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Lots more Russians and maybe Ukrainians can be expected to arrive by the end of March. Thousands are being kicked out of Sri Lanka, no more visa extensions.

To get the whole story, Google 'Russian, Ukrainian tourists told to leave country in 14 days'. I'd post the link here but some times the links are not permitted. 

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Sri Lanka is telling Russian and Ukrainian tourists to leave within 14 days. Just google 'Russian, Ukrainian tourists told to leave country in 14 days'. I'd post the link to the article here, but some links are not allowed.

Thailand should be prepared to accept a massive amount of Russians and Ukrainians within the next few weeks.

35 minutes ago, BigStar said:

 

But in Pattaya none of the personnel is on R&R, so the question is really irrelevant, except for our make-believe purposes. Those are awfully important, for some reason. 

So why do you think US military personnel are in civilian clothes in Pattaya, if they are not on R&R?

3 minutes ago, SingAPorn said:

Most behave hopefully.

 

But what for the loud mouthy rowdys looking for trouble behind their US uniforms ?

 

Hope their Military Police will be well present to contain the hooligans.

 

The ladyboys will do good business obivously.

All the personnel on R&R are in civilian clothing, nobody is uniform, except when on duty.

1 hour ago, G_Money said:

Quite true!

 

Since Woke, PC bullsh— has taken over they’ve been castrated unlike when I first arrived on the shore of Pattaya in 1980 (literally) when the fleet anchored off Pattaya Beach and shuttled ashore by the local longboats,

 

Now I believe they’re moored at Sattahip.  Must be a pain getting back at night.

 

 

 

No pain getting back at night. They get bussed into town and back to the jetty.

What's the make and model of the AC, see label on outside unit? How is the compressor mounted/secured? Any photos?

Over 4,000 personnel aboard the USS Somerset and USS Miguel Keith participated in Cobra Gold 2024

On 2/23/2024 at 12:56 PM, quake said:

Just a dog and pony show.

all will be the same again next week.

Maybe they can have a,  catch the red light crashers day.

or driving up the carriageway the wrong way day.

Thailand forging ahead. 

 

You're absolutely right. Took photos on Sunday and today Monday, exactly the same location as the original post. Both days, the red painted bus stop zone was fully occupied by motor vehicles. Pattaya Police are are certainly bypass a cash cow. They should have at least 3 teams out there with chains and tow trucks 12 hours a day, nabbing the illegal parkers and helping traffic to keep moving. They could clean-out this one area about 3 or 4 times every day, getting 20 bikes a round.

24 minutes ago, JoeyMac said:

Okay so on my last bill ...

 

it says i used 1430 kWh. 

 

Again, i need to stress the only thing we are using any different to the US, is the air conditioning. We do keep it on at night in two rooms. Nothing else is different. 

 

Bill has come to 7 and half thousand Baht. Bill has Mea authority on the top. 

How big are your AC units, how many BTUs?  Something is drawing lots of power and basically tripling your bill. Based on my usage, which is similar to yours, I estimate your usage should be 600 Kwh or less, if you have modern ACs 18K BTU or less.

My bill in Pattaya is 1500-2100b per month. The month ending January 17, 2024 is 2,182.23 baht for 465 units, billed and paid to the PEA. I run my AC at 23c, 1 unit 18k BTU inverter for 12-14 hours daily, 1 unit 18K BTU old R22 AC for 2 hours daily, 1 refrigerator, 1 TV, 2 hot water showers per day, 24 hrs CCTV 7 cameras, LED lights, 2 or 3computers, 3 or 4 phones.

34 minutes ago, Crossy said:

It's all about the money of course.

 

The US is not the boss of Thailand no matter how much they like to think they are.

 

Any country following US or, more likely UN, sanctions do so on an individual and purely voluntary basis.

 

 

If it is just money and profit maybe USA should cut-off Thailand from USA currency, services and stop all imports from Thailand. Greedy Thailand.

There much nicer Thai islands than Koh Chang. I've visited Koh Chang once, but there are much nicer islands a little further south of Koh Chang where the water is crystal clear. Koh Mak and Koh Kood are much better with no complaining operators, excellent service and clearer sea waters.

11 minutes ago, fondue zoo said:

 

Yes, you need to be crafty.

 

Take a photo of the family crying in the restaurant, beseeching the Lord why, whyyy Lord?   like on stage at the Globe level champagne acting.

Caption:  Our Food Made Us Sad

 

I like that, create some drama, use creative acting.

Use ohms's law to calculate amperage. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm's_law : v=IR; where V= voltage, I = is current, and R is resistance

Basically, take watts  divide by voltage to determine amps.

If the voltage is 220 to 240AC, and most electricity delivered to consumers is in this range in Thailand, 28 amps may be okay but not for shower water heater. It seems this water heater is for the whole house, and can draw up to 40A.

19 hours ago, FarangFB said:

 

Exactly, tour buses just seem to drive and park wherever they please, it looks like they're totally above any traffic laws.

They would stop in the designated zones but these zones are 99% occupied by illegally parked vehicles.

On 2/17/2024 at 12:12 PM, Njoku said:

Thais have this idea that everything is gold no matter how old, just this week sent out message as a stir as I was searching Facebook market place for a Mini Cooper S, a 2010 S was listed as Free, seen that a lot by Thai sellers, no comment, yes very good condion under 100,000klms and yes there was a price further down the add, guy shoots back with something in the range of 780,000, reliped that's expensive for a 14 year old S, the owner gets back to me, but "special colour", to end it I say, owned two in the past that there is nothing special about his colour S and at 14 years old good luck trying to sell it...

Car was probably repainted due to an accident and the painter couldn't match the factory color, just made it similar.

When buying used motor vehicles, inspect it thoroughly, many have been in accidents or flooded. Be sure to look under the floor carpeting for rust, look at the body panel seam for misalignment and side panels for bondo (body filler), paint over spray in door frames, front hood bolt removals, etc. .

Trump got some bad recently from the appeals court. He lost his immunity appeal. See attached judgement.

TrumpImmunityJudgement.pdf

BOT interest rate should be at least 3%, to reduce inflation.