NanLaew

They don't even do that in Merrye Olde Englande any more. But you're right, and wrapped up in printed newsprint.

Death Wish II Great movie! Bronson wasn't it?

Good timing. I was reading how their dear leader Gen. Min Aung Hlaing is no longer flavor of the month following considerable losses in the remoter regions to various rebels and insurgent groups. That and lack of recruits for the Tatmadaw. Of course, his deputy is already being touted as simply waiting in the wings (maybe the incumbent will be offered exile in Cambodia) so just a change in their (mis)management rather than a chink in their armor. Progress and democracy in Myanmar has always been measured by a rather unique set of metrics.

The CC isn't the root cause though. It's simply a tool of whoever holds real power (and we can't talk about that either).

...unless it's a Chicken Balti from Anam's in Skelmersdale or an original Melton Mowbray pork pie.

Oops, another one (even more difficult to differentiate from the one in the main story).

Don't. Fobbing kids off on tablets instead of being involved in their lives and getting them involved in yours, isn't doing society any favors no matter how many billions various governments and regulators fine Zuckerberg and those of that ilk. Of course, if you already have a regimen of prescribed maximum daily use for the kids with reasonable and agreed limits on their tablet time, I am sure someone will post advice shortly on what minimum version of android they should be looking at and the cost.

3BB fanboy myself, from the days of dialup before they were called TT&T, through all their shapes, forms and iterations of copper wire to the present day fiber-driven service, both in Pattaya and up in Isaan. Like the OP, I fear I am missing out on something here. Who should I complain to?

The bite from the big ones can be fatal for pets, children and some adults. I read that anaphylactic shock is the culprit. Better find out where the buggars are coming from. When my wife came across a nest in the roots of a planter by the driveway, it wasn't a case of 'get the poison' honey. It was get the kids and dogs safely inside the house, gloves and wellies on before a full-bore hunt and destroy mission.

Idiot. I mean the 'customer' cited in the main story, not you (but it's a close call).

Suck it up, Buttercup. It's CNY this time next week, and it will only get worse before it gets better. Kung Hei Fat Choi!

I am curious. Were you there back then? I think you chaps are conflating the semantics and sentiments of the quoted newspaper article with the reality of the 1960's. The linked article suggests that 1) The US military discovered Pattaya, 2) that all the guys on R&R from Vietnam went there, and 3) they created the whole girly bar thing and somehow initiated or pre-empted the whole sexpat scene. All this while 4) being an unwanted foreign aggressor in a foreign land. I think I'm safe in saying that NONE of the above is anywhere close to the truth, and it's nothing more than a hackneyed and biased narrative that some new, young and totally inexperienced 'journalist' has hijacked. It's a crock, OK? Now, American servicemen did visit Pattaya, mostly the guys who were based in-country but also some of those from out-country who were 'in-the-know', weren't interested or were otherwise fed up with Bangkok's hedonistic offerings. Americans did go to Pattaya in notable but not significant numbers, OK? I was introduced to an American Vietnam vet in Korat way back when I was quite new here. Nice chap, if rather rag tag and barely surviving on his disability pension or whatever. He had one arm and after a few beers and getting to know each other, I asked what battle or theater of war he'd lost his arm. He laughed and regaled me with a story of him and his buddies paying some Patpong tuk-tuk drivers to be their "pilots" in alcohol-fueled drag races on Silom. He lost his arm when, with it hanging outside the tuk-tuk passenger cage, it got ripped off on a passing power pole. Unlike me, he'd never been to Pattaya either.

Where is it written that Thai people need to dole out cash to EVERY beggar they see? They may have one on the corner of their soi every morning, at their daily market shop, or they may have already given generously at the temple. Anyhow, I love it when foreigners pretend to know more about the practises of the Buddhist faith than the Thai people themselves and base their opinions of Thai society on that. No, I don't really.

Not wrong, if their are retired. Sadly, from my observations, for active Thais an honest day's work is 45% of bitching with coworkers, 45 "netizening" with 10% left for their employers. Versus what now? Cantankerous over entitled farangs beating their gums 100% on anonymous online forums? If you're really talking about your observations of Thai people in the Thai workplace, rather than watching, haven't you got a job or something?

Wow, really? The vote, welfare, Super? All that AND Vegemite? Where do I sign up?

I had a provisional diagnosis of a renal stone (slightly elevated RBC in urinalysis). When I asked the renal specialist for the ultrasound at the local hospital, he refused and said the CT scan was better, no argument. Went ahead and booked it, around 13000 baht, day after tomorrow. The next day, visited a private hospital, explained the provisional diagnosis and their specialist recommended an ultrasound, carried out an hour later. This confirmed one, small renal calculi. Being asymptomatic, I was advised to drink plenty of water, up the citrus intake and come back in 3-months for a follow-up. Cost 2800 baht. Subsequently, I cancelled the CT scan! Follow-up at private hospital 3-months later. Another ultrasound and it's still there, same place, same size, still asymptomatic. Same procedure, same advice, same 2800 baht. See you in April.

NB: More recent threads about the 1-year MENO application at Savanakhet says they only accept evidence of the 400k baht being in a Thai bank account. They won't accept it if it's in a foreign bank account.

That's an impressive and absolutely correct court decision in line with societal norms and expectations. Now, if only the Constitutional Court was so informed.

I have put clothes on enough times to know how long it takes , 1 minute at most , which is plenty of time for the taxi to wait So, you don't know them, weren't there and are just having a forum harrumph. I see.

Their country, their bandwidth, their time.

Thanks for your empathy. As you rightly point out, there's a global shortage.

Maybe, just maybe, if you could read and understand the Thai language, you could read and understand the comments from the outraged sanctimonious puritans Thai netizens rather than posting another tedious whataboutism comment. IMHO, this fascination with Thai dual-standards is renting far too much space between your ears, and that's not good for you (or us).

Commonly called vacation optimization. Google it.

They could? You were with them and know what their travel arrangements were? Please tell us more, if only to stop members harrumphing too much.

Having a return air ticket doesn't obligate the holder of said return air ticket to actually use it, either on the date stipulated, or ever.