An old friend is stranded in Cape Town. Was stopping at his mum's place until that too was banned, now stopping in a guest house!

4 minutes ago, HashBrownHarry said:

Why is it now 1.5m?( up till now 2m has been the majic number ).

It's always been "ish." Six feet translates roughly to 1.6-ish meters.

32 minutes ago, petermik said:

Most afternoons I take a stroll on the beach prom....never had any issues

Did you see the thread the other day when 20+ were picked up and taken to police station?

 

Mornings are less risk than afternoons on Pattaya beach road

2 hours ago, crazykopite said:

Does that mean bars and restaurants will be open even tho it was announced by the government that no alcohol sales until end of May <deleted> is running the show ????

Why would one go there if there are no bars, booze and birds? Really seems quite pointless. Maybe it's time to bulldoze the place and turn it into a domestic tourist location. prostitution is illegal, afterall. 

3 minutes ago, J Town said:

It's always been "ish." Six feet translates roughly to 1.6-ish meters.

 

Edited May 1, 20206 yr by HashBrownHarry

1 minute ago, DavisH said:

Why would one go there if there are no bars, booze and birds? Really seems quite pointless. Maybe it's time to bulldoze the place and turn it into a domestic tourist location. prostitution is illegal, afterall. 

...there'd be no money in that! The thing with Western tourists is that even the trailer-trash have money!????

3 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

...there'd be no money in that! The thing with Western tourists is that even the trailer-trash have money!????

MANY destinations throughout the world will eventually be available where birds, booze and food will all be available in the same venue. Will Thailand return as one of them?

2 hours ago, crazykopite said:

Does that mean bars and restaurants will be open even tho it was announced by the government that no alcohol sales until end of May <deleted> is running the show ????

No. 

 

I read Thai. Been at it over 40 years. I read the article. Susco, post #12, is correct. The article doesn't get into specifics. It's about the checkpoints. 

24 minutes ago, champers said:

Thank Buddha we don't live in South Africa. They have banned both drinking and smoking.

Is that 2 separate statements? 

20 minutes ago, DavisH said:

Why would one go there if there are no bars, booze and birds? Really seems quite pointless. Maybe it's time to bulldoze the place and turn it into a domestic tourist location. prostitution is illegal, afterall. 

Was your mother named Mary Whitehouse?

19 minutes ago, DavisH said:

Why would one go there if there are no bars, booze and birds? Really seems quite pointless. Maybe it's time to bulldoze the place and turn it into a domestic tourist location. prostitution is illegal, afterall. 

Why dont you frequent one of the hundreds of resorts that arent like Pattaya then we can all have what we want? After all, wouldnt it be boring if we all liked the same things (or we were all like you)

I went out to collect our monthly food supplies this morning.  What is apparent are a lot of people congregating around the outdoor markets in Pattaya.  Sitting among hundreds of slippers as marker places for when the charitable come to give out free food.  I saw a lot of people sitting on the dirt looking very miserable.  If the stopped economy is not jump started now, this can only get worse. Those people could care less about C19 if they are facing starvation having nothing left to sell or trade.

1 hour ago, J Town said:

Of course, the question on many minds - what about the booze ban?

Nationwide Ban until May 31

9 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Nationwide Ban until May 31

Im sure I saw in their 4 step colour coded plan that alcohol wasnt even considered until June 15th. 

my country just lifted travel ban.....and opening bars and restaurants soon....it will come soon to pattaya.....

how do thai people cope without licker, cause many thai men drink to death? I was thinking there will be demonstrations in the streets etc...

8 minutes ago, parafareno said:

how do thai people cope without licker, cause many thai men drink to death? I was thinking there will be demonstrations in the streets etc...

If you have money everything is available, Im told a case of Chang 1300 Baht

1 hour ago, champers said:

Thank Buddha we don't live in South Africa. They have banned both drinking and smoking.

I'm not sure the idea of a White Zone will go down well there either, lol!

FLIP and FLOP are having a laugh about holding off grog sales and they have worked out they will let the Chinese back in in July really smart thinkers these guys

  

34 minutes ago, parafareno said:

how do thai people cope without licker, cause many thai men drink to death? I was thinking there will be demonstrations in the streets etc...

...there's lots of Western licker around, they're just stopping at home!????

28 minutes ago, Guderian said:

I'm not sure the idea of a White Zone will go down well there either, lol!

They tried that before

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

i'm half Cherokee and i take offence already...

I'm half-cut.... I'm not offended by anything.

3 minutes ago, moe666 said:

How about white just meaning the area is pure no virus. you guys are getting to carried away with all this everything is racist

It's a South Park reference - an irreverent joke.

7 minutes ago, moe666 said:

How about white just meaning the area is pure no virus. you guys are getting to carried away with all this everything is racist

It's what I call "inverted-racism", which is what it is.

4 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Maybe clean farangs allowed?

No Such thing.

Hold up there, whoa. I take exception to the term 'white areas'. I'm offended because this implies that there are other areas that have different colours. I'm not having that, I'm going to complain...er, anyone got an idea who I should complain to?????

Not sure what this means. OK, free access but what about the booze ban?  Will shops and restaurants reopen?

9 minutes ago, sambum said:

Just two example of "race cards" being whipped out:- 

 

In the classroom, a "blackboard" now has to be called a "chalkboard"! 

 

And Robertson's the jam/preserve makers had to stop using a Golliwog (which was actually originally a children's toy/rag doll) to advertise their produce because "anti-racist campaigners in the 1980s who said it was an insulting and degrading depiction of black people" 

And then we got complaints that all girls dolls and Action men were white. The cuckoo world of liberalism "its only allowed if we thought of it"

 

Of course, the question on many minds - what about the swimming ban (pools, sea)?

 

Given the apparent fact that people die from LSD (lifestyle diseases), not covid (it accelerates the LSD's advance), and these usually originate in excess fat, which is prevented through (proper nutrition and) sports, the ban on swimming is next to insane. 

 

 

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Nothing written there only the cessation of the road blocks and checks. 

Whoopee I can take my poodle for a cut and dry!

Never heard it called a Poodle before............