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The bar's license seems to cover sales between 2-5pm or is that just a "police licence" you need to pay for weekly or monthly? Buying from any shop with an electronic till is basically impossible.

I have to say I have been here many years myself and one of the reasons I have never "bought" anywhere here is what has happened to you. But you must realise it hasn't just happened to you it is every other person in the building, that would be 90% if they stuck to the rules on Condos. Nobody else complains of course. The building owners must not have paid off the land owners where the bars have been built. Have a polite word in the juristic office if you speak enough Thai. I would bet you are not alone.

Well, you actually mean weed is not illegal itself but what you do with it and where and how can be depending on what you do.

It might suit you but it wouldn't suit most tourists.

I always find this an odd argument. Why would anyone move next door to a noisy "entertainment area" if they knew it was there, and then complain it is there? Noise abatement in Thailand is hopeless and complaints to the police or local authorities are ignored. The property agents might have advertised it is as "a downtown but quiet area" but they also say it is two minutes from the BTS when it is 20 minutes walk. Look before you buy.

This law was long forgotten until Thaksin resurrected it. What a nonsense it is and it is time to do away with it completely. That would include the midnight to 11am part not only the 2 to 5pm ban.

His inspiration must have been Thaksin who bought a load of second hand US Army comms equipment and sold it to his police bosses. That was the beginning his fortune 500 company that he sold tax free for billions.

Well that's odd, my Asean Now calendar says it is the 21st and my wall 7/eleven 2565 calendar says the 13th. I have put some extra in the cupboard for what ever day it turns out to be.

I am not a snob I just have knowledge on the subject. The Craft Beer connoisseurs are the snobs who pay extraordinary prices for beer that tastes of cappuccino etc.

Many want to defend Big Joke but nobody gets promoted that fast and then made inactive with nobody pulling his strings. Who has pulled him from obscurity and for what?

Sorry, you have to play by the rules as they stand. Big Joke made things up as he went along the same as ever.

About what? If you can't see this guy for what he is more fool you.

Good they got one guy. Any news on Joe Ferrari?

So these cheapo airlines or booking agents can just cancel your flight without any compensation? I think he should have read the small print, at 54 he should know better. So, what is he after, crowdfunding is on a different forum.

I have no time for this person, I do not rate him in any way and am amazed the press build him up like someone special. I think the header should have said "floated to the top".

Sadly I was so pleased to see the back of the Shin tribe I thought Prayut would be a good guy. Considering he has done little in keeping his promises in the last eight years it is time he went, but not just a swap for The Watchman. 2014 to 2017 was his 1st term and his second full 4 years has come to its end. It is time for an election.

I just read this headline on a website (with no byline): With the exit fee included in ticket prices this will be another No Entry sign for tourists to LoS. With all the double pricing in restaurants and even for government run parks, the endless scams from jewellery to taxis, to say nothing of the increasing amount of street crime, people will not stay long if the come at all.

Well, i'd like to see it hanging from a gibbet.

This is "part of a 20 year strategy to address crime and get the public to respect the police again" and this is far as it has got? Now that is the joke. The old saying here was: You can spot the mafia because they wear uniforms, and you can spot the mafia bosses because they wear suits over the uniforms.

That would be unusual since Thais do the opposite all the time. So you become Mr John and Smith is forgotten.

This not really very similar to my own case back in February, but it shows that using an Agent can be troublesome and expensive.

Priceless!

Funny how inconsistent it can be though, I got charged an overstay for not getting the retirement extension (visa) transferred to my new passport when I did the new extension (a week before it ran out). That was at CW not the airport.

Lao Khao you could buy on the streets most anywhere usually from a trolley bar. It was served in shot glasses for 5 baht a pop. Not seen any for a while though, last time was under the bridge at the Petchaburi end of Thong Law and another in a similar position at the Sukhumvit end of Ekamai in 2015. Mekhong or Sang Thip were the brands, one I think is where Thai Bev made its money.

If you have been here any length of time then I would be amazed if you have never experienced the IO with a hangover or another problem that just makes it up as they go. I had a similar thing at the border post from Lao 20 odd years ago. I refused to give him an overstay fine because he couldn't count. His superior eventually came over after 10 minutes arguing with a long queue behind building up and after a look at my p'port told him to stamp me in. The agent was wrong to tell me to wait, but it isn't against the rules. They just crumbled and I had to pay him extra and the fine. After this year I will go back to doing it myself I think.