Rod Kalshnikov Appreciation Thread

[Begs]

I for one have to take my hat off to Rod Kalashnikov.

Great posts, entertaining, compassionate, wise, thoughtful and intelligent.

Good on ya Rod.

I look forward to reading many more posts from you.

[Stocky]

I for one have to take my hat off to Rod Kalashnikov.

Great posts, entertaining, compassionate, wise, thoughtful and intelligent.

Good on ya  Rod.

I look forward to reading  many more posts from you.

I'd like to second that vote of thanks.

I've enjoyed reading your interesting, candid and wise comments on a subject that is usually met with one liners, sleazy comments or moralistic rants. I confess that I'm often guilty of the one liners.

Thank you!

[The Gentleman Scamp]

Agreed... I've invited him to the next meet-up but he'll be out of the country.

I for one am grateful that he's opened peoples eyes to a subject I consider important, (respect of bargirls), in a way which my lesser life experienced self could only scratch the surface on.

Cheers RK

[rod_kalashnikov]

 

[The Gentleman Scamp]

Aaaaaargh!

There goes my "Bad Mother######er" reputation!

Not at all - it's because you're a Bad Muther######er that you've got us brown nosing you.

[stumonster]

There goes my "Bad Mother######er" reputation!

yeah mate don't rest on your laurels.

keep up the good work cause it is appreciated

[fatter than harry]

I'd also like to thank you rod, you manage to articulate perfectly the feelings I hold quite deeply, I spend too much time here trying to find a gag and not saying what I really feel - thank you for sharing your wisdom, it makes me happy.

I've stalked all your posts and include my favourite bits....

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"I learned early that generic typecasting was pure crap ... that there were good whites and bad whites, good blacks and bad blacks, good Asians and bad Asians, and of course, good prostitutes and bad prostitutes. Consequently I have no racial prejudices at all, but I do have a behavioral prejudice ... an <deleted> is an <deleted> regardless of his/her race or color or profession.

I treat a prostitute who acts like a lady as a lady, and I presume all prostitutes to be ladies unless they prove otherwise ... but it wasn't always so. In my youth I treated those who came across like sluts badly ... insulting them and ordering them to get the <deleted> out of my face, and worse ... but I soon realized that even they had feelings and emotions, and that by deliberately hurting those feelings and emotions I became less of a man in their eyes. Being treated with contempt by a low class hooker is a hard lesson, but it's one I brought down on myself, and it's one I'm glad I learned early in life.

No matter how sleazy the advance, a polite "No thank you" is all it takes for both parties to retain their dignity. I can look back and honestly say that every working girl (even the ladyboys) who approached me in the past 40+ years has walked away with her head held high and her pride intact. Respect is a two-way street ... and courtesy costs nothing."

"Most of the girls with whom I associated at that time spoke little or no English, but we managed to communicate OK. They taught me a lot ... and not just about sex. As the weeks went by I became less arrogant, less callous, less tempermental, less violent, more respectful, more considerate of other peoples' feelings, and more open about my own feelings. In short, they taught me how to be a real man ... something some of the posters in this forum have yet to learn."

"Their lessons made me a better man."

"My father was straight-laced almost to the point of Puritanism. I couldn't wait to get away from home. I seldom thought about him while I was rampaging across the known world ... I was too busy having a good time. It wasn't until many years later, when he was dying, that I realized how much I loved him."

"Purely out of curiosity, what do you consider makes a man a "real man" ? Getting blind drunk and dropping your pants and pole-dancing in gogo bars ? Calling ladyboys poofters and faggots ? Insulting bargirls to impress your drinking mates, then paying one for a quick blowjob when no-one is watching?"

"Some posters have taken the piss out of me for admitting I learned a lot about life from Thai prostitutes. Sure, maybe I could have learned the same lessons from other sources ... but I didn't have that opportunity ... and I honestly think no-one was better qualified to teach me than the girls (and a few older women) who were the exact opposite of everything I was and had the patience (and in hindsight, in some cases, perhaps even the love) to put up with my shit and show me I could get more enjoyment out of life by being a decent human being than by being a self-centered arrogant prick."

"Even after 40+ years, I clearly remember Pornthip, a tall attractive woman of about 30 (one of the very few Thais I met in those days who spoke good English) with whom I'd spent a couple of days, saying after I'd reduced a young working girl to tears with some thoughtless insult, "Why did you make the girl cry ? You hurt yourself more than you hurt her. Now she hates you, and her tears will wash away part of your spirit." I went over to apologize to the sobbing girl, but she sneered and turned her back to me, and so did all her girlfriends. The ultimate insult. It made me feel like shit ... but I learned a valuable lesson."

"Everyone has dignity.

Everyone has pride.

Everyone has an ego.

You get what you give."

And my favourite:

"No, I didn't marry her ... and I never saw her again.

It was a devastating blow to my ego and my teenaged heart was broken ... she was a real stunner ... but Thailand was (still is) a land of outstandingly beautiful girls, so I soon recovered.

(I guess old age plays tricks on your mind ... I can taste her tears as I write this.)

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How beautiful is that?

I was shocked today after last night having a conversation with a friend who was telling me to slow down with the self destructive behaviour and take care of myself and I replied 'I don't care mate'

I truly didn't care and I've been worrying all day what that means to me, I mean, I've always cared. Your words have stuck a cord at a very opportune moment, on a day when I truly needed some inspiration. I shall dust myself down, get myself together and continue to try to become a better man.

Thanks.

[KevinN]

Aaaaaargh!

There goes my "Bad Mother######er" reputation!

Don't know about you,But I do respect one of your forebearers,,was sure a ###### fine gunsmith.

[RamdomChances]

I to would like to than rod for his honest and insitful comments.

I have'nt been a member here long, but I whish I could write as well as him.

I was shocked today after last night having a conversation with a friend who was telling me to slow down with the self destructive behaviour and take care of myself and I replied 'I don't care mate'

Nice post FTH, that was me not so long along ago, and I did'nt really care, live/ die, whatever did'nt mean anything.

I left/sold everything, and came here looking for a new life.

People said you have a nice house, a good job, lots of money. Why give it all up?

Answer cos I did'nt care, if I'd came here and blew everything, it would'nt of mattered, cos I did'nt care.

I was lucky I met someone nice, got married again, and had to start the long learning prosses of caring again and I've found happines once more.

I've got no advice just live and let live.

[stroll]

Not enough material for a book yet...

Seriously, I hope these threads will not disappear over time. There are a few posters with an abundance of life experience here, and Rod is one that inspires a lot of respect.

[rod_kalashnikov]