Inala

and that's all that matters in my world

Did I read this right? If you go to a go go bar/beer bar/pub for a few quiet ones, you're at risk of the police storming in and dragging you down to Soi 9 for a drug test just because I happen to be there in the venue? Is this police action meant to be promoting tourism like they're always saying? It doesn't make me feel like going out and spending my money in a bar if half way through the night I'm gonna be subjected to this sort of treatment...

Ermm, I think you've written this for the wrong audience here in TV....did you mean to email this to Cosmopolitan or Men's Health magazine editors? If you did write it for the mostly grumpy old men audience on here, better sign us all up for makeup classes and explain to us how "to leave a cute kitty without cursing" Btw, not too many of us here would rely on Friday & Saturday evenings for fasting either, we're normally all hitting the booze by then! Otherwise, I think we could all manage the remainder of your guidelines for attracting additional attention. In fact many here in TV are experts at it!

They were fine. One side serviced floors 1-25, the other side went express straight past them to floors 26 and up. It was a fantastic building. Having that massive full height internal atrium with staircase and verandahs was fantastic for breezes. Btw, I'm talking about the Sky Beach next to Centara Grand, not the other Sky Beach (Park Beach?) further down Soi 18 in Wongamat.

There is a well known saying, and that is quote, "You really are only as good as the company you keep" If they accept Putin to be there in person, then they are guilty by association. Because the type of people you hang around with speaks directly to your own personal values.

Despite his crime and that there can be no excuse for it, I still find it morbidly tragic how bad some people's lives end up closing out due to having made bad decisions. At 46 in 2015, he wasn't a young man but still by no means an old man. Maybe he had lived a life of good and then only through sheer desperation he made these three drug runs? So at just 53 yrs old, he would have died all alone in that hospital bed. No one to hold his hand and reassure him that he had lived a good life, despite his mistakes. I know he did bad, but I'm sure there were people in his life that had loved him, or that still loved him. Or that he loved. Maybe a son or daughter? Maybe a brother? Maybe even a surviving mum or dad back in Denmark? Miserable conditions to pass on from and not the way I want to go out! RIP you silly <deleted>....

You got one thing right in that rant and that's that you're 100% wrong....

BritMan Too, you're giving up too early. At 66, you could go another 20 years in reasonable condition.

Lived in Sky Beach Naklua, which is right next door to Wongamat. Loved it. Fantastic and iconic old building. Absolute beachfront, as are many up here. Naklua and Wongamat are handy to get into town, you can even walk if you're going to a restaurant on the north end of Beach Road. I'm not so keen on the very northern end of Wongamat, it turns into a dead end up there. Otherwise, beaches are nice and quite a few waterfront restaurants as well.

You've now responded to three separate posts with exactly the same cut and pasted reply, as if somehow constant parroting of the Thai law somehow makes it legitimate and rigidly enforceable. But for those who live in the real world, we all know this is Thailand and written laws are often completely worthless. You know, like how there is not supposed to be any corruption in the police force or prostitution in Pattaya..... Additionally, you're deliberately overlooking the obvious complexity in this case....these are foreign nationals, obviously Caucasian in appearance, applying for witness protection in an Asian country which happens to be one of the most corrupt of all. It is the irony of it all that has people most amused....

Does Thailand actually have a witness protection program? As Caucasians, how would they be incognito anywhere in Thailand? I think they would probably have a better chance of survival returning to Russia and joining Putin's general mobilisation than they will have in Thailand's witness protection program, if in fact one is available.

Simon, unless you're a very short guy, I think you're drastically underweight? At 5' 9", I should supposedly be about 78-85kgs (I wish!) I can't imagine how thin 64kgs must look.

same all over the world anyway

That's horrific! Poor girls.

Pretty negative outlook. There is going to be some downturn while we wait to see if the war in Europe spreads or can be contained and if the Chinese will go ahead with their planned invasion of Taiwan. If the latter happens, things will really change for everyone, especially those in the Western Pacific. If it doesn't happen, then I can't see a downturn lasting for the rest of the century...

I never imagined there would be a cricket club in America. Despite it being one of the world's most popular sports, I thought most Americans would have no idea of what it was..

Geez, an OP requesting recommendations for endocrinologist services and just a few posts in the arguments start lol. How does such an innocuous post descend into petty bickering so quickly and somehow get sidetracked into supplementary discussion on orchids and pianos? ???? People are really snarly these days, I guess what with 2 years of covid, the European war and now the war in the western pacific getting ready to kick off, who can blame us I suppose..

Just who the hell are they going to fight with these two aircraft?? The war will start at smoko and be over by lunchtime. Same situation in Australia. The armed forces lack lethality. They have some really high tech stuff, but only two of each...