Underage in Triple-X Bar ~ LB-69

guys, i may sound thick here but im not!!
but can someone explain, if its the year 2007 why is it 2550 in thailand????????
Confused

One thing I am not sure about though...Does the Buddhist year also start and finish the same as the Christian one Confused

Because they appear to use the same months.

cheers pat, now youve lost me Laughing

thought everyone used same calender??
i mean how would you know when your holiday ends lol.
youve packed your bags of on your hols have great time just when you think its time to go home, youve missed a flight (wicked) as your months are out.

Moderator Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2513

April 13th is the first day of the Buddhist year, but for internetional reasons, the Thai Calander changes early on Jan 1st alongw with the Gregorian Calander.

Thais still celebrate both new years, but Song Kran is now only symbollic to the calender.

Many cultures, religions and nations have there own calendar. Muslims count from the year of Mohammed. The Jewish calendar is different too. Thailand and China both have totally different New Years.

I like the Thai style - the celebrate everyone's New Year.

We are sometimes a bit forgetful in the west about where our roots are. Our calendar was implemented by Pope Gregory to normalise the Christain world at that time for Saints days and religeous festivals. There was an adjustment made in the 1700's (days added/lost) to account for (I believe) Leap years.

Thailand is different in that they adopted the Gregorian months and days but NOT the year. So as Pat says we are in 2550 which makes me feel very old. So this year make sure a lady has 2532 or less on her ID!

Most nations have officially adopted the Gregorian calendar and GMT for global consistency.

As a piece of Trivia:

In Napoleonic times, in France, there was a move to "decimalise" time. A day would be in 10 units, there were to be 10 periods per year (about 36 days each) etc etc. I think there is a clock somewhere like Versailles showing this possible change.

It always amuses me when Europeans scoff and say how England had to go decimal - I always agree with them and then say "so everything is decimal?" They reply positively until I point at the clock - 1/12 ths, Calendar 1/12 ths etc.

The reason for 12 was based on a Syrian numbering system. You can count to 12 on one hand by counting the nodes on each of your 4 fingers.

12 was a better base number for dividing goods/grain.12 can be divided by 12, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 - 10 can only be divided by 10, 5, 2, 1. The sub-divisions of 12 can also be divided again - the sub-divisions of 10 cannot.

Ladyboy Newbie Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Points: 22

im married to a thai gg but she says real lagal age for thai to thai is15 but to be in a bar is 18 so i asked if meet sombody on street and sleep with them is ok she said only if you not pay thm in any way

Moderator Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2513

Any farang caught sleeping with a Thai national in thailand who is under the age of 18 would find it very difficult to convince the judge there was no financial transaction, even with parental consent.

It's not worth thinking about. With the amount of quality LBs and GGs on offer, there's no need to take silly risks. Most 18-20 year olds in Thailand look underage if that's your thing.

Ladyboy Newbie Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Points: 22

this is more of a ps to my last statement mywife does let me sleep with lb as long as its not to oftern but she also says they must be over 25 as she i over 25 well over 25 and im not aload aything much younger than her Crying or Very sad

Ladyboy Expert Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 896 Points: 651

coxy, strange rule - but everyone has their tolerance levels

Myself - i wont tell the wife ANYTHING.

Its on a "need to know" basis.

No point courting disaster letting her know i'm having fun on the side.
Don't you know that being a husband means having no fun !>!