Brilliant!

Som num nah!

16 hours ago, uttradit said:

Everyone lies, everyone takes money that isn't theres. What planet do you live on?

Speak for yourself!

12 hours ago, retarius said:

It would be nice if they had a native English speaker review the copy before they post it. 

The forum may want a native English speaker to review the post you quoted too!

Pathetic druggie. When you can't walk 10 metres without bumping into a legit weed shop, yet you choose to take something illegal.

Yeah, I'll say it again, pathetic druggie!

18 hours ago, Mywayboy said:

Many Farang assume aliases & create a new personna in Asian Countries.  

It's true... I've met loads of SAS, SBS, SEALs, and airline pulots! Never met a builder or plumber though!

On 1/6/2024 at 1:23 PM, Sophon said:

 

The 30 days are added to your current permission to stay, so you don't lose anything by doing the extension early.

Yeah, what I mean is if immigration at Rayong get a bit funny that I don't have a Rayong TM30, it may cause me issues. I could go on the Friday, and then I have Monday (the last day) to go to Jomtien, just in case. In all my years travelling here, I've seen immigration refuse things for the most inane of reasons. I've had them give me 30 days from the date I visited immigration in the past (admittedly, only once), and there's no point in trying to reason with them. They love the power!

Thank you for the replies, guys.

Yeah, I'm wondering about whether a Rayong TM30 will be required, and whether it will cause any problems. I want to leave it to the last day, to maximise my stay, but don't want to end up being in limbo because of trying to do it in Rayong. Jomtien's a PITA though, and agents want 4K to do the dirty work and bypass the great unwashed. The money's not a problem, but the principle is!

Does anyone here have recent experience of a 30 day extension (UK passport) at Rayong immigration? I'm staying near U-Tapao, and figure Rayong is probably a bit quieter and more convenient than Jomtien.

I saw a bloke get knocked over on Jomtien Beach Road on Saturday night. Luckily he seemed to be OK, as it was more "quarter-on", rather than full head-on in the middle of the bumper, but he was knocked to the ground, nonetheless. Well... he was OK enough to start balling the girl out for her incompetent driving once he'd been helped back to his feet!

Crossing the road at Big-C north Pattaya on Friday night (at the pedestrian crossing), we waited for the light to go red, then gave it another 5 seconds watching the oncomming traffic, and sure enough a car drove straight through the red light. I did however motion him through, with one of Paddington's hardest stares and big waving hand gestures (shame I didn't have a whistle and torch, for the full effect!), and he gave me the sheepish but annoyed "losing face" look as he knew he was in the wrong. I doubt it will stop him doing anything different next time though.

Thailand doesn't give a toss about pedestrians. A pedestrian is the lowest form here. Then come cyclists, then small cars, then pickups... SUVs, minivans, Mercs/Audis/BMWs/sportscars etc., and finally coaches and trucks. Just your typical Thailand top-down/size inferiority complex mentality.

On 11/8/2023 at 9:05 PM, hotchilli said:

Thanks teacher..  but these are how the original lyrics were written.

You missed the point. Never mind.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Here we come, walkin'
Down the street
We get the funniest looks from
Ev'ry one we meet
Hey, hey, we're the Monkees
And people say we monkey around
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down

Nice! But should've used "Monkies"!

This would make sense... but in 25 years, I don't think I've ever seen anything here that makes sense! One-way north-to-south on that stretch on Buakhaow. It wouldn't hurt to be one-way on Soi 13 onto Buakhao and Soi Lengkee off to Third Road too.

(Not suggesting Third Road should be one-way... just can't be arsed to go back and edit my image.)
 

Just stopped by to add my laughing emoji to the OP. I see 39 have been here already!

Just look at his bank account for a large deposit right around the time of the alleged offence.... Job done! ????

Of course though, he's telling the truth.... so really no need to doubt his statement, is there?! ????????

12 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

"Film-star good looks"....
I have film-star good looks as well, but never cheated on anyone...
Maybe I should try.

Me too... but I guess The Night of the Living Dead doesn't count?! ????????????

4 hours ago, prakhonchai nick said:

Fire Guts Pattaya Condo. perthepattayanews.com

 

The name of the condo complex was withheld pending the final investigation. 

 

Unbelievable reporting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because Thai law says you cannot defame any person/business, even when they're in the wrong, let alone before cause & fault are officially attributed. Of course, this tends to be rather selectively appied, just like every other law in Thailand, but they do often tend to come down hard on "foreign" news vendors when reporting on Thais/Thai businesses. I imagine the condo's owned by a wealthy family.

Why didn't a dozen tourists jump in and kick the cr*p out of one of them? Or would that be taking a job away from the locals?

7 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Me too, I can only guess they weren't here in 2003 ish. Possibly, they are married to farmer families. There is ABSOLUTELY no logical reason a foreigner would want this guy back! 

Other than his position on drugs maybe?

4 hours ago, DiJoDavO said:

Unless you drink too much maybe???? but yeah, these people are irresponsible though and ruin it for everyone trying to legalize it for good use. 

OK, yeah, that may have happened once or twice, but it was between friends! ???? I honestly can't remember the last time I accidentally spilt something on a stranger. My hedonistic pubbing/clubbing days were the 80s/90s, so I reckon it was a good 25 years ago, and almost certinly ended up with me buying them a drink by way of apology.

6 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

So !

The headline is false info

He has not yet returned

9 hours ago, DiJoDavO said:

I wonder how often you drink alcohol. If you do, shouldn't you be quiet about marijuana? 

If I drink alcohol I don't pour it all over those around me and send them home stinking.

19 hours ago, crazykopite said:

When I arrived here in 2005 I was getting 74 to the £ and everything was much cheaper now I’m getting 44/45 but prices have vastly increased having said Al that my lifestyle is far better here than in the U.K. even tho I have good pensions and get clobbered with U.K. tax at least at 72 years young I’m not having to stack shelves in any of the U.K. super stores indeed I’m just off to spend a couple of hours doing a spot of fishing  

Oh, I remember that well. I arrived in 2000, and the Baht was around 65/1, and slowly and steadily dropping against the Pound. The best exchange rates just happened to coincide with my peak partying years! Almost ฿76/£1 in mid-2005, and you're right, things were substantially cheaper back then too. I spend about £15k over 6 months over the 22-23 winter. Thailand's certainly not cheap anymore.