Uhm, I never had that many in my queue ...... but i've watched a lot of movies from there!

 

ok the weirdest thing just happened.. i accidently hit the "print button" from the main page of the forum, and it sent it to the network printer.. which btw, is 25 miles away at the main building (im at work right now).. hmmm, I hope somebody just throws it away.. LMAO

 

glad to see this thread up and running again

 

So I did a test the other day in my truck. I drove like I normally do, hauling *** everywhere, racing everybody that tries to act tough, 100mph plus in the lower populated highway areas, for a whole tank of gas, and I got 11.7 miles per gallon.

Then, I drove as nice as is humanly possible, keeping the revs under 2000 when I could, avoiding drive-throughs, obeying all speed limits, just cruising, again for a whole tank of gas. It only went up to 13.1 mpg doing that.

Today I went to see UnderWorld: Evolution. Not a bad movie, but it's well known that I'm a Kate Beckinsale nut (I would watch the most pointless drivel as long as it had her in it), so my opinion on the quality of the movie shouldn't be taken too seriously.

Friday, I quit the cryptology stuff, at least temporarily. I'm just kinda bleh about it right now. I spend a week working on that stuff and I make X amount of money, then I spend four hours selling someone a mortgage and make five times more. I hate doing mortgages, but damn the money is just so good. I know money doesn't buy happiness, but it certainly buys lots of things that make me happy short term, right? I don't know, sometimes I just want to give away everything I own, runaway to China an work in a noodle shop in glorious anonymity. But that would be silly, so I don't.

 

Having money won't make you happy, but it can make being unhappy a helluva lot easier.

As for running away, I would skip China and try Thailand instead. Better food, more polite people, no commie oppression, nicer customs, etc....You might not ever look back.

 

I've been to Thailand. The problem is that sometimes you can't tell if the hot girl is actually a girl, if you know what I mean.....

 

Did you have an unsettling experience?

Don't be a noob - check the adam's apple. Even the best tranny can't change some things. On top of all that, if you know where you are, then that helps a lot too. For instance, if you know that you are starting to come up on a gay area, then you know to watch out more. There are dividing lines once you know what is up. Lastly, don't pick up strangers in Thailand. I'm sure that some $hithole in Africa has taken over as the AIDS capital of the world, but there are plenty of things short of AIDS that you don't want. Go conquer the racial divide and get yourself a real Thai girlfriend. This is a much more rewarding mountain to climb than tossing 500baht at some questionable strange.

Of course, talk is cheap and I never landed a native Thai girl - while there. I dated a Chinese girl from Australia some while I was there. Thai girls in the states are a little more accessible. I had some friends that had Thai girlfriends and wives, but it all seemed very complicated while there and the women were somewhat looked down on by their fellow Thais. I guess more than I was willing to put up with.

 

NOTHING HAPPENED, OK? Can we just drop it?!?!

 

I guess it would be wrong to put up a pict of Stephen Rea with your name under it......

//heads off to google....

 

Current events are a little too "not ancient history" for me, you'll have to let me in on the significance of your post.