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Villa Market carries castor sugar. What are "nips" of Bailey's? New term to me. And, probably most important, lvdkeyes, what do you think of this recipe? While we're at it, lvdkeyes, do you have a recipe for real New York cheesecake, like you would find in a deli?

I agree. What does your ex do for you when it's your birthday? As a matter of fact, what did he do for you before he became an "ex"?

That's difficult to answer because as far as remaining logged into the message board I never know when it's going to happen. I close off the tab for this board when I am finished, but whether I return before closing the browser itself, or return later after I close and reopen my browser, or when I restart my computer, clean out the cache, or whatever I do, I never know of I'll still be logged in when I return to this board. Sometimes I am and sometimes I'm not. It appears to be an intermittent problem. The first thing I would look at is if your end of the cookies is working the way it should. Whether I find myself still logged in or not when I return to this board sounds like it's probably a cookies problem.

Why? How much does it cost you to operate this web site? I'm paying a grand total of $90 per year for everything involved in operating my board. There is an easy way to get rid of those ads. I think it only works if you use the Firefox browser. If you go to http://adblockplus.org/en and install their free software, you can right click on those images and prevent those ads from appearing at all. It blocks the source of the ads.

Ok, then here's another one. I think it's a glitch. Usually I go directly to the message board. Sometimes I find myself already logged in and sometimes not. I always choose the option to keep myself logged in at all times. Sometimes it holds and sometimes it doesn't. If I am on the message board and click the HOME button to go to the main web site, I have to log in all over again. The log in doesn't hold. Then, when I return to the message board, I still have to log in again. In other words, there is some sort of a software problem with the log in. If it helps, I always use the Firefox browser.

I have a couple suggestions for improving the profiles on the main web page. Obviously many of the people who posted profiles want to be contacted. If it's not already done that way, I suggest contact messages be sent by both PM and Email. Also, if there is a way to browse through the all the profiles, I've never found it. If there is a way, it needs to be made clear. If there is no way currently to do that, now you have a new project to work on.

Thank you very much. I hope your board and mine will be able to work together as "sister" boards, supportive of each other. Some people, and even some other boards, view it as if the boards are in competition with each other. Who has the most members? Who has the most posts? I have never understood what difference any of that is supposed to make. I thought the purpose of the various boards is to try to enhance and promote Thailand and gay life in Thailand, along with helping "newbies" and providing what information we are able to provide in a joint effort from board owners and moderators, along with the membership. I believe this board and mine are already doing just that. I hope the day will come when all the boards and everyone involved can cooperate with each other.

That one appears to be closed.

No. Mine works just fine. As a matter of fact some of what I have been wanting has actually been coming in much faster lately.

Google. There is a Thai version and they can search using the Thai language.

Since when . . . ?

If Jesus was looking down, three guesses who He would have most likely been looking at.

Maybe so. I've offered my advice. Now I'm going to keep my nose out of it unless asked. People usually don't mind free advice once or twice. After that it becomes very annoying.

I understand that, but if you're looking for more gay Thai men, don't you think advertising in English language publications is kind of a strange way to go about it? You need to advertise in Thai language publications and web sites and you're going to need a Thai person who is bilingual and at least nearly fluent with English to help you create the kinds of ads you want.

Do you mean errors such as writing 'use' when it should be 'used' or writing 'loose' when it should be 'lose'? Sorry, now that I no longer hold moderator status here I can't get into your posts to keep doing that . . .

What for? Everybody and his brother already knows this web site. My free unsolicited advice would be to save your money for other things.

No. It occurred in anticipation of your own possible arrival, though. Meanwhile, does anyone know if the raid actually took place?

Everyone seems to know a raid is on for tonight, but nobody seems to know what kind of raid it will be if it does take place. Of course, when everybody knows in advance that a raid is going to happen, then anyone caught up in it would have to be a little "tetched" in the first place. I was in Sunee Plaza this evening. It started really emptying out about 10:30pm.

That's tellin' 'em! Well, if you're going to name and shame people you can start with me because I'm going to go to any bar I please and I couldn't care less who does or doesn't like it. I am vehemently opposed to sex with under-age boys, but I'm not going to enter a bar and start insisting upon seeing ID cards for the boys working there. I don't think it's incumbent upon customers to check ID cards unless they are going to take a boy off. That's when to check. Dealing with the problem of under-age boys is,to my mind, the job of the bar itself, the police, and the Thai government. It's definitely not the job of the customer. If I take a boy off from a bar, he's going to be at least 18 years old, but I'm not going to deprive myself of finding the 18+ year old just because the bar may also have under-age boys working there. I'm not the police. I'm not going to check the ages of all the boys any more than I'm going to walk into a bar and insist on pee testing all the boys. That's not my responsibility and I'm not that great at correctly guessing ages at a glance.

12 employees tested positive for drugs. That's about 25% of the entire staff. Way to go! 40 foreign customers? 40? In one bar? Are there even that many customers in all of Sunee Plaza these days?

I wish they were all at my place, but "I no lucky."

I hope you do well. I'm curious. What motivated you to buy this board and web site and what plans do you have for it?

The entry and exit stamps in your passport might give them a clue . . .

That's the part that bothers me. Is there really anybody left who isn't aware that Customs is very likely to inspect a laptop computer, especially if a single male coming from Thailand is carrying it? Is there really anybody left who is actually stupid enough to have illegal photos on his laptop anymore? I would have thought by now people would have more sense. Customs has the right to inspect anything coming in from a foreign country . . . anything. Many think it's unfair for Customs to single out males coming in from Thailand. Fairness has nothing to do with Customs law and profiling is a major part of how Customs operates. Fair or not, that's the way it is. I used to bring plants back from Thailand. I had a valid plant import permit and and valid paperwork from Thailand agricultural inspection. I knew what I was doing and how to bring plants back legally and alive. One time I had an entire suitcase loaded with plants and the Customs officer waved me right on through even though on the Customs card I had checked off that I was bringing plants. I pointed that out to the Customs inspector and told him I need to go through the agricultural inspection line. My property was designated as a certified plant quarantine area and I would have had a rough time trying to explain to the inspector what I was doing with a lot of plants of foreign origin without having Customs certification. The point is, since I had checked off that I was bringing in plants, I asked the Customs officer how come he was going to wave me through if I hadn't verbally volunteered I was carrying plants despite the fact I had checked off the correct box on the Customs declaration card. His answer - "You don't fit the profile." I only wish I was smuggling jewelery!

That's a very good point and I'll bet Customs has software and retrieval methods far more sophisticated than is available to the public. I think, if you are carrying your own computer, the best way to protect yourself is to assume that anything that ever has been on your hard drive can be retrieved no matter what you do. The safest solution I can think of would be to buy an inexpensive external hard drive or a memory stick and leave the damned thing in the trash before returning home. If you have photos or whatever, you can always Email them to yourself before traveling.