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'Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.' Teach Dickens in schools.

I think there's been a crooked RTP story every week for the last 19 years of my stay here; mostly low hanging fruit. Agree with Classic Ray above.

My ex used to sell counterfeit shirts which the police periodically raided confiscating lots of stuff in their size.

'Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen, nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.'

Bring it on - I had to put a shirt on for breakfast on the terrace yesterday!

To be fair, I don't nowadays with VAR taking over & allowing clearly offside players to risk injury to themselves & others before a flag is raised and the ref blows up too late to save these injuries.

'Flowers rank third on the list of top gifts': In case you're wondering - 'The top gifts they plan to buy for their sweetheart include clothes, handbags and jewelry (30%) followed by chocolate (25%) and flowers (12%) respectively.'

Do they make them small enough to encompass Thai members?

'This is the fourth foreign national to fall from a Pattaya condo in roughly a week,' As he's Chinese some measures will be taken: a committee will have regular meetings until 2025; their findings + free lunch vouchers/travel expenses will never be published.

The only way Pattaya Plod EVER get a success.

It beggars belief that no one is brave enough to take them on. Only a banana republic would continue to allow this almost weekly besmirching of Thailand's standing in the World.

So the 90 day report system didn't work? Another case where an arrest had nothing to do with police investigation and everything to do with a grass.

But not TIME in jail.

They suggested people not burn incense sticks!

We've had THREE this WEEK! Why doesn't Pattaya's Authorities form a committee and agree an edict forcing all balcony railings to be raised to five foot. The Committee could be called Health & Safety for Tourists.

How old was the child? Why were they helping at nearly midnight?

'Authorities launched an investigation and later arrested Mr. Phatcharin. A breathalyzer test discovered that Mr. Phatcharin’s blood alcohol level was reportedly over 195 mg/dL, exceeding the legal limit of 20 mg/dL by a significant margin. Nongprue police seized a gun from the driver as evidence and are pursuing legal charges for driving under the influence of alcohol against him.' 'authorities are currently attempting to verify the driver’s claims that he is a police officer but as of press time has not released a statement around this.' So rapid action on arrest; significant slow down on whether he was a cop or not.

This junket was her doing a spot of widow-shopping. What a frivolous waste of officials' time. Just look at the number of hangers-on & fawning sycophants in the picture: surprised no photocops got in on the act.

A worthy goal but everyone knows the best way to achieve this but no one will grasp the nettle. All dogs are unhygienic & spread diseases through dog dirt/urine in every soi. Even those with careful mask-wearing owners are allowed to roam free to bring down motorbikes & cause cars to swerve violently into pedestrians. Rabies costs lives and money for vaccines. '47 dogs underwent spay/neuter surgery and received life-saving vaccinations against diseases including rabies, distemper and parvovirus.' A mere scratch in the numbers.

Daily? Lots of unlicensed, unhelmeted, uninsured Thais at large.

Why does one need cigarettes, fresh Thai air is just as carcinogenic?

I am a retired teacher of 39 years experience. Just before I turned 60 I tried to retire & draw my pension. I was told I would lose 5% per year on every year before my 60th birthday. I clung on for another 2 years.

It is to counter the smear campaign mounted by the election-thieves to rid themselves of opposition.

It couldn't have been so massive if Pattaya police were involved, there's only two of them and they 'work' alternate days! The number may have been swelled by the photocops AKA male models who turn up when there is a camera on show.

I knew it couldn't be a Thai driver as they would have hidden under their mother's bed.