Gaybutton

I agree with firecat69. 1000 baht per day plus expenses is certainly plenty. Three weeks, with some free time to do his own thing, plus even more of a tip at the end is what these boys pray for. I would not ask, "Is this ok for you?" I already know that it is. In my opinion, as soon as you start asking instead of offering, now you've just given him leeway to try to get more. I would limit it to a take it or leave it offer, making sure he understands what you are offering, your expectations, what will take place during those three weeks, where you'll be going if you plan any trips, whether he'll be getting to eat his Thai food, etc. Somehow I doubt he would expect to get a better offer that day. He'll be delighted with it and he won't be pretending to be delighted with it. He really will be. I would, however, make sure you have some sort of understanding that permits you to have an amicable "escape" method, in case things don't work out as you are hoping. Three weeks can be a very long time if what you expect and what you get turn out to be two different things. The same goes for him, by the way. I would make it clear to him that if at any time he wants out, it will not be a problem and he will still get the per-day amount you had promised.

No, not everything. But I know enough to know a troll when I see one. I also know that on my worst day, I still know far more about Thailand than you'll ever know on your best day. Then I was right. When you posted, "I, for once, do not check GB message board at all," you were lying. You just proved it. Scooby overrode my decision and let you back in. You're his problem now.

I see. Of course you have no biases despite the fact I placed you on moderated mode on this board. Scooby let you back in. I hope he doesn't live to regret it. Let me see if I have this right. You don't check my board at all, and yet you know nothing useful is to be found "over there." I'd say you're either psychic or lying. I think I know which of the two it is. I wonder why I'm reminded of: "I don't watch it, but I know enough to comment on it." - Dan Quayle speaking about the 'Murphy Brown' television program.

That's the last thing in the world I would ever want.

I am? Strange. I haven't noticed any. I don't know why I and/or my board keep getting dragged into these discussions, and not just on this board. Sometimes I feel as if I'm being blamed somehow for lower post numbers on other boards. If people really followed me to my board, I don't know of any reason that would prevent them from also posting here or any other board. So far my board has been a huge success, but for whatever reasons there are always people who in effect want to say, "It may appear that way, but not really." I've probably said this dozens of times over the years. You don't measure the success of a board by numbers of posts. Numbers of posts don't mean a damned thing, especially when you look at the kinds of posts and the kinds of people writing those posts that appear on certain boards. If high numbers of snide remark, sarcastic, and put-down posts are even a part of what constitutes a successful board, then I don't want any part of that kind of success. Maybe some want to measure success by numbers of posts. Not me. It's the quality that counts, not the numbers. If a board is doing what the person who created it intended for the board to do, then it is successful, even if posts rarely appear on then board at all. If Scooby is satisfied with the direction his board is going, then this board is successful. If not, then it is not successful. To me it's as simple as that.

I agree, but in your posts you haven't said whether the owner was there or whether you tried to speak with the owner.

I would start with the bar owner. The owner may not even be aware of the actions of his employees.

That's outrageous, even for Pattaya. That's one bar I would never be in again. Even if you didn't mind that others were helping themselves to the bottle you bought, I think it takes a hell of a nerve for them to have even tried when they were neither invited nor offered. And then to get a bill for a mama-san's drink when the drink came out of the bottle you had purchased and the mama-san was never invited to take a drink from it in the first place? I wonder how they expected to justify that.

Nobody mentioned the pushcart food vendors. They, of course, are mobile and sell cheap food everywhere you go. You'll find everything from dried squid to fried rice, Thai sausages, desserts, coffee, a variety of fish dishes - you name it and someone's got it. It doesn't get any cheaper than that.

He was very grateful. He said if that farang comes back he will refuse to sit with him and refuse to go off with him if asked. He also told the mama-san. I couldn't understand everything that was said, but I was able to understand enough to know the mama-san would support whatever the boy wanted to do.

I remember an incident several years ago when Villa Rouge was still Kaos. I was in there and saw a farang who used to come to Pattaya regularly, about three times per year. He was sitting in a corner with a boy, fondling him all over the place, publicly, and you could see by the boy's face he was mortified. This farang also took out his wallet several times and was showing off the wad of cash he had inside, as if to assure the boy he was going to get a substantial tip. Then he called for his bill, paid it, and took 20 baht out of his wallet and handed it to the boy. When I could see that was all the boy was going to get and the look on the boy's face, I was so angry I went over there myself, before the farang had a chance to stand up, and gave the boy 100 baht. The farang was startled, started to say something, but then changed his mind and simply left. I was going to say something myself, but then thought better of it when it was obvious this guy knew exactly what I would have said.

Along with having a GPS, I have used some of the products by Thinknet. Excellent! And several of their products are sold at Bookazine. http://www.thinknet.co.th/06/eng/home.html

I've got my own board to worry about now, so I'm not going to volunteer, but I have an idea I bet would go over REAL big: HeyGay, wanna be a moderator? I do have one suggestion, and I don't mean to upset anyone, but unless they have quietly left, you have a couple of moderators who never moderate, one of whom not only never moderates, but never even posts - at least not under his moderator name. If it were me, they would be demoted in favor of people who, if they want to be moderators, will actually do something. Other than GT, the only one I ever see trying to do anything is z909.

Unless something has changed, the moderators here have always had the authority to unilaterally set posts to invisible. As a moderator, when you see posts that are causing problems for the board, you not only should have the authority to set offending posts to invisible, but you have the duty to do so. If your hands are being tied in that respect, then I fail to see the point of being a moderator.

I don't know exactly where since I don't know Bangkok all that well, but I would want to be somewhere with easy access to the Skytrain or BTS, preferably also close to the places in Bangkok I am most likely to frequent. I would not want to drive any more than necessary in Bangkok, but I would like to be in an area with relatively easy access to expressways. That said, I'm kind of like GaySacGuy in that, for me, Bangkok is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. I usually try to go to Bangkok, just as a change of pace, every month or every other month for a few days. I usually have a good time when I'm there, but quite frankly three or four days there is plenty for me and I'm always glad to get back to Pattaya. Of course, that feeling might change if I ever get to know more about Bangkok and what it has to offer. Obviously there is far more to Bangkok and living in Bangkok than I know. But so far there has been nothing I want to do in Bangkok that can't be done during the times I visit.

I wonder if he is any relation to the good reverend Phelps.

Actually it was Khortose who was the recipient of that remark. You forgot to include the fact that I later posted a public apology to him, on this forum, which he accepted. Laurence left because he knew he was about 1 post away from being thrown out. I've misjudged you. Until now I thought you were a pretty good guy and I was disappointed you chose not to register on my board. After reading this post, now I'm glad you didn't. I'd appreciate it if you keep it that way. People who alter "facts" to suit their own agenda are precisely the kinds of people I don't want. Considering I am no longer a moderator on this board, and you knew that, you conjure up this post, getting it wrong of course, as a totally unprovoked put-down. You even spent time hunting up that cartoon. This board is welcome to you - or maybe a better way to put it is this board is stuck with you.

I don't know if I am a sex addict or not, but if I have to be addicted to something, I'll take it!

I'm not surprised. It's fine when it's somebody else's post disappearing, but when one's own post disappears, now you would think you committed a crime that should merit you a death by slow torture penalty. I've lost count of how many times I was accused of deleting posts because "I disagreed with GB." That, actually, was never the reason. Not even once. But try to convince those people they had written an inappropriate post, which always was the actual reason. Good luck. As far as I'm concerned, there's only one way to deal with the kinds of responses I know you received. It's not giving a good goddam whether they like it or not.

Whether the restaurant is open . . .

I certainly did not vote for Gaybutton. I wouldn't want to eat with him.

You're going to be a busy man. If nothing else, my experience has taught me that getting people to stick to the topic is one of the most difficult things to do. An awful lot of people seem to think rules and requests apply to everyone except themselves.

If you do open a bar you have to do one little thing. Consult me to make sure it is staffed entirely with my type. To hell with the rest . . .

Those would be the rare exceptions I'm talking about. The rest is useless.

Actually I don't see much point in holding onto posts that are older than a year. Who is going to read them? While I realize that some people do searches that might include posts that were submitted shorty after the Big Bang, but I would think with rare exceptions all very old posts are doing is taking up drive space.