Gaybutton

If fresh towels are all you need, there shouldn't be a problem getting them any time you want them, even in the middle of the night. Any hotel I've ever stayed in, if I want fresh towels I simply call the front desk, tell them I need fresh towels, and they send somebody up within just a few minutes - no problem. I don't do that often, but when I have I've never been refused. If you do have somebody bringing something to your room at odd hours, I think it's definitely appropriate to tip whoever brings it. If you're really lucky, maybe the tip won't be merely money . . .

Sorry, I forgot about the third troll. Keep trying trolls. Maybe one of these days you'll actually come up with something intelligent - but I doubt it.

Perhaps . . . But I see no other trolls besides those two posting on this board. That's how they get their fun. As soon as someone posts something that makes them vulnerable, you can bet they'll be right on it with the same kinds of posts. Whether it's convoluted logic, total bullshit, or just plain mean, there they are. And steveboy, in all his brilliance, took the bait as you can see on his post just above. Feed a troll and it works every time.

I see you couldn't resist dragging me into this. I made no posts on this topic, but here come the trolls with their insult attempts. Yawn. Lucky for you I don't moderate this board anymore. With the kind of behavior both you and steveboy persist in your posts, you would have been gone long ago - the first time either of you decided to post your utter crap.

I'll be foolish and ask. Who paid?

I too am enjoying your photos. I hope you will continue.

There you have it, folks. Fed the troll and that's the best he can come up with. I rest my case.

Neither do I. I've seen several monk ordination ceremonies over the years. The most expensive I've ever seen was 14,000 baht - and that included the parties, the music, the parade, the food - everything. There is no way an ordination ceremony should cost 300,000 baht 150,000 baht, or anywhere near close to that. Nearly every Thai boy is going to be ordained as a monk around age 21. Most don't remain as monks more than a month. How many Thais do you suppose could possibly come up with that kind of money? Of course, if they manage to get a farang to foot the bill for them, that's when they can have their ceremony catered by Maxim's of Paris and have the Black Watch lead the parade . . .

No need to bother wasting time explaining anything to steveboy. He's just another troll who gets his jollies by trying to insult and put-down both me and my board at every opportunity - probably someone I booted off my board for just such behavior and then changes his screen name and runs to other boards to cry about it. Three guesses how much I care about what people like that want to post.

I am extremely grateful to Moses, the administrator on the Sawatdee forum. Moses was kind enough to offer to help me fix the problem on my board and he has already done so. My board is working perfectly now. In order to fix the problem Moses needed full administrator status, which of course I gave him. And I am going to leave his administrator status in place permanently. I have full faith, trust, and confidence in Moses. Moses, you are a miracle worker. I don't know how you did it, but I can't thank you enough.

Thank you ct2005. I have no way of knowing if people are still encountering the problem unless they tell me. I do think you set the filter incorrectly. I won't work unless you enter the entire URL. Unfortunately, if there are several URLs, you have to enter each one individually. I realize that's tedious, but until the problem is fixed there is no other way that seems to work. For me, this is what's known as a 'pain-in-the-ass.' It's bad enough I have to deal with dozens of phony bot registration attempts every day. Now this too. If anyone happens to know other solution possibilities, I'd be grateful if you let me know.

There is a problem on my board. Some can't access the posts. What's going on is there is some damned web site trying to hijack my board and redirect to their own web site - some ridiculous web site where they are trying to sell, of all things, Viagra. The problem is on the server side. I've alerted them. Your guess is as good as mine as to how long it will take for them to get rid of it. In the meantime, there is a way to handle it. If you're using the Firefox browser or another browser that accepts the Adblock Pro add-on, install it. It's free. Once you install it, the topic still may not open. If that happens, look at the bottom left of your screen. You will see the URL trying to hijack my board. If you copy that URL and put it into the Adblock Pro filter, that stops it - most of the time. Another solution that worked for me was to close off the board, start it again, go directly to the forum you want, and instead of clicking on 'view unread posts' or 'view new posts', click on the topic itself and then go to the last page. That worked for me. Not that I can do anything about it if neither of those work, but let me know. It's always something!

If someone walks out wearing your shoes, I'd say chances are good it was simply a mistake. If someone walks out wearing your shoes and carrying his own, then I'd say it was a deliberate theft. Of course, the next question is who would go to a temple to steal someone else's shoes?

True story - The first time I was ever in Thailand, in Bangkok I wanted to take a guided tour. From among the tour choices, the one that appealed to me most was called "Temple Tour." It was going to be a city tour that includes stops at the most famous temples - the reclining Buddha, the Emerald Buddha, etc. The tour guide spoke very good English and was well versed about everywhere we were going. I knew about the tradition of removing shoes when entering a temple, but I didn't know why. I was curious. At one of the stops I asked the tour guide why removing shoes before entering was the tradition and why it was such an important thing to do. Based on his lengthy answers throughout the tour, I was expecting a detailed, complex explanation about it. Here's the answer I received: Me: "Why is removing shoes an important requirement when entering a Buddhist temple?" Tour Guide: "Keep floor clean."

Maybe the thief stole them for himself rather than to sell. Nice of Wat Pho to give your friend some shoes. You know what I would have done if my shoes were stolen? I would have stolen somebody else's shoes . . . Woman at Elevator (Rashel Novikoff): "They stole my shoes last week. A pair of good shoes!" WIlly Clark (Walter Matthau): "Who would want your shoes?" - 'The Sunshine Boys'

Before committing to anything, I suggest calling Rhonda at Norcross Travel. 1-888-888-7157. Make sure you speak to Rhonda. I've recommended her for many years. She is actually Laotian. She specializes in travel to Thailand. She always got me tickets at a price far less expensive, often hundreds of dollars less expensive, than any other source I've ever found. Find the lowest price you can. Then talk to Rhonda. Don't be surprised if she beats whatever price you find.

And especially in Bangkok, there are plenty of 'elsewheres,' probably just a few steps from just about any 7-Eleven. I have no idea why any 7-Elevens would want to set a 300 baht minimum to top up mobile phones. Whatever the reason possibilities may be, this being Thailand, whichever reason makes the least sense - that's probably it . . .

Maybe whatever is going on with this 300 baht minimum is happening only in Bangkok, and only in 7-Elevens.

It's been so long since I registered on Planet Romeo - back when it was Gay Romeo - I can't remember whether the guestbook is enabled automatically unless the user intentionally disables it or whether you have to do something to enable it in the first place. If you have to do something to enable it, I can understand why the Thais don't. If it enables automatically upon registration, then I'm at a loss as to why so many of them do indeed disable it.

Until your post I hadn't noticed that. I had a look. You're right. In some cases I can see why. One of the "new Romeos," for example, is K-Romeo69, profile number 28653026. Meanwhile he's another one who deletes his old profile and starts a new one so often that I've lost count of how many times he's done that. I've never met him and I don't intend to. For all I know he might be one of the most fabulous guys around, but my eyebrows raise when they constantly delete old profiles, start new ones and disable their guestbook. I keep away from those guys. As for the others who really are new to Planet Romeo, I have no idea why they disabled their guestbooks.

Just to confirm that you can have a massage boy come to you instead of having to go to a massage shop, today I was on Planet Romeo and saw this profile on the new users list: Profile name: MassagePattaya Profile number: 28668366 Headline: "Let's me know if you want to Massage! in shop or room service!" I've seen many similar profiles offering the same choice.

Would you please submit another insult attempt troll post tomorrow morning? It will be very good for my morning laugh.

Then I guess I got got. I did take it seriously. Oh well . . . Even so, when some of these boys start hitting you up for money, be careful. Just a few days ago I met a boy I liked. Things went beautifully. Then came the first red light. "I no have money in telephone." Ok, I topped up his phone for him. Then came "I not have money for eat." Just today came, "I not have money for pay room." If that is true, he still doesn't have money for "pay room" and it's going to stay that way - at least as far as it concerns me. I liked the boy. I hope he finds a walking ATM farang, but it isn't going to be me. Been there. Done that. Never again. "You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time. But you can't fool all of the people all of the time." - Abraham Lincoln

Am I supposed to be interested in your word twisting garbage posts?

How should I know what would happen in the Netherlands? For some strange reason I thought we were talking about Thailand. And I would say the chances of the boy being convicted, let alone end up paying, are somewhere between zero and nil. Maybe I'm wrong. Plenty of Thai boys have lied to farang to get money. Have any of them gone to jail, been fined, been ordered to pay restitution, or even been arrested? Once again, my advice is to simply not give him a substantial amount of money in the first place. Then you don't have to worry.