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1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

for those that want a good laugh !

 

I'm surprised nobody got electrocuted!

I recall back in 1999 on my first visit, an older US gent that was associated with my company had me over for dinner & drinks. He'd been in Thailand 20+ years by then.

He lived in an area WAAAY off Phonyothin, somewhat near the Ari BTS = no taxis around.

I mentioned maybe he wouldn't mind getting me back to my hotel before we got too far down the Jack Daniels  bottle were working on.

He said "Pfff! Over here, it HELPS to drink and drive!"

His wife got me home.

Hilarious!!!

1 hour ago, lupin said:

errrr... she doesn't look remotely Asian let alone Thai

I beg to differ. Also, she's certainly better looking than what many in the press like to call a Thai "Pretty".

17 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Looks like a druggie to me - either that or spent all his money on hookers and no money for food !

Spent all his money on hookers and booze! The rest he just wasted.

A small fire extinguisher could have stopped it, but, no hab, mai pen lai.

16 hours ago, smedly said:

Thailand police actively proactively address these behaviors and prosecute offenders only then will there be an improvement on Thailand's roads, but it is hard work and costs money

No hab budget.

7 minutes ago, jerojero said:

Memorandum of understanding means both parties gain something from a transaction or exchange. What could Japan possibly learn from Thailand road safety!

Errr...How to NOT do things?

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43 minutes ago, webfact said:

erecting speed limit signs and painting the road in red to remind drivers to slow down

Painting roads red indeed! That one takes the cake! They're already red with blood.

Also would help if their speed limit signs were 10 times bigger than an apple pie pan, and not hidden behind the ubiquitous mango tree....And enforced fairly.

I got pulled over near Khorat once...Just an ID/driver's license check.

Of course the Kamikaze cop walked out in front of me. He checked my licence and said "Khap khun kap".

My wife was aghast he didn't clip me for 200 baht, even though I'd done nothing wrong. She said, "He's a nice policeman".

She'd never seen an honest cop before.

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

He admitted using a .22 gun to abduct Panatda

Great thing they have such stringent gun laws in Thailand. 

Glad the lady got away.

2 hours ago, Chris Lawrence said:

Aren't Thais promoting soapy massages this month? The fleet is just in time.

The sweaty, obnoxious boys are due for a break. Same as the US Navy or any of the rest of us...they're just younger mo' and han'sum than me :=(

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The few Ruskie's I've spoken with are decent enough folks.

Some are butt-wipes, but one can say that about any nationality.

At least they don't need a tour guide with a flag and a bus to take them from point A to Point B.

What surprises me is that the motorcycle stopped (err, slowed down) to look before turning.

On 11/5/2017 at 7:32 PM, darksidedog said:

When the Americans were drawing up their amendment to the constitution, that allowed people to bear arms, I wonder if they ever thought for one second about how much blood would be on their hands. It is a tragedy that such incidents are becoming so common, and yet they country can't seem to wake up to the fact it has a problem.

Gun control should be right up there at the top of the list of priorities and to hell with the NRA.

Yet it was ARMED civilian that shot the guy.

Guess he was born to be a "Ramblin' Man".

28 minutes ago, webfact said:

Cigarette filters contain various toxins, nicotine and other dangerous substances, which are harmful to marine life, people and the environment.

Plastic bottles, condoms, needles and bags etc pose no threat whatsoever though.

1 hour ago, toenail said:

The fourteen years I have lived/ worked here, Pattaya Beach has always been “substandard” compared to other holiday resort beaches. It does not take a rocket scientist to know what is missing... it is called MAINTENANCE BUDGETING for the projects you implement. ( A bunch of clueless rookies manage this cash-cow tourist town.)

Hardly amateurs. More like professional crooks that skim public money.

"It was a misunderstanding".

"We'll appoint a committee". 

47 minutes ago, champers said:

Without wishing to alarm you, if a proper solution to beach flooding was ever put into action, it would likely require Soi 6 being dug up for a time (along with a few others).

NCC1701A & I have shovels at the ready for digging up Soi 6.

I've tried it a few times, lot's of fun.

1 hour ago, RotMahKid said:

And still people call this small strip of sand "beach" ?

Err...Small strip of garbage.

3 hours ago, sanemax said:

Its always been illegal to do illegal things .

The Police have always arrested criminals, nothing new here

It's always HUGE news when the lazy Buffoons in Brown get off their backsides and actually do their jobs though.

10 minutes ago, Hupaponics said:

Really? Does anyone think that the bar girls stand a chance in a global competition?

It's quality that counts, not quantity. 

 

Check out Anastasia from Ukraine, she is good but not likely to get the golden medal. 

 

Compare that with the drunken bar ladies in Thailand. They will only embarrass themselves 

 

However, if the Olympics were about numbers than yes, Thailand would win:)

 

Nice.

Gotta say the Long Gun on Cowboy had some kick-ass talent last time I was a soi dog, dogging around.

TWINS on stage together.

Then again this is about Pattaya, not BKK. My apologies.

Best pole dancer I ever saw was the one that bellied up to the bar next to me and smiled real big. We kinda hit it off for an entire week!

Tahitian Queen. I like that place.

22 hours ago, DM07 said:

Did the author of the OP actually go to any GoGo Bar at any time?

A 3rd class, 45 year old mother from a strip- club, somewhere in Arkansas, would wipe the floor with any of these 2-step- amateurs, who completely stop moving, if the music is slower than 140 bpm!

 

A friend of mine and I once went to a relatively well known bar on Patpong and as we are friendly with the owner, we were allowed to request some songs from the "DJ"!

We asked for "Legs" by ZZ Top or "Cream" by Prince!

A-class-stripper- music!

The girls stopped dancing, because they literally didn't know how to move!

 

Goldmedal, my behind!

"Stranglehold" by Ted Nugent....Best show I ever saw, though you do have great taste in music.

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A friend once asked for "My Sharona" from the DJ.

For the life of them, they could not figure out what exactly his "Sharona" was.

I don't even like that song, but had a blast laughing at his frustration.

23 hours ago, JAG said:

Please, no more, it's beginning to hurt!

 

And if I so much as hear mention of a "hub"...

 

"With the wealth of talent available in Pattaya's Go-Go bars it could just be a matter of time before a Thai wears gold around their neck."

 

Well it would make a change from a pearl necklace.

"She wore her a Neck Brace".

Nothing better than Thai news to make my ribs hurt with laughter.

Thanks for the chuckle (...err, guffaw).

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

How many had no rear lights?  My step-daughter's boyfriend is a policeman.  I pointed out, whilst travelling together the number without rear lights.  He confirmed my worst fears - if a farang hits an unlit bike, the Thai driver would go to hospital; the farang to jail.

An American friend was turning right off Pattaya Klang onto 3rd Road some years back. He had the green light.

Some Yo-Yo on a bike hit his right front fender, speeding, in the wrong lane, went flying ass-end-over-tea-cup, jumped up and ran away.

My buddy got to spend the night on Soi 9, in a cell, till his wife coughed up 50,000 baht the next day.

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Note to self...Do a runner before the cops show up.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Pol Col Jakkraphan Kittisiripornkul, commander of Samed police station, said some 40 policemen from his station were deployed to set up a road checkpoint on the Chon Buri-bound Sukhumvit Road in Mueng district at 10 pm and arrested more than 100 teenagers during the course of the night.

They could/should do this EVERY night. Imagine that! Cops working!

I know. It beggars belief.

1 hour ago, SpicyMeatball said:

I guess he thinks he still has something to live for (his precious land), otherwise he should have "turned the gun" on himself as well.

 

Should have turned the gun on himself to begin with if he was going get that damned Psycho.

I have a 12 year old daughter. The thought of harming her makes my blood boil.

Oh yeah, I have my .357 Magnum within arm's reach of me now.

The gun didn't do it. The Psycho did it.

Also an 11 mm handgun is a .45 for anybody wondering.