Baht Simpson

It's a well known fact and a simple Google search. What's stranger is you're concerned about what's in my shorts. 🙂

First "Gay Kiss"on U.K. t.v. - Eastenders 1989. Lots of pearl clutching at the time.

I'm sure they'll contain their disappointment.

I wasn't referring to wokeness. I was referring to your assertion that "gay behavior" makes you "physically sick".

Well, if you take the high end figure and don't include female to male transgender then yes but still a wild over-estimate. Even your 1m is probably too high, certainly not 10m/.

To be your 10% it would have to be 7.2m. That's the point I was making.

Yes, the OP is making the same mistake he made in the previous thread. Not realising that the problem is his and not everyone elses.

Actually it's estimated to be between 10,000 to 300,000. * Even at the highest estimate that's less than 0.5%. * Asia-Pacific Transgender Network

Do you mean unless it is owned by you?

Yes, and sync your photos to the cloud as an extra backup. There's nothing that damages the soul more than losing your precious media.

No such thing as boredom, just boring people. An interesting person always finds things to do. Gardening is the new sex.

Curiously, Amsterdam is the only city in the world where I've had a knife pulled on me.

So, you accuse me of something which I didn't say, retract it, then accuse me of something else I didn't say. Lol You've just taken a statement of fact that I made and attributed your own oblique interpretation of it. And I never referred to you or anybody specifically anyway.

Well, I never said that did I? Nevertheless, fine, we'll change the gender on your drivers license and passport to female. It shouldn't be a problem for you, eh? As for your last point, I'd like to think that the "innocent" people in the tourism industry would take a stand for equality. Maybe not though.

There are plenty of transphobes on this site trying to identify as something else. 😄

I tried the new Snowy IPA a few days ago and I must say I'm quite impressed. It's the New England style rather than a traditional style like Laobeer IPA, so it's got a pleasant bitterness to it. It's available in 7//11 at a reasonable price, so I'll pick that when I'm trying to avoid the big three.

I have some vinyl records and some CD's and plenty of digital files. Nowadays ultimate sound quality is not important to me with vinyl: if I want that I use lossless audio. In the old days we were never really dedicated collectors, that was reserved for mostly classical or jazz enthusiasts or audiophiles. We tended to just accumulate records, buying if we could afford them. I started buying records again for a few different reasons: a) Nostalgia - vinyl brings back good memories that digital files cant. b) Design - however good digital album art is it can't replace the experience of the original artwork and design in physical format. Even Taylor Swift realises this and can sell 37 different versions of an album with the same music, so it's a modern phenomenon too. c) Price - I can pick up a CD on Shopee for 89 baht, less than the cost to download the equivalent digital files on, say, Bandcamp. Similarly there are some second-hand LP bargains occasionally. d) It's an interest or hobby - keeps me amused for hours on end and after the initial outlay can be relatively cheap. e) Resale value - although it's a minor reason I collect, some of my albums are worth a bit. I have no intention of selling unless I'm forced to move back to my home country but if I am there's some worth there. f) Tactile experience - digital is convenient but a cold format that can make you lazy and accumulate music you never really listen to. Physical media only really does that if collecting becomes an obssession, which for some it does of course. g) Not all music has to be listened to in HQ format lest the audio gods weep. If you're listening to Dave Edmunds you probably won't hear any hiss and crackle anyway. I realize that some people would rather die than listen to vinyl but each to his own. I prefer to listen to music in whatever format I want as the whim takes me. My old box record player playing 45's was better sound quality than listening to Radio Luxembourg but it didn't stop me as a kid. It was just a different experience. In the end it's about music and lyrics first but not to the exclusion of all else.

I've always used the more traditional "seasons greetings" in the U.K. I doubt very much that saying Merry Christmas has been banned in Australia.

Quite honestly OMF, if you've never experienced the joy of watching that Island or Harvest label spinning you've wasted your youth. :) And don't think the kids today aren't interested in that stuff with their "album art", "digital filters" etc. I've spent half my life with tagging, playlist etc. Once you have the right setup the inconvenience is minimal.

These days it needn't be one or the other. I have a modest LP collection which I use for a number of reasons. I also have several digital audio players including CD's and DAPs for flac, WAV and mp3 files. I use whatever I fancy or need. I rarely stream music though. Obviously with a good analogue set-up you're still going to have fine audio sound but there are many factors involved. Digital is obviously less inconvenient but that's not always an issue for some.

You can't hug an mp3.

I have a plan C and a plan D too, although plan A is working out well at the moment.

I hate seeing farangs dressing like this over here. Colonial chic they call it. The socks are the worst.

It's fine to go travelling blind in the hope of a unique experience but to settle somewhere without having been there first is unwise. That's the problem some make coming to live in Thailand. As Joni Mitchell puts it, "Where some have found their paradise, others just come to harm."

You could have Tuna in Manua or tofu in Ofu. But my advice is Pago Pago, nogo nogo.