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Like this? Lurkerspeaks' Thai Journal: Let me start off with a little background.. I am a heavy set 56 year old guy (turning 57 on my last full day in town). In the last couple of years, my body is not keeping up with my mind as far as youth..I have had a bulging disc in my lower back for almost two years now.. It pinches on my sciatic nerve, causing pain down my right leg, from hip to knee. Nothing has been of much help as far as improvements. I have had numerous epidurals, and visit a chiropractor regularly, but no real, long term inprovements. And the surgeon says I am not a candidate for surgury. My latest ailment has been some pretty intense heartburn/acid reflux. This has been going on for a few weeks, and intesifying before the trip. I went and got checked out to make sure it wasn't a heart issue, and after and EKG, exrays, etc, I was told my heart and lungs were normal. I got the pain under control before I started my trip, so I was hoping it would be manageable while I was vacationing. I flew on United airlines and Eva air to get here. Phoenix to LA was United Economy class, and then the remainder on Eva (LAX to TPE to BKK) was in Biz class. Eva was a great airlines. The seats were comfortable, the service impeccable, the food good (as far as airline food goes). Unfortunately, after eating the "refresher" meal on the long leg, I quickly got SEVERE heartburn. It was very uncomfortable for the rest of the flights. The pain is so intense that it makes it nearly impossible to sleep. My original plan was to sleep as little as possible on the flights, since I was arriving at midnight. That way I would go to sleep as soon as I hit my hotel (Raya Surawog) and be on a good sleep cycle. The not sleeping much on the plane was accomplished, but that first night, I still could not sleep in my hotel bed due to the pain.. So I got up by 7am and visited a nearby hospital to get some stronger meds. An hour or so later, I was leaving the hospital after consulting with a doctor, with 3 different medicines for acid reflux/indigestion in hand. I started taking them right away, and shortly noticed a slight improvement. I had made plans to meet up with a poster from here at Gaythailand (Wheelz) at 1:30 for some lunch and tour of the surrounding area. He showed up on time and we went around the corner for some lunch at Dicks. We both got some Chicken fried rice (I was not of the strongest stomach yet, so wanted something bland). It was good. For anyone not familiar, Dicks in right in the middle of Soi Twilight (I think that is correct) so there are numerous bars, gogos, and massage places next door. We enjoyed our lunch, chatting and watching some of the boys from Bonny Massage next door. Wheelz had talked with a mamasan at A boys, who was supposed to have a few twink types available for us around 3pm. We walked the few blocks over to Aboys, and at first, it was still locked up tight. We continued on to another bar (on what Wheelz was calling the sleazy end of the gay spectrum). Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the place. While walking to this other bar, we passed the A boy mamasan on the street who was heading in to unlock and open up shop. We had one quick drink at this other bar, but there were not boys there yet, so we went back to Aboys. At first at Aboys, there was just one boy downstairs, who was a favorite of Wheelz. The mamasan got us drinks, then headed upstairs to bring down a boy (hopefully) for me. Unfortunately, the boy was not my type at all. So we finished our drinks, and I tipped my boy 100 baht for his time and we headed back to Bonny Massage to get a massage. A quick notice, if you are mobility challenged, Bangkok bars/establishments are not always easy to maneuver. To enter Bonny massage, you go up one flight of stairs, and then need to go up a second flight to the massage rooms. I quickly picked out a very cute guy for my massage. His name, I believe, was Try. The massage was to be a 800 baht charge, with minimum tip the same. We went into the room upstairs, and we both undressed. I was hot and sweaty so I wanted a shower to cool off. Try joined me in the shower without being asked, and proceeded to give me a nice washing..We went back to the room and commenced with the massage. It is on a mat, on a platform raised about a foot off the floor. No hole for the face in the mat. The massage was proceeding very nicely. Started off with "regular" massage, then body to body then when I flipped over, it got a little more sensual. He gave me a "Happy ending" while I did a little suckie suckie on him. After I came, we went back for another shower together. Afterwards, I thought was being nice and gave him 1000 baht. He looked at me like where is the rest. he tried to say I owed him 500 more since I had sucked on him for all of 5 minutes. I halfheartedly argued for a couple of minutes and finally reached in my pocket and gave him another 200 baht. After all, it was only another $6 USD. At that point, he seemed happy and we left the room. Wheelz had gone back to Aboys to off his boy there, and we had agreed for him to come back to my hotel at 5:30 and we would head off to Screwboys, which is his favorite bar. I got back to my room and layed down for some rest. When I got the call from Front desk at 5:30 that Wheelz was waiting for me, I got up and quickly got ready to go downstairs. Unfortunately, my right leg was having none of it, and I could barely walk. So I went down to the reception area and apologized for having to call it a night. I came back up to my room and stayed in bed, sleeping on and off until 7am this morning. Now, my chest is feeling 99% better, but my leg/hip are still a little tender, and my abdomen feel like I was punched in the gut. I assume this was from the rather rough massage yesterday, along with the walking we did. So that catches me up to today (Day two). I have tentative afternoon plans with a poster for an outing for a bite to eat and a visit to Hero massage. But for now, back to sleep to get more rest..

Green card marriages can be quite difficult. What is your incentive to do this? I mean, what's in it for you? Because it will require a lot of work on your part.

Lurker has been sleeping for 22 hours now! He must be very tired.

"I intentionally and deliberately placed myself in coach. " Axiom, is that what you meant to say? Or did you put yourself in Business?

We are reading a lot these days about sexual assault. Women, in particular, are revealing the scope of a problem many of us were unaware of. So it wasn't a complete shock to come across an article detailing the problem of sexual assault upon those who are drugged. Apparently there is more of a downside to drug use than previously known, as gay men under the influence of drugs are sexually assaulted more than had been previously known. It's likely that those who do get assaulted while on drugs are less likely to report it, so what is known may be only the tip of the iceberg. Attached is an article from FS Magazine about assaults in Great Britain. Whether it is at sex parties or smaller situations, no doesn't always mean no, and sometimes no is not even said. To understand that, read on: https://www.gmfa.org.uk/fs162-consent-the-unspoken-problem-on-the-chemsex-scene In that article, the author says " We often go to spaces which are explicitly sex-focused to take drugs, have sex with multiple partners, and often meet an assortment of men as they come and go. 5% of our survey respondents said that consent does not apply in such an environment: once you’re in the door, you’re fair game. " I am not sure who he means by "we." It isn't me! Often or not!

Gosh, Kevin, don't you realize that you are a superhuman? Regular people probably need to sleep after some 20 hours of flying and a 2 a.m. arrival at their hotel. You have to factor that in. LOL

Can I pay Suckrates a compliment? He may not want it, but I think he made a great effort on the porn pix and tried to keep that forum lively.

Whose going to defend Trump if something happens in China while he's there? A Lucky investigation: Okay, maybe they are not soldiers!

The changes to the Comedy & Tragedy forum were an enhancement, helping people to go right to the topic of their interest without having to wade through so much juvenile waste of bandwidth.

Have a great time, lurkerspeaks! Let us know what your trip is like. Are you flying coach?

In retrospect, I had two garotos tell me that they feared the gun violence. Both were young and muscular, but they said that doesn't help when up against gang guns. I have never heard a garoto express such fear before.

A new board member- Fluff Persian! Welcome!

This is indeed sad news. Now the show will be even whiter.

I missed the TV presentation, but will see it at the Pasadena Playhouse later this month.

Thanks for mentioning this. I am also interested, and was able to get the last 3 tickets for the date I wanted. So much already sold out.

Looking forward to lurkerspeaks' trip report. It will be fun to see Bangkok through a fresh pair of eyes. I hope he only has good things to report!

My sixth visit was in September. Nothing seemed any different. I felt as safe as ever. Restaurants were busy. Hotels seemed so. The saunas sure were.

I've had my flu shot.

Now how hard would it have been, Rock, to quote my complete position on the subject? Here's what you left out: "But a one-time attempt at a 14-year old over 30 years ago so far has not been followed up by any specific allegations of other attacks. If that happens, then he does move into Weinstein territory. " Welcome back!

Bannon is hardly gone as he is in regular contact with Trump. Trump even cried on Bannon's shoulder this week about his disappointment with cutey Jared...oops, crooked Jared.

Suckrates did an excellent job of trying to keep the forums alive. I think his work is paying off as there is more Boytoy participation than in recent past. Politics might be a harder nut to crack.

Donna Brazile would be the last person I trusted to tell the truth.

I am sorry, but I cannot remember the name of the favela. I might add that we did not go all the way to the top. That's where the gangs make their home, and we weren't welcome there. Still, I felt that I saw a great deal, and they did emphasize that some favelas were more dangerous than others. This one was no country club.

Things aren't looking good for Kevin Spacey. His agent and his publicist have dropped him, House of Cards may never see the air again, and several members of the show's team claim that Spacey sexually harassed them on the set.

Larstrup do you really believe that members here are going to watch all of these silly videos? Better to remain silent than add drivel to the forums.