HappyExpat57

Does anyone remember that heavily bearded guy in green fatigues that used to hang around various spots on Sukhumvit in Pattaya? He never bothered anyone. I haven't seen him for years.

Yeah, he really has a history of listening to others and doing what he is told to do.

Teaching English is a prevalent job here, but pay is dismal.

I remember the first time I heard such noise pollution. 8:00 in the guddammed morning, severely hung over in my gf's village 25 clicks south of Sa Keao, and that #&%^ starts up. LAST time I put myself in that situation!

I've been teaching in Thailand since 2008. I've personally witnessed DRASTIC changes in the snacks the students eat during breaks/lunch. At first they (mostly) brought healthy snacks, but today I am very dissappointed to see the huge amounts of sugar they are gobbling down. And it's not just LOS, this is a global issue. The schools love it as they get their cut of the sugar sales. Big Pharma loves it cuz they make a fortune from diabetes meds and the latest evil "one shot a week" (or several variations thereof) for type II diabetes and your weight goes down. Focus needs to be placed on diet and exercise. I've been keeping my own type II diabetes in check this way for years.

Man bites dog, and you can take that any way you want.

The alligators aren't swimming in those waters EVERY day. The rent is at least 4 times the current inflated Pattaya rates. The whole time I was there I only saw one attractive chica, virtually no night life - it's a retirement mecca for Canadian retirees. BORING!!!!!!!!!!

Time to dust off my old tale of leaving LOS. After living here 7 years, I had gotten fed up with all the bureaucratic nonsense, so I pulled up stakes and moved to Zihuatanejo, Mexico. It was NOTHING like in "The Shawshank Redemption." You think traffic is bad in Thailand? It was NOTHING compared to that sh!thole! Imagine having a tank with a 50 mm gun controlling traffic. Health care? The mayor's wife died cuz they couldn't get her to a hospital for over 8 hours when she got thrown off her horse. And the list goes on and on. My only mistake was not getting a re-entry stamp. I was back in Thailand 6 weeks later with a renewed appreciation. Sure, I was reminded on day one why I left in the first place, but somehow it had just become much more tolerable.

Apparently not doing a good job. Probably cuz of all those idiots who feed them. Soi dogs get spoiled.

Here's an idea (we can monetize ANYTHING!): Sell licenses, rent air pistols with the metal BB's, then pay a fair price for each dead rat. YEE HAW!!!

Uh, don't you mean keep these jobs for ONLY Thais, regardless of the quality of the services rendered?

I have the email of a Nigerian prince who has $450,000,000 he's trying to transfer. We should get these geniuses together.

What is the point of your reply?

Had they instead been smoking the devil's lettuce, this never would have happened.

They might try and polish this turd of a story up with AI, but it's still the same nonsense that's been floating around for how many years now?

That's EXACTLY what free market is.

Anyone here ever read "Catch-22?" There was a chapter where character Milo Minderbinder was stuck in a sales-loop and was losing money drastically. He tried to solve it by covering cotton balls in chocolate and selling them as candy. Trying to sell an inedible product. Not exactly sure WHY that came to mind.

To me, I thought that was what a curtain hotel was. One thing for certain, any time one may be mistaken, the internet is a MASTER at taking one down. You gotta admit though, my version was much more entertaining.

Whatever happened to "Whatever the market will bear?" Are the prices posted ANYWHERE? Let the buyer beware.

Why? Now, if I went to one multiple times, I could understand your sentiment.

The one and only I ever went to was as I described.

I just checked mine - Chrome, Windows 10. Youtube, Instagram and news feeds all working fine. For what it's worth, I have blocked all updates.

They're rather uncomfortable short time "rooms." A large room, sectioned off by curtains, typically with drab beds, harsh lighting, and peeling paint on the walls. You are separated by the curtains a meter or so from the guy(s) next to you while everyone is being serviced. NO sense of sexy ambience. More like a trip to the vet to get milked while trying to drown out the gutteral groans right next to you.

Let me start with this - I am NOT slamming Thai cuisine. If you are considering the subtleties of fine wine then trying to compare them with Thai food, you're trying to mix apples and oranges. Thai food is simple fare, especially when smothered in dried chile and sugar. Pretty much anything that will put out the fire in your mouth will be a fine pairing.

More and more these articles read like a 12 year old school newspaper editor's wet dream.