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Greetings Monkeywatchers, core coon crap for popping in, and welcome to another dive into the murky waters of Pattaya, metaphorically speaking. And literally speaking, come to think of it. Pattaya has been hit by flash floods yet again and it’s reported that traffic officers have been assigned to deal with the situation. Presumably when there’s gridlock on the roads the weathermen will be sent in. Police are investigating after a Pattaya mother reported that a gang of youths had assaulted her son with fireworks. It seems that the gang didn’t have a bottle to fire their rockets fro

A few snaps from this morning's stroll. When going cheap on walkway material, this is what the result looks like after only a couple of months. When you walk on the panels you can feel them flex and give, so no surprise the damage done when motorbikes use the walkway. Wonder what the dBA level is at the monitoring station when the festivals are pounding out music at volume 11.

Little left to the imagination.

These were taken yesterday afternoon. The answer will probably be fairly obvious but what is 'TAC'? Does anyone have any ideas about these buses/coaches? What has happened to Secrets Bar and Hotel?

Maybe the taste difference is down to the fact that they use buffalo dung on the fields? We all know that Thai buffalo are prone to illness which is why the girls ask for money for the vet. I also assume in the countryside where there are few sanitation systems that they need to dispose of the dunny waste on the the fields. You can hardly put it in the rice paddies. [emoji849] Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

Had to visit the hospital a few days ago. These signs have appeared on the pavements. I tho they would be appropriate for Soi Chaiaphum! Sent from my CPH1941 using Tapatalk

A selection from today. Hindu Festival Beach Road near the junction with Soi 6.

Ready for the fireworks.

I like the fresh sent vent nearby.

Thanks Jacko et al, I was using a different link which took me to a useless user interface, not the one above. This one worked fine right away with my existing PW.

Sent the drone up for a couple of photos of what an AQI of 150 looks like. These are shots from 3.6 km from the Pattaya sign. Zoom is 1x, 3x, and then digital 9x.

I probably lead a sheltered life, so this isn't something I've seen before. Transparent, plastic kegs. These kegs had Stowford Press on the label.

Just came across this very useful guide to registering and insuring a drone in Thailand.

I think we're both bored! 🤣

Someone is going to have an expensive water bill this month.

No vehicles allowed, but Xmas trees welcome.

Interestingly, I just saw a video featuring RFK Jr. deep-frying a Thanksgiving turkey in beef tallow, representing that tallow is healthier for you than seed oils. His choice of footwear does his credibility in the safety department few favors though.

When they switched from tallow in North America, the taste dropped off dramatically. I am guessing they never stopped using it in The Land of Smiles. KFC is more the head-scratcher, that stuff is inedible here, but I love a Zinger 'burger' or the Wingz Zabb.

A bit of a Mad Man Across the Water

How to write plural possessive nouns is a common English grammar thing. Same as capitalizing the first letter in a sentence. https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/plural-possessive-nouns

Well, you folks added the "u" to your words in tribute to your Norman/French conquerors, so I'd think twice about going there if I were you. https://www.onlinewritingjobs.com/writing-tips/writing-in-british-english-vs-american-english/ Hell of a time finding references for that unlike before. Pretty embarrassing I guess. Anyway, get back to me when "color" rhymes with "hour", "flour", "sour", etc.

Technically you lot just added to the ones by the Germanic tribes, similar to us adding to yours, but sure.

In that vein, it's an oddball British thing, just like tossing a u into a perfectly fine word.

It's not wrong, members is a plural possesive noun in that usage.

We were there on a group ride back in 2020. Some good views of Pattaya and Laem Chabang from the incomplete temple.

Picture taken over the sea close to sunset, shows the incomplete construction of what was intended to be a Temple over the sea. Apparently it was started many years ago and then ran into legality or permission issues, and everything stopped... and as happens here, nothing more became of it bar an eyesore. Had it been completed as a temple, it would look quite attractive out there... but no. It is located a at the end of a long pier North of town opposite Wat Krathing Rai, here on Google Maps. It gets some use, people give the remains of friends and relatives to the sea here, bones and as

Due to an oversight, I'm a bit late late replying, thanks.

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Bob walked into a sports bar around 5:58 PM. He sat down next to a very attractive blonde at the bar and stared up at the TV. The 6 PM news was coming on. The news crew was covering the story of a man on the ledge of a large building preparing to jump. The blonde looked at Bob and said, "Do you think he'll jump?" Bob said, "You know, I reckon he'll jump." The blonde replied, "Well, I bet he won't." Bob placed a $20 bill on the bar and said, "You're on!" The blonde placed her money on the bar, and kept watching the scene on the tell

l took this with a 300 ml lens from quite a distance. I thought very carefully about posting it: the group are so chaotic and disorganised that I thought it was worth posting.

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Let me add another perspective to the discussion. I too had heard good reports about some of the food and some of the vendors. I asked myself a few times why would I ever want to perch on a stool (if there was one spare) eating amongst the hussle and bussle of Soi LK. Add to this the mad bikers and the MB taxi parking a few metres away? And all of this with cannabis wafting on the breeze. The answer. Never. This was the wrong place for vats of scalding oil and drunk tourists out to get a fix. Oh yes. I think Mr. Buzzing Pattaya was a Chow Mein Charlie fan and that in itself was no recomme

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