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Tuktuks stood idle indicating a collapse in tourism.

I just found further up the thread, someone's translated it and the original apparently says 'the person who 'HIT' Felicia ...

I'm not sure whether the 'person who drove Felicia', which I assume you're referring to, is the driver of her scooter or the person who DROVE INTO her. How on Earth did that gobbledygook ever get past a second pair of eyes?

Surely not ????

Pitcairn Islands here I come ... ????

I wonder how ... ????

Sounds easy but not if you're in shock. It's why many women freeze as well. And then get blamed for not resisting. It can happen to the toughest of us believe it or not, and rarely has anything to do with sex other than using it as a means of projecting 'power' which is in itself a sign of sick weakness.

Scared perhaps? Or are you talking from experience. Rape is more than a physical event no matter who the perpetrators or victims are. Here it looks like it was being used to teach someone a lesson for not serving ice cream. Not everyone's a warrior.

See it all the time.

But only because the people like strife - otherwise it wouldn't work would it?

Does it not refer in Thai to congee soup, a thin version of which is breakfast in Thai jails? Any good Thai speakers around?

All of life is uncertainty and impermanence. Once you've cracked that it's a gas.

“There is no greater sorrow then to recall our times of joy in wretchedness.” (Dante)

There's a world of difference between being alone, and being lonely. You can be lonely in the middle of a crowd.

Good question.

They should make the punishment fit the crime.

I remember reading that you don't pay a prostitute for sex. You pay them to go away afterwards and this seems to be what he wanted.

They're OK for a quick killing, Saturday night special or whatever ... quite common in countries where it's hard to get a real gun.

Brilliant!

That is exactly what it is about. Nail, head, hammer.

2k/year ... mmmmh ... thinks ???? ...after reading the following posts about TM47s etc. ... thinks again ????

Relatively harmless attitude in that kind of universe.

Agreed, but it mostly is. It's an industry. The product is clear. And it is generally boring and predictable.

MY experiences have been different - just observing the wildlife that's all.

Maybe he hasn't lost his sex drive. He might have just lost the drive to waste his time and money on the boring, predictable third rate experience most farangs get caught up in. .