soi lurker

As far as i have learnt about thai tradition, for the females parents to ask for a dowry is considered rude. However for you to offer a dowry (without being asked for one) was the old tradition. With this information i would be wary if my fiancee's parents were asking for one. This is what i have read about. I do not claim to be an expert on this.

Its about time people stuck their neck out and shone awareness on just how much of a killer alcohol and tobacco are. Legalization should not make these killers acceptable. Proof is in the statistics.

Ive always followed a simple rule. Kindness and generousity are mine to give (by the grace of god) to those whom i so choose. Anyone who asks me for money i tend to just pass on by, no matter where i am in the world. But if i see someone down and out on their luck, i would much rather walk up and give them a few baht/dollars than the person who stops me in the street and gives me a hard luck story.

been following your thread simon, its an ongiong thing and i wish you all the best.

Its about time, england put on a good performance. A form of consitencey and we would have had a challenging season. Cricket is much better off when all teams are firing.

7 million?, get over it mate. I spent 7 million baht this morning at an all you can eat breakfast bar on second road. Just go back and ask for some more.

you totally did the right thing mate. just because you can flog him, doesn't mean you have to. Ive been involved in similar circumstances as well, and low and behold, they have been in places where farang people frequent. Im a farang and i try to stay away from those places when im in thailand. funny isn't it?

lets just all grow old ungracefully together.........

Two sides of the coin here, I mean how many times do girls approach us and ask us for a (payed) good time? As for tourist, almost the only thing you see in these tourist areas are prostitutes! Don't deny this! Very easy to blame the farang and call him a moron.

Almost the only farangs you see there are pricks! Don't deny this!

so are the bg's there, its the place...... if your there, expect it.

for me its a case of, look where u are (heavily farang populated tourist area), take into account what dupont said on page 2 and take it with a grain of salt my friend. Propositions fly everywhere. And by all accounts i am a very hansum man

my estimate would be nung pan, haa sip haa kilo before easter.......... or just after yeah yeah...

thats a beautiful pic mac, but i like ur other ones in that thread that went missing better.

Uzbekistahn's cheerleader squad.

When you boys learn to play a decent game, namely FOOTBALL (AKA soccer, to you in bred, sheep shagging, sister mounting, granny licking, roo bashing convict spawn), then bring it on, we'll see you in the next FOOTBALL WORLD CUP FINALS, shall we ?

In case you were too busy sulking over the English results at the last world cup. Australia mad it further than England.

By the way, as your number 1 sport you are not very good at it.

who knows, maybe we'll give them the thrashing of their lives as well

Very impressive abode pumpuiman!... did it really only cost you 1.8 million? That's truly amazing. Dont forget to hang your "Assman" sign in a prominent position.

according to your poll, England are going to win the up comming world cup.......

I thought it was fantastic. Really action packed with the crowd much more involved. Keep it going i say!

it's strange because even though MMA does look more brutal i doubt if the injury level is as high than for boxing and muay thai.

soi lurker - did you see the documentary called 'the smashing machine' about mark kerr? that was brutal, almost beyond belief. i've been around combat sports for years but i flet physically sick seeing that. however, MMA has been tidied up since the 'anything goes' days. look at matt hughes v georges st pierre or chuck liddell v tito ortiz for matches that are extremely skillful. it isnt just people streetfighting any more (plus they stand the people up quickly now if there isnt much going on on the ground)

I would say injuries are common to all disciplines, there may, however be more in MMA.

I have seen "smashing machine" the documentary, i really enjoyed it. In that lies one of my points. The competitors are following the money to asian countries because western investment wont promote there because of the brutality issue. I agree there is a huge amount of skill involved, as with any discipline really, and i really enjoy watching the matches as a spectator.

Just for the record, my personal opinion is I think the sport is no more brutal than another contact sport. Im positive that western influence, however, does not. In answer to your original question, i wish it would become as big as mainstream boxing but this wont happen in the west thats for sure. I couldn't think of anything more satisfying than coming home and watching friday night fight nights of MMA.

I gauge my opinion of the brutality of the sport from a western documentary i watched. They were saying it was too brutal for the mainstream, and apparently due to the report, the majority of western sports investors saw it this way. Therefore the promoters and fighters followed the money trail. I think most contact/fighting sports fans may disagree with this, but again, we are not the mainstreem.

Every person has an original background in a specific style. You can only compliment urself by learning alternative techniquies. I agree its hard to get out of a mindset that has been instilled in you since day one of training, but we all can try. MMA will always be more successful in open minded countries. I think the west is a little less open to this idea. It appears too brutal to the mainstream.

Booooooooowwwwwling shaaaaaaaannnnneeeee.

A fitting way to finalize an excellent response to what happened last year. One thing in life is for sure........ Australia rules supreme !!!!!!!

Its a 5 zip ballgame.........