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55 minutes ago, George FmplesdaCosteedback said:

Very good point. Yes they are all at it. Does that make it impossible to stop I wonder?

Improbable. Who would want to? if you were on the trousering team of happy campers, would you break ranks to give up the gravy train for the greater good? In all honesty, I bloody well wouldn't! 

It's Thailands version of the beloved British seasonal Pantomime. 

"Oh no you won't!"

"Oh yes we will!"

For added fun, brit posters can make up their own minds whose playing the role of Buttons, Widow Twankey, etc. 

Day one on the site and I'm almost in as much grief as Dhammalammadingdong.

*Self censoring, we regret the necessity.*

i can't think of anything worse than being extradited back to Thaliand face 'justice'. Except maybe just being thrown in the slam there in the first place...

5 hours ago, sirmud63 said:

desperation, right there .

Not at all. According to the Minster, life goes on.

Just er, somewhat desperately.

TLDR thread.

So I'm probably the nth person to suggest maybe they could drop the annual renewal of the Non-immigrant class of visas, or halve the THB 800,000 retirement requirement to the THB 400,000 required of married guys, which makes little sense. 

Or OMG! Actually allow filthy job-stealing IMMIGRANTS to settle here under marriage, or retirement, or skills visas.

In Australia, they've even imported top cops to be Police Chiefs, and CEOs of iconic Australian Companies such as Qantas Airways, and BHP Billiton, could you even imagine that ever happening?

15 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Can't they just LURE him out! It seems to work elsewhere. Urging hasn't worked.

They tried, he's not falling for the old trick about them having Warm Choc Chip Cookies.

4 hours ago, soalbundy said:

No, not lucky.they are the fat ones. I wouldn't have thought much work was done between 3.30 and 4.30 anyway

Clicked in error. Shit happens.

11 minutes ago, Thaiwrath said:

Joined 6 hours ago, 35 posts to date !

Gotta larf.

 I'm bored, glad you got a larf.

Got a reply worth writing?

6 minutes later update: Congratulations! I joined six hours and six minutes ago, you made it onto my 'ignore' list in record time, keep up the good work!

On 30/11/2016 at 5:09 PM, Thaiwrath said:

 

The Tom is not lesbian, she gets no sexual gratification from any sexual encounter with the dee, apart from being in complete control.

The dee has no desire to touch the tom sexually. 

Woah! I'm not trolling here, but isn't this a rather large generalisation? 

Or do you know an asexual-lesbian couple?

I indirectly know a Dee/Tom couple, I will ask my girl to ask them , if it is appropriate, for their take.

You're possibly describing a facet of 'asexualism' people who just don't get a charge from sex, the ones I read about were heterosexuals, they have an even harder time of any other social subgroup finding companionship, because, of course, we all need love to thrive.

Interested to hear more about your thoughts and how you came to make this statement. On reflection, it sounds like some sort of sexual tension power thing with no tenderness, ever. A bit of a forlorn existence, but as a barstool pervert, who am i to judge

53 minutes ago, Thaidream said:

The gentrification of Bangkok is underway but it is a huge mistake. Why go to Bangkok if it looks like New York or London. Already tourists are giving it a pass because there is nothing unusual about it. Street vendors give Bangkok a flavor that other cities do not have. The powers to be are killing the golden goose.

 Bangkok, even in the current climate, Ok maybe not THIS season, but for some recent time, is one of the most popular city tourist destinations in the world. Even I go there for breaks, and I live in the Kingdom.

It would be a bigger mistake, a disgrace in fact, if bangkok remained looking like a medieval village fair with all the money sloshing around in Thailand in 2016.

It may have 'character' but if you had to run one of the crappy stalls, or eat in the street for most of your working life, I'm sure you'd tire of the grime, heat noise, and filth, and there is no reason to think ordinary Thais are up for eating their dinner in the diesel fumes if they were given an affordable option to move into Singapore style food courts, still in the open air, but away from the dirt and chaos.

Just now, scottiejohn said:

You have not read the previous posts I have made.

 

I have asked local bars in my area and conflicting advice as usual is forthcoming.

 

Yet another answer that does not answer the question!

 They did take the time to respond, they're not winding you up, so perhaps a little courtesy in order?

You would not say that to their faces, would you?

1 hour ago, malt25 said:

"Does anyone know (for sure!) if either, neither or both the next two Monday holidays (5&12 Dec) are 'Dry Days'?"

Maybe at licensed facilities, but I'll bet most, if not all, mum & pop shops will happily oblige.  

And, I'd go so far as to say that if you took your own beer or wine to a dry restaurant they'd most probably have no objections to you drinking it.

But hey, just my opinion.

 Two Kings birthdays ago, we were at an Air Traffic Controllers club (may have been quasi govt not sure). We were having dinner, me and three Thai friends. The staff could not sell us alcohol, but had no objection to our opening a bottle of Strawberry wine we had bought that day on a tour of the countryside, apart from the wine being disgusting, and two of our table guests also being government employees, it was all very 'sabai'.

It depends, doesn't it?

To get a meaningful quote, you'd want to see the materials used in a job already done, get the owners honest feedback, and then see if you could get that tradie, or someone of a similar skill and price level.

Homepro prices are gonna be pretty universal, and you can keep your receipts etc in case of issues.

A tradesman in BKK may likely cost more than one in Udon, etc etc.

28 minutes ago, rijb said:

Don't forget to take de-worming medicine when you get home.

Only if your anus starts to itch, or you start losing weight, and it's not cancer...

21 minutes ago, cheapskatesam said:

VIDEO REMOVED TO RESPOND: This clown paid for everyone again .. 

Fair play, he invited them!

He's happy to pay, and can afford it.

The debate is about when etiquette becomes a 'piss take' of being shoehorned into feeding the five thousand, vs only those one has invited.

Oh, and it was you, sam, who started it!

8 minutes ago, louse1953 said:

You sir are a snob.I take everybody as they come,poor,rich all the same to me.Side of the road gai yang restuarant or uppity waste your money seafood restuarant,all the same.

A laudable sentiment, just make sure you don't end up paying for everybody as they come...

Just now, HooHaa said:

 

it is not a scam, it is about making poor choices in the first place.

how is her trying to get a night out with freinds on your ticket any different than you hoping for a night between the sheets for the cost of a chang and a bowl of noodles ?

You do have a point, up to a point. But it's pointless pointing out the points, point-by-point, as we may end up with getting into a rather pointless, pointed exchange.

1 hour ago, Thaiwrath said:

Go and ask the Chief of police, that is the only way you will find out. Not on TV <deleted> !

And whatever he tells you may well change nearer the date !

 Got his address handy?

It's nice to have the pubs open on high days and holy, but usually their are little 'off licence/bottle-o/liquor stores' tucked away in most neighbourhoods.

I am not sure if they still trade on the most important Thai holidays, but my Mea advises they do pay the BiB a tidy sum to sell at all other hours, when the 7/11s are obliged to shield your eyes from satan's broth.

I usually stock up ahead, and we have one or two close friends of the Mea, around for a few.

I was fortunate to know a little birdy who tweeted early notice of a sad event recently, and I raced to a Supermarket on the dot of 5pm, and bought two cases of fortification, in anticipation of weeks of shuttered premises. As it happened, stocking up for a long drought was unnecessary, one thing we can be thankful for.

Oh, I will try and find out if the 'sly grog' shops trade on the dry days, and report back, I'm not completely useless, yet.

The Presidency has become reality TV, it was only a matter of time.

2 hours ago, thhMan said:

I hope some will stand up for their rights and refuse to do it.

You mean 'sit down' for their rights...

1 hour ago, Kabula said:

Expect crime to accelerate from massive loss of small mom and pop Soi businesses throughout all of Thailand.

 

Most women over 40, can't get jobs because of their age and cook or sell fruit along the Sois.  With little to no money what can they do?

 

The cheap food in the Sois will disappear and the food in rented spaces will no doubt cost more.

 

Many Thais and foreign laborers can only afford the inexpensive Thai Soi cooking.

 

I hope demonstrations don't start with violence to follow like in Europe, the U.S. and other countries.

 

This news makes me very sad...

Cleaning up the sidewalks does not mean shutting down the market vendors, it means cleaning up the sidewalks!

Of course, many projects here are half-arsed, so they will move the vendors, but not create attractive designated areas for them to ply their trades legally and safely in a win-win scenario, TiT sadly.

36 minutes ago, Gulfsailor said:

On another thread the OP mentioned he left Thailand on Nov 11th. Is it possible he forgot a re entry permit for the under consideration period, which resulted him getting in on a visa exempt upon returning before Nov 16th? Reason would dictate they would at least allow him to stay until that permission would end though. Then again, if he is working here with a workpermit, he would be doing those things illegally the moment he wasn't on a non-o, non-b or extension of stay anymore, in this case when he arrived back into Thailand. 

All of this would be cited by immigration if it were so, he has had his lawyer talking to them!

No dice.

I'd be worried if it had come to that.