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On 27/12/2560 at 2:58 AM, Rhys said:

  What then is  a gik?

 

It's a relatively new euphemism for ชู้ or if used monogamously mean someone you flirt with

On 25/12/2560 at 5:12 AM, tgeezer said:

Is it good old Dick or that bastard Dick or something in between?

 

It all depends on the level of familiarity between the speakers and context, I = that bastard is about right, if your friend don't mind being called 'that bastard' in their own circle of friends then it is used in endearment

In proper use, I would only be used in register preserved for lesser thing, like animals pet or inanimate objects, ไอ้หมาตัวนั้น = that bloody dog

Maybe those T.M.30 forms are actually good for something, it could be as easy as that they used a credit card somewhere in the mall, and was seen on camera using it at the cashier, hence the police has a name to match the person seen taking the purse, and searched it against list of names submitted by hotels

On 26/12/2560 at 1:18 PM, csabo said:

Don't buy or eat Muslim Halal meat in any form anywhere. 

In Thailand, all the Chicken and Beef are Halal everywhere, even breads and noodles are Halal, 

If your objection is with the slaughter method especially, I'm afraid Thailand is not for you

A guy on motorcycle has already been killed on top of the tunnel trying to go straight on the right lanes that turn right into Klang, hit the kerb and into the traffic lamp post, and the next day after that a similar crash by speeding youths late at night hit the same spot, not dead unfortunately

I saw a guy riding without helmet today, and I think, yesterday I saw another guy riding wrong way down the road

Leave, or ask for another menu, if they don't understand you that's their problem

20 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

This was a few minutes ago.  Burger King and Sizzler crowded.

A lot less foodies here I guess.

Too bad it is good.

When they give you a ticket with queue number that probably start counting since they start service for lunch, in the evening, I got a ticket with as low as 20, can't imagine a place that size only having less than 20 customers for the whole day!

I have a Ford mechanic ex-dealership guy who does a lot of repairs on Fords and Mazda and has good access to parts, unfortunately not in Pattaya, otherwise most garage should have obd reader now, they might freak out if they're only used to Toyotas and Hondas.

Bosch Service in Esso petrol station Naklua, north of Bangkok Hospital can definitely read the code and look it up, but they can't diagnose for much, only replace parts

Also just noticed next to the Udon place in Big C Extra FoodCourt is a new? stall with various kinds of Naan and Biryani (not the Thai styled ones) run and served by middle eastern looking gentlemen, haven't tried it yet but will report back soon

Moo 1 narrows it down, but then again without street/road name and house number, you'll be at a loss 

if you have a person's name, asking the postman on that route and they might know which address they belong to, 

16 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I got a chance to try that new Udon place at Big C Pattaya Klang. The noodles themselves were great. They better be. I had the Tom yum flavor. OK but the meat was pretty crappy including fake crab and some kind of processed ham thingie that they couldn't pay me to eat. I saw fried foods just sitting there. Yuck. But I guess depending on what you order they probably fry up fresh sometimes. I'd eat there again for different noodle dishes but wouldn't make a special trip.

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You can ask them to fry a fresh one for you, too bad the menu is very limited, but I saw some of the 'express' branch like this in Bangkok Food court and they had different menu, so hopefully it's on a rotation, their nearest 'proper' full-format restaurant is in Robinson mall in SriRacha, not really worth a trip though

7 hours ago, stevenl said:

So all you have to do is reregister?

Yes, but I suspect if I were to lose the green/blue book it would be quite a hassle or next to impossible to do so

I've had my bike that's not been taxed over 3 years and they say it is no longer on their system, when I went to pay for all the back taxes I had to surrender the numberplate, and the green book was given back to me stamped to the effect of 'not on road/roadworthy' and I think that is the only thing if I want to re-register it, if I were to lose the green book, there would be nolonger any record of the bike in their system, maybe there'll be a paper record of the VIN and previous registration somewhere, but good luck trying to get the jobsworth to dig it up for you 

3 minutes ago, champers said:

Mos Burger were in Central Festival on Beach Road a few years ago.

Ah yes, I remember now, 5th floor near the car park exit, Became 'Little Home' Thai bakery from Bangkok after that and now is some hipster Japanese restaurant at the moment

After so many failed Japanese chains in Central Festival, (Coco Ichibanya, Pepperlunch) I must have lost track

1 hour ago, wpcoe said:

Is Mos Burger still at Central?  They'd be my next choice for a burger after Carls Jr.

In Pattaya? I don't think they have ever been in Pattaya 

Thais would never specify if they're talking about the 'city hall' กทม or the capital, adding เทศบาล or ราชการ infront is just not done, you'd have to gleam from context if they're talking about the capital or the government body

Even if they want to go to the Bali Hai pier, letting them enter from the front in Pattaya Tai let them takes in the sights and get their money's worth

There's many places that has Bang- prefix to denote somewhere that has plenty of something

Bangna

Bangchak ใบจาก is a leaf from a kind of palm

BangKapi

ยียวนกวนตีน is the fuller version with gibberish attached 

ยวน alone is used in similar non-literal meaning of กวน eg: taking the mick, to harass

Everywhere it used to be 72 something without the promotion, but with promotion it's around 69,

so now the *normal* - non promotion price is now 69 for five cans, whenever they got rid of the buy 5 get 1 free packaging, the normal price is sure to go up

If you paid 69 for six can before, that means your retailer is good in giving you the sale all the time, you pay the same as before

if you got it from other place where it's 72+ before, the new price from Coke itself is now cheaper

I've had too many times walked into Carls's Jr. in both Bangkok and Pattaya only for them to tell me ' No hab beef' only for me to laugh in their face all too often this year now

Most of the fast food Burgers place (except McDonald's?) uses Australian Beef which although more expensive than Thai is less varied in price and quality, and is more dependable to set price to... until the supplier ran out of their import quota... which unless they can find a new supplier, they're not gonna get anymore until next year.

I have a feeling that the more syllable Thai nicknames have, the more it becomes: 'Stripper Names'

Had the pleasure of flying Nok Air the other day and all their hostess introduces themselves with a นก+their 2+syllables nicknames like:

นกน้ำหวาน

นกลิ้นจี่

นกข้าวต้ม

I don't think their parents call them by those names

The Scottish actor Ewan McGregor when transcribed in Thai is ยวน 

On 6/12/2560 at 9:55 AM, bluesofa said:

Now you mention that, it has just triggered my memory from when I used to live in Pattaya years ago.

 

At the Second Road/Central Road junction when turning left into Central Road towards the beach, there was a sign which said รอสัญญาณ or maybe เลี้ยวซ้ายรอสัญญาณ It was only in Thai, no English translation.

 

Hence the it was a favourite for the BIB to pounce on non-Thai readers and fine them when they did try to turn left on red.

 

IIRC doesn't the regulation say say something like you can turn left on red unless specified otherwise?

 

That was 'Turn left... waiting light' sign, that's badly translated from Thai

That junction is in practice.. free left turns when there's no police presence, or even then when they feel like it

The regulation says only left turn when red is allowed where there's white arrow in blue circle sign or เลี้ยวซ้าย ผ่านตลอด in Thai