LaosLover

I got a couple of nibbles from lurkers. But without Gamma, Sticky, and BritToo, it's like KISS without Ace or Peter in the band -a pale imitation, a tribute act at best.

True. An old whitie I know takes Millenials out to eat, so he can be listened to. Like 2K a head for sushi. Call it 400 baht for a big roll. That's enormous amount of sushi consumed, even tossing in a 400. baht small bottle of sake apiece. We're in the realm of ringing the bell in a Pattaya bar, but with even less to show for it.

On the other hand, when I was babysitting for my lord-lovin' in-laws, I caught the 2 sons in a position that may or may not be in the range of the number 69. So I def covered for them for that. And I urged them to go away for college. Were that to happen today with that Trump Trash youth, I'd be hard pressed not to start wailing: "Try that in a small towwwwn".

If you have Amazon Prime, strong recco for the show, Celebrity Ghost Encounters. If Scott Baio and Sammy Hagar have wrestled to conclusion with afterlife metaphysics, I can just eff off and smoke more pot.

No way. But people here are like free-floating atomic particles. The vast majority of the molecules in the universe never leave their little carbon cluster. Is that good or bad? I say: Good. Free-floating atoms want to float. Freely. I have been ruined for the west by $2 cappuccino's. If I ever go back, I'll be kicking myself whenever I order one. But expecting a Thai person to big up you for going to Mai Sai is a guaranteed disappointment. They have never gone to a place just out of curiousity and they never will.

I'm seeing my meetup plan pretty much just limply dying on the vine, am I right?

This is why you need to talk to a tax accountant. You can get an answer on your domicile designation, and you can get it in writing. I have done this myself. The laws just aren't that complicated. You may not like their decision, but it will hardly be a mystery or made on a capricious whim. If this "they only decide your domicile once you're in a box" was part of a sales pitch, RUN!

Good luck finding a third person here who gets that joke.

Gamma, you're one on the right, right?

I am a former financial planner and endorse the above statement. Anything they can do, you can do yourself, with less or no fees. It just takes a little bit of boring homework. I don't know about this product, but Guernsey offerings tend to be steeply in the over-promise/under-deliver category. The first person you need to talk to is a tax accountant. He can tell you if their tax savings are for real and worth the fee. Short version if the answer is yes: only if your assets are over 2 million. Ask yourself: Do private banks like Coutte's sell these services? They like fees and have wealthy clients. And yet -they do not.

Well, thanks for the thread bump.

Jenga! Quite the game of skill for drunky old hands. Prob not seen in 30 years.

Who you gonna call? Thai Ghost-Busters: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1355751 Thai Ghostbusters is the low budget reality TV show concept that could get sold immediately. Buddhism was originally forced on the Thai's to replace their low-down animist ways. And yet, it thrives along side it with Naga amulets, ghosts, rice-water rituals and on and on. Just like they were never conquered, they were never fully assimilated into Buddhism either. Long may their animist-rebel spirit run.

I am going to commit to being at the bar at 6 PM, Saturday night. Who's in? If I get totally stiffed, well, I've been meaning to go to that great old liquor store south of The Night Market. Or would day time be better? I'm hoping to attract a Honda Civic-sized crowd.

She refers to herself over here as the ham sandwich that brought to the picnic.

This is the place. Does a weekday (or night) work better or Sat/Sun? Should I bring my white wife or is it stag?

Deification of StickyRiceBalls, the greatest of all Chiang Mai posters.

'Have met a couple of people from here, would love to have a meetup. Where? What day? Etc.?

My wife used to ask guys if they believed in astrology. She figured that if any guy was so humorless as to start lecturing her about it, she knew it was a bad fit and to exit the date immediately. Me? I dodged the bullet: "I have a lot of appreciation for the art of astrology". Putting aside this wholly made up Issan version of Shark Tank, what are the ways you suss people out?

And let's not forget the very valuable role of the bong mistress, tho sadly not a dominatrix kind of mistress. Most pot stores have single, ultra-shy male behind the counter. You want to see a friendly, chatty female. Hard to find. Good looking women with English skills can do better than 300 baht a day. They have to be good looking/English-speaking women who really love pot. And just like back in '77, God didn't make enough of 'em.

Your leg humping reminds me of a German Shepard we had to put down. Was Fattie prone to report-reading? Didn't they have to show him pictures and simple pie charts instead? Do democrats or republicans hire more analysts? Are you the sniffiest crybaby in Trump Trash-dom?

My decent foot-high glass bong cost 1,200 baht at Greendog Cafe. They also have a vaporizer bong you can try, but they don't have a second one to sell. There is no such thing as a local price for a bong. Your average pot store worker is making 300 baht for an extremely leisurely day. No bong-bargaining allowed. They are not empowered to discount. I have -for pick up only- a 28" bamboo bong that tips over very easily. Come and get it.

Short version: He's a democrat. Democrats favor analysis, hire more analysts, do more studies, have more public outreach to solicit opinions. Republicans think analysis is very suspect (or in Fox-speak, a "narrative"). They constantly assert that someone having no experience is a great thing. This is the principle divide: people who favor analysis and people who attack it.

Like average. The specialty of the house, deep-fried fish with tamarind sauce was 400 baht. A Beer Lao Dark was 120. Dead-empty at 6 PM on a Sunday. As we were leaving, another couple was arriving. All the places are strung together along a busy road and are a bit a bit samey. My stamina to try them all is waning. It's the same food as in Nimman. Not seeing a lot of N. Thai food so far. Also tried the river-near, not river-side Mare Seafood, a tiny French-style zinc bar (inside a Rimping Supermarket), mostly dedicated to oysters. The deluxe dozen costs 1,600 baht, but those were the best I've had in a non-Japanese place in CM to date. Real monster-fatties, 4 kinds. Surat Thani oysters seem more like huge clams. A decent place to get them is either Dukes, or Sub Seafood in the Old City (a venerable cheapie for quality raw bar).

Went to the fabled Riverside Restaurant. Great food, but swarms of mosquito's. Prob down to the season.