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2 hours ago, bob smith said:

again, a byproduct of nation states exploiting other poorer states.

 

if we got rid of nation states, then people would have equal access to all those things you mentioned, no?

 

Nations are a figment of the humans imagination, just like religion and the tooth fairy..

 

They arent real, and nationalism is the indirect cause of millions upon millions of deaths worldwide.

Couldn't agree with you more. Borders and the states they define are purely political structures, and as such they are temporary.

2 hours ago, bob smith said:

again, a byproduct of nation states exploiting other poorer states.

 

if we got rid of nation states, then people would have equal access to all those things you mentioned, no?

 

Nations are a figment of the humans imagination, just like religion and the tooth fairy..

 

They arent real, and nationalism is the indirect cause of millions upon millions of deaths worldwide.

Couldn't agree with you more. Borders and the states they define are purely political structures, and as such they are temporary.

3 hours ago, 2baht said:

I bet you are almost a virgin! ????

Depends on how you define virgin!

1 hour ago, Berkshire said:

The Dems should make a deal with a few moderate Republicans.  They'd only need around 5 or 6.  Then they can vote to make Hakeem Jeffries House Speaker.  That would be freakin hilarious. 

Hilarious and, weirdly, it might even be the most likely scenario if the House is going to function at all before the end of next year ...

11 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

Always very entertaining to watch the ladyboy strolling towards a hotel followed by a bodybuilt tatooed macho closely behind, pretending like "no I'm not with him her...".????

See it all the time! Years ago I rear-ended someone in Bangkok; it was totally my fault, and the rear bumper of the car I hit fell clean off. A farang got out of the driver’s seat and said, “No problem, no problem! Please just drive away, I can just fix this myself”; then a ladyboy got out of the passenger's seat and was (rightfully) angry with me. I took the driver’s advice and left; last I saw in my rear-view mirror, he’d picked up the rear bumper and was trying to pop it back into place, while his friend was yelling at him.

I was lucky that I didn’t have to pay to fix their car, but really, people should just be chill! If someone wants to be critical, that’s their problem ...

18 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

or that i enjoy their sense of personal freedom and living a life that they choose without harm to others?  but then its always gotta be about sex right?

I’m sorry, you may have read too much into my post -- I was merely saying that SOME foreigners come to Thailand to experiment with their sexuality, and that’s perfectly fine as long as there’s full consent by all parties. I was not at all saying that it’s “always gotta be about sex”; far from it. Reading your other posts here, I couldn’t agree with you more, and I applaud your openness and your human decency.

19 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Straight guys don't have LBs on the bucket list

How do you know? And what's a "straight guy" anyway? It's not quite so black-and-white.

On 10/10/2023 at 6:54 PM, spidermike007 said:

In my humble opinion, alot of straight guys consider it kind of a free pass, for a gay experience. 

Exactly. For the "bi-curious," or to check an item off one's bucket list.

1 hour ago, rudi49jr said:

Fairly normal? So people should just accept it when someone wants to grab their land and make them second rate citizens? How do you feel about Russia invading Ukraine?

Every situation is different, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine has no application here. In the late 1940s, about 800,000 Palestinian Arabs were displaced by the creation of Israel; at the same time, about the same number of Jews evacuated or were forced from majority Arab cities where they’d lived for centuries. The latter were absorbed and assimilated into the new Jewish state; the former, along with their children and grandchildren, mostly remain refugees to this day, to suit the political purposes of the Arab states that host them.

Population transfers, or ethnic cleansing, is horrendous and inhumane, but it’s better than people continuing to murder each other from generation to generation over scraps of land whose original “ownership” has long lost all relevance. European Jews were ethnically cleansed from most of Europe in the aftermath of World War II (those who survived), and you can blame the Germans for that. Millions of Germans were themselves ethnically cleansed from parts of present-day Poland and the Sudetenland; today, just a few generations later, the Germans, Poles, and Czechs are all happy allies. It’s still happening today; most people haven’t even noticed, but a week or two ago 150,000 Armenians were driven from their ancestral homeland in Nagorno-Karabakh. It is brutal and condemnable, but they will be able to start new lives in Armenia proper, and their offspring will hardly feel the pain.

Until humanity somehow evolves and develops tolerance for each other, this is sometimes the least unpleasant option. Unfortunately, for the Palestinian Arabs and the Israelis, it’s too late for simple solutions ...

11 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Apparently, he just enjoys bothering people ...

 

Thanks for digging up that video of the woman who's really busy trying to make a living cooking; this guy is truly a jerk! It's long past time for him to just go back home.

4 hours ago, bendejo said:

Welcome to Thailand, boy-o.  You are going to be doing a lot more of such SM postings during your SEA visit.

 

 

In the video, the American starts out speaking Thai, so he probably knows his way around. If anything, he was maybe trolling for a dishonest cabbie to get a good video.

49 minutes ago, rumak said:

What did she do when you screamed ??    lol     seriously,  thanks for taking the time to tell me your experience .    In my many years I have been to Ram ,  Ram 2,  Bangkok hospital,  Rajawet (hip surgery) ,  Sripat,  McCormack (mri ) ,  and of course a few clinics.  

No,  i hardly ever get sick !    This is over an almost 30 year period.    I have had good and not so good experiences... nothing horrible .   But the 2 procedures i had were with very good doctors .  Dr. Suthee fixed my frozen shoulder without surgery ( called manipulation) ... something very few surgeons can do .    Broken hip also done very well .  ( no pain like when one breaks their hip in a fall !   still, i kinda dread that big needle used for ESI ... and the area involved )

I did yelp twice, during a few moments of very brief discomfort, and it was nice having something to grip onto! But I got an initial shot of local anesthesia, which helped, and because of that I hardly felt the cortisone injection at all. I did not see the size of the needle used; I was on my side, facing away from it, and I wasn’t in the least bit interested! I really don’t enjoy getting shots of any kind, but the overall experience here was quite good.

Again, not sure how it would differ for something in the lower back. Best of luck --

1 hour ago, rumak said:

thanks for that info ....... cost ?   and recommendation for doctor if possible  

Total cost of the cortisone injection was about THB 16,000. But you’ll need an MRI before that to pinpoint exactly where the problem is; not sure if you’ve had an MRI yet, but that cost about THB 13,000. If you have international insurance, both procedures can possibly be direct-paid by the insurance company (at Chiang Mai Ram), depending on what insurance company it is and pending pre-approval by the company (I have Blue Cross, which worked, but had to pay a copay of about 15%).

My issues are in the upper spine, neck area; if you’re lower back, costs of course may differ, I have no idea.

The doctor at Chiang Mai Ram who administered the injection is Dr. Prasong Khunsongkiet; he was great. You’d need to talk with someone on the first floor of the hospital (surgery desk) to arrange an initial consultation, and the injection is administered in the operating theater on the second floor. The nurse held my hand throughout the injection (about a minute), which was a nice touch ...

I didn't read through all the responses, so sorry if I'm repeating anything. I just had a cortisone (steroid) injection yesterday morning in my neck (upper spine) for a pinched nerve that was causing pain in my right arm; arm feels better today, but it will take a few days for the full effect (if it works) to take place. Did it at Chiang Mai Ram, which has been my regular hospital for years.

Since the cortisone injection typically lasts about six months and patients go back for injections (no more than twice a year), I also intend to travel to the spinal surgery center at Bumrungrad in Bangkok to see if they have a noninvasive (laser) technique to take care of the problem once and for all. Chiang Mai Ram does have a surgical solution to my specific problem, but it's invasive (they go in through the neck). The laser procedure sounds more appealing, if available.

Hope that helps; good luck. I'd consider traveling to Bumrungrad for a longer-term solution, if you're looking for that; steroid injections are easily done at Chiang Mai Ram.

8 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

The film Gulliver's travels, where the word comes from, was a bit before my time , it was an  old Black and White film from the 1930's , Star Wars was more my era .

   Chewbacca, C3PO and R2D2 are names that I am more familial with, rather than  Yahoodis from Gulliver's travels 

I know nothing about the film, but Jonathan Swift's novel "Gulliver's Travels," on which the film must be based, was published in 1726. I guess you're not an English lit major!

14 minutes ago, 2baht said:

OK, school's out for today, enough! Go home and do your homework!

So some people I guess have forgotten their Jonathan Swift. On the deliberate misspelling: ha ha. But while Netanyahu may be a criminal who stays in power to avoid jail, he’s far from a yahoo. Insults and word games aside, the bottom line is: Israel, Palestine, and especially Gaza all deserve far better leadership than what they have now.

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I didn't ask if you were happy paying tax, I asked how much MORE you would be prepared to pay.

You do realise that the US has an astronomical debt of trillions that people's grandchildren will likely be paying interest on, don't you?

Oh good heavens, I'm not going down that rabbit hole with you. You're doing nothing but deflecting.