Nomyai Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Central Rama 9 is deserted @ 8pm? <deleted> is going on. A lot of places are just not teeming with shoppers. Very noticeable. Bars emptying out @ 10 pm? Is it global warming..............................................hahahahahahahaha? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannig Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 ...or just Thailand's economy going down? Just every Thai I know who's running some kind of business keeps telling me "toorakit may dee" (business is bad) these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Or it's a holiday and everyone is elsewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supaluke Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Or it's a holiday and everyone is elsewhere? Yep, that was my initial thought also. Our local LOTUS (TESCO) was packed on the Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Hill Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Why do so many foreigners sound gleeful at the prospect of Thailand's economy falling into recession? It's weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickmanchester2 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Why do so many foreigners sound gleeful at the prospect of Thailand's economy falling into recession? It's weird just trying to wind up the white knights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeahSiam Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Why do so many foreigners sound gleeful at the prospect of Thailand's economy falling into recession? It's weird It could just be that they want to feel like the Thais need them and their money. They probably feel as if the Thais have gotten too big for their boots and need to be snapped back into line where they depend on falangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huawei Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Why do so many foreigners sound gleeful at the prospect of Thailand's economy falling into recession? It's weird The exchange rate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Because they're losers, basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicowoodduck Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Yup, was up at Centre Point Hotel buffet today at Asok.....just me and a few gold diggers.....nice...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berkshire Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 The OP is constantly trying to find negative stuff about Thailand, real or imagined. This is the best he can do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailblue Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Been back in Sydney and going to work again, minefield of regulations and licensing. What I see is the gap between Thai and Sydney cost of living is less than it was. Gas same ( $1.06 lt ), food maybe cheaper thanks to Aldi, houses and the cost of doing business high, but the income potential is way higher. Thais in BKK and Pattaya are doing well or they could not afford to shop at Tesco. Sydney does not have the noodle shops and many other good value ways to eat, but groceries in Sydney are surprisingly cheap, maybe a little more than Thailand, but not double. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDBUGGY Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 The shops in Udon Thani are also bad. I never saw them so empty all the time. Farmers don't seem to have much money these days and can't borrow much either, so I guess this shows here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harness Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Most farang like to hear negative stories about Thailand because basically they don't like the locals.....especially the men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I was at Central World yesterday and it was like an anthill. Impossible to get a chair at Starbucks. Over the weekend I was at lower Sukhumvit and it was shoulder to shoulder at the girly bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacky54 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Hospitals are doing good business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farang1979 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Long weekend. Everyone out of Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I'm in Chiang Mai, and I don't know what to say about the tourists situation here. Was in town today, and going around the moat, I hardly noticed any tourists at all. And never saw a single tour buss on the way in, in town, or on the way home. But I have noticed that over the past 6 months the flow of local traffic (cars & pick ups) has increased tremendously. What used to take me 15 min on the PCX to go into town now takes half an hour. Or longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Good observation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Why do so many foreigners sound gleeful at the prospect of Thailand's economy falling into recession? It's weird Makes my exchange rate better so I can spend more local baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Or it's a holiday and everyone is elsewhere? I'm coming to Bangkok on Thursday, the long weekend starts this weekend, so Bangkok will have even less people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Or it's a holiday and everyone is elsewhere? I suppose you would have to be aware of your surroundings to realize it was a holiday monday evening following a long weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Why do so many foreigners sound gleeful at the prospect of Thailand's economy falling into recession? It's weird Maybe it's because we will get more Bahts for our GBP. It was about 70 when I first came here now it's 54. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 The OP is constantly trying to find negative stuff about Thailand, real or imagined. This is the best he can do? If the OP is trying to find negatives here in Thailand, he won't find them among the good people. But he will find plenty if he looks to the Immigration authorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Or it's a holiday and everyone is elsewhere? Yep, that was my initial thought also. Our local LOTUS (TESCO) was packed on the Sunday. Yup its the holidays....funny post though...I hope Rama9 stays quiet...no queues for my favourite krapow moo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micmichd Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I was blond, too, and I used to hang around in KSR and Banglampoo (the Muslim area) in Old Bangkok when all these Salafists came. Americans were frightened and ran away in panic. Nothing happened at all. Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micmichd Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I was blond, too, and I used to hang around in KSR and Banglampoo (the Muslim area) in Old Bangkok when all these Salafists came. Americans were frightened and ran away in panic. Nothing weird happened at all. Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micmichd Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I was blond, too, and I used to hang around in KSR and Banglampoo (the Muslim area) in Old Bangkok when all these Salafists came. Americans were frightened and ran away in panic. Nothing weird happened at all. Nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangmick Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Why do so many foreigners sound gleeful at the prospect of Thailand's economy falling into recession? It's weird The exchange rate.. For me as well. Right now I want the baht to plummet to the 74 to 1 GBP I got ten years ago. But 15 years from now, when I am dead, or cushioned by my state pension, I want the economy to power out of recession, like it did after the 1997 crash, since my sons will be of working age. Selfish, but I've discovered here that family is everything, Something I never experienced in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djlest Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 i think the whole world is on ISIS alert right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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