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On 11/10/2022 at 4:19 PM, kingstonkid said:

I question if this is BS or not you walk around nana on suk and they start drinking at 10 in the morning straight through to closing 

The bar's license seems to cover sales between 2-5pm or is there a "police licence" you need to pay for weekly or monthly?

Buying from any shop with an electronic till is basically impossible.

On 11/10/2022 at 4:19 PM, kingstonkid said:

I question if this is BS or not you walk around nana on suk and they start drinking at 10 in the morning straight through to closing 

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.

On 11/10/2022 at 4:19 PM, kingstonkid said:

I question if this is BS or not you walk around nana on suk and they start drinking at 10 in the morning straight through to closing 

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.

On 11/11/2022 at 6:56 AM, Mickeymaus said:

My goodness. Sorry, but a little bit naive. You cannot imagine that the noise moves to you? For instance the area where I bought my condo was completely quiet when I bought it and this for very many years. Now it is surrounded by very many often extremely noisy bars.

 

I would not buy anything here anymore. I am thinking about selling my unusable condo - if I find an idiot that buys this noisy condo now. I never will buy a condo again in Thailand. It is a bigger condo and I have lost a lot of money...

 

And please no discussion like double glazed windows or whatever. This is naive too. Believe me I have done much better things than this for a lot of money. It is not easy especially to block deep frequencies. And sometimes even the floor vibrates. 

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. 

9 hours ago, bobbin said:

No it's not..

 

Stop with the fake news... Educate yourself if you don't want to become the equivalent of an American election denier.

 

Nothing about cannabis is illegal. Legal things can be controlled.

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.

5 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Banning it from 1am to noon makes more sense.

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

6 hours ago, LALes said:

Every week we get this push for 4 am closing.  The alcohol lobby cares not one wit about the people.  Just keep pushing for more and more profits and who cares about the people who live in the neighborhood.

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.

On 10/4/2022 at 5:14 AM, Tanlic said:

Nothing new in Thailand

 

Memories of an ex-cop who was in charge of purchasing of computers for all police stations in Thailand

 

His wife allegedly opened a computer company and he bought all the computers from her instead of IBM

 

136 million baht was pocket change to him

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. 

On 3/6/2022 at 10:30 PM, robblok said:

Oh dear I thought guys like you only existed in coffee threads but we got beer snobs too. ????

 

Its a good thing there are craft beers even if you think they are too expensive. Not everyone thinks they are too expensive maybe for guys that need to drink a lot all the time but not for people who enjoy taste over volume. 

 

Let people choose don't be a snob. 

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?

On 9/9/2022 at 1:28 PM, Nickelbeer said:

I don’t want him anywhere NEAR Immigration, ever again. The so-called “culture of tips” is the only way I can continue to stay here.  The last thing Thailand needs is western-style “clean” policing.

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

On 9/8/2022 at 6:52 PM, peterfranks said:

Maybe you are worrying?

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):

Quote

Businesses will close if a tourism tax is introduced in Wales, according to industry leaders.

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.

9 hours ago, Mutt Daeng said:

Farnie sounds more like his last name IMHO, not his forename.

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.

On 4/30/2022 at 4:54 AM, TooMuchTime said:

This should only apply to true foreigners aka farang countries.

 

This should not apply to other Asian countries.

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.