Dcheech

You have been here for little more than a month.

I recall a German being bottled to death by some friendly locals he was drinking with for "insulting Thailand". No proof or statements about what he said or did, just the word of the killers. According to westerners in the area, no fines or jail time was given for this 'patriotic' act of violence. That is what they do in your country too? A primitive, violent land of lager louts ready to bottle.

Or bottles. Strange they do not mention this vibrant cultural trait in the tourist adverts.

Ah, a bouncer group beat down of a tourist. Thailand is back to normal after a long wuhan flu quiet time.

From the powerful beacon of the Murdoch press that is, The New York Post, and what appears to be a geriatric Fox second string talking head in the picture. This will go exactly nowhere. Why not get back to the Laptop From Hell? That at least might have a dickpic, plus Hunters porn collection to keep MAGA no hopers a howling. Meanwhile for the rest of us, ten days to the draft.

Good to hear celestial tourists are back to filling spinner luggage with tinned mackeral & durian chips for lunch & dinner back at the hotel. Quality big spenders on the prowl.

Within 6 months over 100 of those outlets will be out of business with more to follow. Its been a gang rush but the market cannot support that many shops; another boom & bust, cycle.

Sundowner Motel, 6101 Central NE, Albuquerque It was remodeled eight years ago, but still has touches of the old gone to seed, original. The place where Bill Gates & Paul Allen started Microsoft. After, you can double up, do a 'breaking bad' tour of the city.

Good to know what you think of Thais and Thai society. BTW, absolutely positive Thai people care about your opinions as much as bird excrement on a wall. Still it is amazing to see that 'western missionary culture' & saving the ignorant heathen, is still going as strong today as 150 years ago. Albeit, the religious side has been dropped.

Many studies have shown, masks work to a degree. You do not believe any of them and the sight of a person wearing a mask offends you. Moreover, you find it deeply satisfying to say anyone who does not agree with you, cannot think for themselves, are jittery, easy to scare, basically 'sheeple'. Well, bigots do what bigots must. If people, Thai people, wear masks in Thailand, what business is it of yours, or Rooster for that matter? It's none of your business. Relax, chill, mark this as a wake up call, you need another hobby; say Wednesday night bingo or shuffleboard.

Ok.

The eyes are the window to the soul. As long as you can see a persons eyes you can relate to them. Can't think of a better reason to wear mirrored sunglasses. Mirror shades and a mask, my look for this decade. Not showing "social solidarity", or 'unrelatable?! I'm an expat, why would I care.

A cartload of celestial miscreants and two from the land of perfume. Thailands Immigration Bureau never rests.

I have never seen, or heard of, Starbucks coffee given away for free, especially at SeaTac. An 'outbound waiting room? That would be out at the Gates. Any other directions. Sounds like a mission next time I fly through. 30 minutes it is then, I stand corrected.

Taken it upon yourself to declare coffee, ESPRESSO, & nothing else permitted, eh. Not Greek, French Press, Melitta drip or Indonesia Kopi (others call that cowboy coffee). FYI Lots of Starbucks in Thailand do not even sell drip style coffee. Shock, Gasp, Horror! Yes they are supposed to, but as espresso drinks are the main business at many stores, the Thai majority owners have an unstated policy to not brew up their big coffee canister containers, (if the demand is not there). That requires a lot of ground coffee per every brew up. Starbucks keeps brewed coffee no longer than one hour before dumping it and making a fresh pot. That is a lot of wasted coffee if you only sell a cup. That said, at their most expensive stores, like the Nimmaen outlet in Chiang Mai & yes a number of independent coffee houses are now having specialty Melita drip brew ups. It's become something of a fad among upscale Thais, a separate bar where they brew it up in front of you using those porcelain Melita filters. Good presentation and as they use their best coffee, it definitely works. Of course its not Turkish coffee, nor espresso.

There is absolutely no evidence to back up that statement. However that has never stopped FOX or the NYP from spewing it. Tom Sizemore & Anne Heche were also left out of Oscars Memoriam segment. No claims of "political afiliation" were mentioned. I haven't watched the Oscars for donkeys years. Last one I watched, had to be 78, Star Wars, Annie Hall, Close Encounters.

So every farm dog in the UK is a 'working dog". I did not know and impressed. The farms I know of had dogs, one might be, say, a German shorthair for hunting, beyond that no real emphasis on work dogs, just dogs.

600 & 500 Baht for a cup of coffee?! I would suggest you find a different Starbucks and a different Thai coffee shop.

How many decades have they, and you, been living in a dream that never happens?!

No they don't, I would think it very unusual, have you forgotten your Thai heritage! "No they don't, I would think it very unusual, have you forgotten your Thai heritage!" Not forgotten at all. He is dipping deep into that 'Thai heritage' cultural thing. A crime or accident demands an excuse; I did it for my family, brakes failed, micro sleep. This is just a new excuse/deflection. Poor guy he tried to fight it, but he is a Luk Krung after all. His dark sadistic farang nature won out. Or its normal in farang land so chill. Who knows these might work for the Thai public. No need to fault a sadistic psychopath for trying.

Thailand is a non Nanny State. While ignorant westerners celebrate this fact, in truth it is a very lethal world out there. Good luck.

Officially it is illegal, unofficially it is fine, no problem. However if a tourist, or expat is found in possession of one, 'show me the money'. Very Thai

Another reason why Pattaya is a world class, family friendly resort.

If you read the whole article, no way to prove they have been waiting any longer than this last year, more likely a couple months. What they wanted to do during covid, or did do, is moot, no way to prove they did anything, only their word. Why one has doubts. According to the plod themselves, the victim was taken to the spot and dumped, already dead. This was done by an SUV. Cause of death most likely suffocation. All of this, from the initial investigation & autopsy 19 years ago, although released to the public six years back. --Yorkshire Post if interested-. Which brings us back to Why the sitting on thumbs for three years, ten months, if they already knew this, ID'd the victim & could pull records identifying the husband? Lot of late night car door slamming at Kirkby Overblow to police, or just getting bladdered at The Phoenix Inn?

Good News. Thainess has lightened over the last decade. Ten years back, not one, but a group of bouncers would have beat him to within a centimeter of his life, if not over.