HappyExpat57

That latter one - that's what I thought about your post to begin with.

That's fine for all the bored alcoholics with nothing better to do on topics that advertise said bored alcoholic fog. This OP was making a genuine, decent contribution to a forum that seems to decay more and more with each passing day.

OP - Thank you for your trip report. It's always nice to see Thailand from a fresh perspective. To some other negative Nancy's - if you don't have something nice to say, then don't say it. Make your momma proud, not hang her head in shame.

I really don't get it. I moved to Chanthaburi little over a year ago. I've seen them go through two major road renovations, neither of them lasted more than month. Why must Pattaya milk such projects?

And I'm setting my sights on impressively growing more hair on the top of my head. Even odds either will achieve success.

I trust "reports" as much as I trust US politicians (both sides of the aisle are crooked as a dog's hind leg). I believe my own eyes, and when I fly back from family visits, I go to the duty free and it's ALWAYS significantly less expensive.

IDK . . . if booze was the same price as in the duty free's, I'd be more inclined to tipple a little.

<sarcasm> This will work just as well as "trickle down economics." Consumers will JUMP at the chance of visiting Thailand now with such a financial boon. </sarcasm>

There is just something about the mindset of a traveler who lands in Thailand. Not all, but a good number from all countries think since they are on vacation in Pattaya that laws don't apply to them.

Déjà vu is the phenomenon of feeling as though one has lived through the present situation before. Not sure what brought this to mind.

So NOW they're finally waking up to the fact that Russians/Chinese/Indians don't have the disposable income, or spend it in shops owned by their countrymen, while yanks and canucks make it rain when on vaca. Slow AND dense, not a good business model.

And it's a QUIET dungeon.

I had to make several trips to Mexico city (American embassy) and it was the same for me. The whole of Mexico had a certain dirty tinge like nowhere else I've been. The ONLY decent part of Zihuatanejo was this woman who cooked up two HUGE colanders of tamales every night, 7 for $1 USD. She got plenty of business from me.

Time to dust off this ol' tale: Got the seven-year itch after living in Thailand. Having grown tired of all the bureaucratic nonsense, I pulled up stakes and moved to Zihuatanejo, Mexico. It is NOTHING like that depicted in "The Shawshank Redemption." Six weeks later I was back in LOS with a renewed appreciation. And every time I visit family and friends in the US, I am reminded why I could never move back there. Gawd bless LOS.

I sure hope so!

This is what the op asked for. ??? Let's let op make up his/her own mind. What you find unappealing might be just what they were looking for.

For a quiet bar, I've always gone to The Sportsman on Soi 13 Alley. No loud music and they serve Guinness.

This is meant to deter other idiots (orange jeezuz comes to mind) from doing the same thing.

HOW in the ever loving EFF could someone find this article funny?!?!?

See what happens when you legalize weed?!?!? You get posts like the op's!

My login is still going back and forth, approx weekly, as to whether it remembers me or not.

How many times have folks like you made this ridiculous argument? Plenty of co-conspirators have already pleaded guilty, it's only a matter of time before the noose finally tightens around his fat fake-tanned neck.

If a straight man wants to live like a gay, then he just does it. That's what we DO, it's who we ARE.

Being gay is like being left handed. You either are or you aren't. A small number of the population is ambidextrous. You don't choose to be left handed and watching Bob Ross paint will not turn you either way. A good gay friend once looked me square in the eye and asked, "Do you think I WANTED to be gay?"

And someone obviously peed in your oatmeal today so you're looking for somewhere to be obnoxious. I already stated the show, you either missed it or ignored it. You failed.