LaosLover

I was def. a fan of the real life Jerry Mahoney back in the day.

I wish. I'm in Singapore.

Bill lived near my town in Suffolk. Very big in metal detecting as a hobby. He did a lecture. Mega-bland. In England, if you have a nutty haircut and enough time passes, all is forgiven. Gary Glitter? Bald.

No respect for Commie Laos? Seems like a no-brainer. Like seeks like. And waaay too comatose to worry about the mass roundups of funny accent people that irate beach town residents are demanding here. Maybe they could form posse's and ferret them out themselves.

I read Bill Wyman's super I-was-there book Stone Alone. He has 4 pages about when they met Gene Pitney. Guess what interesting life chapter he left out.

I agree. TODAY. But when I was young, I said stuff that would be considered racist now. Particularly about the prospect of having sex with Tina Turner. I mean Ike era-wig Tina, not now- wigTina. And I snarfled at Ted Nugent having a teenage girlfriend. I have cracked at least 22 Jail Bait jokes. Back then. Not today. So shoot me.

You need no justification as to why you didn't want to go in the military. It's the free choice that I laid down in traffic to procure for myself and future generations. My gym teacher asked me, "so you'd be happy having someone else defend freedom?' -like the blowhard above, like it was some kind of gotcha. I replied: "Of COURSE I'd prefer someone else wear a drab green outfit and crawl around in mud. Duh."

Were you there either? I'm going to go out on a limb and guess no. Just dull grandstanding over my mildest of jokes. Get a life.

"This is not a thread where I ever say anything but, yeah, but".

So Russia, the crappier version? Like Haitian-Russia? Any weed updates or is this it from you? Thanks dull guy, for the geography lesson. As an American, I hold myself exempt from geography. I was thinking of the the Seinfeld episode where they go to a porn film called One Night In Minsk.

One time, my card wouldn't come all of the way out of the ATM slot. And at a 7/11, not a bank where I could get help. I gave someone 100 baht to stand by the machine and went across the soi to a nail salon, borrowed a pair of tweezers (another 100 baht) and plucked the card right out. Did I rage? A bit.

The ones I meet are all about the weed, not the girl game. It's sort of great to have a new kind of low class tourist.

Me too, oh dullsville Virtue Signaler. But I find more Russians in the pot bars. From what I hear, note to self: Don't book a weed vacation in Minsk.

We're at a once in a millennium crossroads where the fate of Russia and the west will be dramatically decided. People on this forum likely have a very unique opportunity to engage with ordinary Russian people about it. Their response: "Not 'avin' it. What about me all day breakfast fry-up?"

And THEN, Bob had the nerve to mimic a black man right after admitting to craving sex with a 13 year old with a zesty, "hmmm, Ah do beleeve it". -Cultural appropriation or what? Keep Bob Seger out of our schools. Oh wait, no one under 50 remembers him. Brown Sugar? Don't get me started.

Relatedly, about half the Russians I talked to were in The Republic of Georgia first, where they are very much not wanted. To the one, they want to call Thailand home. Massive brain drain for Russia. I have had many a laugh here at very sincere expats claiming that the small amounts they might contribute to the Thai economy amounts to even a hill of beans. Surely that applies to people splashing out for Elite Visa's? Even if they very mildly impair someone's maximum beach chair enjoyment? To uh, stay alive?

I'm waiting for the ATM cam footage to show up from my favorite poster, Webfact.

I'd go with a shruggy, Tony Soprano-esque, "Whaduhya gonna do? No double-way would I be dragging an innocent guard into it who clearly doesn't want to be involved.

I agree with you 100%. They're not real refugees. I like you as a poster and I respect your point of view I am quoting myself because that's my opinion: I am happy that Thailand seems to be looking the other way on this. And I hope it lasts. That's down to my own temperament, not any political definitions. Shorter version: They have no right to be here. But I am glad that they are.

I've talked to about a dozen Russians about this in various pot bars. I'll bet many people here would begrudge these people a spliff in their stressed lives. All are on the Elite Visa. It's like the American Civil War where you could buy your way out. If they love Putin and now suddenly are hedging their bets, I can live with that too. I make no judgement since I'd be doing the exact same thing in their shoes. As would the Daily Mail types here. Their insular hypocracy cracks me up.

Ozmoron, you need a more pedantic, detail-oriented kinda guy to debate who is and isn't a real refugee. The above is what I think is right and long may it last.

It's great that I don't have to hunt down a Daily Mail. I can just read it here.

I'm not saying that they are refugees under the standard definition or are entitled to refugee standing and rights. And Thailand already has its refugee hands full with Myanmar people. But if someone fleeing gang violence in Honduras is broadly considered to be a refugee of a sort, then someone who is going to be sent to the front with no gun and a pair of flip flops is also deserving of sympathy. Thailand's (so far) tacit acceptance of these people works for me.

I can't heaar you.

Passive aggressive, whiny 'if you say so' =hard permanent blocking. Have a great life arguing over nothing.