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I initially read this as "something in heels" which wouldn't be far off with these guys.

Says the avid collector of exotic stamps. 🙄

I thought of you when I read the news @jimmie50 and I don't think you'll be affected. As @floridarob says, it's still being discussed and my guess is it'll only be implemented after Songkran, the start of the low leason.

As far as I know, the opening was announced on Facebook, not on YouTube. https://www.facebook.com/people/White-Cat-BAR/61570325579094/

Joey 😉

Thanks for the quick and positive report, vin. I hope to see this new venue survive and succeed too. I hadn't been to the old Atlas but I'll drop by the White Cat when I'm in Bangkok next month. I don't understand why some people seem determined to trash and mock new venues even before they're open or are facing teething problems if they already are. Pay them a visit at least before making some kind of assessment. There may be problems which we, as outsiders, cannot see or fathom in the unique Thai nightlife business, legal and social culture and upon which applying western business models as a framework for analysis may not be the most instructive or constructive. Until I read forums like this one, I've barely felt the changes in the nightlife industry. I know there've been plenty but I've always gone with the flow and adapted to the changes bit by bit not only in the nightlife industry but more importantly in the wider Thai society itself, as I myself have changed in the last twenty years. I think this ability and willingness to acknowledge that I'm no longer the naive, non-Thai-speaking twentysomething who first visited "gay Thailand" two decades ago is why I rarely have anything to gripe or pontificate about. Even if all the bars and massage parlours were to close tomorrow, I'd still go to Thailand knowing that I'm going to feel, if not very happy, then at the very least very much contented. 🙏🏻

Well, not quite... Whose tight side should we be focussing on? I can't imagine any of our forum members having a tight side left. 😏

@mima_bk's arms aren't long enough.

😂🤣😅 Ohh you're precious. Thanks for the good laugh - what a great way to start the morning. You have a good one too!

There's a huge, upmarket "super club" by that name which opened in December last year in Huay Kwang, Bangkok.

A thousand apologies, Memsahib, but today is my day off (wobbles head).

Olddaddy gives new meaning to the concept of "brain drain" and it is continuing.

Thank you for saying this. Never mind the visitors; there are farang who live in Thailand who exhibit a similar callous or that "I'm alright, Jack" attitude. I guess they don't want to see social progress for the poor and the downtrodden as they'd run out of prostitutes to fuck them.

Looking forward to any news of Joey. Please update us if you go to Moonlight again. 🙏🏻

Why vin? You didn't enjoy your trip to Pattaya or was Cambodia just so much better? No need to reply now; we can wait for the details in your trip report when you get home.

🙀 Meowww...

You'd go to a gas station toilet first? Can't say I'm surprised. 😏

Nah, that's not the way I imagine my Aunty Vin at all. I've never met him but have this image of a warm, grand, portly materteral figure who would come over to the house uninvited and slightly inebriated, carrying her large tote bag bearing the "just go" logo, filled with sweets and condoms which she'd generously hand out to her eager nephews and nieces. And if she had a bit of leftover housekeeping money, she'd bring us some root beer and jesus juice too - yay! We'd all then sit around Aunty, jostling among ourselves to get as close to her as possible, to feel her warmth and listen to the non-parental approved stories of her sexcapades in Patpong. We all love our Aunty Vin dearly. 🫶😍🥰

Yup, they announced the opening at around 3 PM Thai time yesterday, perhaps couldn't open for some reason (staff didn't show up?) and haven't updated their announcement. I believe Department of Agriculture has a contact there and he may have more up-to-date information.

I don't think the problem lies with the medium but the management for not keeping it up-to-date. Perhaps they had intended to do a soft opening, encountered some problems and decided to remain closed until they have them sorted. 🤷

Even if there were I reckon their goods wouldn't be fresh at that hour, kind of like the barkers! 🤣😅 In my experience, it's best to buy baked goods in the morning when they're fresh out of the oven. Have you tried the freshly made baguettes in Vientiane? They're delish!

😅 They could be or as @hank75 says barkers or bouncers for the bar hence they're wearing the typical black top and have that tough guy look. They may have even been on loan from somewhere else while the bar seeks permanent staff. Personally, I wouldn't trash a new venue (or an old venue for that matter). As I said, Bangkok is unique in that there is a type for everybody and I've seen women and gay men drawn to the type of guys featured in the video. One old queen's used diaper could well be another gay man's pashmina. I'm sorry to hear this @Kiwi306. They're social media stories say they're open.

Google "Sizzler Bangkok". There are more than two dozen outlets.

Yup, meeting with Olddaddy would definitely be an act of defiance, if not deviance.😏

It doesn't matter what the voters want; it's how they can be manipulated into thinking that's what they want which counts and how the blue party has won this round, as did the red shirts previously. The blue party had brilliantly stoked the fears of the rural folk re Cambodia and fanned the flames of - in my opinion - Thais' often misplaced and misguided ultra nationalist sentiments and their unnatural, obsessive love for their military which has been cultivated from the time they are born. The orange party's big mistake was to support Anutin for prime minister last year which allowed him to strengthen and consolidate his position. He is, of course, supported by entities I'm not at liberty to discuss (isn't that always the case eventually if not at the outset?) and there are rumours that he has, allegedly, slithered all the way up to the bed chamber. While I'm happy that Bangkok is a sea of orange, this is going to divide the rural and city folk further and make the situation ripe for further political exploitation down the line. Anyway, even if the orange party had won the elections, the constitutional court, which was created by the military for the very purpose of delegitimising duly elected governments, would have found something against them eventually and declared them illegal and paved the way for the conservatives to come into power. Lather, rinse and repeat. Thailand is fcuked.