Mason45

Anyone who walks on Pattaya footpaths could be be heading for a disability, the pavers in certain areas are really dangerous. I go for a long walk early every morning and in most cases I walk on the road. The worst soi in Pattaya for encroachment must be so Buakaow.

I think that think is word I missed.

I don't they any intentions of going to work

I doubt they have any of the above, they all live in shanty style accomodation on the outskirts of town with other illegals. They don't live they exist, their kids don't go to school. They live day to day so they don't need bank accounts. They ride second hand unregistered bikes without a license, It's probably no hardship for them as conditions here are similar to where they came from without the political unrest, military violence etc.

Literally thousands and they are protected by the hi so's because they do all their menial domestic jobs that Thais won't do. They also work harder and are paid less than Thais. My wife and my step daughter both have different cheap food shops, so that's where I get my info from.

It tried it but it still didn't work anyway thanks for the link. In hindsight it didn't really matter as I don't barrack for either side and the game was very one sided and of not must interest unless people barrack for the Lions.

Even the ones doing home duties at politicians, senior armed forces and hi so's homes.

Thais tend to ignore things and let them get out of hand. When they spit the dummy they can go ballistic with the wife or kids being on the end the receiving end.

Thanks for your positive input, I don't mind paying but just because you pre pay for sporting events given the very ordinary wifi in Thailand it doesn't guarantee decent reception or prevent constant buffering.

Five years ago I decided to diet and went from 95 kg's to 78kg's, over the last 12 months I'm a constant 86 kg's. I've given up rice, pasta, spuds and I've even cut my bread intake by 50%, only toast at breakfast time . I'm still drinking 2 large bottles of beer every night but I walk 90 minutes every morning at a brisk pace. What am I doing wrong?

Obviously people aren't interested in anything expect the English Premier League.

I have two brother in laws who live 30 kms from Korat, it's a rather primitive area to say the least. They go to work daily, they don't have regular jobs but there's plenty of casual work if guys get of their bums and go to work instead of gambling and boozing all day.

The first move should be give those who get off their arse and go to work a decent wage

Around 20 years ago I was in Yasothon and I witnessed the wildest brawl I've ever seen, it was a 2 day festival but I don't remember it's name. After only 2 hours there were around 100 guys brawling. They had lumps of wood, pieces of concrete, knives, broken bottles, even a sabre sword was produced. After about one hour the organizers called a halt for the day. Day 2 started off peaceful then a few hours later the brawl from the previous day flared up again. I told my friend we have to get out of here. As we were going back to the car park I seen one guy ride his motor bike flat out into the mob. The bike came to a dead halt and the mob proceeded to give the bike rider a real going over. I'm pretty sure given the severity of the beating he would've dead before an ambulance arrived. On both days of the festival there were at least 12-14 BIB's in the whisky tent and they more interested in the free booze than creating law and order.

I've been to many Thai gatherings at Korat as my wife has 6 brothers, They are all strictly lao khaow drinkers. They can get very boisterous and the occasional bust up does occur and of course it's always Thai rules it's the mob versus one guy. I must say in the 24 years I've been going up north I've never seen a weapon produced. As far as my safety is concerned I'm always treated with total respect from my in laws and their friends.

For many of the 10,000 baht recipients their hand outs will be spent on booze, drugs or gambling.

I totally agree but non Thai's can't drive tour buses for a living in Thailand.

Hi there, does anybody know how to get the AFL online for free. I've lived in Bangkok and Pattaya for the past 24 years and I've never worked out a way to watch the footy in Thailand without paying. I've also used several VPN's. The paid sites are ok if you want to watch every game per round but in my case I'd be paying for many games I have no intentions of watching. Thanks.

I totally agree LA Less, where I walk on my way back to my condo the tour buses are always illegally parked blocking off one lane of traffic in Naklua Road. Also the passengers stand in a mob in the middle of the foot path with their luggage. So I have to brave it and walk along the road. Naklua Road can be a very dangerous road, especially when the cretins on motor bikes go speeding down the hill towards the Dolphin Roundabout.

Well I never changed the subject, I only answered questions.

Hi there, Pattaya, especially the Naklua Road area has become taken over by tour buses. They show no regards to anyone. They park where it's no parking, even blocking off full lanes on major roads and they break every road law in the book. Many drive at around 80 kms/hr where the whole area is very well marked as 40 kms/hr. They ignore stop signs, they overtake over double lines, even cut corners making right hand turns. They are on the wrong side of the road and they no idea what's coming the other way, they probably don't care. They drive with the Thai motor bike riders mentality. One day there's going to be a major accident caused directly by these reckless drivers.

A friend of mine calls them the poo house prophets. They have all the answers but have never done anything they rave on about.

I have 3 properties all in my wife's name. There's been no problems so far and we've been married for 22 years. Thai women aren't the only ones who choose to take their husbands / partners to the cleaners.