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18 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

No it doesn't.

It highlights one nasty neighbour who probably does not like dogs.

 

Dogs bark regularly near my place.

Always, when a 'stranger' is in the area.

That stranger can be a person, another dog, a snake or whatever.

25 years of living here, doors and windows always open, safe because barking dogs keep it that way. 

I used to be a dog lover, but 5 years of living over a stream from a Thai lady with 5 dogs, one of which barks and howls constantly at all hours of the night for no apparent reason other than it can changed my mind. And yes , it is probably the owner that is to blame for not keeping her dogs under control, but she has a shop of sorts adjacent to the "space/yard" where the dogs are confined (I don't think she actually lives there) and says they are "guard dogs"!!! I don't like barking dogs any more, especially when they constantly disturb my sleep !!!

45 minutes ago, Robert_Smith said:

Poo Ket.

 

What a hole that place has become, same as Samui - so sad as these used to be a great places to go..

 

regards,

bob.

I've lived in Samui for nearly 20 years, and have never seen behaviour such as this - in actual fact I have never seen a fight! Sure, they do happen, but I've never seen one and I do frequent the bars. Maybe I'm just lucky, I guess. However, I have seen - this year in particular, an increase in irresponsible behaviour on the roads from tourists on motor bikes, and quite a few accidents (some serious) And the number of people riding bikes without helmets is increasing - the police used to do "helmet checks" but I've not seen one for the last couple of years - maybe because I'm not on the roads so much these days, but the number of bare chested farangs flying about the place on "big bikes" is certainly becoming a problem. 

Maybe the police should be doing more?  🤣

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

What a stupid article... How many police officers, Government officials teachers and the list can go on are vaping?? But because someone of the Peoples Party is doing it. it must be news... Maybe an idea to make pics of all others Thais that are doing it and make the same post. Thailand wake up.. You can;t turn the time back again same as with cannabis. Legalize it for the tourism sector, for the common people, and if you want that people stop, make it expensive... Much more money to earn than with 300 THB entrance fee, as tourists will not come if you have nothing to offer.

 

The media is only putting the PP in a bad daylight because they know they will reform the country and all news that can damage them is enlarged and published... This is not so worse than the lying Prawit about his millions THB worth watches 

"This is not so worse than the lying Prawit about his millions THB worth watches"

Not even in the same class! Perhaps he could say that he borrowed the vaping machine from a friend who is now dead so he can't give it back ?

1 hour ago, Toby1947 said:

Probably doing research for a book he was about write, like that dirty b+st+rd Pete Townsend from The Who. 😡🤬

Several of Townshend's essays have been posted online, including "Meher Baba—The Silent Master: My Own Silence" in 2001, and "A Different Bomb", an indictment of the child pornography industry, the following year."

And:- " Townshend – who is the founder of sexual abuse charity Double O – said he paid a £7 charge to a child pornography site, which he cancelled straight away, to expose the financial chain of child abuse from Russian orphanages. When police discovered the files, he was cautioned and placed on the sex offenders register for five years after he admitted to breaking the law."

It would seem that as he has written books on the subject, formed a charity which seems to do nothing but good, (Check it on Google) that at worst, he made a stupid decision, but is not in the same league as the guy who is the subject of this case.

I was going to say "Well done" to the Thai police for catching this scumbag. Actually, yes,well done, but as you read into the story it came about not because of the hard work by the RTP, but because of a tip off from an American agency.

"The individuals, each from a different nationality - German, British, French, and Dutch - were fined under charges of causing a public nuisance."

How much were the fines? 500 baht? Oh hang on, they're farangs - better make it 5000 baht!

7 hours ago, CFCol said:

I think it's the other way round

The "guy" with his face "pixellated" out must be the "....Russian man allegedly posing as a "mafia" figure on Koh Pha Ngan,......"

Having said that, he/she doesn't look particularly menacing!!!

5 hours ago, SLOWHAND225 said:

Thats not what the LiberalTDS sufferers on here will tell you at all. They love to say how much America will suffer and the EU will rise up and take care of their own. 

Clearly they can't or they would have. This just confirms that not only can't they, they wont when given the opportunity.

You're right about munitions and hardware, whats required doesn't exist in the amounts needed outside of the USA, unless they're going to get it from China or Russia. lol

So Russia are going to provide Ukraine with weapons? 

On 3/6/2025 at 3:57 PM, nakhonandy said:

The 2 - 5 rule of no alcohol sales is ridiculous. Longer opening hours don't necessarily mean longer or more drinking!

Also if anyone wants to buy alcohol between 2 and 5 they just ignore supermarkets and the 7/11, pop in a local Thai shop and buy it, no problem. 

"Longer opening hours don't necessarily mean longer or more drinking!"

Completely agree! I posted on here a while ago that when they increased the drinking hours in Scotland the naysayers  expected the level of drunkenness to go up, whereas it actually went down! The reasons given were that people only have a certain amount of cash to spend on alcohol, and by extending the drinking hours, drinkers were consuming the same amount of alcohol, but stretching it out for longer, so drinking slower = less drunk!

2 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

No such quote has ever been made.  It's one of those (many) myths. 

I know what I saw, but it's not worth arguing about, because the next thing is that you'll be asking me for a "link" and if you think I am going to trawl back through 15+ years of ThaiVisa posts - think again!!

10 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

They have never said that.

It was quoted on here quite a long time ago (I've been here for more than 20 years) 

But...but......but I thought that the authorities/police  said that there was no prostitution in Thailand?

Victims have contacted police, but officers claim they cannot act as these incidents are not classified as flagrant offenses. 

WHAT?

2 hours ago, Chelseafan said:

This old chestnut again. The Story's been circulating for the last 20 years.

 

I'm OK with the ban, afterall it gives me a day or two to detox.

What they SHOULD remove is the stupid daytime law of buying alcohol in the supermarkets.

 

I think you mean "the stupid daytime law of NOT buying alcohol in the supermarkets."! 🙂 

What about the stupid 2 - 5 ban?

29 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Without Biden aids, Russia would have taken Ukraine. Russia can’t be trusted in any negotiation. History have proven that convincingly. 

I think Zelensky mentioned that they have broken ceasefires 25 times in this war.

16 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

The Trump administration plans to sell 210 Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, providing the government with a powerful new weapon to use against Russian-backed separatists. The proposed sale announced on March 1, which includes 37 launch units, is valued at $47 million

 

Strange move from a Russian shill 555

The plans for which I presume are now "on hold"?

3 hours ago, Airalee said:

Before this war, I’d bet that the opinion of Ukraine (amongst posters here) was that it is just some corrupt backwater with mail order brides.

 

Probably not much different than Russia….only poorer.

 

And now we care soooo much about them that random strangers will argue back and forth online……for years.

The reason being that many people do not like the idea of a "Superpower" illegally snatching another countries land! And that also means Americans stealing the land of the indigenous peoples, and the British Empire doing the same, (but they are trying to make amends for some of the wrongs - I don't see America doing much for the Indian tribes) 

1 hour ago, ronster said:

So immigration police can't recognise them from doing report when they arrived where they are staying 🙄

See the post re "money" and a***s!

2 minutes ago, Will27 said:

TBF, a lot of this type of thing used to happen in Australia.

 

They had thugs on the doors who just used to smash the crap out of people.

 

The government finally acted and now you have to do an accredited course and get a security licence to become a doorman..

 

It weeded a lot of the boofheads out.

 

That's never going to happen in Thailand I don't think.

Same in the UK - doormen have to have a licence.

"In a troubling incident on Pattaya's bustling Walking Street"

Seems to be a lot of "troubling incidents" in the "Family Friendly Resort" these days!!! 

18 hours ago, Purdey said:

Seems that a government should not hide what it is legally allowed to do - unless the government knows that it is sending people to their deaths. Now, the cat is out of the bag. Shame.

"Shame" is too mild a word to use - how about "possible assisted mass homicide"

11 minutes ago, proton said:

 

They can't even ban soi dogs, wait until the Pitty/Xl genes get into the soi dog pool and people are being killed everyday, then they might round a few up.

Or when one attacks a politician!

7 hours ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

I think the fault lies in the owners, not the dogs.

Rubbish! These are unpredictable killing machines! Bred to kill and will even turn on their own masters in an instant!

Just 2 examples:- 

"Giant, aged 2, the Pit Bull breed or Ban Dog that savaged its owner to death last week has been taken to his funeral in Pattaya.

He took part in a ceremony called "khor khama" in which he apologized to the corpse."

***STOP PRESS***!

From today's headlines in AseanNow:-

"A six-year-old girl is fighting for her life after being viciously attacked by a pit bull in her home in Pak Kret, Nonthaburi. The dog dragged the child from her bed, inflicting severe injuries to her neck and head, tearing off the skin and exposing parts of her skull. She remains in intensive care at Pak Kret Hospital."

You'll probably say it was the owner's fault because he didn't have the dog chained up!!!