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I was in Asda with the missus and put a box of Stella in the trolley. “What do you think you are doing”? Asks the missus. I reply “its on offer £10 for 24 cans” “put them back we can’t afford it“ she said. A few aisles on she picks up a £20 jar of face cream and put it in the trolley. “What you doing”? I said. “it makes my face look beautiful” she replied. So I said, “so does 24 cans of Stella and its half the fucking price”.

The only members I did ever physically meet were the Stickman and Khunsanuk. Although there were quite a few during a dinner at the place in Soi 5 and the serverparty, can´t remember who was present. The reason why these old style forums were a real treasure is that nowadays on Facebook etc anybody can post any shite he thinks is important, there is no resposibility like on a somewhat closed community. Therefore I am grateful to have been able to participate, just thinking how much time I spent here.

Fuck me, a result after Nine years, and I thought my two year battle with my ex was long winded Top Result well done👍

A happy ending to this theft. My lawyer found this individual and notified his boss of this transgression. Following this he refunded me in full plus interest.

So we were having breakfast a few days back and in come these 2 American girls, good looking I guess, for white chicks. They were seated at the table touching ours and said hello etc…then they started… ‘…Thai guys keep hitting on me and staring at me, it makes me UN comfortable…” Could it be that when you bend over, I can see full tit,nipples included? Has she a clue..? Or is it her right to display her boobs and no one should look? They were staying up by KSR, had the big but empty back packs, down this way to check out the shopping and a tattoo shop because they want to get “traditional Buddhist tattoos called “SKY Yants or something” (their mispronounced and exact words)…” They were slightly annoyed that the wait staff at the restaurant did not fully understand English as fast as they spoke it “…you’d think they’d brush up a bit if they want tourist business …” Back to the tattoo shop, apparently, there is a shop on Soi 4 that does the sacred “SKY Yants.” I informed them there was a temple outside of Bangkok, Wat Bang Phra, maybe an hour or so by car that does them the true traditional way and maybe they should check it out if they want the real deal… they informed me that this shop has an “Ajarn (they pronounced the J hard)” I asked if they knew what an Ajarn was and they informed me “…it is a Buddhist holy man…” at this point my head was ready to explode… they informed me they had read up on this on instagram the internet etc…and had a bit of that 20+ year old “enlightened know it all” aire about them…it was clear they were “…intelligent independent strong women…” so yeah… Now You have to really appreciate these types, they travel thousands of miles to experience the real Tghailand and have a deep experience by hanging around an area known as a farang/backpacker ghetto, partying with other farang, going to a full moon party (these 2 had that planned as well) were asking for advise, but weren’t going to take it. They were going to have a deep spiritual experience by getting tattoos at 11pm in a tattoo shop located in a red light zone full of the types of people they resent/hate (they couldn’t stand “…all these miserable old men with girls half their age…” then in a few weeks, go back to the USA or UK or Where ever and wear their Elephant print pants telling everyone how connected they are to “the real Thailand…” Never liked these types, and the older I get the more I dislike them yet find them amusing…. All I can really say is “Damned kids..!” Or “…These kids today…” I must be getting old…

Agree 100% I have 2 sons who I guarantee have relied on the internet for all their knowledge/information from the time they left school. The most dangerous types on the net IMO are the "Influences" whatever that is. And most of them are probably narcissists. I recently asked the younger one his thoughts on Andrew Tate. To my surprise he thought he was a great guy. I explained to him the guy was a misogynistic pig to which he expressed his disagreement. Moment of concern for me as a parent considering the way we brought him up. Zuckerberg is a despicable human being.

It must be over 10 years since I have socialised around Farang tourist or KSR types, so I can’t comment on the current generation but it sounds like I have dodged the bullet on this one. The internet is supposed to make people more intelligent,,where as in fact in it has made people stupider. An idiot post an opinion online, someone buys it hook line and sinker and posts something even stupider and the downward spiral continues. And I can bet you a pound to a pinch of shit that they are not getting their info from travel websites and other knowledgeable places, oh no they go to the font of all knowledge Facebook, Instagram and Twitter claiming “it is true, I read it on the interweb thingy”

I don’t think he would be that stupid. As I said previously he was the stooge / fall guy. Any drugs dealing hand will sacrifice the lower players in order to remain at liberty and continue in business. The heat was on, Police knew what was happening and wanted a name so they gave him the farang with enough drugs on him to make it look like a major bust for the police but not make a dent in the cartels business. Many international Smugglers are grassed up by the people they are carrying for. Load a fall guy up with say 1kg of Coke inform the airport they have a bust, meanwhile whilst customs are happy the real mule is strolling right through with 10kg of Coke

An old but goody

May I suggest we agree on Thong Low

We enjoyed your posts and I for one, am looking forward to more, even non monger, daily observations, as befit, gentlemen of our outlook

I’ve settled down, calmed down as well I suppose…I left for awhile as I needed a break from 1-2 guys who annoyed me with their constant crap and what were, basically, outright lies and misrepresentations…blocked some and some left… As for the younger crowd, they know it all and do what they want…show off, throw money around and have basically ruined a lot of the scene… Same bunch that screwed up Thailand are now screwing up Cambodia and eventually I suppose the PI as well… You could actually see it with some of the guys who used to post here, all the arguments about sending money and supporting bar girls, tipping, over tipping etc…with some, there was/is no respect for the established game, standard rates and practices etc…everybody just wanted to play by their own rules…that never really works well in the long run…

Neither do I

Would love to have heard the conversation with the police officer conducted in pigeon English “I pay bar, she promise boom boom mai me condom but she not do!” “Yes This velly serious na, I go arresting she and take she go jail”

Hi, This is such a disgrace. The people have made it bloody clear who they want to lead the country, yet none of that matters as 250 (mostly) old guys have the power to decide. And why abstain? It has the exact same outcome as voting 'No'. I also fail to see why people are so hung up on the 112 issue. I though the proposed changes were very reasonable, certainly nothing drastic that would 'undermine and dismantle the monarchy'. Sanuk!

An exercise for people who are out of shape: Begin with a 2 kg potato bag in each hand. Extend your arms straight out from your sides, hold them there for a full minute, and then relax. After a few weeks, move up to a 5 kg potato bags. Then try 25 kg potato bags, and eventually try to get to where you can lift a 50 kg potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. This is the level I am right now. Once you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag.

Not worthy of the RIP thread.

Each generation is, I suppose, different, yet the same. Yes, we were “know it alls” but know it alls relative to certain limits. Many of us sought out the true places early on, and did maybe know a thing or 2 WHEN WE WERE FINISHED, and may have been a bit “twatish” about it at times. These kids just know, because they read something someone like them wrote on line. The “Spiritual tattoo experience” has apparently become so jacked up that Wat Ban Phra has now become a farang ink seeking KSR type of scene, so much so that Thais who really believe in this stuff cannot get in. Basically another thing ruined. One “old well known punter” had a good take on it, he basically said todays traveler is most likely a 1 time tourist, he or she will only be here once and will leave their mark, unknowingly, in a bad way. He, and others, maybe including myself, think the current crop of KSR douche bags are much worse than years back, they simply don’t really give a shit about what they claim to seek. They are here to party with other farang, hook up with other farangs, eat shitty over priced street food and banana pancakes thinking it is “real Thai food…” and just generally being annoying. I occasionally run into them at the temples in the San Francisco area, Berkeley being the worst, and they always, as Bust said, want to pontificate their knowledge, even going as far as to correct Thais about their own culture…127 style… A few years back, pre wife and covid, a group of us, the old board guard as it were, were out in our usual haunt on Soi Cowboy, in came a group of kids from KSR and proceeded to be douche bags, this group was mostly British. You could see 1-2 of the guys liked what they saw, the others maybe just hid it better, the girls in the group had real attitudes. Suadam (RIP) and I struck up a conversation with them when they started asking us all kinds of questions. One of the girls had the audacity to ask “…how can you exploit these poor girls like this..?” I asked “do you want to fuck? “ she of course said no (obviously a lesbo) so I said “…Jeab, you’re up honey…” and left. Suadfam continued to annoy them a bit more…

He's a Narcissistic Megalomaniac who see himself grandiosely and in a state of impunity. He'd fit right in to a Sovereign State 😃 You could probably also include him in The Dark Triad category

The “very stable genius,” like most people, does not understand the Israel/Palestinian conflict and the role of “sub contractors” such as Hamas, Hezbollah etc…NO ONE DOES!! Not even the Israelis or the Palestinians. All they understand is their hatred for one another and their desire to kill each other… I say let them kill each other and we will move on with the result. The problem is, too many outsiders trying to influence the outcome…

Peak Bangkok for me was ‘97 and the SE Asia Crash through to about 2002. It was around 2002 when I decided I had had enough of living in “Farang Ghetto” and moved out, but not too far, and found a life away from the nightlife scene. I suppose as we grow older we want more variety in life, I don’t regret the hard years I did around the nightlife scene, but today I don’t miss it

And we dine again on the 9Kg Snapper I caught, Oysters, Prawns, Som Tam, Tom Yam Fish-head and Chicken with herb du jour soup. + noodles and lettuce wrappers for putting the bits in, hand rolls. Great way to start the year.

Oppenheimer [2023] Based on the book American Prometheus, the story of scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his role in the development of the American atomic bomb. A phenomenal movie with a huge cast is a long and detailed account of events leading to Los Alamos, Japan and the later US communist security hearings. Mesmerizes from start to end.

That email speculations that Thaksin might not be popular with expats due to his policies possibly increasing the ST price in Soi Cowboy was a stone cold classic

Roger the ripped kangaroo, who sprang to fame when he crushed a metal bucket between his paws with a physique that's made many humans jealous, has died at a Northern Territory sanctuary. The much-loved alpha kangaroo had millions of fans when he died from natural causes aged 12 at The Kangaroo Sanctuary in Alice Springs. "We have lost our beautiful boy," owner Chris Barns said. "He lived a lovely long life and was loved by millions around the world." "He's passed away very peacefully under his favorite witchetty bush where he liked to sleep to get out of the hot sun. It's a beautiful shady tree and we found him underneath that tree."

Far too many seem to think the bar scene IS Thailand in an absolute. As for the Africans, the women don’t bother me, some are even attractive. The men with their loud bullshit can be annoying, but usually keep themselves. Last trip I did notice Africans in in many cases Indians were still not welcome in many places…

An Arab family was considering putting their grandfather (Abdullah) in a nursing home. All the Arab facilities were completely full, so they had to put him in an Italian home. After a few weeks in the Italian facility, they came to visit Grandpa. How do you like it here?" asked the grandson. "It's wonderful! Everyone here is so courteous and respectful," said grandpa. "We're so happy for you. We were worried that this was the wrong place for you since you are a little different from everyone." "Oh, no! Let me tell you about how wonderfully they treat the residents," Abdullah said with a big smile. There's a musician here - he's 85 years old. He hasn't played the violin in 20 years and everyone still calls him Maestro! There is a judge in here - he's 95 years old. He hasn't been on the bench in 30 years and everyone still calls him Your Honor! There's a dentist here - 90 years old. He hasn't fixed a tooth for 25 years, and everyone still calls him Doctor! And Me - I haven't had sex for 35 years, and everyone still calls me The Fucking Arab!

From now on it goes on here Diary - Logbook - very personal

A new species of beautifully colored crab has been discovered in Thong Pha Phum in Kanchanaburi province by a 48-year-old local farmer Jirapan Khankaew He was delighted when he found these stunning crabs in his rubber plantation. The new crab species is to be officially registered through academic channels. Jirapan, resident of Ban Khanun Kli 1, Tha Khanun sub district, Thong Pha Phum district, Kanchanaburi province, shared the beauty of this new crab species on social media platforms such as Facebook and TikTok. He expressed his excitement and happiness after being informed by the district fisheries department on August 10 that the four crabs he had sent to the Kanchanaburi Freshwater Fisheries Research and Development Center for inspection since June 21 were indeed a new species of freshwater crab. The newly discovered crab species is characterized by its purple coloration of the carapace, with orange-yellow legs and pincers. The crabs that Jirapan sent belong to the genus Thaiphusa. The District Fisheries Department is in the process of preparing academic documentation for publication in a scientific journal. Once this is published, the research center will be notified and further action will be taken. More... Can Eat?

Hi, Of course. There was never any chance for Pita to win As you said "The Dinosaurs just cannot let go." Sanuk!

Stable lodge Soi 8, close to Nana and Soi Cowboy, MRT and BTS stops near by. Reasonable rates, decent breakfast and a nice pool. contact me on the other channel for more info on the area, a lot has changed.

Boston Strangler [2023] Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who first connected the murders and broke the story of the Boston Strangler. She and Jean Cole challenged the sexism of the early 1960s to report on the city's most notorious serial killer. Drearily slow, a good lead, keeps it together.

1997 the Great Tom Yam Kung Crisis oh happy days. 25 years ago now, where the hell does time go to. Those days will never return.

A lot of folks can't understand how the US came to have an oil shortage. Well, there's a very simple answer. Nobody bothered to check the oil. We just didn't know we were getting low. The reason for that is purely geographical. Our OIL is located in: - Alaska - California - Coastal Florida - Coastal Louisiana - Kansas - Oklahoma - Pennsylvania - and Texas. Our DIPSTICKS are located in Washington,DC.