What is the value of money to you?

**Red dragon** · 19-06-2008, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by bkkmadness

Same reason I haven't been there yet I suppose, it's a bit far out of town. Maybe he should ask him, then he'll find out. To say Blake is too snobby to mix with those people though isn't right.

Well surely it is the same distance from Blake's home to Scampy's home as it is from Scampy's home to Blake's home??

**Red dragon** · 19-06-2008, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

I regret not shouting the cinema because I think the seats were standard price, it would have been affordable,

excellent, so do you usually try to shout the cheaper rounds also?

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

......... in the sense that I have been so wrapped up in my own life that .........

yeah, we know.

Originally Posted by Red dragon

give me a group of Thais who want to get pissed, talk about football and sing Karaoke until 5am any day of the week.

Cos they is really down to earth and fun,

do they offer you their daughters also?

Nope they are usually around same age as me (27) so daughters out of the question

and are you a nic for scampy also? or is he pm'ing you all these sudden posts of shite?

Nope, I just think that people who bully others from behind a PC are pretty sad, did Blake7 not bring this issue up with him face to face last night?

bkkmadness · 19-06-2008, 12:41 PM

But Scampy is usually in town at some point in the week. As I said, Scamp will have to ask Blake the reason why he never visits, but to assume it's snobbery and tell you that isn't a right call. To me it sounds like another self pitying Scampy line of thought.

**mrsquirrel** · 19-06-2008, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Red dragon

Well surely it is the same distance from Blake's home to Scampy's home as it is from Scampy's home to Blake's home??

But Scampy has a reason to go to Bangers.

Who in their right mind has a reason to go to Muangtongtanee unless they are going to see the Spice Girls?

**Red dragon** · 19-06-2008, 12:44 PM

Knowing Scampy for a long time I know the lazy c*nt doesn't like to leave the apartment let alone travel into Bangkok, he only does so to visit others, needs to purchase some materials for a work project or sample some of Timba's fine cuisine.

**kingwilly** · 19-06-2008, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by bkkmadness

To me it sounds like another self pitying Scampy line of thought.

agreed. troll or scampy sending pm's?

**Red dragon** · 19-06-2008, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

Originally Posted by Red dragon

Well surely it is the same distance from Blake's home to Scampy's home as it is from Scampy's home to Blake's home??

But Scampy has a reason to go to Bangers.

Who in their right mind has a reason to go to Muangtongtanee unless they are going to see the Spice Girls?

Thailand Tennis Open? The Car Shows with amazing birds dancing on the roof?
Massive market 1st and last sunday of every month? get away from thousands of ex-pats in Bangkok?

**Red dragon** · 19-06-2008, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by bkkmadness

To me it sounds like another self pitying Scampy line of thought.

agreed. troll or scampy sending pm's?

I usually stick to the Sports related pages rather than join in with the petty topics when bullying seems alot of fun for you guys.

**The Gentleman Scamp** · 19-06-2008, 01:08 PM

Blake7 has come close to making it out here, but he's yet to take the plunge.

Hell, the eye candy is just as good, though it is wrapped.

bkkmadness · 19-06-2008, 01:10 PM

Your a good mate to Scamp RD I can see that. But let me explain our 'bullying' of the Scamp. The man has been complaining about being poor for years online (and he's had a fair few free drinks out of it too). Blake7 is hardly the first one to complain. It gets annoying to read about someone who wallows in so much self pity.

You'll also find countless posts of his when he is slagging off the 'greedy Thais', and that doesn't endear him to many people here with Thai wives/gfs/friends either. In fact Scamp is very snobbish when talking about the Thais himself.

**The Gentleman Scamp** · 19-06-2008, 01:20 PM

^ The first paragraph is mostly bullshit, I don't moan about being poor.

Yes I do slag off Thais when I have a bad Thai day.

You bash my threads because I allow you to and for no other reason, I could end it all tomorrow.

**Red dragon** · 19-06-2008, 01:23 PM

I am well aware of all of it BkkMadnessat times he does my f*cking head in but he wouldn't be the same otherwise.
I myself am married to a Thai with a son here also and have almost knocked him out with some of his comments.
I have spent hours talking to him about how he needs to sort himself out and start working properly and stop living of his inheritence and stand on his own two feet, he is a talented bloke when it comes to his filming and takes work at stupidly low prices for a mate and gets slagged off.
It is a form of bullying especially with so many people jumping on the bandwagon.
I am not poor yet I am not rich but I do not begrudge buying a mate a few beers especially if he was doing a film for me.
Scampy is a decent bloke but sometimes very over the top and if you don't know him may come across as bit of a wanker.
Blake7 obviously likes him as he meets with him now and again and enjoys suspect trips to the cinema together he then wants to go to expensive bars where scampy can not afford to go and he knows this, it would be like me inviting a Thai friend to a posh restaurant and then asking to split the bill at the end, something I wouldn't dream of.
Scampy makes the mistake of dipping into his inheritence purely for money to keep him going for the next month which is no good to man or beast as a few thousand baht over his budget andno work and he's f*cked, This will be a never ending cycle until he gets his act together and starts working properly.

**The Gentleman Scamp** · 19-06-2008, 01:28 PM

Well said mate.

Honest and fair but not brutal.

bkkmadness · 19-06-2008, 01:33 PM

^ The first paragraph is mostly bullshit, I don't moan about being poor.

You've never moaned in all these years on thaivisa or teakdoor about not having money? Are you serious? I've never heard someone moan about not having money as much as you. Just a few years back you was moaning about having no money pissed in hua hin, then you moaned about having no money pissed in samui, then Phuket etc. Now you moan that you are 'income poor', even though in the last month you have been on the piss in Hong Kong and Bangkok.

Yes I do slag off Thais when I have a bad Thai day.

You seem to slag them off a lot.

You bash my threads because I allow you to and for no other reason, I could end it all tomorrow.

How could you disallow me from bashing your posts? Aside from not making them that is.

**NickA** · 19-06-2008, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by Red dragon

give me a group of Thais who want to get pissed, talk about football and sing Karaoke until 5am any day of the week.

Jesus Christ, sounds like hell, but probably better than Cardiff I suppose

**mrsquirrel** · 19-06-2008, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by Red dragon

I am well aware of all of it BkkMadnessat times he does my f*cking head in but he wouldn't be the same otherwise. I myself am married to a Thai with a son here also and have almost knocked him out with some of his comments. I have spent hours talking to him about how he needs to sort himself out and start working properly and stop living of his inheritence and stand on his own two feet, he is a talented bloke when it comes to his filming and takes work at stupidly low prices for a mate and gets slagged off. It is a form of bullying especially with so many people jumping on the bandwagon. I am not poor yet I am not rich but I do not begrudge buying a mate a few beers especially if he was doing a film for me. Scampy is a decent bloke but sometimes very over the top and if you don't know him may come across as bit of a wanker. Blake7 obviously likes him as he meets with him now and again and enjoys suspect trips to the cinema together he then wants to go to expensive bars where scampy can not afford to go and he knows this, it would be like me inviting a Thai friend to a posh restaurant and then asking to split the bill at the end, something I wouldn't dream of. Scampy makes the mistake of dipping into his inheritence purely for money to keep him going for the next month which is no good to man or beast as a few thousand baht over his budget andno work and he's f*cked, This will be a never ending cycle until he gets his act together and starts working properly.

What he is trying to say is...

Scampy is a cock. I know he is a cock. You know he is a cock and he knows he is a cock. It's just what he is - A COCK. Sooner he stops being a cock and sorts himself out there easier everybody's lives will be - albeit a bit more boring.

**Red dragon** · 19-06-2008, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by NickA

Originally Posted by Red dragon

give me a group of Thais who want to get pissed, talk about football and sing Karaoke until 5am any day of the week.

Jesus Christ, sounds like hell, but probably better than Cardiff I suppose

haha it's great fun, especially after Cardiff were in the final of FA Cup Thai people actually know about Cardiff city now

and yes better than being back in Cardiff

**The Gentleman Scamp** · 19-06-2008, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by NickA

but probably better than Cardiff I suppose

Oh dear... You've gone and done it now Nick.

**Butterfly** · 19-06-2008, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

I drink for company, quality, equality and comfort - I'm a social drinker not a pub crawler, he's got Butterfly for all that shit.

You got to be kidding, not only I am not a pub crawler (as I drink less than your average English man), but I don't go buy a pack of beer from 711 so I can get pissed.

Irony is, he's even tighter apparently, I knew he was rude but he has an income so he has less excuse to be tight.

I am only rude because I refuse to pay for your drinks and diners as you EXPECT them to be paid for. Blake7 has been unreasonably generous with you, and now you feel entitled, you do realize that ?

**Butterfly** · 19-06-2008, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by bkkmadness

But you understand the point I am making Scamp, as KW said, you like to 'cry poor' when it comes to getting a few rounds in for a friend, but when it comes to spending cash on yourself suddenly it's not a problem.

And that's basically the problem, it's all about him. What about paying a round to Blake7 at Rainbow 4 to show him your appreciation for all his generosity, even if it's overpriced but still affordable (less than 500 THB), isn't what mates do ?

And why would he needs to go to some shithole bars with you and listening to your drivels for hours when he could enjoy a nice beer instead watching tities ? that's because this is how you treat your mates, you don't drag them in the gutters to enjoy a beer, you go to a decent place for a drink and bring them along.

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

I doubt Blake was and Butterfly is just in it for the wind up and couldn't care less if I lived or died.

This is usually entertainment, but your dishonesty in that matter is what makes me react here. Usually, I would just ignore your silly rants and drivels, it's part of your character and online role, but this time your absolute dishonesty in that particular matter must be outed.

**Spin** · 19-06-2008, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

Scampy is a cock. I know he is a cock. You know he is a cock and he knows he is a cock.

Quote of the month

**Bobcock** · 19-06-2008, 02:57 PM

people from Cardiff in not defending Cardiff shock.

I gotta go for Christmas this year, don't wanna, gotta.

The UK is full of cvnts like this

Som Nam Nah Chav Scum

**justwingit** · 19-06-2008, 02:58 PM

^thats gotta hurt

**Bobcock** · 19-06-2008, 03:32 PM

hopefully

**The Gentleman Scamp** · 19-06-2008, 03:35 PM

Butterfly just revealed a deliberately fake faux pas alluding that I was sleeping with his ex. That's the type of guy Butterfly is, one who gets off on winding others up - and he's never had to fork out for dinner in the few times we have met.

I have been genuinely upset by this thread while B'fly and B7 have been chuckling about my insensitivity on the golf course. Well, it's a learning curve I suppose. You meet 50 forum members, they will not all be what they initially seem.

I was going to be celebrating my 34th with Blake on a train to Nonkhai/Laos in a couple of days but now that's off, which is a shame because I didn't want any of this, we left on good terms in Nana and I was even willing to book the tickets by way of balance. Lucky I bought that book and magazine.

Have the DVD for nothing, i'll post it when I get back from my visa run - YOU WIN AGAIN.

A person who has experienced what it is like to have not a penny to their name may later in life be careful, almost to the point of meanness when later they do have money, especially if they don't know how long it will last or how they can find a way to make it last.

Despite my occasional frustrations about Thai people, talking into account the fact they have in the past been poor (and I mean proper poverty, not sleeping rough for a few days and avoiding the humiliation of asking for help from family or friends) - I can relate to it, maybe not so much their greed - but their general avoidance of frivolity when it comes to cash, the way they only spend cash if they really need to.

I have been called tight a few times, albeit in a jovial manner, one example was because I didn't wish to partake in betting when out at a horse racing track with a group of friends. I also wanted to take my own beer from a shop as it was allowed, instead of paying three times the price for a lager at the track.

The friends I was with were not especially wealthy and they had modest incomes, and though I too had an income, it wasn't enough to justify the type of fiscal indifference that Neil the landscape gardener or Jenny the shop manager could afford and yet I sure didn't want to be a bar manager all my life and didn't know how long my own income would last.

So what is the value of money to you?

What has been your lowest fiscal point in the past and do you think that has had an effect upon your attitude to money since?

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