So, what is happening at Soi Twilight?

[werner]

Because sometimes some people are just ignorant cunts and have no manners or wish to interact with others - surely having reached your age in life you've experienced this before, it really cant be a first for you - is it ?

As my thai friends would say "maybe you tink too much" - just take people as you find them, if you're nice to them and they're nice to you great but if not ( for whatever reason) simply move on and don't let them or whatever they've got going on in their lives bother you ( so much apparently)

Good advice! Thanks!

Yes, I have encountered a lot of nasty people in many countries during the 70+ years of my life, but very, very few in Thailand. And this is one of the reasons I enjoy Thailand so much.

[paborn]

After all this discussion I hesitate to admidt that I never noticed the owner of Dream Boys, I can't even estimate the number of times I've been there. I guess I go there to shop and he's - well, not what I'm looking shopping for. Come Jnauary I'll have a look. Frankly, I'm so myopic I thought the transvestite mamasan at Super Lex was the owner - oh well, it was my happy hunting ground for years.

[a447]

I can best judge the German guy from my own experiences with him.

When I first saw him I thought, What a miserable old bastard! Here he was, running a very successful bar in Thailand and raking in the money, yet always looking unhappy and unapproachable.

So one night I decided to approach him. I asked him, in German, how he was going and what business was like. To my surprise he engaged with me in conversation and we had a very enjoyable chat.

I wasn't looking for friendship; rather, I was interested in what it was like to run a business in Thailand.

And that's why I used to sit and chat with Neal outside Happy Place in Pattaya. It was more of a monologue with Neal doing all the talking, but I found his stories about the trials and tribulations of running a gay bar fascinating.

And unlike the German, who has always been very interested in my life and has asked me many questions, Neal never asked me a single question - it was all about him.

I take people as they come and consider myself to be non-judgemental - until the bullshit starts. To me, he comes across as very genuine.

I also tend to trust people. Ok, I got it wrong with Neal but we live and learn.

So as far as I'm concerned, the German is a really nice, friendly guy. That may be because I don't go up to him and constantly complain about the over-priced drinks in Dreamboys. I also know he's suffering various serious health problems - nothing to smile about, I'd imagine.

But I'm guessing here.

I also remember a conversation I had a few years ago with a guy who worked at Dreamboys and he described him as "a good boss. Good heart".

So who knows?

[Nirish guy]

You may well be right - and my comment about "some people are cunts" wasn't directed at him in particular, more just in general. Maybe he's the nicest guy on the planet, I've no idea.

[sglad]

Where would the Forum - not to mention business publications generally - be without it? Gossip and speculation, after all, formed the original basis for the Watergate investigation and the current probe by Mueller of Trump. You could argue it had a role in bringing down the government in Malaysia recently. It's part of what it means to be an open society, not a semi-closed dictatorship like Thailand

No, it doesn't. In an open society, people would be free to speak their minds on the many platforms available and theoretically have access to a freer press and a variety of news sources, thereby reducing the need for/incidence of gossip and speculation. If anything, it is in closed or semi-closed societies and dictatorships that gossip and rumour-mongering tend to breed and thrive.

[paborn]

The current investigation of Trump was not started by gossip. The Trump staffer drunk in London did gossip with the Australian Ambassador but the ambassador followed protocol and reported it to US contacts. We are, after all, allies. Hard to see that as gossip.

[frequent]

The current investigation of Trump was not started by gossip. The Trump staffer drunk in London did gossip with the Australian Ambassador but the ambassador followed protocol and reported it to US contacts. We are, after all, allies. Hard to see that as gossip.

For someone who accuses me of selective quoting this is rather a bizarre post. What I said was "gossip and speculation". The usual definition of gossip includes "idle talk", so you seem to be taking a rather narrow view of what gossip is, if you think a conversation in a bar is not gossip

[paborn]

Actually, I was not posting about you. I acknowledged that gossip started the process - a drunken George popadapoulas - but the actual investigation started with a proper reporting using diplomastic channels. If you listen to American news every day as I do the Trump camp calls it gossip and fake news. The facts started that way but the Justice Department acted according to sound imformation.

[Blueskytoday]

So whats happening on Soi Twilight...get back to the original post..not politics

[frequent]

So whats happening on Soi Twilight...get back to the original post..not politics

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