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transam, on 2012-04-17 17:17:31, said:

This is really getting off-topic, but on the principle that when it's needed to revise 'straight history:

From this source:

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It seems like it is time to post the infographic again demonstrating how the church has NO SAY in marriage, at least in the US:

MEL1, on 2012-05-24 18:24:41, said:

The Mental Health Ministry can relax, the Thai media has completely fabricated this story. These pictures are according to the posting dates in one blog I found at least 7 years old. The woman in them isn't even Thai, she is a Singaporean or Korean public nudist, I don't recall exactly. But I do remember her and her boyfriend did a lot of these type of public shots in major cities around the world many years ago.

If there was a Thai website with "hundreds' of public exhibitionist pictures of Thai girls on it, believe me, I would know about it.    A guarantee such site exists but would love to be proved wrong!  

rubl, on 2012-05-24 15:56:20, said:

No delay with your BTS extension then?  Progress on the pink line is coming along fine.

I also went to Ikea once and would never go back.

They did have some interesting little nick nacks but nothing that I would say is worth the drive out to Bangna and to be forced to spend a couple of hours walking through the store

It is not a pop in buy something and pop back out kind of place. To go the first time and see everything it is not so bad, but I would hate this store if I knew what I wanted to buy and was forced to walk through the entire store

Also the prices really did not seem any cheaper or any better quality than any of the other players in the market

I thought the concept was self serve to offer lower cost. But no lower costs, just lower service

I bought a few items and was totally surprised that I could not take the cart to my car, but had to have my wife wait down by the loading area and go get my car and try and get into the loading area. Not sure what I would have done if I was alone?

Then once I get home, I have to spend a few hours putting everything together myself, which I can do but would prefer to spend my time doing other things

At any of the other furniture shops, we just would have pointed at what we wanted and paid and gone home. For no extra cost, they would have delivered and set up

So finally it seems IKEA takes longer to shop, is less convenient to shop, costs the same as others, I have either pay extra for delivery and assembly (making them now more expemsive than others) or try an organize all on my own

Been there,done that, bought the meatball and will never go back again

DP25, on 2012-05-24 12:52:23, said:

Yeah. I googled " Thai tits and arses in public video" and the first 100 hits were scenes from a Thai parliamentary debate.

Horrible article.  I understand they can't give the link but they could at least give a hint what to search for

Had to dig back to one of my old posts and assume the classifications are still using the same thresholds.  Once you reach the listed number of  posts your membership level is automatically adjusted.  At 500 you can make a custom one.

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I don't think there's anything odd about it, and in fact think those who think it's odd are very odd, maybe it's a cultural or generational thing.

The day I stop being open to making new friends, checking out new places and experiences and learning new things, please, put a bullet right up the back of my head.

And even if I've had my fill of what life has to offer and feel like crawling into my cave and rolling the boulder in front, I hope I have the decency to be civil and offer a hand to someone who's brave enough to reach out and ask for it, even if he's just trying to make simple human contact.

For shame. . .

And yes, I am being judgemental, deal with it.

I don't see what your problem is. Happens all the time back home, not that much here, it's called making new friends and meeting new people. If it bothers you that much don't get in a conversation with them in the first place.
Anyway why feel awkward, if you don't want to give it out, just say so. The other bloke will probably get the message your not the most sociable of people and move on

thanks for the suggestions!

The No Idea was also on my list, some more suggestions from my side are the Old German Beerhouse in Soi 11 or the Admiral's Pub in Soi 29.

Since all those locations are easily to access by BTS/MRT/Taxi, I believe car parks are not much of an issue?

brit1984, on 2012-05-17 22:32:19, said:

If that happened I would quite clearly slap you all with my schlong as it would be a new novelty to me!

I think it's time for me to jump in here as a mod and remind our straight guests that insinuations that gays are not normal, are 'weak', etc. are not permitted here; they are a form of gay-bashing stereotype.  To those of you whose posts were deleted:  you clearly know little about gay people and I feel sorry for your children if any of them are gay, because you will obviously be completely taken by surprise and unprepared if they are.  Most likely if they were, they would have already learned this about you and you will probably not find out about their real lives until many years after they have left your home, if ever.  A very sad prognosis.

Of the people I know well enough in Thailand to discuss the topic most agree they're less likely to willingly accept homosexuality in their own children, but are much more accepting of gays otherwise.  My own personal guess would be that they feel they failed, made some mistake in child rearing or created a child with defects, but those can be common beliefs in most any country.  I'd also say they were all mistaken thoughts, too.

For a while I'd wondered if the blanket rejection of a gay child there had to do with the "Westernization" of the families involved, but that didn't seem to fit. You know - the influence of Western culture, religions and other pig-headed ignorance that passes for logical thinking within some groups.

Not many of my gay Thai friends are "out" to their families, but I'm glad that some can be.  Most are afraid of rejection, and with family being such a big part of life there I can't blame them for being skittish about it.  In a presentation I heard 20 years ago by speaker Brian McNaught he proposed that we gay people carry a secret, and that is "if you knew I was gay you wouldn't love me any more".  That's a very, very powerful fear.

If my children came to me and said they were gay I'd be so thankful that I could help share, inform, support and perhaps smooth the way for them a bit. Parents who reject their children for being gay are more than foolish, in my opinion.  I'd go so far as to say shameful, but the world is changing, little by little, so there's hope.

I wouldn't have an issue at all if my children were gay. My father is quite homophobic as he comes from a traditional Polish background where being gay is frowned upon and he always told my little brother that he would beat the living daylights out of him if he ever came out as gay. My brother always scoffed and said "yeah whatever" and has always been very masculine and bought home girls etc. However I did recently find out that he was bisexual and my parents have absolutely no idea about it.

As soon as my brother found out that I knew he said "You're not gonna tell Dad are you?" I just laughed and told him not to be silly. I don't care what sexuality my little brother is, I'm proud of him for who he is. However seeing as I know what my father is like, I will do the dutiful good sister thing and not mention it to my Dad. I think it is just best not to in this instance.

I'm sure one day, my brother will come out but when he is ready. I will respect that, even if he never comes out to my parents. At least he has his sister to confide in if he needs anything. He's only 19 years old now so he's still young.