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Saw a funny reply to an American question online Q. I am only 20 years old, how do I get a bottle of wine? A. Buy a gun and hold up a liquor store

It’s quite funny, in other forums I am seeing comments like “Since the shooter once made a donation to the Democrats, shouldn’t Biden be prosecuted for calling for the assasination of an opponent only to see the poster shut down with Oh, come on. The Supreme Court just said that whatever a President does in office is perfectly legal.

Will no one spare a thought for Melania Trump? This isn't the first time, she has been disappointed by a couple of inches.

I see no reason to hide my activity here. When KS and I started this site on a lark sometime in the 1990's, he lived here and I was living in Hong Kong and visiting Thailand whenever I could. He enjoyed being the official voice of the site and I stayed in the background. Now both the site and I are US-based, so the privacy concerns are reduced. We started out an early social network called Delphi, then a free bulletin board system called IPBoard running on a server on Soi 23. IPBoard morphed somewhere along the line into a for-profit product called Invision Community. They charge $80 for support and maintenance, which isn't too bad. It costs about $25/mo for the current setup in AWS, but I have plans to move it to a cheaper and simpler hosting solution shortly. So the cost isn't a big issue. Ever the optimist, I feel like there is a viable niche for info sharing and camaraderie among farang visitors (and locals, and alumnae) to the Thai entertainment scene. I see a lot of "guest" users browsing, and a lot of search-engine queries looking for things we have online. But to convert any of those browsers into members will require, at the least, some updated content. For some time now, the centrally-controlled advertising-rich social networks like Facebook, Twitter, etc., have been stealing all the activity and eyeballs- but that industry has peaked. People are tired of being pawns in various billionaire's games. So this may leave a little room for grassroots efforts like ours going forward. Jigger

We are too old to adjust to unknown territories

Just a few random thoughts. I can't see advertising working. This site's traffic is essentially zero. Any advert would essentially be a donation from a business. If someone is prepared to donate an ad to fund the hosting, great, but otherwise I can't see any business choosing to advertise here. Nudity? No. there's plenty elsewhere for those who want it. I think the odds of attracting new users is pretty much zero. There is competition everywhere - other boards, many social media platforms etc - and this board is simply a bunch of folks keeping in touch and reliving the past. Short of an effort to attract back old members who have not frequented the board in a long time, I cannot see user numbers to this forum increasing. The net has moved in new directions and it's all social media and YouTube. I agree with Mekong. I'd happily pay a small amount for a year but $10 / month, while still a negligible amount, nah.

Gentlemen, I woke up from a lengthy depression yesterday night. Reason of which being the horror of the yellow swine probably winning the race in November. I read somewhere the Kamala is actually leading in some polls somewhere. Does not mean to much for the moment but the sun almost starts shining somehow. If only she could decide to attack the yellow swine day by day just quoting his lies and laugh about them. Make him appear as ridiculous as he really is.

I share your feelings (NOT in a gay way of course) and having lived most of my life in San Francisco, ground zero for this LBGTQAETC crap, I too am very sick of it. Here of course, we take it even further…a child of ANY age can now declare they are a different gender or no gender and do as they please, parents are even encouraged to play along, and there is a push for “gender reassignment surgery/medications” for kids of all ages. Our governor “Gayvan Screwsem” (Gavin Newsome) passed a bill that says schools can allow kids to declare a different gender, store clothes and what not, and the school cannot tell the parents I mean seriously, WTF? As na young good looking blonde kid growing up here I can tell you these homos ARE VERY predatorial and harass and stalk others, it is NOT a healthy behavior and when men do it to women it is borderline illegal. Yet, the pickle kissers seem to get away it and you better look over your shoulder in lockerooms and restrooms etc… We were in Taiwan Dang in Surin 2 years back and some toothless old fag who worked there was cruising the men’s room, it is annoying and disgusting and should come as no surprise to anyone why AIDS spreads so fast among these sick fucks… All fine and dandy for this very small minority to live as they want, but no need to “celebrate” every damned thing, no need for a flag flying at government buildings and embassies around the world etc… You cannot change your gender anymore than you can change your race, age etc, so stop forcing everyone to play along with this nonsense! You bang a dude in a skirt, you are banging a dude, gay plains simple even the psychiatric community is divided on this…no apparent physical cause so many consider it what it is, a personality disorder or “deviance from the norm” others say “oh whatever, all normal here, play along or you are the wrong one…” WTF is it these people are supposed to be so proud of anyway? Why do these people need a whole month to “celebrate” and to be “celebrated” yet veterans only get 1 day a year? Sick of the whole load of crap…but I don’t want to rant and be labeled “intolerant…”

Many a problem has been resolved or at least forgotten with a BJ 😉

Not sure if you have read about Project 2025 but it's a frightening idea. And yesterday The Donald was quoted as saying he "took a bullet for democracy" Do his supporters have any idea how the rest of the world regard them?

A father walks into a restaurant with his young son. He gives the young boy 3 x 5c coins to play with to keep him occupied. Suddenly, the boy starts choking, going blue in the face. The father realises the boy has swallowed the coins and starts slapping him on the back. The boy coughs up two of the coins, but keeps choking. Looking at his son, the father is panicking, shouting for help. A well dressed, attractive, and serious looking woman, in a blue business suit is sitting at a coffee bar reading a newspaper and sipping a cup of coffee. At the sound of the commotion, she looks up, puts her coffee cup down, neatly folds the newspaper and places it on the counter, gets up from her seat and makes her way, unhurried, across the restaurant. Reaching the boy, the woman carefully drops his pants, takes hold of the boy's testicles and starts to squeeze and twist, gently at first and then ever so firmly. After a few seconds the boy convulses violently and coughs up the last coin, which the woman deftly catches in her free hand. Releasing the boy's testicles, the woman hands the coin to the father and walks back to her seat at the coffee bar without saying a word. As soon as he is sure that his son has suffered no ill effects, the father rushes over to the woman and starts thanking her saying, "I've never seen anybody do anything like that before, it was fantastic. Are you a doctor?" "No,” the woman replied. "I work for the Australian Taxation Office."

Trump shot in the ear…usually he shoots his mouth off… 1 dead, 2 wounded, shooter killed…..more details to come…

An alleged American Comedian named Kathy Griffin made a comment about Trump and posted a picture holding up what was supposed to be his severed head. The secret service swooped in on her and she had to be interviewed by some security detail to make sure she wasn’t a real threat…now with all the Trump jokes, I wonder if they will have time..? Memes like this are funny though…

Tenacious D's Australian visit took a controversial turn this week after video emerged of one member making a controversial joke on stage at the second show of their tour. At Sydney's ICC Theatre on Sunday night, band member Kyle Gass said, "Don't miss Trump next time" when fellow member Jack Black asked if he had a birthday wish. Gass's comment was made in relation to the attempted assassination of former US president Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania over the weekend.

But Biden isn’t guilty of anything, just the other day the Republican selected Supreme Court judges ruled that an President has immunity, surely this rule also applies to Democrats as well as Republicans

Donald Trump and Joe Biden ended up at the same barber shop. As they sat there, each being worked on by a different barber, not a word was spoken. The barbers were both afraid to start a conversation, for fear that it would turn nasty. As the barbers finished their shaves in silence, the one who had Trump in his chair reached for the aftershave. But Donald was quick to stop him, jokingly saying, "No thanks. My wife, Melania, will smell that and think I've been in a brothel." The second barber turned to Joe and said, "How about you, Mr. Biden?" Joe replied, "Go right ahead, my wife, Jill, doesn't know what the inside of a brothel smells like."

As a long time member of the board, just putting it out there, is Trump really worthy of his own thread

Wouldn’t be surprised it the shooter was a MAGAt and it was all a set up

Well someone doesn't like the idea of 4 more years of The Donald Chaotic scenes erupted after an apparent assassination attempt was made on former US president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening local time. Mr Trump was taken to hospital with a bloodied ear after a shooter fired towards the stage and at rally attendees from a nearby rooftop.

Gentlemen, the possibility that this fine board would disappear for whatever reason creates enormous sadness deep within myself. Thanks to Mr Jigger for trying to keep things going although he has never been an active poster. I think it would only be fair if we pay the fees.

Most of the Bangkok forums have gone by the wayside and the few that remain have much lower traffic. Probably the only true nightlife forum with decent traffic these days is Pattaya Addicts. They'd all be in long, slow, downward trajectory which Covid really accelerated. All of this notwithstanding, I agree with what Jigger said in a previous post that there *is* demand for something different, and something potentially old school.

In to contribute too.

I’m in to contribute…

The amount of traffic on this board it would be difficult to get sponsorship and with only 4-5 regular posters you are looking at close on $100 per annum each just to have a natter. $10 per annum would be OK but not $10 per month when there are alternatives available for free. As much as I like you guys I am not going to shell out $10 per month to have an online place form3-4 old timers to chat . It would make more sense especially when free alternatives such as pro boards and Forumotion are available Maybe it would make more sense to look for alternative hosting and direct traffic to new forum home until the lease on this one expires. Just my 2 Satangs worth.

I was unaware KS had passed. RIP. Only went to a couple of gatherings, up at that Aussie bar. I'm one of those in the shadows, resident in Thailand, now over 30 years, but largely a non-participant mainly (at the time) due to work schedules. I'm aware most of the remaining folk who do keep the board alive with the occasional post are away participants; that is, not resident in Thailand. I have met a couple of you, though that was probably a lifetime ago. It would be sad to see the demise of the board, as it seems to be one of the few places on the internet these days to be able to express a view and not get shot down, however life does go on, and we're not getting any younger. I'll sit back for now and see how this thread goes, would be a pity if the board does go down, there's a lot of history in the old posts that would be lost to time. Cheers, VK

One evening a bloke was at home watching TV ams eating some peanuts He'd toss them in the air, and then catch them in his mouth In the middle of catching one, his wife asked him a question - and as he turned to answer her, a peanut fell in his ear. He tried and tried to dig it out but succeeded in only pushing it in deeper. He called his wife for assistance, and after hours of trying they became worried and decided to go to the hospital. As they were ready to go out the door, their daughter came home with her date. After being informed of the problem, their daughter's date said he could get the peanut out.. The young man told the father to sit down, then proceeded to shove two fingers up the father's nose and told him to blow hard. When the father blew, the peanut flew out of his ear. The mother and daughter jumped and yelled for joy. The young man insisted that it was nothing. Once he was gone, the mother turned to the father and said, 'That's so wonderful! Isn't he smart? What do you think he's going to be when he grows older?' The father replied, 'From the smell of his fingers, our son-in-law.

This is a Big Joke (Pun Intended) Surachate threatens to blow the whistle on police corruption and suddenly these trumped up charges against him appear out of nowhere, I hope he has the ammo to go after the prime minister, Pol Gen Kitrat, Pol Gen Torsak and retired deputy police chief Pol Gen Winai Thongsong

Still sketchy details in TV but 6 Vietnamese tourists found dead in their rooms in Grand Hyatt Erawan Unconfirmed reports of shooting, others of suspicious substances

This should be interesting Four Corners: Retribution - A two-part US election special | Starts Monday 15 July on ABC TV and ABC iview “I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution.” - Donald Trump There has never been a US president like Donald Trump, and now he’s back, this time with a detailed plan for his second coming. Nearly four years after he was cast out by voters and accused of encouraging the American people to assault their own democracy with the attack on the US Capitol, the now convicted criminal wants to rebuild the country in his own image. Ahead of the US election in November, Four Corners reporter Mark Willacy travels to Washington for the first of a special two-part series. He sits down with White House insiders who witnessed the chaos of Trump’s first term, some who continue to support his vision, and others Trump now considers “traitors”. Trump wants to reshape the pillars of American democracy and give himself more power. Willacy goes inside “Project 2025”, the blueprint for a second Trump term and the army of recruits ready to carry out his orders. Meanwhile strategy, security and defence experts warn of the impact another Trump presidency could have on America’s institutions, its democracy, and the rest of the world.

Come on Bubi, what was OH famous for passing his rulings on in the past?