jaywalker

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

Of those polled, 50.48 per cent believed police should retain investigation powers.

Most Thai cops cannot inspect/investigate their underwear for dingleberries....unless they think there might be some money in it for them.

8 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

No worries, I too sometimes forget the conversions......I was just trying to instill a little humour to the proceedings...I think I realised what you meant........Re your better half driving.............All thanks to your tuition !!!.....   .

No Worries Buddy. 

On 7/14/2017 at 5:10 PM, MarkusAUST said:

Only ten years from start to finish. The wheels of justice are being turned by a sloth it would seem.

More like a snail.

Took 10 years to sentence the guy to 2 years.

If they weren't all grinning, and trying to not "defame" nor make someone "lose face" the justice system might work better?

44 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

I do believe there are no 125kph zones in Thailand. Is the speed limit not 120 ?

Sorry, just an observation..

Yeah, you are right.

Been in the USA a bit now & my kph math is off......Anyhow, I was 2-3 kph over.

"YOU! 200 baht is OK".

I just let my wife drive now in Thailand....Even though she couldn't drive a ten penny nail into a piece of cornbread when I met her.

She's a good driver now..

9 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

Poll shows people expect police reform will put an end to kickback practice
 

In the OP photo they do not look interested.
One half is sleeping and the others are playing with their smartphones.

 

 

 

The only time I've ever seen a cop interested in anything is when they were wanting 200 baht from me for doing 127 kph in a 125 kph zone.

Errrr. They seem to be off by 1.2 million visitors.

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BANGKOK – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) governor aims to improve Thailand’s earnings from tourism as a global top seven, while revealing that 18.2 million tourists had visited the Kingdom during the first half of 2017.

http://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/new-tourism-target-tat-governor-180738

9 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Many seem to get away with pimping with a bar or 'club' as a front

Here's the loophole for that one...

"2. Farming including looking after livestock, forestry and fisheries (exception: farm manager)."

They forgot to warn folks to "not run with scissors" and to "not stick their hands in fans".

3 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Yes you are right which is why they are buying condos and think it is great here.

 

Took this  a few hours ago.  Some sort of a collection area across from SOi 6.

I looked inside and there must have been tons of garbage.  The dude was trying to scoop it out with a net. HA. 

 

 

That's a Pattaya sewage treatment plant! Hi-Tech Shit Bro!

1 minute ago, bkk6060 said:

I disagree I think it is growing more then ever.  The Chinese don't research their trips?

Take a walk in the mornings along BR and see.

Was in Chiang Mai and BKK now here over the past few weeks.  Chinese to the max.  Groups every where even walking around the malls with their flagged escorts. 

I will say I think it is declining or steady for falang.  I walk alot and many of the same faces in places, not many new.

 

Ever been to China?

Thailand is clean and barely even crowded at all compared to the limited places I've been in China (Beijing & all over Taiwan).

I've had the displeasure of being in the US Army (dig a hole), and quite a few places where a Port-a-John/Potty was the only option for a latrine.

An hour outside Beijing was the worst shitter I have ever been near.

Pretty much ANYTHING outside of China is better than INSIDE China. At least that's been my experience.

2 hours ago, Thechook said:

So who's the lucky bugger that gets to go into the water with the poopa scoopa and collect all those floating logs?

My second visit to Pattaya Beach was in 2001.

The garbage was abhorrent.

I saw a couple Thai teenage boys out there about chest deep in the sewer.

One had the bright idea to use a plastic bag floating nearby as a diving mask.

YES....He put a plastic bag over his head!

Came up for air & DOH! That didn't work out so well.

I was sitting there with my wife, saying "Watch this......It'll be good".

6 hours ago, JamJar said:

Small spelling mistake. Hopefully they'll notice and fix.

 

http://aseanifr2017.com/?lang=en

 

 

Gotta love their very professional gmail (email) address!

It costs 300 - 500 baht to register a domain & set up a professional email address...I just did it today. Not for the first time either. It takes 10 minutes.

I wonder when was the last time any fixed wing aircraft were launched from that antique carrier?

The ramp on the front plays hell with landing gear/suspension (so I've read).

I shiver to think about landing a modern jet fighter on that thing...& I'm a former Army guy that does not know much about aircraft.

1 hour ago, boooker said:

I got 2432 jumps and that is never 100 % safe it is prediction or forecast ....but overall SOP guidelines to follow.

Accidents happen all over the world but this one which i seen by myself had so many flaws that anybody is only lucky to come down without injuries.

Sad statement 100% safe....it really question the professionalism of those whom said so

I knew a guy (he's deceased now), who was an avid skydiver...In Thailand.

Said you couldn't pay him enough money to go parasailing.

1 hour ago, williamgeorgeallen said:

pattaya is a victim of its own success and a lack of forward planning

The "P" in Thailand stands for "Planning".

Walking down Beach Road around 2005.

This Chinese guy came down on the beach way too fast.

I was 50 yards away & heard his leg snap as he hit the ground.

Think about it....You've got totally untrained retards running these boats that drag them, with para-sails that are probably 15 years old, sun-bleached & rotten.

The tether to the boat is probably as bad/rotten as the chute. Next they get out in a filthy bay and run amok. 

1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Local council representative Wirat Jirasriphaithoon said that the authorities had acted swiftly.

Swiftly indeed!

50 years too late!

1 hour ago, champers said:

This activity needs to be done daily rather than once or twice a week. Also, the root cause needs proper attention, not just the symptons.

I find the number of plastic bottles that wash up on the beach, every day, mindboggling. Where the hell do they come from?

You mean "Done daily, rather than once or twice a year".

Of course stamping it out at the source is the only long term solution.

Once upon a time everybody & their brother/sister/aunt/uncle/mother & father once smoked cigarettes in the USA.

Now it's a bit of social stigma (you are bad/stupid if you smoke).

Only bringing the same type of awareness to the populace can solve the pollution problem in Thailand.

BTW - I smoke....33 years smoking but I'm down to 5 ciggies a day now.

1 minute ago, Asiantravel said:

Well whoever did the voting must’ve been paid because Nha Trang beach in Vietnam is 10 times cleaner than Pattaya and you can actually swim in the clean water

 

 

 

 

WOW! Beach chairs set up properly! Imagine that!

Rocket science is it not?

Too bad they don't do this every day all year. Just once or twice a year to "Show they care" I guess?

http://www.pattayamail.com/featured/sign-of-the-times-180611

47 minutes ago, Kerryd said:

Lol.

Another case of "they knew about it beforehand and did nothing now have to dig up the new roadway to fix the old problem then redo the roadway" again.

 

Just like what happened on Soi Boonsamphan/Khao Noi. They resurfaced the road and made a nice clean, smooth surface and almost immediately people started digging it up and laying new water pipes and sewer pipes and who knows what else, then doing a craptastic job of filling in the holes afterwards. Now that section from the railway bypass up to the Mike Orchid Villa area is one big nasty mess of uneven/broken pavement, pot holes and protrusions.

 

Just like one village where the city (well, the contractors hired by the city) came in and did a great job of resurfacing the roads. The smooth and groovy asphalt was barely 2 months old when the Province decided to install new water lines and meters so naturally they had to dig trenches in that shiny new surface, down every little street and to each house. Trenches which in some cases were barely deep enough to cover the new pipes and then had a thin coat of normal concrete slapped on top, which, of course, started cracking and flaking within days in some cases. I mean sheesh, they knew they were going to put those pipes in long before the roads were due to be resurfaced (we'd been told it was going to happen months in advance). They could have dug up the old road surface, laid and covered the new pipes and then did the resurfacing which would have left us with unblemished sois and water pipes that weren't in danger of being crushed every time someone parks a car/truck near their house.

Som nom na as I'm told. 

 

I guess we'll see in 2 weeks what kind of "patch" job gets done and then it will probably just be a matter of (very little) time before they have to go back, tear it up and do it all over again ! Som nom na !

I recall 2001 or maybe it was 2002 when they re-did Pattaya Klang.

They dug down 5 feet or so to put in a new foundation (I guess?) and resurfaced it with cement.

Barely two months later they were out there with jackhammers and tunneling machines installing water pipes.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

No decision was made on the proposal, nor any other topic discussed at the meeting, with attendees agreeing only they needed to hold yet more meetings.

A meeting to decide to have more meetings. 

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

Many felt that it was time for the tourism authorities who have such big plans for the resort to take a look for themselves at the

disgraceful state of the beach and the sea in Pattaya and start working on some answers.

Should have been done 30+ years ago, but they've all been too busy just raping the place for money.

This translation, is almost as bad as the crime..... Gotta love the last line. 

Google did this....not me.

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Pattaya Investigative Officers Threaten 5 Cambodian Workers After Thai American Children Report Violation by Khmer Scene Worker, Khmer Rouge This revealed last evening (  10  July 60),  Mrs. (mother's name), aged  50  years, Thailand's hybrids - the United States aged  13  years. ______ (name), aged  13  years, he informed.

Heat afflicted with Pol.Capt. After being seized by the Khmer Night Scene Commander of the 8th  Marine Corps, they perform underwater while cruising coral reefs and feeding underwater fish.

(Child's Name) told her that she had traveled to Pattaya with her mother and relatives. While shopping for Scene Warner, take the Oceanic 8   while diving under the sea to see the coral and feeding. Khmer staff of Scene Warner, who dresses as a diver for tourists while walking in the sea,  two  people try to get their hands through clothes to catch milk  3-4  times, which they try to ward off. But Khmer employees are also trying to trick them into their pants.

They try to resist. Up on the story to tell the mother. Before his mother consulted with his relatives, he traveled to Thailand to report the heat. 

After receiving the petition, Pol.Gen. Aphichai Chompoo, Director of Pattaya Police Station. So instructed Lt. Col. Akhapat Jatprat, Deputy Prime Minister, led the area immediately. Because it is a scandal to the image of tourism in Pattaya. The police said. Akapat Jatprathet Deputy Associate to inspect the boat at the park at Thong Lang. Koh Larn Island is only found by boatmen. So, go to Koh Larn to track Khmer Scene Officer Khmer. The five Khmer Scene   Police officers were detained in Pattaya for investigation.

Investigative staff spent more than 5  hours. The five Khmer Scene workers Khmer Rouge refused. But in the beginning, the same staff investigated that  3 out  of  5  people have trespassed foreign tourists to go underwater. And often take a chance to catch some milk. Catch some other parts at the time, help arrange the posture underwater photography. Waiting for an underwater photo while the victim is down to the way the person involved will bring it tomorrow. As evidence in the prosecution of offenders.

The reporter further reported that the case from the interview revealed that there were several such incidents but no casualties were reported. Most of them are Chinese tourists who are obscene.   
 

7 hours ago, YetAnother said:

how in the world is that exciting to those males ??

YES, I agree.

My "Hybrid" daughter is almost 12, and I'd be after these cretin with a machete/sword/pistol/cement block if they'd done that to her.

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

http://bit.ly/2tIZ9s9 

Check out the link (the article is in Thai), right click the text and translate to English.

The Cambodians were trying to "Catch milk".