Leaver

On 2/6/2023 at 7:05 AM, skorp13 said:

No. The big one behind me has no sign of opening anytime soon. There is only one i know in the area opening and catering to them which is at the corner of soi aksorn and soi kor pai but very little activity as of yet

The hotel must not have got the memo that Pattaya is now operating at capacity? 

On 2/2/2023 at 5:47 PM, A1Str8 said:

Dumb f...s here trying to make fun of him because he used the nickname longevity and now he's dead.

 

Don't worry you can't go lower than that. 

 

 

I'm wondering if his lifestyle choices were in direct contradiction to his nickname, Longevity, hence some ridicule on this forum. 

49 minutes ago, freedomnow said:

See how long squeaky clean BiB habits last at checkpoints...will soon revert to the old ways once tourist shakedown is far enough in rear mirror.

 

Dog and pony time.

This one could end up in the international media if local police are going against national laws that allow the app and the drivers / riders to operate. 

How will the state of the roads here effect your decisions during your 6-7 months here?  

We all know you just have to put up with it, leave, or just dome come here.

Which one will you chose, and why are the roads so important to you?  Do you have mobility issues? 

9 hours ago, Seppius said:

Shame you never took any pictures that would be your "evidence" mine is all over the internet related to German brewing and how long it takes, impossible to make that much beer on the premises

Perhaps "hops" was not / is not authentic German beer. 

4 minutes ago, billd766 said:

You are biased and have no idea about real life.

 

Please do not bother to reply to this as I find you ill mannered, boring and a possessor of a very simple one track mind

Your personal; attack is wasted on me, and shows you have a very narrow view. 

I am not biased.  I asked you a simple question, and it was a general question, not a personal question. 

Just look at the thousands of guys living in rural villages of Issan.  What is the highlight of their day?  Not much.  How many of them even heard about Issan, let alone the village, before they met a girl from there? 

10 minutes ago, billd766 said:

This is where I need the laughter emoticon and you need to read my posts slowly and carefully.

 

If you cannot then there is no hope for you.

You can laugh all you like, but your deflection shows you are one of the thousands of guys I mentioned. 

I couldn't care less where you live, and wish you no malice, but don't BS and say you were not influenced by your Thai partner to relocate to some small village that you have never heard of before meeting her, and then say you had always wanted to retire to a small village in Issan because no one believes it. 

12 minutes ago, BigStar said:

Not taking that bait. Are you done?

It's not bait.  You claimed Thai's put up with more than farang.  I asked for an example from you and you now hide behind deflection.

Give an example, or admit it was a false claim. 

On 2/6/2023 at 5:45 PM, Xanthe said:

What a meaningless reporting. 

It's advertising, not reporting. 

32 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Pol. Col. Thanapong told The Pattaya News that most drivers he pulled over lacked the necessary documentation and credentials to legally operate as taxi drivers,

Taxi drivers or ride share drivers?

Is this happening across Thailand?

Are these apps legal, or illegal in Thailand?

I note Pattaya has a new police chief. 

12 hours ago, webfact said:

About twenty were fined the 2,000 baht maximum for "using the wrong kind of vehicle".

Doesn't the BOLT company decide what vehicles their drivers must have, in order to be able to work off their platform? 

On 2/8/2023 at 4:21 AM, petermik said:

ooh no....here we go again Leaver is on the case......

Yes, the anti BS case, from those with financial interests here. 

On 2/7/2023 at 8:04 AM, tubby johnson said:

Full blown AIDS

Those days have passed.  You can live to old age now with HIV, with medication.   

On 2/7/2023 at 2:06 AM, billd766 said:

FYI I first came to Thailand in 1993 working with an American company and AIS for 3 months. I came back again in 1994 and stayed for nearly 4 years before going off to Sri Lanka, France, Belgium, Holland, France again, Germany, Thailand again, the UK, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand before retiring to rural Kamphaeng Phet in 2009.

 

Your problem is that you make assumptions not based on reality and then believe that if people disagree with you, they are the ones that are wrong.

 

I have lives and worked in 38 countries in my 50 years of working life and I have lived in the major cities in Chile and Venezuela, Thailand, France, Germany, Pakistan and other countries.

 

I hate smog, pollution, tower blocks, heavy traffic, shoulder to shoulder people everywhere.

 

Out here there is plenty of open space, not so much pollution, nowhere near as much traffic, far more friendly people with genuine smiles and if I cannot get something here that  need, I can order it through the internet.

That's a nice story, but totally irrelevant. 

When you first came to Thailand, did you discover a small village in Issan, independently, and decide it it was so nice that it was where you aspired to retire to in the future?   No.

How many come here to the southern beach tourists areas for a holiday and make plans to retire in such places, only to meet a girl from Issan and end up in a rural village, for whatever reasons? 

Watching rice grow, what a way to see out the rest of your life. 

On 2/7/2023 at 1:27 AM, BigStar said:

No. Not wasting time in another Leaver Loop.

You don't have an example, do you?  Just another Thai apologist post from you.  

21 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

And why does this bother you ..strange

It doesn't bother me. Why would it? 

The Avenue has lost another major tenant, but hey, Pattaya can sustain more malls. 

14 minutes ago, cheapcanuck said:

Looks like he's lost a lot of weight. A lot of excess skin hanging everywhere. 

Cancer or drugs.  Which one would you bet on? 

Tourism may be recovering, but that boat certainly hasn't evolved to cater for it. 

This is a prime example of discussions in other threads.  Some would argue the success of Central Festival in securing a new tenant, but they fail to recognize the demise of the property that this tenant vacated from. 

The "survival of the fittest" argument doesn't take into account the empty buildings here left derelict. 

31 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Quite a few people who have lived in Thailand for a few years and are bored with big tourist cities.

Or those lead by the nose by a Thai girl.

I have asked this question before, who has ever aspired to retiring to rural Thailand before coming to Thailand and meeting a Thai lady? 

It really is laughable. 

Many condo blocks here are now being used as hotels, but without hotel licenses, and without hotel safety standards, and I use he words "safety standards" loosely when discussing Thailand. 

You now have aging condo blocks, with cooking facilities inside, and lacking modern safety standards, being used by holidaying tourists.  What could possibly go wrong?   

7 hours ago, koolkarl said:

He looks like a hobbit.

Yoda.

On 2/4/2023 at 11:03 AM, champers said:

Some vlogs talking about rumours that Treetown will soon be no more: to be demolished to make way for a condo project.

Any structure that is ground floor only is on the chopping block here.