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I read that as Brain Dead..... Two things can be true at the same time 🤷‍♂️

And in your groin or wallet?

Absolutely beautiful

Kigi - nice choice 😁. Please provide a review of the Residences because it is so new.

Officially opened. Announced on Youtube. To @vinapu's face-to-face question, re-confirmed it is open. But signboard still not changed. This reminds me of an experience from maybe 20 years back. I'm not saying that the story behind the White Cat (now more like Schrödinger's Cat) is like in my story... I am just reminded of that particular case, and maybe it's as good an opportunity as any to regale you with that story. I was at the time attached to the Bangkok head office of a Thai company, consulting on a project. One day I was implored (more like expected/obliged) to fly up to Khon Kaen for a ceremony. I never knew why it was so important that I should go since whatever it was had nothing to do with the project I was working on with them. Anyway, go I did. It was the opening ceremony of their new distribution centre. But when the busload of dignitaries (of which I was supposed to be one) arrived at the site, it became quite obvious that the warehouse was not quite ready. The building looked complete from the outside, but once inside, it was totally bare. No shelving, no furniture in the warehouse office, no phone or data connection, though at least there was electricity and lights. No stock either except for one lonely pallet of goods in the centre of the vast empty floor. I vaguely remember that the company had not even begun to hire staff for the Khon Kaen depot. Nor had delivery vehicles been purchased for this site. Monks came in soon after and a blessing ceremony was held. Apparently, the astrologer had fixed this day as the most auspicious day for the inauguration of the distribution centre. It might have been realistic if the building contractor had been on schedule, but clearly he was not. Anyway, the auspicious date had to be kept, and so the warehouse was officially opened. And to"prove" that it had become operational, a pallet was trucked in all the way from another distribution centre (I vaguely remember it was Ubon but I could be wrong) to sit majestically in the new warehouse. After the monks' ceremony, that pallet was loaded onto a lorry and delivered to a customer, apparently also somewhere in the Ubon area, so basically the pallet was driven 300km to sit in the warehouse overnight, and then driven back the same 300km to a customer in the Ubon area -- this was whispered to me cheekily by another "dignitary" on the bus who knew more than I did about the distribution centre. The long and short of it was that after that delivery was made "proving" that the distribution centre was open and operational, it must have fallen back into a phantom state for several months more before a second delivery was made from its doors. That day I had to put on my best behaviour and was extremely diplomatic about everything I saw (or rather, everything I should be seeing, shelves, goods, staff, trucks, customer orders... but did not). I was so well behaved (most uncharacteristic of me) that I must have treated myself to an ice-cream once back in Bangkok. I think some readers in the forum who have Thai boyfriends would understand the "logic" behind all this.

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

Mind you , it seems it was not poor who voted for progressives last weekend

I.e. to whom ? Those who voted Anutin in ?

Cambodia wins hands down in my heart , if only because I consider temples of Angkor ultimate travel destination

Whatever it is , I have news for you. Half an hour ago when dining in Foodland I spotted Arthur, Atlas manager , dining in another corner and who also so recognized me. Upon shaking hands I got a confirmation that bar is opened indeed so expect some report between now and Christmas

I'm sure I am not the only person scratching my head as to why they're not keeping the Atlas name. I don't know the answer, but surely, after a year in business, there must be some goodwill and name recognition attached to it. Maybe there's a trademark challenge from other similarly named entertainment businesses, or maybe it's just plain superstition after an unsuccessful year under that name.

Hopefully your back tommrrw

The deception started in Florida. The Miami Herald reported what went down. Law enforcement had tried to do their job, but Al Acosta and Pam Bondi gave Epstein a sweetheart deal. I'm not an expert on the timeline. However, my understanding is that the FBI has failed the Epstein victims at every turn. Before blaming the Dems I would want to read more reporting from investigative journalists, similar to what the Miami Herald did, whether the FBI really shares most of the blame compared to any Democrats. By now, Trump is doing all he can to fuck up any chance for justice. Today Ro Khanna explained how the FBI scrubbed the files before handing off to the DOJ. Victim interviews were redacted by the FBI before the DOJ did their work. The victim interviews contained basic incriminating information. That was a violation of the Epstein transparency law intended to move justice forward. We'll see what happens with that. The law was broken. Sadly, since the DOJ is working the for Trump, we can't trust justice will be served. At some point, after the midterms, FBI officials, DOJ officials and G. Maxwell will hopefully be brought back to testify. Learning who told the FBI to scrub the victim interviews will be important. Trump? If the FBI stonewalls the House, one might hope a whistleblower will come forward. If the House chooses to impeach Trump, one might wonder whether that will delay Khanna and Massies' bipartisan work. If I could ask the Democrats anything it would be why the Epstein Files Transparency Act doesn't include appointment of a special, independent counsel to shepherd the work, rather than trusting the White House and DOJ. One would think the Dems would know by now the GOP minions are mostly a bunch of weasels and lying shitbags.

Hope you’ve dusted off your punkah

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.

No, Wild Cat was a bar for men to ogle at women, but has since closed. So White Cat, now in the same venue, needs to get its act together and at least change the signage before doing anything else.

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.

Surely this is a differe place?

Variety is the spice of life!

Give a thought to the Thai people!

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

When I was young, my dad told not to go to the supermarket when I'm hungry, or else I would find myself buying way more than I can actually eat. In the same manner, and by totally ignoring his advice I decided to prebook all my massages for next week so that I'm able to choose all the masseurs I want. I'm looking for big/fitness muscle guys, happy ending, muscle worship, no sex. For my 5 day BKK trip I booked: Kloover - Trol TCS SPA - Ruj History - Sunji The residences - Yuya The residences - Kigi If anyone has any experince with those guys or has any recommendations for other names that cater my needs I will be more than happy to hear about here or DM. Thanks!

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.

Obviously better than New York, as they only say it twice!