Jumbo1968

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.

Not a money expert but how can you launder money when there is none pass through the till ?

There is a good mark up on beer etc, the majority of the cost of a girlie drink goes to the bar, in most cases the girls are told to try and get as many girlie drinks as possible bought for them, most are just coloured water then there is the bar fine which again the majority goes to the bar. The trick is to order 2 whisky and cokes, when she brings them you take hers, I bet it’s only coke. Employ some half decent looking girls and you could make some decent money.

But 60 ? there isn’t enough customers for the current bars even in high season.

Classic example, Candy Bar on Soi Bukhao, American fella spend a load of money, it was going to be a Go Go Bar, never opened, new owner moved in ripped it to bits appears to be doing ok now. Bar across the road from Candy Bar called TNT, in all my years here it never ever appears to have any customers not surprised as they blast out Thai music constantly.

There must be a demand for bars in Pattaya, they are making 60plus new bars on the old Made in Thailand site and by all accounts they have been let. Soi 7 same foreigner who has 3 bars in Soi 7 has taken over Rosie OGradys and converting it into 2 separate bars,, There must be money to be made from opening a bar ?

VFS are not infallible, I applied myself for my sons first U.K. Passport at. VFS Global in Bangkok, I submitted all the required documentation which they checked. A week later I received an email from the U.K. Passport office, our sons Mother should have signed the form, we are not married. We had to write a letter signed by her verifying the application. The next renewal I used Key Visa meaning I didn’t have to to do 2 trips to Bangkok, one to drop it of and 1 to collect it.

I renewed our our sons U.K. Passport using Key Visa, last year, at the time the U.K. Passport website said there was a 10 week delay It took 16 weeks for the new Passport part of could be explained by the fact I can’t see Key Visa doing a daily run to Bangkok, it would depend on how much business they had to do in Bangkok. The cost was 5000 baht not including the the Passport Fee, I used the Credit/Debit Card for.m, Key Visa will pay the fee and you pay them in baht. The U.K. Passport Office was recently on strike for 5 weeks, so more delays are possible. VFS Global in Bangkok now require a DNA Test for a child’s first UK Passport, they will do the DNA for £200 or you can arrange it yourself.

If they manage to form a government the first thing they should do is to try and change the constitution and get rid of Prayuts lackies in the Senate if that’s possible ?

The only way Bhumjaithai will back Pita as PM is if they back their Cannabis Bill.

Only one party offering free education till university level, it would have been a vote winner if the other parties had included it in their manifesto instead of giving cash handouts.

It ITV ceased operations his shares will be worthless, with his education background I think he will have covered his backside.