natway09

The place must have been tinder dry. Beaut fire with little or no smoke

We got our Big P booster yesterday after 2 AZ. In by 8.30am home by 10. In the sticks here they almost beg you to come

Only if she does not get caught in the meantime. I think fine has gone to 25,000 Bht

My disgust goes out to all you "do gooders" out there who obviously have lived a sheltered life in your well educated "bubble' in nanny state countries where a formal education is the norm, Governments expected to be a safety net & a job pays a decent salary enabling 3 decent meals a day Not saying you did not work hard, but the realities of life in Thailand are that without at least a secondary school completion pretty impossible to get a "decent job" as you call it & would end up back on the farm eeking out an existence. They have used their inititive & found work that gives them half a chance at life. The hypocrisy behind many comments just reeks of the above. Most are decent people fighting to help themselves get something a bit more than subsistance

Specialist equipment,,,,,,a bucket of iced water

Do not be concerned. SRT can stuff this up too, like everything they attempt except knowing how to collect rents from their massive land holdings

Just stay in Bangkok then. Plenty to eat,drink & take homes in Nana, Soi 7& 8

I certainly hope that Thailand is not allowing meat in. Vegetables like carrots, garlic, broccoli & cauli's from China look good but no taste along with having been to many market gardens in China the array of pesticides & dodgy fertilizers make me shy away from buying them.

Obviously many skinflints on here. Having owned a great bar for 20 years in Bangkok I can tell you many of you obviously have no idea how to do maths, run a bar or any business. Rent, electricity (airconed of course, key money, brown envelope, salaries, water, lady drink payouts, end of year bonuses, Govt licences,( you need 4 plus a sign licence, true wi fi & true visions (3 times what you pay in apartment) public music tax (both Thai & farang,) consumables, rubbish removal, staff amenities, insurances, giveaways, R&M, replacements, advertising, 7% tax, & general tax. And I still have not purchased any stock yet, nor mentioned capital cost or refit You want a 45 Bht beer, go buy from 7/11 & sit on their step,,,,or in a grotto, after midnight or 4pm , tough I think you get my point, if want service, a clean establishment, good live sport & events with someone to sit on your lap in a place where you feel safe & not hassled, that is the price.

Just get your hands on 3 or 4 seeds Bobs your Uncle. Just don't crow about it

Considering over 60% of electricity generated in Thailand is by fossil fuels, I hope you feel good driving an EV, because that is the only good thing. Don't t take it too far as charging stations are few & far between along with slow chargers in most of them

Another silly headline though. She was not denied entry in the end at all

Never heard so much rubbish in my life. Even last weekend saw over 2.000 travellers camping at Doi Pa Wai (in 10 Degrees, It was cold) A longer holiday will see the highways clogged as usual

The money made out of this whole industry (a lot of it helping in particular being foreign income into Thailand) would make for a very brave & determined Government to close it down or water it down too much.The working girls look after themselves & in many cases keep their families above the bread line. They pretty much get on with it but without they would add to unrest against the Government of the day. It may end up a bit like Bloc M in Jakarta which is nothing as raunchy as it's former self

Grows like a "weed" here & nobody cares (thankgoodness)

And my Dr is telling me I need more sodium

The brown envelope must have been late,,,,,,Oh arrived, sorry then all a misunderstanding

Hotels in Bangkok (a big city) & generally in Thailand are amongst the best value in the world. In places like London, Paris, Los Angeles & even Sydney or Perth for say 3,000 Bht you get a shoe box. Here you get a great room.

He is right of course & the St Bernard has water in the keg BUT, A wee dram warms your cockles laddie

It is called Double P,,,,,,,,,paid procrastination

More Thai Bashing. On the whole the roads here are of a very good standard with some amazing highways & tollways. Go live in Indonesia & try driving out of Jakarta,, now you can have an experience

Why, when something like this is posted, you all start "Thai Bashing" I would not expect banks to bother giving me records two years after the account is closed. Certainly in Oz or NZ you would have no chance. I have had nothing but great service from 4 of the "Big 6 " in Thailand, far better than overseas. If the purchase payment was so important why not ensure YOU kept records

I would disagree. There are places alive & well & working right now..The soapees always have been mainly for Thais & they will be back. Only last week,,,,, Oh, never mind

If we could incorporate a casino in there somehow ?????

Just let them open the bars with the rules as last December. The staff & patrons are not all stupid