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1 hour ago, tgeezer said:

I สตางค์ is often shortened to ตางค์ so begging for money could be ขอตางค์  

 

actually it's shortened to ตังค์

which makes it less likely to be confused with ทาง

7 hours ago, surfdog said:

as corrected above, it is not slang or regional.  And pronounced 'Bang' british A, not American A.  Pronounced a lot like 'dang'   loud

Transliterating to 'bung' removes any variation in how you pronounce 'bang'

According to labour law, the Company is only required to have 13 paid holidays, and could be any 'traditional' holiday and must have labour day. They can have more, but it is not illegal to have holiddays that don't 'match up' with bank/government holiday. as long as there's 13 in a year, it's ok. Some company have 'different' holiday to the Thai ones like Chinese new year and Christmas day.

If you don't turn up on workind day that means you're absent.

But for absenteeism to be a fireable offense without prior warning, you'd need to be gone for 3 straight days (not counting days off or holiday in between) without reason and them being unable to contact you.

If it's only 1 day and you were fired, your employer is in the wrong and you can contact labour department for wrongful dismissal

Your HR might try to count the Saturday and Sunday before the Monday that you were absent as the 3 day absent required to fire you but they'd be in the wrong

10 hours ago, AGareth2 said:

for what?

servants for the senior ranks?

Well the shirts ain't gonna iron itself and there's lawn to be mowed

Also just came back from Bangkok just now, the queue for 36 exit was atrocious, there were sign along the way for Rayong bound traffic to take earlier exit at Laem Chanbang (Nong Kham Tolls) but people are unfamiliar with the name of the tolls location, hopefully they will adjust.

The side roads were quite empty from Laem Chabang exit to 36, so the road can definitely take the volume or at lease move/spread the jam to the earlier tolls 

There's some room behind the current tolls at 36 to make a double stack arrangement for maybe another 3 booths

33 minutes ago, topt said:

Are you rounding up as I thought the total was 105 baht all the way to Pattaya? 

Cost me 10 baht yesterday Pattaya to the 36 toll and same on return.

 

100 baht from Lad Krabang to 36 (Pong) exit, another 5 to Nong Prue (Last one to Pattaya) toll

which should make Pattaya to 36 exit 5 baht, maybe they count from Sukhumvit Intersecton, Thai logic?

Theres another auto air con specialist north of Esso station in North Pattaya/Naklua, between North Pattaya(Bangkok Hospital) And Naklua Rd.

With cleaning and gassing, when the compressor give out or was running dry when there are leaks it could introduce small metal shavings into the system and get left around in radiator and pipings, without good clean and flush before regassing, once you've replaced the compressor, the metal bits could come back and wreach havoc on the new compressor. 

Donated clothes from 'back home' are sold by weight in bundles at Rongklua border market in Aranyaprathet, and get sorted into increasing price along the chain

The tolls has been in operation since the start of the year, (and there were queues then) the only change since the 19th is that people coming from Bangkok leaving at the 36 exit previously had to pay 60 baht now has to pay 100 at that toll.

That exit has too few booths definitely

I used to go cycling/running on the big Buddha hill side a lot and has never seen any monkeys, lots of dogs and cats and guys getting it on after dark yes. The monkey must have come from somewhere, the nearest area with wild monkey is around the silverlake, I don't see how they could have migrated across all the roads and urban area.

A couple of years back there was a big(for Pattaya) news when a monkey was found roaming beach road and was finally caught at soi 13/1,  with the rescue service climbing out of the short time room balcony to catch it. tTe presumption then was that some tourist must have brought it over

Have they finally stop dropping people off in Chonburi town for good now? on my most recent trips I've been lucky that they don't do this, it used to be that they don't detour into Chonburi only during the rush hours, and only on customer's requrest.I never understand why people boarding at Ekamai has a choice to go with the bus company that's actually going to  Chonburi choose to board a Pattaya bus and make them detour into Chonburi at the inconvenience of other passengers.

Have they accept that it is them that lost it, or are they blaming that they've already given it to you when you picked up the white plates? 

At trucks/coach speed there should be no need for them to be on the 7 on the stretch from Bang Phra tolls to 36 exit, as more adjust to the new scheme, hopefully then there wouldn't be so much queue on the 36 exit toll.

But I have seen 3701/3702 ground to a halt when there's some accident

37 minutes ago, pinosho said:

45bht that's almost 80% increase!!! Based on what I wonder : gasoline price???Average salary increase?? Cost of life increase??? Increased security on the road??? 

lenght

On 19/4/2561 at 12:46 PM, Bangkok Barry said:

 

Please don't tell me you expect logic and common sense in Thailand. Come on! There really is no limit to how stupid these people are.

It was priced per kilometer, actual price were supposed to be 109 but 105 is the compromise.

The toll booths were supposed to be nearer to Sukhumvit in Pattaya rather than in Nong Prue, maybe they hoped to charge 110 or 120 baht there

but nongprue residents lobbied to have their 'on ramp' constructed to use Hwy7 as an easy way into Pattaya, so the booths ended up where it is now

guns and bullets kind? 'cause there are many things you can pay to shoot at/with in Pattaya

46 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

So far it seems quieter than previous years, judging from the frequency of Thai-loaded pickups with music blaring driving next to my place being a lot lower. Maybe because it's in the middle of the week and not a public holiday? Or maybe the demographic change has made it more boring, lack of sanook would deter the Thais for sure.

maybe because the big day is tomorrow

Huay Yai won't be blocked, but coming up via Sukhumvit expects lots of delay from Chaiyapruk up to South Pattaya, some years Sukhumvit is relatively free of water fights, but things do kick off when people in the back of pickup trucks come to a stop near each other. The police do try to enforce no playing on Sukhumvit during the construction of the tunnel in past years. 

Going to 331 via Huay Yai is the safe bet, but Sukhumvit is doable if you allow for some delays 

1 hour ago, domdom said:

Hello

Can you tell me how the traffic could be so much affected on 19th, as I have to go to BGK..

I don t see how motorway could be blocked ?

Have a nice day

What time and where are you travelling from, if you can manage to get on the motorway via the back roads to the 36 from the dark side, that'll be fine.

Sukhumvit intersection between North and Central Pattaya should be fine till about 11-12 

wouldn't ซาก้า sounds more swedish with the Ga sound

The official holiday is only until the 16th, so 17th should be fine
The office should be open on the 'unofficial' Pattaya days  on  18-19, there should be relatively free of queues providing that you can manage to get through Jomtien Beach road.

It can get pretty cold during big thunderstorm, are the historical lows during rains?

would it help to look at the humidity during the record temperature' cause last Saturday felt properly cold and dry

On 6/4/2561 at 9:32 AM, surfdog said:

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p.s. you are not going to find บ้ง in the dictionary :)

 

becaust it's spelled บัง

On 1/4/2561 at 9:16 PM, 2112 said:

Can someone tell me the common word for neighborhood mom & pop shops that sell beer, snacks, etc.? I have usually called them ร้านชำ (ran cham) but I think that may be incorrect. Is it ร้านค้า (ran ka)?? I always think of ร้านค้า as being bigger stores.

Thanks!

ร้านชำ is correct short from ร้านขายของชำ grocery store

another widely understood loneword from Taechew Chinese is โชห่วย sometimes misspelled as โชว์ห่วย 

ร้านค้า is just unspecified shops

8 hours ago, surfdog said:

it's possible that the problem with finding the right adjective is because there would be a different set of adjectives for people vs. cities.  In English of course sleazy can be used for both.

 

I have no idea what the word is, but I think it is pretty common in Thai to refer to 'sleazy' places as having "พวกมาเฟีย".    At least that is how I would approach the conversation.

 

I think the meaning is pretty clear that you think Pattaya is a sleazy place if it is full of  a 'bunch of gangs.'  The sleazyness comes from the gangs, who prey, con, rip off, pimp, etc.

เถื่อน literally wild is used in this context

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