daveAustin

Op, I was paying 2-300 for a small Thai dishwater beer 20y ago in the Banyan Tree. 160 baht even in a slightly above standard place in Bkk is probably fairly normal now, since Thailand is grossly overpriced on the alcohol front. Look at it in comparison with similar Vietnamese places. As for Lebua Tower, great views but they charge those stupid prices ‘because they can’ and it was in Hangover 2. It is way more expensive than the Baccarat Bar under Harrods, for instance, which is proper class.

What nonsense on both counts. While I wouldn't ride in Bkk, Thailand has some of the best biking and I've biked more miles here than driven. Do what you want to do with a staid, no risk life (heck, why not stay indoors), but please don't impart it on others.

I just did this recently but waited for the licenses to run out rather than have to repeat it. Police have seen licences several times in the interim and was never an issue.

Guessing the type you, and many here, have been with are likely working girls and shouldn’t really be lumped in with ‘Thai women’ in the faithfulness dept. I do know that Thai males tend to be notorious philanderers, going by the antics of happily married friends. Whatever. Marriage just doesn’t work for humans, who don’t possess the level of commitment of the swan, for example. We are very broken creatures, ruled by ego, and generally cannot mate the one partner for life. But yes, Thais do seem to F around a lot. 😋

Thai post international is exorbitant and sloooww nowadays. Kinda Third world. It worked out 6x the postage to return a letter to the UK a while back, cheapest, two weeks min. EMS equivalent, around a week, was x3 again lol. Don’t bother. It’s a pisstake. I would sooner pay more at source than chuck money at them. You’ll get it off eBay or Amazon there in 24h.

Could stream real debrid links through the likes of Kodi. Never had a malware issue and no buffering. RD costs but it's like 10 bucks for 3 months.

They can’t have been coming here long and probably thought the Thais wouldn’t think it a big deal. Doing stuff like this, or messing with any official paperwork, is a big no no anywhere but especially here. Enjoy the fish head soup.

I get it. A bit like this beaut

CCP stooge much. It would be worth global annihilation to have China and Russia removed from this universe. Utterly morally bankrupt and corrupt to the core. Post-WWII, they should both have been dealt with and sent back to the Stone Age. Nukes could then have been curtailed down to a few left for those shady states that try to develop them.

Nicely put. He does this on occasion—the ole, ‘I’m of super high iq genius stock’—typically posted in the small hours, suggesting possible inebriation. Anyone can appear clever online, but ‘probe’ them in person and they might appear a bit of a thicky. Having said that, not everyone is erudite and well read, even a lowly customer service person (in op’s opinion) could be a closet genius. But a genius can also be devoid of the simple nous & knowhow of avoiding being a prisoner of their own noisy mind, or find it impossible to stop judging folks. Might be a lighthearted thread, but forgetting who you are and just interacting with people whatever their station will have you an easier time of it. As soon as one goes superior (or inferior), they’re losing out and letting that diminutive ego rule the roost.

Been around since the start (watcher before joining) and there’s actually less invective. TV at its height could be really bitchy and the mods/admin initially let members get away with all sorts. The hate thing now is the way of the world—look at Twitter (X 🙄) etc… the various wars, Trump nonsense and Covid mess has made it all the more shiitty to be around, where people seem to have less time for one another. Nostalgia probably also plays a part. As for the op, it’s certainly not dead. While many of the old members have moved on to the great gig in the sky (Dr Patpong, Blinky Bill, Joe etc) or just left, it is more organised than ever and still puts out solid info on Thailand, visas, health.

That wouldn't fit in with the mindset of a certain puke-worthy (holding all the aces) type in the UK and there'd be hell to pay for being 'racist', nationalistic, bigoted etc ad nauseam. It's so far gone now that the UK taxpayer will end up forking out to actually pay the boat pimps to bring in more and more undesirables. I mean, why not? What's the difference? Short of actively rounding up those already there and gunning down boats (it would have happened back in the day, it is infiltration/invasion after all), only way is to take non lethal drastic measures and the country make a bad name for itself other than be a soft touch. Only parents will fully grasp the op. If that little girl's dad wasn't there... 😢

Substitute women for teddy bears and it'd be about right. The bloke is renowned for his cuddly toys and in which specific order they must be left in. Mmm

Ahh, it's the tough-talkin' baby faced momma's boy gobshiite. If anyone were in more dire need of a good slap. Got one of those annoying, doe-eyed punchable faces. Putin can almost pull off the tough guy thing, but I bet this beaut has never had a proper scrap in his life.

Changing airlines because of an engine? 🙄 Can’t it be shipped?