vinapu

I can see fun continues

This is what we need here, trip report, not endless trading barbs. THANK YOU JASON ! 50th birthday!?!. I didn't know people live that long

At least I have grey hair in abundance

You mean, Nut lookalikes?, he, he or this new guy Joey?

I guess with Atlas as competitor which sucked most of their guys it was in the coming. First name of Tawan died, then possibly bar itself as well. It was not doing well when I visited in January.

Hope this thread will run it's course before Christmas. Question is, Christmas of what year one wonders ?

Hardly month, not months. His last days of multiposting was Apr 30 and May 1st

Reader and bkkmfj already fell silent, vinapu looks he is unusually quiet. It feels like nuclear bomb hit this forum in recent times

You are getting better and better

I wouldn't be surprised if you are right

As far as I'm concerned, answer is YES

members in disagreement would do forum great service by moving their discussion to private message section as membership at large not necessarily dreams about being lured into such disagreements. We are at liberty to skip posts and use " ignore ' function for those posters we don't like for whatever reason. Certainly we readers are not here to massage anybody's ego, certain things we may love , others not at all and my vent our opinion freely although not necessarily fairly.

I was in Bangkok in all months other than March and April and can't say even rainy season derailed even any plans as usual gathering clouds indicate what is going to happen and there's time to look for shelter. Yes , soi 6 is prone to flooding and drains quite slowly but that shouldn't stop anybody from having fun on upper floors.

you are not alone, rest assured

this was when even our own bodies were quite presentable

or go to Prince where they still have that system of boys flexing and vying behind the glass wall

now I will see it in different light when super hunk in Thailand quotes me 7000 or even 10 000 for the whole night of company. I like your idea and if prices were user friendly I think I'd patronize such venue is was one in Bangkok, specially I like not pushy part. Looks that mamasans are not invented yet in Austria

it's called 'kvas" and for me ( Moses will be happy ) it's much better than coca-cola. Hotter weather , more you will like it. ............................................... couldn't you direct him to use Jomtien airport bus to save money and increase his sophistry even more ?

it depends on country, I was talking more about illegals in USA or broadly in the West where fiscal apparatus is working much better, more than Afghanis in Iran or Zimbabweans in Zambia and similar countries where at end of day not much is provided in terms of government services anyways. ( Property tax if not paid creates lien on property so eventually will be collected along with interest and city or state may even force sale to collect debt owing. Stores , unless dealing with stolen goods at one point are in tax chain- ie when they purchase their stock from wholesalers )

sound plausible but in every economy we will find legal residents locals who also work for cash and never report it i.e. tax cheaters so no reason to single out illegals for tax avoidance. sad truth is , consumers as a whole are beneficiaries of illegals as they perform many jobs locals don't want for a price offered but illegals will do for reason of price / earning difference between country of employment and original country of residence where their families still may live. 1000 rubles saved stretches much further in rural Tajikistan than in Moscow and 1000 $ in provincial Paraguay may buy much more than inside Chicago's loop. In short there's market for their services. Biggest problem and source of resentment is fact that new comers may abuse generosity of social support systems in their host countries. As for not paying taxes, it's also myth to various degree depending on tax regime of country. People may not pay income tax by hiding income but they still pay sales taxes when they purchase goods and also property taxes through rent they pay to their landlords, just to mention those most popular. ( in my country government take from income tax and sales tax is roughly half / half ) I'm not writing that to voice support illegal immigration, just to illustrate that issue is much more complex and multisided than popular clichés in media are making us to believe

if only Putin and Zelensky would be so understanding like you guys above, sigh

which reminds me that in my travels only twice I came to hotel completely soaked to the last thread of fabric in my clothes by the rain which caught me on the road, Hue north of Da Nang being one of them

right, apologoies

no need nor reason to be ashamed. I know somebody in similar situation happening in Montego Bay , Jamaica, this time early in the evening on busy street. When he laughed both guys claiming to be police off, he was shown a knife and a gun which straightened him up in a second. Difference with your case was, he left his phone in hotel but had most of his money on him and then fun part comes -robbers took his money from the wallet but knowingly left him 20 $ so one can plausibly claim they were part time angels

your story reminded me meeting guy who was coming to Pattaya for 15 years and by his own admission it never crossed his mind that Jomtien- Swampy bus can be used not only to get to the airport , but it's also best mean to get to the city itself with bus and air link train combination