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Line em up and turn the hoses on em.

Putin may want to re-form the Soviet Union but he has enough common sense to know that invading NATO countries is a death wish. The real Acid Test will be the Baltic Countries. Once part of the Soviet Union, now part of NATO. Could become a flashpoint.

Way too many people right now. GIve it a week or so to mellow out-unless you're into big crowds. A few interesting eating options but nothing is cheap. Looking at menus in some of the more Western restaurants, everything is about 600 baht and up. Pensioners enter at your own risk.

The lunatics have taken over the asylum.

Who in Australia is named jeevarass? Sounds like he's ripe for the pickins.

You are lucky you have mamagement that cares. My building is somewhat similar. They will screen out certain undesirables but high season is always a nightmare due to sheer numbers. Some jagov will always slip thru.

This memo makes no mention of "Entertainment Zones". Are they just going to jettison that whole stipulation? Yeah, they never intended to enforce it, anyways, so why bother. Just open up the whole joint and let the chaos begin.

It's not even $5 million US. Who's going to believe this drivel?

Yeah, it's gonna keep dropping. My recent experience at immigration renewing retirement visa only adds to my feeling that falangs are not wanted here. Grade A tourist, 15 yrs in, plenty of money, never a problem for the authorities and they are giving me the 3rd degree treatment like I'm a common criminal and they are just looking for something, anything to trip me up and give them their "gotcha" moment and out I go. One can only take so much of the abusive attitude here.

The chinese tried this tactic in new york. They even had their own police stations set up. This was not to protect Chinese tourists. This was aimed at controlling anti CCP sentiment from groups like Falun Gong. This is the most hideous form of autocracy you could imagine. The thought police from your country operating in a foreign land to keep you in line.

Qualified establishments. Ha. Anyone with a brown envelope. Typical Thailand.

Here ya go. Every Tom, Dick and Harry local dive bar is gonna want in on this. Good luck with "enforcement". The one thing you can count on Thailand for is bad ideas. They seem to be in a hurry to cook their golden goose once and for all.

30 year old building in Jomtien built like a brick sh*thouse!! I would never live in a new building here. If I recall correctly, the price of concrete tripled about 2009. Anything built since then, I wouldn't trust. We've had to fight management tooth and nail to get things done but we've managed to get the elevators and the pool renovated. Next up, a new paint job. We pay extra assessments for these projects but boy, that is money well spent.

I always do the scouting thing whenever I go into a restaurant, coffee place, etc. I won't sit down in a place with rude nitwits. Of course, you could sit down feeling comfortable in your analysis of the situation and here comes a jackass and he plants himself right near you.

I'm beginning to start pining for Prayut.

The only item that needed to be discussed is how much should the brown envelope contain if some dirtbag bar owner not in an "entrrtainment zone" wants to stay open til 4am. Seems like the only purpose of this whole exercise.

Kunming to Singapore. Hmmm. Singapore is 77% ethnic Chinese but will they really be happy to see theiir loong lost cousins on short notice.

I wonder if this will even make a dent in the number of them hanging around Soi 13 every night. They could round up all of these creeps in one swoop if they wanted to. So, if you still see these creeps on Sukhomvit, all this means was that a brown envelope was not forthcoming.

The Royal Canadian Mounties ALWAYS get their man!

Is this the public's version of transfered to an inactive post?

You'll never hear surf music again. Got some wonderful, hand painted on silk scenes from the Dream in Guangzhou in 91.

I hear there are a few old, Roman, slave galleys available at a good price.

Why do they even bother with these ridiculous dog and pony shows.

Jomtien doesn't need Chinese in winter to pack it out. Its the same snowbirds year after year after year that does it.

From June 1 to September 27, I could count the days of rain on one hand. Can you say, "drought?"