tribalfusion001 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said: Never is, just tell them you love them and want to marry them. They'll be desperate to have your baby. I just forget to inform them that I had the snip many years ago. I tell them I can't finish with condom, works most of the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil McCaverty Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, Oldie said: You should inform the government and tell them that you are a very efficient test tool. Perhaps you could start a great career here. ???? If I was asked to be a volunteer for the Oxford vaccine trial, I'd jump at the chance. Oxford have said that the first 30 million doses would be for British citizens. When its released, I'm on the next plane home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 If you have been to the food markets, Chatuchak market, ridden on the skytrain at rush hour in the last month you would know that it is not really "out there" Testing reliability in the first 10 days of having the virus is basically a waste of time, as they have found out at the Quarantine stations. I would suggest opening bars up & admitting customers that have been in Thailand one month & as I have said & "suck it & see" long before opening up the borders & International Flights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ross163103 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 12 hours ago, Postmaster said: The pleading might fall on deaf ears. Agree totally; it doesn't affect the people making the policies--the rich and powerful. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wazzupnow Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 yes let them open we brave expats will come to rescue them, even if this means a delirium tremens every night 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil McCaverty Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 14 minutes ago, natway09 said: I would suggest opening bars up & admitting customers that have been in Thailand one month & as I have said & "suck it & see" long before opening up the borders & International Flights We've all been here way over a month. hasn't been a single case in Pattaya for 2 months. Get on with it, I haven't had a drink for 3 months now. Open up the bar, mine's a large JD on the rocks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 5 hours ago, darksidedog said: Many of their customers are close to begging the government to let them reopen too. With no local transmissions in a couple of weeks now, there is essentially no one out there right now for people to catch covid from, so further continued closure makes very little sense. They have zero chance of getting tourists in all the time this continues and now would seem the perfect time to allow them to open so the situation can be assessed and protocol addressed before people come back in numbers. There are a lot of people employed by these places who need to get back to earning a living. No, nonsense! If you open too early and there would be some new cases, there would be no customers at all anymore. Also if you are self employed you take risks of less income. Save in good times.....! Thailand acts not as stupid in UK or US. 2 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, bander said: Keep them closed until Covid-19 is gone. Beer bar owners in Pattaya have been ripping off customers for decades with overpriced bar fines, lady drinks, double tabs and you name it. The longer they close the better for beer bar "addicts" who spend all they'r money on that <deleted>. A ridicously sad and completely out of touch reply. Handle your personal baggage, sir. This is not about you. This is about the well being of your hosts. The nation needs to reopen. This has nothing to do with your fears and paranoia. Edited June 6, 2020 by spidermike007 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tribalfusion001 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said: No, nonsense! If you open too early and there would be some new cases, there would be no customers at all anymore. Also if you are self employed you take risks of less income. Save in good times.....! Thailand acts not as stupid in UK or US. Keeping entertainment places closed with no local infections allegedly seems pretty stupid to me. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawadee1947 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, tribalfusion001 said: Keeping entertainment places closed with no local infections allegedly seems pretty stupid to me. That is why you are not involved in Govt or science matters ???? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tony125 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Don Mega said: Exactly. Open them up to no customers. There are still a number of tourists trapped here as well as regular expats who live in Pattaya who would be customers. Also expats from other areas of Thailand and Bangkokians who could come down for a beer. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, kingofthemountain said: Obviously you don't know very well Pattaya most of the landlords here are very wealthy families who own a lot of land and buildings, often by inheritance they don't have any mortgages at all How do you know that that is the case for "most"? How many do you know? I am sure those rich families exist. But I am also sure some are not so rich. I know a bar owner in Bangkok who does not pay any rent in the moment. Good luck for him. But others still pay at least a big part or even 100%. It depends - as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post maprao Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, petermik said: This government aint interested in farang bars or entertainment Unfortunately you are right Also not interested in the solo western tourist who plans his own trips. They want group tours they can heard around! Edited June 6, 2020 by maprao 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tribalfusion001 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said: That is why you are not involved in Govt or science matters ???? Even a 5 year old could do better than one's in charge in Thailand! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil McCaverty Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 40 minutes ago, Burma Bill said: Yes indeed - getting ready for the tour groups and young affluent tourists form China, South Korea and Taiwan!! No foreign tourists for the foreseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Mega Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, Tony125 said: There are still a number of tourists trapped here as well as regular expats who live in Pattaya who would be customers. Also expats from other areas of Thailand and Bangkokians who could come down for a beer. How many expats go to these beer bars ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, nbg said: In some some countries people don't have to pay mortgages to the banks at the moment. Don't know to what extend but I know for sure it applies to personal home mortgages. Banks and govts probably has a plan to pick up those losses later on but for now at least its a relief for those who needs it I'm not talking Thailand only now but imo majority of people in governments serve and think of themselves first and many only think of themselves. Don't even want to get started on banks and insurance companies forking crooks, I have more respect for roaches Stay safe out there Do you pay taxes in Thailand? Would you want that your taxes are used to pay the rent of bar "owners"? I think the Thai government should support the Thai people who lost their jobs. And at least in part that is what they are doing. I understand that some business owners lose a lot of money in the moment. And what did those owners do in the good times? Did they put that money in the bank to be prepared for bad times? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: How do you know that that is the case for "most"? How many do you know? I am sure those rich families exist. But I am also sure some are not so rich. I know a bar owner in Bangkok who does not pay any rent in the moment. Good luck for him. But others still pay at least a big part or even 100%. It depends - as usual. The majority of the commercial tenants here (and in the US too, me being one of them) are getting no breaks in their rent. None. Payment deferrals maybe. If you want to dig a really deep hole. The previous post about the rich landlord presumption for bar owners was light years beyond inane. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phil McCaverty Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said: The previous post about the rich landlord presumption for bar owners was light years beyond inane. I'm afraid its a fact in Pattaya. Nearly all bar owners are tenants and the majority are tenants of a select number of Thai Chin families. They're brutal. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddermax Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 A good start would be allow restaurants to sell booze with food. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post paulikens Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 'both are essential businesses' is irrelevant to his point. its about if there is gonna be a second wave,and i wonder if you have ever been on the BTS if you think you would be far closer to people in a bar. 4 hours ago, robblok said: Both are essential businesses bars are not. Besides you get far closer to people in bars (we all know why guys go to the beer bars). Plus in the places you mention people wear masks. Can you imagine the girls wearing masks or their customers. I mean those girls have new customers every day and close contact. I mean prime way to spread corvid. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said: I'm afraid its a fact in Pattaya. Nearly all bar owners are tenants and the majority are tenants of a select number of Thai Chin families. They're brutal. It's all demand and supply, when 50% of bars close eventually the rents will come down 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jimn Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 5 hours ago, darksidedog said: Many of their customers are close to begging the government to let them reopen too. With no local transmissions in a couple of weeks now, there is essentially no one out there right now for people to catch covid from, so further continued closure makes very little sense. They have zero chance of getting tourists in all the time this continues and now would seem the perfect time to allow them to open so the situation can be assessed and protocol addressed before people come back in numbers. There are a lot of people employed by these places who need to get back to earning a living. Exactly what I have been saying for the last week. Continued restrictions make no sense at all. This is what happens when you let the medical people make all the decisions. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KarenBravo Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said: It's all demand and supply, when 50% of bars close eventually the rents will come down Wrong. When 50% of the bars close, the rents will double for the remainder, to make up for the short-fall. 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 minute ago, KarenBravo said: Wrong. When 50% of the bars close, the rents will double for the remainder, to make up for the short-fall. That's the myth that keeps getting repeated 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tribalfusion001 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 We are sleepwalking into a world of less choice, more controls and less freedoms to stop a virus. When the bars reopen there will be less choice as many will have closed for good, same applies to restaurants, hotels, clothes retailers. In some countries you will have to give up your freedom to enter a bar without giving your details for contact tracing, Singapore is trailing bluetooth wristbands to trace. Who knows what measures will in place to visit some foreign countries, none of them pleasant. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 1 hour ago, kingofthemountain said: Do you really think the virus can pass only by a bar girl? If it's a girl working in a massage shop, a freelancer on Thailfriendly or even a cashier in Big C, they are safe? (And you are safe also) seriously... Yes, after 47 days with no one having C-19 in Chonburi province, we are safe. Though I still wear a mask as it is "mandatory" most everywhere other than restaurants 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 4 hours ago, Don Mega said: Exactly. Open them up to no customers. 180,000 foreigners still live in Pattaya and Chonburi province. April 27, 2020 https://www.pattayamail.com/alltime/180000-foreigners-still-in-pattaya-chonburi-province-297240 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SidJames Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 23 minutes ago, maddermax said: A good start would be allow restaurants to sell booze with food. Are you mad? Do you want to kill everyone? A glass of wine with your dinner? Crazy talk max just crazy. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pattaya46 Posted June 6, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2020 9 minutes ago, Skallywag said: 4 hours ago, Don Mega said: Exactly. Open them up to no customers. 180,000 foreigners still live in Pattaya and Chonburi province. April 27, 2020 ... but 155,000 "mainly manual workers from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos" who are not customers of these bars, and less than 15'000 farang expats, according to this same article 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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