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Belgian man scammed out of 8 million baht by female Thai soldier
A soldier scamming a policeman? 555. Nowadays it seems to be popular with Thai women to claim relationships with Pattaya police. Psychologically that could be read as an admission of guilt. -
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Musk should not have access to the White house. He should go back to S Africa.
I am not a retiree and am still gainfully employed, although I have reduced my workload. I receive compensation as a direct deposit. 😄. Governments probably like the fact that I am still employed as they take a large part of my income. And while not as wealthy as Elon, I am quite comfortable. Unlike the Russian oligarchs, I did not make it from environmental destruction or corruption. -
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Belgian man scammed out of 8 million baht by female Thai soldier
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Pattaya on pause: Plan ahead or lose the booze
For those that don't know - Thais are required to vote and they must vote in the district they are registered as living in. Which is why, during national elections, they close the bars and there's an exodus of people trying to get back to their home village to vote. Pattaya (for example) has an official population of just under 120,000 and an "unofficial" population of over 328,000 - not including tourists and non-registered/illegal immigrants. So most of those "extra" people have to go back to Isaan (or wherever) whenever there is a national election or a provincial election in their home province where they are registered. And they want people to be (mostly) sober when they do it. (So they don't mistakenly take a 20 baht note to vote for someone when they are supposed to get a 100 baht note ? There's a long story about a former PM who allegedly spent a lot of money giving 100 baht notes to everyone who voted for him.) More likely they probably think that without the alcohol ban, most voters would just get drunk, sleep in and then not bother to vote at all ! Some motorcycle clubs i know of used to ride to Rayong whenever Pattaya or Chon Buri had an election. Or go to a resort somewhere with their own stock of booze. Can't sell booze (legally) but you can drink it ! And when I first got involved in a "bar" (back in 2009) on the night before the official opening we hosted a VIP group (I was told it was the Governor of Rayong) and his entourage who had come to Pattaya because the bars in Rayong were closed for a provincial election. (4 people drinking and having a good time at one table - 6 other people from the same group sitting apart drinking sodas - they were the drivers and bodyguards apparently. One of the bodyguards was good friends with a couple of the guys in our motorcycle club which is how that came to be.) I used to lol back in the days of "ThaiVisa" because everytime there'd be an announcement of a bar closure there'd be a certain group of whiners who'd pipe up to claim that (whichever closure) would be the "straw that breaks the back" of tourism in Thailand. As if a one day closure of the bars was going to put a halt to tourists coming to Thailand. And there was the usual "but how am I going to drink my one beer a day if the bars are closed" crowd who apparently thought the idea of buying a beer at a 7-11 and saving it for the next day was the equivalent of having their liver cut out with a rusty bottle cap while a thousand cockroaches feasted on their flesh. But the next closure is only 17 days away !! How can those poor people be expected to have enough time to prepare for such a horrific event ? Doesn't the gov't know that boozy expats need at least a year to prepare for such events ? And even then won't do it unless they are personally informed by a (cute) gov't official that will personally escort them to the store and back. And of course they will then drink that beer instead of saving it so they have something to whine about the next day (again). Hmm, just 17 days to prepare. Where can we go ? What can we do ? Oh no, this could be the straw that breaks the kwaii's back as far as drinking alcohol in Thailand is concerned ! And the proposed changes to the alcohol law mention reviewing the current "2pm - 5pm" ban on selling alcohol - but still not allowing 24/7 alcohol sales. The review may suggest changing the current time period to one more aligned with international standards. Last Dec a change was announced to allow International Airports to sell (duty-free presumably) alcohol on the 5 Buddhist holidays each year where there is a prohibition currently. (But only at 5 international airports.) That's not likely to happen for the rest of the country though. And like others have mentioned, it's basically just the bars/hotels/restaurants, big stores and convenience (7-11/CJs/Family Marts) stores that can't sell booze for a day. Everywhere else it will be business as per usual - with one eye open for the cops of course. -
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Musk should not have access to the White house. He should go back to S Africa.
And? The article doesn't really say much, just MSM waffle
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