Freee!!

KWA also has less than 500 posts. NB: Not complaining, just pointing out.

Not. Those friends happen to be female. One started out as a bar girl in a beer bar, is now mamasan in a gogo (or at least was last time I saw her), the other started out as a cash register girl in the same beer bar and moved in the same position in that gogo (bar closed a while after the owner opened a gogo). The owner is someone I hesitate to call a friend, but he is a good acquaintance whom I like, as is his wife. Some of you may have seen a photo of me in a gogo with three ladies (on another forum). One of the ladies was my fiancee at the time and current wife, the other two are the aforementioned mamasan and the wife of the owner.

I only go into gogos if friends are working there.

I am careful about opening new topics. I don't have many questions any more and currently I am not often enough in Thailand to post stuff I consider worth posting.

Looks good 😉

I'd say Soi Diamond is getting a bit overloaded with gogos. I wonder what Tee (Diamond A Go Go) is thinking about it.

FTFY 😉

Draftees requesting to stay is always a positive sign. The problem with Secrets was always the location (slightly off the beaten path), which was overcome in the beginning with good management and proper advertising. The location is the same, but improved management can do a lot.

That is in Africa, not a good place.

How about Laos? He may have a problem when Laos catches up as well though.

I am wondering how many people will up the stakes and desinvest in Thailand. This may not be such a smart policy.

The full official name in Dutch is Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, in English it is the United Kingdom of the Netherlands (and in German das vereinigte Königreich der Niederlanden and in French la Royaume-Uni des Pays-Bas).

Thanks for the info, but the country is called the Netherlands, Holland is just a small part of it. As a comparison, it would be about the same as equating Wales with the whole UK. And yes, I know Wales is a country where football is concerned.

Nice to see a Dutch national team player front and centre. I am just wondering why he has a German flag next to the Dutch under the lion on his shirt.

Properly handled it will thrive, Secrets managed to do for a couple of years (until a change in daily management).

I can teach you Dunglish, however, it is easier if you start with a throat infection. Dunglish is often referred to by Germans as a throat disorder. If you prefer the version however, you need not go have an infection of any kind you just need to get underwater and start screaming.

A Brit and a Yank could get involved 😉 And just for added fun a Thai as well 😉

I'd suggest you remember not everybody on this forum is a native speaker of English, so the finer nuances of communication do get lost, especially as there is no body language or tone of voice to add non-verbal communication. Besides that, there are different cultural backgrounds and MrDK's Danish background just comes through quite clearly.

That was your Danish background coming through, Dutch often have the same problem.

It goes a lot quicker with lady drinks. And a next day voucher is so much nicer, a good chance to get the customer in while (relatively) sober with a fresh ATM withdrawal, so a good chance the customer will order a second drink.

A voucher for a free beer or soft drink in Scooters at Secrets from their other venues when your bill reaches a certain amount (say THB 2,000.-) ?

In that case, I will have to make a relevant post regarding twits, so enjoy:

Twits might, but "twat" is a verb, not a noun.

As I understand it, to correctly twat somebody, you have to be a twit.

I also am still logged on over there and also not posting much. However, most of my forum time has always been spent on a Dutch forum (not Thailand but computers related).