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Yah, ExpatOilWorker, but think of all those hot Latin women you had to leave behind.

Surely the hottest women on the planet, *sigh*.

This is off topic - but what relly bugs the sh!t out of me is that when "we farangs" go abroad we are expected to abide by every aspect of that foreign land without exception - however, when the shoe is on the other foot and "they" go to "our" countries when are expected to show tolerance ..... not just tolerance, but in some cases relinquish our nations beliefs and culture to make way for the alien..... and God forbid, if you put up any resistance then the full force of the las + every do-gooder in the land comes down on you like a ton of bricks for being "racist"......

Racism is like sexism ..... your only racist if your white complaining about non-whites ...... your only sexist if you're a man...... when prejudice or racism is done unto us (I am white, male) we are expected to appologise for being a victim of it.

So the victim in this case somehow drew it upon himself? Have you not seen the fleets of Mercedes, Beamers, and other status symbols that Thai's drive around in? Should they not practice humility too and come out in sympathy for the $10-a-day workers? Oh, I get it .... middle age white guy has nice house so he's a mug and deserves what he gets?

Don't get me wrong, some people deserve what they get, regardless of race, age, creed, or gender...... because they are obnoxious arrogant nasty sods ...... but the reality for most of us is that these Thai thugs victimise and exploit farangs in Thailand - its plain and simple racism and if it happened in reverse order in the UK or otherwise you would be publicly executed for it.

Great post corkman.

I don't believe it is possible to buy Lacoste (for example) at wholesale prices or 2nds for that matter and wouldn't trust anyone telling me otherwise unless it was direct from Lacoste themselves and that ain't gonna happen.

Been told Insomnia has been shut down for 3 months, I doubt very much they was "unlicensed".

Anyone who can confirm that?

Would in interesting to know if anyone knows for a fact how long, after Googling it appears some are saying 30 days not 3 months so I'm not sure. Maybe the closure was due to being being unlicensed for after hours???

I came here for the fish and chips.

You live and learn fast in this insane city.

Been told Insomnia has been shut down for 3 months, I doubt very much they was "unlicensed".

The bars that have been closed in the Jomtien area do not have the license to trade that is issued from the Naklua government office. They will not issue a license for those bars for some reason but the bar owners opened for business anyway so it was just a matter of time before they were shut down.

The Avenue Mall – Many, many shops have opened and maybe 80%+ have closed. What do you think would be a viable business for the location. Maybe the owners of the place will see this post and try something.

Nana Plaza 2. Fixed beer prices under contract, prices cheaper than Walking Street with a fair rent and key money and it would work.

The first time you give a kid a sweet to be quiet, rather than a smack, you introduce to that child the concept of corruption.

a clip round the ear hole is better for the teeth

The only one scammed was the scammer, haha.

Use a good visa agent that only charges a little more to check your papers are filled out correctly, photo sizes are correct and issue you with a DHL tracking number from Thailand to Hong Kong and back so you can track where your documents are. I normally do everything myself where possible but for a few baht more i chose to let them do it all for me, nice and convenient and stress free.