NoshowJones

That does not surprise me at all.

Even allowing for that Thailand is still a far better place to live than the UK.

Never take anything an IO tells you as gospel, their staff change all the time and the next IO may tell you something different.

I remember from between about 2018 up until the Chinese virus started that whenever I was in Bangkok I noticed a lot less westerners in the streets, there were a few small adjustments to the law rather than any crackdowns which affected a lot of westerners negatively due to the soldiers government and lots of reports about foreigners leaving.

"Some entire streets of tourist areas were literally boarded-up after past "crackdowns" (this was long before covid)." That's right, and who was responsible for these crackdowns? It was the soldiers led by General Cha Cha who stole the country in an illegal coup.

Not any of the established well known ones.

If you use the reliable well known agents like Manereet or the Wishing Well one in Soi Backawo you won't have a problem.

Anyone drunk driving AN member or not, I hope they get caught, heavily fined and jailed. Are you listening bob?

I bought two about 4 years ago and NO they do not work, they came from America, so maybe any bought in Thailand will work.

And have not put the former unelected soldier PM who led an illegal coup in 2014 into prison.

More lies than any UK Labour PM?? The party of the "working class"? I don't think so.

Tell the truth. Have you ever seen any policemen walking about Soi 6 or anywhere in Soi Bukhao just checking anything? The only time you will see police in any of these Soi's is if they are called to some disturbence, and after about 9pm it would have to be a really serious disturbence.

A lot of them are, if you are ever in Pattaya for any time you will soon see plenty of losers starting their days with their smokes and alcohol especially around the Soi Buckawo area.

I played in bands regularly right up to the time I decided to come to Thailand to stay, after that the only other times I have played was going up to sing a couple of songs and borrowed the bass players guitar at a few bars in Pattaya. So my life has really changed by being an English teacher for a few years, then just living in retirement doing road trips on the motorbike. Now all my farang friends have died or moved away so now I get lonely and bored some times, I have a very good wife and do not and never have been a smoker or drinker.

Thanks, I will look into that but the same thing happens on my three browsers, Opera, Brave and Edge.

No Thailand is a Banana Republic, that's why they need 200 odd monkeys they call a Senate.

Is this Senate anything to do with soldiers? If so the answer is obvious.

I mean music videos. I'm confused. This has just suddenly happened, there has been no word about it anywhere.

I have now been "Forbidden" to download songs on YouTube. I'm told I don't have permission, is it someone looking for money? I have been doing it for years and now suddenly I can't. Has this happened to anyone else?

They sure are not going to find any "all you can eat" buffets there, no wonder they look lost.

Even Tony Blair could not get the Thai military to commit genocide in another country like Blair did.

I don't doubt anything you are saying at all, but when I first came to live in Thailand Thaksin was the PM and I would give anything to have the same Thailand now as it was then.

"700 Baht a night on Agoda." that would be plus the 17% Taxes.

30 years electric and gas supply about £30 per month. Wink Wink.

I don't agree though as a non drinker I don't go into bars, I did use to play in them back in the UK and some of these bars were not without incidents, that is despite no barfines, lady drinks etc.