Prubangboy

I had a meaningful back and forth with Gamma about which character best represented him in Waiting For Godot. With BigNock, he just kept interrupting a thread where people talked about art house films, because he never saw one. But he wanted to remind people that he was here. With the nutters, you gotta pick your lane. Gamma = egghead laughs. BigNock = Bogan bohomie.

I'm all about putting a laugh or two out there. Or possibly being informational. But who am I kidding? What do I, a recent transplant, really have to tell some old guy who repeatedly dodged balcony-pushes from demented hookers in Pattaya? Or a grizzled old guy in Buriram making a go of it with a tilapia farm? So really, I'm here to learn from them, never diss them.

Def worth the Google. I love it when they say, "If there's a problem, the Mama-san will straighten it out" Has anyone ever put this to the test? I have to believe the Mama-san is more on the side of the earner she sees every day instead of the white ape. Porno in NYC was about money laundering. But then it became a gold mine. Video cassettes of Deep Throat flew out the door. They cost about $2 to make, sold for $79.99. That's $354 in today's $$$. Porn launched the videocassette, and cable TV. People thought that this new technology would be used to help people learn to speak French. It's just great to shoot the breeze in a thread where retards are just absolutely flailing.

I was the day manager of a famous porno theatre in New York circa '76. Show World. Possibly worth a wiki. Still a few hanging on in Japan. I saw a whole film about women in white panties sliding up and down banisters. If I saw a still-existent porn theatre, I might pop in for a half an hour to soak up the sleaze.

Mae Sai Khao Soi is the undisputed, Youtube'd to death option. Go at 11:30. At noon, there's a line. I also like Khao Soi Nimman, which has the full Lanna menu, done very well. Tons of Japanese Instagrammers at this very pretty, fern-drenched place (with a/c). For Vegan Khao Soi, Goodsouls in the old city -actually, that's my face Khao Soi of any description in CM.

'Finally tried out the legendary Vegan place, Aum, down a deep alley just outside of CM Old City. Old wood house, totally packed out. 100% tourists. Def in my top 3 Vegan CM places to date. Had: Tempura pumpkin Burmese tea leaf salad Tofu Jungle Curry Green Curry fried purple rice MInt Lassi (so hard to find) Watermelon Shake (520 baht all in)

You want to go to Nan, so there. Now wait, Siem Reap would be your funniest, stupidest posts since you refuse to go to Angkor Wat. Luang Prubang is still Covid-dead. Prob the best collection of temple murals in the smallest space in Asia. I'll go there again this year ($380 RT flight from CM), but you're not into it enough to make the trek. Mai Sariang is the underachieving Mai of the three Mai's.

There aren't enough people left here to have entertaining feuds.

I don't get why a guy who posts a lot on the internet is endlessly shaming people who are posting on the internet. He's like a guy in a porno theatre who keeps interrupting the movie to call other audience members perverts.

What year did this grappling out in the car park take place? Try that today.

Bob, ever had a Guiness at the Irish Pub in Old Chiang Mai? Where do you recco a properly drawn pint? The Robin Hood soi 33 is good one.

Bob, ever had a Guiness at the Irish Pub in Old Chiang Mai? Where do you recco a properly drawn pint? The Robin Hood soi 33 is a good one. Another one by Silom (in a basement) gets you one for 250. At the Robin Hood, the have a cheapie brownie for 150. Not bad. My wife loves Irish pubs. Growing up in the south, she never encountered one. Deserves its own thread.

Mini Siam. Very cab-able. Water park next door.

-If you own a vineyard. Or to be fair, a dairy farm. * Link to the Bangkok Post removed * Romance scam promising dates with rich white men has scammed 10 women. 881M baht gone. All they got was celeb pics and nothing. Who are these women who have this much income? Have you ever encountered a rich whitie hunter at this level? This is like water buffalo in reverse. Has anyone here encountered an outright scam? Mere opportunistic greed is diff.

Have you considered posting within an Amish community?

Long on my list, due to the Bourdain episode. Poss on tour. Did you do a longhouse stay?

No, I'm saying hate away, fair point. The Millenials hate the Men X'ers. It has ever been thus. The boomers gave you no draft, drugs, and kinky sex. No thank you required.

What you're describing sounds like Christmas dinner in Cambodia. 'Had a great 20 hour bus ride from Hue to Vientiane back in the Lonely Planet era. Hue is underrated a bit. Those epic bus rides have been killed by cheap flights. Def search for my recent thread about BKK prices now prevalent in PP>

I would do it with something else. Prob Vietnam. Crossing into Laos is legendary for border agents wanting bribes, but it's only 100 baht. S Laos after the north of Cambodia will have you thinking that Vientiane is Times Square when you finally get there. Didn't love Saigon -at all- but at least it has a pulse. Fish Amok is the worst famous dish in SEA.

PP is basically ultra-poor BKK. Siem Reap will have you scratching your head for something to do on day 4. Partic you, who has solemnly vowed on a bible not to pay the admission fee to go inside Angkor Wat. Other than that, the towns are not that diff or nice. Battambang is the best for having a smattering of Khmer-fusion, tricked up tourist menus and an average-ish riverside walk. North of B-bang, 'not a lot to tempt you to linger. If you want the nowhere place that they try to talk up as an eco-lodge, Cambodia is between Thai and Lao prices. Taking the boat thru the Delta to Vietnam is worth a YouTube. But I didn't love it and I hear it's gotten more Chinese tourist-oriented since I did it.

Tell me more about the retirement options -is it a bring your own boat affair?

I like your snarky comments. I formed an opinion because......you post a lot too. And posting isn't bad or a sign of personal failure. It's just something people do. It's no biggie. I have no idea what your financial status is. If you're a big deal in Serbia, I think that's great. Sort of like being the world's tallest midget.

This. Thread closed. No advice can top this.

Nah, I am saying if THAILAND costs you 10% are you outa here? And where to? I hear Serbia is filling up fast.

I see nothing pot-addled glee from the few backpackers I come across. How many do you meet? Do you work in a youth hostel or something? Vietnam, Myanmar, Myanmar -no long term visa for 99% of us. If Thailand does this, other countries will soon follow. I was in Mex first, a poor socialist country with crazy tax rates for affluent people. Now I'm in another one and hoping to dodge it again. -If you live in a country, should you have to toss them a few baht for the privilege? Reluctantly, I must say yes. All this moaning from Euro's affronted by helping Ukraine or refugees. Is this newfound libertarianism simply opportunistic cheapness on all front. Crunch time: if it costs you 10% more to live her, would you bolt?