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Thai government explores funding for digital wallet giveaway
Guderian replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Thaksin's influence spreads ever further. This reminds me of his 30-Baht medical treatment revolution 20-odd years ago. Announce a scheme that will be very popular indeed with the poorer voters, but fail to put aside any money to pay for it, or explain where the money will come from. The digital wallet looks to be of the same pedigree. If only Western policymakers could get away with this sleight of hand without the markets going crazy, poor Liz Truss, lol. -
Pickpockets theft of Norwegian-Thai couple was karma, say cops
Guderian replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Bad karma? So the next time they find a foreigner tied up with his throat cut, hanging from a tree, instead of saying it was 'suicide', they'll now just blame it on his 'bad karma'? -
Pattaya Mayor Eyes Opportunity in Casino-Entertainment Complex Project
Guderian replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
Great, Jomtien gets a mega-casino complex, but still doesn't have a proper supermarket! (With apologies to Foodmart, but it really is a very small and limited shop.) -
There's no problem with that, the trouble comes when you decide to let in all the cheap and nasty scum on the planet visa-free. TAT may be a completely imbecilic organisation, yet their long-standing but fruitless quest for more 'quality tourists' was on the right track. Attracting enough better quality tourists, though, would mean cleaning the country up, and not just the pollution and rubbish and black smoke-belching vehicles, but ending the scams, and making the RTP a force that genuinely acted in the public interest. Yeah, good luck with that, lol. It's much easier in the end to just adopt the 'give me your poor, huddled masses' approach and let anyone in.
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...with getting an oil painting done from a print or poster in one of the art shops in Pattaya? I know there are lots of places that will do it for a fee, but I'm specifically asking for personal experiences and recommendations from anyone who has actually had it done in the last year or so. The print I want to get an oil painting made from is a 17th century oil-on-board landscape, so I'm after the closest and best possible reproduction of the print, which itself is very close to the actual size of the original paining in the Museum of Wales. I've tried to make it as easy as possible to make a faithful copy of the original, but now I need to find a good artist to do the job.
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A good idea as long as they don't just shunt them across to inactive posts costing the same money from a different budget.
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Never been there myself, but I've read about a cafe somewhere out in the sticks that's butterfly-themed. I think this might be the place... https://www.wongnai.com/attractions/428470bL-the-butterfly-corner-pattaya
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They agreed to refund me 3,000 Baht for a seat reservation from DOH to BKK which was cancelled by them when they changed the aircraft from a 777 to an A380. Three months later and still nothing has appeared in my bank account.
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Songkran festival in Chiang Mai to draw in millions of tourists
Guderian replied to webfact's topic in Chiang Mai News
Ten days? That's longer than Pattaya. I hope this doesn't become an inter-city competition to see who can hold the longest water throwing festival. -
Teenagers’ pellet gun rampage ends in arrests in East Pattaya
Guderian replied to snoop1130's topic in Pattaya News
So a 500 Baht fine probably? No, wait! That's the going rate for a Russian assaulting a pregnant Thai lady. Since they're not evil farangs, this little charge sheet probably only merits a 200 Baht fine. -
No joking, but apparently Kyiv is the best place to go nowadays for top quality and reasonably-priced dental work. There are Ukrainian refugees living in Britain who fly back home just to visit the dentist, as the dentists in the UK are so expensive and difficult to get to see. Matthew Parris went there for dental work a month or two back and wrote an interesting article for The Times about it. It's behind a paywall so I can't add a link. Have a look at this, it quotes an implant as costing between $500 and $1,000. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/7109
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Tinder ad slammed as an insult to Isaan women and Korat cuisine
Guderian replied to webfact's topic in Isaan News
This is all a bit overblown. Didn't any of these silly Thai women ever hear of Nyotaimori? Stir fried noodles, for goodness sake! lol -
Giant albino buffalo stuns PM Srettha in historic encounter
Guderian replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
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Kiwi Brothers Slapped With 5 Charges For Assaulting Policeman
Guderian replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
TAT really needs to get its act together on the quality tourist thing, lol. -
I drove from Second Road along Soi 5 to the beach. This is now a one-way road heading west, i.e. towards the beach, yet I met around 6 cars driving in the opposite direction. On Beach Road itself, as usual since the one-way system was begun, bicycles, motorbikes and samlors all believe that it doesn't apply to them, with 2 cars and a truck also deciding that it's silly to follow the signs. It seems to be another of those optional Thai traffic rules, a bit like stopping at a red light, lol.
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Thailand’s cannabis sector faces threat from recreational use ban
Guderian replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Health benefits = medical reasons. Ergo, no need for any certificates, just self-certify that you get health benefits from weed and that's your medical reason for using it, lol. -
I’ve been ditched by Isaan Farang FB Group
Guderian replied to Stevey's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
You're popular here? Really? Your profile shows 325 likes for 387 posts, which hardly makes you Taylor Swift. lol -
Microsoft CEO halts Southeast Asia trip including Bangkok
Guderian replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
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Pattaya City to Close Part of Sukhumvit Road for Construction
Guderian replied to webfact's topic in Pattaya News
I occasionally drive up to Laem Chabang to see the GF, and I've given up using Suk for the trip, too slow due to all the roadworks. Instead I just take the 7 and join Suk in Laem Chabang. A lot further, and a 20 Baht toll, but who cares? It's much better than sitting in a traffic jam for half an hour in Pattaya. -
Decade-old Thai rice from controversial scheme found fresh
Guderian replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
What next, nobody was actually ever hurt at Tak Bai? The Shins are really a family of saints and have been sorely misjudged by the negligent media? And so the rehabilitation continues... -
Rocky start for Thailand’s latest alcohol tax reform
Guderian replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Any tax cuts are likely to be offset by the plummetting value of the Thai currency, lol.