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Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of US Navy sailors plan to visit Pattaya in a few weeks. They'll be looking for lots of ladies available to entertain them with unforgetable unspeakable pleasures, rest and relaxation. These gentlemen have been at sea for many weeks with no female companionship. What are the recommended best establishments/locations where these young handsome rich American men might find suitable ladies? Maybe some ladies can even snag a potential husband. I hear Soi 6 is off-limits to all military personnel and MPs will be near the Soi, due to many fights with ladyboys during past visits.

Looks like HKT runway is open for landing and takeoff at 1pm Feb. 5. Lots of flights according to flightaware, https://flightaware.com/live/airport/VTSP

So it sounds like Amaron battery for a Toyota hilux revo diesel truck is a good choice and should last a long time.

July 4?? I thought it was in January 2023. Quality Thai reporting of the facts.

See National Anti-Corruption Commission, www.nacc.go.th/english. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Anti-Corruption_Commission_(Thailand) Also Google "thailand anti-corruption agency".

Chuwit is doing a fantastic job of exposing the corruption in Thai government. Keep up the good work! Let's see what the PM's reaction will be to this new information. Chuwit should also expose the Prosecutors and Judges, so the full circle is exposed. If anybody in Thailand wanted to truly expose all corrupt public employees, just follow the money! Start at the DLT, get a list of car owners of expensive high priced cars registered in the past 3 years, and cross reference that list with all government employees, and any companys' officers who obtained a government contract worth more than 5 million baht. Next, go to the land registry office, get a list of all property valued at more than 5 million baht, that has changed hands in the last X years, and cross reference that list with all government employees. Finally, expand the government employee list to include all relatives of the government employees, and cross reference that list to the car and land list. Just follow the money!

Finally, the Police and the Press name and photograph the corrupt individual, wonderful job! It is refreshing to see the Police doing their job well, with video evidence, and releasing it to the public. Now the issue becomes, will the prosecutor and Judge do their job and send a strong message, fine the guy 10 times the bribe money and all previous bribes, and at least 1 year jail, loss of job and associated retirement benefits? Or will there be more brown envelopes and a slap on the wrist?

Many do charge non-Thai speaking customers more than Thai speaking customers. 90% of the time my Thai girlfriend can get a hotel room, same dates, cheaper than I can. International chain hotels are the most consistent in pricing, the Thai non-chain hotels will usually discount for Thai speaking customers over the phone, facebook, email or their website, etc..

I heard that in Pattaya language school ED visas will not be renewed or extended beyond the initial expiry date. Some students were told they have to leave at the end of their ED visa.

I understand. Maybe somone from the US Embassy in Bangkok, should go to UTP and HKT and observe what is happening with the Azure Boeing aircraft and report back to Assistant Secretary of Commerce Thea Rozman Kendler. You can observe the flight paths in realtime at flightaware.com and other flight tracking websites. They show no stops between VKO and UTP. You can also see the previous 4 flights and their paths with altitude and speed, during the entire flight, no stops.

One of the flights from Russia is VKO to UTP which is 3,078 miles, ( a 9 hour 39 min. flight) one way, which is being flown by a Boeing 767-300. This aircraft can fly about 6,800 miles but that doesn't include 2 takeoffs. It can fly 6,800 in one trip, one takeoff. Lots of fuel is consumed at takeoff. Also, according to international safety standards, every flight should have fuel contingency supporting at least 40 minutes of flight.

Imprisonment of the people allowing/aiding in breaking the sanctions. Russian Boeing aircraft should not be re-fueled or repaired in Thailand. The people allowing these actions may face legal action. Thailand and USA do have extradition treaty allowing people who are "wanted" in USA to be sent to USA to face legal proceedings.

Apparently fueling Boeing aircraft owned/operated by Russian airlines qualifies for sanctions. Just Google using "turkey boeing parts russian" You'll find some stories about Turkey has received notice to stop refueling Boeing aircraft operated by Russian airlines.

Tough to copy a jet. Flight tracker says they are flying BOEING 767-300 (twin-jet) into Thailand

Russian airline Azur Air is flying Boeing jets into and out of Thailand on a daily basis. These jets require parts and maintenance. Is Thailand supplying Boeing parts or maintenance services to Russian airlines? If they are, it would be contrary to USA sanctions. Thailand could face imprisonment, fines, loss of export privileges and other restricting steps if Thailand provides spare parts, fuel and other services for the U.S.-made planes that are being used for flights to and from Russia

The important part of replacing AC is to get inverter ACs. I got 2 Hitachi 18K BTU about 5 years ago, still going strong. They replaced 13K BTU Mitsubushi AC, one still working, one broken. The old ones are worth money, even if they are not working, so make sure you get some salvage cash for the old ones. I sold one the working one for 2000 baht, and the one that needed a new compressor, for 800 baht, to AC guy installing the new inverters. Another point is, up size the new inverter ones, one size up. This way when you flash them, they will cool the place quickly, then throttle back to maintain the temperature. The final part is supervise the installation. Make sure they pull a good vacuum on the lines. All breaks in the lines are brazed together, not compession fitted, and each line is individually insulated, not put together inside one closed cell insulator. Also specify you want a plastic enclosure for both lines. Go around to bigger appliance stores and get the best deal. If you are buying 5, get ready to negotiate.

The bank and the bank employees should also be held criminally liable. The bank employees should be jailed, and the bank should pay a fine 5 times greater than the money taken. The sole job of a bank is keep people's money safe from loss and in this case they did not fulfill the fudiciary duty.

There should be prison time for the criminals. This is a major problem with Justice in Thailand. It seems the Judges don't punish many criminals, they just try to return things the way were before the crime. There should be major punitive damages awarded.

After it is cancelled, it can't be re-activated, it is permanently cancelled.

Germany could provide a lot more military support for Ukraine. Compared to other EU countries, they have provided miniscule military and financial support to Ukraine, based on GDP size. (see https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303450/bilateral-aid-to-ukraine-in-a-percent-of-donor-gdp/) Germany just keeps on supporting the Russian agenda, and obstructs the EU and other countries from helping Ukraine, especially when it comes to Leopard tanks. Germany doesn't want Ukraine to win and is trying to delay Western proper military support as much as possible. Germany and France are just making token gestures to Ukraine and sending bandages instead of bullets.

Thai punishment for people causing motor vehicles accidents are tiny, especially for personal injury accidents. The punishment, when cause bodily harm to a person by motor vehicles, criminal law 390, should provide a minimum fine of 10,000 baht or more plus optional prison sentences of up to 5 years

6,200,000,000 baht for water for 6,000 households means the cost for each household is just over 1,000,000 baht. Must be some influential people living up there to warrant such an expense for infrastructure or the construction company will be handling some heavy brown envelopes. Surely there are better ways to improve infrastructure that will benefit more people.

There are money back guarantees in Canada, its called the Lemon Act or CAMVAP, which covers 94% of new car sales in Canada. You can get 100% refund on the purchase price if there are too many repairs on a new vehicle or even some used car. Used cars have to qualify. Had a friend buy a new Cadillac, dealer had 3 chances to get it running properly and never did, so he got 100% of his money refunded. But this is Thailand and many Thai find it very difficult to ever give back money after a sale. It's very difficult to get a refund on anything in Thailand. When I was looking to buy a vehicle in Thailand, many times the date attached to vehicle advertisements was first registered year rather than the manufacturing year, and the dealer didn't tell me it was the registered date, had to look at the manufacturing VIN plate. Many used vehicles had accidents and weren't repaired properly, many had been flooded or had power train modifications from original manufacturer specifications. It was too risky finding a good quality used vehicle at a fair price so I ended up buy a new vehicle from a Toyota dealer.

Many of the bars on walking street don't open until 10PM. Go see walking street at 12 midnight or 1AM. Also, many of bars have too high prices, especially for bar fines, and takeout services. There are lots of lower cost places in town providing equal or better entertainment.

Locker locks look like cheap wafer locks, maybe 3-5 pin. Maybe some of the keys had the pin numbers stamped on the key. A prior user of that locker could easily have copied the key, or just recorded the key pin numbers and had a new key cut. These locks are really easy to pick, lots of tools on Amazon and Ebay for the job. Not so smart to entrust 10M baht to cheap lock.