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kevinsan

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  1. 12 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

    Yes, I would take the same view to helmets.... it is the law.

    When the helmet law passed, it was specifically written to benefit one manufacturer. The manufacturer just happened to be an MP. All other helmets were illegal. But then the Thai Bar Girls Association marched on parliament to protest. They refused to wear dirty helmets on their freshly sprayed 80's hair. So implementation was suspended till hair trends were more favorable. And of course the take over of insurance companies by foreign interests after the financial crisis. Got to milk the concession, like bar girls.

  2. 15 hours ago, kinyara said:

    They may have just been passing rent increases on in their prices but they've slowly killed it.

    Same thing happened in Bangla. Foreigners keep selling the leases at higher prices till no money could be made. And now the bars are not rented and the little streets are empty. 150+ baht drinks and 220+ baht girl drinks. Last price at the boxing bars was 120+ baht for a well drink and 160+ for a girl drink. No wonder the Indians stay on the fray. You can have high rents or high liquor taxes, you cannot have both. Or use the empty bars as Russian and Chinese laundry mats and parking lots.

  3. 7 minutes ago, Hempseedman said:

    I’ve never actually seen them make it but I visited them once and got pretty stoned with them one night. 

    The Chinese developed the tech. Going to be hard to compete against those boys when it comes to extraction. Technology, scale and they manufacture the equipment. Plus government financial assistance and deep connections throughout the Thai business community.

  4. Asked current landlord for a 25% discount for year contract. No problem. Better deal than the US, where my tenets want three to four months rent forgiveness.

     

    Pattaya reminds one of the Time Share markets. Now most Time Share markets advertise how to get out of your Time Share. They screw you buying in and selling out.

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