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#MeToo!

I never hung with the guys other then the Filipinos onboard my ship. I was much more enamored with the young ladies on Magsaysay in Olongapo. My favorite which sticks with me to this day. Suzie BJ. And she didn't say "BJ." She was a little more specific about it. Suzie: "My name is Suzie BJ, I give you BJ, you be my Boy Friend!" That is indelibly ingrained in my psyche - forever. I never went with Suzie BJ, but she opened me the the possibilities available in the PI. In fact, to this day, I prefer the PI over Thailand as far as women. You'll find a god in every golden cloister A little flesh, a little history I can feel an angel sliding up to me Yet? Here I am. <walking in to dark Air Conditioned bar; order a San Miguel; To quote Murry Head's One Night in Bangkok which I consider to be one of the best songs every written: One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble Not much between despair and ecstasy One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble Can't be too careful with your company I can feel the devil walking next to me ❤️

We have the POTY member. We should have a PITA member as well. I nominate - myself!!! I probably won't win as there are many more PITA members out there, but I'll put myself up to start the bidding. I think we need a "Poll."

How do I get recognition as a PITA member (Pain-in-the-<errrr>-buttocks-member)?

And no one will be the wiser as the entire affair is "memory holed." I'd posit that Thai "Investigative Journalism" ends between 48 to 96 hours after the event and then - hai bpai - disappears!

My Thai wife was discussing that with me the other day and I didn't even ask her about it. She brought up the subject. I just nodded my head.

Sweet Buddha. Make it legal and tax it for revenues. Throwing people in jail simply drains the state coffers to incarcerate them.

I'm not criticizing, but just wonder what happened over the last few days. <smile>

Not that I'm status conscious but I sort of liked the new ranking system on Aseannow. However is seems that over the last day or so my ranking has fallen from a Star Member to a <drum roll> Newbie!!! <cymbal crash, slide whistle> That's ok. I notice that others like Webfact and other long-term members have been 'demoted' as well. However, on the plus side, I seem to have a s***-load of new "badges!" Whoo Hooo!!! Welcome to AN. To paraphrase Whose Line Is It Anyway, we have a forum where "the points don't matter!" Anyway - I'm not sure how the ranking works. Perhaps an AI back-end that went crazy. <laughs>

That's one of the reasons we have a camera in the car. If stopped, I swivel the camera over to the cop. Amazing how smooth things go if BIB Bob is being videoed. Fyi, considering that motorcycles are prime targets for shakedowns, if I still lived in the city and drove my motorcycle (the best way to get around in Chiang Mai imho) I have a helmet mounted camera as well. For farang driving MC I'd consider a helmet and a mounted camera to be top priorities. It solves a lot of problems before they begin.

I've got a home treadmill that cost me about 24K THB. I has served me well over the years. Pacific Fitness OMA Model 1610MA. Occasionally it will give me errors when I start it, but at this point it hasn't completely failed. But.......... We may be getting to that point and use this pretty much daily. Also the push-buttons for increasing speed and incline are not functioning properly which is not big deal right now as there are alternate ways to get the speed and incline to increase and decrease. I've seen people doing maintenance and repair on treadmills like this in gyms, both in Chiang Mai and Lamphun. So there are outfits out there that can do repairs on these in our area. I just don't know who? Does anyone know or have used a company that have mechanics who can repair and service treadmills? I need an outfit that can do onsite service. Considering the price of the treadmill, I'm not adverse to paying service personally for their drive time to come to my home if the service center is in Chiang Mai.

These 3M P-100 masks do work.

Let my wife handle it.

Safe and Effective!

฿฿฿ Cha-Ching ฿฿฿

Chuvit is 100% Thai!

..........5x the price.

Apple! Twice as small! Twice the price!

UK economy only G7 nation to shrink in 2023 - IMF Until it's not. ????

Central Festival - Another type of parking space Personally I wouldn't know as I avoid malls like they are Covid the plague.

I try to interact as little as possible with employees of Thai banking institutions. Most of what I do can be done online easily. Thai online banking is superior to my own home country imho. However, the face-to-face experience dealing with bank employees in my home country is about 1000% better than Thailand. Each system has its pros and cons.

Reverse Osmosis with UV machines that are maintained well - yeah I trust them.

Trust me. My wife and all rural villagers know how the yaba traffic works and exactly which people, entities, and institutions are involved. Meth is big business, big money, and a huge social problem. Most average (non-Meth users) aren't happy about the drug trade nor those involved either. It doesn't end because of the nature of the stakeholders making the money. Bust the plebs for a couple of pills and the 'authorities' (I use that term loosely) are so busy busting nobodies that those actually involved in trafficking are able to skate.

Farangs tourists make good hood ornaments for Benz drivers.

You stop and they stare off into space as you hear the squeal of brakes and the smell of burnt rubber as the vehicles behind you almost rear-end you and motorcycles blow by on both side of you.