mikebell

How quickly lies are published to talk up the market.

It's a shame Everton didn't go down. Many of their fans are disgusting louts. I stopped going to Goodison after a couple of incidents when, as a visiting away fan, I was subjected to violent abuse by grown men on a 15 year old boy.

Pattaya is in a state of readiness; all new-sand trucks are filled and ready to replace the beach at least twice this coming week. Bali stands ready to receive Pattaya's latest contribution to their tourist trade.

Another blot on RTP's black reputation. No wonder 40 young people are killed every day, the cops are out selling stickers.

protecting their own establishments, more like.

which is; 'don't do what we do or you will be considered as our competition.'

If the price is right.

He is a poacher turned gamekeeper and should be lauded as such. Thailand would be in a much worse situation without his input. He knows where many of the bodies are buried so he may not have long with us.

Agreed. I think Norway should look at its Immigration procedures. The Thais are great at copying everything.

We all know that a tourist tax is fairly common in many countries across the world. The difference here is the level of corruption which has worsened during the last Government. The money raised would not go towards good causes but will be syphoned off by the scheme's administrators.

They are NOT going to share their day's takings with foreigners.

Those are the only shops that get my custom.

So just as effective as ordinary cops then?

40 dead every day; another triumph for RTP! When they are not tinkering with traffic lights to impede traffic flow they are conspicuously absent as everyone knows if they have experienced the misery of Railway Road intersections during Rush Hour. The Sukhumvit road, having suffered three years of disruption from Sattahip onwards has now been hit with a bout of re-surfacing work. Do NOT attempt to shop at Makro; a huge tailback with no sign of cops. I gave up after 30 minutes of inching.

Some big supermarkets have meat products that get distinctly high during the day despite liberal quantities of ice. I won't buy meat on markets where no attempt is made to keep swarms of flies off the produce.

Is the big guy on the right of the photo a lifeguard, a night-club bouncer or a cop? If the last, how did he; a) get in the BIB? b) Remain in uniform?

If he is so well-known, why is he only an assistant? Daily we hear these experts stepping up to the mike to state the bleedin' obvious! The cure is there for all to see but will never happen in Thailand without Education and Enforcement. Besides making it hotter, air pollution kills; speed kills. Both are evident every minute yet both are ignored by authorities.

Used to be on a Quiz team and every Monday/Wednesday a 'blind' guy with a female minder used to come and wail loudly to canned 'music', drowning out the quiz master until the 'singer' was paid to move on.

Well he looks fairly distinctive with his build + his uniform so the answer is probably, 'no he won't be caught.' We're talking Pattaya police here who can't find their own orifices.

Only an octopus can do this.

'the snake wizards were swiftly able to locate' on account of the quail owner pointing to it and saying 'that's the one.'

Any connection?

I wonder why ANY foreigners buy (single houses) knowing they can only own 49% of it.

So in fact the only thing the Thai authorities did was to arrest the criminal on their turf; all the donkey work was done by the Taiwanese?

Meanwhile Pattaya beach has an odour all its own.