NIrishGuy

I hate to break it to all of us oldies here lol - but facebook is SO last year and very few young people use as so much anymore. Instagram and Twitter ( and a few others that I'm not up on) seem to be the order of the day now for the young hip crowd apparently. Oh and re people getting offended by me not "friending" them I too have to always tell them that actually I rarely use Facebook and hardly ever think of opening it......but that IS of course only to those who I wish not to accept the friend request from as of course they'll never know the difference - hopefully ( and actually nor do I care even if they do work it out usually too is the main reason ) ! lol Oh and for those who think they "deleted" their profile from Facebook etc, you might want to just jump on there someday and check that again as Facebook are famous for UN deleting you a few months after you request it and you then have to do it again, I believe it may even be in their T&C's that they can. They of course play that as "just checking you were sure" type thing - but that's also why their membership numbers stay high when a lot of people you talk to now wouldn't go near it with a barge pole as the data they scrape from your account is genuinely scary sometimes. If you have never gone into your account settings and looked in your privacy settings at the amount of very detailed info about you and your likes and viewing habits etc that they've already taken from your use of facebook ( and Whats app or instagram which they own too of course and now even cross share all that data too !) you should, again it's quite scary and is enough to make most people say "screw that' and press the "delete my profile" button......which they then proceed to reinstate behind your back again later anyway it seems ! FACEBOOK - the spawn of the devil when it comes to data scraping - but, we can't even complain as they (sort of ) tell us they're doing it and we actually click a button to LET THEM so I guess we're just as bad for encouraging and allowing it to happen. PS yes I still use facebook so Im in no position to talk !

I maybe wouldn't be too sure about that last part as Im told by my Filipino partner that there are many cases an entire (poor) townships vote being bought en masse but whatever candidate, who buys the top local politicians vote, either with money directly or perhaps with offers of local positions of influence etc and they then instruct their following to vote in whatever way they are told, likewise cases of money simply being distributed in the same poor neighbourhoods to literally just buy up the votes as that candidate is then seem as "their guy" etc. On up the social ladder it may become a bit more subtle in that if not hard cash again the politician uses their (seemingly vast sway locally) to assist directly in appointing even just ordinary people. supporters to jobs in hospitals etc, where a simple phone call from them is all it takes to get someone employed or them to get government assistance etc. On one hand I guess you could say the same happens in the West, but just a little more subtly perhaps, but it seems that vote "buying' IS very much a thing in the Ph's and the ruling families ( on both sides) are up to their necks in all sorts of scheming to secure their vote, right up from the poor all the way up to the top in them oiling the wheels to try to get their hands on the levers of power. As for Dutuere retiring, all I'd say there perhaps is "watch this space" as he's made that same claim before and he's still there and the one thing can all see re the Ph's and their political families is that once they taste power it's hard to get them to give it up again - as amazing can be seen by Admelda Marcos and her family still commanding a certain power there and running and winning elections even after all of their very public history or corruption and greed there ! As I often comment to my BF, the Flipino people cant really complain as they get EXACTLY the politicians they deserve ( a bit like here in the West now I come to think of it) and they repeatedly elect and continue to idolise the most corrupt politicians they can seem to find almost ! Some of the conversations I've had with my partners family re the likes of Duetere and him basically being a murdered and State supporter of same are incredible but of course they always end with the line "well you wouldn't understand as you're not Flipino but for us he's a great man! ( but leaving out then and he got my wife, son and daughter appointed to their jobs when he was Mayor of Davao part of course .....)"

Based on business in Pattaya just now it looks like it might be in more for a hard landing than a smooth take off ! 😞

With respect, firstly lets be clear that "I" am not "claiming" anything as I I ( like you I imagine) am merely repeating claims as read on various websites, nothing more then that. I don't profess to have any more insight into the issue that anyone else who may have clicked on a few internet pages about the story. Also the bottom line of course is that no one can ever know for sure exactly what happened, so neither of the two versions of history can be described as "nonsense" as we simply cant' know which version is true. To answer your question though re sources etc and after two ( admittedly very quick and cursory click on a few gogle links) here are just some of the details I found : "In 2021, actress Miriam Margolyes claimed in her memoir This Much is True that Du Pré died in an assisted suicide. She stated that her therapist, Margaret Branch, told her that she assisted the suicide via lethal injection. Du Pré's former husband, Daniel Barenboim, called the claim "unverifiable" and said it had "absolutely nothing to do with the reality of Jackie's passing".[11] Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_du_Pré or The account was rejected yesterday by one of Miss du Pre's closest companions, Cynthia Friend, 81, who told the Daily Mail: 'I don't believe it for one minute. She was very special to me, and I had been staying there for a few nights with Ruth, her wonderful nurse. I don't know when this lady is saying Jackie was well enough to say, 'I'd like to be put out of my misery', because Jackie couldn't speak at the end. 'There is no way she could have asked anybody. Ruth never left Jackie. There were a number of her close friends there at the end. I cannot imagine what Jackie would say, if she heard these things. Miss du Pre's death certificate shows that her cause of death was recorded by her GP as 'bronchopneumonia and multiple sclerosis'. Yesterday Mr Barenboim said the story had 'absolutely nothing to do with the reality of Jackie's passing', and called it 'unverifiable'. source : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9956395/Storm-Miriam-Margolyes-claim-cellist-Jacqueline-du-Pre-helped-taking-life.html ( and yes I do accept that's from the Daily Mail etc but it quote sources and does give a different view so I thought it worth posting also.) I also read the Guardian article from which I assume you're lifting your own detail from re the family and the commune etc and yes theres no doubt, there's clearly two absolutely different stories at play there it seems and two very different agendas at play too it seems. But again unfortunately it seems that this is just one of those stories now that the world will never know about for sure as to who was telling the truth I guess.

"So, of course, I kissed her and I injected her" Sorry unless I'm missing something re her story ( which knowing Miriam I might take with a pinch of salt anyway) but if not her therapist ( if still alive? - *quick edit - on checking she's long dead it seems) not just confess to committing murder right there !?? Also it should be noted that the family have totally rejected the claim and said it would have been impossible for Mrs De Pru to ask for ANYTHING as she was totally incapacitated and barely able to move or speak to ask anyone to "put her out of her misery". Why you'd almost think a publisher had a book to sell or something there for a minute ! I did love the story Miriam told on one of the Graham Norton shows where on her being presented to HM Queen Elizabeth at some theatre line up she was asked "So, what do you do" and she came out with some flowery answer about "ohhh Im just the BEST story teller in the whole world" to which the Queen just rolled her eyes and moved on. When the Queen then spoke to the person in the line up who was standing next to Miriam and Miriam interjected in that conversation too the Queen instantly snapped at her 'Be Quiet!" and carried on her original conversation with the next person 🙂 So I love the fact that someone at least ( and no better person than the Queen herself WAS able to put Miriam back in her box, even if only for a short while ! 😉

"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." The opening scrolling credits on all Star Wars movies for those who didn't know it....

Knowing her as I do and her being such a fucking idiot usually I'm guessing she was more thinking along the lines of 'thyme, oregano and perhaps a little basil" thrown in for good measure just. I doubt she even had the wit to read any of the online nonsense and probably just came up with that bright idea all on her own !

Assuming you're double jabbed take care and enjoy your dat at Manchester, I've been several years in a row but gave it a miss this year as I CBA with the flights and it IS always jam packed with people and there would be trouble enforcing any form of social distancing even if they wanted to I think, especially later in the day when everyone's half cut. If not double jabbed personally I wouldn't be going anywhere near it for the above reason. I've four friends who all tested positive after attending a Tom Jones outdoor concert here ( yes I know I cant think what possessed them to go either, I think it was just more a case of going SOMEWHERE for a night out". The two of the unjabbed friends ended up in hospital straight after it ( one of them had it seems decided that she intended to ward off Covid in her own unique way using natural remedies and herbs it seems !! ). The other two jabbed friends still got it but with very much less drama and no need for medical intervention other than paracetemol thankfully. My point being, even at an outdoor event the four of them DID still pick up Covid. Away from Covid I see there have been several protests this year re the management and "goals' of the Manchester Pride committee after they stopped giving out free comdoms and things, with the usual ( probably correct) cries that they're forgetting what PRIDE was MEANT to be all about and allowing it to become far to commercial etc, so Im sure that that's a debate that's going to run and run this year now perhaps.

I thought it was the Temples and the food we all mainly visited for ? No ? Thats just me then ? Hmm ok.....

Likewise...I'm literally walking out the door to the airport to head for a flight to Gibraltar and just realised that perhaps this isn't the best thread to be reading just now :-)

Just to clarify my post was a joke based on that "why are non gay things posted on this board" post by someone else in another thread. I enjoyed reading your post and found it interesting - imagine that, a "gay" being able to find something interesting that didn't mean Asian cocks, who'd of believed it eh ! :-)

Ahh but was the beautiful Asian cock connected to a GAY man or a straight man !?? If not gay well "obviously" it's of no interest to any of us and probably shouldn't even be posted on a "gay" board anyway ! lol Personally I'm just jealous and hope you get indigestion from all your greedy overeating !! :-)

Just for the record and to appease any other members who may be wondering why this post is here - can you please clarify were there any "Gays" on the flight( apart from the cabin crew of course)- just so it makes the subject a little more relevant to the Board perhaps !? :-)

Also are we assuming that "gays" have such a limited interest span that we can't be interested or follow topics that don't involve overly "gay' subjects - surely if sitting chatting in a (gay) bar over a beer with a fellow "gay" it would sometimes be perfectly acceptable to chat and discuss the weather, or covid, or some new pension / visa rules that just came out, or some smart piece of investment advice we'd just picked up or the host of other topics that crop up here and on other "gay" boards occasionally too. Whilst I'm all for the "Wow what a lovely big Asian cock he has" post I do also welcome the other stuff as well as life ( for most of us at least) doesn't just revolve around the big cock topics but also includes those other subjects too, even if they aren't exclusively, exceptionally or overtly "gay" perhaps.

Oh and for those who didn't get the movie reference above......it was a clip from the Thai movie "Love of Siam"- of course

And perhaps a nice loving christmas present to your forbidden sweetheart along with something cute to hang from the tree ......( if you know you know :-)) I really will have to cut down watching that movie ! :-)

Well if you're going to bother........I hope that you're going to go the whole hog with the tree and all then ! . :-)

Me thinking iTS JULY so why would you be thinking about Christmas already !

See is it only me who thinks that of ALL the people we DO let into the UK - that bar boys and sex workers should be the ones we are actively ENCOURAGING to come stay only yearly visas ! There should be extra points given to them on their visa applications just as we do with brain surgeons and engineers and the like, with bar boys being classed as "essential workers" ( as they are for some of us at least ! :-)

What you mean that after BREXIT the UK passport isn't Number ONE in the world........why that would almost sound like Boris is on lying sod who lead people up a garden path on promises of glory that he hasn't yet been able to deliver on or something ! lol * perhaps with the exception of buying vaccines early, where to be fair the UK does appear to have royally stuffed the EU, mind you as they screwed up their Covid handling so badly I think they needed to SOMETHING radical to offset that perhaps so it sort of all balances out in the end.

As airport to hotel taxi rip offs go the world over 100 baht is hardly at the upper end of the rip off scam scale though.......

Because I want to be sure I’m buried somewhere that at least has a nice view “of course” :-)

Im just glad that it seems I've quickly made it past the "collaborator" stage - as we all know how THAT usually ends up i.e a firing squad at dawn and being buried in a hole in the ground in the woods somewhere ! :-)

I guess that all depends in what you got more experienced at and for how long perhaps !!? :-))

Maybe once you've been you'll perhaps remember to come back and drop us all a quick "trip report" lol as to how that went - this time perhaps not so much the "now many guys were available and what the price of a beer was" :-) but more how the cruise handled the whole Covid end of things and was it no masks everywhere on board - or the opposite ! and as to whether you had the nice relaxing trip you'd hoped for or did Covid make the whole thing just a bit to annoying / stressful for you perhaps to bother anyway soon again perhaps?? This being for those of us perhaps thinking of booking a cruise ourselves but waiting to hear how others get on of course. Tks.