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wow - what a GREAT idea. I never tried this. I will definitely give this a try.... Thanks for this tip.

@floridarob you may be onto something (remember the number = 286), as George Webb, an investigative journalist, posted this in today's newsletter - as he is closely following this issue. Below was extracted from George Webb's newsletter dated 13-Dec-2024:

@durian please realize that effective 01-Jan-2024, Thailand has modified their Territorial Tax Regime and now will make inbound wire transfers into Thailand subject to Assessable Income, which may or may not be subject to Thailand taxation (as per the PIT) if you are a tax resident in a given tax year. Thailand's tax year coincides with the calendar tax year. Furthermore, the definition of tax resident is if you reside in Thailand for more than 180 days in a tax year. On top of the above, this new Thai government is considering to implement a Global Tax Regime (at the behest of the OECD) and to move away from the formerly friendly Territorial Tax Regime. See below article in Thai - but if you are using Google Chrome and you right click on it you can have it translated into English. https://pantip.com/topic/42949323 This article is directly from the source - as per: Ms. Kullaya Tantitemit, Director-General of the (Thai) Revenue Department. In my opinion, if this new Thai government will implement a Global Tax Regime - then it will no longer be a favorable retirement destination.

Instead I see a different voice / alarm being manifested - and that is with the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence). In the case of UHC, they were using AI to determine if an insurance claim was getting denied or not. Prior to the use of AI, this task was done by humans. What is the difference = AI versus Human ? Humans have compassion. Unfortunately, the AI that I have been exposed to in this period seems to lack "human compassion". So, for matters of health and life and death, should we as the human race allow AI to make those decisions for us ? Shall we hide behind the decisions of AI to obtain more profits (greed) at the detriment of the human race? This is the conversation that I would hope come out of this unfortunate assassination.

We need to remember that UHC implemented AI to decide on which claims would be denied. UHC had the highest denial rate at 32% versus the average of 16% Previously to the introduction to AI (Artificial Intelligence) compassionate human beings were making these decisions. So, perhaps other than greed - as a society, do we want to let non-compassionate AI make the decision as to whether or not we receive medical treatment and/or get to live ?

wow - he is definitely a 10 What do you think motivated him to assassinate the UHC CEO ? denied claims for a loved one ? The media is reporting that UHC implemented AI technology which improved their earnings by substantially raising the claims denial rate. Previously to the AI implementation - the humans who performed this process were more compassionate. https://www.thestreet.com/technology/unitedhealthcare-spotlight-reveals-pivotal-ai-failure https://www.yahoo.com/news/unitedhealthcare-other-insurers-ai-deny-202000141.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAC6gsJhxISIsqNP03XcX87ZDwI-nviqe7e5e8-4kMqVXkoHmap2QYYQoYnEH6JT2pUJezpzd9CAGG8EmE-qqV-z5PpAOwQn7GYA5e1DVMOqWuEAK-FqdIqM2Ko1SD9DzwOzRMf6SNmbFF2-EiwRuhz1ElWewmZRRn1GwP6f90dns

and that smooth silk like coconut cream sliding on your third leg is just so ever more erotic and makes it difficult to resist the urge to 💦

sage advice from our ONE and ONLY KFC 😃

big cocks always win 🤪 my above question was rhetorical :>)

I am all ears. I never made the connection between hi-so men and Isaan men? They seem to be complete opposites: Isaan Hi-So dark skin white ghost skin big cocks normal cocks Is this jealousy because of their skin color ? 🤣

@Moses I want to say that I appreciate ALL the help that you have done over the many years that I have known you (almost 12 years), including (apologies if I forget anything in the below list😞 you helped my friend Woody, a Shan State refugee get on his feet (he always feared to be deported) by trusting my recommendation to give him a chance to be a tour guide for Siam Roads. I am so PROUD of Woody, as he now has legal papers to reside in Thailand, he eventually bought the massage shop where I met him, Classic House Massage Shop - in Chiang Mai, he built a home for his mom back in Shan state in troubled Myanmar, he bought a new car which he uses for his tours, he created a wonderful tour business --> which I used his tour services a couple of times with his partner, Non. Moses - your trust in me (and also Woody) - allowed Woody to find the right path to success and I will always be grateful to you. Thank you Moses. Moses - you gave a chance to many of the other guys on Siam Roads that we happily employ to bring us wonderful tours. Back when Michael (SurferCrest) was the owner of the Sawatdee chat forum group - you were ALWAYS there to help and support the success of that forum - which I believe that you eventually took over from Michael. You were ALWAYS available for free to help with the network and IT issues for Gaybutton's forum. You have helped with technical issues over the years for ALL 3 Thailand forums - Sawatdee, Gaybutton, and this one, GayGuides - this is truly appreciated Moses. It just PISSES me off that so many of our forum members just constantly dump shit on you when you have a kind heart and thanks to you we all have a forum that we can use to find wonderful sexual encounters and have great vacations. I just needed to get this off of my chest. Enough is ENOUGH!!!!!! I know that many people do not agree with the political side of things - but do we really need to stay so political in these forums???? This forum, gayguides.com has become so political --> especially after the fall of the former "Company of Men" forum when many of those forum members migrated over to this forum = gayguides.com Can't we all agree to get back to why this forum was created in the first place? To have fun, to plan our vacations, to share our adventures with each other, to create lasting friendships? Or is it more important for us to tear each other apart ?? If so, what will be left of this forum????

And I would bet that the Crete the Party organizers did not exclude any police that wanted to participate. In the above article, the exclusion of the BiB was a fatal mistake in my opinion = quote from above article: "Investigations revealed the event required pre-registration through a secret online group, with identity verification by group administrators. Undercover agents attempted to join but were denied access, leading to the raid."

I LOVE it. This is also my preferred modus operandi. Bravo!!

Great suggestion @spoon I do the same. Since I order my massages in - I don't allow them to use massage oil as it then damages the bed mattress. I love the coconut creams because they help to rejuvenate my old crocodile skin so that I won't scare the guys away. Last thing that I want to hear is: Look guys, sugar crocs daddy is entering into the complex 🙈🙊🫢🫣

Easier said than done. As a visiting tourist - it's easy = it ends when you get on the airplane to go home. As a full time resident, it can get lonely and depressing very quickly - as you find your self starting over from zero and with each iteration it becomes more difficult because you are a known person very quickly, especially during the low season. So, when @Olddaddy wrote that very depressing forum post in June or July of 2022, I could not understand what our Olddaddy was trying to say when Olddady asked, what do all of the retirees do all day when they are sitting on their balconies staring out into the sea. well, now I can say, I contemplate where I want to go in the complex using a route to avoid the most negative stares and discomfort. unfortunately, the complex only has so many strategic entrances and exits - even when using the upper floor overpasses.

EXCELLENT observation @reader This is SO true - this ho-so "double standard". I experienced this first hand when I dated a hi-so guy who was from a wealthy family in Bangkok - but he lived in Pattaya because he had an important job as an administrator in one of the more important hospitals here in Pattaya. He told me that he could not date me if I chose to live in Dongtan beach (meters just outside of the Jomtien Complex). I said, but why? He replied, do you realize what kind of people work in the complex? I said, yes - this is why I moved here. He replied, if you want to date me you need to move to North Pattaya, in the affluent Wongamat neighborhood. I replied, no way, depending on the awful traffic here I would need to spend 1 hour to get to Jomtien. He replied, everything you would want is in Wongamat. He said, I need to protect my family's hi-so status. We never saw each other again.

When the Bangkok smog gets you down - just know that you are only 2 hours away from a wonderful clean smog free natural environment. If you suffer from gogo boy withdrawal syndrome - you can bring your preferred gogo boy with you and caress him in the clean sands of Koh Larn in Pattaya.

Now after living here for 2 years and 4 months now - I sense this attitude is "entitlement" driven. There is this ever present entitlement attitude that they are entitled to try to rip you off - either financially or to psychologically torture you if you refrain from playing their "give me money" entitlement game. These include: - ugly stares as you walk through the complex, - silent treatment where they even get their friends and bar worker colleagues to participate, - no more friendly behaviour towards you. Here in this forum, we often note the negativity of the expats who live here full time. Now after 2 years, I am starting to understand how this daily psychological warfare slowly grinds on you and before you know it, you start transforming into a grumpy negative person. What I do not understand is HOW did it come about that the workers here adopt this greedy entitlement behaviour? Is it part of their indoctrination when they move from their home towns to Pattaya? When I travel around Thailand (outside of Bangkok, Pattaya, and Phuket) I do not feel this greedy entitlement behaviour. Thoughts? 🤔

Me too. I am still waiting to read Keith's Pattaya trip report. It will be even more interesting because he used a Siam Roads tour guide. It would be helpful to understand if when I have visitors to Pattaya that I could send on a good tour. Thanks

Only @Moses would know if these tour guides are being utilized as we hope that they are. 🙏😇🤩

https://bkktour.info/testimonial/best-is-the-best/ He seems to have received glowing reviews. From his picture, he is not one of the many guys who constantly hound me for money. But please do not send him my way as I am already beyond capacity. He is cute, by the way 🤩

This is SO true. Thailand should ask the Olympic Committee to add this as an additional sport. Thailand would most likely win the GOLD. and to deal with all of the mental anguish that comes with these constant requests - especially when you live here and they see you day after day in the supermarket, at the bank ATM, in the Jomtien Complex, at the beach, in restaurants, etcetra. And during low season when almost all of the readership of this forum go back to their home countries - the intensity ratchets up - as us full-time expats here are the only ones remaining to try to survive the Zombie apocalypse until the next high season begins when all of you - this readership - return - when the begging intensity decreases.

if you had a picture and/or web page and/or social media for Khun Best - it might be helpful to understand if any of this is true. The problem with the name BEST in a Google search is that it gives very misleading results.

The key operative 2 words being = "minimum wages". Many of the guys here in Jomtien have repeatedly told me that the bar pays them a sub minimum wage of 100 baht per day --> when the real wage should be 363 baht per day. Perhaps, the management at the Dragon and Koi is paying them fairly? 🤔

wow @jason1975 - you are the life of the party!! Your Jai Dii, is truly awesome I hope to get to meet you one day in person !!