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    NFL Picks v The Spread Week 1

    in NFL 2017

    Posted

    Same ol' Saints!!!  34 points, not enough.  Brees had over 400 yards passing and four TD passes, BUT NOT ENOUGH.  Can someone spare a defense, please?  And we lost our best CB with a broken fibula.    :help:

    The f'd up part was in the third Saints were up 23-10 and they were playing good D.  But the Raiders have a damn good QB in Carr.  They should have a pretty good year.

    From the New Orleans paper:

    Um, where do I start? For those of you who read my column last week – and better yet, commented – I'll try to ruffle the least amount of feathers as possible in the next 100 words or so. Here goes ... Hmmm. ... Ummmm. ... Well. ... I don't know how else to say it, folks: The New Orleans Saints are a bad football team. If The Franchise has one of the best games in his soon-to-be Hall of Fame career, and you still lose, it means you're a bad football team. If you give up nearly 500 yards and 35 points and you're going to be without your top defensive back for half the season, you're a bad football team. If you lose at home in Week 1 to team that commits 14 penalties for 141 yards, you're a bad football team. If you use all your timeouts in the second half before you really need one late in the fourth quarter when you probably need just one more play to win, you're a bad football team. Shall I go on? And I'll end with this, what kind of face guard do you think Odell Beckham is wearing this week to keep from drooling all over his practice jersey? Two-hundred yards, three touchdowns. It's a realistic possibility. Give the points, no matter the line, and bet the over. At least you'll have something to help you feel a little better about a 0-2 start on the way to 1-6 or 2-5.

    Movies

    in Boiler Room

    Posted

    I saw Interstellar and enjoyed it.  Long movie, though, don't drink a lot before going in!  I love sci-fi, and the whole space/time concept is so difficult to grasp.  Definitely not a movie for everyone, but if you like sci-fi, gotta see it.

     

    Oh, for something completely different, Saving Mr. Banks.  Just a great story with some great actors.  And some classic British/American culture clashes.  Very enjoyable.

     

    Back to sci-fi, Europa Report.  You know, sci-fi is really tough to do when you think about it.  If you show some alien creature, you run the risk of being ridiculed for it being ridiculous, or something else.  Or, you may get it right (Alien).  This one does a pretty good job of walking that tightrope.  I found it well done, had a "cool" aspect to the space mission, and kept you on the edge of your seat.  If you like this stuff, go for it.

    Movies

    in Boiler Room

    Posted

    Some people can find meaning in an orange sitting on a table.

     

    I thought it was an ok, movie, found the battle scenes exciting and the sniper shots awesome (so, someone read something into that!).  But it was no Das Boot or Saving Pvt. Ryan.

    I didn't see any great meaning to it.  It's a guy's story of part of a tragic war.  But what war isn't tragic?

    Thinking about trying Thai Friendly - who are your recommendations?

    in Ladyboy Discussion

    Posted

    TF is a good alternative and Line is very helpful.  Many of the girls post their Line ID's on their page so you can hit them up immediately.  Be aware, however, the moment you add someone as a friend in Line, they are aware of it.  So don't add them until you're ready to chat.  When I first started using it I thought I could add a few ladies as I found their names and talk to them when I was ready.  Well, within a minute of adding one, she sent me a chat.

     

    On another board there's an entire thread on TF girls.  It's over 200 pages now.  The idea is post the TF link to someone you've had experience with, or someone you're intrigued by, and others will comment if they know the person or not.  Hard to recommend someone for you as everyone has different tastes.

     

    The other beauty of TF and the Line ID's is you can hit them up anytime from the comfort of your hotel room.  Makes daytime rendezvous convenient.  You'll recognize a number of girls from the bars that have ads  If there's one you've been trying to get but seems every time you go to the bar she's already gone, here's your ticket.  Enjoy!

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    Bars with unexpectedly cheap beer

    in Ladyboy Bars

    Posted

    Not sure as this qualifies as "unexpectedly cheap"  but the 34th floor rooftop bar at the Hilton is awesome.

     

    There's a great crossbrezze so always feel cool.  It could be problematic during rainy season as some of teh bar is exposed to the elements.

     

    I like space.  I don't like being crammed into a place like a sardine.  The designer of Horizon(s) which I think is the bar's name, not sure, has positioned the tables much further apart than you would expect so there is no claustrophic feel.  Hotel lobby is same same lots of extra space which feels good.

     

    They even have some sofa chairs where u can snuggle up with a lady(boy).

     

    Heineken is 180 baht so needs to be nursed but considering that I've seen Walking Street GoGos with 165 baht Heineken it's pretty good.

     

    It is clearly delineated on the bill that tax and 10% surcharge is included. Many of the patrons are probably hotel guests who just sign for the bill.

     

    They also have a happy hour between 5PM and 7PM where specialty cocktails such as mojitos and pina coladas are 2 for 290 baht which works out to 145 baht.  When you're up there, it's so nice you will probably want a second drink so this is a good value although doesn't quite qualify as unexpectedly cheap. Nice place to watch the sunset.

     

    An unexpected surprise that even given my very tight budget, I think is a good value.

    pdogg, is that the Hilton on the river?  I looked on the map but there's a couple.  Is it the Millenium Hilton or the one on Sukhumvit Soi 24?

    Bar Fines & Exchange Rates

    in Ladyboy Scene

    Posted

    One more reference of pricing/cost of living change.  I'm up in Chiang Mai.  Groceries are a good indicator.  Back at the same time around B42-$1 I could go into the local "western style" supermarket up here and my basket seldom went above B1000.  We shop a couple of times a week, so it was not a lot of stuff, but a mix of local produce (I know, it's cheaper at the 'local' markets) and some western items (milk, cheese, butter).  

    Then the baht started getting stronger, and to exacerbate the issue, this is around the time oil hit $150@barrel.  Same groceries, I could not get out of the check out for under B1000.  So, in maybe a year, or less, went from B800 for my groceries to B1200.  In anyone's book, that's huge.  

    The only consolation is here we are, what, five years or so after $150 oil and I'm still paying under B1500 for my groceries.  But we use the local market for most produce and such.  And, I guess a drink in a bar has not gone up too too much since then.  Though some bar fines have.

     

    But I'm guessing the powers won't let the baht take the correct hit because there's lots of bigshot business owners with a lot of foreign debt.  The baht goes down, the bigshots get hurt badly.  When the financial crisis hit Thailand way back (in the '90's?) and the baht sank to 42, the only telecom company to survive was Thaksin's (AIS).  I can't remember the details exactly, but he shed his debt before the fall, and his competitors were driven out of business by debt that doubled or tripled overnight.  Ah.... the power of the few.  That Thaksin is a shrewd operator!

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    Bar Fines & Exchange Rates

    in Ladyboy Scene

    Posted

    Well, as one who lives by the dollar, I know I won't get sympathy from my euro brothers, but it's always pissed me off the way the currency is manipulated here.  When I came back to live here for part of the year the baht was at 42.  Had been for years.  Then it started to strengthen.  I was dealing in large sums of money at that time, and the baht going nuts was very bad for me.  Then the coup hit and I thought I saw hope.  Fucking thing just got stronger.  When it finally went below 30 I thought it was all over.  Who could afford, or want to live in a place like this, with that cost of living?  I guess I should be happy it settled around 32.  I find little consolation with 33. Well above 35 would be more like it.  But I guess they won't let that happen.  

     

    Oh, and just for the record, when the discussion of the exchange rate comes up I frequently hear people say (not necessarily on this board) something like "be glad it's not at 25 or so, where it was in the '80's".  Well, as one who was here in the '80's I can tell you you cannot compare a B25 = $1 to what we have today.  Things were GREAT back then, due to a whole different pricing scale.  It's been a long time, but best I can recall drinks in bars, both for guys and ladies, were around B30 - B40, max.  And that was Patpong, the highest prices.  At least that's what I remember.  Bottom line, B25 = $1 in the '80's was more like B40 = $1 today.  

     

    If anyone was here at the time and remembers better, please post!

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