The manic

I would love to meet her - I bet she's a real fire cracker - anyway gun ownership is not illegal in Thailand. 

34 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Is there anyone who actually wants the sex industry to go? And those who pay their wife or girlfriend a monthly salary / build a house for don't count.

Nobody in their right mind

On 5/3/2017 at 9:07 PM, liberty9133 said:

First of all, the operators all act as if they have the right to be there and it's their beach! It is the King's beach.  There are other alternatives and frankly I don't give a rip about their losing baht.

In most places in America, for example, operators are allowed to provide chairs and umbrellas AT THE REQUEST OF AN INDIVIDUAL.  This makes more sense than outright banning of umbrella and chair operators in a given area. I myself would have liked to have an individual spot where I could have an umbrella and a chair so that I could both sunbathe and, when I so choose, to be sheltered from the sun under the umbrella. I hope in the future that the beaches are returned to the people and the King. 

As for food, no table and chairs are necessary. The few people who will miss a meal will soon find other ways to satisfy their needs. Drinks could be still sold on the beach if there was a good way to guarantee clean up.  Food and scraps are tossed into the sea and no one is there to clean up. Nor are there sufficient waste cans for those few who do clean up after themselves.  The government would do well to advertise for cleanliness in all aspects of life. Some of the non used or undeveloped lots and many canals are full of debris also. 

You are not forced to sit in the chairs nor forced to eat the food. It's a service and a brilliant service at that. Please do not compare here or anywhere else with the USA with its myriad of problems including gun violence, gangs, extreme poverty, racism. I thought by now most Americans had realised the chimera of the American way of life.  I came to live in Pattaya because of the wide range of services at the beach. Its where I spend my money. This is just another attack on poor, hard working people by unelected bullies

On 5/3/2017 at 8:42 PM, stubuzz said:

Sounds like progress.  Thai people hate progress.

How can sitting in the sun with no food or shade be progress?! It's madness.  

Thanks for your time and response. It is appreciated

2 hours ago, morrobay said:

Indeed Here is an academic work on subject :https://books.google.co.th/books/about/Night_Market.html?id=cvmgT4Odr5YC&redir_esc=y

It also gives the girls a great sense of liberation from the dreary drudgery of village life and agricultural servitude.  The girls choose the guys they go with and spend their time with their friends having fun, drinking and dancing......There is no Peedo or locked brothes scene in Pattaya - less than in some part of the UK and USA. Its a shame the labour led councils in the north of england did nothing to protect the 1400 children from grooming gangs....Perhaps the next time a british newspaper criticizes Thailand the Thai authorities should be more challenging about sex abuse, rape and harassment in the UK. In the case of Rotheram the police and social services had known for years about the mass child rape.................and that's just one city. It's sick and ugly compared to the fun and innocence of Pattaya.

Seeing a bunch of uniformed thugs walking around gives Thailand a terrible image. They are bringing the place into disrepute more than girls dancing in bikinis. Nobody voted for these people.  Anyway Costa Rica and DR are the sex capitals of the world.  So called Sex tourism create a massive halo effect of jobs and employment.  

I have one more question- I am leaving Thailand for three moths for summer in Europe.  When I get back to Thailand I am not returning to my current address. I will be staying in a hotel and looking for a new condo or house.  How and what do inform immigration on my return in September?

9 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Only for 90 day reporting. If you go beyond the date your extension ends you are on a overstay and will be fined 500 baht a day.

OK Gotcha! Thanks.

3 minutes ago, Cyclone88 said:

No. There is a 7 day grace period.

Thanks for the info. I there a similar grace period with 'retirement visa extension?

Brilliant info UB Ta V much

I an afraid that in every country of the world the police and their war on drugs is disreputable  - its is fundamentally corrupting and time wasting and empowers all manner of corruption- political extremism- the arms trade - religious extremism and fundamentalism, mafia  etc.  It put the police at war with their own people. The human race has been seeking oblivion and transcendence since time immemorial. Prohibition does not work.  A new book came out last year by a British undercover cop in which he admits what a corrupting, shameful waste of time his ten years undercover had been.  This is not a Thai problem. Its international. Regarding revenge-a few years ago I was in prison in Libya for having a bar. When I was there I met a young man who was inside for beating up the doctor who had administered the blood test that found him positive for hashish. The war on drugs is a war on the people on so many different levels.

I have to do my 90 day report by 22 May so I went today to do it early but the IO was closed due to it being a Buddhist holy day. I am leaving town tomorrow early morning and wont be back till 23rd.  Would it be a problem if I do my 90 day report one day late.  Please advise Thanks

Reishi you can get at King's OwnProjct shops

Many 7/11 and supermarkets sell turmeric capsules-as a cure for flatulence 

On 5/7/2017 at 5:10 PM, Digitalbanana said:

Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' for My Baby [1962]

 

Brilliant choice  - I walked into a bar two weeks ago and they were playing 'Smokestack Lightening' Doesn't often happen in Pattaya! I was brought up on this stuff...................

Scott Stapp from Creed singing My Sacrifice on Fox News 

I got this from TAT today ....

Thailand's Skyrocket Festivals are as below:

Yasothon Province

Yasothon's Thai Rocket Festival 2017

May 13th, 2017 : Rocket Parade

May 14th,2017 : Launch Skyrocket 

For more info, please contact TAT Ubon Ratchathani Office. Tel :0 4524 3770 , 0 4525 0714

Roi-et Province

Pratum Rat Rocket Festival 2017

June 3rd, 2017 : Rocket Parade

June 4th, 2017 : Launch Skyrocket 

Suwannaphum Rocket Festival 2017

June 3rd, 2017 : Rocket Parade

June 4th, 2017 : Launch Skyrocket 

Phanom Phrai Rocket Festival 2017

June 9th, 2017 : Rocket Parade

June 10th, 2017 : Launch Skyrocket

Boun Phavet Festival 2017

March 3rd-5th, 2017
For more info, please contact TAT Khon Kaen Office. Tel :0 4322 7714 to 5

Kalasin Province

Kutwa's Skyrocket Festival 2017

May 20th, 2017 : Rocket Parade

May 21st, 2017 : Launch Skyrocket 

For more info, please contact TAT Khon Kaen Office. Tel :0 4322 7714 to 5

Maha Sarakham Province
Phayakkhaphum Phisai Rocket Festival 2017

May 20th, 2017 : Rocket Parade

May 21st, 2017 : Launch Skyrocket 

For more info, please contact TAT Khon Kaen Office. Tel :0 4322 7714 to 5

Khon Kaen Province

Kranuan Rocket Festival 2017

Did anybody notice that on the list I sent there is no mention of Sisiket? Is that because it is named differently - Last year it was  Ras al Salai I think and I stayed at the pensiree resort...near a scrapyard......Anybody got any ideas?

On 5/3/2017 at 5:34 PM, Jai Dee said:

Fantastic!

Thanks The manic.

But where is the reference to Sisaket?

On 5/3/2017 at 10:08 PM, Andrew Dwyer said:

Thanks for uploading the video, maybe not everyone's cup of tea but I for one like these traditional festivals.
I've not been to any rocket festivals but last year spent 10 days in Ubon Ratchathani with friends and thoroughly enjoyed the Candle Festival, a great spectacle .
Carry on making the videos and keep up the good work

Thanks - I hope to go a candle festival too.

"Rick I am shocked, Shocked that there is gambling on these premises.  Er ..where are my winnings? (Casablanca) One of the bst movies ever made!

Go to an agent. *removed*  These agencies advertise all over town and on TV.  

On 5/2/2017 at 11:24 AM, mtls2005 said:

Mushroom picking classified as "illegal logging". Gotta love rule-by-law.

 

Someone in the judicial system: prosecutor or judge should have nipped this in the bud, but these commoners need to be made an example of I guess.

 

Five years (from fifteen) still seems overly harsh? Were they wearing some illegal red-shirts, or in possession of the wrong type of red bowl? 

Or wrong colour skin?

On 5/2/2017 at 1:47 PM, tracker1 said:

Seems it wont be to long and everything will be illegal for the people !

Too true

Was he a real swede or ....well you know..  I talked to a Swedish guy for ages outside the golden bar nana soi 4 for ages a few years ago and when I asked him the meaning of a Swedish word used in a TV series he told me he had no idea what it meant. When I looked confused he told me he emigrated there in 79 from Iran and never bothered to learn Swedish but he hoovered up all their benefits.