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Lovely. This should make some of AN's resident bigots swoon. 😁

Beach? Patong's beach is more like a jetski parking lot and ripoff strip with limited space available for beach users. Enter the water at your own peril. Thailand will not release water quality data, but you can figure it out if you watch the liquid that empties into the bay from the klongs on either side of the beach. Patong's primary tourist activity after hotel and mediocre restaurants, is cheap bars and the sex trade. There is nothing else to do in Patong,

I recall that when Simon was still in Phuket, he was walking a beat protecting young and old from hooligans. With a spring in his step and in between coughing up phlegm, he would whistle and hum as he patrolled, greeting all with a cockeyed grin and a rousing hello. Once he left, the security of Patong began to crumble and today, citizens of good will must take shelter from roving gaggles of aggressive drunken half unclothed farangs.

Wow. The Prime Minister downplayed concerns surrounding potential "secret deals" with the US, which critics fear could later be used against her administration. She stressed that certain details must remain confidential or disclosed at appropriate times. How can anyone defend this response? I interpret to mean that they bungled and that the conditions would cause an uproar in Thailand. Her government is most likely now going to the impacted Thai monopolies to inform them that their protected status may be eroded. Obviously afraid of the terms and conditions going forward and too cowardly to be honest with the Thai people.

Trump is not negotiating the deals. There are professionals who are doing it. People who made their wealth from extracting as much money from vulnerable companies and investors as they could.

Have you looked at the data? The UK imports more steel products from the USA than it exports. The UK exports of aluminum are insignificant and what is exported to the USA is typically a specialized or critical component that the USA needs. The RR engines are critical to heavy industry and for aircraft manufacturing. Boeing will take the engines and put them on aircraft being constructed for foreign buyers. The B777 and 787 use these engines. All of the US airlines would have suffered significant financial harm and US consumers would have paid for it with increased airfares.

What deal? The only disinformation is your attempt to present this as something new, when it is not. Did you forget that the UK and USA were in discussions and negotiating since Brexit? Much of the agreement goes back to the initial proposals for which neither Starmer, nor Trump can claim credit for. This "deal" is still not finalized and multiple key items are not yet agreed to. What we have here is smoke and mirrors. Both Trump and Starmer desperately need to show that they have an agreement. This is political theater.

Have you even read the agreement?

So many parasites living off of a mentally ill man.

You should consider being tested for HIV and other communicable sexual diseases. Most street prostitutes are disease carriers.

You are being unfair. He was taken to Laem Chabang Hospital a large comprehensive hospital which can handle basic emergencies. It was also the closest hospital at approx 10 minutes /5 km away from the collision. The Rescue group who responded followed their usual procedure. What would have been the correct hospital? Depending upon the injuries, he may have been fine at the initial hospital. However, once examined, it may have been discovered he need advanced neurological or surgical intervention. It happens in every major city. Some large cities like Shanghai, Tokyo cities have designated fully equipped trauma centers. A small city like Pattaya does not. Why would you expect the first hospital to know his blood type? It isn't a critical item and can usually be determined within a few minutes in a hospital. He would not have been given blood until he was assessed which takes time, during which the blood type is verified.

The pain that occurs is when you have e-sims and want to change to a different phone brand. If you are with AIS you have to go to the shop and have them give you a new Qr code to read. It's a pain if you are traveling or not near an AIS outlet with an hour to kill waiting.

No sympathy. What do you expect when you pick up a street prostitute? They are not working the streets because they actually want to have sexual intercourse with disgusting men. Rather, they are there to make money to pay off drug or gambling debts, or because of poverty. The people who freelance the streets are usually turned out by the bars because they have HIV or have a history of stealing or violence. This is not a secret. The police were nice to entertain the complaint.

Many people go to israel and do not follow local customs/social behaviour. I went to the one of the Churches and removed my hat as I was taught to do. A European did not and was admonished by one of the church wardens. In many of the religious locations, Europeans show up in skimpy attire and make fools of themselves. Unlike in Thailand no one turns it into a cause celebre. They are asked to cover up. Some leave in a huff. The woman had permission from the cafe to wear her shoe. She was suckered by the person recording and like a gullible idiot got into an argument with him which was recorded.

So would you rather they did not correct the problem?

One of the few rational and realistic comments.

If your idea of a luxury buffet is Golden Corral, then yes a tacky boat buffet fits the ticket for you.

She did not oppress anyone. She had an argument with another customer over her wearing of a shoe. Hardly a criminal incident . Get a grip and stop using this as an opportunity to express your underlying bias.

Quite a popular thread. Know why? It provides an opportunity for the usual bigot brigade to come on out and have a good run with hateful ignorant comments under the cover of commenting on an event. Some of the comments are real filth. Nice hypocritical double standard too. The comments are somewhat more restrained when a toothless inked up European beats someone up. The woman is rude and is obviously not experienced in dealing with criticism, but it is hardly the capital offence some of the malicious blowhards wish to make it. How do you know she is a zionist? Did you ask her? Do you know her? It is like someone saying you are pedophile because you once visited Thailand. What jewish privilege? How do you know she is jewish? Israel has a large diverse population that includes nearly 30% who are Christian, Muslim, Druze, Bahai, Aetheist, and Buddhist. How do you know? Did you inspect her foot and check her medical records? When I injured my foot a couple years ago, I was in excruciating pain when I wasn't wearing a shoe with with an arch support. One couldn't tell by looking at me, but I had to be taped up for weeks. And what is your point, other than to make a bigoted hateful comment? Really? You have no idea who she is or what she does for her livelihood. And what past events in Thailand demonstrate that "they" will claim that they own Thailand? Why not just be honest and say you hate "them" because you are envious or have feelings of inadequacy and think that if you make hateful comments that it will address your own issues?

The reason is quite simple, the product on offer is not particularly attractive for clients who actually want a "luxury" dining experience. There are multiple problems with these dinner cruises; -The "entertainment" is not particularly good. It would be tolerable if the food was good. The cruise line would do its guests a tremendous service if it offered a string quartet alternating with a wood wind ensemble or even a decent piano player. There is no need to offer a Carnival Cruise line type of floor show. - Aside from the Chinese and cheap charlie types, no one wants a buffet. Who wants to pay a premium price and then be told to go get a plate and line up and fight with people for your meal. How is that luxurious? And then there is the drink service. The cruise lines make a tidy sum off of their bar sales. I never want to be in a restaurant that has a buffet and mainland Chinese. It is beyond annoying.

Neither do I. Obviously your wife knows quality cuisine. 🤫 Pho is yesterday's trendy dish. I do not eat rat, cat or dog and find the Vietnamese wet markets disgusting. There is a good reason why avian flu and pork diseases have a reservoir in Vietnam. Details old boy, details. Most of those expats are Asians. A small portion are "westerners". Vietnam has many factories and foreign students. In respect to foreign workers, as Myanmar is to Thailand, Laos is to Vietnam. Also, the APEC agreement makes it very easy for APEC members to stay in Vietnam. The treatment of cannabis is a plus for many people who have grown weary of the stinky potheads who stink up places. I don't know why that merited thumbs down from some. I too have never been treated harshly as a foreigner. Please accept my thumb up to counter those who are envious of your status.

There are good reasons to keep shoes on in some establishments. I do not go barefoot in Thailand. That being said, she should of just said ok, sorry, I will leave now. And yes she handled it poorly. And question for the finger pointers. Did you miss the shirtless fellow? He is probably sweating all over the pillows. Why is no one making a fuss over that man?

No one is ignoring murders. However, there is context. In 2024, 32 farm related workers were murdered of which 4 were black farmworkers. Sometimes the farmers are black. South Africa is a violent land. That is the legacy of a system that kept wealth in the hands of foreigners, and then other elite segments, while much of the population remained in poverty. The number of white farmers killed is relatively small when compared to other South Africans. .South Africa has around 26,000 murder victims in a year. 32 out of 26,000 is not significant. Nor is 28. It is not nice, but not a big number. Its 0.085% . Whites make up 7% of the population. The takeaway is that it is safer to be a white farmer than it is to be a black townshipper. https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36ZD7HY Has some eye opening data on the murders.

In respect you your statement, when a US citizen is forcibly removed from the USA, it is technically not a deportation since a US national cannot be deported. It is however a removal. There have been multiple removals of US national minors, with several now before the courts. The circumstances are disputed, but at the very least there was a duty to act in a child's best interests and there clearly is evidence that some removals did not do this.

What was factually incorrect with my statement?