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    Quote Originally Posted by Dillinger View Post
    Says the guy with a distant Chao Phrya river view from his ivory tower atop Bangkok Rentboy Central, Silom.
    It's amazing how low hanging fruit can turn someone so high minded.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NigelFarage View Post
    No airport is a drag.
    There's one just across the bridge in Savanakhet.

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    All sortz of weirdos hanging out here in vientiane to. Mofos. Got no time for them.

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    Be interesting to know some of their backstories.

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    It wasn't me. Iv'e almost been back now for a while. Now that I think of it, the other pale faced son of the bucks have nothing left to shoot for. Explains a lot to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NigelFarage View Post
    Prefer beers to barbers.

    Dead set chick magnet

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    Looks like Peter Frampton.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NigelFarage View Post
    Hardly convenient to have to leave the country and buy a visa to fly to Bangkok. Slightly easier for locals but I suspect they prefer Ubon.
    Most of them haul-ass down Route 24 (you can score on route 24) and onward thru Korat.
    The days of getting stuck behind cane trucks are over - dual carriageway now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    ...an odd place to keep your wallet...
    Kinda wondering if a wallet-sized pecker would appeal to Isaan women.

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    The beer might catch my eye for a few seconds.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker View Post
    All sortz of weirdos hanging out here in vientiane to. Mofos. Got no time for them.
    Hey now, only on occasion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cujo View Post
    Be interesting to know some of their backstories.
    I don't want to know. Tom does seem to dine allright though.

    What he's digging into now I can't imagine.

    Well I can, and therein lies the problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    Looks like Peter Frampton.
    You haven't seen Pete in a while. I think he may be in Chi town soon. Something tells me the good seats ain't gonna be cheep. Not like that 10,000 kip bottle of BeerLao.

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    I used to live in Nong Khai about 8 years ago, right next to the river. Nice place, good promenade for walking and jogging.

    Now I've moved to a smaller town east of NK (I'm sure you can guess the name), which also has a promenade. I like Issan next to the river and decided to move here because an old friend from Canada also recently retired here.

    I guess it's true that most Westerners in town are old, retired and married to local women. I'm single, not retired and happily not married anymore.

    I'm settling into my new rented house that backs onto the Mekong (well, about 300 metres away from it now because it's just a dribble...). 3,000 baht rent a month with 2 bedrooms, huge living room, all in half a rai of land. I already had an erection (the erection of my ham radio antenna of course...).

    Saw some more weirdy foreigners in town yesterday. Do none of them wear long trousers/pants anymore? All nobbly knees and sandals. None of them seem to possess a decent pair of chinos. Nor do they have jackets or ties, (I am clearly an old-fashioned, eccentric Brit because I wear a light jacket when I'm around town, plus of course a black half-topper...)
    Groping women when you're old is fine - everyone thinks you're senile

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    a black half-topper
    ...I bet she doesn't know you call her that...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    Saw some more weirdy foreigners in town yesterday. Do none of them wear long trousers/pants anymore?
    'ang on.

    I've worn nothing but shorts and no underkaks for around 5 years. Nothing wrong with it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    All nobbly knees and sandals.
    Sandals: Guilty.


    But pull me socks up above me knees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    Do none of them wear long trousers/pants anymore?
    is it that cold ?

    in eastern turkey , the old men used to get a bit vocal when you were in town wearing shorts that showed your knees - corrupting the local women who had never seen solid calves and muscled thighs before

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    I used to live in Nong Khai about 8 years ago, right next to the river. Nice place, good promenade for walking and jogging.

    Now I've moved to a smaller town east of NK (I'm sure you can guess the name), which also has a promenade. I like Issan next to the river and decided to move here because an old friend from Canada also recently retired here.

    I guess it's true that most Westerners in town are old, retired and married to local women. I'm single, not retired and happily not married anymore.

    I'm settling into my new rented house that backs onto the Mekong (well, about 300 metres away from it now because it's just a dribble...). 3,000 baht rent a month with 2 bedrooms, huge living room, all in half a rai of land. I already had an erection (the erection of my ham radio antenna of course...).

    Saw some more weirdy foreigners in town yesterday. Do none of them wear long trousers/pants anymore? All nobbly knees and sandals. None of them seem to possess a decent pair of chinos. Nor do they have jackets or ties, (I am clearly an old-fashioned, eccentric Brit because I wear a light jacket when I'm around town, plus of course a black half-topper...)
    I always wear chinos after dark, just to avoid being bitten. People think me a bit stuck up because I usually wear a shirt with a collar too.
    You are not old fashioned or eccentric, just a civilised Englishman abroad.

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    I don't get the Europeans that wear the pants or shorts (Not sure what they call them), that are below the knee about half calf. I mean whats the point. Wear shorts or wear pants but those things look really dorky. Its clearly a Euro style.

    I haven't seen a foreigner in the Lampang area in a long time. I met a nice Aus guy one day a few months back. He approached me and struck up a convo. I'd guess late 60's early 70's. Been the most normal westerner I have met in a lonnnng time. I suspect the more remote one lives here the more weird the westerners are. They moved out there for a reason.

    I'm with Simon. Whether I was retired or working I seldom ever wear shorts out and about unless riding my Mtn Bike, never ever wear tank tops and sandals are out. I wear Flip Flops occasionally around the house. When I go anywhere I usually always wear Levi's, clean shirt and athletic tennis shoes.

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    Funny that...I see lots of Americans in calf length trousers.

    I have a Californian colleague with a house in Ayutthaya who teams them with socks and sandals.

    He is...umm...instantly recognisable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Funny that...I see lots of Americans in calf length trousers.

    I have a Californian colleague with a house in Ayutthaya who teams them with socks and sandals.

    He is...umm...instantly recognisable.
    I never see Merkins wearing that attire. Ever. I never even see them for sale in department stores. Now I have seen Brits in the states wearing them.

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    but why would you wear long pants in this climate ? and closed shoes ? are you worried about sunburn ?

    I wear the same here as I wear in FNQ , collared 100% cotton short sleve buttoned shirt , cotton shorts ( the tropicals style with a zip ) , cotton budgie smugglers and a pair of thongs ( flip flops for you weird cnuts )


    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    I mean whats the point
    a lot of those are cargo style with useful pockets on the sides

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    Aside from myself the only dodgy folks in my ville are a few locals.

    We have the touretts fella who makes the rounds daily waving his arms and swearing like a sailor.

    The drunken old auntie down the road is fun. She is the village flasher. Never a wai and a swadee from her. Make eye contact and up comes her blouse and a wiggle of her shoulders to get those saggy tits swinging.

    In general most of the farangs in the area are Swiss or German. Germans are for the most part tatooed scousers. Swiss generaly well mannered, well dressed gents.
    "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect,"

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    When I go anywhere I usually always wear Levi's, clean shirt and athletic tennis shoes.
    Nice. A sharp dressed man. Think a mountain bike upgrade is in order.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    I haven't seen a foreigner in the Lampang area in a long time. I met a nice Aus guy one day a few months back.
    Are you a fully fluent Thai speaker?


    If not, you go months there being retired and not conversing with anyone (not including pidgin Thinglish small-talk with a few locals) but the wife?

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