Grumpy Old Men - Wet season, mobility scooters & "don't think about it" - June 16

[@marcallen9798]

I recognize you are going on hiatus soon. However, would consider using individual microphones in the future? Or is it possible to move the microphone? The difference in volume between the two of you is maddening !

[@markjones2781]

Seriously fuzzy episode gentlemen. Both audio and image. No idea why. Are you using some new software or whatever?

[@timnewtontoday]

No. Same same. Exactly the same.

[@kevinf-b5065]

@@timnewtontoday I found the picture slightly out of focus as well

[@roystevenson1375]

It's poor quality lighting.You need one of those silver photographers umbrellas

[@driedekker]

YT limit the bandwith to make you buy premium

[@WahPreua]

Exactly the same for me too. Does it matter that much? If so buy YT premium but it’s too expensive for me. Robbing bastards!

[@sgraham005]

Steve got it wrong : there is nothing south of Galveston TX but the Gulf of Mexico

[@thomas-zg7gu]

Big fan for Woody...Sleeper is awesome!

[@lindabuck2777]

2nd banana is a very special talent! Gift of gab, better at listening which is golden. In the moment with that quick dry wit is incredible really. Steve, clarify parents traveling with children. Vacationers can be dreadful because if you’re toxic at home…true travelers of a certain intelligence KNOW their children can be enriched. Yes Steve, probably not the norm lol. Having worked around resorts for years, let me just say my now 42 yr old son was well behaved 🤔😝🙏🏻

[@steverosse]

What children need, other than love and education and medicine and food and a roof over their heads, is stability. Change is never seen as a good thing by a child. No child has ever said, "Dad, I really want to be educated by a succession of international schools." No child has ever said, "Mom, I want to live in a variety of homes." Children say things like, "I want a bicycle for Christmas" or "I want to join Boy Scouts." Children never ask to go live in another country. When parents raise their children while travelling it is because their job demands it and there's no alternative, or, more often, because the parents want to travel. That's selfish as hell.

[@restlesssoles19]

I think that Steve has it wrong again...I think it is far better to travel growing up than it is to stay in one place, (especially middle America), lol. Moving around and experiencing different locations, different countries and cities actually prepares them for the changes that are coming in their lives. As we know, the only constant is change, so a child who experiences change as a child is more easily able to adjust to the changes, which gives them a definite advantage over those who never or rarely left their hometown. Not to mention, that a traveler kid grows up to be much more rounded mentally, has more street knowledge, and has better stories to tell than the ones who are fed a false sense of security that leaves them with mental issues... Maybe. 😊

[@steverosse]

Bullshit. I was in seven schools by the seventh grade, and had lived in eight homes. I saw Mexico, Thailand, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Guam before my tenth birthday. It made me unable to trust and unable to form long-lasting friendships. More street knowledge? And what does "rounded mentally" even mean? WTF Dude?

[@davevallely7129]

Most cowards dislike violent sports.

[@timnewtontoday]

So you think Steve and I are cowards?

[@steverosse]

LOL! You think you're an alpha, don't you? Here's a pro tip: Alphas don't hide behind fake names and avatars and throw shade at strangers.

[@justpapi]

Nice🤙🏽

[@5anjuro]

Sorry Steve, it was Chow Yun-fat who played the king in Jody Foster's The King and I. A very famous Hong Kong actor. Not John Lone.

[@ianbarnes9724]

Can you recommend some must read books please, I've just finished King Rat which Steve spoke about in an old KZbin interview, which got me on to it. The book was brilliant, loved it and I will definitely look up other books by James Clavell....thanks very much.

[@leighgribble3763]

New topic for your next GOM. What is it with toilet seats in Thai? I have been coming to Thai since 1975 and now married to Thai lady. We do a lot of travelling and every toilet from PTT to hotels have loose toilet seats. I try to fix as I go but often a lost cause. Do the plumbers not understand the installation or maintenance of this vital piece of equipment. Quite off puting to go to sit and have the world move under you. Please discuss GOM

[@krisgen29]

People probably say testing one, two, to check over a few seconds, how the audio is performing. So testing one, two, is a short continuous sound test. That's my theory.

[@lindabuck2777]

Worked concert security. We were the ‘lunch girls’ handing out sandwiches and drinks and relaying messages to managers of the venue. Sound man before concert doing testing decided too boring, sang a little dirty dirty to Mary had a little lamb had us rolling all over the stadium, even stars came out of their trailers lol. It was declared by all the bands all sound checks to be done that way forever more😝🙏🏻don’t know if that carried on lol-hope so!🙏🏻😎

[@williamsparks8013]

Welcome back guys. Or is it just me, your videos don’t pop up for me anymore, I have to search Tim Newton Today to find both GOM and TNT. I have been fully subscribed for “All” episodes for probably a year and a half, and this problem just started a few months ago. In fact TNT was always the 1st show to pop up once it became available. Any ideas?

[@steverosse]

No ideas, but I've noticed the same happening.

[@paulsumner5564]

So Steve, growing tobacco is also immoral?

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

That would be a conundrum for Steve, I believe. IMHO, It hurts more than it helps, other than economically, plain and simple. But *we all justify that which we patronize.* Booze and tobacco does not benefit humans - and I say this as a person who partakes in booze tho at minimal levels. We can't all grow corn.

[@steverosse]

Huh? Dude, that's not even close to what I said. Tobacco is not food and we don't put it in our gas tanks. Apples and oranges.

[@paulsumner5564]

You said growing corn which isn't used for foodstuffs was immoral! How is using the land for growing tobacco which is also a non foodstuff any different?

[@steverosse]

@@paulsumner5564 Because you can't grow tobacco in Iowa and you can't grow corn in West Virginia. That land has never been used to grow corn, at least not at the scale we grow it in Iowa. Our land is the most expensive in the US because millions of years ago the glaciers pushed great piles of fertile soil from Canada down into the center of the United States: Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, etc. Our topsoil is twelve feet deep. Corn has a six-foot taproot. West Virginia is mountainous and has comparatively shitty soil. So they grow what they can, which is mostly tobacco, but they buy their corn from Iowa.

[@paulsumner5564]

Oh, it didn't realise that it is only immoral in Iowa! However, I think this qualifies as a Steve got it wrong.

[@kwokweng76]

Another Great Sunday show Tim 🎉

[@fedupwithbs1782]

Too hot to go thailand... chinese ppl aint dummies with their money lol

[@jamie1453]

Evenings are wonderful, though. You swim and have aircon. Awesome ladies. Cheap prices. Beautiful rain. What's not to like?🤣

[@SteveWalterstheMoneyInfant]

Just want to say that Dr. Pepper is NOT root beer. Put this is Tim's wrong next week. Quite familiar as I grew up in Pennsylvania with root beer (or birch beer, which is also different), and now line in Texas, the home state of Dr. Pepper.

[@thefuturefactory56]

The next James Bond can ONLY be a British white man. All this nonsense about someone like Idris Elba, a great actor or a woman being Bond should have all those "cultural appropriation" warriors very conflicted. Ian Fleming had neither a man of colour or a woman Bond in his novels. End of story.

[@darlenebuchanan6552]

My husband and I (from Canada, moving to Bang Saray this month) thoroughly enjoy, and subscribe, to your channels gentlemen.

[@robertdixon1226]

Hat Yai finally got some rain, im so happy

[@natesquestyouknowthatsrigh8269]

Fantastic 😊❤

[@lindareimer6432]

“Sleeper” is hilarious. Do you remember the 200 year old Volkswagen he found in a cave? 😂🎉❤

[@DSandy111]

Internet says Brooke Shields was 14 in Blue Lagoon but nude scenes were done by a stunt double. "Stunt" hahaha!

[@busterreid3864]

Thanks again gentlemen. Another fun and entertaining show. Will miss you guys when you take your break.

[@david-reason]

47:20 - Steve said "I can't get it up fast enough . . . ". It's old age Steve, we are all getting there brother! Great amounts of Gump this week, thank you guys!

[@synaptec89]

By November 2016, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry had recognized a total of 118 elements. The first 94 occur naturally on Earth, and the remaining 24 are synthetic elements produced in nuclear reactions.

[@Mabinogion]

I also miss audio books. Here in Mae Sai the rainy season began four weeks ago and we have torrential rain every evening.

[@steverosse]

You know KZbin has a ton of audiobooks.

[@DecrepitGaming]

Sleeper and Zelig, two of the funniest films ever made Woody is an acquired taste

[@TheMarkhopper]

Tim, when you say ‘Hey Siri’, Siri in my phone opens up!

[@dawn5668]

Do you mean Chow Yun Fat?

[@tomw8]

I watched Buffalo Girls last week. Thanks Steve. 🙏

[@WahPreua]

Talking of Dek Wen, Tim 2 skilfully prevented Tim 1 from commenting on that motorcycle sound passing the house yesterday on the live show, which Tim 1 always annoyingly does because we’re all so stupid we don’t know what that sound is! Lol😂 well done mate. Enjoyable show with someone who talks more than you and Steve put together. Great stuff, get him back on once a month.

[@jduncan48]

Really “rambling old men” SMH

[@Heathrow75]

SMH , Sydney Morning Herald ?

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

I guess they should have stuck to the script?

[@jduncan48]

@@ScooterOnHisWay2024 there isn’t even an outline!

[@jduncan48]

SHAKING MY HEAD

[@StevenCasper]

Great show, guys. Thanks, enjoy your evening.

[@tomhorn6156]

Mai pen rai. :-) My favorite.

[@Tuckermen]

A group of Cyclists is a Peloton. Although, when they are not riding they are often referred to as a group of MAMIL's. Steve could subconsciously be a MAMIL. He is a very keen cyclist! Anyhow, please don't hate us, we love you.😇

[@steverosse]

Yeah, I don't wear Lycra, but I don't take offense at those who do. Or those who wear the clacky shoes. Buying a bicycle was the best decision I ever made. Maybe the only good one.

[@TonyFossey889]

James Bond movies would fail if a woman played the part...sorry Ladies.....

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

100% true

[@steverosse]

Why do you think that?

[@TonyFossey889]

@@steverosse because I think a lot of people are over this whole woke bullshit thing that a woman should do the role because she is a woman , James Bond was written for a Male not a female …

[@timnewtontoday]

I don’t think it’s ’woke bullshit’. It’s just an opinion that the character could evolve and, perhaps, appeal to a different audience. I think it’s got a lot to do with the actor and their ability to portray the traits of a modern spy with an attitude. Wouldn’t bother me if they were male or female. But I think Ian Fleming would be turning in his grave.

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

​@steverosse Without doing any research, I believe that most of the 007 audience is young males trying to identify with the studly Bond character, wanting to *be* him. Women movie goers have proven that they rarely support feature films just bc there is a female lead, at least to the point of making them financially successful. Perhaps a couple of exceptions.

[@Tom-Yum-Gai]

mobility trike stability? OBVIOUSLY you don't watch notime2besad. His Mom, flustered by oncoming traffic took a diagonal run at a ramp up to her place and turned it over requiring a hip replacement that's taken her about a year to recover from.

[@steverosse]

No, and nothing you've said makes me want to watch. Why should I care about his mom? My mother drove her mobility scooter straight off a foot-high curb the first month she had it. Did a face plant in the middle of the street and went to the hospital in an ambulance. Does this notime person care? No, he does not.

[@pepelemoko01]

Gloria Hendry the black bond girl in "Live and Let Die" said her first scene where Roger Moore throws her across the room, is actually a white stunt man in a white dress, black-faced and wearing a white dress. (and an afro wig)

[@Slack-0]

"STEVE GOT IT RIGHT" Brook Shields was 14 years old 😳 In Blue Lagoon

[@curbsplitter2338]

We used to say Testies one two on sound checks haha. Good morning guys.

[@anthonymaddison9588]

South of Galveston is the Gulf of Mexico

[@steverosse]

Steve Got it Wrong.

[@anthonymaddison9588]

@@steverosse I have absolutely zero interest in Thailand yet thourally enjoy your show, analyze that.

[@tw25rw]

Another thing from The Man with the Golden Gun was the 2 schoolgirls who did martial arts. When they were chatting in the car, one was speaking Thai, the other Cantonese.

[@KEMET1971]

Blue Lagoon was a 1980 Film. Brooke turned 15 in 1980.

[@wokthisway1991]

so she was probly 14 wen they filmed

And she was only 14 during the filming.

[@billmoeller8897]

Love Woody Allen movies then & now. Goldfinger for the golf game, car chase & scenery over the Furka Pass. Kids should only travel when they are old enough to go off on their own. I am 78, mai pen rai!!!

[@JohnArmstrong_]

Laos or Lao. It was explained to me while I was touring the royal residence in Luang Prabang. In truth or not, I know not. When the French took over the area, three parts of it were administered by three different Lao royal family members. So the French referred to the area in plural, Laos. My Thai companion on that trip always referred to the country as Lao. The map calls it, The Lao People's Democratic Republic Take your pick😊

[@anonymous12726]

Happy young humans

[@matthewanderson6254]

Brilliant show, gentlemen ..👍🙏❤️🇹🇭

[@pepelemoko01]

Tim, do you and Steve have a quiet coffee after the show in the dressing room, while getting your make-up taken off?

[@timnewtontoday]

Steve takes a while to remove his wig. It takes me about an hour to remove my fake wrinkles that make me look old.

[@pepelemoko01]

@@timnewtontoday You must be glad to get back to your trailers, after shooting sometimes.

[@margaretgiudice7698]

😂😂😂

[@WahPreua]

Testing one two one two is so sound engineer can control the “Tuh” sound which pr 7:04 oduces the most interference with sound Quality issues such as feedback and reverberation.

[@senianns9522]

In Ireland they have a saying: 'Never do today what you can do tomorrow'. --The Thais don't have that urgency!

[@JohnArmstrong_]

Tea: Green Tea, Black Tea and Oolong Tea are all leaves from the same plant. The difference between them is the level of oxidation. Green not oxidized Black fully oxidized Oolong partially oxidized.

[@BrandenLesko]

@42:25 "เด็กแว้น" is the term to describe the Thai motorcycle subculture. "เด็กเวร" is a term used to describe delinquent minors, which is also used as a pun to describe "เด็กแว้น" in general.

[@billg7531]

Another great program gentlemen. I totally agree that you have to separate the characters/musicians from the real person. So many times, I get disappointed in the person when I discover their backstories, but appreciate the characters they portray.

[@alchemist7182]

Woody Alan's 'Bananas' is a good old one. "Midnight in Paris' is a great newer Alan movie.

[@docentofkathu]

Ian Fleming drew a lot of/most of his inspiration for James Bond from his own life as a member of SIS/Mi6. What 'gets' a lot of people is that in the midst of James Bond he wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Recommend either Goldeneye: The Secret life of Ian Fleming or the more recent Spymaker: ..... Ian Fleming which stars Jason Connery (son of the best actor to play 007) as Fleming. For my money is on Goldeneye, stars Charles Dance and is a more serious take.

[@seanbrown2201]

Chow Yun Fat was the king in Jodie Foster film.

[@and_k5877]

A peloton of cyclists. An Exquisite Ensemble of Spandex and Lycra.

[@mikekelly3932]

The two Tim’s did hit the show out of the Park yesterday.I thought Tim meet his match with you Steve maybe not.555

[@driedekker]

Woody Allen aways been rubish films for me.

[@Whatasale]

Tim....I had a Lotus Elan...great car!

[@KEMET1971]

Interesting how some so called "monsters" are given a pass by some while the same individual will vilify another. The psychology behind that choice would be an enlightening examination.

[@nongwuaso9639]

Nice shirts especially Steve’s

[@steverosse]

Thank you. A gift from Gordon. Hundred percent silk.

[@jesseinasia]

They say "testing 1, 2" so they have a consistent, baseline sound which they've heard a million times. Quickest way to know if everything is ok.

[@JoseC888888]

Tim, I could read your mind on minute 8:25 😂😂😂😂 I totally agree with you 👍

[@class58]

Jasmine tea: "I was dreaming of a steel guitar engagement When you drunk my health in scented jasmine tea But you knifed me in my dirty filthy basement With that jaded, faded, junky nurse Oh what pleasant company..."

[@williamhartz8707]

I have to admit, that shirt looks stunning on Steve. I want one.

[@steverosse]

Right? Apparently appearing on Tim's channel gets you free shirts. Silk shirts, from Jim Thompson.

[@Sweetlyfe]

I used to love Woody Allen’s films he is a brilliant filmmaker, I have also had a very long crush on Diane Keaton, and she is a great actress too.

[@anonymous12726]

Steve has Tim's Goldfinger...It is okay Steve...(Pats him on the back), you are worthy of being loved

[@ralphlewis6773]

New Bond Movie. Meet somewhere in the middle. Cast a Ladyboy. Also, Tim got it wrong. Dr Pepper is not a Root Beer.

[@Sweetlyfe]

I haven’t watched you two together before, I am definitely going to watch you both again.

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

They have an archive of 60+ videos here if you want to review past "Grumpy Old Men" conversations.

[@richardevans3801]

I always lean something from you two comedians. I drove across the Nullarbor many years ago, and I thought it was an aboriginal name . Not nul arbour.

[@indochinapatriot435]

This comes from the union sound department I feature film…. The story goes w don’t say 3 Is that tradition dictates one would be required to lift on3. ❤️🙏🇺🇸🇹🇭

[@ThePinkCanary]

I subscribe to Robin Wong's photography channel from Kuala Lumpur and he runs the words together so it sounds like Klumpa. Interesting? Probably not. There's a town in England called Loughborough, (pronounced Luffburra), and a story, (probably apocryphal), that a visiting Australian asked for directions to Loogabarooga.

[@MrCHAI33]

Agree with both ❤

[@cruisingthethaiway6881]

I love Steve's stand on ethanol from corn because, as a certified master technician, it's bad shit to put in your tank.

[@brettborder]

“Sleeper” is the Woody Allen movie you’re thinking about

[@allanbeesey1006]

Thanks guys, a good rant. Laos is Laos, BTW, because it is anglicized like so many countries so that is what it is called. But as a Thai speaker I often call it by its real name Lao. No words in Thai or Lao end in s. Thai/Lao people do not - cannot - pronounce s on the end of the word, so Lao people cannot pronounce Laos.

[@davidglass8751]

Educational info here. Hopefully accurate. Most starvation is due to political unrest whether it be governments controlling access, contributing to the value of the money or expense of food. Availability from sources have very little to do with starvation. This is verified by several organizations like World Food Programme. Example: Sudan, Palestine, Iran, Senegal, Ukraine, Bangladesh and Yemen. Practically all war or political related.

[@Sweetlyfe]

Testing 1, 2 is about the sound it makes, so that the sound engineers can get the levels right.

[@timnewtontoday]

But why THAT phrase and usually in English?

[@Sweetlyfe]

@@timnewtontodayI think it’s about the s’s and T’s , I’m no sound engineer but a lowly performer, I didn’t know that in Thailand they used English. I should look it up, rather than sounding like I know what I’m talking about. But I was a melbournian, I’m in central vic now in the bush. I caught a glady from Dame Edna at the Palais.

[@iainturner7545]

On the Bond theme - Cary Grant was offered the role for Dr. No plus 2 more, but could only commit to one film , so Sean got the role. Ursula was offered the part, and asked ‘Who’s playing Bond?’ When told, she said ‘Who?’ The rest is history.

[@user-uc6yi4ht3t]

Some backstory on the discussion of The Man With The Golden Gun. I was a SGT in the US Army serving with the Military Police in Bangkok when the movie was filmed in 1974. The chase scene started at the Chok Chai building on the corner of Sukhumvit Road and Soi 26. The Chok Chai advertised itself as the tallest building in Bangkok then. The Chok Chai was the location for numerous US military organizations. It also housed the 500th Military Intelligence Group and displayed a roof covered in long-range radio antennas. Several agents assigned to the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) participated as local drivers in parts of the road race through Bangkok. The Thai police officer who handcuffed the sheriff was a Thai police officer who worked/liaised with the CID. In November 1974, I watched the movie in a Fayetteville, North Carolina theater and recognized the Thai police officer. In 1982, I was in the USAF on temporary duty in Thailand. I was in the US Embassy and met with the DEA. The Thai police officer from the movie was then working with them. We recognized one another, and I remarked that it looked like his movie career hadn’t worked out he didn’t think my Army career was looking too good either.

[@Davrosss]

Thanks Tim, thanks Steve, great show as always , love Steve’s shirt 👌.. my wife tells me every day.. not think to much darling .. but after a year here in surin my chronic hypertension has just mysteriously disappeared 💯✌️❤️

[@juliegreentree1773]

Steve is Right Brooke 14 when made movie ❤

[@mangostickyrice555]

Thumbs up 👍 Grumpy old Men

[@videogenie1236]

Siri got it wrong, and Steve got right. "Brook Shields was 14 years old in the Blue Lagoon movie, which released on the 18th December 1980 when she was 15 years old. Brook Sheila's was born on 31st May 1965", Alexa said

[@steveone]

The Blue Lagoon 1980 . Brooke Shields 1965 .

[@coryjackson3131]

Steve , Sleeper is the Woody Allen movie where he wakes up in the future.

[@russellgunther]

Good observation Steve. Food inequality is a big issue in the world. There is more than enough grain produced to feed the world. People starve as grain turned is turned into fuel for cars or a relatively small amount of chicken or beef protein for rich nations. A lot of sugar cane is grown to produce ethanol instead of food crops.

[@micklong8867]

DONNA AND I LOVE GRUMPY OLD MEN ❤CHEERS 🥂 LOVE ALL THE VIDEOS I'M IN FOR THE DRAG RACE 😊

[@Wilko11]

Brooke Shields was 14 and Christopher Atkins 18 when Blue Lagoon was made in Fiji in 1980. A body double was used for Brooke's nude scenes. I went to that island (Yasawa I Rara) on a Soviet Russian cruise ship in 1984 sailing out of Sydney. Strange cruise, most of the crew were Russian and didn't really interact or socialise with the passengers, and few spoke any English. The movie Castaway with Tom Hanks was filmed on Modriki Island Fiji, 100km from where Blue Lagoon was filmed.

[@tomofnorthcal]

Never a female Bond… You already have a bunch of female spy characters.

[@steverosse]

And even more male characters, so no more of them?

[@murraysandilands640]

Brooke Shields was 14 years old in Blue Lagoon. She had a 34 year old stunt double for the nude scenes.

[@vikramoberoi6042]

Steve got it right! Showing results for what age was brooke shields in blue lagoon 14 years of age Shields was 14 years of age when she appeared in the film. All of her nude scenes were performed by the film's 32-year-old stunt coordinator, Kathy Troutt.

[@sharonwemyss]

Hahaha, right hand turn in Bangkok leads you directly to Phuket 😅 There are a number of movies that show the ability to time travel in Australia too. Apparently, you can get off a plane in Sydney, and a couple of hours drive will get you will arrive at Uluru (Ayres Rock) 😅😅😅

[@GarNelson1]

Mr Egg, over on his Le Pub Pattaya channel recently did a video on the power of doing nothing as a philosophy over here. I can see the merits of the don't be too serious philosophy, but it's not easy. I keep working on it, but I'm not there yet. I had 56 years of things being so f-ing serious, and only 14 years of 'mai pen rai'. I expect I'll keep getting better at it, and I do think my stress level and life, in general, is better for it, but it is still a work in progress.

[@al.abroad]

There is a golf course along the Nullarbor that is approximately 1365 kms long. 18 hole par 72.

[@natk426]

I like the Thai's advice on "don't think too much" - just like 'let it go' in Frozen movie. You can walk away with no concern or worry about things.

[@timnewtontoday]

It’s worked for Catholics for centuries.

[@Aslowfade]

People forget that the Rainy Season has not as yet been posted in the Royal Gazette, until then it's not going to rain . 🤣

[@steverosse]

Now that's funny. Kudos.

[@crazyg74]

Cactus beach is at the Adelaide end of the Nullarbor. Home to some of the world's finest waves, biggest White sharks and most territorial locals!

[@timnewtontoday]

I’d fit right in

[@gordontickle1673]

She was 11yo in Pretty Baby (Google) LOL