bender92

Why bother? Just take your turn and move on.

This kind of thing just keeps on happening, starting to make me wonder why anyone would consider residing in Thailand.

It happens everywhere. Take your blinders off.

BonChon Chicken has a good special this month and next. For 199 baht you get 4 pieces of nice sized boneless breast, fries, cole slaw, pickles, can of coke. Price includes 10% service charge and 7% VAT. I had the non-spicy and it is delicious. Slaw was very good too. Fries were so good I did not need ketchup. For 249 baht you can get the fish special with 4 pieces of breaded fish. I went at lunch time on Friday it was not crowded at all.

How annoying. I always felt Jomtiem was that peaceful idyllic beach area for the couples, away from the madness that is Pattaya proper.

And not much fun for those living nearby who have bought their condos....hard to sell up and move now.

Noise pollution is such a problem. I live well out of town and where you would expect to enjoy quiet. But there is an annual festival due, I will be hearing 'one two, one two' from 6pm to 8, and then some rather awful music until midnight. Even my Sunday night restaurant now has a weekly festival opposite blasting out music.... I go elsewhere. A nearby car music system shop is always testing its latest increased power amps, and for good measure the local monk and school like to yell over the village speaker system early mornings.

I sometimes look forward to power outages.

Rent don't buy!

Rent don't buy!

IMO you'd have to be a mug to buy a house/ condo to live in, in Thailand. This sort of thing has been going on as long as I've been coming to Thailand. The only solution is to move, so, rent.

You're right about that. I learned the hard way. Problem is, when you move to a quiet place, eventually the noise comes to you. No escape.

Start pooping into a bag, when you have a lot, go there early in the morning and dump it around the band area.

Last week I submitted a free ad, it is not there, not pending. What happened?

Charge fat people extra too, like a US airline tried once

No, just don't let them on the plane.

an overweight coworker of mine recently went to board the plane in portland, for a flight to billings. he was refused and had to wait for the next flight, but only after the company bought 2 additional tickets, one for each way.

That sounds fair. Why should the guy next to him be crushed?

Who cares? What a waste of TV space.

They should pay the firefighters' expenses.

Please next time explain who is who

If you don't know, it doesn't matter. If you can't be bothered to use Google, it matters even less.

Please explain what is Google?

The bets are all in Baht. The cashiers will change any money, and you buy your chips there not at the tables. For blackjack and pontoon the minimum bet is 100 baht, the side bet minimum is 25 baht. The tables are not fixed, last trip I won enough to pay for the room the next day. On weekdays the rooms are 1000 baht and you get 500 in chips (that must be played, not cashed). The exception is the Vegas casino, you get back 400 in chips, but they have a nice big pool now. On weekends they have promos for Thais so I would only go weekdays. The Diamond casino has a nice western eatery, Chillax.

Sounds like you need a threesome! Everybody will be happy.

Man, many Russians need kicking.

So where do you get a deck chair or sunbed to lounge on ? What a killjoy!

Take your own? I would.

It's not the presence of a couple of umbrella vendors that bothers me: it's the way they cover the entire beach and practice cartel pricing. And, lately, the way they want to beat the sh*t out of you if you don't care to subscribe to their service.

I remember 20+ years ago I used to go to Jomtien beach every day for a cup of coffee after lunch. I used to sit and drink my coffee in the shade of an umbrella and have a nap for an hour and only pay for the coffee. And the vendor was glad to have me there.

These days I just go home after lunch and make my own coffee.

It sucks being poor. It's worth 30 baht if you enjoy your time there, doesn't have to be a whole day.

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That was painful.

"...the Shanot (land ownership papers) in our name..." I think not. You have Zero interest in the property. If you believe otherwise, you've been had.

What do you mean its not in my name? I signed the papers!

haha of course i know its in the mrs name i really couldnt give a sh%t it will go to the kids when we kick the bucket, 1.6 M pffft

Fresh water running around the property, views of Doi Sutep, no mubans near, hydro farms all around and wildlife everywhere and not far from the Hwy but still far enough.

When i eventually build and move there I'll look forward to meeting and hanging with cool farang on my balcony as the sun goes down, I'll even invite old cranky world haters over for a beer!

It's not "if" she'll kick you out, it's "when".

Pattaya. Great cheap Thai food everywhere.

It's either a drought or a flood. LOL.

Not true at Pattaya. The bank letter states that I have had the money in the bank for the whole year. I copied the closed book to show that it was rolled over. I do this every year. NEver had a problem. And each January I get the tax back.

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They thought you were a sex tourist, I imagine.

I doubt this, in my early 20's and was with the gf

There are no age limits on being a sex tourist, and you were with a Thai girl.

Yes, every guy has a girl who is 'different'. Your's is a girl next door. Dream on.

"There's a sucker born every minute".