roger101

They need all the Tourists. Singles, couples and families. That way the income is spread across a range of businesses.

           Also in two weeks there is the World Cup and a lot of matches don't start until 2 o'clock. The bars that show football need that income.

Rooster: Why do you support Spurs? I do because I was born in Edmonton and Spurs v  Norwich (FA Cup) was the first (and only) football match my father ever took me too (we moved out  of London shortly after).

And Pareena (that paragon of virtue ) says only Thai's can buy land. Especially rich Thais who can illegally use forest land as well.

46 minutes ago, fdsa said:

you are getting a SIM card preloaded with a special tariff with 12 months validity starting from the date of activation.

once it arrives you need to activate it to enable the tariff.

hard way: download DTAC app, try to make it accept your passport and selfie, enjoy.

easy way: go to the nearest DTAC office and have the staff activate the SIM for you, enjoy.

depending on the exact tariff it may also require a minimum top-up (e.g. 20 baht) to activate the internet, after activating the SIM with your passport data.

and for the next 12 months you will not need to pay anything else except that initial 1390 baht SIM card price, and possible 20 baht single top up.

highly likely you will not be able to prolong that special tariff after 12 months and the SIM will become a "usual" SIM which you will be able to use only with a "usual" much more expensive internet packages.

Thankyou for that. It explains it nicely. I will be ordering from Lazada later.

I am thinking of buying a DTAC Unlimited 15Mbps Sim for 1390 Baht. Can someone (in simple terms) explain exactly what I'm getting, and what should I do once it arrives. Looking at the product description doesn't help as it's all in Thai. And a 5 year old probably has more   knowledge about smartphones than I do.

I will be going. I have a friend who is running.

Changing the subject although I can access Pattaya news website I can't access any articles. Only from Asean Now.

Does anybody else have this problem.

I've done 15 extensions always gone in the afternoon. Never had much of a problem with timing only with the changing requirements.

7 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Which Conservative politican would you have supported?

Grove

That's what I can't understand. I don't know what time it started but from the time the video played it was over 10 minutes.That is scandalous considering the distance from the fire station to Soi 15. Or was it change of watches or maybe lunch.

Mind you, Thai men can be charged with murder and still get bail, or should I say rich Thai men get bail.

I wont a good straight oi massage, no happy ending just a good massage. Any suggestions?

I have driven over half a million kilometers before I came here. In that time I only hit a parked truck once. That was in the middle of an unexpected snowstorm and I skidded on ice. What was more annoying then any thing was a pub a short distance ahead where I would have pulled in and stayed the night. Mind you that was over 50 years ago and I have driven on ice a few times over the years (not many) and never hit anything again.

I can't understand Thai drivers who manage to hit parked vehicles all the time.

So, if I go with the wife and 2 grandchildren I'm looking at 6,000 Baht (special offer) as a start.

Add in cost of Transport, food, drinks etc. it going to be an expensive day out.

On 10/11/2022 at 6:58 AM, IAMHERE said:

They seem to run on Friday, Saturday and somewhat on Sunday.  I see them on those nights from around 4:30 to 7:30 , probably for the market trade.

Very sporadic on other times. 

Of course, these are the only times I've noticed them running, not all the time like before Covid.

 

Thanks. I'll keep a lookout for those this weekend.

Typical "The Pattaya News" lack of information. No info about what time, or what direction they run or the layout of the course. Is it open categories or are they separated.

It would be helpful to have all this information beforehand rather than just before (or in some cases not at all).

I have noticed this lack of info from all the Pattaya newspapers, online or in print over the years.

OK thanks for that but I was looking for something a bit simpler.

In Pattaya most of the fresh markets sell oyster. Packed into tubs the sell for 100 Baht (or they used too). I use them in cooking but is it safe to eat them raw?

I find this rule totally stupid.  I can understand saying Thai Buddhist must refrain from alcohol but stopping the sale of alcohol seems idiotic. You can go out the day before (as I did) stock up and drink-what ever you want.  Stopping the tourist drinking when you are crying out for more tourists doesn't seem logical.

A much better Idea on the days when the sale of alcohol is banned  is to say that you can only buy alcohol by showing a foreign ID.

In the USA most young people carry an ID which (if there old enough) allows them to purchase alcohol.

Up to when they stopped running I use to use the baht us to go to Thappaya Road.  Very rarely the return because I was too late and it had stopped running. But I have missed it the last couple of years .So Saturday on my motorbike I noticed people boarding a Baht Bus to come up Thepprasit. Are they operating now?  I don't wont to walk to Thepprasit (admittedly only a short way)  and wait for a Bus that doesn't come and then end up getting a motorbike taxi anyway. Yes I know I have a motorbike but I don't drink and  drive.  Any news?

Sitting in a bar on Soi Diana watching the flood I was amazed how many idiots there were driving to fast  creating large wakes. At one point a yellow taxi come down the soi so fast the wake toppled 3 bikes parked out side Kiss.

17 hours ago, KhunLA said:

As others stated, there's a dealer in Patts.  Maybe more within the area,as there were two in Hua Him / Pranburi area.

I'll have to leave it for a couple of months. My TV packed up, I was hoping that it was the Remote but no such luck, So a 36,000 Baht  purchase will have to wait a little while. Mind you with the weather at the moment  I wasn't looking forward to the ride to Bang Saen.

Thank you all. That's near enough for me on my motobike.

9 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Guessing that's for me, I bought mine at EV Pranburi, almost local though 75 kms away.

 

Also popped into their manufacturing, warehouse facility since I was in the neighborhood.

 

Since I went to their showrooms contact was by me and yes they will deliver.

As I live in Pattaya that's a bit too far. Any suggestions.

On 9/18/2022 at 1:23 PM, roger101 said:

I had another look at DECO and the Family 2 looks more like what I want. Most of the time it will just carry 1 person. At 36,000 Baht it is something I'll have to give serious thought to as I said before it's 16,000 above my previous ceiling.

Hi, I have sent DECO 3 emails asking for more info and got nothing back.  Did you have any problems contacting them. Also can you tell me where you bought it, did you see it first and  do they deliver? All questions I expected DECO to answer.