scottiejohn

39 minutes ago, rumak said:

Looks like the OP is not getting the responses he might have expected.  Maybe the title of thread should have been...... Finally can eat at Anusarn without breathing someones smoking cigarret

Did you not read the "PS" at the end of my OP.  

I am not a smoker and do not like it, but the point is to ban smoking for everyone, employees and visitors with NO place for any of them to indulge in their habit is I think a "nail in the coffin" for that area.

(the pun! in the phrase was intended-see a few posts above)

1 hour ago, LawrenceN said:

"This is just another self imposed nail in the coffin of an already dying area." -OP

 

I love the irony. You do know don't you that "coffin nail" is another way of saying cigarette?

That is why I used the juxtaposition of the phrases/words.

I assume your next post will be on "stating the bloody obvious".

Just now, Scouse123 said:

 

 

The Buddhist way of life prohibits many things in its most strict interpretations. Thai people, however, being Thai, tend to favour the policy of doing wrong and making merit after to repent

 

 

It seems to work from their way of looking at it.

Which is exactly the point I am trying to make!

I thought "lent" meant you refrained from indulging in certain religious based things. Surely the "end" of lent should mean that a celebration should take place, not a restriction of celebration, after all there should have been no celebrating during the lent period, it is catch up time for what you have missed.

In my "logic" that means we should be celebrating and having a drink to "celebrate" the end of this lent!

PS: I know that the Buddhist way of life prohibits alcohol so it makes the whole selling/banning of alcohol in a Buddhist Country all the more ironic to me.????

27 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Sorry about the decline in business but I agree with the ban on smoking in eating and selling of food areas.

Perhaps a smoking area away from those areas would solve the problem.

Interesting you saw four couples not patronizing the no smoking signed establishments. I wonder how may did actually patronize them because there was no smoking?

During the hour in question there was a table of 4 Male Farang and 2 Thai ladies, two of the men ignored the sign and "warning"  and smoked/vaped regardless,  3 young Thai men came in and myself and partner between 2030-2130.  There was live music from 2100.

13 hours ago, Jane Dough said:

Sadly sumpf has yet to make it into the international Scrabble dictionary. May, trump, pence and johnson will have to suffice.

 

Rooster

But I thought C*nt, Deranged, Twit, and Buffoon were already in the dictionary!

These no smoking signs have been in place for a few weeks now but in the last week the stall holders/tenants have received a letter telling them to enforce the rule at their stalls/premises.  This of course now means there is no smoking even in the outside sitting areas of any of the bar & food outlets and also of course the stall holders/owners themselves now cannot even smoke anywhere (except in the Toilets?).  This appears to be an Anusarn management decision and not a local government one.
Needless to say neither the stall holders/businesses nor the smoking customers are happy and the bars/restaurants are already seeing the loss of customers.  Last night I saw 4 couples in less than one hour either leave or not even sit down, at one of the small bars with outside seating, when informed that they could no longer smoke there. These were (now ex) regular customers who the manageress new were smokers.  Their comments are not printable in a family forum such as this but among other comments they all said they were off to Loi Kroi etc and would not be coming back inside the market. 

Anusarin is already seeing a drop in numbers of stall holders/businesses and customer footfall.  This is just another self imposed nail in the coffin of an already dying area.

PS; I don't smoke so I have no axe to grind in that respect.

16 hours ago, TPI said:

"sumpf" it means idiot,

I hope that was intended as a useful scrabble tool and not a less than subtle dig at dear "Rooster"!

????

Yo mamma’s so fat her memory foam mattress forgot.
Yo mamma’s so ugly when she walked into a haunted house, she walked out with a job application.
Yo mamma’s so fat, we took a picture of her last Christmas and it’s still printing.
Yo mamma’s so fat and heavy when she wore high heels, she struck oil.
Yo mama’s so dumb she stood on a chair to raise her IQ.
Yo mama’s so fat, she left the house in high heels and came back in flip flops.
Yo mama’s so dumb, she tried to make an appointment with Dr. Pepper!
Yo mama’s so dumb she bought tickets to Xbox Live.
 

Some security guard if he cannot guard his own property, never mind guarding his employer's property!

I think it is time he was fired and told to "get on his bike"!

PS; ???? Oops I forgot he no longer has one!

1 hour ago, sammieuk1 said:

CM now the hub of heinous criminality hang him from the gate ????

I hope that will not be until it is re-painted.  

It is a good job the bike did NOT belong to a Chinese tourist and stolen by a Thai security guard.  Then you could really watch the sh*t hit the fans/headlines and apologies all round.

6 minutes ago, gunderhill said:

I'm  pretty sure they'll be getting "benefit" in the UK.

He will be receiving a totally different kind of "benefit" in the monkey house.   

49 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Andorra and San Marino will compensate the loss of Chinese

Don't forget all the visitor potential of Pitcairn Island and Antarctica.

PS;  If he was "high" on glue does that mean he "got stuck into them" and will he now come to a sticky end? 

????

MA PA & KID CONFUSION

Daddy is mowing the lawn when his young son comes running out of the house calling to him. 
"Daddy, daddy, what's sex?" asks the boy. 
For a moment dad is dumbstruck but then decides that if his son has asked the question, then he must do his best to answer it. For the next few minutes dad talks about the birds and the bees, then human relationships, love, the sex act, having babies -- in fact he does a pretty good job of covering every aspect.

Eventually he comes to a stop when he sees how oddly his son is looking at him. 
"Why did you want to know?" he asks. 

"Well, Mummy said to come out and tell you that dinner would be ready in two secs." 

PS:  for the BRITS.  The dinner meal was not "Toad in the hole"!
 

I love some fat mama's and grand mama's but I also like the jokes about them!

Yo mama’s so fat she doesn’t need the internet! She is already worldwide.

Yo mama’s got so many teeth missing, it looks like her tongue is in a jail.
Yo mamma’s so fat that when she went on Myspace there was no space left for anybody else!
Yo mamma’s so ugly, Yo daddy takes her to work with him every day so he doesn’t have to kiss her goodbye.
Yo mamma’s so fat her shadow’s got mass. (And she’s not even a catholic!)
Yo mamma’s so poor and fat, when she goes to the park, ducks throw bread at her.
Yo mamma’s so stupid when I said I lost my mind, she went looking for it.
Yo mamma’s so fat when she put on Guess jeans, the answer popped out.
Yo mamma’s so stupid, she thought LGBT was a sandwich.

8 hours ago, johnoko said:

every study!!!!!

A very bold statement.  Please provide some independent sites/figures. 

I suggest you mean  "some selected Thai sponsored studies" etc. Also where are your "studies" quoting spending per person/per country etc rather than TOTAL spending by ALL Chinese.  Of course the totals will be bigger for China, there are more of them coming here after all.

My partner's business is definitely down by Chinese income/footfall counts compared to the last few months of last year.  

PS what has the amount of empty shopping wrappers of goods they are taking home got to do with it.