JohnBarleycorn

After age 70, one should stop being a rock star.

This is Mick's last great song.

And now, he doesn't know when to stop.

And so, it's OK to grow old, but you need to know when to stop trying to be a rock idol.

STILL....I DO HOPE THAT THE RAINING SEASON BEGINS SOON, IN THAILAND!

And, I hope it lasts forever.

6 minutes ago, Metropolitian said:

In the midst of the day

The pitch dark forest is
In the middle of the day
Where end meets the begin
Pitch black, very dark, dark

The pitch dark forest is
A truly wondrous place
The gloaming always is
Pitch black, crawling dark, dark

When you try to see
You won't be able to feel

Is it near or is it far
Pitch black, how dark, dark

The pitch black forest is
A image from your feeling
Run fast, it's growing slow
Pitch black, very dark, dark

The pitch black forest is
Something that keeps on moving
Is it near or is it far
Pitch black, crawling dark, dark

Yes!

The gloaming!

You hail from Scotland, perhaps.

I LOVE the word gloaming.

"There were sourdough waffles to start the day and tuna sandwiches for lunch, a few hours of everyone reading novels in separate corners before a long solitary walk in the gloaming, accompanied by gloved waves across generally empty streets."

12 minutes ago, jmccarty said:

Alaska, has good internet and solitude.  The people you do happen accross are mostly friendly.  Most keep to them selves.

OK.

But, after reading many good comments here....

I may give it one more try.

BUT.... I must move to a quieter place.

Don't know where.

Some GAME BOY, two weeks ago, moved into the room below me.

GAMEBOYS are worse than roosters...

And even more unpredictable!

So, my friend....

The game is up!

The game is up for me at this place where I have been living for almost two years.

By the way... I live in Chiang Mai.

If anyone knows how to find a place which is quiet (no roosters or GAMEBOYS), and also a place which is fairly inexpensive....then....PLEASE....PM to me...  And I will investigate any place you suggest!

I still have TWO MONTHS RENTAL on my present place.

This will provide enough time to search out a quieter place in Chiang Mai.

I have no car, and do not want one.

But, I have no objection to using GRAB.

So.....if anyone might have some suggestions...about a quiet place with birds (not human birds)....then please let me know.

Otherwise....I am definitely leaning towards cashing it in here and just returning to the USA where I DO know that one can find a quiet place with great internet.

THANK YOU!

1 hour ago, talahtnut said:

You must be on some really profound gear mate.

My gas meter looks more interesting than that.

Why settle for a gas meter when you can have a can of soup for USD12 million?

On 6/9/2020 at 8:06 PM, StreetCowboy said:

The UK is not federated.  There is one crown, not several on the same head.

Powers in the UK are devolved, not ceded to the Crown.

 

 

 

Have you read about William Penn?

He was a good Friend.

Where does power, even today, come from in the USA?

Why is there, still, so little power to the People?

Don't even think about Black Power.

Penn was white, as you know.

Charles II took a shine to him....

But not because Penn provided a good shoeshine.

By the way.......

I just noticed something quite beautiful about the ThaiVisa software, too.

It so happens that when you click on the above Pollock painting, TV forum software opens it in a very wide frame, which is a perfect color for showing off Pollock's painting.

I am NOT joking.

Very beautiful.

Thank you, TV; you did it again with a very wonderful website design.

I mean that the website designers did not choose a solid-black background to open up images...

Instead, the web designers chose a perfect color for this, very dark brown.

Great attention to detail!

I am NOT joking.

I have noticed that a few of us sometimes become irked by posts which lack adequate forethought, wisdom, insight, depth, excitement even!

But it isn’t easy for the average poster to attain this high level of output, time after time, come rain or come shine.

Yet, still, many members wish to stay in touch, and this causes a conflict. Do I post and risk antagonizing somebody, or do I not post and risk becoming even more of a hermit?

Maybe there is a happy medium that we might follow more steadfastly. But I am not sure what that might be. For one, I know that I will never think of something profound, something that one of you has not already thought many times. Yet, if each of us were to wait until we really had something to say that none of us had thought of before, or that no one wanted to see written here, then we might be waiting for a month of Sundays, and still not see even one post.

OK. I can understand that some people are not able to scroll past even one post without clicking on it. Their curiosity gets the better of them, and then they become slightly annoyed and miffed.

So this is why I made it very clear, both at the beginning of the post heading, as well as at the end of the post heading, that you would only see something profound here.

And I am good to my word.

You will see something very profound here, which is one of my favorite Jackson Pollock paintings.  Some people think he is not profound, but simply dripping paint all over the place.

I am not one of these people.

I find Pollock’s fractals very beautiful.

And this is one of my favorite paintings done by Pollock.

Well, what do you think?

Is this profound enough for you?

5 hours ago, Matzzon said:

What´s wrong with the respect we are given today? The ones that do not get any, might look at themself first and stop demand something they not give to the wonderful people in this country.

No matter how old we become, much like Rodney, we just don't get no respect.

At least, I don't expect respect until I am older than everybody else, and by then I will have really achieved something.

Rodney never got any respect throughout his life, until he found some among his peers in a caddyshack.

Rodney's perspective from an early age went something like this:

Recently, especially this Leap Year, I have been thinking about how many more years I have left. Unfortunately, our total lifespan in years is unpredictable. I know that I will probably be around tomorrow, but what about in the year 2051?

Will I still need a visa in the year 2051? And will ThaiVisa be around to guide me in my visa quest?

Maybe by the year 2051, I will be too old to do visa runs. By then, I might need to just walk or crawl back and forth across the border. Or maybe visas will no longer be required, and we will just live anywhere we please. Food and beer, by 2051, will be free, and massages will be done by robots.

How might I die in 2051 if this happens? Well, what about being massaged to death, listening to JS Bach and Thai myna birds, eating the Northern Thai sausage which I love, and still dreaming of the future? What could be better than that, unless it might be to continue living until 2061?

By 2061, I might become the oldest Farang in Thailand. How hard can it be?

24 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

 

 

 

 

 

If you just take and read all that you posted above, then you might wonder what is going on.

Are you sure everything is alright? Has the lockdown hit you hard?

Nothing related to the lockdown.

Much more due to the loss of a girl.

She was the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry.

Still, I don't regret a single day.

31 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

Here's an unretouched photo of her. She's all yours mate.

 

                                       

One of these girls attended Wellesley College.

Each one had a different personality.

But, if you put them all together with Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong, then you get the picture.

In my opinion, all five of them slept together on one kang during winters.

And, all were incestuous.

8 minutes ago, stouricks said:

You know my name, look up the number.

 

 

Nice!

But, obviously....this is the Stones.

1 minute ago, Phil McCaverty said:

Here's an unretouched photo of her. She's all yours mate.

 

                                       

Thank you.

Her photo, though flattering, does not do her justice.

4 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

Written exclusively for Mary Hopkin by Paul McCartney because he had the serious hots for her.

 

Obviously didn't know her nickname "Hairy Mary" given to her because of her lush and extensive pubic thatch. The reason she always wore ankle length dresses.

I meant, the gang of four.

I have always had the hots for this dish, Jiang Qing:

12 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Ah " A day in the life"...

Ah,....Those were the days....

A Gang of Four

Is there ANYBODY going to listen to my story

All about the girl who came to stay......

Great Leap Year we are having.....so far.

2020 is turning out to be a very fine year......so far.

Nothing is really real.

10 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

With the size and rate of these topics perhaps "paperback writer" is more apt ????

Norwegian Wood.

7 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Bored?

You don't know how lucky you are.

Back in the USSR

All the money's gone.

But, the magic feeling.

Still very strong.

Right?

Well....

It's a crying shame

That you can't lay the blame

On anybody else...

But yourself!

38 minutes ago, misterjames said:

I thought you were toying with the idea of going back to the states? 

 

BUT.....Yes......  I am thinking about returning to the USA.  Why?  Because I recall the natural beauty of America.  I want to see it again.  AND, AND, I would dearly love to see Maine, again, for one thing.

So....I just might return to the USA even before I expect it.

One thing is for certain, America is a very beautiful country...except for Ohio.

16 minutes ago, misterjames said:

I thought you were toying with the idea of going back to the states? 

 

Yes, you are correct.

However, after originally posting my thoughts, I received messages full of good advice advising me to reconsider any return to a life that no longer exists, even to be a hermit.

In fact, the advice that people shared with me is absolutely true.

Basically, what I have been told is that I cannot go home, again.

And also, even though my family have remained in the United States, and presumably still enjoy their lives there, yet I never enjoyed my life in the US as much as I enjoyed it in Asia.

IF I could return to the USA just as it was in 1979, then I would DEFINITELY return in a heartbeat!

But the land that I remember, the so-called land of the brave and the home of the free, is now like Atlantis, some sort of mythical land that probably never was.

I am sure that you might feel about your homeland as I do about mine, if you remain in Asia for over 40 years and 40 nights.