stephen tracy

18 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

The average Thai doesn't care. I've spoken to quite a few people and they preferred the military controlled government. As they see it there was less corruption and if the police didn't sort out your problem, the army certainly did.

Even the missus, who is better educated about politics than most likes Prayut.

 

 

What? Less corruption? Prayuth wrote the playbook on corruption. This is why he has openly threatened anyone that questions his enormous wealth. 

6 hours ago, Hotrudester said:

I visit 8-9 countries per year and take about 80 flights per annum. I have had this type of incident happen in many other countries including the UK (for my Thai wife). This celebrity was probably tired, hot, angry and so he mouths off. Why the big fuss and reaction. He is a very small fish in a very big pond. If you do not like what you have to put up with at times in the country you live in then simple-MOVE!! 

Yeah, just move. That's the solution. God forbid the authorities should ever actually address the issue. 

8 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

I thought he was Australian!

Same thing, no?

6 hours ago, RAZZELL said:

4 hours ago, Jaxxper said:

Go over to the darkside said Darth Vader....that's where we live. All the things that keep a guy alive are over there and when you want a bash you're just a Thb 100 MC taxi ride away from town or grab a Baht bus for 300/400 each way. Typically on a good night out you wouldn't miss it especially if its split between a few. 

What pubs have beer at 100 baht a pint?

 

RAZZ

The Dark Side may appeal to some but I went to Pattaya once and lasted 24 hours before fleeing back to BKK. I was glad to finally see the place but it worse than I even expected. 

I would try my luck with S'pore or KL instead of BKK for IT jobs. The pay will be much better, there wont be any language barrier issues in IT in either, and you can easily visit BKK from either any time. Good luck. 

On 5/17/2019 at 7:05 AM, geoffbezoz said:

Going back a few years now but I once saw 3 motorcycle taxis not riding on the pavement in Sukhumvit ????

Liar!

9 hours ago, wgdanson said:

 

After two weeks in the fermenter I usually syphon into a 10 litre glass container, hence only doing 6 litres. Put a Camden tablet in and it stops the fermenting and prevents oxidisation. A week in there and then into the bottles. Mine seems to clear quite nicely itself. Then I store the bottles under the sink for a month if I can wait that long. And a couple of days in the fridge before supping.

It's not Beajolais Nouvea, but it has the desired effect at minimal cost. Makes good Sangria too.

Thanks for the tip mate. I didn't know it was that easy, will give it a try for sure. I think I'll name my first batch Danson's Creek in you honour. 

Lots of good and informative replies here. For me personally, I lived on Samui for 6 months and realised that island life was not for me.  I felt claustrophobic after a while. 

11 hours ago, brokenbone said:

31-40k, of which the damned smoking i just got back into takes 10k.

2 years smoke free went to hell after i

drank beer almost every day with an old friend that made a trip back to thailand

The exact same thing happened to me. Two years smoke free and then ended up in London for 2 weeks going out most nights with a bunch of old university friends, all of whom still smoked. Haven't been able to kick them again since. Ashamed of myself. 

For a good night out book a table (with a view of the stage) at Tawan Deng on a Friday night. Fun! One of the best travel experiences I had in Thailand was me and a friend renting a car in Chiang Mai and driving through the mountains to Chiang Rai. I wasn't all that taken with either city, but the journey between is some of the coolest scenery I've ever seen. Stopped at some cool attractions on the way too. 

Yep, it's a stupid rule for sure, but at the end of the day, if you're really bored and want to go somewhere for a few beers, you can always find somewhere. I know a couple of places in BKK that never stop serving on these "holidays". But they shouldn't subject tourists to this nonsense. If I had booked a room in somewhere like the Oriental for my holiday and was not allowed to enjoy a sunset cocktail on the terrace or wine with dinner, I'd be pretty annoyed by that. It's also, quite simply, bad for business. 

Regarding the language, yes, grammatically very different, not to mention the tones (which look harder than they are at first), but idiomatically, it's often surprising similar. 

18 hours ago, Briggsy said:

Whilst I understand that military forces around the world need to be in a state of readiness, I would like to point out that the Stryker is a substantial armoured vehicle designed for battlefield operations.

 

I am confident that this is yet another in a string of military hardware purchases that will never be used or need to be used to even a fraction of its potential. They will be left to rot along with the submarines and the aircraft carrier, the fighter jets and the tanks until there is no longer the slightest hope that they will ever be returned to anything approaching usable condition.

 

One would think they could come up with a way to rort the budget without so much incredible waste. Let's say half is creamed off. That's $US 40 million. Why not just take the $US 40 million and not bother with the armoured vehicles. It would save the country the other $US 40 million.

I read that they weren't effective against other combat vehicles but were better suited to urban use as they can be rapidly maneuvered into sheltered areas such as buildings or other structures where troops can be rapidly deployed. Put within the context of Thailand's political current political situation, it looks like Prayuth is planning ahead. 

3 hours ago, elgenon said:

I thought it was very good. Not often do you see a story that champions art and music and something off the beaten track. Some Thai girls have told me they enjoyed Maggie Choos. Never even mentioned the Grand Palace. Good on that.

 

I will google The Jam Factory and the Bamboo Bar. Always looking for art and music in Bangkok.

 

Missed where it said to stay at the Mandarin.

Jam Factory is great but book in advance for weekends (at least it used to be like that). The perfect way to do it is go to Viva Aviv bar in River City directly opposite JM on the river (Silom side), have a couple of cold beers to wet your appetite and watch the sunset (cool view from there), and then jump on the little ferry that goes very 10 minutes. I haven't been in BKK for a couple of years but I did that a few times as I lived nearby RC. Enjoy!

13 hours ago, Redline said:

It’s not illegal to talk to people yet

It can be, It just depends what you say.

Relocate asap and delete any social media accounts, and change email addresses. Forget Thailand for a couple of years and go somewhere else. By then she'll have hopefully moved on. Sorry to hear about your situation. But she sounds beyond reasoning with. 

I'm inclined to agree with fellow posters here, in that I expect the teacher's English is so poor that he/she could not understand anything your son wrote in English so marked him down. (sorry about the underline here, it wont switch off!)

My name is Steve but here it's Stiyab. I've gone used to it and often introduce myself as such. 

I saw all of SE Asia doing those 3-month runs from BKK for about 6 years. You can go cheap like Cambodia or Laos, or go expensive like S'pore. I enjoyed visiting all of them. Try and look for hotel/flight deals about a month in advance of when you need to go. 

On 4/20/2019 at 7:07 PM, Liverpudlian said:

Victor meldrue lives !!

Never thought he'd end up in Pattaya

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