daveAustin

Firefox is old hat and a pretty naff browser if truth be told, albeit the servers that this site uses are also pedestrian. Bearing in mind, to host a forum of this kinda size is no mean feat!

What a poxy, sensationalist article. So a few Chinese are coming for their new year and may withdraw some money from an atm. Whoopee doo! Why are they blowing this thing out of all proportion? Smacks of desperation.

Pattaya

Why are we suddenly allowed to publicly criticize Jews? Poor me post, much . So everybody else in the world is fair game except for Jews? If folk can openly criticise this or that group, then why not jewish people? What is special about them? Ok, I'm a country, but just for being English I am routinely despised by most of the world and they will slag me off to the nth degree on here and elsewhere without thinking twice. And that is alright. If I kick back, it is akin to pissing in the wind. Ok, so that is different because of course a Jew could also be English etc etc so it is about a subset. Without drilling down too much, let's state the obvious... perhaps stop carpet-bombing defenceless people then you may get a more positive response.

Yep it was supposedly about schools, but was just some crusty old pr!cks trying to be of some relevance to the universe. I am so embarrassed for Thailand when I have explain this sht to tourists that are caught unawares. Stop this nonsense already, alcohol is a part of life and kids will still get hold of it if a bleddy 7-11 won’t sell it for a few hours.

People scoff and scorn that the young lady rented a bike. Wow, jeepers, how dare she, stop the effing press! Get a life, old people. It is the best way to see this fair land and, if it is not for you, then so be it, but please avoid denigrating those that want to have fun and enjoy their life as they see fit. Regards insurance: this is the very reason why I self insure here because you can bet your bottom dollar that those greasy b’stards will try to avoid paying out to the nth degree. I will insure a flight for cancellation and baggage but will not hand over money to these thieves for anything else. If I crash, empty my bank account and throw me in the river when it’s all gone, but I Will not give ‘money for nothing’ ! 🙂

It’s a decent bike and like all vehicles has various speeds included… you don’t need to go flatout everywhere you know.

Japan is of course right but too many shysters here make big coin out of the backward system. It will not change any time soon. As an aside, I wish my own country were as astute as Japan is on immigration!

Bit of a fluffy puff piece! People don’t come here for weed, but it adds to the experience of a laidback Thailand. Only a sham government run by ancient dinosaurs with their own poxy agenda would want to disrupt that.

Why? Stroll on. Would be nice to see these energies put to tangible use, such as on the streets to rid the country of dodgy governments or solving soi dog issues etc etc. 😋

Why intangible? It can be a wonderful thing, but intangible? The concept of Songkran is a noble one, but the majority of visitors don’t know about that and don’t come for that. Most Thais don’t celebrate its meaning either. It is a de-stressor and mostly about cooling down and having a good time.

Load of cobblers. Everything still points to it and anyone that says otherwise is guessing or a crackpot and likely not a real physicist. Penrose thinks there was a universe before the BB, not that there wasn’t one. What JWST has revealed questions our understanding of the early universe and galaxy formation. It typically takes billions of years to form a galaxy as opposed to hundreds of millions (which is what the Thais see above), although the early universe was so dense and gravity-packed that first-gen galaxies could have accreted hyper fast. That revelation does not refute a BB event, only our understanding of it and the early days.

Totally agree. The article may come across as self-aggrandising tat, but those astronomers didn’t write it. There are some clever folk here and groups around the world (anyone actually) can have access to JWST. While amusing at times to poke at our hosts (they do it to us all the time), people go too far.

Wait what, it isn’t?!

Can you keep it to Bangkok only and Yaowarat road only? The lesser the intrusion of Chinese culture on Thailand the better.

What an absolute crock of sht!! Was recently in town in Chiangmai, and the level of pollution from the smoke belching songthaews and tuk tuks was horrendous. The latter stink the town out. When one goes by, the stench is gross (esp if one is eating) and can linger for minutes. This will not change for a LONG time no matter what well intentioned policies and puerile articles like this purport to convey. These people, along with burners, need to be made an example of and seriously reprimanded. Again, won’t happen.

What tourism concerns? They were just saying how great it was going to be this year. While you’re at it, perhaps also point out how ridiculously expensive (after tax) alcohol is here—look at Vietnam and Cambodia for ideas—and also worth mentioning the horrible monopoly on beer and the extortionate wine tax. Addressing those issues will surely bring in more tourists. 😉

You dared to question/push the doctor so they essentially relieved themselves of you. It happens. I hope you didn’t call them honey-bunny, too. 🙂

One of the worst aspects of Thai culture… be seen to punish those who dare to criticise in order to save face. Check! Let it go, Thai Airways, this is 2024 and you are customer based. Suck it up or this will likely blow up and lose you even more revenue and respect as a trusted carrier. Perhaps that’s the ploy… let this go wild to take away focus on the airline’s current rubbishy performance and outlook. Hmm.

Clear up your own backyard, then you can legit have a go at your neighbors.

Cultivate good Thai friends... eventually one will know a very high up cop which will trump perps like this. Failing that, offer to buy the chunk of St and push it in a river.

Hark at the remoaner element—folk can’t help themselves but drag brexit into this or that topic, one about the Thai economy even! 😴 Covid overreaction and Russian wars are the biggest killers to economies. UK NHS would have been in tatters regardless of brexit. The eu machine is broke and one of overregulation … good idea as a single market but has morphed into a bloated meddler of state affairs and a diluter of culture. Ask eu farmers how they’re fairing, ask a Swede about external decisions made on their behalf and the state of their once serene neighbourhoods. Most eu nationals with half a brain would ditch it to get their country back.

Hopefully a few more Russians here will follow suit. 🙂

Hardly surprising going by your scatty posts. 😋 You’ve probably got YouTube’s algo beat (pun intended). As it’s not a paid for service, they do pretty well.

I don’t get why MF went there in the first place as this scenario was always likely to happen. It just chucks the ball in the army’s court (excuse pun). The only way the dinosaur army/elitist political nonsense in this country will change is if Thais en masse get on the streets and boot out this illegal government!