Prubangboy

What about the Austin sound like Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovitt etc. Few places in the world are so musically famous.

The frequency of these discussions means that people value this venue. I do too. To talk to someone about their life here or get practical advice is great, partic for free. I enjoy doing the same. If someone wants to fight all of the time, they're some version of not right in the head and I give 'em a miss. I just parma-nixed someone today. If I had the technical acumen to block him.....I still wouldn't. It's all part of the unique mix. If people want to post about their elbow, I have no problem with that. If I have a passable elbow joke to toss out, I will. If not, I'll sticker on a few emoji's supporting other elbow-mockers and then go back to Slate. I can't think of a fourth rule for Internet behavior. I mean, duh.

My English teacher friend there tells me that companies stopped subsidizing English classes. And that like most of Asia, Japan has become more inward-looking and nationalistic. English-speaking also became less fashionable. This is sad only on the women side of the equation.

Bloom Cafe was the best Cam food I ate. It's NGO etc so has the tasting platters with all the bits and bobs. If it were in Chiang Mai, I would eat there every week. https://wp.avondale.edu.au/ytravel/2020/08/05/when-eating-becomes-giving-a-guide-to-feasting-at-cambodias-best-ngos-and-ethical-cafes-loren-russell/

Okinawa is #4 on my bucket list so I would like to hear your Okinawa stories.

You should just keep bumping this thread. Remember to really hose your horrible, old man butt before hoping into a group hot tub situation. They think you're like a dog anyway, and they will really appreciate that extra blast up your crack. Bringing a bottle brush along would also not go amiss.

And yet, and yet, you come from a country renowned for having amongst the beautiful women in the world. And yet, and yet, you ended up with a Thai woman as the love of your life. -What was lacking, babe-wise, back home? -Were you attracted to Thai women in general or was your wife a special situation? I'm not dissing you, I'm wondering what in your background evinces such strong reactions to other people's harmless goings on.

A lot of guys just want to commune with a non-complaining, thin woman. 'Can't fault it. Not even as a life plan.

Wait a minute. Are you saying that sex workers are actually not that into you? Because this iconoclastic new revelation is going shock AseanNow to its very core.

Chav, Bogan, Yob. Please draw a Venn diagram so that others can tell you Brit and Commonwealth drunks apart.

Jomtien and The Darkside were high on our retirement list due to the amenities and proximities you describe, partic the medical ones. If I were a beach person, I'd happily do it or Cha Am. Maybe Cha Am for the smaller scale. We like the idea of a western community to access here in Chiang Mai, but we never get around to it. It's just so easy to meet people on the fly here. They come and go, and after small town living, we really like that too.

My wife prefers to refer to herself as the ham sandwich that got brought to the picnic.

Bob, would go 30 baht more for a Beer Lao IPA? And have you ever ordered one of those bubbly beer towers at a night market? Beer Lao had a merch store in Vientiane (pre-Covid). I carried home a surprisingly well made Beer Lao cafe umbrella. Still in use a dozen years later. It's a great logo, they really should milk their brand.

Since he did give exact location of the shop for verification, I believe that puts him beyond reproach.

On average, we smell bad to Asian People. So now you're advocating for tastes bad too? As the brits say: 'not 'affin' it.

I have a friend with a 35 years younger Thai wife. Who does he lust for? My 60 year old wife. I came home once and found that he had taken her out for sushi. Just to bask in her educated whiteness. I want to set my wife up on OnlyFans where she can keep her clothes on and just talk to lonely drunks in Issan about Brexit. He asks me -a lot- if I go to massage parlors for happy endings. I told him I don't even happy ending-myself; she takes care of that -and that I regard a hand job as the American cheese on Wonder bread of sex-sandwiches. I know people who have great Thai relationships, but for me, it's a case of water, water everywhere, but not.......

After The Grand Canyon and The Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat is the biggest bang tourist thing I ever saw. But you really have to like ruins. Typically, I do not. I was a tad bored at Machu Piku, Petra, and The Roman Forum. I felt no need to see the further afield Khmer ruins this time around, tho I have seen every last one when I was a newer, hungrier tourist. I did Angkor 3 times and that was enough. My post-covid visit of last year to Angkor, where I wandered thru it without seeing another soul still haunts me in my dreams and is among my best travel memories. If it feels like a forced school trip to you, there's no reason to suffer through it. Nor is there much need to go north of the capital. Unless you want the eco-lodge experience for 30% off of Thailand prices (Laos does it better for even cheaper). Kampot is just as nice as Battambang, closer, and you can then transit to one of the lovely Thai Islands of the eastern seaboard in half a day. Deciding via Youtube is very valid. We decided not to try a Khao Soi place based on the look of the fried noodles. 'Can't imagine what in the Battambang video's is so compelling, 90% of the time, YouTubing veto's a place for me rather than makes me want to go.

Battabang had a little hey day ask a old Frenchie building/foodie spot like Luang Prubang. But like LP, Covid has crushed that and it will not soon return. No longer worth going out of your way for.

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The hotel is a bit more, but they're practically giving away the food -which I rate over Thai food. A taxi mafia that would shame Phuket too. Still, it was hard for us to spend $80 a day in Vientiane, and that was with taking people out.

Do a search, I linked to an article saying just that about 4 months ago. If anything, you sound a little on the low side.

Just killed a 2 liter sake carton with 3 other people over a couple of parma ham and artichoke pizza's. Can't fault it.

I def get some status from having done a lot of meditation and being very Buddhist-positive and Buddhist-curious. Many women have never had faith conversations with a man. Buddhism doesn't have too many affluent bachelors floating around in it. That my white wife also identifies as Buddhist is also very statusy for me. I have a ton of Buddhist face, and none of it is really earned. BUT: Just they'e not getting that dewy, wet, into me feeling. A lot of cheery Buddha-kaaa-ing is nice, but it's just not dirty enough. For dirty, you really have to go to white women.

One of my fave old ThaiVisa myths was that 7/11 girls were gunning to lure me away. I've had two real approaches since moving a year ago. Both around 40. There is no Red Pill-ian Wall for classy, reasonable weight (not thin) good looking white women. If she goes on Tinder, she'll get 100 hits and I'd be lucky to get 3. She's 60 to my 70, so I guess that's my leg up.

Since we're not beach people, I def took a research trip to The Dark Side of Pattaya. Very western couple-ish. Super-value. But we're more self-contained and prefer the beatniks that drift in an out of our condo. She told me that if I need to go off with a 7/11 cashier, she'll just wait me out.