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Dang! And some vandal's gone and painted 'Jomtien Second Rd' on the asphalt, too. What is this town coming too, lol?

Just walk south along the beach from the 7-eleven instead of north. Unless you're heading for the gay beach places, of course, lol.

Those condos are all fairly new, surely they must have CCTV outside the entrances; or was it 'not working', as is often the case sadly?

Given the high price of flights these days, which are usually paid in your home currency, I doubt that many people will be tempted by the exchange rate unless there's a major change; say 40 THB/USD, or 55 GBP/THB.

Not a single obese farang wearing a wifebeater vest and riding a 25-year-old Honda Wave in that photo, so it's definitely not Pattaya! lol

In my day, nobody cared much about the uniform, the only thing that mattered was getting as many achievement patches as possible. Therein lay the kudos.

The weather station in my garden in Pattaya reads 35.5° C, with 60% humidity, which converts to a heat index of 46° C. Bangkok and Chiang Mai are also experiencing similar temperatures according to Yahoo. That's not in the least bit unusual for this time of the year so I don't know what all the fuss is about. Maybe it's to protect the new ไทยเกล็ดหิมะ generation? lol (ไทยเกล็ดหิมะ = Thai snowflake)

Good for Nestlé, these Thai oligarchs are worse than the Russian ones! Who knows, with them out of the picture maybe the price of a jar of coffee will come down a bit.

Dang, and I'd just invested in a new tee shirt.... lol

Yes, you're thinking of Pastrami on Rye, which was very good. It closed down before Covid came to stay with us, I think the owner decided to relocate to Bangkok but I've no idea if he ever opened a shop there or if it was a success. It seems a classic example of a successful business in Jomtien, appreciated by the local community, that simply shut up shop.

Thanks, but that's a spreadable version, while I want the solid, sliceable one. If I want to eat a spreadable liver paste then I'd much rather pay for a proper French style pâté.

Even if foreigners can avail themselves of the new system, one story doing the rounds is that it will be restricted to people under the age of 65. So for the vast majority of retired farangs, you may as well forget about this and simply continue with the trip to the DLT office once every 5 or 6 years. One positive for us, though, is that the DLT offices should become much less busy if so many younger people are doing it online, so it might become even quicker and easier than it already is.

Thanks, I hadn't come across that site before, but as far as I can see they also only have spreadable liver sausage.

I know the ladyboys on Soi Bangla can be a bit aggressive, but I think he went a bit too far trying to protect himself... lol

Coming soon to Thailand?