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On 6/19/2025 at 8:08 AM, frank83628 said:

Why on earth do you old guys think these girls like you

Why on earth do they like you?

World wide women like men for different reasons, but underlying them all is money and prestige.

The payments may be structured differently but money (and other material things, jewelry, real estate) are always the foundation.

Materialism is clearly the basis of love and marriage in the US, (I can't speak for other countries), usually starting with the extravagant wedding, buying a house and paying the mortgage for 20 to 30 years and then doing the right thing and dying first so she can collect the life insurance.

12 hours ago, Equatorial said:

 

I don't see a reason to demonize the mamasans. If we set aside moral judgements related to the profession involved, mamasans are no different than people in other management positions - they vary. From money grubbing parasites, all the way to helpful and caring. Most of them of course are somewhere in the middle.

 

 

There certainly are (at least can be, with a good mamasan) many benefits to the girls, as is the case with any manager. A good mamasan can also benefit a punter - for example by alerting him that the "girl" he's buying drinks to is not really a girl. Also, mamasans do not get involved with the silly jealousy games that some bar girls love so much, and they can provide useful intel. I've seen things like that with my own eyes. Not often, but I have. 

"I don't see a reason to demonize the mamasans. "

You are of course right that the mamasans have their place and serve a purpose.

I don't mean to attack all the mamasans. Some obviously take extreme advantage of the naive girls, and by that I mean they make them kick back more than is customary in the bar scene. But that is not really an issue that impacts me.

The ones I don't like are the mamasans who show up when I am buying drinks for a girl and try and squeeze drinks and tips out of me. I would almost never give them but sometimes the girls makes it clear it will be bad for them if I don't. 

That is the point where I feel the mamasan is doing nothing for me and expecting drinks and or tips.

10 hours ago, Magictoad said:

BUT YOU SAID PRECISELY 

"I had always thought the older I got here the more respect I would get. How wrong I was. For 25 years I had my fun, worked for the government and had various professional jobs in Thailand. The older Thai's always get more respect but I seem to get overcharged more and more and overcharged for the simplest things, medical services especially. Sure, you can say I'm cheap and bitter but others I know have noticed the same thing"

 

You sound bitter and joyless to me; I don't know about cheap.

As Travis Bickle said "Are you talking' to me?"

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

Quote

 

"This is the greatest country in the world"

 

You obviously didnt watch it or you have listening issues.

You missed the part where she said living in the US is no different than living in Iran.

10 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

195 countries. I'm saying unless you have been to many you would have no idea. 

Silly.

Easy to compare just about any country with the "Islamic Republic of Iran" and make a judgement.

You just like to argue, anyone can see that with 4k posts since February.

And of course the implied boast about how many countries you have been to.

Can't wait to hear that, I am sure I will be impressed.

8 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Why do yanks say it's the best country? How would she know? She's probably only been to 5 to 10.

She was saying that the US does not compare favorably with Iran.

Is your response reflexive?

Heart breaking.

Mental illness in parents and child?

Not jumping to that conclusion just trying to think of an explanation.

Horrible to think of starving to death in the midst of plenty.

Often there is an alternate explanation.

If doses are 6 months apart, every dose you get you are 6 months older, 6 months closer to your expiration date.

So yes, for sure "you are more likely to die" the older you get.

Just a thought.

I haven't experienced this particular problem but sometimes the mamasans really seem to have a lot of control over bargirls who seem to feel obligated. Like "She did so much for me."

I was barfining a girl in Pattaya who was like under the spell of the mamasan.

She thought the mamasan was always looking out for her and trusted and looked up to her.  Not my business so I didn't get involved but the mamasan was getting a cut of any money this girl made, more so than with other bargirls I had known. Trying to remember exactly what she was getting a cut of but I just remember thinking that I had never heard of the mamasan getting a cut of things this girl was paying.

Some bargirls seem to see the mamasans as I do - money grubbing parasites; but others seem to see them as if they were a revered older relative or something. Maybe a function of how long they have been in the bar scene. I suppose when a farmer girl starts out as a bargirl it seems like the mamasan is helping them. As your girl says "Mamasan gave her the job, accommodation, lent her money, bought her clothes etc".

Maybe the bargirls get some benefit from bribing the mamasan that I don't understand.  Actually, sometimes I see punters acting the same way and tipping the mamasan exorbitantly for no reason that is apparent to me.

In general I don't see any benefit to me from the mamasan.

Anyone know of a source (local or online) for the Australian manscaping product "Nad's for Men"?

I haven't been able to find it locally and it is expensive to buy from Amazon.

Much more convenient (and safer) than shaving for challenging manscaping areas, refer to the product name if unsure. (Not sure why it is "Nad apostrophe s" but who cares.)

She kinda looks like mom didn't lay off the drinking and cigarettes when she was pregnant with her.

Mildly developmentally disabled.

8 minutes ago, xylophone said:

For those posters who do not believe there is such a thing as a virus, or indeed that we have an immune system, I came across this interesting article and thought I would post it. Of course the anti-VAX brigade or the tin-foil hat brigade, won't like it one bit, but here it is anyway.........

 

Bats carry an assortment of viruses, including infectious diseases that have jumped into humans in a process known as zoonotic spillover.

 

Marburg virus particles under the microscope — unlike some emerging viruses, Marburg jumps directly from bats to humans without an intermediate host.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/wildlife-video-reveals-bat-virus-spillover-potential-in-uganda/TZKTBVQOBJCCBJLXXBW3KQPGCA/

"anti-VAX brigade or the tin-foil hat brigade"

What do you reckon a Venn diagram of these two groups looks like?

On 6/15/2025 at 11:20 AM, Mark Nothing said:

No.  The entire field of virology is false.  It should be disbanded and completely shut down.  And the dictionary should use it as a perfect example for the definition of quackery.

 

Interestingly if the objective is good health and being disease free, then the Holy Bible is where the answers are located.  The creator of human beings has a definite blueprint on achieving health.  Most probably couldn't explain it.  Fewer still have fully implemented it.  But for those who desire health this is where to look.

 

 

" if the objective is good health and being disease free, then the Holy Bible is where the answers are located. "

Do you have to read the whole thing?

5 hours ago, DezLez said:

It takes one to know one.

Another disciple of Pee Wee Herman.

"I am rubber you are glue..."

On 6/16/2025 at 2:01 PM, spidermike007 said:

Fascinating how I'm not hearing anybody speak about it nor am I hearing about anybody catching it. Other than in the news. I won't be wearing a mask anytime soon and I will not be getting any more covid vaccines. Something like the Bubonic plague would have to come along for me to get another vaccine, and the only reason I got the first two was so that I was able to travel. I depend upon my immune system which remains quite strong due to plenty of exercise a good diet some very beneficial herbal supplements and my daily sense of fulfillment. 

 

The variants will likely continue and by all accounts it appears to me to be getting weaker and weaker, and more and more feeble. Only those at very high risk seem to be harmed by it, so from my point of view it's a big nothing burger. 

Is there an objective test for immune system strength?

I have tried a number of approaches to strengthening my immune system but no matter what I try I always seem to be catching upper respiratory infections: colds, flu, persistent coughs.

These are not life-threatening but definitely impact my quality of life.

Big advantage in Thailand over USA I can get antibiotics and even antivirals whereas in the US the medical establishment seems to consider it their sacred mission to restrict access to these.

But it seems any supplements or dietary changes I try don't seem to help.

The tradition in Pattaya for farangs is to join the "Pattaya flying club" but I guess that doesn't really apply to Thai men.

1 minute ago, Hanaguma said:

 

Stealing personal information and/or using a false ID to obtain employment or government benefits is a FELONY.   Driving without a license or insurance are both crimes as well.  So nice try to downplay the seriousness of the situation.  

You keep on about the non-violent crimes but the stated aims of the immigration crackdown were to deport terrorists and violent criminals.

A "FELONY" (clutches pearls) is not in this case a violent crime.

And I state simply and without heat, to this point none of the Omaha detainees have been identified as having a history of terrorism or violent crimes.

8 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Gary Rohwer, owner and CEO of Glenn Valley Foods, told Omaha’s WOWT that federal investigators told him 97 employees had false IDs. He said the company had used e-Verify.

 

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/06/10/breaking-federal-immigration-raids-hitting-omaha/

 

Yo, dawg, dass crim'nal!

Yes, as I said the numerous crimes I listed were in addition to the heinous crimes such as having false IDs,

and in the absence of any history of terrorism or violent crime...ahem... dawg. Oh and yo.

7 hours ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

ILLEGAL immigrant = criminal history

Other possibilities in the absence of any history of terrorism or violent crime:

Keeping library books past due dates and not paying the fines due,

Walking dogs with out keeping them on a leash and possibly not picking up their dog's waste,

In Omaha both dogs and cats are required to be licensed, need I belabor how these scofflaws in all probability respond to this requirement,

Unpaid parking tickets,

Autos with windows tinted darker than allowable by law,

Taking a number of items in grocery store express checkouts that exceed posted limits,

Bringing outside candy into movie theaters,

Sharing Netflix passwords with family members,

I'm sure you knowledgeable grannies will know of others.

No doubt their neighbors in Omaha are relieved that this crime wave is being addressed.

10 minutes ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

ILLEGAL immigrant = criminal history

Sad.

Already responded to this, not the violent criminals and drug dealers, rapists, terrorists and cat and dog eaters that Trump was saving America from.

Ok so you are asking a question that you think you already know the answer to.

Why?

I would ask "why do you care?", but I don't think you do.

I'm guessing you are just a Ricardo Cabeza who likes to punch down and you get a stiffy if the subject is related to bargirls.