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Thanks for saying so, TravelTom. It's good of you to speak up.

Alan deserves no friends.

My experience with Bangkok began in 1987, and I do long for the seemingly innocent era that I enjoyed. There were fewer games played. Guys were eager to play, grateful to be chosen. Making the customer happy was the goal. Prices were quite low. 300 baht at the time was $14 US dollars. Some guys asked 400, which is still quite low. I am not suggesting that one takes advantage of the boys by paying the low price, and I am glad that the guys are getting paid better now. It's just the contrast with how good their attitude was then despite the low pay. There is a different experience when the guy you pick seems quite happy to go with you and stays that way. They didn't get to the room and demand more or do less than they said at the bar. I believe that I have always been generous when the price was low, but it was the same thing then "You are undercutting the locals when you pay too much!"

Women should not be allowed in the boy bars.

They are monks for nine days, representing the nine days they were in captivity. The Christian boy, who was so helpful with translating for the rescuers, will be left out.

Frankly, the prices on airbnb seem too good to be true. I am looking at $18-$39 a night for entire apartments. Typically I have shopped VRBO, where the prices are slightly lower than hotel prices. I don't want to spend my time weeding out low priced places that are no good.

Oz, I am using updated Firefox. I have not seen any logout every 6 hours as I log out when I leave the site. I will try refreshing, it sounds good! Later: It worked! Thanks.

During the recent All-Star game a relief pitcher, Josh Hader, didn't know that as he was pitching his old Twitter posts were being released. One just said "I hate gays" and others were racist. He had a large contingent of family wearing his jersey, but they took it off or wore it backwards after the posts became prominent. The pitcher says that the posts are 7 years old and no longer reflect his views. He has been ordered to sensitivity training. https://thebiglead.com/2018/07/18/josh-hader-twitter-racist-homophobic/ Josh Hader

The next day I saw the price as $46. Generally, prices are down, but many hotels have a leader price and for anything else the price is not down. One hotel lowered their price by no longer including breakfast.

An 18-year old man with a college scholarship was caught on video yelling at protesters "fuck you, faggot!" Now he is an 18-year old man without a college scholarship. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Wrestler-scholarship-anti-gay-rant-cal-poly-slo-13085849.php Bronson Harmon, loser: Bronson in happier days:

Well, I like his approach!

I m back to the situation where if I look at the main forums page, I am not signed in. If I go to a forum, I am signed in. My latest post does not show up on the menu page or the recent posts page. That's why I posted this stuff in the first place (June 13) and it is still the same.

Logging in now requires a look at those profile pictures. It does make me wonder why some of those folks chose that picture, but that's for another thread. I would be happy to just log in without visiting the profiles.

Having just looked at room rates, I see that the Atlantico is down to $35 a night, including breakfast! Other hotels I have been watching are also down. A hotel I stayed in last year is down to $60 a night, another down to $80. These are reductions of 20-25%, no doubt currency related.

I have always wanted to go to the National Museum. As it is, I will likely get no farther than the airport transfer terminal.

Caeron's experience makes me wonder if Bangkok is much fun anymore. A post on gaythailand by Michael was also not encouraging. I have been there 15 times over the years, and certainly in the beginning (1987) it was a blast. Now it seems all money-oriented, giving as little as possible for the highest rate. Boys lazy in bed, such as the Tawan guy. The innocence seems gone for good, and that was part of the attraction. I used to think the guys were glad to be chosen and eager to please. There was no race to the door when finished either. Am I wrong?

They weren't that great a place to stay to begin with, and now down to $40 I am not encouraged. I did love the location.

Who is the author?

We are concerned about Bieber's penis. It could be improperly waylaid should he pick the wrong woman. Many of us picture it shooting gobs and gobs of sperm. Then we imagine that the sperm hits our face, where we can quickly use our tongue to taste and savor it.

We can agree on that. Trump is opposed to breast feeding because he is kissing up to the baby food manufacturers. The US browbeat Ecuador into changing its position on the subject or face punitive actions by the US, including cuts in aid. We are now bullies. Just ask North Korea!

The ability of North Korea to send a nuclear bomb to the United States makes it our business. As members of organizations of Asian states, we have obligated ourselves to their defense as well. Do you think it would not be "our business" if North Korea nuked Japan or South Korea? Thailand?

Oz, thanks for the reply. I now see that you are trying to keep anything resembling porn to a forum where only members can see it, thus preventing casual surfers from viewing it. I don't know why I didn't pick up on this earlier, but better late than never.

One thing for sure, it isn't all about money. I have been with Tomcal in Brazil, sat with him at the saunas, and have first-hand observations on how people react to him. He gives off an aura that Suckrates can only dream of- it's warmth! People react to that. He smiles a lot, welcomes everyone. He isn't a vending machine for food or drinks or sex. Life at the saunas day after day might become a grind for the garotos, but tomcal shakes it up. There's always something happening when he is around and the guys react to that. I can't do it, that I will easily admit. But this knocking him for his success is unseemly. Be happy for him. He shares here so much information that the forum would never have become the success it is without him.

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