BigStar

Excellent. Hoping Masters of the Air rises to that quality.

Endlessly repeated myth, as I've noted. No evidence ever given, 'cause there is none.

The part about Pattaya is nonsense, as noted. You can look up previous discussions rather than wasting time here.

Wouldn't, didn't, and as you say you have no reason to think they did. Are we done with this red herring?

If they didn't, a chorus of laughs would go up as if the cop were being identified as the suspect.

Right. The point under discussion comes from the erroneous claim from a Daily Mail writer quoted by @HauptmannUK It's a common myth sometimes repeated here by those who don't know any better and who'll quote "sources."

Very important. Why weren't they listed? First, there was TikTok. Then it was reposted on social media platforms by news agencies and local news pages. Have you heard of facebook or Khaosod? Do you read Thai? If you knew the names of WHICH social media platforms, what would you do with that information? Issue threats, argue? Yep, that's our official position. All Thai crims gotta be caught and fully prosecuted first. The Red Bull heir has to be brought to justice. Only then can farang be criticized in this country in which they're mere visitors, let alone fined, arrested, or charged.

So there you are. That's not formal R&R leave. Spending your precious R&R fishing in a quiet fishing village wasn't on any grunt's list of desirable ways to spend R&R. Pattaya as we know it (still lost in the 80s and 90s) took off after the war.

Will you donate?

As they should. I do, too. Now typically we sneer at police just giving small fines to crims or taking bribes. Not in this case, however!

Did you ask any? Link? Dates? Numbers? Bangkok was the big R&R scene, for obvious reasons. I happen to know a former bomber pilot stationed at Utapao. He and his buds went to Pattaya sometimes for fishing. Had boats out to Koh Larn in those days as well. Great restful place. 🙂

Exactly. He should be in full uniform. The collared, checked shirt from the East End thrift shop, dribbling of baked beans on the front; plain cargo shorts; white socks with proper sandals.

Well, I would, yes. Disrespecting Thai law, damaging public property, setting a bad precedent for the other idiots, damaging the image of farang, confirming Thai stereotypes. Personal lockup = next logical step.

Yah. Fly Xiamen BKK-LAX, save 200, take cheap Spirit flight to LAS, +41.

Still got that same box from years ago, eh. Condoms expired now anyway.

Laughable feminist invective.

False history endlessly repeated to confirm bias. Fishing village, true. Popular with troops, nonsense.

"If it bleeds, it leads." Goes to back to Hearst himself, over a hundred years ago. Get with the business model. We don't like hearing any good news; we claim it's fake. No. Stories about the horrific crime in Pattaya have always been a media staple, duly decried by readers and victims, or self-imagined victims, accompanied by dire predictions of the coming END of Pattaya tourism, impoverishment, and the rise of the paradise of Cambodia. There are two types of articles appearing in the Pattaya Mail with regularity: those where business and political leaders decry the decline in tourism and propose ways to improve the situation; and a steadily increasing number of reports of tourists being insulted, assaulted, drugged, robbed and extorted. . . . Pattaya is being inundated with rude obnoxious thugs who do not care about the city or its visitors. . . . They are driving away the tourists and the income and jobs that they bring. Inevitably, this rabble will win as they reduce everyone to their level of poverty. Meanwhile, tourism to Cambodia is increasing by 50% every six months...[emphasis mine] --Lawrence Neal, "Down on Pattaya," Pattaya Mail, Vol. V No. 5 Friday 31 January 1997 - 6 February 1997 And that was when tourism was a mere trickle compared to what it is today. Pattaya's image hasn't been damaged in the decades ensuing. Evidently, the police and TAT have been doing a fantastic job in crime prevention and image repair. So, it's quite safe now for our ideal tourist. If only we could see these filling the cafes, we'd have no further complaints. Please talk to your friends and relatives.

Lighten up, pal.

Glad something finally worked!

You've now found a reason: to avoid murdering your wife! LOL. "A man who's tired of Pattaya is tired of life." :)

Somehow you attributed someone else's post to me. I don't take any meds. I was just curious about a comparison between Pattaya pharmacy prices and those online from BKK vendors.

I dunno why expats would live anywhere but Pattaya. Prevent such needless tragedies!

Tried any of the online sources based in BKK? Would be interesting to have the comparison.

Exactly the official position of TAT: TVF, always has been. Besides, we all know, unlike Thais, that Chinese don't spend. Nothing can stop the perpetual downward trend of Thai tourism, and so the ruination of the Thai economy, until the great Golden Egg Layers are brought back with visa-free entry, no overstay fines, no alcohol taxes, and low bar fines.