Muzzique

7 hours ago, webfact said:

this incident severely tarnishes Pattaya's image as a tourist destination.

Yep, its gone from SH*T to Very SH*T

15 minutes ago, NextG said:

Oh please… what did they have in common other than desperation?

A Nose

3 minutes ago, NextG said:

Which is your society? Then we can look at the evidence. 

I´m with the Co-op

11 minutes ago, NextG said:

The fact is that society looks down on ugly old men with young attractive women

Not in mine they don´t.

You are obviously in the wrong society.

I had a friend who has sadly passed who ran a successful marriage agency in Udon Thani for 25 years. He told me that the most successful matches he made that had strong marriages were the ones with a 22-25 year age gap.

That doesn´t mean other age gaps don´t work as it depends on the 2 people, but pitch in that range and you will probably find the right kind of compatibility.

7 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Why even bother having a vote? Merely to give the appearance  of a democracy???

If they make it look like its a democracy then the people won't rise up.

Putin gets voted in as do other dictators. The vote is rigged there but here the parliament structure is rigged. It was obvious that Hegemony is at the centre of this.

Either way it´s a democracy by name only. The elections could only have 1 result and it won´t be a change of control of the government and never will be.

So just get on with it as it never going to change without a revolution and most people can´t be assed to wave a pitchfork.

13 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai Cabinet has given the nod to a proposal that promotes round-the-clock operations of Pattaya entertainment venues.

Chinese visitors will have to use plastic straws instead of paper ones now for their single shared glass of water. They won´t last 24hrs. 

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Despite his questionable conduct, Thai immigration had not revoked his visa.

So smuggling 3.1 Kilos of Ice is questionable conduct. The question probably being Where's our payoff?

10 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Russians:- are you taking note?  Clean up your act.. you do not own Thailand..

Don´t give them ideas..

5 hours ago, sirineou said:

What difference did it make if he was an Arab?

I think it´s important. After all they do have a track record of taking over planes and flying them into tall buildings.

I for one would not feel happy in the air if there is an irked Arab nearby.

Every family is different. My wife's have never asked for money. If they pressured her to pressure me I said no. Mainly because it´s a money pit.

The way we solved it is my wife took a job and I continued to pay for everything as before. She keeps her money and sends some to her family, she put some on one side to buy a house in Thailand too. There is no impact on me and she kept the family happy.

You should expect this pressure from her family and buying a house seems to be a part of it.  So try to work out a plan that works for you both. 

One where you are not out of pocket and her family are happy.

4 minutes ago, fvw53 said:

Are Burmese and Cambodians also "local folks" ?  They take away many thousands of Thai jobs

They are more local than Russians.

On 7/18/2023 at 11:45 AM, Don Chance said:

For a relationship to work you need 1 ) Love 2) Sex

No.1 is optional

Sham democracy is revealed. Let´s see how the people react now the truth is out. 

It is now well and truly in the light that Thailand is no more than a dictatorship.

There is no democracy and the people have no control over their future. 

"A customer can have a car painted any color he wants as long as it’s black"     Henry Ford 1909

Looks like some dodgy magazine that runs conferences and scams the attendees. 

https://infolific.com/money-management/retirement/international-living-review/

The comments in the thread below the article makes AN look tame. Subscriptions that cannot be cancelled, FREE seminars that force you pay at the end, biased articles and sales promotion of way over priced services.

No wonder Thailand came in their top ten. Sounds like a match made in heaven.

2 hours ago, ASEANTraveler said:

I enjoy the company of a woman for dinner and always happily pay for our meals.  Dinner usually turns into a walk around the night market, a park, etc....  I genuinely enjoy the dinner dates with each woman.  I would like to continue to take them out to dinner.   However, I definitely DO NOT consider them “girlfriends” right away as they seem to want, imply, and act.  I want to handle the situation in a dignified manner that does not unnecessarily hurt anyone’s feeling.

Tell them you are James Bond..

He´s about the only guy I know who can get away with that...

19 hours ago, bignok said:

Big or small?

Normally when you´re masturbating it´s big

On 7/4/2023 at 8:01 PM, save the frogs said:

I feel they both dont value my presence in this family anyway. 

Grow some balls. 

What a group of numpties. Anyone with an ounce of tech knowledge would know what not to do when running a highly illegal business redistributing live streaming DRM protected content. This is how they got caught. 

That´s like hiding your Man Cave porn stash in a top secret location in a hidden cellar beneath your garage, behind a secret door inside an alarmed bank level safe with a time-locked encrypted 10 digit biometric PIN CODE, only for your wife to find a disk left in the Blu ray player.

Did no one think that small objects can be dropped or fall onto a travelator? If it's not poor maintenance then it's a serious design flaw. Either way, there is no wriggling out of it. 

On 5/31/2023 at 12:55 PM, blackcab said:

Alternatively drill a few holes right through the drives.

Absolutely the best way. Drill though the case into the disk and out the otherside.. Quick and easy.