[QUOTE=Ganoosh]Um, the guy that fronts The Sunshine Band.....[/QUOTE]Wasn't that a chick?
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[QUOTE=Ganoosh]Um, the guy that fronts The Sunshine Band.....[/QUOTE]Wasn't that a chick?
Oh, it was a guy, just looked at their website. They claim to be "as popular today as when they first danced onto the music scene thirty years ago".
Liars!
I always thought they were the band that sang "Walking on Sunshine", with the female singer. I guess I should be pleased that I don't know these things.
Coma,
How the fuck can you mix up KC and the Sunshine Band and Katrina and the Waves:(?
Am still a boy.
They were before my time.
Do you guys remember my little recount of the Imaginary Lumpini Park Massacre? You can review it here for a primer of what looks like is yet to come:
[url]http://www.internationalsexguide.info/forum/showpost.php?p=414326&postcount=909[/url]
Anti Thaksin sentiment is starting to reaching critical mass. Check out what was on the front page of today's Bangkok Post:
THAKSIN BANS RALLIES AT ROYAL PLAZA
POST REPORTERS
Tuesday February 07, 2006
Chiang Mai _ Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has banned the use of the Royal Plaza for the next anti-government rally planned by media firebrand Sondhi Limthongkul for this Saturday.
Critics slammed the move as undemocratic and warned of potential dire consequences.
Commenting for the first time since Saturday's massive rally, Mr Thaksin said he could no longer allow demonstrators to use the Royal Plaza. They could rally at other places as long as they stayed within the law and did not infringe on the rights of other people.
"That's enough at the Royal Plaza because it is the royal residential area," the prime minister said.
"The rally also obstructed traffic in the area. Democracy can be exercised but within certain boundaries. Everything has rules and we must respect that."
While dismissing the Saturday rally as having no political impact, he did say it went beyond the limit of democratic rights.
Senator Nirun Phitakwatchara urged Mr Thaksin to review his decision, warning that it would only create more tension. He said Mr Sondhi took his weekly talk show to various venues, including the Royal Plaza, because the government removed his programme from television Channel 9 in the first place.
Attempts to bar Mr Sondhi from organising a demonstration would only lead people to believe what he said, which would cause the government more trouble.
Senator Wallop Tangkhananurak said the ban contradicted Mr Thaksin's comments during his radio address on Saturday that the government allowed peaceful demonstrations within democratic rules. The ban would only encourage more people to join protests as television stations had failed to give full coverage of past demonstrations.
Prinya Thewanarumitkul, vice rector of Thammasat University, said the Royal Plaza had been used for political activities ever since the change of the country's form of administration on June 24, 1932. The Oct 14, 1973 uprising and May 1992 pro-democracy demonstration also followed a rally at the Royal Plaza.Opposition Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said since the Feb 4 rally was peaceful there was no reason for a ban. The Royal Plaza should be the venue for the people to express their views.
"The prime minister may be afraid a larger number of people will turn out on Feb 11," he added.
Suriyasai Katasila, secretary-general of the Campaign for Popular Democracy, expressed surprise at the ban, saying the Feb 4 protest was peaceful. The demonstrators represented many groups with legitimate grievances and were law-abiding. He predicted this Saturday's rally would draw a larger crowd.
Tul Sirikulpattana, senior editor of the Manager daily, slammed the ban as dictatorial and illegitimate.
Somyong Kaewsuphan, an opponent of the transfer of schools to local administrations, said teachers would continue to join every rally organised by Mr Sondhi.
Pol Lt-Gen Wirot Chantharangsee, city police chief, said that although the Feb 4 rally was peaceful, police would enforce the ban. The rally could go ahead at Sanam Luang or Lumpini park.
Somchai Chitsa-ard, Dusit district director, said people wanting to use the Royal Plaza need permission direct from the Bureau of the Royal Household or through the district office, or face arrest.
The prime minister claimed that polls conducted by his Thai Rak Thai party showed the government still commanded the confidence of the public. This had been proven by the moral support shown by people in places he had visited over the past few days.
He was confident the 19 million people who voted for TRT still backed the party.
THAILAND: Just ignore stupid protesters, Thaksin tells his supporters.
50,000 protesters led by media mogul rally against prime minister.
South China Morning Post?Monday, February 6, 2006
Bangkok --- Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra urged his supporters to ignore "stupid" protesters yesterday, even as his rivals and the media declared the weekend's mass anti-government rally was a victory.
"These are just a few stupid people. Let's ignore them," Mr Thaksin said of the protesters as he visited his home town of San Kamphaeng in Chiang Mai province.
"I am not stupid. I will work to the best of my ability to make Thai people happy."
But Mr Thaksin's rivals declared their marathon 18-hour weekend rally a victory, having drawn 50,000 people at its night-time peak to demand the prime minister's resignation over alleged corruption.
"This is just the beginning," media mogul Sondhi Limthongkul, Mr Tledhaksin's leading critic, told thousands as the protest ended early yesterday.
"This is a victory because we managed to deliver our petition" to the king's official representative and to army commander General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, a hoarse and weary Mr Sondhi said.
The 58-year-old said he would organise another rally next Saturday "to close Thaksin's account". Protesters have accused Mr Thaksin, 56, of using his political power to boost his business dealings.
The chief complaint is the Thaksin family's sale of Shin Corp, the telecoms giant he founded, to Singapore's state-owned investment firm Temasek Holdings. The US$1.9 billion deal sparked public outrage because of its tax-free structure and it handed strategic national assets -- including satellites, phone companies and a television station -- to another country.
The anti-Thaksin camp was boosted by the resignation of technology minister Sora-at Klinpratum on Saturday. The surprise move came one day after the culture minister suddenly quit, saying she wanted to maintain "political ethics". Both belong to the same faction within Mr Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love Thais) party.
Government spokesman Surapong Suebwonglee insisted the resignations would not affect the administration. Labour Minister Somsak Thepsuthin, who heads a group that includes one-third of the party's lawmakers, insisted Mr Thaksin would find a political solution without calling an election.
Suchit Vongthet, a columnist in Matichon, a leading Thai newspaper, wrote: "His moral ignorance regarding the Shin Corp deal has built up public hatred of him, and that triggered the protest."
But political analyst Panitan Wattanayagorn said few believed Mr Sondhi had any meaningful political support of his own, and many point to his own shadowy dealings in questioning his motives for the rally. "People know not to trust him in anything. But despite Sondhi's background, it is obvious that his criticism of Thaksin is true," he said.
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Thailand safari park a white elephant
08.02.06
CHIANG MAI - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra opened Thailand's biggest safari park yesterday, even though the venture, dubbed a $41 million white elephant, remains short of safari animals.
"It will be like Disneyland, but more focused on nature," Thaksin said at a lavish opening ceremony, but refused to answer questions about a deal to ship game from Kenya to the night safari park.
Brochures for the 130ha site promise an "African savannah" with "harmless animals such as elephants, giraffe and zebras". The Kenyan Government has said it will not export endangered animals after an uproar by conservationists.
- REUTERS
Dear mongers,
since the last 2 years , i have missed the nude dancing that used to take place in NEP, i am a big fan of it otherwise, can anyone provide any info on the status of it, i am also planning to go phuket this time will i see it there?
boy
You can find topless girls standing on a bar next to a pole
at Soi Cowboy's Long Gun.
Lately conversations have been sufacing about Pattaya vs. Bangkok.
Here is the debate which i will not validate at this juncture:
"Pattaya girls are half the price of Bangkok girls"
Now Bangkokers like to say "Yeah but the quality is much better in Bangkok"
I have had one friend bragging about his 500thb short time girl in Pattaya
and then i saw her photo to which i was not impressed at all.
Sure it is true that alot of freelancers in Bangkok are trying to "up the ante"
to the tune of 1500THB or even 2000THB short time but there are gems
everywhere going for 1000THB not to mention that IMHO Bangkok is the better
place to date regular girls like students and office girls that actually say thanks
when you buy them dinner.
If somebody wants a tour or help in booking or whatever send me a PM
Over the last few weeks I've seen topless dancing at NEP's Hollywood, Playschool, and the bar to the left of Angelwitch.
But, like everywhere, it doesn't last long, and occassional false alarms lead to some very quick dressing.
[QUOTE=Boy Toy]Dear mongers,
since the last 2 years , i have missed the nude dancing that used to take place in NEP, i am a big fan of it otherwise, can anyone provide any info on the status of it, i am also planning to go phuket this time will i see it there?
boy[/QUOTE]
There used to be nude dancing or sex show 4 year ago in phuket , I think the thai government disallow this now , is not just for bangkok is for phuket and pattaya as well . but i heard soi cowboy do have nude dancing once of a while but i didn't see any the last time i was there .
fast eddie 48
[QUOTE=Fast Eddie 48]There used to be nude dancing or sex show 4 year ago in phuket , I think the thai government disallow this now , is not just for bangkok is for phuket and pattaya as well . but i heard soi cowboy do have nude dancing once of a while but i didn't see any the last time i was there .
fast eddie 48[/QUOTE]Lonegun in Cowboy have nude dancing, both with their shows and the go-go's, well at least when I was there in late November. The nude go-go's are after the show. A lot of the other places in cowboy have topless and no nickers but still with skirt on their go-go.
I saw this in this moring's the Nation. It'd be interesting to know if the victim knew the girl and there was some history or if he was randomly set up for the violent attack or robbery or whatever it was.
"American tourist stabbed and injured by bar girl, boyfriend
Chon Buri - A 44-year-old American tourist was assaulted and stabbed on Pattaya beach by a bar girl and who appeared to be her boyfriend early Saturday morning, police said.
Pol Maj Sirapop Sukkasi of Tambon Pattaya police station, said Tony Lindsey was severely injured during the attack at 2:30 am.
Lindsey suffered several knife wounds on his stomach, right side and right arm, Sirapop said. He was also hit at his face.
Sirapop quoted a witness as saying that he saw the American walking hand-in-hand from Soi 7 across the road to the beach.
While the two were sitting on the beach, a Thai man arrived at the scene on a motorcycle. The woman and man were then seen as assaulting the American with fists and knife before fleeing the scene on the motorcycle.
Sirapop said police had yet to interrogate Lindsey and police thought the woman might lure him to be robbed by her boyfriend at the beach."
Cheers,
Sean
Thought this info might be relevent to those visitors to LOS who has a Thai SIM Card. Also if you have frieneds in Thailand.
[B]All mobile users need to add an '8'[/B]
BANGKOK: -- Local telephone users will have one more digit to remember starting in June, according to the National Telecom***ications Commission (NTC). The switch to 10 digits from nine will increase the potential number of telephone numbers from 90 million to 300 million, sufficient for expected growth over the next 30 years.
Mobile-phone users will have to add an '8' in the middle of the existing two-digit prefix, followed by the existing seven-digit number, in order to make a mobile-to-mobile call. For example, numbers starting with 01 and 09 will become 081 and 089 respectively.
Gen Choochart Promprasit, the NTC chairman, said the NTC board would discuss the new 10-digit system this week, with the result to be proposed to the International Telecom***ications Union (ITU) for acknowledgement.
''We expect to start implementing the 10-digit system within three to four months, with the mobile phone system first'' he said.
TOT Plc has so far given out 87 million of the 90 million telephone numbers available nationally: 29 million to fixed-line operators, 22 million to Advanced Info Service, 12 million to DTAC, 6.5 million to True Move (formerly TA Orange) and one million to Thai Mobile.
Thai Mobile also has received 10 million numbers starting with 08 for future business. The company has been in existence for nearly four years but infighting between its two state shareholders, TOT and CAT Telecom, has stunted its development. It has only a few thousand paying customers.
The NTC recently allocated two million new numbers to DTAC and another one million to True Move.
Thailand currently has about 29 million mobile users, 96% of whom are customers of AIS, DTAC or True Move.
The decision to move to a 10-digit system is a response to complaints last year by operators that they were running short of numbers.
DTAC had claimed that of its 11.7 million numbers, more than 70% _ the minimum requirement for operators to request a new allocation _ had been allocated to its customer base of 8.7 million. True Move also claimed it was on the verge of running short.
The NTC responded by threatening to collect fees on unused numbers from operators in an attempt to prevent number hoarding.
Local cellular operators have hailed the new numbering plan, saying it was suited to a market where prepaid users account for more than 80% of all customers.
The problem companies face is that prepaid customers switch allegiance frequently, depending on which provider is offering the most attractive calling rates at a given time.
Operators typically reserve numbers that have gone unused for 60 or 90 days in case their defecting customers return.
Weerachai Patcharopartwong, assistant vice-president for business relations and development of AIS, said that changing to 10 digits would involve minimal cost for a software upgrade.
''There would have no effect on our operations since the new numbering system requires no change in customers' existing numbers,'' he said.
The company will allow customers to upgrade their SIM cards free of charge by inserting an '8' into all mobile numbers in the memory.
Thana Thienachariya, chief commercial officer of DTAC, also said his company would have no problem converting as long as the NTC gave it sufficient time to prepare.
[I]Bangkok Post 2006-02-14[/I]
Happy Valentine Day
Tee Vee :D
Hello,
I am a bit curious to have sex with a woman and another man, but how can I find a man?
Is the best thing to ask a girl if she knows a man, or let her pick him up in a bar or in the street?
Thanks,
Buttlover