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Mean Hearted Farangs

Thousands of westerners abandoned their countries to live in Thailand. They take on Thai wives, buy condos or houses, drive in SUVs, and drink at bars. it’s all very ha-ha ho-ho until one of them gets in trouble, then these emigre bastards become high and mighty, suggesting that if someone is down on his luck […]

The Death of Sin

Sin is considered an act defying the accepted social morale. Christianity listed the Seven Deadly Sins as Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. Sinners can commit this sins anywhere in the world, but for the past thirty years few places were better to offend the morality of squares than Pattaya, Thailand and I […]

MEN’S BEST FIEND by Peter Nolan Smith

Last June I was in Pattaya’s Wat Chai market searching for fresh shrimp. Those sold at the big stores (BIG C, Carrefour, or Lotus) were tasteless. After purchasing a kilo of sea shrimp, I headed back to my bike, when a voice called my name. It was Ort. Neither Jamie Parker nor I had seen […]

Thai Visa Tactics

Farangs on the Thai Visa Forum were reacting in a customary panic to the declaration from the Immigration Offices that all future 60-day tourist extensions will be reviewed with the intent of weeding out those farangs working or seeking work illegally in Thailand. I can suggest several tactics to avoid such scrutiny. First; don’t seek […]

Be Kind to the Platypus

The Ramada Hotel bar at JFK collects interesting people. We had missed our flight to Chicago after the JetBlue steward decided my Scottish friend was hovering on the line of intoxication. Two table of Irish punks were catching a morning flight to Dallas for a show. A British FO flunky was trying to seduce my […]