LucidLucifer Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Close this ....we get these same arguments every time there's an alcohol ban.Those who want well they can buy a day early, those who don't well thats fine, Buddah, Christian or whatever, the fact is its the law. End Of!! You could make a case for closing the whole forum on that basis. Most topics are probably recycled, but maybe there are some posters that haven't taken part in a particular debate yet. Not everyone has been here years or posts daily. If you feel a thread is old and worn, don't click on it, it's easy. But if you still feel that strongly, maybe you should take your complaint to admin, who did the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dapsolapsalai Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I don't drink anyway, it's a tax on stupid people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Billmont Posted August 1, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2012 No alcohol for two days! What am I going to do, my shakes have already started just at the thought. OH! Big relief just remembered I am back in the UK for our annual holiday but out of sympathy and support I will not drink any alcohol for the same two days, well perhaps not, our village locals need my support. Anyway I can enjoy my beer on the 2nd & 3rd August in the secure knowledge that nobody will stock up before the ban, no bar will serve alcohol in cups and out in the sticks the locals shops will strictly adhere to the ban. Come on Thailand Wake up! Let the Bhudists abstain if they believe it to be correct and let the Tousists celebrate their vacation without restrictions.Even Muslin countries that strictly follow Ramadam do not enforce the restrictions on non Muslims.A pointless ban that achieves little or nothing but does cause some ill feeling among those who would like to sit out and enjoy a cold beer or whatever is their poison 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamlet07 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) Guys Guys....it's only 4 days !! Edited August 1, 2012 by metisdead : Again, please black font when posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bginbkk Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 What we fail to remember is that some of us actually work from Monday to Friday teaching and when a nice Holiday comes up I would like to chill out on the beach and have a nice cool beer or two and if going with friends that could turn out to be a piss up! and that is very much welcoming after months of teaching these trying students at times So as I'm not a religious or even a bloody Buddhist why should I have to stay clear or can't buy beer or whisky when these holidays are on? And before anyone says well go home then, let me tell you I have family/house/friends here in Thailand, go and do one!!!! 1. Maybe your students are 'trying' because you're not trying - I can't say I'm impressed by the standard of English spoken by the Thais that I've met. 2. As one poster pointed out it is Thailand and therefore the LAW. 3. I fail to see thepoint of that argument - so big deal you have family/friends etc here woweee!!!! must mean you get a free pass to break Thai law AND YOUR POINT IS......WORZEL GUMMIDGE? SIX YEARS TEACHING THAT SAYS SOMETHING IN ITSELF YES? LIKE I SAID GO AND DO ONE END OF. HAHAHAHA....six years.....seems you think you deserve a life time achievement award ..... yes, for being such a ...........!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibelius Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Before same kind of days FARANG DINING RESTAURANTS can sale wine or beer WITH food. But this new law seems to be quite strict and definitive??? Does it mean NONE alcohol at all??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifer Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Go to the shop NOW (today, before midnight), stock up on all the booze and beer you need to survive those 2 short days - problem solved. Why do we have pages and pages of disgruntled posts EACH AND EVERY TIME such a holiday comes around? This NOT the first time alcohol sales are banned in Thailand, you know... GET OVER IT! And if you're getting out of town: you'll ALWAYS find a shop willing to sell you a few bottles, and regardless of the ban. Another solution is the visiting alcoholics that can't go a day or two with out their fix in respect for a religious holiday can just go home to their own country. Respect their religion and holidays or leave. Simple solution! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Off topic and inflammatory posts have been removed. To the poster who posts in odd color fonts, use the default color (black) when posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifric Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Sibelius, The law banning alcohol sales between 1400 and 1700 has been in force for years; the ban on Buddhist feast days not so long as far as I know but I stand corrected if wrong. The point has already been made that you can stock up in advance; I'm not sure tourists are made aware of this especially noting the numbers who are turned away at Tesco's 7/11 etc during 'dry' periods. Eventually Thailand will recognise the effect on tourism when people flock to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. You can even by alcohol in Malaysia (back of the market at Butterworth station) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDuval Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Many places still serving in BKK tomorrow, just got to know where to look :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudolus Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 It is very unfortunate, but my mooban is on a permanent shakedown from the pricks in black. We all have to pay 300 baht a month for protection. I have no idea why, but it's not collected in a nice fashion. Anyway, worse still, the two piss ants who do the protection drink whisky each night in the shop two doors down; share a bottle and then drive home. i will report over the next couple of days how much they drink there; same same I should imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DickFarang Posted August 1, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 1, 2012 Are you worried to be dry for 2 days ? Lol Yes, actually I am. What does it matter to you? After 4 months with a broken leg and just being given clearance to walk without assistance and 5 days off from work, I'd like to enjoy my time off. This is a cause for celebration. Let's add to that ... My girlfriend has just gotten her visa approval to visit the US in October to meet my family. Also, one of my best friends is moving to Bangkok. Yeah, it does kind of bother me, as I am not Buddhist. I may have had some symphony for you wanting to have a drink as you have broken your leg & have had good news about your girl friends visa, but to say...”I am not Buddhist” is very disrespectful!!!! What’s your problem? You have beer now so stay home & drink!! ? If a Buddhist visits or lives in a country that celebrates Christmas day & that country you cannot go to a shop to buy beer what should they do & say?? symphony ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidLucifer Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Many places still serving in BKK tomorrow, just got to know where to look :-) Care to share the secret? After all, one of the premises of the forum is to help each other and offer advice. Your local mom and pop shop is not an acceptable answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidLucifer Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 It is very unfortunate, but my mooban is on a permanent shakedown from the pricks in black. We all have to pay 300 baht a month for protection. I have no idea why, but it's not collected in a nice fashion. If I have ever read something on here that is deserving of a thread all of its own, it is what you have said here. Genuinely, please share, sounds juicy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tafia Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Close this ....we get these same arguments every time there's an alcohol ban.Those who want well they can buy a day early, those who don't well thats fine, Buddah, Christian or whatever, the fact is its the law. End Of!! You could make a case for closing the whole forum on that basis. Most topics are probably recycled, but maybe there are some posters that haven't taken part in a particular debate yet. Not everyone has been here years or posts daily. If you feel a thread is old and worn, don't click on it, it's easy. But if you still feel that strongly, maybe you should take your complaint to admin, who did the OP. The law says no selling of alcohol! What's there to debate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheRun Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Are you worried to be dry for 2 days ? Lol Yes, actually I am. What does it matter to you? After 4 months with a broken leg and just being given clearance to walk without assistance and 5 days off from work, I'd like to enjoy my time off. This is a cause for celebration. Let's add to that ... My girlfriend has just gotten her visa approval to visit the US in October to meet my family. Also, one of my best friends is moving to Bangkok. Yeah, it does kind of bother me, as I am not Buddhist. Well you not being a Buddhist doesn't have much to do with anything. You decided to live in a Buddhist country. Whilst I agree with that in principle. Heaven forbid were I to tell a Muslim similar in the UK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcutman Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Ho Hum...... So many laws in this country, and so many not enforced, or has everybody forgot that? Can we move on to the next thing, that the law is not enforced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred110 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I'm off to the shops to stock up then...... Are you worried to be dry for 2 days ? Lol I'm on holiday from work, and I am getting together with friends on Friday. Not worried about being dry for two days, but worried that when I will want a beer, I can't get one. Is that okay? No. Man up, respect their religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdoc Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Go to any shop besides 7-11 family mart and tesco and they will sell ya whatever ya want so i dont see what the big deal is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Churchill Bar at the British Club serves 364 days a year(staff holiday it's closed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettsyoung Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 respect respect and all that...mmm but does anyone know if the duty free at suwanna will be closed? Has anyone ever seen the booze roped off at the DF? (Like in the supermarkets) I'm not an alcho but I'm happy to give it a crack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidLucifer Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) Close this ....we get these same arguments every time there's an alcohol ban.Those who want well they can buy a day early, those who don't well thats fine, Buddah, Christian or whatever, the fact is its the law. End Of!! You could make a case for closing the whole forum on that basis. Most topics are probably recycled, but maybe there are some posters that haven't taken part in a particular debate yet. Not everyone has been here years or posts daily. If you feel a thread is old and worn, don't click on it, it's easy. But if you still feel that strongly, maybe you should take your complaint to admin, who did the OP. The law says no selling of alcohol! What's there to debate? Okay, maybe debate wasn't the most apt choice of word, I will change it to discuss. My point is the same though, if you don't like a thread, don't participate, end of. Following on from that though, there is plenty to discuss regarding laws in Thailand, their application, and the logic behind them. However, this is off topic, so that'll be my last on this. Edited August 1, 2012 by LucidLucifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orac Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Many places still serving in BKK tomorrow, just got to know where to look :-) Care to share the secret? After all, one of the premises of the forum is to help each other and offer advice. Your local mom and pop shop is not an acceptable answer. Is there a clue in the op? However, the ban will not cover hotels registered under the Hotel Act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi007 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Are you worried to be dry for 2 days ? Lol Yes, actually I am. What does it matter to you? After 4 months with a broken leg and just being given clearance to walk without assistance and 5 days off from work, I'd like to enjoy my time off. This is a cause for celebration. Let's add to that ... My girlfriend has just gotten her visa approval to visit the US in October to meet my family. Also, one of my best friends is moving to Bangkok. Yeah, it does kind of bother me, as I am not Buddhist. Well you not being a Buddhist doesn't have much to do with anything. You decided to live in a Buddhist country. Whilst I agree with that in principle. Heaven forbid were I to tell a Muslim similar in the UK Well Thailand certainly isn't the UK. The national religion is Buddhist. The King is the leader of the Buddhist people of Thailand. There is also a Muslim population in Thailand. In most areas they coexist peacefully. I know both and some who have intermarried... Back to what does this have to do with the existing Thai laws in the country I choose to live in? I've gotten over a lot of other things that use to bother me about living here... These little alcohol bans for a few days here or there, are the least of my worries! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dob310870 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Are you worried to be dry for 2 days ? Lol Yes, actually I am. What does it matter to you? After 4 months with a broken leg and just being given clearance to walk without assistance and 5 days off from work, I'd like to enjoy my time off. This is a cause for celebration. Let's add to that ... My girlfriend has just gotten her visa approval to visit the US in October to meet my family. Also, one of my best friends is moving to Bangkok. Yeah, it does kind of bother me, as I am not Buddhist. Sounds like you need a drink. Why get annoyed about something that is so easily resolved? That person was making a joke. Drink in hotels or drink in the house with all of your friends. Are you a bit stressed out about your girlfriend meeting your parents? It's quite understandable. There is no need to take it out on someone having a joke with you...Be careful when you are drinking, you don't want to fall over a break something...stay in and relax with a few beers, it's probably safer. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucidLucifer Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Many places still serving in BKK tomorrow, just got to know where to look :-) Care to share the secret? After all, one of the premises of the forum is to help each other and offer advice. Your local mom and pop shop is not an acceptable answer. Excellent answer, top marks. I don't think Is there a clue in the op? However, the ban will not cover hotels registered under the Hotel Act. Great answer, dead right. I do kind of think he had other places in mind though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) Come on folks - you choose to live here and know the rules on alcohol sales at Buddhist feasts and election days. You have at least three choices - don't drink, buy in advance or find a local shop whee the owner is prepare to risk being fined (I say at least three as some smart **se is sure to mention another one!) Why do we have this winging every time the law is imposed? TIT If you can't stand the heat..................... Because as a law it largely achieves nothing in terms if stopping anyone drinking. In true Thai legal and societal fashion, a show, a sham of a law in terms of achieving anything. All show over substance, it is a sop. It's illegal to sell to underage drinkers every day of the year and it happens everywhere. Brilliant hypocrisy. Edited August 1, 2012 by Thai at Heart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equalizer Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 National no smoking day. National any day should be voluntary. When will these people understand that they need to take care of there own house and stop dictating how other should run theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renbe Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) Even though drunks will always find a way to get drunk, I consider a good thing that the Thai Government gives this signal, and tries to reduce the (ab)use of alcohol on major Buddhist Holy Days. Edited August 1, 2012 by Renbe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywalker69 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Cheers mates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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