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55 minutes ago, JCauto said:

Yes, terrible to have a bunch of happy, hungry, chilled-out tourists minding their own business, spending money and having fun. Better to have Russians, the return of mass Chinese no-dollar tourism or something else that I'm missing?

The dollar will soon be less and less an influential/significant trading unit - generally speaking. 

Already starting to turn. 

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1 hour ago, JCauto said:

Yes, terrible to have a bunch of happy, hungry, chilled-out tourists minding their own business, spending money and having fun. Better to have Russians, the return of mass Chinese no-dollar tourism or something else that I'm missing?

A sad day when you need weed to enjoy yourself.

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6 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

More to do with pricing than anything else IMHO.

Shops charging a 1000% mark-up can't possibly last long.

Hmmm... 1000% mark-up. The growers I know who are using fully air conned, lit, nitrogen and oxygen infused, hydro-organic techniques say their break even is around 100 baht/gram.

 

They retail in tourist areas at 600-650/gram. They sell the same product locally for 250-300/gram.

 

Or to friends for 150/gram.

 

Maybe you need to move, or make some friends ????????

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4 minutes ago, mikebike said:

Hmmm... 1000% mark-up. The growers I know who are using fully air conned, lit, nitrogen and oxygen infused, hydro-organic techniques say their break even is around 100 baht/gram.

They retail in tourist areas at 600-650/gram. They sell the same product locally for 250-300/gram.

Or to friends for 150/gram.

Maybe you need to move, or make some friends ????????

I pay 15bht/gm.

And what I grow costs me around 40GBP for 10oz (+ a bit of my time).

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1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

I think it's entirely sensible that some bars allow smoking and some don't.

Everyone should have the free choice to drink/socialise in places that match their needs.

What's far worse is the bars insisting on playing 70s rock music, can't stand that.

Actually it is not sensible, since smoking in public spaces is not allowed in Thailand. Sadly, by the time I alert a bar owner/manager of the offence, the sneeky smoker has hidden the cigarette and denies he/she smoked. The stench of hash remains in the air for a long time, but nothing illegal about that. The 'free' choice for me; stay and be sick or leave. Nice ?
The better bands play what their audience wants. Put in more requests for your preferred music at your favorite hangout.

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1 hour ago, josephbloggs said:

Who said they need it to enjoy themselves?

If you have a glass of wine with your dinner does that mean you need wine to enjoy yourself? No, it just means you fancied a glass of wine. Why is weed any different? Perfectly normally to have a joint in the evening, doesn't mean you need it to enjoy yourself. Silly thing to say really, very old fashioned.

Indeed perfectly normal as long as you don't bother the people around you. Smoke from a joint spreads throughout the whole room. Wine remains in your glass. So smoke your joint outside, away from others and we can all be happy.

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4 minutes ago, F Groenen said:

Actually it is not sensible, since smoking in public spaces is not allowed in Thailand. Sadly, by the time I alert a bar owner/manager of the offence, the sneeky smoker has hidden the cigarette and denies he/she smoked. The stench of hash remains in the air for a long time, but nothing illegal about that. The 'free' choice for me; stay and be sick or leave. Nice ?
The better bands play what their audience wants. Put in more requests for your preferred music at your favorite hangout.

Bars aren't a public place. 

And some of the bars i enter advertise themselves as' cannabis friendy' with ashtrays on the tables. 

 

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7 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Bars aren't a public place. 

And some of the bars i enter advertise themselves as' cannabis friendy' with ashtrays on the tables. 

 

Public place: a location to which all of the public has access and is not a place exclusively used for a private gathering or any other personal purposes.
As long as a bar has an open door, it is a public place.
Being 'cannabis friendly' should mean they have a seperate enclosed room for smoking joints. Just like the airport smoke rooms were. Anything less would be meet the requirement.

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