Jumbo1968

He might no already he will ok to run as PM ?

The Visa is legal if obtained from an Immigration Office.

Why is he asking for advice then ?

Dear me I want to unsubscribe from this topic as it’s getting boring but I want to know what happened about his iPhone

No idea why he doesn’t just go to the shop, what’s he scared of ?

Slightly off t topic, I misplaced my iPhone in Dubai airport, think I left it in security, I tracked it using Find my Phone, emailed Dubai Security with a Google map showing its location, no reply. I sent an email to one of the travel correspondents in the National press in the U.K. Dubai Airport must have read it, I got my phone replaced next time I went through the airport, met with a couple of Arabs in white ‘suits’ presented with the new phone then escorted to the Business Lounge. I got here, phone wouldn’t work, contacted Dubai Airport, next trip there was a replacement phone waiting for me, both iPhones were upgrades from the one I misplaced.

Quote from a bar owner in Soi 7 on YouTube when I mentioned some of the beer prices on New Plaza and Soi Buakhao bars , ‘anyone who is only making 10 baht on a bottle of beer doesn’t deserve to be in business’ ?

Why is that, you go where you can get the best value for money irrespective of your standing in life.

Why ?

No I object to posters referring to others as Cheap Charlies when they don’t know them personally.

And it ticks me off when people call other people Cheap Charlie’s, some people have limited funds and no matter wether they live here or elsewhere have to budget. Try telling people who shop in Aldi or Lidl i the U.K. they are Cheap Charlies.

I can’t see why anyone would pay nearly £12 or $15 for a hamburger, bit of bread some salad with a hamburger.

Weren’t Hooters prices for beer similar to a go go bar or even more, both have semi naked ladies.

3 bars and currently converting Rosie OGradies into 2 more bars, 5 in total, he has also bought the Guest house across the road. I think he is relying to catch up with the Nightwish Group. I can’t fault the fella for enterprise same as Trevor Buzzin both always talking Pattaya up, they do a better job than the TAT. Both make money from YouTube Buzzin has 77000 subscribers and NDTVI has 34000 subscribers, I bet they both wish a small percentage of them would come to Pattaya.

But not in the volume they are now.

The bars in Pattaya were created for the by the Brits/Europeans, the U.K. probably were the only country where life revolved round pubs but the pub culture is now waning with pubs closing on average 6 every week in the U.K. Having lived in Pattaya over 10 years i have seen a decline in tourists, expats living here and many businesses fail it amazes me that people are still investing in a bar in fact more than 1 bar. You said the bars are on the wane, see Soi 7, the same fella is developing 5 bars in Soi 7 side by side with a capacity of 400 customers, his estimate not mine, the only difference in them is the colour scheme/lighting and names. I would like to see his business plan. The upstairs room are being used as accommodation for the staff so he is not making money from them, maybe I am missing a business opportunity ?

No different from when the Brits invaded the Costas and tried to make it like little Britain with all the fake pubs and nearly ruined the place.

And the owner of the old Made in Thailand site is building 60 + new bars and allegedly they have all been let. The fella who owns 3 bars in Soi 7 is opening another two maybe they know some thing we don’t ?

Will the old dinosaurs most over 55 years old let the younger politicians take control, I think a few of the aging politicians will have some skeletons in the cupboard, Pita better watch his back in more way than one. if god forbid the army again decides to take over there will be ‘blood on the ‘streets.

Not blocked on the BBC site using 3BB Internet, I watched it earlier. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65743967

The only U.K. Government dept you can email is the Visa dept. and you have to pay for it.

Unfortunately in this day and age they don’t use emails.

The farmers can go back to what they were growing before, I would be more concerned if I had spent a load of money opening a weed shop on a long term lease, already there is a glut of them, not many alternatives to convert to selling another product if the law is changed.

There could be a few more empty shops if and when the incoming government decide what to do with the cannabis law. There were a lot of assumptions wrongly that there was money to be made selling cannabis products, I think they jumped the gun. A lot of money was invested by farmers expecting a few thousand baht per kilo but it turns out 500 baht as most of the cannabis is being imported.

I think the tourist numbers have been boosted by Russians coming here to avoid the draft. We had some Russian neighbours for a few months but they have gone now.