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Well, maybe I can make it up to you this way: The reason I was there was because a group of six of us wanted to try a fairly new Korean barbeque restaurant called Red Kimchi, which turned out to be very good. To find it you exit the Royal Garden shopping mall on the Beach Road side. Don't go down the steps. Instead, make an immediate right turn and you'll see it just past the Burger King. If you get as far as the TMB currency exchange booth, you went too far. Go on a Tuesday or Saturday. If you go with another person, on those two days it's 2-for-1. Our dinner, based on that, was 220 baht each, including water and tip. It's buffet style and it's not the usual Thai buffet at which you find low quality foods. This was all high quality and very good. We all enjoyed it. So, you might not get the DVD you hoped for, but if you enjoy that kind of food, it's worth trying. One Thai young man was with us and he liked it as much as we did.

I'm afraid I owe you an apology. It's been well over a year since I was last in Royal Garden. This evening I was there. CD Warehouse is closed and gone. When I asked I was told they have not reopened elsewhere.

Northwest Airlines Found to Violate FAA Rules From Allan Chernoff, CNN July 23, 2010 (CNN) -- Northwest Airlines violated more than 1,000 Federal Aviation Administration safety directives, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel has found, substantiating complaints of an FAA whistleblower. Northwest, now merged with Delta Airlines, engaged in "systemic non-compliance with FAA Airworthiness Directives," the investigation concluded, referring to government rules designed to remedy an unsafe or potentially unsafe condition. Northwest Airlines violates FAA rules

The last sentence in that article says, "Mr. Pletnevs

I really wasn't very interested in this case until this occurred. Now I would love to know the explanation as to why this step was taken. If he would have been found guilty, then why would Thailand not want him sent to jail like any other pedophile? If he would have been found not guilty, what would Thailand have had to lose by exonerating an innocent man? There must be more to the story than has been published. Why would Thailand want this case to just fade away? How far up the ladder did it go before this decision was announced? It would be difficult to believe such a move would have been made in a high profile case like this without it first going to the very top. As far as I know, doing things this way is unprecedented in Thailand. It's probably unprecedented anywhere. I've never heard of any government anywhere, ever in history, revoking a visa in a manner that effectively quashes prosecution of a case, especially a high profile case. As far as I know, this is a first. Now I'm waiting to see a warrant issued for his arrest because he failed to show up every 12 days to report to the court. That sounds nuts. This turn of events definitely gets a prominent position on my "I Don't Get It" list.

I love it when the weird stories get even weirder.

I know this is a dumb question, but why would it matter if the link can be traced?

I understand that. Maybe I'm just getting senile, but I don't understand the sarcasm.

I think that is a reasonable idea too, although I don't know how much of a software modification would be necessary or whether it can be done that way at all. However, I can see a few problems associated with it. If it is possible to do, I would set the editing time limit to two or three hours or after a reply has been submitted, whichever comes first. I would also allow an editing time of at least one hour even after a reply has been submitted because quite often a reply is made virtually immediately, which would mean the post can't be edited at all. I think a time limit of at least one hour is reasonable because quite often people have second thoughts about what they said, the way they said it, or they think of ways they want to add to or otherwise improve their post. Sometimes they decide they want their post removed entirely. I think they should have a reasonable amount of time to be able to do that whether their post has been replied to or not. The only other problem I can see is unless a post is edited almost immediately, a lot of people who had already read the post as originally submitted will never see that it has been edited. It won't show up as a new post, even with use of the 'View New Content' feature. Maybe that can be modified somehow too, but I can also see problems if that is done. I also think simply proofreading, carefully, both before submitting the post and again immediately after would solve most of the problems. Use of a spell checker wouldn't hurt either.

It's not the non-Thai beggars I have anything against. It's the people engaged in the human trafficking who brought them here in the first place that I have plenty against. If I give money to the beggars then that means I'm giving most of it to them. No thank you very much. They're not getting one baht of my money. I'm very sorry for the beggars and the horrible lives they lead. If I thought putting money in their begging cups would actually help them in any way, I'd be doing it. But it won't help them. Their lives are not going to improve one iota through begging and I'm not about to contribute any of my money so some human trafficker piece of shit is that much closer to buying himself a new Porsche. I can only hope the day will come when the traffickers end up sitting on a sidewalk with begging cups themselves, or better still sitting in the middle of the Bangkok Hilton. I also don't give to the Salvation Army. I'm waiting for the Salvation Navy. I don't understand what you are driving at in your "I must be some sort of asshole" statement.

Trust me on this one, those upper limits don't mean squat. See for yourself. Send messages to a couple of those boys. Even try the ones whose upper limit says 30. Tell them you're 80. If they're money boys, and often even if they're not, you'll still get an "I want to meet you" response.

I don't agree with that statement at all. I don't give to the beggars. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. And it has nothing to do with making me feel good. It has to do with common sense. You almost never see the same beggars in the same place more than once. Many are incapacitated. Ever wonder how they got there? Ever wonder where they disappear to at the end of the day? Ever wonder how they know where the most likely lucrative begging spots happen to be? Ever wonder what becomes of the money they collect? I never see any of them trying to buy anything anywhere. Ever notice how most of them don't talk? That's because most of them can't speak Thai. You know why? Most are not Thai. I have no way to prove they are mafia controlled, but people in a position to know these things have been telling me for many years all about it and that the mafia keeps 80% of what they manage to collect. But even if that's not true. Even if the beggars are able to keep every baht they collect, I still won't give them anything at all. That's everybody's individual decision. If you want to give them money, go right ahead, but don't expect me to do the same.

Neither do I, but I'll bet whatever it's called, it's not called Manna from Heaven.

In Thailand there aren't too many other options. You could always download the ones you want, put them on a DVD, and then watch them on TV. Personally I prefer that anyway. No commercials.

You might also try Amazon and eBay. If they have it but won't ship to Thailand, maybe you can have a friend bring it over for you or have it sent to a friend and then have him mail it to you. I think CD Warehouse is either on the top floor or one floor below the top at Royal Garden.

You don't have to miss her anymore. Go to YouTube and search for Judge Judy. There's dozens of them there. I'm a big fan too. That's how I found the one I posted.

It's been ages since I was there, but at the Royal Garden shopping mall there is a shop called CD Warehouse or something like that. They carry a lot of DVD titles you don't find elsewhere. You might want to have a look there.

I wish I could deny that. You're right. I forgot all about Rainwalker's party. I didn't attend, but my memory is getting worse all the time. By the way, who are you . . . ?

The fact that it is not nude, but "sexy" is fine, but I don't think it's appropriate to post "sexy" photos of these boys without them at least having first been asked if it's ok with them. Suppose it isn't? If I was one of these boys who had posed privately for a farang customer, and then discovered that my photos had been posted on the Internet without my knowledge or consent, I wouldn't appreciate it. I might not find it to be so much "fun" and I might take it more seriously. I think people should at least ask first, especially if it turns out the boy doesn't want his photos placed on the Internet. What do you say to the boy later if he finds out how his photos were used, but nobody ever asked him? He might think it's funny. He might also be mad as hell. Over the years I've seen both reactions. If nothing else, I think it's at least a matter of courtesy. I really don't think if these boys posed privately for sexual photos with a customer, now he forfeits the right to be asked if there is any problem about posting them on the Internet, even if it's non-nude and just for fun. It's not something I would do. In my opinion, if a boy posed for photos he knew were going to the Internet or if he placed his photos on sites such as Gay Romeo, now he's fair game. He knew how his photos were to be used. But when he posed privately for a farang and did not know his photos might end up on the Internet, to me that's a different story. While I realize there is no commercial purpose behind this contest, maybe the following "Judge Judy" illustrates the point I'm trying to make: Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wcF8GLKeTo Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezoFCnYIsmY

I love his "no respect" jokes most of all. "I don't get no respect even from my car. My car is just like my wife. On cold mornings when I really need her, she won't turn over. I don't get no respect from my wife either. Are you kiddin'? She helps me train my dog. He watches me in the bedroom to learn how to beg. He watches her to learn how to roll over and play dead. My wife, she is always something! The other night I woke up. She was saying sexy things. I looked up. She was on the phone."

Then why did you?

Beats me. There's never been one.

You'll have to translate that into English. I have no idea what you're talking about.

Mai kao jai. When I argue, here's the way I really like:

You did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYCCDD7VXEc