The Grumpy Expat Forum

There's nothing wrong with small ones, of course, but do we have any big bike enthusiasts? Anyone who enjoys the sound of a big engine, the feel of the breeze and freedom of two big wheels and some power from the engine? Anyone who knows where to get a big bike serviced by someone older than 15 who doesn't have a stupid grin on his face as he picks up a hammer and screwdriver. Anyone ...

After disapointing start am feeling more confident about our game against the old enemy,Have fixed the England flags up on my car and will be off to circle the town before finishing off at the Ram pub, There i will enjoy Arthurs lovely fish and chips and hopefully see a good satisfying game It would be great to see more support at The Ram for this game,May the best team win, Cheers Keith,

Hi All do not know if anyone plays here, i am looking to start a team of players, theres a game called Pets in which you buy and sell Profiles, should you have a look and are interested send us a message, its a good game and you meet a lot of different people from different cultures.

Police to take actions against football hooligans

Police are reviewing video footage of the bloody clash between football fans at Supachalasai Stadium so it can bring the hooligans to justice.

Muang Thong United and Thai Port were playing for the King's Trophy on Saturday.

Many spectators were hurt in the melee and five of them have already lodged complaints with police.

"The victims have received minor injuries," Colonel Paisan Leusomboon, superintendent of Pathum Wan Police ...

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At least one English team will make it into the semi-finals of the Champions League -and at least one team will go out. If all goes well for the English teams, three out of the four teams in the semi-finals could be English. Who do you think will win?

Champions League quarter-final draw

Villarreal v A.rsenal

Manchester United v Porto

Liverpool v Chelsea

Barcelona v Bayern Munich

Ties to be played on 7th/8th April ...

Thought I might as well!
Fixtures out - see website for details!

Well as some of you know it's David v's Goliath tonight, yes my ever inconsistent Spurs play the mighty Man Utd in the final of The Carling Cup. I shall be at the S&C bar to watch it tonight, and the deal is, if you wear either a Man U, or a Tottenham shirt, then you will be entered into the draw for free drinks.

So yesterday myself and Mrs Noodles, went to a couple ...

The Thailand Veterans Athletics Association will be holding its annual athletics championships on the weekend of 7-8 March 2009. The location of these annual meets is rotated around different regions of the country. This year Korat has the honour of hosting the championships. The meeting will be held at the stadium that was built for the 2007 SEA Games - His Majesty The King’s 80th Anniversary Stadium.

For those not familiar with the term ‘veterans’ ...

Hi all,

It's Saturday and have a very serious problem. I don’t understand English as spoken by football fans and football commentators.

There are many things I don’t understand about their 'football-speak' but here’s something that really made my head spin today.

A nice one-two and then a 'cheeky' finish to secure the game.

What the Dickens is a cheeky finish? How would you translate that into real English?

Thanks in advance for you help. ...

Super Bowl XLIII - Arizona v Pittsburgh

Steeler won 27 to 23.

Here's a news reports from the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_s ... 860759.stm