Lucky

On my first visit to Thailand, I was 38. On my last visit, I am 76. My stamina was reduced, as was my libido, but I still had a great time in Bangkok. It was my first visit to Taipei and I liked it okay, especially the area round their skyscraper Taipei 101. I was shown so much respect. In both places. people volunteered their seats to me- yes, I look old!. It happened many times. And I went to massage parlors where I was treated with great respect and even admiration. Yes, the guys paid attention to my old body, but rather than criticize or avoid, I received admiration for my current shape and accolades for what they could see of my years of body building. I do look fit for a man my age,, having lost 50 pounds in the last two years. In Brazil in September at a sauna, a boy said to me with seemingly great sincerity "You are so handsome!" I immediately laughed, but in retrospect, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Once in NY's Chinatown I stopped at a street market selling t-shirts and bought several. The elderly lady took them over to her wrapping station while I looked at other items. She then presented me the shopping bag, tied tightly at the top. When I got back to the hotel, I realized that she had substituted inferior and unwanted shirts in the bag, probably the ones she couldn't sell. So now I get back from Bangkok and Taipei with my bags of goodies and usually wonder why I thought that they were worth buying. Indeed, 4 of the shirts I never bought. The old substitution game continues. Wise up, Lucky!

I gave Foodland another chance last night. This time the cashew chicken had cashews, but the chicken was bad. I'm glad that others are having better luck.

Can anyone speak about #10 at Hotmale? Easily the hottest guy I have seen doing sex work this visit. He seems to know it too. Now, back to the master, @vinapu.

Why not try private messaging if you don't want others to comment on your posts?

Yours too are irrelevant to the thread topic.

Rut is at this minute cutting my husband's hair. i did notesp that each time we passed Prime Massage, there was a sign on the door saying "Fully booked." I cruised the neighboring spas and again did not find anyone to my liking, so we hired a taxi and went to Prince Sauna. It was boy heaven and I had a great massage.

350 baht. The barber's name is Rut. He showed me the Rut the Barber nickname.

It's been 4 years since I was here. Things change. BTW, Microsoft Defender is doing its damnnest to keep me off this dangerous site. So, if you do have a suggestion, a DM would go to my email inbox.

So I found Soi 6 and the 19Teen place. There were one or two others, but none named Green. Now I come back to find out where I went wrong and see that the name was changed to Aravin. I didn't see an Aravin on Soi 6, but there is a place on Surawong with that name, but it seems more of a foot massage place. I didn't realize that it could be so hard to find a cute masseur in Bangkok. On Soi 6, the guys outside the spas were not attractive to me. I did get a haircut on Patpong at Wong's barber shop. My barber, Rut, gave me as good a haircut as I have ever had, and he is quite easy on the eyes. He put on a face mask, which emphasized how beautiful his eyes are. Maybe he gives massage too! Anyway, I am open to suggestions! Thanks!

For the record, this happened at the Patpong Foodland.

My apologies, but where is Soi 6? I know Soi 4, but couldn't find 6.

On my first night in Bangkok this week, I went to Foodland to try the venerable cashew chicken as raved about by @vinapu. Only when the dish was served did I realize that this vinapu venerated concoction contained not a single cashew. Not one. Has Mr. Vinapu been joshing? I asked for assistance and an employee came to the table and couldn't figure out the problem. So I told him very simply "There are no cashews in the cashew chicken!" The remedy was to bring me a small bowl of cashews, but as chicken cashew lovers would attest, they taste much better when cooked in the dish. My rating of Foodland's cashew chicken...a 2!

The trouble with going to Brazil is that you might forget Thailand.

From reading these forums, I get that Pattaya is a shell of its former self. No hotel however splendid can make things better. And 22-miles away?

If I am on a crowded flight and someone around me is coughing, I will put a mask on. I've seen some pretty sick people on planes. If it helps, fine. If not, I had the comfort of feeling like I was doing something to stay healthy. I just bought a new box of them...much cheaper these days! I do notice an increase in mask wearing locally, especially in medical settings.

My debit card pays the fees on both ends.

How do I know what's the best place in Taipei to get money? Is there a good place at the airport? Thanks for any advice.

Well, there are a few of us wanting a more harmonious board. Having said that, I do like debate. With the increased political discussions here, debate has increased, but so has animosity. Company of Men dropped their political forum as the nastiness became too much, but the result is a less dynamic board and some really stupid topics. Middle ground anyone?

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year fellow posters. I hope that the spirit of the season brings us to a renewed sense of peace, particularly on the message board where cantankerous is a rising attitude. I am no angel, but I would like to ask everyone to tone down any hostility toward a fellow poster. Merry Christmas @Olddaddy!!!

Apparently diversity is to be mocked.

I don't drink wine.

Says the guy who sent both messages.

In my private mailbox this morning was a message forwarded from this site wherein another poster said to me: "You took to me to post bro Don't reply to my posts again ok One warning ok " But when I went to my mailbox here, the message had changed. Now it said: "I feel empathy for you not keeping yourself fit with all the sickness you have Hope you get better in your age , but as you said your 76 the bright side is you won't be suffering for much longer" Now I had suggested that this old fellow might not be right for this board, given his posts. So what should I think now?

Do you have so much time on your hands that you indulge posts like this? If you find it objectionable, perhaps this isn't the site for you.