Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Thailand News and Discussion Forum | ASEANNOW

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

ChipButty

Advanced Member
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by ChipButty

  1. At least he was doing it in a safe place,
  2. I BOLT the other Saturday to go get my car from Honda, I was having good chat with him along the way, BOLT do have a load of rules they have comply with before they can become a driver, the car has to be in the drivers name, and less than eight years old, and they have to change the Tabian rot, about 2500 baht, the insurance was almost 30,000 baht, they cannot pick up inside the airport, people have to walk out, he said the worst place to be is where the Cafe Del Mar is because of the mafia, If he didn't change the Tabian rot and the police stop him 2000 baht fine.
  3. We live in Rawai and if we go out we always go to Phuket Town,
  4. Make sure it's cooked before you eat it, if in doubt leave it out, 7/11 will not let you down,
  5. Right now the weather is <deleted>, 4 or 5 days depending where you stay,
  6. 5 years from now all your children will be Muslim's
  7. Believe it or not I have had Arabs tell me they come for the rain, at the moment Booking.com is saying the number 1 nation to book here in Rawai is Saudi's
  8. I've stopped ordering that garbage online, the last couple of times it wasn't cooked properly and the portions are small, if you cant get chicken fried rice cooked then they shouldn't be in business. I remember we ordered a pizza same it was under cooked, 7/11 has never let me down, Big coffee for 50 baht and one of my favourite is Chicken Tikka Massala, for 69 baht, go in a local Indian gaffe it's 350 baht, Here in Rawai I have a favourite place for Fish and Chips on a Friday special 195 baht, you can order it any other time and it's 295 Baht, but they do give you a bigger portion, more than enough.
  9. That was old news can you not do any better than this, tell the real story they had been driving that car around for 4 years on English plates which is illegal
  10. They cant sell the ones they have built, One particular project I know, I will admit it is good construction, was built 7 years ago and they haven't sold them all, the prices are still the same as they were 7 years ago, so if you bought one thinking it would increase in value forget it, owners would be lucky to get their money back, there is some 2 bedroom units they have lost money there were 12 million baht I've seen them for sale at 9 million baht. Couple of years back a guy I met was interested to buy a couple of units so I went to see and had a walk around with the girl out of the office, there is units that were bought by Thai's just left empty never used, she told me the foreign quota available is 22%. Stop paying these silly prices, I see a Russian woman trying to sell her 30sqm unit nothing special for 3.2 million <deleted> construction I remember it being built,
  11. Sounds like you never leave the house, Hermit
  12. Cant they track the mobile phone? obviously not I would have thought these days everybody has a tracking app on their phones,
  13. Enough locals drown where I live, not just farangs
  14. They take no notice of the red flags,
  15. James Everett du Bois, a 49 year old US Army veteran, was swept out to sea while trying to save his wife and toddler son at Nai Harn Beach in Phuket. While his wife managed to return to shore and their son was rescued by lifeguards, du Bois As far as I know that's not what happened, he was out playing in the water with his son, the lifeguard could only grab the son first then went back to try and rescue the father but it was too late he had been swept away, A couple of days later there was another incident, the lifeguard left his belongings on the beach and ran into the sea to pull someone out, he saved them, but some arse hole nicked his bag with his bike keys in it and drove off on his bike, brand new bike with the red plate, I hope they caught the <deleted>,
  16. I have met loads over the years, they come across as being to serious I find thats the older ones from back in the USSR, There is a couple of younger ones live near me when I see them they are always friendly to me, and the women come across as being cold I just tell them You smile they smile, I did learn a few words of Russian, most of the younger ones do speak English, I think you would be miserable if you had to live in minus 30 degrees,
  17. Do you mean European OTA's? or the Chinese ones? My daughter booked through TUI last year, doesn't seem much demand for package tours here, people seem to make their own way here, thinking the can get cheap accommodation when they get here,
  18. I see the Irish bar in Patong ar giving Free shots every time Scotland score
  19. Man Utd first 5 PL Fixtures: Fulham (H) Brighton (A) Liverpool (H) Southampton (A) Crystal Palace (A)

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.