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1 hour ago, Jimbo in Thailand said:

Hmmm.... Oct 2017 - May 2014.  That's only 3 years 5 months since the self-proclaimed "anti-corruption" regime seized power.   And it's only just now announcing it will...

 

OMG, or should I say OH MY BUDDHA?!  Exactly W_T_F has Fearless Leader and his regime been doing for the past 3 1/2 years?  Can anyone recall even one single instance where the regime has actually targeted and successfully stamped out corruption by any individual(s), organization(s), or [fill in the blank] entity?  I seem to remember the military assault on a remote beach in northern Phuket for beach chair violations way back in late 2014 IIRC.  Other than that I confess that I'm drawing a blank.  And not only is the Russian mafia apparently still thriving here in the former Land of Smiles but a recent visit to Nana area on Sukhumvit revealed the Nigerian mafia, as well as Middle Eastern variants, seem to also be exploding in growth.

 

T.I.T.

 You forgot the much vaunted Bicycle Lanes in BKK.

Here's the highly skilled construction crew.

9 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

 

Yes, all those FOREIGNERS are ruining Thai tourist destinations.

 

You would think that the foreigners would be polite enough to send their wallets and stay away!

 

Bloody foreigners!

 

It's a job reserved Thai people.

The Pattaya BIB must be shaking in their boots. They'll have to arrest themselves, which not only means work , but that they'll have to haul themselves in to jail.

Mai Pen Rai at work again.

20 minutes ago, Global Guy said:

 

 

Another teacher. I sure didn't have teachers like this growing up! BTW, you should see her in street clothes! WOW!

Woof! She looks SO familiar. Can't put my finger on just who, gotta say one of my wife's cousins. GORGEOUS smile! Happy, Pretty Lady. Thanks.

I like Attractive, Happy People..

On 9/6/2017 at 2:45 AM, Nong Khai Man said:

One Track Minds.....

Get a life, or better yet a katoey.

Why is it a crime to admire beautiful people?

16 minutes ago, Global Guy said:

 

 

Another teacher. I sure didn't have teachers like this growing up! BTW, her uniform hides an incredibly in shape body.

Ahh. Such a beautiful lady. The thread that never gets old.... 

The beautiful lady that sang that cute song that started thread this will remain in my mind forever. NOTHING wrong with admiring beauty.

Unless you prefer this, which you "Can Not Afford".

I guess it's just "Politically Correct" to slam us red-blooded MEN who appreciate beauty. all the while forgetting that it was some horny MAN that sired you?

3 hours ago, newnative said:

       Miami Beach may be smaller than Pattaya but it's part of the Miami Metropolitan Area of 6 million people.  Too big for me.  Others may love it.  Yes, a condo bought 15 years ago in Miami has increased more than a condo in Pattaya--but it still has the high insurance and condo fees relative to Pattaya.  And, we're living in the here and now, not 15 years ago.  For my rather small retirement budget, Pattaya works better. 

        Would I like a cleaner ocean and less traffic congestion?  Of course.  (On the plus side, the ocean looks clean from 29 stories up and I prefer to swim in a pool.)  I put both of those things in the Negative Column but my Positive  Column is still longer--and has big ticket items like Cost of Living and Health Care.  For those with a longer Negative Column, I wonder why you are here.

I fail to see what your logic is about cost of living etc on whatever budget, when the topic is garbage beaches VS clean beaches.

Pattaya Beach is a sewer. Miami Beach, Melbourne, Port St. Lucie, Daytona, on up to Jacksonville...clean as a whistle except for storm related flotsam (aka seaweed).

Here's Port St. Lucie, just North of Miami an hour++ or so.

Keep an eye out for the rubbish/garbage...Oops. you won't see any. Nice to watch though.

Not sure how they got by w/o beach vendors and touts trying to sell you shit you could care less about at the beach either??

8 hours ago, gk10002000 said:

Crikey.  I live in Melbourne Florida and the beach here is world class compared to Pattaya.  Have had many trips to Pattaya and it just gets frustrating that what is a naturally pretty scenic area had such terrible infrastructure, sewage, drainage, beach maintenance, etc.  I love to swim in the ocean and over the years just came to accept that even Jomtien or Naklua beaches just were not usable for swimming.  Too bad because Jomtien beach road really used to be pretty cool. Could take a nice long walk, hop off anywhere and rent a chair and take a snooze.  Go for a dip, etc.

I lived in Central Florida, not far from Daytona the first 30 of my 50 years on earth. I do not recall ever seeing as much as a spectre of garbage on the Atlantic Beach side of Florida.

Pattaya beaches are a pathetically far cry from anything on the East Coast of Florida, nor the US in general.

BTW this thread is not about condo prices nor hooker prices (though Pattaya wins hands-down on the latter).

Bienvenido a Pattaya.

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

My cat always throws up after eating them so maybe not.

I've seen domestic cats go insane (cross-eyed, feral etc) from eating some types of lizards in Florida, now that you mention it.

This sounds like a PERFECT Thai explanation...just with soup...

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"How come there's a dead lizard in my soup?” 

Waiter — “In fact, sir, I have no positive idea how the poor thing came to its death. Perhaps it had not taken any food for a long time, dashed upon the soup, ate too much of it, and contracted an inflammation of the stomach that brought on death. The lizard must have a very weak constitution, for when I served the soup it was dancing merrily on the surface. Perhaps — and the idea presents itself only at this moment — it endeavored to swallow too large a piece of vegetable; this, remaining fast in his throat, caused a choking in the windpipe. This is the only reason I could give for the death of this reptile.” 

Source: http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/waiter_theres_a_fly_in_my_soup

On 9/25/2017 at 12:51 AM, gk10002000 said:

While Pattaya has many things I love; the baht bus system is fantastic and convenient, I love the farang food especially german, full english breakfast, some decently priced hotels with pools, some good nightlife, etc.  I really like to swim in a clean ocean so over the years, as even Jomtien became to me unswimmable, I have split my time more to other parts of Thailand, Koh Samui was OK, Phuket Karon and Kata beaches, and a smattering of Patong.  If Pattaya actually had clean water, gosh the place would totally rock

Pattaya has changed a LOT. Beach has always been horrible, since I can remember from 1999, but the population has exploded, with zero thought on how to cope with it. Ko Larn was cool back then...still a paradise.

Now it's a dump within less than 2 decades.

Silly me! Thinking/dreaming about logic in Thailand!

On 9/21/2017 at 7:50 PM, Thechook said:

When they arrive there are no drinks with little umbrellas just a sewage treatment plant beside the city dump.

A sewage treatment plant that does not work...You forgot that part.

If not for the Fleet "SHOW", we'd still be reading about this rennovation 4 or 5 years from now.

Pattaya is never one to disappoint though, we'll just get to read about how it's falling apart (again) in 18 months.

I recall about a year after Bali Hai opened...It was falling apart & some guy got electrocuted out there on the pier.

On 9/25/2017 at 12:09 AM, Dmaxdan said:

This obsession with whiter skin seems to of epidemic proportions here in Thailand. They need to learn that you can never be more beautiful than the way nature intended.

My wife is dark. Gorgeous breasts...not that big = PERFECT to me. I guess I love her? At least I don't have to worry about them sagging to her knees when she's 60.

I would not trade her for anything after 16 years.

The Thai "Pretty's" they have at auto shows etc look more like mannequins than pretty to me.

Then again Pattaya, the Family Resort Tourist Capital of the Universe is a cesspool. Ah, logic, once again is absent in Thailand.

20 minutes ago, djayz said:

Another "hub"?

The list of hubs is endless...

Thailand is the Hub of Hubs. It all started when they invented the wheel & cured ebola.

4 minutes ago, The Deerhunter said:

But sad for any decent operators (there must be at least a few)

Pfff. I doubt it.

Hope springs eternal, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that one.

12 minutes ago, Thian said:

In that case the EU should even add extra rules and regs right after the Thai do abide to all the rules.

They also do that to me every time i apply for a visa...i bring all paperwork mentioned on the website but still they demand me to bring more when i m standing there in person after hours driving.

http://www.iamthai.com.au/images/IAT_I Am Thai_logo pink2 72dpi.png

4 minutes ago, shillhater said:

why is that man measuring the size of the bait?

Because a camera was present.

Gotta love the hard hats too. Hard hats for fishing, flip-flops for construction "Work".

12 minutes ago, zyphodb said:

Hard to have much sympathy for them as they've pretty well wiped out their own fish stocks using illegal nets and slave labour, and just want to do the same in other parts of the world...

BUT...You no unnastan! This is Thailand. I am Thai people! Can do whatever I want!

....As they turn their rice bowl into a toilet.

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Moto taxi driver said that once to me, driving thru traffic, with his phone to his ear. I told him to stop & let me off, because of the phone.

He got all bent out of shape about that. "I am THAI. THIS IS THAILAND! I CAN DO WHAT I WANT!"

Not with me on the back of your bike pal.

19 minutes ago, Media1 said:

She was no Hitier but he has been rebirth in Thai form around the same height. But a bit uglier with a few stupid hand movements due to his lack of manhood

Just now, moondoggie said:

Yingluck is a pig and a old one at that. 50+ yrs. LOL

Me too! 

1 minute ago, Media1 said:

Mai.pen Rai

Yep. Idiotic how people go nuts over the "Media" reports on such idiocy though.

"I saw it on the news!  It MUST BE TRUE!"

I could care less whether Ying is guilty nor where she is. This Dirty Harry junta is an absolute joke with this story of "OOPS!"

"Well, Golly Gee Shucks boys. Darn it all to baked chocolate brownies and back! She got away. Now, one you naughty boys had a key didn't you? You bad mischievous bunch of cops".

No worries. Just Public Enemy Number 2. She's REALLY sneaky is she not?

1 minute ago, AGareth2 said:

probe on Monday and court decision on Wed

Wish I could probe Yingluck & report back on Wednesday.