wombat Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 was that a ripple of fear i felt in the ether from all those that get up and have a jam around Chonburi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Guderian Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, rooster59 said: They were singing too. A hanging offence, surely, lol! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JMonroe Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 Anyone with a man bun, fisherman's pants and no shoes deserves to get busted. 4 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGSan Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 1 hour ago, RackedLeyland said: You were lucky to get away with just a blank stare. Yes, as the stare could easily not use e been blank, but have had graffiti on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post klauskunkel Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, rooster59 said: Bo Phut police and military officers descended on a restaurant Last year they swooped..., must be getting older. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuketshrew Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 24 minutes ago, Guderian said: 5 hours ago, rooster59 said: They were singing too. A hanging offence, surely, lol! or in this case the guillotine .... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, rooster59 said: Complaints had been received about an illegal party. bar next door then 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymS Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, rooster59 said: They were singing too. Clearly one step too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Koh Samui - add to growing list of places to never bother going to. Oh, it's already on the <deleted>list, several times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morocco Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, ThaiFelix said: No masks, no social distancing,,,,,,,,,these idiots give us all a bad name. Yes you're right. Just a bunch of privileged neo-hippies 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bert got kinky Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, ThaiFelix said: No masks, no social distancing,,,,,,,,,these idiots give us all a bad name. What a load of tosh. I work very hard at getting myself a bad name, no foreign Johnny is going to take the credit for my great efforts. 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFun Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, ThaiFelix said: No masks, no social distancing,,,,,,,,,these idiots give us all a bad name. Yes, they're called French people ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Los for words Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 39 minutes ago, SymS said: Clearly one step too far. Beyond? Madness 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lahgon29 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Dagfinnur Traustason said: 2 bottles and some bills. That´s a really good days work for the police. Oh, by the way, they nabbed 4 musicians too. I have always told them to keep low key. Do NOT sing! Anyway, I am happy to hear that they did not have some one playing with an organ on the scene. The most vulgar instrument a musician can play with. Worse than an accordion? I don't think so???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mlmcleod Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 The lack of covid-19 precautions is regrettable but I suspect that these musicians were just having a public jam. I think they were not paid and if that is the case no work permit should be required. My wife has gone to a few local jams that happened to be at a restaurant/bar. Musicians use these opportunities to play with others. This reminds me of the great gambling raid in Pattaya on a bridge club! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, mlmcleod said: The lack of covid-19 precautions is regrettable but I suspect that these musicians were just having a public jam. I think they were not paid and if that is the case no work permit should be required. My wife has gone to a few local jams that happened to be at a restaurant/bar. Musicians use these opportunities to play with others. This reminds me of the great gambling raid in Pattaya on a bridge club! In Phuket no Farang Jam, paid or not guys have their equipment confiscated jing jing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Yet 66 more drivers died on the road yesterday...get your priorities straight... it’s not even low hanging fruit...picking up coconuts tossed by non-permitted monkeys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just now, judokrab said: "They were singing too." 55555555 Wow! Multi tasking French musicians! Becuse they were singing too, does that mean they require 2 work permits each? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CH1961 Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, ikke1959 said: We all welcome the tourist back to Thailand... But be prepared that everything here is illegal. Labour department only give workpermits for jobs Thais can't do and Thais can do everything so.. come to Thailand stay in your hotel and eat in a restaurant and please go home again.. or better Stay away Just use the word "work" in front of the immigration officer at US border ... Mention "work" at Australia immigration ... Work in Egypt ... 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarFlungFalang Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 6 hours ago, VocalNeal said: “Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious”― Peter Ustinov If you post was funny I would have laughed. If you had a sense of humour you would have laughed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert got kinky Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 42 minutes ago, A Los for words said: Beyond? Madness That's terrible. You're an embarrassment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SupermarineS6B Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) Ha ha.......One was playing drums, another on sax, a third on bass and another playing guitar. They were singing too. They were taken away to Bo Phut police station. The James gang ? This is what happens when you empower certain individuals and let them wear a uniform......... I take it they've no news of Mr Red Bull then ? Thailand's becoming a laughing stock....... Mind you at least when the gig's up they can go and apply for a job in Burma, they need dictators ......... Edited February 20, 2021 by SupermarineS6B 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post J Town Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 Just one more nonsensical black eye for tourism. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireland32 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 5 hours ago, ChipButty said: Them French should be banned from singing anyway And talking LOUD 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DirtyFarang Posted February 20, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2021 Well, at least the musicians were French. No loss there! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arend Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) Is it illegal to have a jam... musicians who just come together to play? Is it illegal to play at an open mic night? Does it depend on the venue? Does it depend on whether payment is made? So, we had a Blues festival here in Pai recently... were the farang musicians all playing illegally? If you play at an event say a wedding of a friend, are you playing illegally? If you are a guest performer, are you playing illegally? Whjere is the line or do authorities just make it up as they go along? Edited February 20, 2021 by arend 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyFarang Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 49 minutes ago, mlmcleod said: The lack of covid-19 precautions is regrettable but I suspect that these musicians were just having a public jam. I think they were not paid and if that is the case no work permit should be required. My wife has gone to a few local jams that happened to be at a restaurant/bar. Musicians use these opportunities to play with others. This reminds me of the great gambling raid in Pattaya on a bridge club! In Thailand, NO "work" can be done without a work permit, including painting your wife's house (You can't own a house). work is defined as anything that requires movement or thinking. Technically, that would include taking a dump, but nobody's been busted for that yet. No foreigner can get a work permit to play music or to paint a house. Both occupations are reserved by law exclusively for Thais. The theory is, that even if somebody is working free, they are taking work from a Thai. So, listen up, folks, no jam sessions, period. If you do, it had better be behind closed and locked doors with the curtains drawn. And don't paint your house either. 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyFarang Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, arend said: Is it illegal to have a jam... musicians who just come together to play? Is it illegal to play at an open mic night? Does it depend on the venue? Does it depend on whether payment is made? So, we had a Blues festival here in Pai recently... were the farang musicians all playing illegally? If you play at an event say a wedding of a friend, are you playing illegally? Everything you mention is illegal for a farang. All of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafrog Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 What if they were "Covid refugees", ie not able to return home and under the special Covid visa extensions for foreigners stuck in tbe country, and they had no money ? Begging is not allowed, nor is stealing.. Who said they were working ? Were they being paid for tbeir gig or just fed and quenched ? To me it is a case of innocent until proven guilty. A couple of beers and bills are no proof of illegality to me .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyFarang Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 6 hours ago, VocalNeal said: I saw a (non Thai) graffiti artist one time in BKK. I just casually asked, as he was painting in an exposed spot, if the had a work permit. I got a blank stare. Doesn't matter how much they are told. They are too cool to worry about actual laws. That being said there are western musicians who jam in bars in Bangkok. Even used to be western bands. As long as local bill knows and is paid, all is OK. It was in the news a few years ago, one of those street artists was arrested for just what you describe. He was doing caricature sketches of passersby and giving them away free. He did not charge anybody so much as one satang. He was taken to jail. I don't know if he was French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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