Mason45

I've participated in 2 Songkrans many years ago, that was enough for me. I'm bunkered down in my condo with one weeks supply of food, booze and and I'm more than happy having a break from the cultured load of bs.

I don't have a problem with people farting but when follow through I find that offensive.

The current Songkran festivals have nothing to do with Thai culture. It's about time they clamped down and made Songkran for one day with real Thai cultures. My Songkran is with my wifes family and friends. The water throwing is moderate and the people are all happy.

I cop it all day when I'm in my condo. Thai women having a full on chat and they are sometimes 5-6 rooms apart. Thankfully my step daughter is taking over my wife's shop and we are heading back to our house in outer East Bangkok 38 kms from the city centre. The people in my estate are mainly Thai Chinese and they know how to behave not like that Isarn trash currently in Pattaya. My wife is from the sticks in Pak Thong Chai Korat. So I've seen this type of behavior before when visiting the relatives.

In recent years I get a very sore throat and headache when I drink coffee. I used to enjoy a cup off coffee first thing every morning. I've tried all different brands but the results are the same. I've never drank more than 3-4 cups of coffee over a 24 hour period. Tea gives me much the same problem. I've even tried decaf and that's no better. Has anyone had this problem and if so what brand coffee made coffee drinking bearable.

And not paying the normal fee to the fearless guardians of our family orientated sea side resort.

I gave that s**t away years ago, now our Songkran is with my wifes family at my house, and that's strictly by invitation only.

Good try papa, you're looking at a grievous bodily harm or even an attempted murder charge

This is probably the only lottery that Thai mums want their sons to lose. I did 2 years national service in Australia, discipline was taught the right way, not some senior officers bum boy. The main thing I was taught was to drink hard and play hard. That was 60 years ago, now what I used to do all night takes me all night to do now.

It seems like it was good s**t. S**t being the operative word.

I've said this repeatedly to all my friends when they first hit Thailand. Most arrive as tourists and then become expats. If you keep on living the life a of a tourist your health and wealth will decrease dramatically.

What a total low life. That money was for the Pattaya BIB's well earned Christmas piss up.

My Tello.

Steak, chips and an icy cold 6 pack.

Golly gosh !!!

If I were you Bob I change my meds and get of the piss.

All free visas should cease and all tourists wishing to travel to Thailand must get a Thai visa in their countries before they even get on a plane. This will never happen as all that matters here is the amount of money these trouble makers spend. The thing is that the law makers all live in the exclusive parts of Bangkok and couldn't care less about behavior in tourist areas as long as the money is rolling in.

Would any devout Catholics be involved in slavery, rape and pillage?

I've seen the damage casinos have done to many people, they can empty people out faster than bar girls

What a total loser, he should be on the next plane back to the UK and never allowed to return.

It's a fair chance he's done the dirty financially on some one.

I stopped paying tips in bars when bar girls became dominated by their i phones.

A guy in my condo block is going through this same situation and he told me that he traveled to Thailand to take his father back to the UK but his father refuses to go. He's dumbfound with what he can do.

There goes my millions ( baht ) an old Thai lady told me on Pattaya beach that we would make big money and have 4 babies even though my Thai wife git her tubes tied at 24 years of age. It cost me 100 baht for her predictions of which she assured me came directly from Buddha.