Lemsta69

There's a lot of dudes who claim that you can open a bank account on a tourist visa but when pressed it's revealed that they did so many years ago when things were a bit more laissez-faire. They're also very reluctant to name the bank and the branch. I'm not sure why that is, maybe they want to be the "only farang in the village" or maybe it's because they had to walk around in the hot sun for three days going from branch to branch and they want everybody else to suffer like them ???? Perhaps it can be done in little country towns like Pattaya but I'm not so sure about here in the big smoke.

The almighty Google says that St Margaret's Episcopal School is in San Juan Capistrano, wherever that is. The only ref that I could find where the two are mentioned together is this sports result. Dunno what game it is, lacrosse maybe? ???? https://scorebooklive.com/california/basketball/games/1387256-bell-gardens-vs-st-margarets

This TPN article explains roughly where the legal entertainment zone is in Pattaya. An actual map would have been great but this is the best I can come up with without visiting City Hall myself... https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/24/pattaya-city-council-urges-mayor-to-broaden-legal-operating-zone-for-nightlife-venues/

skyscanner.net. figure it oot.

I think the universe is trying to tell you something...

The good thing about the lack of interest in learning English is that you don't get random dudes pestering you to practice their limited English when you're out and about. They do that in Indonesia a lot and it gets tiresome after a while. Especially when it's dudes and they get upset when you ask them if they have a cute sister ????

Why on earth would you go to all that effort just for 40,000 baht per month or whatever pittance they pay these days?

This is the thread. Ubonjoe says it's a "Pattaya only requirement"... https://aseannow.com/topic/1276687-how-do-i-get-retirement-visa-800k-already-in-thai-bank/#comment-17702792

He specifically said he does NOT want a Thai insurance company. The conventional wisdom on this forum is that Thai companies are shonky and that its best to go with international ones.

What that the one where Jomtien office wanted the funds seasoned for two months? It was the son doing it on behalf of his dear old mum, and Wise transfers were involved.

This is the way.

Another quality tourist!

Say what?! I'm not into barfing anymore, just wanted to have a look for old times' sake. I suppose the beer prices are out of control too.

I walked past old mate one night when he was visiting town. Forget the date but it was sometime in mid-2001. Me and a friend were strolling down WS on our way to Vixens in Soi Diamond. He was doing a media interview in the middle of the road. We knew it was someone important before we spotted him because there were all these pot-bellied cops with big hats and lots of medals on their chests standing around. My first thought as we walked past was, geez he's short. Second thought was, dang, the girls ain't gonna get nekkid tonight! ????

I was thinking less about votes and more about political support from the conservative section of the high society. They don't give a rat's about the common folk. However I don't know enough about Thai politics to get a grip on what has really prompted this latest crackdown. I don't know enough about police politics either so I can't say if this latest operation was decreed from on high or if it's just Pol Maj Gen Buzzkill trying to make a name for himself as the new Region 2 big boss or whatever he is. Perhaps he's a fan of Big Joke. Or Cartman from South Park ???? I'm also not convinced it's about brown envelopes. They've just raided a disco for the 2nd time (forgot the name) and are now talking about petitioning the Chonburi governor to ban the venue for 5 years. Why would you shut down a revenue stream unless you really had to? Like you said, someone's got a bee in their bonnet and it doesn't look like they'll be quitting any time soon.

Are you talking from recent experience? I haven't been to Patts since Jan 2022 and the go-gos were closed. Will be in Jomtien for Melly Klitmat with some friends but I'll need to get up to WS to check out the action as last trip was 2014. Any recommendations for "must see" go-gos? Preferably where things can get a bit wild.

I wonder if this "crackdown" is election-related. It's only six months away. Current government trying to shore up support with the "moral majority"?

They are crystal clear and these venues have been warned. Pol Maj Gen Suwanlaong from Region 2 police HQ arrived a week or so ago in some kind of holy mission to clean up Pattaya. TBH I'm surprised his "crackdown" had lasted so long. In the olden days the "big police" would come down for a couple of days, make a big show of enforcing the law, then PDQ back up the coast. Hopefully this little storm will pass soon and thing can get back to normal. Thailand as Singapore just doesn't work for me, or the fun-loving Thais for that matter.

Treetown is in the designated entertainment zone so 2AM close is legal. Simples.

Not responding to this because it's off-topic and I've already strayed once.

Please move to Aceh, I think you'll fit right in.

I just re-enabled hibernation via elevated command prompt (powercfg -h on) and went back to control panel. fast startup is enabled by default so I've disabled it just in case. Thanks to OP for the warning.

They're showing the "view by category" setting in CP. If you're using the "view by ... Icons" setting it'll be under "Power Options"

See the article I posted above. I think it's only for laptops because my Intel NUC don't have that option. Or maybe that's because I disabled hibernation via elevated command prompt.

This article explains it. It saves the machine state to the hard disk so that when you reboot you don't have to start from scratch. I guess some users like that, especially if they're on older machines that take a while to boot up... https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-enable-or-disable-fast-startup-on-windows-11