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20 minutes ago, tonray said:

With all the hot air spewed out on ThaiVisa...I'm actually inclined to believe it !

Well farangs  are 10% physically bigger than thai people in general, so that means more global warming

They are responsible for rising sea levels and cities going under water

9 hours ago, Simon555 said:

Some people don't drink alcohol and they like to think people who do are somehow weak or dysfunctional.

 

Some people like to drink all day because they enjoy it and cannot find anything better to do. 

 

For the rest of us, eating good food in a restaurant without wine is miserable. When you've had so much Thai food that it feels like it's coming out of your ears,  pasta/steak/pizza tastes a lot better with wine. A lot, lot better. Why shouldn't restaurant owners make a living?

 

Imagine running a place called Wine Connection, serving 1000 day old Gouda and Italian/Spanish meats and you cannot serve wine. I nearly cried into my porchetta.

 

Set the maximum table size to two. Or four. Problem solved.

thats just your personal opinion as to you need alcohol to enjoy a meal,

not everyone likes/needs alcohol, I know a lot of people who drink but only drink water with their meals,

I drink often with my meals when I go out but I think alcohol distracts from the true sense for food

19 hours ago, KiwiMarty said:

All good tomorrow will be back flip

I just asked my pet goldfish what their next would would be!

9 minutes ago, alant said:

Has anyone seen an official reason for the banning of alcohol?

An official reason for the ban in Restaurants?

Official reasons would be welcome plus translation if at all possible.

Reason/excuse/idea of the month?

On 1/7/2021 at 8:17 PM, Phuketshrew said:

I'd go and get tested for Covid-19. Clearly you have lost any sense of taste .....????

oh and for the record, before reading before reading any further replies/posts,
i had a chang the other day and for some reason it tasted different and very average,

checked expiry and it was 08/21

so I dont know whats going on, maybe my covid is recovering????

Im not a huge drinker let alone a huge beer drinker, id rather a gin or scotch or bourbon,

whenever I was in Thailand, I used to drink Chang and a few other non thai brands

fast fwd a few years, in my country ive been trying a few pale ales that ive become fond of

just recently I saw Chang on sale at my local shop, 5.0% one, bought it

absolutely love it, i honestly didnt remember if it tasted this good in thailand

im sure ill get a few laughs on here, but its my favourite at the moment, that I went back and purchased the remaining on sale

I wonder what the 6.4% one tastes like now, if it exists

57 minutes ago, Leaver said:

Which, after 2 weeks, would see either the virus dead, or the host dead, but either way, the virus is eradicated.  It works.    

 

Half measure get half results.  

Exactly, as much as opinions are like....... you know what

These are experts who have the most expertise in fighting the virus, 

The politicians should then be putting their touch on the recommendations as there is more at stake than just a virus

It exists in every corner of the world but I absolutely dispise people who know SFA and then insist the experts are wrong or they have a better solution 

9 hours ago, UTH001 said:

 

Complete and utter rubbish! Data from a pedantic European country (Switzerland) confirms that 1% of those infected got it at bars/clubs and 2.8% got it at restaurants. But (what a big surprise, possibly to you?) 29.6% got it through family members. So, let's all stay at home and stay safe, NOT!

Thai governmeny: let's just bulldoze houses

That will stop covid 

We are so SMRT

They sell/offload it to a farang  as part of a dowry

Instant profit

8 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

A least they can go back to blaming the Burmese since there are no diseased farang grandpas about ????

im sure it wont be to hard to create one

face maintained...

nothing else matters: Metallica

15 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Just for info and nothing more.

 

I have 2 grandchildren here, the father pays 5k a month for them and any "fees" as they arise regarding school. He also pays extra at school uniform time etc.

So in short, he pays a regular monthy and then pickc up any expenses as they arise. He pays directly to the Grandmother.

 

So 20k she is asking is basically holding your child to ransom and she will be getting 15k a month for nothing which more than any basic job would pay her.

 

5k is more than anough for ONE child not yet in school. IMHO and personal experience.

The vibe im getting is that op is feeling resigned to pay the demanded figure based on having his child held as financial ransom

If my gf  left the country and refused to come back with our child, on top of legal actions id be asking her for  maintenace and annoyance payment

3 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

Bars close when they cannot sell alcohol .

The streets are empty when the bars are closed  

whoah whoah whoah

slown down forest

you expect the politicians and people in charge to put 1 and 1 together???

On 12/19/2020 at 8:24 AM, ezzra said:

The business model and motto of many Thai business owners was always and still is to increase prices when business is bad or slow, i remember going to buy somethings from shops and notice items that have been on display for like eons years all faded and dusty but they still charge the price of a new one and would not budge so its not surprising to see that bar keeps are increasing their prices...

I thought that was an urban legend...

1 hour ago, lovethai123 said:

I once asked my GF to take me to ko samui. She said it's for hi -so people . After 5 min she started arguing what problem I have in staying at her home. Why I want ko samui? Do I have a secret lady in ko samui? is she not good enough for me? Am i cheating her? 

 

after that I never mentioned ko samui to her. 

 

 

What city was acceptable to her?????

4 hours ago, Surelynot said:

Do Thai restaurants do corkage? If so, is that allowed on Saturday/Sunday during the ban?

As long as you don't go on TripAdvisor and write  multiple bad reviews

Maybe hero expats can turn things around since expats seem to be able to turn around tourism!

1 minute ago, Whale said:

 

Because he/she is nothing more than a tourist in the eyes of Thais??

This may be so , but if they're expats, they are already there, then its not tourism.

Or am I just giving the author of the article too much credit

Wait.......

So how does an expat in Thailand contribute to the increase in tourism????

6 hours ago, Enzian said:

Members here are critical of the drivers, and I admit I've had some really bad ones, but for some reason that's mostly in the past. Haven't had a driver try for a fixed fee for quite a while, and refusal of service hardly exists now, for the obvious reason. Of course it helps when a farang like me is with a Thai female, which is usually the case for me. The ladies like to gab with the drivers, and usually (but not always) the drivers are ok guys. Sometimes they comment to the ladies, or ask questions, about me, but always in a positive vein. Most of the time I round up when I pay, especially if there is a good reason, but don't worry myself if I don't. To me the rides are so cheap they may as well be free. They deserve more, imho.

So much pointless waffle in such a long paragraph, that doesn't address the core issue

14 hours ago, 86Tiger said:

 

 

".......work out measures to attract visitors......"

 

 

 

I guess if you have no idea why people were coming in the first place, offering a 45 day visa is good a response as any......

I would have thought they would have resorted to tea leaves or a clairvoyant for tips by now