sanmiguel

And what about restaurants? Beach bars and dodgy dives maybe, but half-decent cafes upwards? Yuk!

And don't think I'm only picking on the scrawny or beer-gutted guys who think its OK to display their questionable (and often smelly) physique. I'm a reasonable and fair man: my intense dislike of seeing all that foul biomass on display extends to fat women too.

It's sad to see the Thai waiting staff exchange glances in disgust, with the perpetrator slouching there quite oblivious to the offence he or she is causing.

Did you actually ask the waiting staff if they are "disgusted", as it seems as if its only you thats offended, and you are presuiming for others.

PS Im milk bottle white after 5 weeks here i dont take my top off or sunbathe but i cant see what the problem is in a tourist area if a man wishes to walk around in short with his top off .... maybe you ought to go and have a word with the next guy you see doing this as its so offensive to you, though im guessing youre braver on the internet.

Dead cat bounce? Traders snorting low grade coke? A bi polar reaction to depression?

What is for sure is that there is no sound economic reason for this ' recovery ' except cheap sentiment and an idiotic belief among the British that because they want everything to get better it will.

You can run Britain down as much as you want , and i certainly do in many respects, but you cannot get away from the fact that we are and always will be an economic power with a currency that will rise as well as fall. Its fallen far too far since last summer and will now rise ... just wait and see.. i'm right

You mean like Roman Empire, if you go back home and stay for a few months you'll see how bad it is in the UK, and there is no reason for it to be getting better other then sentiment, jobs are being lost in the 100,000 region by the month, and the main wealth creator that is the banking sector is in the sh7t.

V the Baht it has risen by 3bht to the GBP in the last few weeks while falling by 23bht over a 16 month period, and has risen by 7 cents to the USD over the last month but fell by over 65 cents in the same 16 month period ... its hardly getting back to the good ol days but a small move in the right direction for tourists.

England and the US have both been shooting themsleves in the foot for too long ... just wait and see.. i'm right

In places in the US where food is bought and sold, such as supermarkets and restaurants, there are clear signs: "No Shoes, No Shirts, No service." It's a violation of health codes.

You trying to tell me the health and safety gestapo in "The land of free" have such laws .... unbelievable.

More courts and more laws ....... this is what i wish to run away from, thank <deleted> we farangs are ignored in such matters.

How about upholding the laws on prostitution in Phuket that'd soon rid the place of wanabee self appointed lawmakers.

Besides in England we are forced by law to accept other peoples cultures, why shouldnt Thais accept that in our culture when the mercury hits 30 degrees many people like to take their top off ... though i agree in a supermarket its not hygenic.

Amazing what a well run football club can do!

1 year in the top flight doesnt constitute a well run football club ..... but its a start.

All 4 teams have been shockingly bad lately and in any other season would have been relegated. It just goes to show how poor the league is outside of the top 4, when teams like Stoke and Wigan can finish comfortably in mid-table.

Like Stoke and Wigan?!??!?! Exactly what have Stoke and Wigan got in common?

Not too much like you say, Wigan actually play some good football and have some genuinely talented players, i believe he is refering to Stokes absolutely dreadful to watch kick and hope football which involves kicking the other team off the park .... but as can been seen it does get results in this league.

Tony Pulis was renowned for this kind of anti-football at Bournemouth.

but either way you look at it Whelan seems to know who run a football club unlike the fat clown Ashley.

Something we agree on!

Even talk of Arsenal being interested in him . . . which he has already come out and said I have absolutely no interest in leaving Stoke as he love the club, the fans and manager. A Stoke legend in the making.

Yes you can see by the minimal amount of clubs he's played for he is without doubt loyal.

Youre just as deluded as your weirdo mate Patklang to say he wouldnt leave to go to Arsenal if they were interested which the arent.

Years Club App (Gls)2

1999–2001 ASEC Ndiambour 59 (8)

2001-2002 Jeanne d'Arc 32 (4)

2002–2005 Lens 35 (0)

2004–2005 → Istres (loan) 28 (0)

2005–2007 Bolton Wanderers 60 (3)

2007–2008 Newcastle United 22 (1)

2008– Stoke City 34 (3)

This seasons best transfer for Stoke has to be James Beattie,7 goals since January,contributed to a few more goals and generaly increased the team spirit in ther dressing room.

what does he do in the dressing room to get everyone so fruitful?

he encourages tony pulis to pull players off at half-time?

are you trying to say he'll give you mouthfull at half-time, if youre not pulling your own?

This seasons best transfer for Stoke has to be James Beattie,7 goals since January,contributed to a few more goals and generaly increased the team spirit in ther dressing room.

what does he do in the dressing room to get everyone so fruitful?

winning - scoring goals - avoiding relegation?

Thats on the pitch, not in the dressing room.

I would rarther be playing Hull next year than Newcastle.

if newcastle do go down TP i think they'll be unrecognisable next season. owen, viduka, martins, nolan, barton, gutierrez, beye, bassong, coloccini. . . .can't see any of them staying with the barcodes in the championship.

You make it sound like a bad thing!!! Please feel free to add Smith, Ameobi, Butt, Cacapa, R Taylor and Geremi to that list.

In 1 week Viduka/ Owen have gone from publicly seeking a contract to shutting the <deleted> up, good riddance to them.

Most of them are at best championship players.

This seasons best transfer for Stoke has to be James Beattie,7 goals since January,contributed to a few more goals and generaly increased the team spirit in ther dressing room.

what does he do in the dressing room to get everyone so fruitful?

I think Newcastle will lose and go down, but Hull will also lose, i cant see Boro closing a 5 goal deficit to go past Hull but think theyll beat West Hams kids.

who knows, maybe this is how LP will get their new stadium

if the FA wants to give us seven hundred million quid to get it done, i'll take it. the england world cup bid included liverpool's new ground as it goes. thanks to the two fraudulent cowboys they had to revisit it.

Like the FA can build a stadium for under a billion!

The city also backs the upgrading of U-Tapao airport. The Royal Thai Navy has sought 995 million baht from the government to build new parking facilities and a passenger terminal to double capacity.

-- Bangkok Post 2009-05-18

After landing there in November theyll need billions to make it an operational airport, Swampy is in a good enough location for Pattaya.

What they ought to do is plan where buildings are going to go and make sure they arent built right next to each other so you can view gardens and greenery and not a wall 5 metres away upon waking up ..... and have some other form of entertainment in the centre of town that doesnt involve the flesh trade or shopping ......... dam too late for that.

But when youre in that position after 36 games youve still 2 left to get out of it, unless the ref decides otherwise

I thought the barcodes were very unlucky.

Absolutley nothing wrong with Viduka's goal.

Webb made a cock up at Man Utd when he gave them a penalty against Spurs a few weeks ago for Gomez's non-challenge

AND...more importanly did the same thing when Reading played at Burnley. (outside the box)

Yet he will more than likely be the UK's sole representative ref at the next World Cup

He's made a lot of howlers recently

To cancel that Viduka goal could relegate Newcastle as a point would have kept them above Hull and i cant see them getting anything V Man U reserves, it was without doubt a perfectly good goal and this bloke will get away with making another colossal <deleted> up without a word. If someone were to make a mistake of that magnitude in a 9-5 job theyd be looking at getting their P45.

For the sending off im not 100% sure if the rule it probably was by the letter of the law a sending off but the initial foul the player was by the half way line, he couldnt have had a clear run from there.

So let me get this clear you watched a game of football where his team had a perfectly good goal disallowed were the better team throughout and were unlucky not to get at least a draw and you mention about they way he stands??????

How is he supposed to stand as maybe you should send him a letter explaining what he is doing wrong, which manager has the best standing pose? Im actually stood whilst on the computer as i write, i just wish you could see the way im standing .... kind of a Paul Newman meets Steve Mcqueen kind of stand would probably win the premiership with a bunch of cripples this standing pose.

duchovny and samiguel,do you live here or a holiday monger as your outlook of Pattaya is based on how many ugly bg there are.You must have a very boring life then.Please leave Pattaya then if you hate it that much,will be a BETTER place without numptys like you 2.

I just spent a month there boxing and rarely drank alcohol, so nope no mongering for me .... is it really better without people who keep out of trouble and away from hookers by getting very fit or is it better with people who claim to be football hooligans like you ..... pr7k

You stopped mongering since you married one?

PS ive left the place, so it should be back to paradise

duchovny is right most the girls here are rough ass <deleted> and desperate farang just dont be able to see it, the agogo girls sleep all day so you rarely see them during daylight hours .... the average girls here are too fat, drink too much and smoke, with a few kiddies up in Isaan .... you could have had the equivilant in England quite easy.

OK isnt Lasik one of them places that spercilises in Laser treatment as opposed to eye problems.

And you say the BKKhospital is expensive whist money isnt a probel when it comes to my eyes what will it cost.

Im blind in one eye and have whats been described as conjunctivitis in the good eye,and was in agony when i wrote the above post ... it has quietened down.

...... id personally ban women from football fullstop, apart from promotional girls in bikins throwing sweets, crisps etc... into the crowd before the games.

please tell me you are kidding!

I'l compromise you can either watch football or have the vote .... cant be fairer then that!

Is the eye clinic at Bangkok Hospital Pattya good? i need to go there ASAP. Due to an allergis reaction from drugs given at Rutnin. (which i wont be recommending but will write a thread in detail at a later date)

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