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no issue here, I bow to your experience as I don't follow those Line groups you mentioned.

That's too rosy based on what I hear from boys. Is not that all Americans are big tippers, all Indians stingy and all Australians have hairy ass , although Olddaddy has by his own admission, but I wouldn't extrapolate that too far.

certainly you have plenty to say about people you never met, shake hand with, visit bar or have meal together with them ( and at times, their boy de day). I should say more but since I met Christian PFC at least 3 dozen times and not only in Thailand I don't want to explore that advantage.

Count me in. While my offing and tipping habits are different than yours I see method and logic in way you operate. As local so to speak you have an advantage of being insider AND having a time , luxuries not available to visitors. correct although they may be different meanings of what each of us put under ' service ' umbrella. And there's looks issue. To put it proletarian way , good fucking guy , not necessarily must be good looking . While 90 out of 100 guys have decent cock and/ or ass, perhaps only quarter of those are head turners in sense of looks , be it face or built or both. Which for some may be obsolete but for others be deal breaker. again, while calculation itself is impeccable we are hitting wall at what 'good time " means for each of us. Combing through Grindr grid is not exactly the same kind of entrainment like sitting in bar, drink in hand and watching three, not two dimensional guys on the stage. Some people may consider Foodland Patpong dump, UNESCO clearly thinks opposite awarding them World Heritage status.

That may be an issue - will those services available to locals be available to non-locals at all, specially non-Asians ? Not only in Thailand , but I venture to say everywhere , a lot of services , specially bordering on legality but not only, are available only to people in the know which usually are locals.

they will when their sons will start coming back in black plastic bags

tell this to MAGA people

Your Mileage May Vary as below

Suckrates, you are more handsome that I suspected

may be we can return to this thread subject i.e. inflated rates is such thing like inflated rates exists at all , about which I have serious doubts. As Travellingguy noticed soberly on previous page "A product or service is worth what someone is willing to pay. This is the essence of capitalism and is driven by supply and demand. "

hope that nasty crow did not visit balcony in wee hours, making noise and taking shit on the railing

to create discussion and keep board running

we all are waiting impatiently

analogy would make sense only if can of Coke needs to eat and , yes , to have haircut from time to time . most of us seeing can of Coke too cheap would be suspicious that there's something wrong with it.

I understand people are falling on hard times but there are millions and millions of people in the world supporting their families by every mean without even having fraction of opportunities that guy and his parents had in life living where they are. Help him if you inclined to, coffee or not but I, for one find that kind of pleading audacious.

dream on. It soon will be mandated that all US issued credit / debit cards will need to bear portrait of current and second last president, just to make sure you guys won't forget who is in charge

no, he knows that discussing price gets us inflamed as nothing excite people more than talking about other's spending habits so he gladly put some gasoline into our small flame. He is not as stingy as he likes us to believe. As Peter pointed out he is local so his perspective and options are very different than somebody's who is coming once or twice a year for 2 week vacations.

+1

No, it's ' hungry thinks about bread"

not exactly. The same haircut may cost 300-500 in Silom but only 120 in soi Pluk Chit, one MRT stop away, or 150 in soi Suan Plu so obviously choice i of provider is motivated by personal financial situation , or greed or free spending or blend of those.

A.D. or B.C. ?

after all he is their hero's Treasury Secretary so why should they protest, specially that there are more pressing issues to protest against at the moment . Considering how enthusiastically Bessent supported novel, for USA, idea of president's signature on currency , nothing to be happy about . Next step toward Thirld Worldisation of once shining country .

waiters there can be offed , I believe off fee is 600 although from time to time if they are short staffed they may not allow them to leave premises until bar is closed - reason the same like at Dragon

I venture to say yes and no. Yes because they forfeit possible income from off fees , not to mention increased traffic. No because they don't have that many boys on roster and if they allow them to be offed by 11.pm. bar could be free of boys presence and as results empty of clints too

right decision as you clearly enjoy his presence more than that of others so enjoy while it lasts. nothing wrong with taking taxi from Pattaya to your hotel, 1600 is quite reasonable considering you are in central Bangkok not in some outskirts. Sure it cost more but saves you precious vacation time. Have fun but don't overdo it