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Newbie post with an improbable yarn. And while some Ladyboys can look convincing in photos, there's no way someone could not know until such a late stage in the proceedings. All such stories about the sausage surprise are just bicurious blokes being coy ..... embrace your open minded (and legged) approach to life and stop pretending it was a navigational orientation error.

We could have built a decent house for 2 million THB, which was the original budget, not including the land. We bought some land a few years ago in Bangsaen, near the sea. It had an old house on the plot - so had water, drainage, power and even a deep well. The idea was to demolish the old house and build a small retirement home using monthly income while I was still working ... so zero debt. I moved to a job overseas during the early stages of the project, so the Missus worked with the architect and builder .... both trusted friends. They did a great job, and the house is amazing ..... but the project creep was epic! Vast walk-in dressing room, 3 ensuites each bigger than my condo in Bangkok. A fully-glazed guest lounge and self-contained guest suite on the ground floor, plus one of THREE fully equipped kitchens (one outside, two inside). A vast lounge and bar on the upper floor (that we never use), then two huge master bedrooms of Saddam Hussein palace proportions. The builder bought all the old hardwood from a traditional shop house that was being demolished - so we have wonderful, restored timber shutters and windows. I love the place .... but it was not what the 'customer' ordered 😄 It was still funded from monthly income over a 3 year build, but final budget is 'not going to tell you' - according to the Wife. So beware of wife-induced project creep 😅.

The weed sold by the legal shops doesn't seem to be very strong anyway. I don't smoke, but tried what was claimed to be a full strength weed brownie, hoping for a reprise of my university-era giggling sessions .... and nothing happened.

Great background and the guy and his dog complete the scene.

Shabu buffet

Top 3 in order: Japan, Thailand, Korea. Indonesia could be in the top group, but same as in large parts of Malaysia, Sweden and UK, the Islamic influence clouds the issue.

Well I thought it was funny 😄 And also makes me appreciate my wife even more. A constant 27'C for the AC setting. Family drinking sessions take place outdoors, mainly due to the 'bin yang' grill .... so fan only.

I think WordPress has a way to roll back to earlier versions without a back-up .... https://duplicator.com/restore-wordpress-site-to-previous-date-without-backup/

A cruel trade that should have been banned after the Middle Ages. In addition to the suffering to the animals (even before the fire), there's the selling to unsuitable, irresponsible people plus the risk of diseases spreading to people and animals. There's also the breeding and trafficking industry upstream of this shameless industry.

It was adult fiction - only published via Amazon. Became a top seller in its category for about a week, then got buried under the millions of books published every day on Kindle.

A printed book ... about 50 to 100 pages depending on how involved I am in the story. On the Kindle, maybe 20 pages. Not sure why it's so much less. On a computer, 4 pages and I'm done. I wrote a book a couple of years ago .... could only write about 5 pages a day, so took ages to write it.

Yes. While I admit my initial interest was sparked by a great pair of legs and a pretty face, her intelligence has helped our relationship to flourish. After we met she went back to university and completed her degree (yes, I paid for that .... but she's repaid the investment many times over by actively supporting my business). I'd say it's her high Emotional Intelligence that enables her to add value to our business. She understands just enough of the technical details to work effectively with her highly specialised colleagues (but does not have the patience to study the science), but she really excels at customer relations. I guess her charm, intelligence and good looks that first attracted me, works well with customers too.

I thought this was an English language forum?

Growing rice produces the same amount of greenhouse gas as air travel. Will they tax the farmers? That would be a real vote winner for Pheu Thai 😆

In general, Thai men's view of an 'attractive' woman is different to the typical Western males preference. So Thai men feel that we've gone for the women they rejected. Often, when visiting a shopping mall, when I see a woman I perceive as beautiful - 9 times out of 10, their partner is Western. We tend not to fancy the white-skinned, petite, curve-free, flat-cheekboned, Chinese-Thai girls that Thai men perceive as ideal wives - which is lucky, as they don't fancy us either. I'm not referring exclusively to the dark skinned, long legged Isaan girls as meeting Western tastes .... as many girls from other regions have very attractive features to Western eyes. The classic Thai look of large, exotic eyes, high cheekbones, luscious lips, high forehead and long dark hair plus 'dusky maiden' skin tones, ticks all the boxes for us. My wife is from Samut Prakarn, a Bangkok 'commuter belt', and her friends and family told her she should go to Bangkok to find a good falang husband, as she had the looks we like. To my eyes she's perfection .... slim and leggy but with curves where needed, cappuccino colored skin, large expressive eyes and a stunning smile. But to Thai men she's not wife material, as she's too sexy looking. To them she'd be an ideal 'Gik'. Just look at the Lakorn TV serials, the white skinned Chinese-Thai wife being wronged by the overtly sexy Mia Noi.

The advances in equality for women in the West are admirable, and a good thing. But when it comes to finding the ideal partner, many men prefer someone who will look after them, spoil them, want to please them. Many Asian girls still have traditional values about looking after their partner. I certainly benefit from that trait. My wife's also, in my view, very attractive. The petite features, long dark hair, exotic Asian eyes and genuinely warm and kind nature inspired by Buddhist values.

Agree ..... such bravery and honour, still within the lifetime of a few, deserves full respect and attention from the polical head of the county.

Give him a break .... the war in the Pacific is of more relevance to his roots.

Has to be the least anti-social recreational drug used in clubs. Nowhere near as annoying as tobacco or vapes, and I guess less addictive than hard drugs. Cheaper too. And the people I saw inhaling the balloons in Khao San clubs last month didn't seem to exhibit any noticeable effects at all ..... it's probably a milder 'drug' than than the alcohol I was consuming.

You sure about that? The UN is a powerless waste of money crippled by bureaucracy corruption. Just ignore it, and it will go away .... as Russia and China have known for years.

Quotes from misogynistic cultures about women say more about the speaker than the subject of the quote. And what's the 'Arab guys' word for a man who sleeps with lots of women .... I'm guessing it's not a negative term.🙄

Would be interesting to know how many men who regularly use prostitutes make good husbands. Asking for a friend.

"Could", "May" ..... It could also be a virus, may also be pollution, could be the Barbie movie, may be the Eurovision Song Contest. Sensational reporting by the old news media trying to find relevance in TikTok world.

Good question .... it looks like it's not a safety issue, it's because they think it's too late to bother with the vaccine ..... CDC Advice: HPV vaccination is not recommended for everyone older than age 26 years. Some adults ages 27 through 45 years who were not already vaccinated might choose to get HPV vaccine after speaking with their doctor about their risk for new HPV infections and possible benefits of vaccination for them. A clinic website added this ... "There’s not a safety issue past age 45. We just aren’t sure how much the vaccine will help men and women who are past that age, because so many of us have acquired HPV by that point, and because it takes many years for cancer to develop after acquiring the virus". But let's say you were in a monogamous relationship in your home country and managed to avoid HPV, then got divorced and moved to Thailand to make up for lost time. What they are saying is HPV related cancer takes so long to develop you'll be dead before you notice it ...... but what about your younger partners? Methinks the Professors have never been to Pattaya. 😀

Yes, the main focus for the vaccine seems to be females, which may explain the rise in male cases?