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There is one obvious answer. Up the number of vaccines given a day. According to the latest  figures I could find Thailand needs another 46,000,000 doses to give everybody at least 3 shots. Even at 1,000,000 a day we are still looking at another 7 weeks.

On 2/7/2022 at 4:13 AM, bangkok19 said:

Back in the early 80's....

 

I remember when making an International phone call from a 'private' phone booth along Sukhumvit Rd I'd have to pay 100 Baht and the lady in the office outside would terminate the call abruptly after 1 minute.

 

There was another Supermarket between Villa and Sukhumvit Soi 1...    The Kangaroo Supermarket. It was on Sukhumvit near the corner of Soi 19, right where Macca's is today. There was also a rear lane access. Just down the road past the ASIA Book Shop was a large TFB (Thai Farmer's Bank) and also the Kloster Beer Head Office.

 

The 10, 20, 100 & 500 Baht banknotes were the local currency denominations, there were no plastic (polymer) notes and no 1000's.  Brown Satang coins always filled your pockets.

 

VASU Money Exchange (Sukhumvit Rd) was a Travel Agent at the front, and a little black market 'hole in the wall' at the back.  You'd get your bundles of 500 Baht notes in a brown paper bag. 

 

At the OLD Thermae Coffee Shop, the deaf and dumb ladies would always congregate around the Juke Box in the centre of the room (for the good vibes, I guess).

 

Sukhumvit Soi 22 was a very quiet Soi.

 

Ratchadapisek wasn't there. That link road between Rama 4 and Sukhumvit didn't exist. It was originally only Soi 16 (off Sukhumvit Rd) and an access to the Thai Tobacco Monopoly.

 

You could drive through Patpong 1 Rd and park there. 

 

If you brought a (bar) lady back to a large 4 &1/2 Star hotel at night the reception would add a "JOINER FEE" to your Bill..  usually 400/500 Baht. If you tried to get her in during the day....  good luck. It wasn't allowed during the day as they didn't want the other guests seeing the girls.  Hotel Security knew all the tricks.

 

The local hotel in Chiang Khan was 20 Baht per night (with community bathrooms).

It had a huge restaurant balcony on stilts over the Mekong River.  At night, the owner would let you drive your car inside the building at lock it up in the reception area. There were not many other cars in town.

 

Kuhn Sah, the biggest exporter of Heroin in S.E.Asia at the time had his HQ in a small but busy Soi in Chiang Mai. The small compound had a sign at the front gate -  PATTANA MEAT FACTORY and it was guarded by soldiers.  For those older locals, it was just down the road from Stuart and Nok's OASIS BAR and the BLACK CAT BAR.

 

The Chiang Mai version of the Thermae Coffee Shop was THE PEACOCK CAFE.

It closed most mornings at sunrise and was situated under the MONTRI HOTEL.

(now the Coffee Club and Subway).  The local bar girls would kick-on there after hours. There were NO BARS in Loi Kroh except for a couple near Kotchasarn Rd corner. The beer bars were scattered around Moon Muang Rd and Kotchasarn Rd, Chiang Moi lane (The Karen Hut) and the rest in the Night Bazaar and the Soi behind it (Blue Sky Bar, Seven Stars, Heart Bar).

 

Aaaaah, the good ol' days.    

 

 

 

 

I remember the Oasis and the Black Cat Bar, my two favorite bars in town.  I actually bumped into to one of the owners of The Black Cat many years later in Pattaya.

I remember the sales pitch. Made Hong Kong not Thailand and sitting at a bar on Beach Road Pattaya and seeing another Brit wearing a tee-shirt "The Empire Strikes Back"

I only asked because the bars I regularly drink in still have their Pool Tables covered.

Anybody have news about when the Pool Tables can be used again.

As I live in Pattaya and only 5 minutes from Immigration I have never thought about doing 90 day online. The one thing I have is plenty of time.

So on Monday afternoon I went to Immigration. About 2 o'clock.  I always go in the afternoon as I have always found it less crowded. I was surprised at the amount of people, so I didn't bather. Went back yesterday at 3.15, much less crowded. gave her my passport got a ticket and sat down.  15 minutes later got my passport back.

What really suprizes me is the number of people. In all the years I have been here I have never seen it so busy ( apart when people were getting extensions because they couldn't go home).

What is the name for the 3 wheeled food carts that seen to be on every street here?

What's the latest time in the afternoon to go to Pattaya Immigration?

At a set of Traffic Lights on Beach Rad yesterday. I stopped but 3 cars and 3 motorbikes didn't. As this is close to the police station I would have thought it would be easy money for them without too much work.

Also when I ride around Pattaya I am surprized by the number of motorbikes that have a faulty back light. I don't ride around looking for them but tend to stand out when they brake and the brake light comes on but disappears as soon as they stop braking. Another easy to spot offense that the RTP ignore.

I have to send some documents to the UK. They won't be the originals and there is no particular hurry. It will be 11 A4 sheets. Any body know how much this is likely to cost. I tried to send them as attachments to an email but for some reason my PC doesn't want to know

Misleading headline. It should read

Multiple  Boosters Could Weaken Immune System.

I was going to ask the same question about Phetchabun

Anybody have any Idea when the Baht Buses will run again on Thepprasit Road.

Sitting in a bar at the end of Beach Road (Pattaya) I noticed a policeman pull up on the other side of the road. Then another one joined him then another until there were 6 sitting talking.. What they were doing there I have no idea'

Traffic was flowing normally and as Beach Road has a 90 degree corner there nobody was speeding. It wasn't due to a helmet check as most locals tend not to ride down Beach Road without a helmet due to heavy police presence.

But this of course means that other areas don't have a  police presence. At the traffic lights near where I live I would think that 40% of riders don't wear helmets.

KhunLA: Thanks for that I shall be ordering the Thermometer later.

Many years ago I brought a Hedge Trimmer over for a friend.not sure what to do I went through the Red Channel. The customs guy looked and said 1,000 Baht. Then he said do you want a receipt and when I said No he said OK then 500 Baht.

Yesterday as normal for a special day Beach Road was shut at 4 PM. Coming back from golf we came down a very slow Pattaya Nua only to be confronted by Beach Road being shut (our driver either didn't know or had forgotten). So back up Pattaya Nua (along with hundreds of others) to 3rd Road. It would make sense that if they are going to shut one of the main (in town) North to South routes they would erect some signs on Pattaya Nua to inform people earlier. Making 2nd Road 2 way again would help.  

Shutting Beach Road for whatever reason creates massive Traffic Jams in the rest of Pattaya between Beach and 3rd. It's easy to get to the beach from Jomtien (2nd Road and then walk) but going back is a nightmare. Walk back to second road and then what. All the traffic is heading North. So walk up to Soi Bakhua but although being 2 way the traffic comes to a grinding halt as the narrow Soi was never designed to handle that much traffic.

I don't have the solution but either keeping one lane open for Baht Buses might help or of course a 2way 2nd Road.

1 hour ago, mtls2005 said:

Top up, or use app or use web or USSD codes:

 

 

Thanks, I've just extended for 180 days.

I have a large balance on my DTAC  phone but it expires in 15 days. How do I extend the time?

For 324 Baht I don't see what the fuss is about.

I use AA Insurance Brokers. 2140 Baht for fully comp  insurance for my 6 year old Click  and 324 Baht for the compulsory insurance. Excellent service. I have been dealing with them for 15 years ,no complaints.

I am not so worried about bars (but it would be nice) but I would like to go to my favorite restaurants and have a grass of wine or two with dinner, Until this happens they wont get my custom.

I am an occasional gambler. I have been to a few casinos over the years in various countries.

I work out exactly how much money I can loose and stick to it. I don't chase my loses and when I reach my limit I walk away. If on the odd occasion I win I still walk away thinking I enjoyed that.

Vegas was the best because they gave you free drinks when you were playing and I worked out long ago that playing sensibly I could drink more in money terms than I was loosing. Result a slightly <deleted> me who actually saved money on my bar bill.

I would love the Ambassador to open up as a casino but only if like Vegas you had free drinks.