Monthly Archives: May 2008

Pattaya Beach Scam

May 6, 2008 – 11:20 am

I’ve taken to walking down the Beach Road for exercise. The shaded promenade provided good cover against the sun and the distance allows you to work up a moderate sweat, while surveying the various vignettes of street life occurring in various locales. The free-lancers working the beach are mostly old as is their clientele of […]

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45 baht for Petrol Liter

May 6, 2008 – 9:37 am

A Thai energy specialist has panicked Thia Visa forum fans with his prediction that gas prices will rise to 45 baht/liter in the next few days, as the cost of a barrel increases to $125/barrel. Diesel will level out at 38 baht according to his forecast. No one seems to be able to stop this […]

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NYC Subway Groper

May 6, 2008 – 9:21 am

There are no subways in Pattaya. Only baht buses, This transit deficit would make it really hard for NYC’s champion groper to grope a lot in Pattaya, which is why after his release from prison Freddie Johnson resumed his touchie-feelie program on the Manhattan subways. Not every woman appreciated his attention and within two weeks […]

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Speeding on the Bangkok Motorway

May 5, 2008 – 8:41 pm

I have a Toyota Altis 1.8. The poor man’s BMW, although my Thai relative refer to the car as a souped-up taxi cab. Normally I drive from Pattaya to Chai-Nat detouring onto Route 7 to avoid the predatory cops on the elevated motorway, although sometimes when the traffic is light I zoom through Bangkok to […]

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Wife Tell Samak Hoop-Barg

May 5, 2008 – 1:08 pm

PM Samak has been speaking his mind freely and certain people have been telling the PM to hoop barg or shut up. He even went so far as to cancel his weekly interview supposedly because his wife told him he was making as bigger fool of himself than Obama’s Reverend Wright. Some reporters suggested that […]

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