Old Hippie

On 11/12/2023 at 11:13 AM, bust said:

The Brits have a history of leaving minority groups high and dry

SAME FOR THE USA…Laos and the Hmong are perfect examples…

22 hours ago, bust said:

And an estimated 30 per cent of the 270 million sub-munitions dropped didn't detonate.

“UXOs
or unexploded ordinance is still a big problem in LAOS…

On 3/26/2024 at 6:09 PM, bust said:

Trump/Carlson would be more embarrassing 😳

Carlson??

Anyone remember that right wing stroke job who used to post here…ROGUEYAM I THINK WAS HIS NAME, GOT KICKED OFF FINNALLY FOR BEING A TROLL Sorry, hit cap lock, too lazy to change…anyway, he was your typical head up the ass American who would have loved trump…I really am embarrassed that the best we can do is trump Biden….

Mark “Suckaturd” is a hated man around these parts and increasingly more so. Every day and damned near everywhere he goes.  

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…

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…

I will enlighten the world with a post on this topic…not sure what forum to post it in as it covers many areas…

On 10/18/2023 at 7:40 AM, Mekong said:

Sad really,

Sort of reminds me of when Peter relocated Woodstocks from NEP to Thong Lor 13, not the same. Not sure how Bourbon Street is fairing down Ekkamai but I assume it has suffered a similar fate.

 

 

Bourbon Street was doing ok a few years ago when we went for Thanksgiving…lacked the feel of the old place…

9 hours ago, Mekong said:

No time is enough time…

It can happen anytime or anywhere…

KSR is OK for a once off visit now and again, great place for “People Watching” but I prefer Thanon Rambutri which runs parallel with KSR , there was a place there did Kung Yang to die for. Ramnutri also extends the other side of Chakrabongse Road (KSR Police Station End) and some very relaxing chilled out places on that side.

That is the real problem…over the years, I’ve racked up an impressive body count, as any respectable punter will. I blessed my game far an wide around the globe…I have run into the passed in many areas, I’d never expect…Las Vegas, Thai temple in the SF Bay Area, hospital worker in Bangkok…it never seems to end, there really is no distance too far or any time long enough, and Bust is correct, Thai girls never forget…

KSR, or the area near there does have some decent places, it is just the douche bag youngster crowd on KSR that tweets me at times…more on them later…

Well there is that side of the coin as well then….

Basically, my wife does not know Bangkok, and having figured, wrongly apparently, that enough time had passed since my last forey  into this neck of the shire, all would be good. She also expressed interest in seeing the area as she had seen it on YouTube…sadly, or worsely, she has also expressed interest in seeing Khao Saran Road…Stayed out by On Nut before, cheaper and a bit nicer, we usually don’t stay in this area, but last minute embassy business etc…

So we, Mrs. Hippie and I were walking down the street yesterday and in the general area between Soi 7 and 7/1, some girl, who I may or may not know/have known long ago, perks up smiles and starts towards us, I shook my head and waived her off with my hand. Mrs. Hippie noticed the girl’s actions and asked if I knew her I said “…no, don’t think so…” she said “…maybe you know her from before..?” I said “…maybe, but I don’t recognize met, maybe she’s just looking for a customer…who knows?” That was the end of it. But seriously, it was obvious I was with my wife or another woman, so why make trouble, just be quiet and move along, no need to spark attention…serious lack of professionalism with these girls these days…

I recently saw an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s show where he was in Japan. He was sitting down with 2 big players in the BDSM scene there. At one point, he just. Burst out and said “…I totally do not get the porn in this country…”

BB, 

I had similar issues. On the advice of a stranger on the internet, I contacted a service in  Pattaya that helped me open a bank account as well as obtain a driver’s license. The fees were, to me, reasonable, and saved a lot of time. Do a google for Mot’s services and see what they say. The fees are posted and there was no hidden Bullshit, everything up front. Mot’s partner is a Brit, very good guy as well. 

2 minutes ago, bust said:

That's a special kind of stupid only found in one place.

I thought we fucked up with Regan, then bush, then bush 2…but yeah…WTF..? This ass clown is actually leading in the polls…very scary…and the best the other side has to counter is a different kind of fuck wit…

11 hours ago, Mekong said:

Your average Brit is stupider than you first thought

But would they vote for Trump…twice..?

19 hours ago, Mekong said:

She is of Indian heritage, if a Brit was to refer to her as a Dothead a Paki Bastard or a Black Cunt you can bet your bottom dollar she would be the first to complain. You can’t have it both ways.

Its about bloody tie too, every race, religion, creed and sexually seems to be protected by various xxxIsm laws except Hetro White Male.

MoBO Music of Black Origin, try having for white it’s racist 

Black Police Federation, try having a White one

Black Businessman of the Year.  …   See Police

Black History Month   Why?

Women in Engineering, Having awards for Men is Sexist

Pride Month Trans Rights and so on, where is my Hetro Month, where are my Hetro rights

 

100% agree with you! Same in the states! You/we as hetero sexual white men have no claim when it happens to us. If we do complain, the complaint is somehow dismissed as “different.”  Yet, those protected people will keep saying “…wait until it happens to you..!” We point out it just did and they tell us “…it’s different when we do it…” or “…now you know how it feels…” as if that dismisses it. I tell these people “…if you want to really know about discrimination, don’t drag up what happened years ago, just try being a middle aged heterosexual white man in San Francisco, everybody is against you…”  Frankly I find it all amusing, and I think when the line gets pushed too far, there is some backlash, which does happen from time to time and when it does, these protected groups get the slap they deserve. 

7 hours ago, Mekong said:

In other words the Pinoys speak better English and can land more punters   …. Thai LB’s have their noses out of joint, as for giving Ladyboys of Bangkok a bad name, could it possibly be any worse.

What is the collective noun for Ladyboys

Bevy of Lady’s

Troop of Men

Dudes of illusion..? Frankly, I can’t stand them, find them repulsive, Known pick pockets and rip off artists…anyone that delusional and crazy enough to start hacking their junk off should not be trusted…

 

 

 

 

7 hours ago, Mekong said:

You must be having a good time if you have missed this one, been headline news on TV for the past week it seems now.

Phuket officials want beach bully’s visa revoked 

Link

Hundreds rally on beach against Swiss man who allegedly kicked doctor

Link 2

 

i watch quite a bit of Thai News on TV or should I say the wife does and I understand about 20% of it and the Mrs fills in the rest, I mainly look at the picture 555

Yes, did see that. 

44 minutes ago, Mekong said:

Pork Swords at Six Paces

After recent happenings in Phuket I am surprised there have not been Candlelit vigils held by Anthem singing, placard waving Thais demanding the cancellation of visas and deportation of the Pinoys 

Some here are calling for the deportation of these people. Interesting enough, some news outlets are referring to the Thais as “lady Boys” and using “Filipino” (term for male) as opposed to “Filipina” for the Pinoys who think they are Pinays…

     For clarification purposes, the incident took place on Soi 11/1 where it sort of curves onto Soi 11. Small hotel next to Citin Sukhumvit 11. The news media was camping out there when we walked by today after lunch. My wife talked to a few of the Thai LBs and they claim the PINOYS have been a pain in the ass lately, causing problems and scamming stealing business etc and generally giving the Lady boys of Bangkok and Thailand in general, a bad name. One Lady Boy explained “…they can stay home and do that, they don’t need to come here…”   It is now an international story! Hamas,  Ukraine, U.S. Election crap…UK elections…Pakistan…and this…

Saw a lot of different police uniforms last night walking around, The guys with the Blue jump suits and black berets, usual Brown, black and some guys sporting IDS 5 on their jackets…had to over 100 in total.  What happened in Phuket?

Of course the Filipinos will put their spin on it…not take any responsibility for what happened, it is their right to be there etc…typical…

In talking to a few people today, The story is, a Thai LB got jumped by a group of FilipinO LBs and robbed the Thai LB. So the Thai LB went and got their (gender neutral pronoun) and rallied the LB troupes to go sort it out old school. Just a note here, you have a bunch of guys here who have issues…you add  women’s hormones and well…you get what you get…like this… 

Just returned from Dinner, large police and media presence along   Soi 5 and 15.   Saw many different police uniforms, some of which I have not seen before.  Some VIP was walking along being interviewed and I will assume the incident may not yet be completely over.  Not sure which hotel was involved.

Tried to use my Bangkok Bank ATM card and was told it isn‘T working and to contact the bank. Given the holiday, the bank is closed until tomorrow…have enough cash and can use my American ATM cards and pay the fee, but that defeats the purpose of having the Bangkok Bank ATM card…pisses me off… THEN, I tried to move money around on one of my USA accounts, and online access is denied…never was before, again, pisses me off…ok, vent over, off to install a TV at my mother in laws…cheap here! 

14 hours ago, buffalo_bill said:

I am sure Trump´s brainpower is far too limited to understand the Palestina-Situation. He as usual has done something that he classified as the move of a political genius.

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…

4 hours ago, bust said:

Curious to read your review 👃

I’ll get to it when I return to the USA. In Thailand now and can’t be bothered with USA bullshit and tRUMP…