Gaybutton

Not at all. The reason you didn't see your post was because it defaulted to invisible until a moderator approved it. I approved it. From now on, your posts should appear immediately. If you write another post, but it doesn't appear immediately, please send us a PM so we can see what the problem is and try to correct it.

I applied for the job. For some strange reason I guess they didn't want me . . .

Me too. Killin is the best there is. I wouldn't dream of going to anyone else.

GT has given me the green light to open my new board for posting and I do have it ready now. Those of you who would like to register and start posting are welcome to do so. I still have a few bells and whistles to figure out. For example, I haven't figured out how to put in YouTube vids and that sort of thing, but I'll eventually get everything figured out. As far as I know, the important features of the board are working. I would appreciate an Email if you encounter something that isn't working properly. My Email remains gaybutton@gmail.com Ok, I wish GT best of luck with his new endeavors and I hope things work out for everyone on my new board. Most of you know my rules and they do apply. I haven't had time to get into the FAQ or anything else yet, but most of you know how I operate. I will continue posting on this board too until GT makes his move. Here it is, the URL for my new board and I hope to see you there. Don't forget to bookmark it: http://gaybuttonthai.com

Ok, somehow I managed to solve the problem myself. My new board is actually up and running right now and everything seems to work, but I'm not going to tell you where to find it just yet until GT gives me the green light to post the announcement.

Thanks, Bob. That's certainly a big help. You remind me of a scene from 'Flower Drum Song' when the old man, Mr. Wang, says to his young son, Wang San, "Wait a minute. Where are you going? Why aren't you in school?" Wang San replies, "It's Saturday." To which old Mr. Wang responds, "Always some excuse!"

Well, I hope I can get the new board up and running before GT does whatever he's going to do. Naturally, in keeping with Murphy's Law, I'm having problems installing it. Part of what you have to do is create a database through the web host, which I've done, and then enter the information during the installation process. So, what happens when I get as far as the database during the install? This: Could not connect to the database, see error message below. Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 111 I don't have a clue what that's supposed to mean or what to do about it. I found several boards on which people were posting about the same problem. The gurus who post responses always like to use terminology way beyond my scope. I read their solutions and I might as well try reading Chinese. On the few I could decipher, I tried what they said to do and guess what . . . it doesn't work. So, unless one of you gentlemen know how to help me with this or I can find a solution on my own, it's either going to be awhile before I can get the new board going or I'll have to look for different software.

Nope. I know where the boys are a lot closer than that . . .

I'll be posting the URL for the new board right here on a pinned message. It probably isn't even necessary for me to post it on other boards. Word spreads fast around here . . . Besides, I don't know why you would think other boards would refuse to let me announce it. Board owners tend to cooperate with each other. If you really do have trouble finding it, just send an Email to me at: gaybutton@gmail.com I'll let the following answer that question:

I am going to start up a new message board after GT moves the current board. I have discussed this with GT and he is very supportive of my decision. I hope the rest of you will also be supportive. My intent at the moment is to open strictly a message forum rather than a full scale web site. While several people have asked me to resurrect my old web site, quite frankly it is just too time consuming to keep articles updated, photos updated, etc. Running a message board takes enough time as it is. I may add a web site to it at some point, but for now that's not my plan. The message board software I'm planning to use is the same software the Gay Ting & Tong board uses (assuming I don't have any problems getting it to work). I suppose I could have decided to just retire from running message boards and use the existing Gay Thailand forums, but I enjoy running a message board as I have been doing for so many years now and I would like to continue. I also prefer to run a board my way and I do think it is a good idea to have at least one board run by someone who lives full time in Thailand. I will not use advertising on my board. That was one aspect of my old board and I intend for the new board to be the same in that respect. I also will not solicit donations. Between domain registration and web hosting services it will cost me about US $90 per year. I think I can handle that. As always, any gay venues that wish to advertise on my new board will be welcome to do so within messages, free of charge. I will post another announcement once I have the new board ready so that you will know the URL for getting to it. However, I do not intend to open it until GT moves this board. Also, I'm planning to do some traveling in early August, so I don't know how much time I'll have in order to work on getting it up and running in time, but I'll do my best. I don't think I'll have very much trouble at least getting something preliminary up and running. I can add bells and whistles later. So, there it is. I will be very happy to welcome those of you who wish to use my board.

The answer to both is yes. Despite the fact that it is illegal to produce or sell porn in Thailand, simply go to the beach. I would be very surprised if more than 20 minutes goes by before at least one porn video vendor strolls by offering his wares. Also, many of the Thai boys who come to my place ask if I have any porn videos. They are always disappointed when I tell them I don't have any (I never did like porn. Not my thing.).

I had an interesting experience. I am not a fan of porn. Those who know me also know I never buy or download porn and I neither watch it nor am interested in it. But there was one exception. By sheer accident I found a few of porn videos that included one Thai guy in particular in each of them. That boy really turned me on. Then, only a few days later I was on Camfrog and to my surprise, there he was. I contacted him and told him I'd love to meet him. He was interested. It turned out that he lives practically next door to Center Condo, so meeting him was no problem at all. He was very nice, very polite, and very affectionate, and he had told me he had been hoping for a farang boyfriend. After we met I told him I had seen his videos. He was very embarrassed and was afraid I would think less of him for having been involved with them. He said he did it because he was desperate for money and was paid 5000 baht each time he did one. I told him I don't think less of him for it and I was really turned on by them. I asked him how he got involved with porn videos in the first place. I got the answer I expected. He said a friend of his had done some and the friend put him in touch with the guy who makes the videos and convinced him to do it. It was easy money and for him, very good money. That didn't help very much. Her literally begged me not to tell any of my farang friends about his videos if he was going to meet any of them. He was also scared to death that somehow his family would find out or even worse, see them. We dated for awhile, but it eventually fizzled out. He just never was able to shake loose of the fact that I had seen his videos. I'm sorry I ever told him. I had no idea he would react like that.

Why would you need such an option? If you're not interested in a meet-and-greet, simply don't vote and don't go. What's the problem? The poll is for those who are interested in a meet-and-greet.

As an aside, if you wish to post some photo examples of his paintings, feel free to do so. Maybe some board users would be interested in buying paintings from him. After realizing the way he had been lying, using, and abusing without giving a damn about how you felt or what it was doing to you, if it were me, I would have given him nothing. I would have just left him there and let him deal with his situation by himself.

Can you elaborate a little bit? You may. I don't think of it really as a confession. More like simply being honest considering I started this topic. I was dumb twice. I hope there won't be a third time. Your joke about until the money runs out is no joke. That happens to a lot of farang. Despite the emotional attachment, and the attachment they have convinced themselves the boy also feels, in plenty of cases if the money runs out, so does the boy.

Many of us are currently in, or have been in relationships with Thai guys. Some are working beautifully. Others turn out to be nothing but problems and horror stories. Where do you fit in? Are you currently in a relationship? Did it begin fairly recently and you're not really sure yet where it's going? Are you in a relationship that you consider to already be long-term? If your current relationship is working, have you been in past relationships that went bad? If yes, are you happy you did it? Some are probably very happy and would do the same thing tomorrow. Others wish they never got involved and are about to end it or they feel trapped and can't find a way to get out of it. I have no idea what the statistics might be. Are most of you who are in relationships glad you're in it and are truly happy - wouldn't have it any other way or do you wish you never met the guy in the first place? In my case, I've been involved in live-in relationships with Thai guys twice. Both went sour in the end. Part of it was their fault and part of it was my own fault. In the second relationship I was one of those guys who everybody else but me could see that I was definitely with the wrong person. I was blind to it and it took me a long time to finally wake up and accept the reality of what I had gotten myself into. It was difficult, very difficult, to end it both times, but I knew that despite the difficulty and heartbreak it nevertheless had to be done. We'll never be in a relationship again, but with the first one, now years have passed. We're both over it and we're still good friends. The second one, if I never see him again it will still be too soon. I've vowed never to get into a relationship again. Up to now I'm living up to that vow and I prefer it this way. Of course, I fully expect the day will come when I meet the guy I think is finally my Mr. Right. If that happens, I hope I'll be lucky this time. But, more likely I'll be stupid again. So, where are you in the relationship thing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SnxaNt64PE

Yeah, but Bush started it all ( not that I have any sympathy for the others).

Personally I would mind seeing Bush have to personally compensate every soldier or family and civilian, on both sides, who was killed, wounded, had property destroyed, or was otherwise seriously affected by an illegal contrived war that is still costing untold amounts of money every day, money that otherwise could have been used for positive purposes. Obviously even with all his wealth he doesn't have the means to do that, so once he's lost what he does have, let him sit on a corner with a sign and a tin cup.

Please continue to do so. The thought of eating in any restaurant at which you might be present makes me nauseous.

That's good. At the end of that article it also says, "On Tuesday, Florida-based Spirit Airlines announced that it will charge its customers $20 to $45 for items they place in the overhead bins." I don't know if Spirit went ahead with that, but that also seems like a true rip-off to me.

I see a tremendous difference. I just had a look at GT's rating of Duc's Bar. "The boys there are great." What does that mean? "Duc is entertaining . ." What does that mean? "IMHO some of the hottest guys around - all my type . ." What does that mean? I have to guess what his type is and I also have to guess whether his type is also my type and whether what he considers hot is also what I consider hot. Whatever those mean, it's not going to convince me to go there or to avoid there. To me, it's non-information information. If you see restaurant reviews as the same thing, I can only say that I don't agree with you. You said I try restaurants based on other people's reviews and other people try restaurants based on mine. I don't have a problem with that. I also don't have a problem if people really want to try to rate bars. I've already stated what my priorities would be based on bar ratings, and GT's rating of Duc's bar contains neither of them. So, his rating is of no interest to me. If it is to you, I have no objection.

That would be something new - certain bars concerning themselves with what is and what is not legal . . .

Soooooo, spying again! Yep, that's where I was. Did you happen to notice what I ate too? Yes, it was a downpour last night. I was lucky. I left just as it started to drizzle. By the time I went up Pattaya Tai to Sukhumvit, less than ten minutes later, Sukhumvit was flooded to the point that the water was up to the door level on cars. Within ten minutes! I'm glad to see that Pattaya has brought the drainage problems under control . . .

It wouldn't help me any. I prefer deciding those kinds of things for myself. I'm not going to go to a bar or avoid going to a bar based on how others might rate it. There are also too many people, and we've seen these kinds of posts before, who have something against certain bars and are not above telling others how terrible it is even if it isn't. The only thing others have to say about different bars that interests me are reports about drink prices, off fees, and features such as the Happy Bar upstairs feature. Other than that, I'm not interested. Of course, that's just me. If a lot of people would want such a rating system, I certainly have no objection. I simply would pay no attention to it.

There are those who think so. Who says the only place to have booze is at a bar? Besides, if people think I'm going to show up, probably nobody will come. My own mother once threw a birthday party for me. She wanted everyone to have a good time. For that reason I wasn't invited . . .