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31 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

My god, can you stop talking <deleted> for just 5 minutes.

I can only presume that yours is a rhetorical question needing no reply from me. 

Am I correct in my presumption? 

19 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

อย่าเป็นของปลอม

No....!

I hate pretenders....like...

Bobby Zimmerman.

He's a phony.

“There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it”

32 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

😁 he will be blowing another's guys trumpet I imagine 

Or, a flute, maybe...

Live as a ZERO...

Die with ZERO...

5 minutes ago, 2baht said:

He probably does'nt speak Thai either, he annoys in English!

I can read it better than speak it (Thai), of course.

20 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

But here, you can get people to do everything,

Almost anywhere, you can get people to do almost anything.

First lesson they teach you on Madison Avenue.

And, it's true.

20 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

It was a top second cousin's wedding.  Our relatives encouraged us to come back, and my daughter and I prevaricated.  My brother was more polite: "No, I won't be coming back".

There are many in this world less fortunate than you and I, few more honest than my brother, and fewer still as beautiful / handsome (as appropriate) as my second cousins.  They are particularly blessed by the number of their neighbours who are less fortunate than they are.... 

Being fortunate can be unfortunate, at times.

Being unfortunate can be fortunate, at times.

15 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

I forsook a trip to the Old Country for a second cousin's wedding, and I (and my daughter) enjoyed it far more than I had anticipated,

  

Seems to me... your sentence makes no sense.

Seems to me....

11 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

I forsook a trip to the Old Country for a second cousin's wedding, and I (and my daughter) enjoyed it far more than I had anticipated,

  

You are more fortunate than many in this world, obviously.

16 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

Like a good crossword, you are bound to get a kleptic response.

"Baitey" is my crossword, and "Observation" is my watchword. 

Ne'ertheless, I was asked a similar question by a former colleague - he had suggested meeting for a drink, and I had responded "Aye-done - LRK XIV"

To which he replied "Where is that?"
"It's in the middle of your screen when you search on google maps"
 So we had to accommodate his navigational frailties, and I am not certain how I got home, but I believe that I did...
Anyway, to summarise, I am here, you may be there, nd other people can fend for themselves 

Must you always be so cryptic in your comments?

12 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Sadly there is no solution, barring winning Lotto. There is no problem a few million $ will not solve.

Should I do so, I'm taking up residence in Nana Plaza for the rest of my life, though that will not be for too much longer.

Sadly, I am sure that you will always find....another...one last go-go girl....

I am sure that you aspired to much more, when you were younger, and when you still had high hopes....

Oh, well....

Such is life in Pattaya.

2 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

James Blunt did high better.

Haha...

I will never pay attention to any of your opinions....again.

1 minute ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I reckon your sole reason for living is to get your AN posting count high. 

 

 

No.

But, speaking of HIGH....

I think this is the best tune for the end of 2023....

What say you?

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'd rather suffer watching VDOs and movies. The visual is so much better than my imagination.

Thank you for sharing with us...your problem.

However, sorry, because I do not have any solution for you.

If we could start the year over again, and if I could re-post my posts, I could refine them to become what I had hoped they would be, at the time I wrote them.

Unfortunately, once posted, our shortcomings remain forever on TV.

Unless, the site might go down, or something, in which case...all our work will be relegated to some black hole....

Past the Event Horizon, never to see the light of day, again.

A black hole is very romantic, for some.

14 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

Our ignorance astounds our friends as much as it surprises ourselves.

Einstein was unclear on whether ignorance or stupidity required a longer string or heavier weight to plumb, and I am grateful that he is not here to see me answer his uncertainty.

I am uncertain where you are at this moment, figuratively, and literally.

Humor me....where are you, geographically?

Malaysia?

Malaya?

Scotland?

Where?

At least, I know where I am.

I am on the blue dot.

Of course...

I know who Sagan is...

But....

Who is Ben Weinberg???

And, should we care?

https://benjweinberg.com/2022/04/22/thoughts-on-carl-sagans-a-pale-blue-dot/

IMHO:  Ben is not the writer he thinks he is....

Certainly...not....a Vonnegut....

27 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

Is it a handbook?

No.

It's a tragedy.

I thought you knew....

35 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

Aye, that's all very nice, but it's not the way home

19 minutes ago, still kicking said:

He can't speak Japanese 

I can speak a little....

Cleveland, Ohayou gozaimasu....   クリーブランド ,おはよう ございます

Ohayou!

13 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

Speak for yourself

Were not all parochial

“When you look at this mirror I hope you'll remember that there's always another way of seeing things: that's the beginning of wisdom.”
― John Barth, Giles Goat-Boy

17 minutes ago, StreetCowboy said:

When life gives you lemonade, be a lemming  

Already, over a decade...and....

Still, nice to know you....

Keep on keeping on....

1 minute ago, StreetCowboy said:

Everybody suffers.  Those that read understand.

The best lessons are painful ones, though I'm happy to have learnt so little.

Yes.

I agree that I have learned so little during my life.

But, if you want to learn more...

Then....might I suggest you read....

Just now, StreetCowboy said:

I don't want to be argumentative, so we'll leave it there, other than to say Reading is one of the greatest joys, liberties and opportunities that we have, and we'll leave it there and say no more about it, barring possibly some ignorant and foolish claimed rebuttals. 

 

You might have misconstrued my meaning....

Sometimes, when reading widely, we encounter thoughts that cause us great suffering.

To read is to suffer.

How can you read Catch-22 or Dostoevsky without suffering, a bit?

That would be impossible, me thinks....

And, you don't suffer for a moment...

You suffer for years, as the result of what you had read.

1 minute ago, StreetCowboy said:

I never saw the budgie.  It could've been a fit-up by the Scouse mafia in their war on Country &  Western.
I'd never seen it as part of The Global Struggle before.

May you continue to glory in the flower....

As long as you live....

8 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

No one should have to suffer posts like that ever in the course of their lifetimes. 

Let us BOTH agree that we see eye to eye concerning environmental issues....

And leave it at that....