Dear Folks,

Have you recently become a bit disillusioned by your time in Asia?

I am not saying that I have, particularly.

However, as I age like a fine wine, I have found that, during the past few years, I have this yen to return to my roots in Montana.

Must be something relevant to my need to return to nature, and forget about Pattaya, and the bar scene which originally drew me here.

I have nothing against the bar scene, but, now, I am too old....and...

Truth be told, these girls have aged too much, just as have I.

So this is why I am thinking about a better Plan-B, which is Montana.

I do not want to die without returning to a FEELING of CLEANLINESS, while roaming in Wyoming, instead of roaming from bar to bar, to bar.

Here is what I am talking about, actually:.....

I want to get free.

I want to breathe clean air.

I want to shed my obsession with bar girls and liquor.

I want to die clean as the driven snow in a place of TRUE Beauty.

I am tired of places where I need worry about whether or not....the beauty might just be due to....

Someone putting lipstick on a pig.

I know purity when I see it.

Sure, I can go back.

But, I wish I need not.

Shirley we can find the beauty of Montana in Thailand....

Can't we?

Best regards,

Gamma

Note: Oh, Yeah....

If you want to find the beauty of Montana in Thailand....just don your headphones and....tune into this....

22 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Have you recently become a bit disillusioned by your time in Asia?

Not in the least. Enjoy Montana. Beautiful state.

2 minutes ago, connda said:

Not in the least. Enjoy Montana. Beautiful state.

So then, you have not found the westernization of almost all Asian countries, beginning with Kyoto, Japan, not just a bit disillusioning?

If you say so, then I say....

How very odd.

Thank you, BeastOfBodmin, for your encouragement.

Now that our world has become almost completely unhinged, it is probably only through listening to the likes of Frank that...

We will be able to retain even half of our sanity.

We are presently living through a difficult time of Topsy-Turviness.

Fortunately, we have members here on TV who recall and recognize a decent song when they hear one.

Here we are in 2026, waiting in gas lines as one did in the 1970s..

We are repeating the nostalgic pleasures of over 50 years ago.

So. other than ZAPPA.....WHO, and not the WHO, is the most ironical band you know, and....

Which song is TRUE IRONY at its purest level?

Outstanding area of natural beauty - Go for it...

....will you live in a remote area in the wilderness without internet ??

Asking for a friend...

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

Outstanding area of natural beauty - Go for it...

....will you live in a remote area in the wilderness without internet ??

Asking for a friend...

I will have need of only my horse and saddle.

Please leave straight away, do not delay

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

Outstanding area of natural beauty - Go for it...

....will you live in a remote area in the wilderness without internet ??

Asking for a friend...

Starlink.

1 hour ago, TedG said:

Starlink.

or HughesNet -- only because when I was last in rural Florida with no wired internet available, that's what they used.

5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I have nothing against the bar scene, but, now, I am too old....and...

Truth be told, these girls have aged too much, just as have I.

He who screws last, screws best.

1 minute ago, JerryM said:

He who screws last, screws best.

Nobody screws better than a Montana cowboy after spending a month on the range with nothing but cattle for company.

2 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Nobody screws better than a Montana cowboy after spending a month on the range with nothing but cattle for company.

OK I'll settle for second place.

Ive been thinking of WV myself, I like the forests of the East

36 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Nobody screws better than a Montana cowboy after spending a month on the range with nothing but cattle for company.

Is that the main reason you would move there? Looks like a beautiful state I'd love to hunt and fish but Brokeback Mountain isn't on my bucket list.

Sounds more like someone's been watching "The Madison" or Yellowstone recently 😄

Only thing is the cost of living, totally outrageous in US...and unless your government funded/military, health insurance cost is ridiculous. Of course riding a young colt rather than an old scoopy is a no brainer

What happened to Timmins ?

7 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

However, as I age like a fine wine, I have found that, during the past few years, I have this yen to return to my roots in Montana.

It is extremely cold during the winter. That's a hard no.

fantastic news, when are you leaving ?

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Nobody screws better than a Montana cowboy after spending a month on the range with nothing but cattle for company.

Ok, but you were talking about the bar scene and girls before. Now you have the knowledge about how good a Montana cowboy screws?? This is getting scary!

27 minutes ago, blaze master said:

What happened to Timmins ?

Still in the cards.

Sort of a toss up, at the moment.

54 minutes ago, Effective altruism said:

It is extremely cold during the winter. That's a hard no.

Used to dream about a town in eastern Oregon. Still go there on road trips when back stateside.. However as a women who grew up nearby, told me long ago, 'it will snow on the forth of July'. Six to seven months of cold weather. Snowshoeing, cross country skiing, somehow G, I don't see you doing that, Montana or Ontario. Best to just hunker in your bunker, internet box, like you do now.

1 minute ago, Dcheech said:

Used to dream about a town in eastern Oregon. Still go there on road trips when back stateside.. However as a women who grew up there told me long ago, 'it will snow on the forth of July'.

I dont believe it has ever snowed in eastern Oregon before at the earliest late October. I have no idea what she could have been thinking. Its dry hot and sunny in July there.

3 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Ive been thinking of WV myself, I like the forests of the East

Yes, they are sure to have some white nationalist groups there , I think

you would fit in quite well ..

regards worgeordie

"I dont believe it has ever snowed in eastern Oregon before at the earliest late October. I have no idea what she could have been thinking. Its dry hot and sunny in July there."


At an elevatioon of 4192 ft or 1278 meters it for sure can and does. The town that women grew up in, Wallowa, is over a thousand ft less in elevation, but if she said it snowed on the forth of July, for sure it did. Likely ruined the forth of July picnic,

3 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Ive been thinking of WV myself, I like the forests of the East

Hayden Lake Idaho, It's everywhere you want to be.

Montana used to be a GREAT state to live in, until the California liberals started to move there and are slowly destroying that beautiful State. God help Montana.

37 minutes ago, Dcheech said:

Used to dream about a town in eastern Oregon. Still go there on road trips when back stateside.. However as a women who grew up nearby, told me long ago, 'it will snow on the forth of July'. Six to seven months of cold weather. Snowshoeing, cross country skiing, somehow G, I don't see you doing that, Montana or Ontario. Best to just hunker in your bunker, internet box, like you do now.

It actually mirrors New jersey where I'm from originally and just rains more.Cold early November through early March, with some variance. Colder a little longer in New Jersey.

My one daughter moved to Portland almost two years ago not liking the hot weather where she was born in south Texas. I told her to get used to rain. as rain where she was born isn't near as much, with long dry periods. So far she likes it, although she spent 27 years in Texas, so it'll take a little while longer for her to see what it's about long term.

11 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

My one daughter moved to Portland almost two years ago not liking the hot weather where she was born in south Texas. I told her to get used to rain.

I lived in Portland for one month, and never realized the lack of sunshine could be so depressing. In 30 days, had clear skies for 1 day. Decided I couldn't live there in the NW area just for that reason.

Now, I enjoy, actually welcome overcast days. Thankfully they don't last more than a week, then back to partly cloudy. Love the rainy season here, TH, everything green & clear skies, no air pollution. That's when we're O&A the most.

2 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I lived in Portland for one month, and never realized the lack of sunshine could be so depressing. In 30 days, had clear skies for 1 day. Decided I couldn't live there in the NW area just for that reason.

Now, I enjoy, actually welcome overcast days. Thankfully they don't last more than a week, then back to partly cloudy. Love the rainy season here, TH, everything green & clear skies, no air pollution. That's when we're O&A the most.

3 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

It is not a good area to move if you have actual depression, especially seasonal, as those gray, dreary days can get to be to much. Too drastic I don't like, the rainy season here for instance. I'm used to the heat, as Texas gets really hot and stays that way a long time, but being able to spend time outside is always easier in sunny skies than constant rain. It does have 4 seasons, even though Spring and fall are quite short. New jersey was too cold too long, which is one reason I moved to Texas.