jacko

Yes, so far this rainy season, they have 'got away with it', there having been very little rain.

Even in the late evenings? Good point and now I see the reasoning!

The rather strange...... Being There.

Dr Strangelove.

As a pedestrian that was nearly clobbered by a truck being driven as if nobody else in the world existed.... I might feel differently.

Patton

Somebody told me the new building was for all types of extensions.... another source made it sound like Expat services, ie 90 days, marriage and retirement extensions.... know any more?

Dear me, for what is the 3rd or 4th iteration one would hope a good design would come out of it. I am still having walking issues since my last bad interaction with Pattaya paving five or six weeks ago.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2609423/2-killed-10-hurt-as-elevated-road-collapses-in-bangkok

Well this was a Sunday morning at about 11am..... I remember being further North heading South thinking how many Thais could ride around there without their helmets.... then saw Police at the bottom of soi Excite and with just Western 'customers'.....

Quite a good example of deja vu!

Be careful out there... after a bit of a hiatus, they are back at work. Apparently picking on the tourists on 3rd Rd. There was an even bigger effort a little to the South, catching the miscreants heading North in front of the old Excite area. They even had a couple of officers hanging around on soi Pothole.. to catch those taking a sudden detour. One of them the fattest cop I ever did see. Talking of Soi Pothole... many a 'Health Massage' sign slightly obscured by Bar signs... looks like a 1980's memory of Walking St.

Sorry to say those whole blocks are long overdue for demolition... been there a long long time and more could be made of the locations. Spent a lot of time in Dave's (GB) Bar nearby.

Reaction to elevated levels of thievery. Coincidentally, nearby me, a BBQ chicken shop/eatery, that is extremely popular, recently expanded.... and the result is somewhat like the picture you posted only smaller. I told my Mrs it was an overspill building for Nong Pla Lai prison. Ironic the above is near the Niran condo buildings.

Marlon Brando

The late.. Christopher Reeve

Anthony Hopkins

Brad Pitt

In the news for all the wrong reasons..... Kevin Spacey

Patrick McGoohan

Mel Gibson

Lucy Liu

Was it not destined to be a condo project at one time? What became of that idea? I may still be groggy, wandering in town had me delirious today with the heat... which is back again. The town is looking quite shabby of late!

For a change, the rate in Big-CX. I don't think TT ever clean their screens! If you are still into masks.... plenty in stock. If you happen to be an ambulance driver... I hope YOU know the way! What was this old group of bars near The Memorial Hospital called? I remember being in there a few times and one of those I was with a right cheap Charlie.. so it must have been cheap there! They are in no hurry to demolish them. I noticed quite a few MPs on Second Rd appear to have given up opening. Mostly the upper end, big window places.

Uma Thurman