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we need to ask ChristianPFC who I believe lives in the area to go and taste it for us

Good news about USA and Canada is, on departure one doesn't go through and sort of formalities other than luggage security check

as I mentioned in another thread not long ago - arguing with people with power is like kissing lion's ass - doubtful pleasure but big danger but as survivor of two car crashes and eye witness of two coup d'etats I'm brave enough to try again, LOL First , contrary to what you think , I do and do very well, even more , my statistic sample contains more than one country in " my own" capacity. Second, I have no idea why you brought Canada to discussion as nowhere in my post I compared US entry to that of other countries, including Canada, I was tempted to bring former USSR into equation but left it out to avoid shaming USA even more. Third , I clearly said that FOR ME American border in least pleasant to cross, carefully avoiding any generalizations. Certainly leader of free world should not take any pride in having border procedures comparable to that of third world dictatorship , no matter what excused will be used. I will continue visiting USA as all my American friends know since I promised to attend their funerals although not necessarily before that. Reason I'm so tickled with USA border procedures is exactly that, going to funeral in full regalia, black suit tie etc border officials found it necessary to ask me with whom I'm living and if my home is rented or owned. I'm kidding you not.

good for you that you can but this option may be limited for some , either due to earning power or self imposed budgetary discipline

right or wrong neither us nor Trump should forget that he did not come to power by force or manipulation but was freely elected by millions. As for fewer people wanting to visit USA , since I'm one of them I can say that in my case current president has nothing to do with my reluctance - behavior of officials on the border is a culprit. Having visiting many , many countries over life of travel since times of certain G.W. for me American border is positively least pleasant to cross. My apologies to all our American friends here on the forum but this is how I feel

you got it right, I never had boy in Thailand who was time watcher. At times they wanted to go as soon as possible , presumably bored with me or trying to return to bar get another off that night but never ever boy used line ' o, is already 2 hours and you said short time so I need to go " an like. Few times when I extended time and paid for it it was on my initiative , never boy's. I massage places it may be different as usually there are more boys than rooms so obviously they are ordered to watch time

40% is difference between best and worst rate in my 16 trips all this begs question : what offing strategy you will have if you find out that your purchasing power is diminishing due to fall in exchange? 1. shorten your vacations, skimp on other expenses / cheaper hotel etc / but maintain the same level of offs and tips or 2. off less often but tip the same or 3. try to partially offload your burden by reducing tips and bargaining harder to get the best rate ( before screaming starts- all assuming that boys still agree and accept, doable ) to answer my own question I'd take point 1

BLUE HOUSE beside TukCom had it, I indulged to one once but now place is re-named and not sure if they still offer it

I'm pretty sure that geniuses who blame soap massages for sinking Bangkok shortly will invent water which is less wet and thus not depleting aquifers that fast

stop reading such nonsense after the tittle and first sentence

work like any other but less dust

to avoid locking topic and stick to a tittle of this thread by sheer coincidence on Nov 14th I was thinking about issue you are rising and came to idea that is nothing wrong with frugality and even being addicted to it. After all it's our money, hard earned or luckily stolen without being caught. What I oppose is thinking that being frugal makes us somewhat better and smarter than others , namely freer spenders and accusing them of spoiling market by their profligacy. I just like to defend right of those who feel so , like me , to have vacation time free of worries , money worries included. In particular so if vacation time includes Nov 14 and visiting Screwboys bar on that day to make sure we stay on topic name in the thread's tittle.

bu June of what year? 2022 or 2027 ? they should be more specific IMHO Hopefully by that time toilets will be upgraded. Whole thing is another example of digital lunacy, pee under the tree but you can pay for that with your phone

nobody suggested otherwise but discussion above is very useful just to show what we need to watch, exchange rates and transaction fees feature prominently in those calculations. Sometimes my not be fees to pay but rate may be poorer than on cash exchange, for some it may be more advisable to buy domestically USD and exchange them into Thai baht / my case, although difference is narrowing to almost nil / , others may find most efficient to change their domestic currency direct . Even place when we exchange money may make quite q difference if amount is substantial.

very wise, I learned my lesson once when I just picked up boy hoping that another boy I already had in my room will like him as much as I do. It did not work intended way at all and I guess all 3 of us were bit disappointed

our reasoning has noting to do with when and with what boy should feel happy, that's very patronizing way of thinking . It's for BOY to decide if he is happy or not. We may feel that we are doing him favor by paying him 3 day's worth of minimum salary for 1 hour of pumping his ass or even worse for 1 hr of him pumping our ass but he still may think we are taking an advantage of him and his misfortune of being poor Issan boy,. Whole comparizon of minimum wage to tips is despicable as selling ones ass has nothing to do with minimum wage levels. Nothing wrong with sticking to so called market rates but it's nothing to advertise loudly too. Doesn't matter if you pay 1000 for short time or I pay sometimes 4000 for long time, in both cases we are taking an advantage of cheap ass and cock so too speak. It's just some of us are better in trying to distribute global wealth more evenly. Boy may not be performing to specification and even reneging on promise what he will do but still he is selling a bit of his dignity , so some ugly troll like me feels free to put his hand on his privates without warning. Pay what you feel is fair and what boy accepts but don't pretend that you are saving world by tipping an equivalent of taxi ride to the airport in your home town for enchanting hour or two with somebody who probably would be happier in somebody else's company than ours. and if tips are such concern , what about rolling one's sleeves , generating more income , saving more money and enjoying vacation without need to haggle about cost of chewing gum.

I like that you express concern about how your ladyboy friend will be treated in various places as indeed it may vary. Hope those familiar with saunas , DJ , Babylon etc will chip in. As for boys attitude in may vary depending boy and on full scale , I met some who professed to love ladyboys but also those who took it as insult when I asked them if they like them. So only advice for 3-some would be to have friend engaged in boy selection process and make sure boy knows who third partner will be. But to tell the truth it's advice which is applicable to all 3-some situations one partner select another one and you give a blessing and pay.

I wonder what is next? snow perhaps ? It's supposed to be dry season

best cards I came across are ones with portrait of B.Franklin, exchanged for similar ones bearing portrait of the late Thai King bit bulky but no transaction fees, when travel always use those

then just don't do it, why torment yourself on vacations ?

Sunday in massage places is a bit different day as lots of regular boys are taking day off so our favorite may be missing , on another hand boys who are working only on weekends will appear.

there's no point to travel that far to be unhappy and spend days and nights worrying about overspending 300-500 over market on an off . Penny pinching is not everybody's idea of good vacation time . For that I have home. There's nothing wrong with watching one's expenses but if that's primary consideration while vacationing perhaps better idea would be to come less often , for shorter period but not feel miserable every time when dream boy asks 2000 and we are willing to pay just half of it just because that's the market rate and our ego doesn't allow us to be taken for a ride by some country boy.

that's not fair, I recall at least two cases and both money boys, one wanted to go with me for few days to Pattaya at cost of paying his off fees and covering expenses. At end of trip when I gave him money he wanted to keep his side of bargain and it took some talk for him to take it. Another one during massage told me he wants to finish fast because of some football game Thailand-Vietnam he wanted to watch so i offered he can watch in my room. After the game it was him who offered to stay till morning and absolutely there was no way of him accepting any money, not even taxi one. It helped that it was not our first meeting and he was always tipped generously but that night was absolutely free for me.

# me too, and usually in the manner they can see what they get, sometimes even they count , I did not notice any embarrassment, may be once , when I grabbed buy from the street

in such a case I pay whatever he wants if only to see if an initial amazement materializes and how