do people meet on here and then in person?

[iancnx]

Back to the title of the thread.

From a personal perspective, by analysing posts / comments that a particular person may have made over a period of time, might (might) indicate the type of person he/she is. You might then be able to decide whether their qualities and or interests however thinly perceived might be compatible, and therefore a meet up and beer could be on the cards at some point.

[ABCer]

This one is Thaivisa.

The one you mean is ThaiLove.

I'll be missing not having met you, truly...

[robblok]

About not wanting to meet old guys, I do understand that as there is a high probability that you don't have much in common. Usually living in different world and times, why meet people you don't like. I have no problem with older guys but I can understand some younger people not wanting to meet them because in all likely-hood there is a smaller chance of having things in common.

The people I meet usually have fishing or weightlifting or something like that in common and some are 15 years older then me. But if I were to think there was nothing in common I would not meet. I don't understand why the guy is getting so much flack here. (probably because of many older members). But if i did not date fat girls because I did not like them Id get a lot less flack. Its just a selection process and is nothing personal. I would not mind if someone said I don't want to meet you because I think people who lift weights are dumb. His selection and maybe his loss I would not take it personal.

[smokie36]

I find the more life experience the better the stories.

Nothing beats sharing those over a cold beer on a lazy afternoon.

[robblok]

I find the more life experience the better the stories.

Nothing beats sharing those over a cold beer on a lazy afternoon.

Sure, but that is something you like suppose someone is into trekking its not bloody likely that someone of 75 is going to be able to do that. Like I tried to explain people are going overboard here because someone has a preference and it does not include the majority here on the board.

[pigeonjake]

i just new old age would be brought into it sooner or later,,

and i bet the old man has a bar girl in tow,,

bloody hell

jake

[robblok]

i just new old age would be brought into it sooner or later,,

and i bet the old man has a bar girl in tow,,

bloody hell

jake

You haven' read well old age was brought into it a while back and I am just saying that if someone does not want to meet old people its up to him. He should not be attacked for it here.

If i were to say id rather not like to meet people from Pakistan because I think i would not have much in common nobody would disagree but the moment you mention age here everyone gets aggressive.

[transam]

It's not a luxury, there's a good selection of people to meet here that will be on your wavelength, doesn't matter they aren't Thai Visa members. I did not sit in coffeshops or the village watering hole with old (old and happy of course) men in my home country, so there's no reason for me to start now.

Do you like fishing? lol

Take a look at these two pictures of two old guys that you seem to not like. You try and guess what the photos are about.

pete.jpg VC.jpg

Humm ... the clues in the photo.

Obviously well decorated war veterans.

Assumption is that they are both from the Commonwealth.

I looked for VC recipients with the first name of Peter from the RAF (photoed with the plane in the background) ... none.

So, maybe 'pete' was a nickname ... or he wasn't in the RAF.

The only Peter who was awarded a VC was Peter_Scawen_Watkinson_Roberts

Am I within a football field of the answer?

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The point of my post was to perhaps make people think before they ''run down'' old folk because we don't know what these older guys were.

The guy with the Spit is Peter Brothers who brought down 10 enemy planes during the Battle of Britain, he survive the war to become an Air Commodore.

The other guy is Ted Kenna who received the Victoria Cross for charging the enemy with a heavy machine gun on his hip on his own, he survived the war.

Was going to put a pic of my dad who got brain damage via enemy action but naaaaah, just to get the message across here..

[pigeonjake]

if it wasnt for them same old men we would all be speaking german,

the same old men who fought and saved holland too,

again just saying,

jake

[robblok]

It's not a luxury, there's a good selection of people to meet here that will be on your wavelength, doesn't matter they aren't Thai Visa members. I did not sit in coffeshops or the village watering hole with old (old and happy of course) men in my home country, so there's no reason for me to start now.

Do you like fishing? lol

Take a look at these two pictures of two old guys that you seem to not like. You try and guess what the photos are about.

pete.jpg VC.jpg

Humm ... the clues in the photo.

Obviously well decorated war veterans.

Assumption is that they are both from the Commonwealth.

I looked for VC recipients with the first name of Peter from the RAF (photoed with the plane in the background) ... none.

So, maybe 'pete' was a nickname ... or he wasn't in the RAF.

The only Peter who was awarded a VC was Peter_Scawen_Watkinson_Roberts

Am I within a football field of the answer?

.

The point of my post was to perhaps make people think before they ''run down'' old folk because we don't know what these older guys were.

The guy with the Spit is Peter Brothers who brought down 10 enemy planes during the Battle of Britain, he survive the war to become an Air Commodore.

The other guy is Ted Kenna who received the Victoria Cross for charging the enemy with a heavy machine gun on his hip on his own, he survived the war.

Was going to put a pic of my dad who got brain damage via enemy action but naaaaah, just to get the message across here..

And how is this different from guys on here saying they dont want to date farang woman anymore because they prefer Asian ones ?

What I am saying how can you attack someone for a personal preference, why force someone to meet someone he does not want too.

For the record, I got older friend that I share interest with and meet and would not mind meeting you for instance because your into lifting too. But the whole point I am trying to make why not accept that some people don't want to be with some kind of people.

[villagefarang]

I have recently turned 59 and I am still more interested in producing new experiences than I am recounting old ones while in an alcoholic haze. I dread the day when life becomes one long nostalgia fest, telling tales of yesteryear. Maybe it is more interesting if one drinks but I don’t.

In the past I had more older friends and enjoyed their mentoring. Except for a few notable exceptions, I find that I am now more attracted to those who are younger and more vigorous. I don’t take age preferences as an insult, but merely as an observation of an individual's preferences, which may well change with time.

[robblok]

if it wasnt for them same old men we would all be speaking german,

the same old men who fought and saved holland too,

again just saying,

jake

I wasn't the one saying I don't want to meet old people Jake, I am just defending someones freedom of choice to meet who he wants. I got friend that are quite a bit older then me I just look at common interests but I am all for freedom.

[pigeonjake]

im from gainsborough,in lincolnshire,

12 miles from scampton airfield were the dam busters flew from,

just before i came up to scotland, i went there to see the last lancaster doing the fly over,

and even just looking at it made me feel proud to be british,

some of them old men never came home, and the ones that did went through hell for us,

my grandfather, and father, included

jake

[robblok]

I have recently turned 59 and I am still more interested in producing new experiences than I am recounting old ones while in an alcoholic haze. I dread the day when life becomes one long nostalgia fest, telling tales of yesteryear. Maybe it is more interesting if one drinks but I don’t.

In the past I had more older friends and enjoyed their mentoring. Except for a few notable exceptions, I find that I am now more attracted to those who are younger and more vigorous. I don’t take age preferences as an insult, but merely as an observation of an individual's preferences which may well change with time.

Yes that is what I mean its a personal preference bet the guy here would not be attacked if he had said he did not like dating / meeting older WOMAN.

I just look at common interests and if i click with someone before I meet.

[pigeonjake]

rob, i wasnt having a go at you at all,

if someone dosnt want to be with them thats up to them,

its just that some just pull them down all the time, they dont know them at all, they just see an old man,

THEY DONT SEE THE MAN,

jake

[pigeonjake]

and still there is some on here i would like to meet,lol

rob we would have a lot in comon,

i love fishing, carp fishing is my main fishing, so i understood about your bait boat, ive just bought 3 new rods and reals to bring home with me,

im in scotland and fly fishing when i get the chance, havnt done much of it before but its growing on me,

jake

[transam]

rob, i wasnt having a go at you at all,

if someone dosnt want to be with them thats up to them,

its just that some just pull them down all the time, they dont know them at all, they just see an old man,

THEY DONT SEE THE MAN,

jake

Very well put.

[SinglePot]

About not wanting to meet old guys, I do understand that as there is a high probability that you don't have much in common. Usually living in different world and times, why meet people you don't like. I have no problem with older guys but I can understand some younger people not wanting to meet them because in all likely-hood there is a smaller chance of having things in common.

The people I meet usually have fishing or weightlifting or something like that in common and some are 15 years older then me. But if I were to think there was nothing in common I would not meet. I don't understand why the guy is getting so much flack here. (probably because of many older members). But if i did not date fat girls because I did not like them Id get a lot less flack. Its just a selection process and is nothing personal. I would not mind if someone said I don't want to meet you because I think people who lift weights are dumb. His selection and maybe his loss I would not take it personal.

The guy invites hostility by his manner. It's not just young whippersnapper vs older guys or vice versa.

[robblok]

and still there is some on here i would like to meet,lol

rob we would have a lot in comon,

i love fishing, carp fishing is my main fishing, so i understood about your bait boat, ive just bought 3 new rods and reals to bring home with me,

im in scotland and fly fishing when i get the chance, havnt done much of it before but its growing on me,

jake

I never had a problem with you and if your in Thailand and want to do some fishing around BKK im always available.

[pigeonjake]

i thought people were all about personality,

NOT AGE, ive sat with some very very funny older men, and had a great craic, sorry english term, i should of said great time,,lol

[robblok]

rob, i wasnt having a go at you at all,

if someone dosnt want to be with them thats up to them,

its just that some just pull them down all the time, they dont know them at all, they just see an old man,

THEY DONT SEE THE MAN,

jake

Fair enough but that is how some people are for fishing age does not really matter my grandfather went fishing with us up till he was 84. he was half blind and deaf and my dad had to tell him when he had a fish but he loved it and so did we.

[SinglePot]

I have recently turned 59 and I am still more interested in producing new experiences than I am recounting old ones while in an alcoholic haze. I dread the day when life becomes one long nostalgia fest, telling tales of yesteryear. Maybe it is more interesting if one drinks but I don’t.

In the past I had more older friends and enjoyed their mentoring. Except for a few notable exceptions, I find that I am now more attracted to those who are younger and more vigorous. I don’t take age preferences as an insult, but merely as an observation of an individual's preferences, which may well change with time.

Ok fine. But most of the guys on TV aren't quite as perfect as yourself. I bet there's a lot who know about fishing though.

I take your point about young and vigorous. My wife is 25 years younger than me.

Am I correct in saying that young people in Thailand are encouraged to respect their elders? That's certainly the case in my village.

[villagefarang]

Personally I don’t think longevity in itself, lifts one to an elevated status where everyone has to like you, respect you and pay deference to you? As I age, I may be more inclined to wish for that, but I don’t think it is or should be the case.

[pigeonjake]

when i was a 16 year old apprentice welder,i was tought welding by older men, in there 50s,

thats the way of the world, you learn from the older people,

and that just isnt in the western world,

look at the tribes in deepest africa, the young learn from the elders, hunting ect

jake

[villagefarang]

If one is already in ones late 50s it might be a difficult to find many guys 34 years older to apprentice with.

The world is evolving at an ever increasing pace and sometime the knowledge of the past is no longer relevant to modern life. We no longer live in deepest darkest Africa, thankfully.

[robblok]

If one is already in ones late 50s it might be a difficult to find many guys 34 years older to apprentice with.

The world is evolving at an ever increasing pace and sometime the knowledge of the past is no longer relevant to modern life. We no longer live in deepest darkest Africa, thankfully.

i almost fell from my chair laughing.

[pigeonjake]

@villagefalang,,

ok ok,,lol,

i was just trying to say that most people learn from elder people, when YOUNG,,lol

jake

[robblok]

when i was a 16 year old apprentice welder,i was tought welding by older men, in there 50s,

thats the way of the world, you learn from the older people,

and that just isnt in the western world,

look at the tribes in deepest africa, the young learn from the elders, hunting ect

jake

I agree you learn things from older people but there is a time you can do things yourself. I believe i can learn a lot more but not necessarily from older people. Plenty of young guys with more skills as me in area's i like. There is a fishing guide a lot younger then me but he casts just beautifully, I could practice for an other 10 years but I wont match him.

[villagefarang]

I understand and was just having a little fun and trying to keep things in perspective. Age is just a number much of the time.

[smokie36]

@villagefalang,,

ok ok,,lol,

i was just trying to say that most people learn from elder people, when YOUNG,,lol

 

jake

I'm hearing the jungle drums.