Patanawet

6 hours ago, quandow said:

By the looks of your spelling, punctuation and grammar, your kid will definitely be bi-lingual. Well done!

Your KID will probably speak 'goat'.

1 hour ago, natway09 said:

As usual most replies way off the mark.

Yes, mate the bars will close as per law for 48 hours of the election weekend.

So it will be BYO time

Not exactly -- in my district anyway.

It is usually from 18:00 on the Saturday until midnight on the Sunday BUT the police usually come around the bars about eight o/clock on Sunday to say it's OK to resume selling alcohol.

On 12/11/2018 at 6:08 PM, punchandjudy said:

In the UK people tend to hold their mobile phone to their ear whilst talking ????

Yes, I've seen that here too ----  it looks very odd.

On 12/10/2018 at 1:08 PM, AGareth2 said:

Insurance scam

Really?

On what do you base that?

Why do they have to do tests at all?

Many countries (with more sophisticated testing methods) have done comprehensive tests and published their results.

Do the Thais think they can do it better? Or just too arrogant to accept others findings?

Why PAYPAL?

The UK pensions will pay direct into your Thai bank account here.

2 hours ago, Pattaya28 said:

Work for City Hall ?

Will they now work for City Hall ?

Did you not read the report?  --'they have now been dismissed'.

On 11/9/2018 at 1:46 PM, KhunBENQ said:

Are you serious?

Did you care to read the few posts in this thread?

Yes, he could have found this easily by Googling.

Very funny Cadbury but I was told that it is due to the person on the other end using speaker. Your voice is delayed slightly and then picked up by the other's mic.

I really don't understand people listening on loudspeaker -- first it is not private and hard to hear from  ambient noises. Far better to use a 'small talk' where you can hear clearly and your voice is clearer from the smalltalk mic. and you don't have to shout to make yourself heard at the other end.

Thanks BENQ -- that's pretty conclusive. Khratong floating on the Thursday.

2 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Wife says 22nd , some may say 23rd as thats a Friday evening  and may organise events for weekend etc.(possibly) ????

Thanks Charlie.  What made me think 23rd is that 23rd is the full moon day. In the meantime I'd asked a bar in Chiang Mai and they replied that it is a 3 day celebration with the 'big day'on the Friday.

My local bar in Bangkok thinks, like your wife, it is the Thursday.

Searching for Loy Khratong day this year, I find two results --- 22nd or 23rd of November.

Now, I always thought that it fell on the night of the full moon which is the 23rd. So why do some sites quote the 22nd.

22 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

I remember back to the days of Edith Clampton and her loyal maid Khun Hazel. She would extol the virtues of the "Comfort100".

 

 

You can still buy these on Lazada.

 Ah Edith Clampton. And her plan to make sidesaddle motorcycle passengers more respectable by providing them with t-towels to cover their modesty.  I recall it was an election time and they would be financed by candidates having their faces printed on them.

Those were the days when 'letters to the editor' were enjoyable.

7 hours ago, lanista said:

 

Is the one pointing at the wall a bloke or a sheila?

 

No not Sheila -- Britney -- the clue is in the 'B' that she wrote.

Since when has there been a Robinson in Silom Road?

Many years since it was there.

6 hours ago, mikebell said:

low-income motorcycle taxi drivers' - first you gotta find one.

And your point? What are you shouting about?

Nobody on this forum or bars or, I suspect the local police, know till hours before usually.

It's not only 7-11, it's Boots and right around the corner into Convent taking Molly Malones, Bua etc.

It's going to be a huge development.

Along with Dusit thani at the end of the year.

10 hours ago, Oxx said:

The Chatuchak plant sections are also open Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Thanks Oxx that would be ideal. 

Is there a garden centre (buying plants etc.) in Bangkok accessible by Skytrain or subway?

I'm mid-Sukhumvit near Emporium.

I cannot do Chatuchak because I'm tied up at weekends.

Thanks in advance.

16 hours ago, poohy said:

Im sorry but its making landfall in Hong Kong!!What on earth are they on about

I'm sorry -- they are talking about the South West monsoon over the Andaman sea. I actually thought about it for ten seconds.

19 hours ago, clarky cat said:

Good.

 

90% of them living or visiting here are 'up to no good', possibly 100%

On what are you basing your figures?

Give proof or sod off.

3 hours ago, Deli said:

New day, same morons. 

And what are you basing that on ?