So few remain - however remain emotionally attached to thai360.com.

[Old Hippie]

On 12/6/2021 at 4:17 AM, My Penis is hungry said:

Decades ago there used to be gatherings of a large group of mongers,

 

Meet up at a place near cowboy, usually one with great burgers or a midget at the  door run by Santos,

 

Then off to all the bars as a large group, numbers fluctuating depending where someone dropped of or rejoined the mob.

 

And the great joy was a post on Monday or Sunday about the bar crawl.

 

Who got drunk, was the most handsome man, an online debate would follow on line defending oneself from disappearing so soon, and your opinion of that great bar sucks.

 

For those living overseas it was a great way to remember what you might be missing

 

In Oz we'd have our own get together, sitting at a mates place, now passed on, getting Thai food and beer, if lucky even Thai beer, and talking about past bar crawls.

 

Ahhh the mamories!

 

 

I remember many of them! Where absolutely, nothing gay ever happened…just a bunch of guys all enjoying each other’s company and nothing of a homosexual nature ever occurring…EVER..!

[Mekong]

13 hours ago, Old Hippie said:

Perhaps I am the draw that has brought some of the old quality crowd back!??

 

[YimSiam]

Remarkable to see so many names from the old days.  Never met up with the board members - at least not knowingly - but retain fond memories of the peak board days.  The sheer profundity!  And those were good days in LOS, though of course we bitched about whatever the complaint of the day was, end of the world nigh - in retrospect I'd love those days back, 98 to around 05, good times.  Been moving around alot but for the first time in well over a decade I'm back in (northeast) Asia. Hope to make regular LOS trips, though the magic is not what it was (nor am I what i was) these days - still work reconnecting my batteries to the Thai charge for sure.  

[Mekong]

10 hours ago, YimSiam said:

in retrospect I'd love those days back, 98 to around 05, good times

98 when the GBP was 91.7 THB those were the days, don’t get half of that now.

[Old Hippie]

20 hours ago, Mekong said:

98 when the GBP was 91.7 THB those were the days, don’t get half of that now.

Yeah, like 57+/1USD in 97-98?? And no price adjustments, hotels were $15 for a good room, $5 for ok room on “the tunnel of love,” beer about $.50 or less and girls were like $10…great times…a total free for all!!! I remember staying there for 2+ months and spending very little money…sadly those days and exchange rates fell away…now $36/1USD if lucky and everything is more money…I blame the internet and wreckless punters for driving up “basic costs” and corporate greed for the rest…

[buffalo_bill]

Attention fellow boardsmen! I predict an incoming stream of new members following a mentioning of this fine board by Khun Stickman this very Sunday.

" The forum is back up and remains a place for long-time members to reminisce about the good old days, along with a regular dose of bickering. "

 

To avoid TikTok addicts and other brainless subjects I may propose a minimum age of 65 years for access to keep standards high and maintain the average age level. 

Further a meaningful essay covering 5 gogo-bars which closed at least 25 years ago should be provided by any newcomer. ( For credibility)

[Mekong]

31 minutes ago, buffalo_bill said:

" The forum is back up and remains a place for long-time members to reminisce about the good old days, along with a regular dose of bickering. "

Hey Bubi, infamy at last for our occasional squabbles 

[itsmedave]

What I remember most about Woodstock Friday nights (apart from the super fun times with ya'll) were the far side cartoons pasted to the bathroom walls over the urinals.  Made peeing a real pleasure.

Thai resident 2001-2007

[torrenova]

On 9/20/2023 at 5:11 AM, Old Hippie said:

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…

Perennial argument for 3+ decades I can recall.

Younger folk today are basically fuckwits. No house, no pension, all on credit cards, cannot save, etc.

There MUST have been a greater temptation to hugely overpay when we were getting 70/80/90+ to £1 but we didn't, respectful of where that £1 came from.

It is all fucked now, just some places less fucked than others.

[torrenova]

On 9/23/2023 at 10:15 AM, bust said:

Funny you should say that. I noticed that on my last trip to Phnom Penh a few months ago.

Yep, same disease that gives up 100 YouTube arsewipes arguing that you can easily live in Thailand on 50k a month.