Now starting: Chiang Mai Expats Dining Group

[Dcheech]

3 hours ago, Old Curmudgeon said:

Pattern is British gentleman's club -- but very informal.

Few American men have ever experienced that.

For good reason. As It has been said; 'The English like to be surrounded by themselves, they are clubbable people.'  

Count me out.

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by Dcheech

[JimTripper]

3 hours ago, Old Curmudgeon said:

 

Reply:

 

Pattern is British gentleman's club -- but very informal.

Few American men have ever experienced that.

 

Zero "diversity".

Zero political correctness.

Zero Cultural Marxism.

A group where Rudyard Kipling would fit in easily.

 

Is that too much to ask for in today's world?

Could be.

I aim to find out.

 

https://iron32.com/

Edited 23 hours ago by JimTripper

[GypsyT]

5 hours ago, Old Curmudgeon said:

Pattern is British gentleman's club -- but very informal.

Few American men have ever experienced that.

To me that group looks like Goodwill free lunch for homeless in SoCal.

[JimTripper]

1 hour ago, GypsyT said:

To me that group looks like Goodwill free lunch for homeless in SoCal.

Seperate checks, not free.

[TheAppletons]

The more one reads this thread, the more one understands why OP doesn't have anyone with whom to dine.

 

[Bill97]

1 hour ago, TheAppletons said:

The more one reads this thread, the more one understands why OP doesn't have anyone with whom to dine.

 

Yes it just gets worse and worse.

[GypsyT]

8 hours ago, Old Curmudgeon said:

Previous lesson learned:  No missionaries (Jehovah's Witness, Seventh Day Adventist, etc.  Many in Northern Thailand, but not invited to this group.)

 

Now I don't get it - these are same thinking as you! God's chosen people...

[scottiejohn]

3 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

Yes it just gets worse and worse.

If the OP ever wanted to advertise against an idea/ business proposition this would be it!

[scottiejohn]

Just now, GypsyT said:

 

Now I don't get it - these are same thinking as you! God's chosen people...

God help them!

 

[Lucky Bones]

Well done. Another reason to avoid Chiang Mai.🙃🙃

[Bill97]

Already tried it three times with four people each time.  None of those participants have posted a positive comment or any comment except the OP.

 

Hmm

[JimTripper]

54 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

Already tried it three times with four people each time.  None of those participants have posted a positive comment or any comment except the OP.

 

Hmm

Were they actually people from this forum who showed up? I wonder if they gave out their online identities at the dinner. Scary thought.

[Bill97]

1 hour ago, JimTripper said:

Were they actually people from this forum who showed up? I wonder if they gave out their online identities at the dinner. Scary thought.

Don’t know 

 

might be made up

[JimTripper]

1 minute ago, Bill97 said:

Don’t know 

 

might be made up

You mean the Op is making up stories about the dinner being attended, or people make up who they are?

[Bill97]

1 hour ago, JimTripper said:

You mean the Op is making up stories about the dinner being attended, or people make up who they are?

What I said is I don’t know, also said might.  That’s what I meant.

[Dante99]

8 hours ago, Bill97 said:

Already tried it three times with four people each time.  None of those participants have posted a positive comment or any comment except the OP.

 

Hmm

Are there even 9 people who have responded positively here?

[JimTripper]

20 hours ago, Old Curmudgeon said:

Reply:

 

Pattern is British gentleman's club -- but very informal.

Few American men have ever experienced that.

 

Zero "diversity".

Zero political correctness.

Zero Cultural Marxism.

A group where Rudyard Kipling would fit in easily.

 

Is that too much to ask for in today's world?

Could be.

I aim to find out.

It smacks of imperial colonialism...

 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by JimTripper

[Old Curmudgeon]

3 hours ago, JimTripper said:

It smacks of imperial colonialism...

 

Yes, exactly.

That is the "feeling" I was hoping for.

 

[Bill97]

Revolting

[Old Curmudgeon]

7 hours ago, Dante99 said:

Are there even 9 people who have responded positively here?

 

@Dante99 is on the right track.

There wasn't even one person who responded positively.

But we knew there wouldn't be, right?

 

Anyone intelligent enough to be interested in the sort of group I described

would never respond on this open forum.

Anyone who did would be overwhelmed with negative assaults.

That's just the way things are here and its not going to change.

What I was hoping for ... aiming for ... was a few private messages.

But there have been none (so far).

None at all.

 

I thought, when I started this thread, there would be a few other long-stay expats  interested in meeting in person with others of like mind.

The essential here is, "of like mind" ... That means not just anyone who managed to walk in the door.

So I did what I could to emphasize the idea of a select few, (along with a bit of imperial colonialism attitude).

 

Plus "meeting in person" was, I thought, important as a counter-point to the wasteland of "social media" today.

But there were no private messages about that either.

 

Well the only way to know is to try.

And now I know.

I will continue inviting a few other expats to small group lunches in Chiang Mai.

But any new attendees will come only from word-of-mouth recommendations, not from posts on social media.

 

"Thank you" to all who posted here, including the very large proportion of negative posts.

I didn't respond to most negative posts, but I did read and consider every post.

And that in itself was a valuable way to quickly get to know some of my fellow expats.

[1FinickyOne]

On 11/17/2024 at 12:00 PM, Old Curmudgeon said:

 

Two options that I see:

 

#1 - separate tables: vaxxed, not vaxxed.

 

#2 - simply not invite any vaxxed.  (Vaxxed can organize their own group.)

 

Any better options??

I could care less about who is vaxxed - not my business... I just don't like old people who spit when they talk... 

[JimTripper]

I can put in a positive vote. Mostly because it's weird enough to be interesting and I'm sick of Thailand, not because I would particularly "like the members".

 

It's also a refreshing extreme counter to the hunky dory smiling stuff prevalent here that I'm so tired of. Making it fully understandable why you don't want tourists...

 

I think we are on the same page.

 

It would be even better if some of the group members could take the piss in stride, in a very civilized manner of course 🤣

Edited 2 hours ago by JimTripper

[novacova]

14 hours ago, JimTripper said:

You mean the Op is making up stories about the dinner being attended, or people make up who they are?

Sure why not? The internet is full of made up anonymous story telling. 

[novacova]

36 minutes ago, Old Curmudgeon said:

Plus "meeting in person" was, I thought, important as a counter-point to the wasteland of "social media" today.

Yet you are here.
It’s much easier and more rewarding to meet people outside and accept folks at face value. It’s really simple, here’s an example: “hi how are you? Where you from?” And don’t forget to smile and look’em square in the eye.

Edited 1 hour ago by novacova

[JimTripper]

9 minutes ago, novacova said:

Yet you are here.
It’s much easier and more rewarding to meet people outside and accept folks at face value. It’s really simple, here’s an example: “hi how are you? Where you from?” And don’t forget to smile and look’em square in the eye.

That's not what this thread is about. You would get goofy tourists or lame locals if you did that, along with spineless smiles and probably no criticism of anything...

Edited 1 hour ago by JimTripper

[scottiejohn]

1 hour ago, Old Curmudgeon said:

I will continue inviting a few other expats to small group lunches in Chiang Mai.

But any new attendees will come only from word-of-mouth recommendations, not from posts on social media.

I assume you will now ask the Mods to close this now pointless thread!