Evil Penevil

BRAVO! The above is one of the most insightful and truest comments I've ever read on a board. Internet trolls are often a toxic mixture of ignorance, dishonesty and mental health issues and one hungry little fellow used to tick all three boxes. They sometimes provide entertainment value, but they also do a lot of harm that goes way beyond insults on social media. The boards are better off without them.

Good news indeed! I hope the South Koreans keep him locked up for years and he gets no help from the U.S. government. Best would be if they put him in general population with Korean prisoners. He'd wish he had never been born, much less posted videos of his insulting behavior.

Had to use a knife and fork on that one!

I would among the best I've had. Some old pics of the Deluxe Burger. French fries weren't in the fryer long enough for my taste. but the mushrooms were a nice touch. 4

I'll get things off to an early start and wish everyone

Wow! Pattaya has come up in the world! 4,499 baht is US $132. That's the price of Christmas dinner in a Manhattan restaurant. But if Robin Hood sold out last year at 3,999 baht, then increasing prices is the right thing to do this year. I am a bit surprised there's that much demand for Christmas dinner at that price level. Many hotels offer impressive Christmas buffets at half or one-third that price. In 2023, a lot of farang-oriented restaurants had Christmas dinner around 1,000 baht.

She'll certainly generate a lot of money but how much of it ends up in her pocket depends on how smart she is and whether she has knowledgeable and honest advisors. She's a high school dropout who used to work in a factory making springs for mattresses. A local company made the products (hats, T-shirts, etc) that were offered in the initial sales. She got a cut, but how large it is wasn't revealed. The big money will come from advertising and personal appearances. If that;s whipped cream, it can't be vegan.

The CCTV video from a nearby bar is unclear, but it does show that the original reports of the Canadian brutally assaulted for leaning on a car, alternately trying to break into a car, are both false. The video appears to show the Canadian peering into the car and attempting to open the car door, but not by breaking in. He had a lengthy verbal exchange with the bouncer who pushed him away at least four times before the push that sent him to the ground. That push did not appear to be very forceful. On the basis of what we know now, it's impossible to say what really happened. The crucial question is: who's car was it? If the Canadian had a valid reason for trying to open the car door, then the bouncer made a terrible mistake and should be punished to the full extent of Thai law. But if the Canadian was messing with a stranger's car because he was drunk and ignored the bouncer's warnings to move on, then the bouncer is less culpable. What I can't understand is why any farang, drunk or sober, would ignore a Thai bouncer's orders to move on. If something like that happened to me and I thought I was in the right, I would indeed move on but seek help from a Thai to explain things to the bouncer. Attempting to push a bouncer is insane. VID-20240806-WA0000(1).mp4.ea97a4e0fa559daa17c144387661b26c (1).mp4

Six optional sports will be featured in the 2028 Olympics in LA: baseball; softball; cricket; lacrosse; squash; and flag-football, in which flag-pulling replaces tackling. The men and women's cricket tournments will use the Twenty20 format. The U.S. organizers had a short-list of ten possible optional sports, but excluded auto racing, breaking, karate, and kickboxing in their proposal to the International Olympic Committee. The IOC has elevated three of the four optional sports at the Paris Olympics to "core" status, which means the LA organizers must include them. Those three are skateboarding, surfing and sport (rock) climbing. The fourth, breaking, will fall away. Among the core sports, boxing may not be included at LA28. It has not yet been listed as a sport for the 2028 Olympics. The IOC banned the International Boxing Association in 2019 due to corruption and total Russian dominance, but no other intl organization has so far been able to replace it. The IOC itself ran the boxing events in Paris, but has said it won't do that in LA. A final decision will be made in 2025, but right now it's not looking good for boxing. A number of social media commentators say the U.S. organizers will be happy if boxing is excluded. The U.S. no longer wins medals in boxing and the organizers want to avoid the huge hassle expected to arise from biological males competing in women's boxing. Whatever decision is made about who is or isn't a woman, the result will be lawsuits and legal battles in the U.S. Weightlifting and modern pentathlon were also in danger is being dropped, but their international organizations made the changes the IOC wanted. Weightlifters will be more strictly tested for drugs and the horse-jumping event has been replaced in modern pentathlon by the competitors themselves running an obstacle course. In terms of TV viewers, modern pentathlon had been the least popular Olympic sport and the horses had caused big logistical and safety issues.

A classic lunch for Charcoal grilled cheeseburger and hot dog; baked beans; coleslaw; corn; potato salad and watermelon for dessert.

Sing this to the tune of Pete Seeger's Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Where have all the beer bars gone? Long time passing Where have all the beer bars gone? Long time ago Where have all the beer bars gone? Deserted by customers, every one Oh, when will they ever learn? Oh, when will they ever learn?

I read elesewhere the Thai manager later died from the stabbing. Thai-on-Thai vioence; no farang involved or even present. Manager stabbed while breaking up Pattaya bar fight

History gives us many examples of people who supposedly fell in love with partners they'd never met. One of the most famous is Henry VIII of England. Based on a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger, Henry decided on Anne of Cleves as his fourth wife. Arrangements were made for Henry to marry Anne, but he was bitterly disappointed when he met her in real life. "She is nothing so fair as she hath been reported", Henry complained. He wanted to call off the mariage, but that wasn't possible because it would negatively affect England's relations with its crucial Germany allies. The marriage went ahead, but Henry couldn't get excited enough to f*ck her. The marriage was annulled six months later on grounds of non-consummation. Anne was allowed to remain in England the rest of her life and was granted the privileges of a former queen. She outlived Henry and all of his other wives. Evil

Time to live up to my handle ... @bigsteve Just wondering if you have ever heard of jorgethepussylover. Have you? You've convinced mel I believe your fiancé is different. Are you sure she didn't write sick buffalo instead of brother? It's very normal in Thailand for bar girls to need money for the family's sick buffalo. Are you trying to establish credibility as a newbie by confusing Phuket with Pattaya? A couple of other went up for me as well. Several board members have noted a young woman who's a nurse and speaks decent English could find amy number of well-paying weekend jobs in Bangkok not related to P4P bars. Why travel to Pattaya if she's just looking to earn extra money to pay off student debts? I could understand she might travel to Pattaya if she were involved in P4P, but not if she isn't. Moreover, I have a very hard time believing @bigsteve wouldn't ask for a video call from his fiancé from the hospital where she supposedly works and another from the bar in Pattaya where she spends her weekends. That would settle all doubts he might have. And if she were truly planning on getting marrried in November, I seriously doubt she would be worried about compensation for days missed from work. That's just Overall, I'm convinced it is indeed a in the grand tradition of Pattaya board wind-ups. But we can't drown in cynicism, either. It's not at all uncommon for couples to decide to marry after a Internet romance without meeting each other first. It's not wise and often ends in grief for one party or the other, but it does happen. And we have to distinguish between "bar girls" and "girls who work in bars." As most of us understand the term "bar girl," it refers to a hostess or dancer who provides sexual services. However, not all females who work in bars are bar girls. Many are waitresses, cashiers, hello girls, managers, etc. who work on salary and tips. They don't make all that much money, but plenty do work in bars without going with customers. Evil

Prime rib, baked potato with sour cream, veggies. Coconut cake for dessert.