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Old 23-02-2007, 06:13
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The half plus seven formula is said to be an ancient Chinese bit of wisdom!
I knew it would hold water ...
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Old 23-02-2007, 06:29
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yep.............32 then!!!....fine by me........55555
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Old 23-02-2007, 09:10
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I was told that formula as the 'Chinese formula for happiness'..

33 / 2 = 16.5...
16.5 + 7 = 23.5..

Spinners is getting a bit long in the tooth !!
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Old 23-02-2007, 09:24
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I was told that formula as the 'Chinese formula for happiness'..

33 / 2 = 16.5...
16.5 + 7 = 23.5..

Spinners is getting a bit long in the tooth !!

How old was that jacuzzi chick then Mr Sex pat ?
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Old 23-02-2007, 10:18
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Here's the "Right age calculator" for you females out there:
Times 2 minus Fourteen

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Foolish man give wife grand piano, wise man give wife upright organ.

Panties not best thing on earth, but next to best thing on earth

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Old 23-02-2007, 16:12
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An expat in Bangkok once told me that the magic formula for age of the girl to marry is half your age + 7 years. I have no clue what the truth is to that formula, if any, however, it sounds good to me. I am 48 and 31 would then be the right age (48/2+7=31)

BTW at age 40 my dad married my stepmother who was 25; close to this formula and it was a good match.

Yeah, Mr. DK. Marrying is not my main problem. It's more a case of how I keep them alive. I now have 3 marriages behind me and try for a different nationality each time. My first (a Scot) didn't die, we divorced, she's still alive and well and giving her latest husband hell. He emails me often from Spain to complain. My second wife (Cambodian) died young in LOS and my third was German, also died young. My question is: do you think it's worth giving it another try or am I a f***king Jonah?
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Old 23-02-2007, 19:03
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Yeah, Mr. DK. Marrying is not my main problem. It's more a case of how I keep them alive. I now have 3 marriages behind me and try for a different nationality each time. My first (a Scot) didn't die, we divorced, she's still alive and well and giving her latest husband hell. He emails me often from Spain to complain. My second wife (Cambodian) died young in LOS and my third was German, also died young. My question is: do you think it's worth giving it another try or am I a f***king Jonah?
That obviously is not for me to answer. If you are not, use the same formula and omit the +7 (so long as it is still legal) and have fun.
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]Ok let me explain i went travelling to SE asia last summer and spent a lot of time in Thailand , i sampled all the delights in patong, pattaya and bangkok and had more fun than i have ever had .

I returned home and tried to get back to normal i just could not i was obsessed so to speak searching for flights, searching forums reading all things related to thailand. Obsessed was not the word i would think about thailand a lot and it really distracted my daily thoughts i was not and is still not viable for me to even think about visiting los again . I wasted a lot of thoughts dreaming about my next trip . I wasnt too interested in girls i usually would have been as i had it so easy in LOS i had the attitude that sod it i can wait till i go back .

I think what made matters worse for me was hat i stayed in contact with some thai girls i met, which kind of reminded me often what great fun i had .

Last month i think its been about 4 months since ive been back , something just snapped , i recieved a call from a tg i knew saying she was getting married , i did like her a lot and she was probably the only girl thier i cared for even slightly ..... After that call i dont know what it was but its like ive snapped out of that trance , i feel focused , refreshed and have a new found direction.

its crazy as its like Los has been a drug and i was experiencing withdrawel symptoms , but now i fell much better. something has just snapped and i feel so much better for it , i really believe LOS is a false reality for me anyway .

Im 22 and learnt a lot from my last trip , i will be going back to Los dont get me wrong but this time i will handle things a lot different , i dont think i will stay in contact with the girls when i am in London as this just made things harder for me, mabye im weak but i cant make the same mistakes again .

Has anyone else just somehow got over Los ?
if so how do you feel ? Do you think you can ever get over LOS ? I for one feel much better and amazed that one country can have such a profound effect on ones life ..

I had to get these thought off my chest and hope some people can relate to what im saying

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Im the same age as you and i feel the same way. i have already made a pact with myself to go there every year if possible. i dont know what it is about the place but i was so depressed when i got home that i had to get on anti depressants. I dont look at women the same way either, i just like thais now.

The only thing im worried about is when i go back i think i might get all screwed up when i come home again.
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Old 24-02-2007, 13:18
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If the places you go are only the tourist places or just Phuket and your on vacation ....yes you have been in dreamland. You haven't really experienced what Thailand is really about, in the day to day sense.

As you live here and work here your thoughts and perceptions change.

If you just live here and don't work your experience is differant.

If you are working in a larger organization than a small one it's much differant.

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i never feel sad when im leaving los...im now up to 3-4 trips a year so i havent time to get the blues........im only home and hey presto.im back out there again.........ij
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That obviously is not for me to answer. If you are not, use the same formula and omit the +7 (so long as it is still legal) and have fun.

You gave me hope, Mr. DK. Joking aside, I got to know a nice woman in Pattaya 2 years ago after her bar owner husband drank himself to death and the formula is +2. I wasn't really up for another new start at that time and I've only recently begun to consider it but she turned up in Belgium, which is not far for me and got in touch a few months ago. I've visited a time or two and she's nice to be with. At least I know now I'm not totally cynical or emotionally dead which was my condition for while of course. I really wanted to point out that among the various fruitcakes, sex tourists and dreamers who pitch up in LOS there are lots of people like me among them who manage to put their lives back together thanks to the healing influence of a spell in Thailand.
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Old 24-02-2007, 19:26
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You gave me hope, Mr. DK. Joking aside, I got to know a nice woman in Pattaya 2 years ago after her bar owner husband drank himself to death and the formula is +2. I wasn't really up for another new start at that time and I've only recently begun to consider it but she turned up in Belgium, which is not far for me and got in touch a few months ago. I've visited a time or two and she's nice to be with. At least I know now I'm not totally cynical or emotionally dead which was my condition for while of course. I really wanted to point out that among the various fruitcakes, sex tourists and dreamers who pitch up in LOS there are lots of people like me among them who manage to put their lives back together thanks to the healing influence of a spell in Thailand.
That is great to hear Rob. Keep it up.
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That is great to hear Rob. Keep it up.

Appreciated, Mr. DK. And maybe a little good press for the benefit of all the LOS bashers. Some of us actually find there what we lost at home.
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Old 24-02-2007, 21:49
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Appreciated, Mr. DK. And maybe a little good press for the benefit of all the LOS bashers. Some of us actually find there what we lost at home.

You are absolutely right. So far it seems I am in the boat too. Will just take it step by step and see how it will go in one week from now. As things are now, she is a gem...
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You are absolutely right. So far it seems I am in the boat too. Will just take it step by step and see how it will go in one week from now. As things are now, she is a gem...

Thank you nanook, may the sun never set on your state of bliss
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Old 28-03-2007, 05:46
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Im the same age as you and i feel the same way. i have already made a pact with myself to go there every year if possible. i dont know what it is about the place but i was so depressed when i got home that i had to get on anti depressants. I dont look at women the same way either, i just like thais now.

The only thing im worried about is when i go back i think i might get all screwed up when i come home again.

I think its pretty bad you had to go on anti depressents i think this is a good analogy of los##

Its like crack a amazing but short lived high , that high makes you feel great for that time but afterward you crave more .............

Los is not reality and it had to be treated that way.
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i never feel sad when im leaving los...im now up to 3-4 trips a year so i havent time to get the blues........im only home and hey presto.im back out there again.........ij


from my viewpoint i dont ever want to be going out to LOS that many times a year esp as the main reason for travelling is sex, for me it would screw me up plus there so much of the world to see outside of thailand
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Old 28-03-2007, 05:54
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i know i will get negative responses but:

i dont understand people who jusy live to go to LOS
i love it, had great times there, but to just bide your time between trips to LOS, i think people might regret that in the future
i, for sure, missed LOS after my 1st couple of trips but I love my life at home, wether im in Boston, nyc or vancouver or anywhere else

its only my opinion, but i couldnt imagine limiting my social life to any extent at home to go to LOS


I agree i am glad for it hasnt come to the point where i just live save work for LOS , just knowing that you are going back ........fck that IMO

also this is reflective if u have ever had a conversation with a thai girl or mabye BG , but they always ask , "when you come back to thailand" its like its expected that u will come back mabye as so many farangs so they assume you will be back soon to crazy sh.it...
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I seem to have a slightly different slant as to why I get the LOS blues!!
When I step of the plane in LOS, the sense of freedom I feel is amazing!!! What I mean by that, is that the whole country is not ruled by the myriad laws we seem to have developed for ourselves in the West, to supossedly protect ourselves!!
In LOS, you have to take responsbility for your own actions, and that tends to make me realise what other people are going through, and I tend to treat them better because of it!
The Thais don't have the choices, we in the West, have in education and careers, but do the best they can!! Here in OZ, they complain if they can't get a free university education!! And don't get me started on the health and safety laws in the workplace!!!

The number of random acts of kindness I have experieced in LOS blows my mind, yet I should be the Thais prefered type of farang:- i.e. a fool easily parted with his money!!!
An example of this is when I am having a really bad time with my health in Oz, and am struggling to do my shopping with a walking stick in one hand, pushing a trolley and trying to read a list at the same time, no-one will even give me a bit more space to move, or even get out of the way!!
In LOS, some-one invariably asks if they can help me!!!

All in all, the thing that draws me back to Los, is the attitude of the people. I have always found that if you treat them well they will repay you tenfold, where as in the West, some-one will try and rip you off!!
Maybe my little rant is a little naive, but , to be able to get away from the complicated life of the West is the best holiday I can get and I always get the Blues when I leave. ( a few very nice ladies haven't helped!!)

P.S. Spent most of my working life in "the bush" anyway, so you can see that "climbing the corporate ladder" was never "my thing".
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I might get slated for what i will say but i will give my 2 cents anyway.

Thailand is one of my favourite places... But on the other side there is a whole world to go and see. I have not been for 2 1/2 years and to be honest 99% of the time i don't really care either. It will always be there and i just haven't had the time to get back. I'm not saying that i hate the place, far from it, but i also believe there are other places to go and visit as well. I think tho my reasons for going are a lot different than others. I like to go to see the place and try and learn about the history and culture a little more. To be honest women and drinking are not the main reasons i go, and nor would they be either. I'm not saying i wouldn't endulge in that but to me there is more than just drinking and women. Each person has there own reasons for going and i would never disrespect anyone for that.... But this is just my 2 cents.
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For me its the whole package. The sights, sounds and smell (including the foul smelling drains in Bangla Road). LOS is a place that brings happy thoughts, good food, climate and of course the beautiful tg's. Oh how how I miss them.
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i can say I, I am over thailand
i dont obsess with goign bacvk like i use to
thing is i have a thai gf and may end up with her so thailand will probably be a part of my life
but i want to see the whole world and dont want to get stuck just going to thailand
i honestly cherish the friends i met there and will be friends with many for a long time, hopefully a lifetime

but there is just too much of this world to see

Same answer as this for me too.
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