thaibeachlovers

3 minutes ago, somtamjames said:

I went to a bar that turned out to be a ladyboy bar. When I didn't order something, they got angry and I decided to better leave them alone. And there was nobody else than ladyboys and some angry looking guys. 

When I didn't order something

If you went into a Gogo and didn't buy a drink you were lucky not to be "escorted" to the door and thrown out. They are not a "free" entertainment place. I'm not surprised they got angry.

I used to go to the lady boy bars because they played better music and seemed to be more enthusiastic dancers than the girl chrome pole shufflers, but the "girls" were always pushy. I went back to one just for old times sake, but they are really desperate now, and soon as a new customer comes in the door, they all gather round trying to get the guy to buy them a drink or take them out. However, they need to understand that desperation is a turn off and give the customers some space. I just kept saying no, and when the pressure got too intense I just left. Much less pressure in the real girl bars, but worse music, and no enthusiasm.

On ‎5‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 7:30 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

About the music: The problem for many bars is to get girls. And to make sure the girls stay in that place. Many customers agree they don't like the music. But the girls like it and if the bars play other music then the girls will possibly work in another place which plays the music they like.

 

The coyote situation is similar: It is difficult for many places to hire girls and make sure the girls stay. It's a lot easier for the owners and managers to hire a couple of coyote girls from a coyote supplier. The girls are more expensive for the bar and they are more expensive for the customer. But it's better to have expensive coyotes compared to no girls at all. And if coyotes quit, no problem, the supplier will get some new girls.

 

I wasn't aware of the coyote situation. Back in the 90s, none were "coyotes" and all would go with one if the price was right.

That might explain why the best looking girl in a certain Gogo hadn't been bought out by midnight, and wasn't even trying to attract a customer. Normally if one looks at them they'll be all over one soon as they stop dancing, but this DDG girl was more interested in chatting to the other girls than looking for a meal ticket out.

One thing that has definitely changed is that the girls are all gone a lot sooner than I expected. The bar with the best lookers was down to 4 girls on stage by 11pm. One obviously has to be fast these days.

16 hours ago, poanoi said:

"Back in the 90s it was a great night out, ....

I got the impression that it's just putting lipstick on a pig. It might look more attractive, but it's still a pig."

my theory: you got 25 years older since the 90's, and to the girls,

you are just lipstick on a pig these days, your money are attractive, but you aint,

and odds are they can pick up a punter half your age and still get paid & laid

I am well aware of how it works, but while it may be 25 years later, the girls are still DDG and will still go with me if I want one. Money still gets the girl. I don't know about getting one half my age though. Most guys looked over 50.

There were a few young guys around, but a minority and seemed more into looking than doing.

The point of my thread is that while Nana may look sophisticated, what goes on behind the curtain isn't nearly as much fun as it used to be. The outside bars ( Lucky Lukes etc ) seem way more packed and fun than the Gogos, and certainly played more enjoyable music. Even Hooters with it's live band ( very good one too ) seems more fun than inside the Gogos.

On ‎4‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 8:45 AM, webfact said:

With divorce from his ex-wife imminent Mr Toms was worried that “corrupt judges” in Khon Kaen would conspire against him and leave him with nothing.

 

Seems sus then to kill himself if the judgement was not already in. Could have waited till he knew one way or the other.

I wonder if there was a life insurance involved?

I can understand spending all his money on her, but surely he should have realised that going into debt was not going to change anything.

RIP.

If using a plunger, has to be done very vigorously. Useless just putting it in and pushing the handle a bit.

Usually caused by putting too much paper down. If not paper, probably a full tank.

I'd try the hose pipe if the plunger doesn't work.

I think a plunger can be bought for about 50 baht from a local hardware store.

If they are going to extend it, they need to either put an extra carriage on, or run more trains. The crowding has gone beyond all reason.

On a more positive note, I see they have installed lifts to the platform, but I don't know if they go from ground level.

Whatever, the management need a swift kick up the *** to sort the overcrowding.

2 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

Seems to work fine in all the mixed sex schools.   They would also have enough staff to watch over them.

 

As for the 'childhood is confusing enough, without introducing sex into it'...  boy and girls mix together every day in the real world anyway, so no difference.  

 

If you are saying that on these camping trips the adults have no control over who goes into the children's tents at night.. they need to step up the security.. 

Joking, right?

Men won't become teachers anymore because of the risk attached to being around girls, and it's going to have the same effect on scout leaders. It's already hard to attract scout leaders, and going to be harder if it's unisex.

Why should they have to "step up security" just because the Girl Scouts can't attract girls any more?

boy and girls mix together every day in the real world anyway, so no difference.  

and there is a plague of unwanted pregnancies. 

24 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

It won't need to be smuggled because it won't be illegal to bring it into the country. Distilling - that can be done already - but I presume if your life is controlled by an need to consume large volumes of super strong lager, the means of building and operating your own still will be beyond you; as for home brewing, the effort, wait, cost etc - again, I suspect that all this would put it out of reach of all but the most highly functioning of alcoholics.

 

As some of our more direct posters have pointed out, Scotland has had a drink problem for a number of years. Do you honestly believe that this is the first and only initiative taken to try to address the problem? Do you really think that this is a step taken in isolation, and without consultation? This is part of a panoply of efforts to try to reduce alcohol dependency on adults, and to try put out of the reach of children the super strong alcohols that they, until very recently, consumed for only a few pounds a bottle. The majority of alcoholic drinks are unaffected because they exceeds MUP.

Do you honestly believe that this is the first and only initiative taken to try to address the problem? Do you really think that this is a step taken in isolation, and without consultation?

I'm sure all that has been done and has had ZERO effect. 

Time to try something different?

Just now, MajarTheLion said:

Now that I think about it, you have a point. Eagle Scouts get a higher rank if they enlist in the military. Or at least they used to. That said, it also comes down to each scouts', or their parents', specific intentions.

The clever thing about scouting was that they prepared boys for the military without being obvious. Had that been the stated motive, many parents would not have allowed their boys to join. However, all the skills learned were those in use in the military- first aid, stave fighting, camping, survival etc etc.

When I went to school, we all had to participate in school cadets, with real weapons, but all we did was drill. Very not exciting.

4 hours ago, lannarebirth said:

 

So, was it better to produce an impoverished rural population to serve as their cannon fodder? I don't think it was.

 

As I mentioned previously I participated in scouting to the level of Eagle Scout. I've never shot a gun or felt the need to own one except for a shotgun I purchased for a special purpose long ago. Nothing militant about scouting.

I'm sure B P was dead before you were a scout, but his intention was to produce boys ready to join the military.

It may have changed since his time, but that was the motive. Everything about it was militant when I was a scout,  but without an actual rifle. We had staves that filled that role. We even learned stave fighting. Good for hand to hand fighting in the trenches.

On ‎3‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 4:00 PM, jak2002003 said:

They probably will be next changing their name too... so boys can join.  

 

Surely it's better to just merge to girls scouts and boy scouts together and just call the thing.. The Scouts?  Would be easier and stop all this PC stupidity.  After all, men and women are equal now.. same jobs, rights, etc.  So the boys should learn how to cook same as the girls, and the girls should learn survival in the wilderness stuff.  Easy!!

Really! Would you fancy being in charge on a camping trip when boys and girls will be in close proximity? No doubt, you'd be sued when the girls get pregnant.

Childhood is confusing enough, without introducing sex into it before it has to be.

I wouldn't really care, but when females are allowed to join any male institution, it always becomes about what they want and PC.

Boys should be allowed to be boys, without being told off for being so, just because girls don't want to be in the Girl Scouts any more.

All this is just feminising boys.

5 minutes ago, joecoolfrog said:

Well actually its big news everywhere , not surprisingly the president of the US is supposed to set a good example. In the UK our home secretary has been forced to resign for a single lie , Trump lies every single day yet you clearly think that is irrelevant , seems the British (despite our atheist tendencies ) hold the moral higher ground.

Yes, in the home of the gutter press ( UK ) the media are also cranking out anything that is anti Trump, But I never said the UK media was "sane" either.

I was in the UK when the HS resigned, and she didn't resign because of a "single lie". I suggest you do some research into the actual reasons for her resignation. She may not even have lied, when it comes down to the facts.

If politicians had to resign for lying, there wouldn't be a single one left.

Anyone thinks raising the price in Scotland will have any effect is silly. Either it'll be smuggled in from England, just like they used to bring in booze from Europe, or people will make their own brew, which will cause medical problems.

Only answer is education, and it'll be a cold day in h_ll before that changes the booze culture, with the present ( non ) education system.

I was recently in the UK and no one was talking about it that I heard. Other than the media, far as I could tell, no one cares.

When the current Sth Korean leader started making positive noises about the north, Trump should have said that any further moves to "friend" the north would lead to troop reductions. I see no benefit to the US paying to keep troops in Korea if the people voted for a north lover. Let them provide their own security at their own expense.

1 hour ago, Thingamabob said:

For heaven's sake find something less trivial to talk about. Yawn.....

Agreed.

That this is still going on after at least 2 weeks just goes to show what a pack of sad sacks the US media is. The whole world is laughing AT America for it's obsession with this silly nothing, when they should be concerned with actually important things.

In any sane country, it wouldn't even rate as gutter press trash.

I'm beginning to hope that Trump does decide to resign and let Pence deal with the mob. If that happens, they'll be sorry, and it's Trump that'll be laughing.

Anti Trumpers should be careful what they wish for ( perhaps they think that if Trump resigns or is impeached she gets to take over-555555555555555555 ). If Pence does take over, they'll be wishing Donald was still in charge. First people to get fired will be Sessions and Rosenstein, and then Mueller goes away as well. Trump, before resigning pardons everyone. End of that story.

Between what happened to this guy and the Afghan translator being deported to death by Britain, anyone would have to be barking to help our side in any future conflict.

Shame on those in authority allowing this to happen.

I saw a heading on one of the pages saying I was "unfriended" by 3 people. I know about "ignoring" posters, but this is a new one and sounds like a scam click site trying to hack me.

Any suggestions?

4 hours ago, jcsmith said:

The republican party has lost themselves. They've become enablers for an unqualified, immoral, conman. As has about 40% of America. A recent poll showed the majority of registered republicans polled felt that the free press was the enemy of the people. The Republican intelligence committee members refused to press for more evidence then gave this whitewash report. Evangelicals give the most immoral president we've ever seen a mulligan on one act after another. They have been exposed.

It's called DEMOCRACY. Those that don't want elections have the choice of a number of countries to emigrate to.

On ‎27‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 11:59 PM, sirineou said:

What a surprise 

Why is the truth a surprise, unless, like some, you believed that there has to be "something" there, despite zero evidence of such?

I suppose if the Dems take over the leadership of the committee next year, they will reopen the investigation till they find something, anything, no matter how irrelevant to justify the complete waste of time and money the investigation is causing.