pattayadude

11 minutes ago, White Christmas13 said:

and I did not live in Pattaya Thailand is a dangerous place to live

If not Pattaya, where exactly in Thailand is this hell-hole you lived ?

1 hour ago, CGW said:

I lived in Pattaya for fifteen years, how did I survive? Was very lucky according to some posters here! never had any problems, mind I wasnt driving around at 2am on a motorcycle drunk with no shirt on! non smoker as well :)

do smokers get stabbed in the back? what's smoking got to do with it?lol

On 2/14/2017 at 11:21 AM, cyberfarang said:

Obviously a scam. Those prostitutes probably do this often, customer pays upfront girls make excuses not to fulfill the service and the customers are refused their money back. Karaokes are places to avoid.

usually the excuse is having a period

On 2/14/2017 at 10:21 AM, gjoo888 said:

Thanks for your obvious first-hand knowledge of Thai men's penis sizes

You also must know Thai penis sizes since you validated that poster's knowledge!

On 2/14/2017 at 10:15 AM, webfact said:

By the toilets was a tell-tale sign in Thai that read: "Please close the door gently as guests get startled causing a loss of erectile function ...na kha!

i bet this police raid caused a major loss of erectile function!!!

On 2/14/2017 at 10:15 AM, webfact said:

They were both told to get dressed and were interviewed downstairs to determine what was happening.

what did they think could be happening!!!

35 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Finland are doing very well in the beach football competition, I watched them play the other night and they will be hard to beat.
It may be related.

If Finland humiliated and trashed Thailand 20-0 in beach football, you may be onto something!

On 1/21/2017 at 11:42 PM, champa said:

One month later, I passed by yesterday the construction site was quiet and empty. 

and it will probably be that way the next 10+ years.

17 minutes ago, smotherb said:

Well now,  I think you shouldn't set aside the actual values and make inaccurate statements like you did.

I didn't set aside the actual value!.as a matter of fact I mentioned the approximate value of $5,000 which the victim claimed his chain was valued which none of us will ever know if true or not.

"kilo of gold" is a figure of speech to make a point!.and why do you get stuck in these details and miss my actual point of everyone wearing high value gold chains in plain view being morons.

it's my view and i am entitled to it since this is an open forum! get a life

On 2/3/2017 at 0:52 AM, smotherb said:

Well, maybe you just don't realize the value of gold. B180K is a little more than $5.1k. Gold is a little over $1.2k/oz. So, around 4oz of gold--and don't forget the  jewelry and workmanship value. Our Korean friend may have had an 8baht necklace. Not impossible at all.

I know the value of gold. Let's set aside Thai baht/baht of gold/ounce/gram conversions for a second.

I just can't imagine anyone wearing a $5,000 gold chain in streets of Pattaya or 90% of anywhere in the world.

Maybe I am too careful or don't care about impressing others with my wealth.

But thanks for the gold info anyway.

16 minutes ago, BruceMangosteen said:

Next time you are going to WS, PM me and I'll let you know where the prepayment practice is going on. Words fail you regarding garnishment because you are intent on being in denial. Ask any bargirl, don't depend on me. Ask any one what happens if she misses work, comes late, chews gum, etc.. The topic here however is the presence of an underage sex worker and how they all run like rats when it's time to stand up and be counted as her "employer" etc.. 

you mean "by" her employer....

21 minutes ago, Ahab said:

Hey, where is the large breasted Asian girl in the photo that I clicked on to get to this article?

it's called "bait and switch"

19 hours ago, webfact said:

But I never really thought it would happen to me

next will be your gold bracelet!

20 hours ago, Get Real said:

One thing about education is about using full and real words when spelling and posting comment, but mabe

mabe?

On 1/29/2017 at 5:10 PM, overherebc said:

We could turn Tiffany into a Gospel Hall. Close all go-go bars. Ban alcohol and tobacco.

Then to enjoy life we could eh, thinking, still thinking, 

I'll get back to you.

Oh, nearly forgot, cars, ban them as well and go back to horseback.

Ah, just too add, only side saddle allowed but not on Sundays.

hmmm..not a bad idea!

On 1/29/2017 at 9:47 AM, mikebell said:

Pattaya police have a vested interest in NOT catching the gold=snatchers. Go into the police station and check out the amount being worn by our Boys-in-Brown.

however they do have a vested interest in catching the snatchers only to  "snatch" the jewelry   out of the hands of the snatchers

On 1/14/2017 at 9:06 PM, clifric said:

I moved from Pattaya to Hua Hin on 2008 and gold chain snatching was rife then. Any farang who is stupid enough to parade around wearing gold chains is asking for trouble. When we went to Vietnam we bought 100 baht watches specially for the occasion. A little bit of commonsense is required; it's too late to cry over spilt milk!!

I had my brushed stainless chain(500 baht worth) snatched while riding my mbike at 2pm early afternoon on 2nd road  near Pattaya clang(Central Pattaya) in 2006 by two lowlifes on mbike.

That goes to show you can't wear anything, anywhere, anytime.Period

On 1/14/2017 at 8:46 PM, Briggsy said:

While clearly the bad person in this tale is the mugger, I would urge all people, particularly foreigners not to wear visible gold chains, particularly worth the amount of money stated in this story. There are numerous reported stories of these being ripped off wearer's necks. By wearing a gold chain, the chances of you being mugged increase exponentially.

You can never eradicate crime completely.There's always gonna be an idiot or two wearing real or fake flashy jewellery out of thousands that land in Pattaya daily and  tens of Thai teen and twenty-something thugs waiting for THOSE two!

Fact is, some people WILL NOT take off their jewellery no matter what because it represents love and respect to someone or a gift from someone loved or lost.

Some  just think and behave differently.

3 hours ago, Phuketboy said:

Rather than warning people not to wear gold chains and other jewellery, send out a warning to these scum thieves that if caught you will have your hands cut off.  People should be able to wear what the hell they want without some gutter trash stealing from them.  Can tolerate a lot of things but thrives I cannot.  Cut the <deleted>$%kers hands off, if the police won't, then do it yourself.  I cut a pricks thumb off once for stealing my phone, bet he never stole again.  

in a perfect world, you could wear anything you want but the world ain't perfect.it never was.

Unfortunately cutting hands off someone will trigger more violence and even  revenge killings.

I get your frustration but these thugs are mostly teenagers and probably high on ice and desperate

10 minutes ago, Asiantravel said:

but nothing compared to the justice system in India where you take your problem not to be resolved but to intentionally tie  things up for at least 10 years

In India the whole traffic comes to a halt for 10 hours because of a cow, let alone their court system gets tied up for 10 years

Actually Thai court system isn't any better than India's

1 hour ago, Asiantravel said:

It's coming as sure as night follows day

hell of a long day

3 hours ago, BruceMangosteen said:

Is there any truth or veracity to the story that both the original developer, out of Bangkok, and the local developer of Israel origin/decent who "bought" it from said Bangkok outfit, have indeed both gotten their money out of the project and in fact, in the case of the Israeli group are getting a monthly retainer of 210,000 Baht (from the escrow account) to keep the process going? In short, where's the money in this fiasco? Who is actually losing money and who made money despite it remaining unfinished, deteriorating, losing market value, etc.?

Winners:the Bank,Construction workers(until the halt),construction company,sales team ( commissions from sales),Executives,advertisers,material suppliers, partial-demolition company(soon) and whoever profited from allowing what once said can't be done.

Losers:Whoever has a piece of the pie in the sky

17 hours ago, champa said:

They ordered The Aetas Bangkok to be demolished to be 8 floors not to be demolished the whole building

I believe the court ordered the demolition within 60 days of December 2014.

but no demolition yet! am I right?

16 hours ago, champa said:

Pattaya city should order the developer to cut down 1/3 of the building line on the narrow road, from 93M to be 60 M

Champa. just to simplify your point.are you referring to downsizing the width of this project?

in other words, eliminating the "Hotel wing" in red circle for example(I calculated it to be approx. 40m)

1 minute ago, SaintLouisBlues said:

Just wait until I get out my crystal balls (both of them) and check

actually it wasn't a question :)

take it as a statement.