Popular Post Goat Posted July 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2023 This old photo I dug out this morning is from Korat in 1965. The good old days. 5 baht barfines. It might be where Dad met Mum. 7 3 3 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EVENKEEL Posted July 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2023 29 minutes ago, Goat said: This old photo I dug out this morning is from Korat in 1965. The good old days. 5 baht barfines. It might be where Dad met Mum. Congratulations. I'm sure mum was a cashier. 1 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Zioner Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 29 minutes ago, Goat said: It might be where Dad met Mum. Are you saying that you are the outcome of a euphemism ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stoner Posted July 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Goat said: The good old days. 5 baht barfines. which of course you never paid. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 What was the exchange rate to $? What else could you get for 5 baht and like how much was a plate of local food? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted July 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2023 Are your origins why you have a censorious and judgmental attitude about farangs and bar girls? 3 1 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Goat Posted July 20, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Captain Monday said: What was the exchange rate to $? What else could you get for 5 baht and like how much was a plate of local food? I cant remember. But here is a video of Korat that year. I assume it was taken by a US soldier. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Nice. I am sure I was born 20 years too late now maybe 30. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 My wifes family come from Korat, I always say she's "LUK GI" maybe, 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 7/20/2023 at 11:10 AM, EVENKEEL said: Congratulations. I'm sure mum was a cashier. And dad was only a postman? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingstonkid Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 To bad the tuktuk in the picture are not used anymore. Bet they would be a hit evening ride lumpini or jj parks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ54 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 that room above Welcome shop needs some new window louvres 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 On 7/21/2023 at 4:01 PM, kingstonkid said: To bad the tuktuk in the picture are not used anymore. Bet they would be a hit evening ride lumpini or jj parks Not tuk tuk On 7/20/2023 at 2:07 PM, Goat said: I cant remember. But here is a video of Korat that year. I assume it was taken by a US soldier. Women were better dressed back then 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 On 7/20/2023 at 11:53 AM, stoner said: which of course you never paid. I believe they paid him. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokReady Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 On 7/21/2023 at 7:41 AM, Captain Monday said: Nice. I am sure I was born 20 years too late now maybe 30. Is there somewhere you can find now with the same level of development, or is everything ruined by the internet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) On 7/21/2023 at 4:01 PM, kingstonkid said: To bad the tuktuk in the picture are not used anymore. Bet they would be a hit evening ride lumpini or jj parks They're samlors (meaning three wheels, but specifically human powered). Tuk-tuk are motorised samlors, named after the noise of the engine. Samlors are still used in many upcountry towns and cities: Edited July 23, 2023 by ballpoint 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ballpoint Posted July 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2023 Another photo of the bars, taken in the same year as the one in the OP: 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimTripper Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) On 7/21/2023 at 4:01 PM, kingstonkid said: To bad the tuktuk in the picture are not used anymore. Bet they would be a hit evening ride lumpini or jj parks Edited July 23, 2023 by JimTripper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ballpoint Posted July 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2023 The same street, Pho Klang Road, in 2022 (Google street view). Samlors still in use... 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballpoint Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamaster Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 1965 respect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted July 24, 2023 Author Share Posted July 24, 2023 23 hours ago, ballpoint said: Another photo of the bars, taken in the same year as the one in the OP: Good find. well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted July 24, 2023 Author Share Posted July 24, 2023 23 hours ago, ballpoint said: Thai sign above the English sign says "Taking job applications for a lot of service girls" I am sure the woman in the photo was worth every baht of her 5 baht. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwapofarang Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 On 7/20/2023 at 10:40 AM, Goat said: This old photo I dug out this morning is from Korat in 1965. The good old days. 5 baht barfines. It might be where Dad met Mum. Almost reminds me of the old Washington Square days in Bangkok minus the tricycles, places like Square One, Country Roads, Silver Star the Texxan, then later Bourbon Street. Bar fines in those days 150 or 200. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Monday Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 On 7/22/2023 at 3:18 AM, proton said: Not tuk tuk Women were better dressed back then No cheap nylon rags from China, no tattoos, no cigarettes. Doubt there was much shaving or body wax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted July 24, 2023 Author Share Posted July 24, 2023 12 minutes ago, Captain Monday said: No cheap nylon rags from China, no tattoos, no cigarettes. Doubt there was much shaving or body wax No HIV either. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter zwart Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 great time i bet. But no razor blades at 7-11. And i do like them (the ladies) shaved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 50 minutes ago, peter zwart said: great time i bet. But no razor blades at 7-11. And i do like them (the ladies) shaved. No 7/11 in 1965 either 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter zwart Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 32 minutes ago, proton said: No 7/11 in 1965 either There you have a point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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