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I always get a laugh from this and like to revisit this time of year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg

I go with a retirement visa based on income. Other than a trip to BKK it's pretty easy. US embassy issues the letter based upon your word, I don't want too much money here in Thailand and am getting good returns in the states. Friends who go with the marriage visa are reporting Hua Hin is getting tougher. A good friend who has been here 20+ years, at least 15 on a marriage visa had to produce his two sons, ages 12 and 8, to immigration this year. He has never had to do that in the past

Learned Hand, a very influential judge in America once said "Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. There is not even a patriotic duty to increase one's taxes. public duty to pay more than the law demands." And thank goodness for that, it's made me a good living doing the "arranging"!!

Ouch! I wince just looking at that pic

I've never been to NZ but the pictures of the brothel workers here, other places I've seen, and a documentary I once watched, well I truly wondered why most all of them didn't starve. Or is the average Kiwi male in need of optical enhancement..........

She does look kinda hot........

With a face like that, irregardless of color, she had to do something to gain her 3 minutes of fame and be called a "model"

Should have called it colloidal blue then

Vegas has been changing a lot over the last number of years. Corporate run. It used to be if you could control your gambling you had a nice, cheap vacation. Now the major casinos charge ~ $18 a night for valet parking, the coffee shops are expensive, and comps are controlled by the points you build gambling. We used to go up to a pit boss and ask for free dinner coupons, never a problem, now it all depends on how much you gamble, and how long. The smaller, outlying casinos are still pretty laid back. I am a cigar smoker and the major casinos are all posting no cigar, or pipe, smoking. Cigs still OK, but that is next according to a couple pit bosses I know.

A suicide bomber died and went to Paradise, as foretold. On arrival, he said to Allah that he was ready to claim his 72 virgins, as promised. Out of curiosity, he asked Allah why there were so many virgins in heaven. Allah regarded him for a moment, then replied, "Actually, the 72 virgins are here in heaven because people like you killed them before they could experience the pleasure of sex. So you're here to service them. And since they're virgins, they're quite sexually ravenous and, you'll be on constant, exhausting duty. And if you fail, I shall banish you from Paradise. The bomber responded, "I think I can handle that. How hard can it be to keep 72 women satisfied?" Allah replied, "Who told you they were women?"

Went to a fundraiser at the playboy mansion in Beverly Hills once. Lots of bunnies, starlets, and wannabees. Nude swimming in the grotto (not me) and many body painted females around. Never did see HH though but what a way to live!! All men must die But not all men truly lived HH seems to have truly lived

Or a rice farm

Met him briefly a long time ago in Detroit at a bar. Nice guy, liked the attention back then but not showy in seeking it

At least they didn't add "pitcher" and "catcher"

One of my favorite character actors, RIP

Happy hour in Alabama A redneck is driving a back road in Alabama when he sees a pickup parked alongside the road with a grill next to it. A sign says "Chicken Breasts and Beer." "Lord Almighty!" He exclaims. "My three favorite things!"

The old blues are fantastic! Robert Johnson who, legend said, sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads to be able to play so well

Yes, Mrs M and her Mom watch the Thai soaps. Gives me a good excuse to go outside and smoke a cigar! Can't stand to listen to them even though I can't understand them!!

Sounds complicated, screw it, stay in Thailand

Never given blood....voluntarily

Like Golden bar before it I enjoy Hooters since I no longer barshop. I can sit on the rail, enjoy a drink and a cigar, and watch the craziness that is Nana without being bothered.

Now there is an investigative job I do not want

All roads lead to Dubai

I don't know, kind of in favor of arresting anyone having anything to do with the macarena.............

Dick Gregory a comedian (bad day for comedians) and civil rights advocate in the states, not sure how well known he was outside the states. I remember reading one of his books and this line, excuse the extreme paraphrasing I was in the South, enjoying a fried chicken dinner when a few big rednecks came in and said, "Boy, whatever you do to that chicken, we are going to do to you", so I picked up the chicken and kissed it.