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3 hours ago, Oxx said:

Why is it that such cuts "due to maintenance work" are never necessary  in developed countries?

Of course they are, don't be so ridiculous. 

2 minutes ago, Sujo said:

 

The only reason i would live in singapore would be to make money, though the girls are beautiful.

 

Obviously this is subjective.  I couldn't disagree more.  So often in Singapore I'd be walking and see a girl in front - great legs, body, nice long hair - you speed up and pass them then see they have the face of a 50 year old woman with bad teeth.  Happens all the time - constant disappointment.

Thai girls are infinitely more attractive.  

43 minutes ago, smutcakes said:

 

Horses for courses. I could transfer to Singapore with my job tomorrow, but you could not pay me to go live there over Bangkok. (Obviously you could but you know what i mean)

Same for me.  Our regional HQ is Singapore.  I could move there if I asked, but not a chance.  In normal times I go there every so often for work and sometimes spend extended periods there.   A couple of days is quite pleasant but any more than that and I can't wait to leave.  A week is my limit.   And the poor buggers I work with there have been locked down for almost a year - imagine that!!  At least here with no international travel I have still been able to go to Samui, Chiang Mai, Ko Chang, Hua Hin (meh) etc.   They have had to stay in Singapore, they are literally going mental.

Bangkok has so much more to offer me.  

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

 

Land reclamation projects

 

Yeah, good point.  Singapore is miles ahead of Bangkok in land reclamation projects!  Bangkok really should build out more in to the sea that surrounds it.

4 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

If it been a foreigner probably been about for 5000 fine and taken to jail and the bike towed in by the time  everything was finished and probably cost around 10,000 back maybe more if you had to get a lawyer involved TIT

Zzzzzzzzzzzz

On 1/16/2021 at 11:40 AM, HashBrownHarry said:

Need to park up for a couple days, is this open?

 

Also is the rail link to Makhasan open?

 

Thanks.

If only a couple of days park at the normal car park.  250 baht per day and connected to the terminal.  Long term parking is 140 baht per day and you have to wait for a bus to take you to the terminal.

Yes, the ARL is running as normal.

12 hours ago, connda said:

FYI - I'm done with this nonsense.

Just like - Foreigner will be falling over each other to come to the Pearl Of South East Asia Mother Thailand because we are the center of the universe and every person in the world Love, Love, Love Thailand.

Then?

What did you get?  300 or 400 people show up.  Big Whoop.

You want to separate me from my family unless I have a vagina and I'm married to a wonderful Thai Man.

Ok.
Now I'm planning for it.
And again - Prayut.  You gonna take care of my wife, my son, and my family? 
No.  You're not. 

And there you have it you racist sobs.

Some hilarious over reactions in this thread.

15 minutes ago, Salerno said:

 

I believe also required for some (all?) work permits.

Nope.  Had WPs here for 25 years and never needed one.  Renewed a month or so ago and no medical required.

15 hours ago, Kalorymetr said:

I don't understand why they choose Sukhumvit to have the BTS line and not some other street/empty plot of land. 

Yeah, they definitely should have built the BTS somewhere empty that no-one wanted to go to, that would have been much better.  I mean what a strange idea to have the main line go through the heart of the city.

25 minutes ago, dddave said:

Wasn't there a "Larry's Dive" bar & restaurant on 22?

Yes, there was.  Lived up to its name too.

12 hours ago, Glaswegian2 said:

 

I think you'll find, if you check, that he is perfectly entitled to do what is doing. If you don't agree with it then perhaps you should just say you don't agree with but in any case, it's neither here nor there  and his opinion being valid is not dependent upon you  or anyone else agreeing with it.

What are you talking about?  I didn't say he wasn't entitled to live wherever he wants and post whatever he wants.  I was merely asking what motivates him (or others like him) to come daily to read a forum about a country they hate and post and join in discussions to say how much they dislike it and how relieved they are that they are no longer living here.  I am genuinely curious as it doesn't make sense to me.  To me it's almost like they are trying to convince themselves they are better without Thailand when deep down they are still obsessed with it.

16 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Well I am glad I left that banana republic years ago

I would love to know why people who are so glad to have left Thailand - banana republic, 3rd world country etc - still frequent a forum about Thailand and post about how much they hate it and how glad they are that they're not here.  Why?  I am genuinely curious what motivates you and others like you.

To me it is like people after a break up that bleat on about how they don't miss their ex, better off without them, not giving them a second thought, yet they are constantly looking at what they're doing on Facebook to see if they look happy or have a new boyfriend, hoping to see they are depressed and upset when in fact they have moved on and are perfectly happy. 

If I hated a country and was relieved and so happy to be out of it I would not be on a forum dedicated to that country every day, I would just move on.

 

22 minutes ago, lavender19 said:

Also a massive battery drainer

How much extra drain did it put on your battery exactly?

2 minutes ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

An Asian Oriental city. I think calling an Oriental person Asian just lumps the Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Laos, Cambodian and Thai's into a group from which they prefer to be separate. Singapore with their major race of Chinese is certainly Oriental, but at a much higher price (IMO).

What I meant was that in Bangkok you feel as though you are in Asia - the noise, the smells, the chaos, all the experiences.  Whereas in Singapore you don't - it is just a generic city and you don't get any of that assault on your senses that you normally associate with Asia.

23 hours ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

I wonder when srina karin will be open ...

Srinakarin has noting to do with the BTS Green Line.  It is on the yelllow line which goes in to operation early 2022 I think.

2 hours ago, Hugh Lao said:

Spent a fair bit of time in the square in the 90s. Lived for a while at Bourbon st. Enjoyed that little area. Worked just around there as well. I remember there was a movie theatre there that changed to something else although what to escapes me now, as my aged memory dims.

It was the Mambo Cabaret.

47 minutes ago, Hugh Lao said:

I remember staying at the African themed hotel (forget the name). They did a decent breakfast. 

Livingstones.

7 hours ago, dddave said:

INot long after release he ran for governor of Bangkok, plastering the city with posters of himself, Colt 45 in hand. 

I think your memory is playing tricks on you - that never happened.  He has never had a poster of himself with a gun - nor would that be permitted.

Angry pointing, yes. Posing with a pitbull, yes.  Raising a sledgehammer, yes.  Shaking a fist, yes.  But with a gun in hand, don't be silly, never happened.  With such a colourful character there is no need to make things up.

He's an easily (and rightfully) criticised man and has done a lot wrong but I like the fact he is / was not a hypocrite.  When he got sentenced to jail he turned up with his toothbrush, did not appeal, and went and did his time.  More honour than most.  Not defending his past which is reprehensible, just found him a breath of fresh air as he took on the establishment in a comical yet admirable way in his later years.

31 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

A couple of other departed ones that I haven't seen mentioned: Woodstock in Nana Plaza - though I've heard it's moved elsewhere.

It moved to Thonglor 13 but closed down 7-8 years ago now.

1 hour ago, ChipButty said:

I used to go Hard Rock a few times I think same owners in KL and Singapore, what was that nightclub called in the Novatel? 

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