Tengu

6 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

Nothing like tipping off those involved that they are going to get arrested. Plenty of time to destroy evidence, intimidate or pay off any witnesses or do a runner!

 

Probably similar to the reason they are planning on arresting 'The Don' here in the USA after sort of announcing it on Friday and why they come forth with such an insignificant charge.

If he takes a runner people will (unconstitutionally) consider him guilty. But such a jury would more easily be impaneled. 

If he sends around brown envelopes there is a high likelihood that someone will turn states evidence then there will be another mess. I would expect those brown envelopes to have little to no connection to the Don himself but to others for whom a scrap of paper with the word Pardon, might be enough.

The blunt and Cragganmore single malt have gone to my head so I'm gonna take my head to my bed.

On 3/3/2023 at 1:20 PM, harleyclarkey said:

Why do the PC brigade (think western feminists)  get their knickers all in a twist over prostitution ......the oldest profession?.

Why interfere in a consensual arrangement between 2 consenting adults?

It, of course, should be legal and regulated. 

On 3/3/2023 at 5:22 PM, 1happykamper said:

Exactly. However, the root of this issue goes back to puritanical thinking that all sex is wrong for one reason or another..unless married. The natural act of sex is taken far too seriously in most cultures. 

It seems that in most wealthy nations many women are able to control their men into compliance by making them "sleep on the sofa". That is to say do things my way or no sex. All the while they put on 25 kilos and want to hire a maid and have a nice car so they can go to the movies and tea with their friends. It also seems that Thai women don't seem to dislike sex as much as other women, even other asian women. I have also talked to a few who say that their Buddhism doesn't make sex, even without marriage, such a sin. There is also the fact that many of the less well developed countries where there is relatively easy access to prostitution have had this made so sinful since their first day of school by god telling them that enjoying their bodies (boy too--don't spill that seed!) is a terrible sin. And what hypocrisy, F until your genitals are sore then go confess to holy man, pray for a while. Wash, rinse, repeat. Is it any different in the Philippines, Mexico, Costa Rica, Spain, Russia?

There would be a lot less rape in the world if prostitution were legal, and regulated and taxed. 

BTW, has Thailand gone totally to hell since some people can legally buy and use marijuana?

On 3/1/2023 at 7:23 PM, wwest5829 said:

The first question which came to my mind was if he was spraying the water all over and the water shorted out the electric water heater. Autopsy will reveal if that happened. I think more plausible than the Major having a medical condition at first glance. As always we are just guessing.

Where did you learn that it was a Major? I didn't see any mention of rank or branch of service. I'd have to go back and read the article to even be sure that they mentioned the victim's gender. 

Jumping may be one of the leading causes of death in Thailand and Russia but please let's not jump to conclusions.

There are far too few details in this story to pose any relevant answers, (IMO). 

Details like: How many times has he made these spontaneous trips? Whose money is it? How does she know that he sends money, and how much, to Thailand? How does she know he goes to Thailand? What is their relationship beyond "married"? What are the real potential outcomes of divorce in GB if all assets are in the name of one spouse? What happens if the key doesn't open the door when he returns.

Apparently he doesn't care what she does so the ball is in her court.

If promoted well the feelings of inadequacy around the world  may give the medical tourism sector a bit of a lift.

But when will the first complaints of objectification and racism hit this site?

At first I thought NACC stood for Nation Association of Convicted Cops but then I said to myself-- No, that can't be cops don't get convicted, they get reassigned to inactive posts for a year before promotion.

From ladies I have talked to, both in Thailand and the US, it is not uncommon for ladies to work in the sex industry to support the family back on the farm. I have been told that the boys/men aren't responsible for that and that the family doesn't ask where the money comes from. In a bar in Thailand I am pretty sure of their occupation but at a non-bar or a party if they tell me they work in a restaurant, or office, etc., I have no reason to doubt them. 

As to fake id it seems that it is readily available in the US for high school kids to buy alcohol. Most convivence stores and liquor stores are run by non-native people who aren't particularly fluent in English but are anxious to sell their inventory. I find it highly that it is difficult to believe fake id is more difficult to obtain in Thailand than the US. Also if the operator of business in Thailand (where there is no prostitution ????) doesn't know how to get fake id for underage ladies, whether Thai, Cambodian, Malay, or.... The story also seems to indicate that these ladies were brought to these men's rooms. I don't remember whether at a hotel or in a room attached to the bar establishment. If in a hotel, I understand that the hotel is required to inspect the id of anyone to rent a room, and anyone not registered.

All from that aside, I do believe it is difficult to be blind to a female under the age of sixteen unless that is what you are looking for and that is creepy, IMHO, if not reprehensible!  I know how shocked I was to see a very young lady at a boat party in the US sitting on a on man's lap who seemed to enjoy beer more than the gym. I asked a friend what that was about and was told that it was his 22-year old daughter and she had been traveling around the world for more than a year. There is also the fact that it is fashionable to have a bald pubic area which I was surprised at until later when I was shown some Playboy mags.

Pardon me, I only read the first page of comments. I only one that surmised likely issues at home.

No doubt, if the allegations are true, this businessman belongs in jail. 

Could that she needs money because she ran from home where her father was raping her on a regular basis and her mother did nothing? Or she was being offered for sale by one or both parents and now the home economy was severely impacted. I can think of many reasons why this could be a better option than being at home.

On 2/26/2021 at 8:18 PM, canopus1969 said:

There are three categories known as "En-Up" , En-V or just "Entertainment".

 

Actually there are 4, the 4th being "Ey up"

Pardon my innocent ignorance but in EN-Up means that Extacy is available, will you please define En-V, Ey-up, and Entertainment in the Pretty vocabulary?

Wow--You gotta love the internet. Lots of information and nonsense all in a big pile. If you never had a course in critical thinking you may be in trouble.

Windows 10 can be downloaded from Microsoft for free at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

It will yield a clean (reasonably up to date) copy of Windows 10. It will NOT give you a legal license key.

If Windows 10 has ever been legally activated on the computer it (the computer) has a lifetime entitlement to be re-installed and activated.

Please note the word LEGAL in the previous two sentences--keys that are purchased from eBay, Lazada, Craigslist, or anyone other than Microsoft are probably ILLEGAL and you are participating in copyright infringement also sometimes refereed to as theft.

Of course if you purchase a new computer from a reputable company--like directly from the manufacturer--with Windows pre-installed it is probably fine. Although there has been software found on some machines that was "calling home" even on those machines.

The best you can do to be sure that your Windows installation is clean is to use the Media Creation Tool to install on a new hard drive.

Considering that there have been more than 400 security patches to Win-10 in 2020 I don't know why anyone would want to run an unpatched  version.

The real question is why are you using Windows? There are metter choices and you don't have to spend Apple money.

Why not just get a Chromebook/box or load some version of Linux and be legal? Linux, OpenOffice/LibreOffice, and almost all the software you might want is available for FREE!

This thread is tl;dr so likely I am repeating someone.

Death numbers get peoples' attention but are of little long term concern.

The importance of "social distancing" is to lower the incidence and thereby not overwhelm the medical and postmortem infrastructure. Ventilators, ICU beds, protective gear, etc. Lowering the incidence curve also allows the herd immunity to grow for the primary virus before it mutates too much and becomes immune to whatever treatments evolve.

The tragedy is we are an arrogant species that is smart enough to understand that there will be new viruses, sever earthquakes, tsunami, hurricane/typhoons/cyclones, and consequences of climate change. But we are not intelligent enough to be prepared.

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grapefruit are too Ascetic for the yeast to do its magic.

One can learn the most interesting things reading TVF....

Does Waze work in Thailand?

Not to diminish the horror of human trafficking and slavery of any type but does anyone know how they "estimated" these crimes to establish their statistics?

There is one and only one way to be secure on the internet: do not use it.

It is true that Google "reads" your email. So does Microsoft, Yahoo, and any other email service, unless you encrypt the contents. How do you think a spam filter works? Yes they do it to serve you "targeted" advertising as well, but there is no free lunch.

Even encryption isn't necessarily secure. Did you write the encryption algorithm? Are you capable, and did you, read and understand every line of code in the open source program that you are using to encrypt your data? How do you know that there isn't a "back-door" in it?

And even if you did and the encryption seems strong today, computers are getting faster and there are lots of crypto people working to find ways to crack what ever encryption that exists today. That's why the NSA stores all encrypted internet traffic. Tomorrow they may be able read it.

There are a few things to consider in the quest for fast, non-buffering internet besides the advertised speed.

Buffer bloat (google it) is a problem in many routers. Buffer bloat is a problem because some router manufacturers mistakenly thought that bigger buffers were better unfortunately they were wrong.

For a full explanation http://twit.tv/show/security-now/345

I am a lurker on TV living in Los Angeles, CA, so I do not know what is required to view the content you are trying to access. I do know that some content will require you to use a VPN, TOR or other similar location spoofing method. That can be a major factor in your bandwidth. Some are much faster than others. Often you get what you pay for.

And there is the net-neutrality issue. ISPs are fully capable of throttling any content that they choose to. Even if encrypted, they can see how much data is being streamed and if you are using a lot of bandwidth they may slow you down.

Speed tests are often inaccurate due to the use of "burst mode" transmission where they send at full speed for a short (20-60 seconds) in order to quickly fill a buffer and then throttle back to help their overall bandwidth.

As with most things your mileage may vary.