NIrishGuy

Funny, I always thought that pussy was more of a too damp and smelly sort of off put - I mean we are talking about the same thing here - right ? ! :-)

More annoyingly after Stephen Fry writing his long and eloquent open letter to the Prime Minister of the UK I see he's just had his reply - saying screw you we're going basically - but BY TWEET !!! I mean REALLY and they complain that standards in schools are dropping etc, if the bloody Prime Minister can't reply to a letter on a serious topic other than with a bloody Tweet I despair. And I'd look over it if it was some knee jerk instant response from David Cameron whilst on a train or something, but this short "we're going anyway" response took days to be concocted and was no doubt mulled over by half the PM's press team with meetings and focus groups ascertaining the best PR method of reply with the chance of least damage limitation and the best they could come up with for the PM of the UK to reply to such a serious heartfelt was was to send a TWEET ! :-( Bloody insulting to the gay community if nothing else.

But surely as those athletes are there to representing our / their Country that Country ( through their Government) should then have a say as to whether or not they WISH us all to be represented at Games such as this and if not and the athlete choses to continue then that then should only mean then continuing to compete as an individual and not as a Representative of their Country ( which isn't currently allowed of course) . But leaving the athletes personal views aside for a moment or even what the Country prefers to happen how it terrible it must be for them for all this to be kicking off right at the end of their years of training and them working so hard to earn their place in their representing their Country in the first place, I'm sure they're gutted about the whole thing either way.

Whilst of course I like most other right thinking people am disgusted what is currently taking place in Russia I'm also amazed that more people aren't reminding straight people that here in Britain until both the year 2000 in Scotland and 2003 in England and Wales and until the repeal of section 28 that almost exactly the same law was in place in the UK i.e "that a local authority ( i.e. Councils or Schools etc) shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship" That's almost word for word the same as what's happening now in Russia, so whilst it's terrible that it's happening again now there and we should of course campaign against that with all out mite the straight world here in the UK and beyond should perhaps remember ( or be reminded occasionally when the ask why are the gays always complaining and marching in Gay pride parades etc) that they too inflicted the same pain and harm on gay people here for many years - lest they forget ! Thankfully here in the UK things are moving on and improving, slowly but surely, but when one looks at the fight required just to secure equal rights re gay marriage and the very fact that the likes of Stephen Fry HAS to write a letter asking for society to stand up and stop this sort of behaviour ( and be fairly much either ignored or lambasted for having the "cheek" to do so) it shows that we've still a way to go in terms of being seen as equals in this straight world that straight people believe they graciously allow us to live in - just as long as we don't annoy them to much or be "to gay" where we might offend their precious sensitivities !

I too was in x boys last night and was almost instantly hit on by the new ( old - VERY old) mamasan, who started giving me her life story about being away and now just back etc and I instantly and for me very coldly just turned and said "yes I remember you well" and gave a look that said "so take yourself off and don't even think about bothering me" and then ( as I was bored anyway) said actually check bin please I go now - so hopefully see got the message and will remember to ignore me in future - but I wouldn't bet on it ! Interesting though to see the other mamasan ( who is also normally a pain in the ass too) sitting back and letting the new (old) girl crash and burn - I wonder what the politics there is ie do they split the room in half or is everyone fair game and if one doesn't succeed the other can have a go ? As someone said - bad mistake bringing her back, it's like looking at a bad madam tussauds dummy gone wrong - except one that just annoys rather than entertains you. :-(

I would question the ya ba being the drug of choice now, I know we (I) always assumed so and I actually had this conversation with a few guys in Bkk two weeks ago and they to a man told me now that Ice was by far the more common drug of choice across the board from sex workers to blue and white collar works as (in Bkk anyway) it was much easier to get apparently.

ha ha yes, absolutely, makes for a much more pleasant environment all round - and I WAS joking of course, it WAS 100% :-)

Well I wish they would just make it as easy as that in general and do away with all the other crap as it's so frustrating knowing you've to jump through a million hoops to get a thai friend over to the UK, knowing full well that he will have no intention of overstaying but still probably being denied, personally I'd be much happier just signing a bond and taking the responsibility to have him back to the airport or not when his time came ! I've actually a Thai friend staying in another European country right now ( I wont say where in case his BF is reading this but he can't wait to get home and it literally counting the days until he can get back to Pattaya.

Shit really ! See, this is why I can never go alone to markets, it ends up costing me a small fortune as I always forget that small but important fact ! :-) Well actually I "say" 100% but what I guess I meant was that you were talking complete and utter ballox and I don't agree with one single word you said ! Shit !! There I go again, I never can seem to get that balance thing quite right ! :-( Ok, lets stick with the 100% thing, much more polite all round I think ! :-) lol

@ z909 - Re your first point - absolutely - but I think it's generally accepted that the large Corporates should act both within the spirit of the law and not just to the letter of it and to pay next to no tax in ten years or more of trading in a Country in other words depriving it's citizens of the much needed income isn't quite fair when the rest of us have to pay up. Is this legal - yes, is it fair and equitable ( and good business) to be seen to be doing that the citizens of that Country - I don't think so and many others thought the same hence why Starbucks are now paying up. But I wholly agree that it's the Governments fault that this situation was allowed to occur in the first place and the Corporates where just playing by (and around) the rules as they stand at this time. However this is one occasion where even though our Government dropped the ball re forming better rules to avoid this being able to happen and are crap as usual ( and no doubt lining their own pockets from these rules too no doubt with their many Directorships etc) this time the people spoke and after a fairly effective boycott of Starbucks by many people here in the UK it appears it has prompted them to think again about their tax avoidance policy, however even at 10 million this year they're still getting away cheap for all the years they DIDN'T pay and I'm sure they know that only to well hence the payment now to stave off any further public criticism and to hopefully get their lost customer base back again. Re your second point - 100% agree there !

Going back to the previous discussion here re Starbucks not paying any tax in the UK for years and as to whether they were right or not to do for the sake of clarity I see today they have just announced that they now intend to pay £10 million pounds tax this year to the UK Exchequer, with more to follow next year. It seems their marketing people were listening to the public outcry ( wasn't just me then it seems) after all. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23019514 Now hopefully some / many of the other large corporates who have been using exactly the same tax rules to avoid paying tax will also follow suit and a lot of money that has been denied to the Country will start coming back into it. Interesting to see them doing this though just before the various Governments agree new tax powers to stop such tax avoidance in the future, perhaps a case of paying something before all their avenues being cut off and them being forced to pay EVERYTHING they are due.

Is the survey staggered in anyway ? I mean say just for example ( and I KNOW it's not the case and I'm making these figures up to explain my point) but say British airways just happened to have a stunning new plane, with the best seats and service in every cabin and out of the UK population say a million people flew with them and 10% of them responded to the survey this giving 100,000 votes - BUT take some other airline them flying from the US or Asia and perhaps multiply the passenger ( and thus voting number) by 10 and there you get 10 times more votes for their particular airline - but that wouldn't mean that BA DIDN'T necessarily have the best seats etc then surely - unless I'm missing something ? And again the BA thing was just an example, I'm fully aware they are crap ! ;/(

Looks like a funny show, anyone got a torrent link to it perhaps ??

Assuming for a moment ( rightly or wrongly) that the boy just really didn't want to go off with you Christian - for WHATEVER reason, but basically he just wasn't that into you, would you REALLY want him still to have to go just because you feel he should? Personally I can think of nothing worse than being in the company of someone who really didn't want to be there with you, never mind the awkwardness of then them having to go home and fuck you too. And whilst it is of course simply a monetary transaction taking place I do still believe that the sex worker should (and must) always reserve that last basic human right of saying no should they chose to, without fear of any consequences from their employer or otherwise - and for whatever reason and not one that needs to be discussed or explained to the client - otherwise what started out as a simple mutual financial sex for money transaction turns into something much darker and unpleasant and something which is perhaps more akin to forced sex trafficking or even rape perhaps.

I really will have to start taking the train more often if this is likely to happen whilst on board !

The kiss that perhaps changed the thinking of a generation !?

@Z909 - ah I believe it states in the big book of "how to cover your imaginary tracks" manual that all boxes created to hide non existent personal belonging should be blocked out in white, please ensure you confirm to this or people may start to believe that YOU actually have stayed in this room and perhaps worse even shared it with an imaginary friend ! Also you have been very lax as in the bottom left hand corner of the image theres a grip bag in plain sight, complete with what appears to be a (used) tissue on display and of course as it's well known that a DNA sample can be collected from just such an article so a box should SURELY have been added to cover this obvious "clue" in this case as it could be argued that an intrepid SGF investigator could instantly upon reading the post make his to the hotel and rummage through the bins in search of said piece of tissue - as we're all so likely to as we all are believed to actually give a shit so much about who the person was that stayed there and important matters such as what colour of socks they have happened to have had with them on that trip as that could of course PROVE their identity beyond reasonable doubt in any court of law :-) Actually if we DID start checking such things as socks appearing in hotel room pics would that mean we were all nothing better than low life sock tourists perhaps !!?? lol

I cremated my dog a few years back as he was quite big and I didn't fancy having to ( physically) dig a gaping big hole in my front garden under the roses, so the cremation place took him from the vets where he met his end and simple delivered back a simple cardboard box with (his?) ashes inside, which I simply sprinked into the soil around the base of the roses and tossed the soil around them a bit to cover them and it was job done and good for the soil too I imagine and saves me having to look at a doggy grave every day on my way to work and get sad thinking about the poor bugger. I seem to recall it wasn't that expensive either so definitely something I would recommend and is getting quite popular now I believe.

I think if you investigate the cost of repatriating a body to anywhere you'll see why people almost always end up getting cremated at the place of death and sent back to wherever. From the little I know about it ( granted) getting your body embalmed and repatriated just isn't a feasible option if you wish to leave anything in your will that's not eaten into by that cost.

Damn, I was SO disappointed on reading the headline "Pope to resign" to realise that this was an old thread and so related to the last guy, oh well, hope springs eternal that maybe this guy will go soon too and the Catholic Church ( or God if ones to believe the hype re the appointment process :-) will put someone in the job who can actually maybe make a positive difference to the world - but I'll not hold my breath on that one just yet I fear :-(

Interesting to see Michael Douglas's publicist issuing a "clarification" of Michael's interview wishing to highlight the fact that Michael's cancer was NOT actually caused by oral sex, however the Guardian have stood by their story and released the audio file of the interview where it is quite clear what was said - obviously the wife DID give him a bollocking when he got home for telling the truth and the Hollywood PR machine was told to kick into gear to rectify the issue. To be fair to Michael he has remained silent as I'm guessing he knows the truth and couldn't give a shit who knows and maybe is actually trying to help and warn others of the risks. Mind you wouldn't it just be hilarious if the reason the wife might be objecting is that she KNOWS they haven't had oral sex EVER but yet she's noticed that Marcos their 22 year old hot gardener always seems to be walking around with a big smile on his face and seems to be driving more and more expensive cars of late !! :-))

I thought there was absolutely no doubt that the vaccine ABSOLUTELY is ineffective in anyone who has already been exposed to the virus - and as the virus is able to be passed on by normal every day sexual or even non sexual skin to skin contact it's assumed that a lot of people from say their late teens upwards will already have been exposed to the virus in one way or the other hence why the vaccination is only offered to young school age people. I do take you're point that "well you'd be no WORSE off" but spending £300-400 quid on something which lets face it most gay guys our age will most certainly have encountered before does seem a little daft, saying that I'm sure LMTU would happily have paid 100 times that to avoid or cure himself of his bout of it but I know any Doctor I've spoken to ( either NHS private) has told me plainly that to get the shots at my age (44) would most probably be a total waste of time and money. ( and before anyone says no, that's not because I'm a particularly bigger tart than any other gay guy I happen to know :-)

This I believe was the same (first) cancer that LMTU picked up, also from Oral sex perhaps ( and I'm not being mean there I think that was the accepted cause), definitely something to bare in mind I guess - but is it enough to make me rubber up for Oral- probably not I have to say, like everything in life you weigh up the risks and likelihood of picking something up against the pleasure I guess and until the number of cases start rising dramatically (and lets hope they don't) not much will change I guess. But fair play to Michael Douglas for being so upfront about the cause in his case, I'm sure his wife was just DELIGHTED with him when she read THAT interview over her morning tea and toast ! :-)

Excellent - god love the poor guy who had to follow that next year ! And I laughed as without knowing the guy he was so pegged as gay with his opening two words just - "HI GUYS" lol - but a great speech, you could almost picture Obama standing there giving it !