spidermike007

It's actually the polar opposite of being a slave to my upbringing, my upbringing dictates that the woman's in control because that's just how things work in America. The man is allowed to assume more control here, to whatever degree he wishes.

That certainly not what's needed for me to feel like a man, but my woman and I enjoy role playing and she enjoys manifesting the dignity within femininity, and I enjoy playing the role of the provider, so it comes naturally for me to pay for stuff, that combined with the fact that I love carrying cash, it's just a very natural role for us.

Putin has never had much regard for Trump. That much has always been obvious. I believe that he has regarded Trump as a useful tool but beyond that I don't think there's any affection or respect. And why should there be?

Yeah I see this a lot too, and a lot of my friends don't carry cash, their wife carries cash or she puts everything on a card. I don't get it, it's never been my style. I've always liked to carry a lot of cash, my woman has access to some money but she doesn't control our accounts. It's really up to the man if he wants to surrender all of his masculinity and his dignity that's on him, but I'm in your camp. The man's camp. I don't understand it, and I don't know why a man would want to do that. One of the things I have noticed over the years is that somebody has to be in control of the ship, in this particular case a relationship. If the man's not willing to assume control, then the woman is forced into that position by his lack of cojones and masculinity. So that might be a factor, but I'm just speculating. I don't get the impression that that's required here, where in a lot of relationships in the West it does seem to be required. I know a lot of guys that are required to check their cojones at the door and they have no control over the finances back there. It is a sad thing to witness. No thanks.

Thankfully, this is starting to happen. I do have some friends that will come right out and say the man is a butthead, he's an idiot, and he's an absolute clown, but I like some of his policies. Those are the Republicans I admire. During the 20 years that Clinton, Obama and Biden were in office I was continually critical of their policies. Just look back at some of my posts when Obama and Biden were in power. I was not a big fan of Obama for many of the years that he was president and my posts reflect that. As a centrist democrat I criticized a lot of his policies. So, why are republicans so unwilling to be critical of this guy?

While I do agree about Carney being quite professional and polished, it did appear that Trump was willing to whine on and on and on, so in a sense Carney did shut him down, which was a beautiful thing to witness.

I create my own green drink from a mixture of organic spinach, barley grass, blue green spirulina, kale powder and broccoli powders. They're all very powerful, huge levels of antioxidants and they really do build up the bodies power and immune system. And they're all available online here in Thailand.

I don't know how anybody parts with cash, without doing a significant amount of research on the company or the individual who's offering them a great deal. There is so much information out there that there's really no reason to ever fall for a scam like this, unless you're just being reckless with your money. This world is chock full of vampires who just simply want to suck the blood of society, and take other people's money and will do absolutely everything in their power to avoid real and honest work.

America's chief snowflake got his butt handed to him by Carney. After listening to the whining for a few moments, Carney stopped the press conference. Trump looked so bewildered. Did he just stand up to the king? Yes, Donnie. Get used to the feeling of defeat. That time is coming rapidly. And you are to blame.

It is very hard to say, as the new variants are quite weak, and the symptoms are usually quite mild. A bit like a flu. I think the flu might be worse.

I know I pretend to be a big man and I know that I put up this front as being courageous, but most of you realize that I'm a major coward and I bow down to dictators and despotic regimes. Just look at my recent trip to the Middle East as a great example of that. I don't want to put sanctions on Russia because that would hurt my good buddy Vlad, and I don't want him to stop liking me.

Don't do it, whatever you do don't do it, be warned a successive government will come in and outlaw gambling and your billion dollars will be lost. Just look at Cambodian next door for an example of that if you aren't convinced.

Thailand seems to be the Hub of grand ambitions, and it's fascinating how rather than change the things that have been plaguing the nation for a decade or longer, and engage in major improvements like public and traffic safety, improving law enforcement, cleaning up the air, and the environment, getting rid of luxury taxes, and doing other things that would really attract affluent tourists, they just keep on engaging in this sort of silly desire to put a Band-Aid on a huge boil.

It was the wrong place and the wrong time, and it was a boring and spiteful speech that nobody wanted to hear. Thankfully Carney shut him down and made him look like the enormous fool that he is.

Are you saying that when you go to renew your annual visa they won't put it in your new passport, but rather they'll put it in your expired passport? That doesn't make much sense.

I tend to agree, I really like the Thai people. I find most of them to be light-hearted and I find that it's very easy to get them to smile or to get them to laugh, as they can be quite playful. I don't find that to be the case in Vietnam. I've only been there three times but it's been over the course of 20 years and it's both the North and the South, and it's with and without a woman, so I feel like I speak from some experience. I considered a lot of Vietnamese people unfriendly and I considered some of them to be downright cold, they felt kind of like wet fish, which is a bit like the Chinese on the mainland. No thanks. Don't ever need to return.

What a worthless, pathetic worm. I just do not understand this kind of thing. When a relationship is not working out, a real man tries to make it work, and when he sees that she is not who he thought she was, and things are just not coming together, he walks away, holding his head high. Anyone man with self esteem, who is in possession of his manhood, just wishes the woman well, and walks away. With a failure like this total goon, one has to ask: 1. Who are his parents, and why did they fail so miserably? 2. Why did he stop maturing at the age of 13, and never become a man? 3. Why does he have no self esteem. What caused him to hate himself so much, that he could not just accept reality, and walk away? 4. Why does this worthless thug have so little respect for others, and for human life? One has to hope he will be locked up in prison for a very long time, and let us hope some of his fellow inmates teach him the kinds of lessons he should have learned long ago.

I've been told that you have to carry both passports when you travel. One with the visa in it, and then the new valid passport, until you get the new visa in the new passport.

Who sends a significant amount of money to somebody that they've never met face to face, without knowing that they're a very reputable and trustworthy company? There is a whole subculture in this world, who absolutely refuse to work for a living, and instead like to prey on those who are vulnerable, naive, dumb, and easy victims. It is our responsibility to be careful, prudent, willing to do some vetting, some research, some due diligence, anytime we part with cash. Especially online. Dealing with Ebay, Lazada, Amazon is one thing. You have recourse. But, dealing with Facebook vendors, Instagram, Youtube, TikTok, dating sites, or any other social media, the scammers outweigh the real deals. People get taken every day. I get junk emails offering me at least $100 million a month. These people are parasites, they barely deserve the oxygen they consume, and we must do everything in our power to deny the online worms.

A lot of people just don't like low quality corporate junk food, and low quality corporate restaurants. I do everything in my power to avoid supporting those enormous chains and a would much rather support local businesses and Mom and type Pop operations.

You have to wonder who these people are that sit around in these offices dreaming up these schemes on almost a daily basis? There's are good reasons why wealthy people are avoiding Thailand, there are a dozen areas that should have, and could have been addressed over the past decade or longer, that the government's been ignoring. Those problems are not going away on their own. Wealthy people like to buy good wine at a fair markup. Wealthy people like to shop while on vacation, and are unwilling to spend $13,000 for a Prada handbag that they can get for $4,500 in Singapore and elsewhere. Wealthy people like to travel by helicopter locally. Wealthy people do not want to get on a dangerous, choked up highway and spend hours and hours in traffic. Wealthy people care about things like air quality, public safety, traffic safety, and effective law enforcement. The list goes on and on and on, when will these govt. nimwits wake up?

I'm just not a vaccine guy. I'm not antivax, if people want to get one, then power to them, but I don't feel like I need them to stay healthy, and I question their efficacy towards the latest variants. And I despise masks and will not be wearing one unless a very serious plague comes along.

As Trump started droning on and on about the need to take over democratic cities and states and complaining about democratic mayors and governors in addition to a tirade about the G7's unwillingness to accept Russia into the fold, Carney stepped in and brutally shut down the conference and stopped Trump in his tracks, the look on Trump's face was precious. America’s leader decided to open the international G7 summit with a long complaint, seemingly in support of Russia. Speaking before the global trade coalition, Donald Trump lamented that the group—which consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the EU—would not allow Russia to join its ranks.

I do feel very welcome here and I very rarely ever feel anything north of indifference, which is something I can easily handle. I happened to countries where I have felt hostility such as in France and in Vietnam, but I find the Thai people to be quite warm and very gracious. I don't know if the Thai cities are overrun to the extent that some of the European cities are, I've been to Florence in May and it was fairly out of control. I've never seen concentrations of foreign crowds like that in Bangkok. Certainly in a couple of sections of Pattaya, Samui and Phuket you do have big concentrations of foreign crowds, and subsequently jaded locals who oftentimes appear to be quite fed up. But, who can blame them?

Well white rice is kind of like a blank canvas, and it absorbs the flavors of everything around it so certainly you can make an argument that you can make white rice taste great with anything from soy sauce to butter to spices, curries and whatnot. But I find that brown rice just has this wonderful rich flavor all on its own, which to me makes it pair with things even better with some foods. Grilled rotisserie chicken and brown rice, with some Sriracha sauce for instance, is amazing.