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18 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

MP's in all governments inthe world should be paid on attendance.  If they are not at work whenthey are supposed to be then dock them a days pay just like a normal business would.

What about British MP's working as Lawyers and Company Directors and drawing their full MP's salary? I wonder if the Thai MP's have cottoned on to that yet.

18 hours ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Prime reasons why long-haul travelers and locals are choosing not to come:

1. The Indianification of Pattaya - some areas are unrecognizable and they swarm the place. Sure they might bring money in sheer numbers, but meanwhile they drive everyone else away.

2. Overpricing - some establishments raised prices and minimums multiple times last year due to demand, however now that there is less demand they should adjust prices back down - which will never happen.

3. Repeat incidents of extreme violence from locals - it doesn't matter if it was provoked or not, things like kicking men when they're already down give the place a very bad image. I don't remember this happening in this frequency in past years.

4. Deteriorating dynamics - pre-Covid you could roll up to a club and plenty of girls would be eager to talk to you, these days half of them will ignore you. Same thing at gogo's: "I have a boyfriend" "I only dance here" after you're several lady drinks in. Bars seem to have shifted to prioritizing lady drinks over bar fines, which might seem incredibly smart when you've got an endless supply of tourists, but it is biting them in the ass in low season because guess what - if you screw over your patrons they won't return. Part of the problem is simp "boyfriends" who send them money from overseas, but I think another part is bar owners encouraging this which is shooting themselves in the leg - guys don't come to Pattaya to buy lady drinks.

 

P.S. I haven't been to Pattaya in months even though I used to go every month before. The above plus more personal reasons are why. I'll still go in the future, but Bangkok is a lot more pleasant these days.

"but Bangkok is a lot more pleasant these days".  Very true but also a lot more expensive and not to forget the cheating taxi drivers. Also, where are the hotels around the 800 Bt mark? There were quite a few, and these closed during the Chinese Virus and never reopened. I can get a hotel or guesthouse for much less in Pattaya and then there's the cheap baht buses.

On 4/5/2024 at 10:10 PM, connda said:

Way cool.  Thanks! 

That site cannot be reached any more.

On 4/17/2024 at 12:21 PM, Henk Langeweg said:

Just ordered Puritans pride 240 Tablet, 3mg, 580 Baht at Lazada ...

Be warned about Lazada fakes, they seem to be getting more common recently.

3 hours ago, portisaacozzy said:

did she get those medals for cooking,the guy on the left is oviously a better cook as he has 3 rows !!

The UK's Old King Charlie out medals everyone, especially with these loads of medals which were never earned.

I was told by someone who knows of someone else who sent his proof of life certificate to the wrong address and wondering why there was no answer back, got in touch with them and was told that his state pension was now being stopped.

I read on the DWP website that they cannot reduce or stop your state pension. So what is it really, what can the DWP really do or not do regarding  your state pension?

If a war broke out I would want Cambodia to win and take over Thailand. I am not going to state all the reasons why, it should be obvious to all the Farangs in Thailand.

6 hours ago, Hunz Kittisak said:

And aren’t the military out now? 
Thaksin picked them off one by one even BJT

It was all in the plan. Promise Fulfilled nonetheless. Next is to dismantle the unelected senate 

Did the Senators another name for Generals ie the Military not stop Pita, the peoples choice from being PM by some formality?

Just now, transam said:

Working class voters thought Starmer was better than any Tory being in control.........😱

Trans, all these working class voters thought all these liars of Labour PM's from Wilson right up until Blair and Brown were better than any Tory being in control. They could not have been more wrong. At least none of these Tory PM's Thatcher, Major etc started any lies and said they were the party of the working class.

22 hours ago, transam said:

Farage, the honourable MP for Clacton (🤭), spent a huge amount of time doing his thing supporting Trump during his campaign, now I wonder if he is embarrassed about it.....😂..... 😥

 

If Farage gets in, he will most likely sell the UK for Trump's 51st State to pay for his cock-ups and teeth replacement.........🤭

 

Farage is no more than a gift-of-the-gab, salesman, same as Trump.....😧

"Farage is no more than a gift-of-the-gab, salesman". Anyone is better than a liar with a "Sir" in front of his name who is supposedly on the side of the working class.

25 minutes ago, connda said:

Hydroxyzine which is a antihistamine which causes drowsiness.  25mg about 1 hour before bed is usually enough.

Thanks for telling me that, but can you confirm that Hydroxyzine is 100% non addictive?

On 6/28/2025 at 7:57 AM, KhunLA said:

You prefer to let criminals that have no respect for the law to stay in the country.  hmm...

I am the last person to have automatic respect for a countries laws, of course I will respect anyone's laws if in my opinion they are fair.

Let me put it this way. When I came to Thailand to stay, I was required to go to the border every 90 days for a stamp in my passport. I did due diligence and saw that this was a fair way of staying in the country, I did that for a couple of years and then was a school teacher for a few more years.

So I did everything legally and had a work permit. So when that finished I thought I could go back to the way things were when I first came to stay in Thailand. No chance, of course I could put 800,000Bt in one of my bank accounts, but I did not agree with that, so I had to go to an agent 500 Ks away in Pattaya to get sorted out , of course this came at a price.

Compare that to when I first came to live in Thailand a few years previous, better still compare then to now when I have to make regular runs to pay an agent, do 90 days reports. Is it any wonder I have no respect for Thailand or some of their laws.

It is so, so different to when I came here 20 years ago, and very much for the worse.

On 5/6/2025 at 9:30 PM, msbkk said:

Lazada is here in Thailand and most (but not all) Melatonin sellers are here, too. I would not expect any problem for items ordered from Lazada.

What about fakes? Going by what I read here and much personal experience, there must be quite a few Lazada sellers who are crooked.

My last bottle on melatonin bought from Lazada did not work 100%. It had to be fake as the previous bottle the exact same bought 3 years previously was perfect.

On 2/4/2024 at 2:54 PM, racket said:

 

I have been purchasing Melatonin from Lazada and Shopee for years, trying multiple brands. I heavily relied on Puritans. I created this thread for the simple reason that they're all gone, duh.

I recently bought melatonin from Lazada for on the plane and it 100% did not work, does that mean it is probably fake? The time before that, the same bottle worked very well, but may I emphasis that it was only for on the plane and jetlag.

On 1/27/2024 at 7:28 PM, Sheryl said:

P.S. LINE shopping has it. I just now purchased 120 tabs of 10mg Puritan's Pride which is my preferred brand. 500 baht.

Sheryl, is there any particular brand of sleeping pill that is not addictive? I get the impression that some posters on here take sleeping pills probably melatonin very day indefinitely.

On 1/21/2024 at 9:28 AM, Sheryl said:

I get items from iHerb via local post all the time, works fine and prompt.

 

I would assume 90 day supply would mean 90 tablets.

 

Shipping costs for that option are low.

If you get a 90 day supply of melatonin do you keep taking one tablet a day for 90 days, or do you keep taking it indefinitely? Does that mean you are addicted to it?

I am having sleep problems with about 4 hours at night and maybe two separate hours through the day, This has only started recently. I am too frightened to take sleeping tablets except for jet lag.

9 hours ago, Mutt Daeng said:

If "not working" means when you click on the link, nothing happens, you need to copy & paste the link into another browser window.

This was changed a while back to improve security on ASEANNOW

 

 

What is a browser window?

4 hours ago, zackxx said:

The pedestrian crossing that Dr Waraluck "Kratai" Supawatjariyakul died on while hit by a policeman (out of uniform) who was riding a "superbike" is right in front of my Condo. Kratai used to live in the same building. That crossing now has traffic lights to stop traffic while you cross. 

 

Pedestrian crossings in Thailand do not have the same "road rules" as in western countries. Stand at a pedestrian crossing without traffic lights in Thailand waiting to cross and it's up to motorists to decide whether they want to stop or not. Overseas it is commonly compulsory, by law, to stop. And in Thailand, even if a car, or cars have stopped there's always the chance a motorcyclist comes whizzing though those stationary cars.

 

My attitude in Thailand while crossing a road in Thailand is always give way to motorists whether your at a pedestrian crossing or not. If you don't do this you may be the party to lose out, maybe with your life.

In the UK people people who want to use a zebra crossing just put a foot on it and the vehicles will stop.

4 hours ago, drgoon said:

I have on occasion waited at traffic light controlled intersections with a police box and officers on duty. They stand there watching vehicles ignore the red lights and proceed through the pedestrians trying to cross the road.

 

Last week, I watched a woman step out to cross, there was a clearly visible red light for all traffic. A car drove right up to her and she stopped, pointed at the red light and stood her ground. It was only when the driver nudged her that the police did anything. They spoke to him briefly then went back to whatever they were doing.

 

Playing with their phones.

4 hours ago, drgoon said:

Hmm... Department of Road Safety recommends you continue your medication. You seem to be getting a little more tense, evidenced by your inability to recognise humour

There is no humor where peoples life's are concerned.

18 hours ago, wwest5829 said:

Are Prime Minister’s elected by the “people”?

Not in Thailand it seems.

18 hours ago, Zack61 said:

Big (huge) crowd numbers without any violence would be great. Would any of this be happening had the peoples' vote been recognised at the last election without interference? Instead, we got an unelected puppet running the whole sh!t show. 

We had that for nine years right up until recently, although I'm not so sure about the "puppet" part. When is Thailand going to get a democratically elected government? Is there not too many soldiers or should I say generals hovering in the background?