hotchilli Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 14 hours ago, Geoffggi said: So better to be ill informed than Safe .........?? In Thailand that does seem to be the way of things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 16 hours ago, Geoffggi said: So better to be ill informed than Safe .........?? Well yes, as far as the owners are concerned, and presumably those they pay off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB172111 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 16 hours ago, khunpa said: Totally agree! The “lose face” concept is so stupid. The act of Cheating, Lying, Stealing will not make you “lose face”. But Buddha forbid that someone catches you and shames you publicly. It’s such a messed up way of thinking. Maybe it is to you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcpattaya Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) It's the "smoking hot" women you have to be careful for. They caused more damage over the years than all fires together. Edited September 3, 2022 by kcpattaya 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 OK so they can't be named bcoz of defamation rules here, BUT they could name the ones that passed, even give em a sign outside, maybe the others would lose face and get their act together. (incidentally has Pray-out been selling off his shirts, in the 2nd photo, isn't that the one $$ from his amazing beach video that captivated the world, cough cough.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 Plenty of open bars and smaller venues if you want to stay "safe". The younger iBar /Insomnia crowds are all risk takers anyway. Doubt they really care, like getting Covid, they will take the chance on going into crowded closed areas so they can have their eardrums blasted with mind numbing EDM just to fantasize about the girls they meet and partake in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydebolle Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 I have the strange feeling that I've read all this over and over and over again ...... Do not hold your breath, as usual, nothing is about to happen nor will happen. To the best of my limited knowledge, the entire seaside of the walking street is illegal, no building permits, no nothing .... keeps pockets lined for decades. Hence question is, why change a winning horse and just take the (third party) risk of a (bon-)fire once in a while. Go figure! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, Sydebolle said: I have the strange feeling that I've read all this over and over and over again ...... Do not hold your breath, as usual, nothing is about to happen nor will happen. To the best of my limited knowledge, the entire seaside of the walking street is illegal, no building permits, no nothing .... keeps pockets lined for decades. Hence question is, why change a winning horse and just take the (third party) risk of a (bon-)fire once in a while. Go figure! They have been discussing demolishing the "illegal" buildings water side of Walking Street since before Walking Street existed. It's probably just a way of upping the size of the brown envelopes, rather than a serious attempt to demolish. Far as I'm concerned, there is enough "beach" in Pattaya and no need to create more along Walking Street. I like it just the way it was, pre covid. IMO if one wants over regulation and enforced health and safety rules, is scared of being burned to death in a night club, etc, one is better off not going in any building in LOS, and perhaps better off not visiting LOS at all. It's not up to us farangs to tell them what to do. Edited September 3, 2022 by thaibeachlovers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 What do they mean "once famed"? It's always been famed and always will be even after they decide to demolish it. As for the entertainment establishments on the west side of Walking Street not being able to provide an alternative exit to the street entrance, that's what jumping into the sea is for, no? It's always been the 'emergency exit' and safer than staying inside (as long as you don't ingest any sea water while escaping). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwood Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 I suppose the bars in some of the 101 illegal 'structures' will have to provide life-boats at the rear of the building should a fire break out at high tide !! Maybe a staircase to a helipad on the roof might be an idea !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalawaan Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 They should have bought up and bulldozed everything on the seafront during Covid paranoia time. Then made the landside of WS mid-market waterfront bars sports bar/Irish pubs/steakhouse/Japanese/world cuisine etc. and sent all the clubs to the back sois. There's no point in nightclubs being on the waterfront. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalawaan Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 On 9/3/2022 at 1:46 PM, brianthainess said: OK so they can't be named bcoz of defamation rules here, BUT they could name the ones that passed, even give em a sign outside, maybe the others would lose face and get their act together. (incidentally has Pray-out been selling off his shirts, in the 2nd photo, isn't that the one $$ from his amazing beach video that captivated the world, cough cough.) Defamation in Thailand in this particular case, amounts to: they'd rather burn alive than lose face! Greedy immoral morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 18 hours ago, chalawaan said: They should have bought up and bulldozed everything on the seafront during Covid paranoia time. Then made the landside of WS mid-market waterfront bars sports bar/Irish pubs/steakhouse/Japanese/world cuisine etc. and sent all the clubs to the back sois. There's no point in nightclubs being on the waterfront. How many mid-market bars/sports bar/Irish pubs/steakhouse/Japanese/world cuisine etc. does Pattaya need? It's already got all those. However, there is only one Walking Street. I'm constantly amazed by farangs that want to destroy the reason folk like me loved Thailand and replace it with some horrid version of the <deleted><deleted> they come from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teelac777 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Same thing with many hotels, so there's no way out when a fire happens and a lot die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 48 minutes ago, teelac777 said: Same thing with many hotels, so there's no way out when a fire happens and a lot die. The beauty of cheap Thai hotels is that they are all concrete, and no carpet in hallways etc, so a fire would be confined to one room. I usually stayed in cheap hotels. Guest houses are sometimes flammable, but usually only 2 or 3 floors, so hopefully won't die if go out the window down a sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 9/2/2022 at 10:13 AM, connda said: We're not exactly in the First World here. And this is why we are here. You know the risk when you ride, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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