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I agree. It was unique and interesting for a short while on my first Songkran 17 years back. My intro was my motorbike taxi driver and myself getting buckets of water full in the face on the way to the main Pattaya celebration. Ended up hating the festering thing by the time I'd managed to make my way back to Jomtien. Took me hours and was a miserable experience. Have been caught twice more in my time here, once when I went to pick up my daughter from Bang Saen and got stuck in the procession, the other time was when I went to Kanchanaburi to escape Pattaya Songkran and accidentally ended up in their bar district. Didn't realise it was so close to the war museum and cemetary.
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Paetongtarn criticised for holiday plans during Songkran
jesimps replied to snoop1130's topic in Thailand News
A lady with sense. I'd join her if I could afford it. -
Reading that raving, fanatical post just made me more of a Trump supporter than I was before. I'm not even American.
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Was in the Brit Army in Brunei and Labuan in the early 1960s during the Indonesian insurgency. All our unit were pushing for a transfer to Kuching, but only a lucky few managed it. Don't know if things have changed since then. Brunei was very Muslim, but there were a couple of restaurants where you could get a a beer and Labuan was quite relaxed. Wonder if I'd get a discount for helping to rid the place of Sukarno's lot? 🙂
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How is it possible to stand amongst a crowd of people all doing the same thing (throwing water), from early morning until evening, without getting bored? Then rinse and repeat the following year, and the year after etc? I was bored ....less after an hour during my first and only Songkran appearance and have stayed at home for the last sixteen.
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Briton critically injured after impaling himself on iron fence
jesimps replied to george's topic in Pattaya News
I can't criticise this guy. I remember when I was in the Brit Army in Hong Kong in the late 1960s the wife and I locking ourselves out of our 12th floor flat. We were struggling a bit for cash in those days, so rather than pay someone to gain access, I climbed down from my friend's flat above to our balcony, the door of which was always unlocked. I did take the precaution of tying a rope to his railings and around my waist. After climbing onto dock roofs when I was a kid in Liverpool, I had a good apprenticeship for tasks like this. Hope this guy has a speedy recovery. -
What I do hate is waiting outside a shop in the heat for it to open late in the morning. Central Plaza in Pattaya a case in point with an opening time of 11am. They can see a large crowd waiting to be admitted, but no way on God's earth will they open those doors even a second early.
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Anutin urges Phuket officials to get tough with foreign offenders
jesimps replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
At least here they have the two-tier policing the right way around. In the UK, the cops tend to favour the incomers. I say that even though I have a daughter and son-in-law-to-be in the Met. -
Why do super markets insist on re stocking shelves during the day?
jesimps replied to Asquith Production's topic in Isaan
Probably the same reason that you can't get fresh bread early morning, they're too tight to employ a night shift. -
Russian couple’s dine and dash attempt exposed in Phuket restaurant
jesimps replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
I've yet to come across any of that 10% here. -
Russian couple’s dine and dash attempt exposed in Phuket restaurant
jesimps replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
They don't go much lower than Putin's lot. Awful people. They hate the world, so the prospect of causing a waitress to lose her job means nothing to them. These two should be instantly deported in my opinion. -
I only eat the ones the wife makes. Those you get in restaurants and roadside stalls are usually full of sugar. Taste more like desserts. Same with the curries.
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Call me stupid, but I've tried a couple of famous Soviet writers and found them to be incredibly boring. Never seeming to get to the point. Give me a good modern novel any day.
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Cabinet green lights bills to modify alcohol control law
jesimps replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
The only change that I want them to make is to allow the sale of alcohol early morning so that I can buy my booze at the main supermarket along with the groceries early on. It's really annoying when I know that my favourite tipple is within reach, but I have to settle for something else at my local shop later on. -
Foreign woman criticised for urinating on Bangla Road, Phuket
jesimps replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
I saw a Thai woman doing the same opposite Dongtan Beach in Jomtien at 1030 in the morning and she appeared to be a sober beach vendor. Also, on most days of the week, you're likely to pass a Thai guy having a squirt by the side of the road. I've also seen several guys at various times peeing opposite my house and outside my back gate. However, I think this particular woman should have found a more secluded spot to have a sprinkle. -
I get a sore ring cycling once around the golf course perimeter, so long distance stuff isn't for me.
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Being that I see and read examples of misandry on an almost daily basis, I don't think men ought to be ashamed of being misogynistic, it tends to even things up a bit. Also, call me old-fashioned (I'm nearly 80 yoa), but as someone who never feels 100% comfortable in a car being driven by a woman, I'd much prefer it if the person flying my aircraft was male.
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I disagree. In your house you allow your family a certain amount of leeway for their transgressions, but if a visitor came and got out of order, especially of the violent sort, you'd turf them out on their ear. Similar situation here, visitors are expected to exhibit good behaviour in a country where they are guests, whereas locals are as a rule shown a bit more leniency.
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Russian woman blames period for assault on pregnant Thai shopkeeper
jesimps replied to webfact's topic in Koh Samui News
Going by the angry expression I see on the face of every Russian I encounter here, I'd say that most of them are capable of replicating the actions of this hellcat. -
I don't mind tattoos, although if I had my time over again I wouldn't repeat. What really disgusts me is those awful nose rings. Must be hell trying to blow your hooter. They make people look like they should be tethered to a post.