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Well as you mentioned Spike, I've got an autographed ticket from when I went to a recording of The Milligan Papers. Oh, plus an autographed copy of a George Melly vinyl LP, and one of an Albert Lee CD.

A lovely insult from Tony Hancock in the 1950s Hancock - If you'd been meant to think - full.mp3 And some others - I know not who they are 3steps.wav face.wav dumb<deleted>.wav

That's one of my favourites too. Another is "Where's the village that's missing its idiot?"

I think I know her 😆😂

202 blood alcohol level! I know in UK the limit is 35 so nearly 6 times over if the rule is the same in Thailand. That's not an "accidental one drink too many". Then failing to stop after 2 crashes in which people were injured!!! The guy's a dangerous moron - needs prison time. 🤬

Only 90%....the rest of it is wasted....and so is he 😆

Last time I was there, in PP and "Snooky" most of the shops had tills that worked in Riels and USD. So if you paid in USD, (as things were priced) your change was calculated on the till and given to you in Riels. At over 4000 riels to the USD my "enormous" stack of 20000 Riels 🤪 was dropped into the hotel tip jar when I left!

What....EVERY week? 😱

Only if you happen to be naïve enough not to pay due care and attention to yourself and your possessions. That amount of money in the picture HAD to be the tourist's not the bar girl's! If one travels to ANY red light area in the world one doesn't carry "big money", jewellery or expensive phones especially late at night. I love Pattaya but I'm under no illusions about what / who I'm dealing with.

Indeed - 20-25 years ago, they would have been correct in that assumption. Many people I knew lived in Thailand on 30 day border hops or constant TVs. Even if you wanted a visa for a long "holiday", several UK consulates were handing out Non-IMM "O" with very few questions for extended tourism - I had several myself over the years! But the rules have changed and the technology "improved" - such is life.

Absolutely!! Just WhatsApp'd it to my sister who lives in Liverpool.... waiting..... 😎

Brilliant!!!!! 👍 "Imagine" that! 😎😊😊

Ooh you nasty boy 🤣😆

OK Crossy - I'll admit to being thick....don't geddit (other than The Beatles logo) ☹

That's a bit of a sweeping statement perhaps, but you may be partially right. I went to Cambodia with a former TGF (from Issan) and many Cambodians would attempt to start a conversation with her. So as noted elsewhere in this thread, it's possibly which region of Thailand one is comparing.

OP looks as if he might be in in: OZ or Los - cannot be sure of course. Small correction - in the UK eye tests for are free for everyone over 60 https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/opticians/free-nhs-eye-tests-and-optical-vouchers/ Includes test for Cataracts and Glaucoma. For £10 you get an extra test for AMD https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/health-wellbeing/conditions-illnesses/eye-health/age-related-macular-degeneration-amd/ I think that's what @Sheryl meant above (?) Not helpful of course if @still kicking is not in UK but the details of what is tested might be useful.

And probably doing a better job than the politicians 🤣😎

Naivety is a wonderful quality! 🙄😆

Ahhhhh....... let me be the first 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

And may I add "may be introduced next year, after several changes, back tracks, forward leaps, interventions by vested interests etc etc".

Due to be introduced, maybe. Do please remember "TIT" 😋

Has anyone considered that the originator of the linked article is "A former chairman of Baker McKenzie, an international law firm with offices in Thailand and a member of the National Reform Council" He's not a member of government and the article actually states: "New regulation changes an interpretation which disregards when money was earned abroad and taxes all income if not already taxed by treaty countries" So a little early to be worrying as if it was an actual change in the law?

Ask a married man 😎😆

You've said, jokingly, what is actually the truth! IF bars are allowed to open until 4AM, they're not being forced to do so. It just gives the owners / managers an option which they can asses using market forces. IE, if you're the only bar for streets around and are getting (enough) customers wanting to stay until 4, stay open. If, however you're the only bar for streets around and are NOT getting customers wanting to stay until 4, then close. It's really not too difficult!

Perhaps they're in the crack pipel(ine) 🙄