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Another prime candidate for the no-fly list. Airline captain showed a lot of sense in denying him boarding. Let him walk back to China.

Good. Now he can go live in the south of France like he wants to. Buh bye bye.

Absolutely agree. They have a 3 BILLION baht budget and they want a huge 1.5 BILLION baht raise for next year! Shameless! Very vague on what they will use all that extra money for--except 'personnel costs', mentioned prominently. Meaning everyone's likely to get enormous raises--or more children and cousins and nieces and nephews and aunts and uncles are coming aboard the gravy train--or both that and raises. Love to see how the 3 billion--and the extra 1.5 billion--is spent.

And, that very nicely and succinctly explains the 'dearth'.

I figured at that relatively high price point, in 2008, we're talking a large condo. I know you don't want to sell but if you did, it would probably be a fairly easy sell--simply supply and demand. There aren't that many large condos in supply, and even fewer being built, to fill a healthy demand. Not that many 2 bedrooms, even fewer 2 bedrooms with study. I think you have a free condo at this point, or close to it. I mentioned in an earlier post that had I stayed with the original condo I paid 2.6MB for in 2011, I would have more than paid for it with the rent I saved in that time period--over 2.8MB. I figured the rent conservatively at 20,000 baht a month--I paid 25,000 baht a month for the same type of seaview unit when I first arrived, before I bought. From your description, and a value well over twice that of my condo, you likely would have paid around 40,000 baht a month to rent something that large. Figure thirteen and a half years of rent equals 6,480,000 baht. If maintenance fees have averaged around 37,000 baht a year over the 13.5 years, then you are right at 6MB in savings in rent. So, free condo, or coming close to it, depending on what the average rent was for the time period. Whatever the current value is, it's all gravy. Someone will soon be along to point out that if you had rented, and invested that 6MB back in 2008 in "X", you would have made far more money. Maybe, provided you actually did invest the 6MB in "X" instead of frittering it away, and "X" actually did increase in value. They are also making two assumptions. 1: You prefer the homeless life and sleeping in the open air. However, if you're one of those crazies who does want a roof over your head, you either pay yourself or a landlord. I prefer to pay myself, and, apparently, so do you. Assumption 2: You can't walk and chew gum at the same time. The assumption seems to be that you always do one or the other--either buy a property or invest. No reason you can't do both at the same time. At 40,000 baht a month in rent, you would save 480,000 baht a year by owning, instead. Minus the yearly maintenance fee, say 40,000 baht, you would have 440,000 baht to invest in "X" each year. In an earlier post, I said that owning in Thailand makes the most sense, to me, on a long-term basis, and as a place of residence. I think yours is a great example of just that. For those not wanting to be tied down, or here short-term, then renting has advantages, with lots of good deals, especially compared to what they would be paying in their home countries.

Who would buy a '6Mill condo'? My partner and I would, and have, five times. We certainly aren't the only ones--just look at all the successful condo projects that have been built in Pattaya in the last 10 years or so, and have found buyers at that price point, and much higher. For a number of new condo projects, 6MB would be on the low end with the project pricing. Surely you've noticed the large billboard as you approach Pattaya on the Motorway, for Arom 2 bedroom condos--16MB for Arom Wong Amat and 12MB for Arom Jomtien. I think you missed all the points of Pattaya57's excellent post, by the way.

Unbelievable. Every time I think this will be the last time I type 'you can't make this up', along comes another story far more ridiculous and absurd than any fictional story.

You'll never get an answer from these folks. Instead, you'll get deflection, you'll get pointless questions asked over and over, and you'll get absolutely useless tripe trotted out like 'drain the swamp'. The only thing 'drained' under Trump was the US Treasury, with his massive deficits coupled with massive tax cuts for the rich.

No good deed . . . Disgusting, the abbot should have been expelled.

And, one too many.

I agree about getting some payback from PT for the votes. I don't know what happens to MF members if MF is abolished.

That's an excellent outcome right there--the Senators' votes being superfluous. If PT has any smarts and wants to redeem itself, as soon as it gets into power it should invite MF back into the coalition--which is why MF should vote for the PT candidate for PM. If any coalition parties want to leave at that point if MF rejoins, fine--the ones that leave likely would be the ones not wanted, anyway. PT and MF need to be working together, as was initially planned after the election. Sort of a roundabout way of getting back to Plan A.

Just what I said MF should do a week or so ago. Proclaim loudly and publicly that MF, the party that is in favor of modifying Article 112, the party that is in favor of far-reaching reform, including of the military, will stand with PT and vote for the PT candidate as PM. Now, what are the junta parties and the Senators going to do? Be seen as also standing along side MF, and be seen as agreeing with MF, if they, too, vote for the PT candidate; or, be seen as once again voting against the will of the voters, voting against democracy, and voting to once again delay the forming of a government. Win-win either way for MF.

Had a big, hearty laugh over their first reason for the tourist shortfall--TAT hadn't gotten its money yet. Right, guys. Nice try. I will buy political uncertainty having some effect--in 2014, the year of the coup, international tourism dropped a bit, but I don't think by anywhere near 2 million.

Follow the above. Excellent post.

I'm not seeing anything botched in the story. Should be thankful they saved his leg.

'Chonburi Coast'. Nice ring to it. The article is just putting into print what many of us living here already know. Greater Pattaya is a great place to live, offering many different areas and neighborhoods to choose from, with good climate, low crime, good medical care at a reasonable cost, excellent shopping and services, and a large variety of housing choices at all price points to rent or buy.

Fat, drunk farangs behaving badly. Got a nice lesson.

With all due respect, I'm not sure how we have progressed from your dissatisfaction with a comment about the reading abilities of Trump's supporters to Clinton's supporters refusing to accept that Trump won in 2016. Deflection? Let's review, shall we? I posted a very accurate, and I felt very thorough, list of the crimes Clinton committed, and should have been found guilty of, and locked up for. This was in response to a post asking what crime, singular, she had committed. You surely remember the list, ending with guilty of being too honest. In that post, I innocently gave a plug to an upcoming book 'by' Trump. I mistakenly called it The Art of Grifting. Shortly afterwards, the publisher called me, thanked me for the plug, and clarified that the book was actually titled The Art of the Grift. Setting the record straight, as I'm wont to do, I posted again with an apology about getting the title wrong in the first post; I also like to apologize when I make an error. After making the apology, I thought it might be interesting if I relayed some information and other tidbits the publisher had passed on to me in our phone conversation. For example, I found it fascinating that the publisher said Trump hadn't, of course, actually written the book but he might have imagined some of it in his head. I'm still quite taken (or is it shaken) by that. Since the publisher had been so nice and forthcoming, I ended the post by giving the news that the book would go on sale in the Fall, and concluded with the publisher's verbatim quote that the book would make 'a wonderful Christmas gift for all the Trump supporters possessing the ability to read.' Perhaps you're familiar with a certain saying, 'Don't shoot the messenger'. I feel you have unfairly associated me with the reading ability quote from the publisher. Just the messenger here. Another saying also springs to mind. 'No good deed goes unpunished.' I'm not sure what all the fuss is about, anyway. The publisher does publish books, with words and sentences, and it seems natural to me that they might mention that the book would make a nice gift for Trump's followers who can read. People are so quick to take offense about anything these days! The publisher did give me somewhat of an exclusive--I'll throw caution to the winds and pass it along now. Mind you, as the messenger only, nothing more. And, here it is. There will be an audio book read by Donald Trump, himself! Yes, he can read, according to the publisher, as long as the sentences are short, with no, I quote again, 'big' words. Expect it out in the Spring, hopefully to benefit from the publicity of likely one or more of his trials. So, all bases covered, for Trump readers and non-readers! Happy?

Send her medical bills to the club's owners--and force them to pay steep damages on top of that.

Sad, indeed. And the spiral began with Trump's elevation to the presidency , over the will of the voters, who preferred Clinton by over 2 million votes. Clinton, like Gore before her, accepted defeat and did not file 60 ridiculous lawsuits, did not spout countless lies about the election, did not try to force governors to 'find' votes, did not falsely and loudly trash the voting process, did not try to intimidate the vice-president at the time, Biden, to disregard the Constitution, and did not incite her supporters to overthrow the government. Yes, 'how sad'.

If I may, a small correction to my earlier post, in which I mentioned The Art of Grifting. I have since heard from Trump's publisher and they inform me that, while they appreciate the plug for his upcoming book, it is actually called The Art of the Grift, apparently to piggyback on the popularity of his last book, The Art of the Lie. Sorry for the mix-up. As with the previous opus, Trump did not actually write the book, rather, he has put his name on the cover, as he does with buildings and casinos. They assure me, however, that much of the writing might have been imagined in his head. I'm further told that Trump has relayed to the publisher that he considers the book to be 'beautiful' (this will be highlighted on the cover) and he fully expects to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, to join his other wins for Peace, Chemistry, Medicine, and Physics. Unlike The Art of the Lie, a lighthearted, often humorous look (according to the publisher) at some of Trump's most famous and biggest whoppers among his 30,000 lies, his latest book is in a much more serious vein, and begins with his early years, even before his college cheating, draft-dodging days. It also includes a detailed account of what Trump, himself, considers one of his very best grifts, among so many to choose from, of convincing his gullible, clueless, non-thinking, rabid supporters to send tons of their hard-earned, low-wage money to him to pay him for the crimes he has committed. Out this Fall, advanced orders now being taken by Amazon. Nationwide book tour by Trump, provided he is not incarcerated. The publisher tells me it will make a wonderful Christmas gift for all the Trump supporters possessing the ability to read.

Crimes not 'crime'. And, 'lock her up' because she was guilty, nothing alleged about it. To refresh your memory: Guilty of being a woman Guilty of not being hot enough for Trump to even consider sexually assaulting Guilty of being smarter than Trump (99.9% of us are also guilty of this) Guilty of being far more articulate than Trump on any subject other than The Art of Grifting Guilty of being far more experienced and prepared to be President than Trump Guilty of being more popular than Trump (this was proven beyond a reasonable doubt when 2 million more voters selected her for President over Trump. The nerve!) Guilty of thinking too small--a couple of low-level secret documents on her email account when she could have had boxes and boxes of top secret highly-classified, very sensitive documents in her bathroom for guests to read while they were pooping And, finally, her worst crime: Being 'way too honest' (hello, Pence!) in calling the deplorables supporting Trump deplorables

He still alive?

Not.