ChumpChange

Relax bro. 3 a year doesn't make you queer. Just ask bob smith.

I've built many Wordpress sites over the years. Some as quickly as within an hour or two. It depends on how much customization of the theme, unique content, and installing and configuring of plugins is involved. So building a WordPress site isn't always as large of an undertaking as it might seem. If you have access to the client's original site theme and all of their unique content (photos/graphics/text) then rebuilding it may not take that long. Especially if you can still see the site running properly on the front end. Then much easier to duplicate it and then tweak it as needed once it's up and running. I'm not sure how a site can run properly on the font end though if the back end is gone as you say. The backend might still be there, but maybe one of the plugins is damaged and preventing you from logging in to the site's dashboard. I'm not sure what the real problem is, because you didn't elaborate, but the site might be in tact on the backend and perhaps you only need to disable all the plugins temporarily by changing the plugins folder name to something else in order to prevent WordPress from accessing them and then you can login and access the main core dashboard again to see what's going on. Also, not sure if the MySQL database is damaged or not. That's where the bulk of all the content, user data, settings, and other necessary information for the WordPress site to function is stored. If all of this sounds unfamiliar to you then you shouldn't be tinkering with it at all. There are also a couple of plugins for creating backups that I always have running. UpdraftPlus is one if the best. Duplicator is good too. And there are others. The fact that you didn't make a backup or clone the site first, and caused this damage to happen, suggests you don't really know much about Wordpress. If that's the case then you are probably in over your head and are going to need to find a good Wordpress site developer to try and recreate the site for you. I've used some programmers that I've found on Fiverr for some small customized modifications I needed help with in the past. Maybe you can find someone through that community if you don't know who else to turn to. In my opinion though this isn't a time to sit around and feel sorry for yourself or to feel bad about what happened. It's a fruitless waste of time. What's done is done. You need to get your head straight and figure out how you are going to be able to recreate or fix what was damaged and/or lost.

Thank you. No, I don't have one, but I've looked at them. They are nice. Very natural and easy on the eyes. The benefit of the iPad though is the color screen. The book on Kyoto I plan to start reading is in PDF form with some beautiful graphics mixed in. So a 13" tablet screen held vertically is perfect for that kind of book and everything is big and easy to see. For just plain ebook text then the readers are great, but also a bit physically small. I like a bigger screen. The glare doesn't bother me and having bigger fonts is less strain on the eyes for me. With a tablet you can also change the colors of the background on ePUB books to make them look like what your reading is on parchment paper. Or you can change it to whatever you like for the background and text colors to make it easier on the eyes. You can also shift the colors from a day to night environment to again reduce eye strain if reading in the dark. I just use the Books app on the iPad or Adobe PDF Reader for PDF books. But on an Android tablet the Aldiko ebook reader app is great.

Thank you. Nice to know I actually wrote something that was perhaps useful in a way. I used to blog to share knowledge and that was a helpful and fulfilling way to connect with people who have a similar interest. Yes, trolling Bob is good fun. I like him a lot. He's full of ego and no ego all at the same time. He's a great fictional character that provides a bit of dry wit to keep us all interested. I do want to end that bromance though. As much fun as it can be, it's not really productive. Let's see if I can resist the temptation. I'm gonna try hard.

Not to mention how much more useful the stuff we read would be if all we did on here was scan the local news headlines and move on. I actually never spent any time on this site until I recently put some of my regular activities on hold. Can’t say I really gain or learn anything from reading and writing rubbish on here though. My aim now is to pivot back to spending my time doing the things I was doing before, including doing some useful reading. I have a beautiful book on my iPad about the urban history of Kyoto’s premodern era that I have been meaning to read. 250 pages. Perfect. I’m gonna start it tomorrow. I prefer reading on the iPad because of the big screen. Physical books are nice, but if there is an eBook option I prefer that.

This whole topic should just be closed at this point. It was useless and pathetic from the start. I tried to add a bit of humor and make it somewhat informative, but it’s all really just worthless banter. Shut it down and/or delete it all is my advice.

Just DM me the photos of your girlfriend and we can go from there.

Sad, but unsurprising that nobody has replied to your post. Unless it’s about bars, girls, wives, ladyboys, drinking, etc, then it doesn’t trigger people much. Last book I read was about 2 months ago. I would do about 40-60 pages in one go, like you said. Sometimes a bit more or a bit less. I generally aimed for 60 pages in a whack to make me feel like I was consistently progressing. Reading is great, but we have all developed such a short attention span from digital media that we lack the concentration now to read a lot and stay focused. So I want to read more. My aim is to read at least one book a month. I think it is a great method to help get our focus and concentration back on track. My real issue though is finding things I’m interested in reading though. That’s a problem. I’m not so into fiction and a lot of non-fiction can be boring. And anything in self improvement or how to be more successful, better yourself, forget it. No interest. But that’s so much of what seems to dominate with new books right now. I also think books longer than about 250-300 pages are too much. So if I could find books I’m interested in reading at about 250-300 pages per book, then I would try and read consistently 1-2 a month.

The one thing I learned from that whole experience is never to ask a girl, mid-nut, if she’s a tranny. Do the nut first, then ask. If your GF comes over I’ll do the reenactment, but I’ll save the question until post-nut at the end.

Dunno. Ask Mop Queen. He might know more about how much thinking required.

Please refer to my previous response. Same answer.

Send your girlfriend over. I’ll do a reenactment. You can watch!

I'll take your word for that. Thank you, no, no evidentiary photos necessary. 😎

On my first trip to Thailand 30+ years ago, there were lady boys, but they didn't cover the streets and there were only a few bars around with them. They were also a bit more obvious as the surgery then wasn't as advanced at making them look as feminine as it is now. So it wasn't such a big thing. Looking back to my first trip, I was warned about them when I arrived, but didn't know much about them, what to lookout for, or about the differences, pre-op, post-op, etc. One night I had gone home with a very sexy girl from a disco. I was a bit hammered and I think she was too. About halfway through, while I was partially hanging out of her, I stopped and asked if she was a ladyboy. All those warnings had suddenly overcome me in the heat of the moment. Well, that didn't go well. She was offended and out the door in about 10 minutes and I was left there for dry mid-stroke. Well, I guess she wasn't. 😂

My experience is limited to speaking with them on rare occasion and what other people have told me. I had one that worked for me professionally for a while. She was very good at her job. We got along well. She was polite and not aggressive. Seemed pretty balanced emotionally, as opposed to many I've seen. This was very important for me because she would have to work with my clients too and many didn't even suspect she was a transsexual, which was perfect. She had a female voice, but I never found out if she had her parts removed or not, it also wasn't my business, but in Thailand getting the surgery requires parental consent and/or a psychiatric evaluation I believe. So I think less than 20% actually do the full conversion. I think the reason many of the ones working in the bars may not get the full surgery are for the reason you mentioned. Many men who like them do seem to want all the parts in place. That also seems to have something to do with what they are willing to do for a customer both before and after the surgery. Could also be a number of other issues. Not wanting to give up sexual sensation, cost, the consent issues, fear of surgical failure, future uncertainty, etc.