vinapu

Patong (Phuket ) or Patpong (BKK ) ?

not until Ambiance opens their restaurant if at all. Have dinner somewhere else and than enjoy your drink in one of Boyztown bars watching what you desire

I live in condo, long paid off. I'm happy where I'm . Would like to live in Bangkok but knowing myself for quite a while I know I did not stand the heat year round as even here after 3-4 months of summer temperatures I'm always greatly relieved it's cooler finally.

I don't need business class for that, LOL

" how many people works in this building ?" 'about half"

mind you , always better to have rich friends than poor ones like vinapu

lifestyle choice as a-447 said above

I'd be glad to agree with you , specially if mamasan in question was one with the cap (Lek) who helped me few times

that's cheap propaganda first, maps are probably based on Russian statistics and not many people , even in Russia herself are inclined to believe those, even if true. Second ,many , many countries have areas with language minorities , often speaking language of immediate neighbors and living in tight communities - Hungarians in Romania , Serbia , Ukraine and Slovakia, Polish in Lithuania and Lithuanians in Poland, Turks in Bulgaria, German speakers in Extreme north of Italy, Swedes on Aland islands of Finland , just to name a few is proximity of Russia. Does it mean that countries in question should attack their neighbors' for that reason? Third, fact that one speaks Russian, German, Portuguese etc doesn't make them those nationals. Ask Brazilians or Austrians. Should France invade Canada because there's huge French speaking province of Quebec ? Fourth fact that somebody is Russian living in say , Ukraine or Latvia not necessarily means their dream is to be living in Russia country known for culture and pioneering space exploration but also gulags, arbitrary detentions and poisoning people not applauding of whoever is in charge. Fresh air literally and figuratively is precious commodity. No American was poisoned for calling Trump cretin or Biden dementitive. Fifth , one day somebody in China will recall that 250 years ago , in times when Catherine the Great chased Tatars from Crimes, Vladivostok was Chinese fishing village. They may even produce freshly 'discovered ' "original" map from 1411 showing that Siberia and Far East were ancient part of China and then perhaps West and Russia will become best friends again like on Jun 21-1941. Fantasy ? Impossible ? Tell that to Immanuel Kant who never dreamt that he will have eternal rest in Russia even if he spent all his life , died and was buried in grave which is with us to this day in Konigsberg, Prussia. As for 16000 killed , if true ( somehow we never were alarmed about that until start of war ) atrocious as it is were probably great Ukrainian foresight, 16000 conscripts less. That's what one calls a strategy. and question again : Don't you feel sorry for those Russian matushkas ?

oh, that's how rich fly

don't be scared or depressed , just go there and you will like it. Never had any problems even taking dark shortcuts by the Hindu/Sikh temple

so when they move we will have all 3 boy bars in Patpong upstairs. Actually I think I like that concept, beer bars on street level and dens of sin level up

so Russia invaded Ukraine to save Ukrainians from themselves soaking in blood them and Russian own soldiers in process instead of letting them to sort out their problems ? Don't you feel sorry for those Russian matushkas ?

I envy you guys , LOL

if you had hots for guy , my answer is yes , as long as you understand you were milked for money in process. If I think about my experiences in similar situations I'd say in most cases was actually worth it , even if in two cases it turned very costly because I kind of got hooked and repeated feast few more times. But you live only once.

you are such optimist, I envy you

why you worry ? That's poor people problem

you never heard about modest bandit ?

not quite twice and they are going down a bit now but yes , they increased steeply.

ignore them politely, do not engage in conversation, do not admit ( where applicable ) it your first time in Thailand or their bar. If they ask you anything, answer briefly without elaborating. If they ask you which boy you want tell them you like girls better. I do this all the time, nobody believes but everybody gets clear signal 'leave me alone". When nothing works stronger statement like ' I'm Ok , I don't need anything " or more sophisticated ' Me no speak English' may work'. In bars with twinks you may also say " I like only big boys like In Tawan", conversly in Tawan tell them you like small boys and if they show you their resident twink tell them he is still too big for you. if you visiting bar with somebody i.e. another forum member tell them you are with boyfriend. Never buy them a drink unless YOU want to. They are not rude , just opportunistic , if they sense we are weak in knees they exploit it. Don't be rude as at some point you may need their help, for translation for example. Then you turn all smiles but only then

he was in May , I happened to be of quite different opinion about him as he helped me few times including one when boy was not so sure he wanted to go with me and he vouched for me I'm good guy ( shock here ! ). But fact is I never used him nor any other mamasan in any bar to negotiate fee neither I asked them what fee should be.

+1

keep knocking and will be opened for you Good Book says

good to have King with sense of humor

now you know why I try to keep all those papasans / mamasans at distance and only allow them to interfere when I need transation. Waiter had no option other than refuse your offer since if he accepted it , papasan would be losing face. I wonder how much of that 3000 had you accepted would go to papasan. My educated guess is 1000. 2000 for short time in Pattaya is still very generous so I'm glad you did not accept that extortionate offer.