Oldie Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, Roy Baht said: The forces of health and morality sudden bow to the force of commerce. It is for sure not easy for the government to keep the ban. There are not only breweries suffering but many other businesses. I am wondering for instance what the convenience stores sell now. But if they keep the ban I would be very impressed and this in a positive way even if I would suffer myself. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli42 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Pathetic. This is what motivates members? Get a life 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, yourauntbob said: This biggest olayers benefit in the long run. Their smaller compitetion can't fiance a prolonged shut down and will go out of business. Same reason that big business everywhere always fights for MORE regulation. There are no small producers in Thailand. To get a beer production license you need to produce 100 million litres per year and have 10 million baht paid up capital in the company. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spermwhale Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 34 minutes ago, rkidlad said: No, it's not up to him. He's just allowed to say it is. Hell, he's probably not even allowed to do that, but since when has that stopped him saying things he shouldn't. He's a useful idiot in the sense he helps keep a majority in parliament. he is after all the health minister and is part of the cabinet. I'm sure he's saying this because he's heard it from Prayut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 1 minute ago, spermwhale said: he is after all the health minister and is part of the cabinet. I'm sure he's saying this because he's heard it from Prayut. Yes, but that wasn't the point. The point was they he doesn't make these kind of decisions. Someone else does. He's just parroting information as if he's the one making these kind of decisions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spermwhale Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 9 minutes ago, rkidlad said: Yes, but that wasn't the point. The point was they he doesn't make these kind of decisions. Someone else does. He's just parroting information as if he's the one making these kind of decisions. Hope you are correct sir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Please remember, there are, I believe, members of the Thai "establishment" that would welcome an indefinite alcohol ban - along the lines of the Temperance Society in the UK and other countries! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 21 hours ago, madmitch said: I read another article a few minute ago where Anutin stated that he won't consider lifting the ban. The link is here. https://www.thaienquirer.com/12365/anutin-denies-request-by-vendors-to-partially-open-alcohol-sales/ Not sure if links to the Thai Enquirer are allowed. This does not make good reading but as the guy has made more u-turns than the average Thai pickup driver then I wouldn't read too much into it. He just loves pretending he's the big cheese! He, once again, answers a question asked of a higher authority. His boss will tell him the answer, which when different, makes him constantly have to do u-turns and look a prat. Guess that eager ego is just too much to control or learn. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 13 minutes ago, Burma Bill said: Please remember, there are, I believe, members of the Thai "establishment" that would welcome an indefinite alcohol ban - along the lines of the Temperance Society in the UK and other countries! The Ministry of Public Health is a big proponent of stringent rules against the consumption of alcohol - at one point advocating for cigarette packet like labels on all beverages. They are probably like pigs in you-know-what at the moment. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketyo Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) Do they know that Prayut is a non-drinking, anti-social, religious extremist with anger management problems. He is not a person who sees the benefits to human nature of socialising and even less of alcohol. Pity the country he usurped power and people that he controls against their will. I am so glad I didn't end up in that moronic country during prohibition days. Edited April 28, 2020 by Ketyo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieAus Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 22 hours ago, redwood1 said: And why is Chang and Singha not also asking for the ban to be lifted? They should be speaking the loudest that is unless they are being rewarded to be quiet.... If you read the article it states that the Industry Associations have made the approach of which I am sure the beer brewers belong. That's the role of Industry Associations, certainly in other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieAus Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 52 minutes ago, samran said: The Ministry of Public Health is a big proponent of stringent rules against the consumption of alcohol - at one point advocating for cigarette packet like labels on all beverages. They are probably like pigs in you-know-what at the moment. That is their role to promote policies relating to so called good health, but do you believe that they are all teetotal when they go home, that would be like believing that the police never break the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieAus Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 1 hour ago, yourauntbob said: This biggest olayers benefit in the long run. Their smaller compitetion can't fiance a prolonged shut down and will go out of business. Same reason that big business everywhere always fights for MORE regulation. I think you have got that one wrong there is no real competition here there is no smaller competition in Thailand the legislation sets the minimum amount you can produce which in effect prevents small brewers opening up. You cannot even legally brew your own beer at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 22 hours ago, sungod said: The big breweries have some clout, or at least their owners do.....Lets hope they are in favour NOT Clout, THEY are the govt.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, StevieAus said: That is their role to promote policies relating to so called good health, but do you believe that they are all teetotal when they go home, that would be like believing that the police never break the law. Its even worse than that, they are funded partly by a levy on all alcohol sales. They are cashed up to the gills... But, there is a special form of zealot, and many of them work there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surelynot Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, StevieAus said: I think you have got that one wrong there is no real competition here there is no smaller competition in Thailand the legislation sets the minimum amount you can produce which in effect prevents small brewers opening up. You cannot even legally brew your own beer at home Cause and effect........the reason there is no competition is because of their previous actions. Regulation is a big tool in providing barriers to entry for small players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwonitoy Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 3 hours ago, vogie said: Looking at somebody elses wife can make some people agressive, what do we do, ban wives????? I banned my wife, best decision I ever made in this country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surasak Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 6 hours ago, stouricks said: Selfish g*t! I just knew I would get some stick, but couldn't resist???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventenio Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 OMG.....OMG..... Can we buy beer next month???????????? Today, I drank: 108 bottles of mouthwash, 67 bottles of old apple cider, 98 bags of 11 week-old squashed grapes with sugar, and now I'm holding my breath until i'm dizzy.... i need to forget about my life!!!! please, give me the boooze!! oh, wait....what? you can exercise super hard and get some endorphins?? no!!!! i want the whisky!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surelynot Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ventenio said: OMG.....OMG..... Can we buy beer next month???????????? Today, I drank: 108 bottles of mouthwash, 67 bottles of old apple cider, 98 bags of 11 week-old squashed grapes with sugar, and now I'm holding my breath until i'm dizzy.... i need to forget about my life!!!! please, give me the boooze!! oh, wait....what? you can exercise super hard and get some endorphins?? no!!!! i want the whisky!!!! No household disinfectant? That's where you are going wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo 2 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Yes, Cheers is good (6%) but Trapper is better (6.5%), taste like a beer should taste. "Wine can make you fat, what will it be, red or white?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moontang Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Surelynot said: No household disinfectant? That's where you are going wrong. Suprising there aren't banana peel smokers, here. I doubt it would take the edge off a few tokes of ice, though. Edited April 28, 2020 by moontang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moo 2 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 If restaurants are going to open on 30th, obviously customers will want to drink booze with their meals. Pepsi doesn't really taste right with Tom Yang Goon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupermarineS6B Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Who says prayers don't work ? I bet old CP threatened to put a hit on Prayut if he carried on with this insanity..... We're saved, we're saved !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Some off topic posts and the replies have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairieboy Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Alcohol sales in Canada have been deemed an essential service! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 25 minutes ago, moontang said: Suprising there aren't banana peel smokers, here. I doubt it would take the edge off a few tokes of ice, though. How do you know there aren't.....? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 10 hours ago, fxe1200 said: The real problem is, that after the ban Thailand will be flooded with beer, which has been sitting at outside temperatures for a month, and is virtually dead. I know that Thai folks don't mind, but I do. Besides, both main breweries have massive logistic problems to transport their beer in due time, especially into the very South. Boon Rawd (Leo and Singha) are the worst. Even at regular times, they do not manage to transport their beer faster than one month after filling the bottles. Chang is a little better. Sometimes you can find Chang beer, which may be only 10 days old. Now we have to wait until the old stock of p*ss is being sold. Absolutely correct. The congeners in beer that give it flavor are very unstable, anything more than six weeks old and they are gone. I sometimes wonder what people are thinking when they buy imported beers, I doubt they come in by air freight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moontang Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) I had some Leo's in Khon Kaen that were five days old...and it does make a big difference. OTOH, seen it being driven around in the back of a truck that is likely hot enough to cook a frozen dinner. I give it about forty days, but buy mostly Heineken and Tiger, but pretty obvious there is a scam on places not selling Tiger...it is a premium brand on Sukhumvit, but equal or less than Leo at Tesco..if they have it, but few of the 711 in Nonthaburi, where it is brewed even carry it. Edited April 28, 2020 by moontang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandor Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 5 hours ago, KC 71 said: April,June and November.......... ..hate September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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