jaywalker

Or, as Kamala Harris said "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

God! could you IMAGINE that cackling Bufoon in the White House with Tampon Timmy as VP?

I love my President!

17 minutes ago, cookie1974 said:

Good payday for local " Law " enforcement, nothing will change, it never does, a lot of people, Farang or Thai dont have licences or insurance, when a slap on the wrist and a fine is all you have to worry about, why would they care ?

I had a rental car many years ago. 2002 or so.

Being the naive Dummy I was, and not being able read Thai, I did not see that the insurance sticker expired about 2 days after I rented it...I had paid for 3 weeks and I cannot read Thai.

Checkpoint. Expired insurance. "You must to pay 10,000 baht".

"OK, now you go"....with no insurance.

Some clown was speeding, in the wrong lane once and hit my wife's car. The cops told her, "You have Farang name. Farangs have big money. 10,000 baht or BIG TROUBLE for you".

I went to Koh Chang once from Pattaya, and had a buddy with his wife and my wife in the truck with me. I told him we'd get stopped by the cops at least once.

Sure enough some Kamikaze Cop ran out in front of me in Rayong. Claiming I was going 51 KPH instead of 50 KPH....or something....I never figured it out.

I asked my wife what I was guilty of????

She just said "GIVE HIM SOME MONEY!" 200 baht later I was on my way.

My friend and his wife (she is half Thai) were on their Honeymoon, recently married. They were APALLED. "Just give him some money????"

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I was late for a meeting with a Colonel in the Royal Thai Air Force once, and GUILTY as they get in the Viphavdi Expressway, going 140 KPH, near Don Muang airport. The cop thought I was late for my flight, so he said "You must to pay 2,000 baht"

I had a 500 baht note in my lap. I was sober. He said "if you drinking 10,000 baht".

I was nice to him and said "No Problem. We go police station" He took the 500 baht and let me go.

Stop me when I'm doing nothing wrong...Stop me when AM gulty of a traffic violation. Never got a ticket...just a couple hundred baht in my International Driver's License, which always came back light.

I have been stopped by police, maybe half a dozen times in the USA over 42 years. I have been stopped by police HUNDREDS of times in Thailand, and they still cannot catch drunk drivers????

On 12/24/2025 at 7:39 AM, Chutney said:

How romantic: The palm trees swaying in the breeze. The sound of waves swishing softly on the shore. The effects of 10 dubious bacardi buckets enclosing them in a rosy pink glow....

20 years ago a friend bought a hotel in Blackpool. Suggested I come and have a look and do likewise. Having arrived late at night I awoke early next day so took his dog for a walk along the prom. As the sun rose I came across 2 lovebirds shagging noisily in a skip ( dumpster for our US friends). Oddly enough I decided not to invest.

About a year ago I was talking to a guy in the parking lot (car park for my UK friends) in Central Florida, and I noticed a four door F150 bumper going up & down. It had tinted windows.

Maybe a kid locked in there??? I dunno. I walked over and saw a female hand grab the back of the front seat near the window. I investigated no further.

They were worried this Beauty Queen would steal the job of yer local Katoey fleecing Indians on Beach Road in Pattaya.

I cooked some blackeyed peas and cornbread a long time ago, in Bangkok. My wife had never heard of this Farang food. 

It's a 4 -5 hour cook time. Crumbe the cornbread & ladle copious amounts of peas & ham all over it. Fresh onion on the side.

She LOVED it! Ate a BIG, HONKING plate of it. She is 4 foot 11 inches and weighs 99 lbs.

She went back and re-loaded her plate like she hadn't eaten in a week.

My sweet cornbread was just too good I guess?

It didn't take long till the bread started expanding. She was on the couch and could not move for most of the evening.

4 minutes ago, DUNROAMIN said:

Some dishes OK, but would not rank Thailand the best.

I would say the best food I ever ate is whatever I just ate.

I just polished off a big plate of Navy Beans & ham and cornbread.

I did eat half a raw onion with it.....could have murdered a few green cayenne peppers as well but didn't have any

Just be thankful for what I have.

2 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

 

With or without 'Pla-ra' and the black crab?

Well, a smidgen of Pla-ra goes a LOOOOOONG way.

I normally get it w/ the black crab.

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Funny story about Pla-ra. It's a SUPER Fishy paste. I looks like refried beans & smells like dead whale's ass.

My wife imported some into Kuwait. She is from Surin and was VERY careful with it...it had to last her 6 months.

No bars in Kuwait but a THRIVING blaack market. A buddy came by & we worked on a jug of Johnny Walker. He wound up sleeping on the couch....No biggie.

He had the munchies and ate ALL my wife's pla-ra! 

It took a couple days to figure out, and we all laughed....Still laughing about it today!

I was working for/with the RTAF for a few years. I had a crew that just HAD, to have a pot full of rice cooking all day right outside my office.

I normally LOVE Thai rice, but I went 9 months back in the USA before I could stand the sight of rice.

I DEARLY miss tom yam kung and som-tam though!

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Som tam is HEAVEN on a plate.

My daughter is 20 now & has a dislike for Cambodians because they claim they  invented som-tam. She's a cute little ding-bat.

OK..........British gal, worked for an airline. Who cares? 

What on earth is a stitch-up? I have spent the night in 45 countries. I can get by in four languages.

I'm from Florida, and I'm guessing she was framed????

Help me out please, as I do not have a clue what a "Stitch-Up" is.

They're the only people in Thailand that can understanf "prik nung tao nun". 

I dearly love me some som-tam,, but just one pepper please? "Mai ow yee-sip prik! Prik nung tao nun Krap?" (Just one pepper please?)

She will inevitably grab a dozen peppers.....and I will visit the hong nam 17  times that evening.

I always accuse my wife and daughter of being half ostrich. I think they could live on chewing plastic, as long as they had some peppers and rice.

13 hours ago, save the frogs said:

 

No, if they reduced the population they wouldn't need to get rid of the meat.

 

I think it's easier for them to get rid of cows than people. 

 

Eat all the bugs you want Brother, but don't get between me and a ribeye.

I tried tucutan once. Not  bad, but ribeyes rule! I can drink a fifth of Jack Daniels after a large ribeye and feel like a champ in the morning. Try that with a pound of crickets or silkworms....OH YUMMY!

I landed in Japan once (working on Okinawa). Fresh out of Don Mueng. The customs officer asked me, "Do you have any drugs? Marijuana or cocaine?"

I started slapping all my pockets & said "Nope. Fresh out, but if I had some I'd share it with you. That way we could both get HIGH".

He told me to get lost.

If I were caught over staying I'd be on the next plane back to the USA, afetr a week or 3 in a Thai jail.

Greetings from Florida. Ron Desantis will KICK your illegal tail off to ...someplace "else".

Married to a Thai lady 24 years ago. 19 year old daughter with two passports.

If Thai Immigration cops catch me on an expired visa? Guess what happens? I go to jail and get deported.

Rocket science....Oh wait...Katy Perry (whoever that thin lipped gal is?) and Botox Betty Lauren Sanchez just told us all about rockets.

Immigration laws are LAWS.

2 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

 

Picture of arrest.

In a coordinated operation, the Pattaya Tourist Police, Chonburi Immigration Bureau, and Chonburi Social Development and Human Security Office arrested 20 foreign women suspected of engaging in prostitution along Pattaya Beach.

 

The operation on December 26, followed complaints from local residents and tourists about scantily clad women occupying areas under trees along the beach. Reports suggested these individuals were soliciting tourists for sexual services, prompting the authorities to take action.

 

Police officers discreetly monitored various spots along the beach before making their arrests. The detainees included women from Uganda (9), Uzbekistan (8), Madagascar (2), and Rwanda (1), aged between 26 and 51.

 

During initial questioning, all 20 women admitted to arriving in Pattaya to work as sex workers catering to foreign clients. Authorities charged them under Section 5 of the Prevention and Suppression of Prostitution Act, B.E. 2539 (1996), which prohibits public solicitation for prostitution in a manner deemed open, shameful, or disturbing to the public.

 

The women were handed over to the Chonburi Social Development and Human Security Office for further processing and fines. The Chonburi Immigration Bureau will now proceed with revoking their visas and deporting them from Thailand.

 

This operation aligns with directives from senior authorities aimed at improving the image of Pattaya as a tourist destination, especially during the festive New Year period. Police officials reiterated their commitment to maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for visitors.

 

-- 2024-12-27

 

 

I recall (showing my age here) 1999)  seeeing the headlines of the

Pattaya Mail that siaid "Prostitutes an Elephannts Wiped off Pattaya Beaches".

26 years. I'll give them an "e" for effort........nah. I like hookers and elephants. It's why I like Pattaya.

On 12/24/2024 at 1:05 PM, KhaoTakiab said:

You could keep it simple and date someone you like?

Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

3 hours ago, Baht Simpson said:

We had  two world wars and society wasn't destroyed.

Tell that to the Jews (6 million dead), or Russia (20 million dead).

Pol Pot wanted to eliminate the family structure to create a Utopia where government knew better than the parents, and he ONLY had to kill 1/3rd of his population...It didn't work.

I'm sure the millions they all killed never thought, "Huh, well, I'm glad society hasn't broken down".

TO EACH his/her OWN after they become an adult, but leave the STATE out of parents' and their kids' lives (aside from abuse), and I would argue that allowing my little boy to get a tatoo, or smoke methamphetamines, or get his willy lopped off all fall under the title of abuse.

9 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Why does anyone need to teach any kids that in Thailand.

 

They see transgender people in every part of their daily life.

 

Friends at school who are transgender, people in shops and business are transgender, TV personalities who are transgender,

 

Transgender people are common and widely accepted in Thailand, children of all ages encounter them just as the rest of us encounter transgender people in our daily lives. 

I agree. It's up to the kid (when they become an adult). They see it every day. They can make a decision once they are no longer a child.

I say Up2U when it comes to adults.

I recall going through grade school with a boy that was 8 or 9 and CLEARLY, VERY effiminate, as well as a girl that very masculine...they were born that way, but for heaven's sake can we not all agree that genital (surgical and chemical, irreversible) changes should wait until the child is no longer an a child, but an adult?

I have an 81 year old distant cousin, and a 38 year old nephew, and they are gay. I DON"T CARE!

If they want to grow long hair and start wearing dresses.......It's different than gay.

I have to admit, I cannot fathom never being able to have an orgasm again....and parents are doing that to KIDS???

Rock on Vivek!

13 hours ago, Baht Simpson said:

Remind me again how trans people are destroying society? 

Here ya go. 

Trans people are not.

When the government gets involved, and FORCES the transition of a child upon parents, and takes away children from parents...THAT is destroying society.

This is a Canadian example, but living in Thailand, one should realize that governments will do ANYTHING to get more power (and riches). Covid should have taught all of us Hoi Palloi that fact.

That cop on the left. I think his beret makes his ass look fat. ????

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Or a 50 year old bloke who said he is actually a cat or a 10 year old girl or whatever, it seems perfectly logical to presume they have some kind of mental health issue.

 

The fact that sometimes they transition and then later decide they were wrong to transition and they are actually their biological sex leads me further to believe it's a mental health issue. If it wasn't how could they ever regret the transition?

It's a mental disorder in KIDS. 

If a 10 year old girl said she was a 50 year old man....Something is wrong with the kid.