the look in their eyes I really thought they'd seen a mermaid! Buy I still remember that mermaid story sometimes and brings back some nice childlike wonder in my heart, something we adults lost somewhere along time, I guess...

Ya I remember those years you've mentioned; those were the era of pirates here in SE asia, particularly the Thais, sometimes with the Cambodians and the Vietnamese. There were many stories of pirate attacks then. You're lucky to have come out unharmed. I had some dangerous encounter here myself, on land though, like a neighbor being gun down just couple meters away from me. Good thing the killer just sped off hardly noticing me. That was the closest encounter I've had but that was just one of the many murders just right here in our neighborhood. I've also had some dealings with some dangerous fellas, powerful ones here, who went on a ruthless vigilante style killing spree, but I can't go into that without compromising my safety 'cause I've made a mistake of telling my location on some of the threads here. When I was young in Japan, I used to be a gun freak together with my best friend and our monthly fare at the US military PX here were Gun World, Guns Illustrated, and Guns magazines. When I came here, I gradually lost interest in them when I found out that they actually use them to kill people. But I don't want to put my country down too much so let me end by telling you that things have improved vastly over the years and bad guys here have turned much gentler than in the past. The main culprit is no doubt because this country is about the only country around Asia where gun ownership is legal, a hand-me-down practice I guess from the American colonizers and they used to call this country 'the wild west of asia' until the early 70's 'cause many macho guys used to openly carry guns in their holsters and used to see them as a teenager when I came here on vacation. Boy I was thrilled 'cause I hadn't shaken off the gun freak in me yet that time, lol...

So do you net or long line fish?

Have you got crayfish crabs and abalone too?

[pacfan]

Yo, Merry Christmas to ya all! Just been keepin' my mouth shut and staying away from trouble...thought maybe santa might pay a visit if I be good but haven't seen him yet...

So you would come across pirates out there fishing in the South China seas?

Tell us some sea fairing stories uncle Pacfan

Ahh, you mean those ol' fishermen's tales. There's a saying 'do not believe in a fisherman's tales,' you know those tales recounting the fishermen's heroic excapades on sea and nearby shore with lots of booze and gals to go with them. Nope, there are no ship waiting in the middle of the sea with many a nice women on board. There's no mermaid either, only seacows or dugongs which fishermen sometimes mistake for one. Smalltime fisherman's life is actually a bore, just cruising around the shorelines catching mostly cheap fishes. The only thing 'exciting' about it are the dangers that comes with it, like a sudden squall with a tornado like winds and rains coming out of nowhere, is the worst, and it'll give you the shivers. Naw, I guess I'm too old for those thrills now so I've turned into an armchair fisherman, letting others do the fishing for me in our fishing village here and just enjoying my li'l fishing sitting on the bank of the nearby shore, musing at the marvel of the horizon and the world beyond, and of course without the booze and the gals and that ain't no tale. Sorry to disappoint you mate but I guess real world is more of a drab and I'm not fit to weave a fancy tale. But if I can think of one, maybe I just might, lol...

I was under the impression you went out to sea for months on end

I met some pirates once in 1986 out on Ko rock west of Thailand. Machine guns the whole nine yards, lucky for us (as we were some of the first whites ever to go onto the newly opened island) we were with an ex Lieutenant Colonel of the Thailand navy who allowed them a certain clemency if they did their business elsewhere and only visited late after hours. Interesting night on the Mekong with them,still have no idea what they were saying though some of them looked through us like they wanted to kill us and said nothing at all.

Actually the boats used by most fishermen here are really small and simple types, and you can only travel no more than a kilometer away from the shore. Anything more than that, you'll end up lost and in the belly of sharks. I once heard a group of fishermem claiming that one night they had actually seen a mermaid, and they looked very serious about it. So with some other fisherfolks they set out again towards the same area every night for several days...
...it turned out that the mermaid was just a dugong or a sea cow, a sea creature never seen around here. What a spoiler 'cause by the look in their eyes I really thought they'd seen a mermaid! Buy I still remember that mermaid story sometimes and brings back some nice childlike wonder in my heart, something we adults lost somewhere along time, I guess...

Ya I remember those years you've mentioned; those were the era of pirates here in SE asia, particularly the Thais, sometimes with the Cambodians and the Vietnamese. There were many stories of pirate attacks then. You're lucky to have come out unharmed. I had some dangerous encounter here myself, on land though, like a neighbor being gun down just couple meters away from me. Good thing the killer just sped off hardly noticing me. That was the closest encounter I've had but that was just one of the many murders just right here in our neighborhood. I've also had some dealings with some dangerous fellas, powerful ones here, who went on a ruthless vigilante style killing spree, but I can't go into that without compromising my safety 'cause I've made a mistake of telling my location on some of the threads here. When I was young in Japan, I used to be a gun freak together with my best friend and our monthly fare at the US military PX here were Gun World, Guns Illustrated, and Guns magazines. When I came here, I gradually lost interest in them when I found out that they actually use them to kill people. But I don't want to put my country down too much so let me end by telling you that things have improved vastly over the years and bad guys here have turned much gentler than in the past. The main culprit is no doubt because this country is about the only country around Asia where gun ownership is legal, a hand-me-down practice I guess from the American colonizers and they used to call this country 'the wild west of asia' until the early 70's 'cause many macho guys used to openly carry guns in their holsters and used to see them as a teenager when I came here on vacation. Boy I was thrilled 'cause I hadn't shaken off the gun freak in me yet that time, lol...

So do you net or long line fish?

Have you got crayfish crabs and abalone too?

Fishermen here catches mostly small fishes, most of them no more than a foot long, so they usually just scoop them with nets, not like the tuna catchers down south where they use giant rods and reels to catch 'em one by one. They usually just catch fishes but if anyone wants to catch some crabs, he can go to seawalls where the crabs usually nestle themselves, or if you want clams, just ordinary ones, not abalones, you can just wait at the shore in the morning and race with the residents there to scoop up those clams that gets washed down the shore and they usually come by the hundreds or even thousands depending on the season. Haven't seen a crayfish or a lobster that much here though...