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29 minutes ago, Nickrock said:

How do you spot facial recognition cameras do they have some extra features 

They have 2 sets of "lenses", or appear to be 2 separate cameras on the mobile units attached to a larger pod. The Border Force use them at work all the time, and these were the same type as we have, so I noticed them instantly. They were atop of a minivan as well, which is a give away as all the intelligence stuff is inside along with a back up A/C unit.

On 4/23/2024 at 8:10 AM, ThaiTim said:

Seems according to the news today that UK plod are looking to foreign plod to assist them in locating a suspect. Could that be here or Hkg?

Probably put him on an Interpol list, so each and every passport control desk which operates with the 196 Interpol countries will alert the operator to his presence (although any Aircraft / Passenger ship manifest would be pre screened for known names anyway). Depending on how much of a need there is to get him, the relevant resource will be assigned, from either coming across him by pure chance to actively seeking him out.

He's probably traveling on a false passport, or maybe even a legit one held by someone who looks like him.

Interestingly enough, I spotted Facial recognition Cameras in use on Beach Road during my trip, they were mobile as well.

On 4/2/2024 at 2:43 AM, thumper63 said:

 

 

 

well that's spooky.

we must have left a few minutes before that pics was taken. I distinctly remember the guy in the England shirt

And we were sat adjacent to these 2 blokes, I remember because I had a chat with one of them.

Wow. I've got goosebumps.

In other words, LHR wants to remove its contracted workers and swap them for zero hours contracted ones on worse T&C's.

They may come under the TUPE agreement, but for how long I'm not sure.

Basically it's the owners of LHR, who are foreign, pulling the pants down of British workers. It's wrong, it's unethical but it's also sadly, legal.

Sad state of affairs in the UK.

On 4/23/2024 at 8:15 AM, ThaiTim said:

The one that choked me up was during the tsunami where many many reports of Thais helping the foreigners often at the cost of their own lives.

 

I hear much negative comment about this and especially Thai ladies who the peasants back home immediately assume are bar girls. Not once did I hear any conversationcomme ding the selfless acts of the many thais who gave their lives.

 

Moving further back google Boonpong and brothers in relation to the death railway.

Great post, Even the media glossed over the kindness that the Thai people extended to foreigners during that Tsunami period, also, when the Airport was taken over during the change of Govt (choosing my words carefully due to forum rules) - Many Thai people helped those stranded at the Airport by bringing food, taking care of the children and generally also being helped a lot by the people occupying the Airport at the time who gave ration packs and ensured there was plenty of water to go around.

As for good farangs, in Pattaya I think more so in recent years, foreigners look upon other foreigners with suspicion. I got chatting to an Aussie bloke in a bar who told me that for every 10 blokes he meets, at least 3 of them have an angle of some description.

I think Pattaya can erode the kindness of people somewhat, but as @Nightcrawler said in his excellent post, Pattaya is somewhat of a bubble. I've seen some bloody horrific behaviour by farangs in pattaya, but on the flipside I've seen acts of kindness that go largely unnoticed, but they never go unappreciated if they're genuine acts of kindness towards a Thai.

On 4/21/2024 at 5:20 AM, Bub49 said:

Hello all.  Bub here, newbie will be visiting Pattaya in June for 1st time.   Can’t wait, I know I will learn a lot from the pros here.   

Just ask away, any questions will be answered by the lads here.

4 hours ago, thegrogmonster said:

I always enjoyed the Tina Turner show at Malibu bar from my chair at the Bodeag bar.

I remember it well. They also served very good cocktails in the Malibu Bar. My memory of the place is sitting , watching the show with my Scottish mate Ray (nickname Romeo - he was a male model! )drinking cocktails like a couple of "swells" as he put it.

Brilliant days they were.

We're a right bunch of reprobates on this forum.🤣🤣🤣

I didn't realise that Soi Post Office and Soi Yamato held so many filthy memories for us lot, and as yet we've to hear from @Derek Dangleberries and his exploits.

@coxyhog I do remember David, but very vaguely. Good to hear he's still alive and kicking and doing well.

Wonderful Bar is at the top of Soi Yamato iirc, Wonderful 2 the next Soi up. My friend in Pattaya worked there for years and was happy to do song or sam pooying with other girls in the bar, so she may or may not be familiar to some BM's LOL.

@boydeste I think you're right on the money with the locations. I was in no fit state to give an accurate idea of where anywhere was at that time of night.

2 minutes ago, Freee!! said:

Downstairs was a "normal" bar, the special services were upstairs.

Yep that's right. Didn't really spend too much time downstairs though...😇

Did I get the location right?. I'm pretty sure it was next door to the PO but tbh my memory is pretty vague of the area.

On 4/19/2024 at 8:10 AM, Derek Dangleberries said:

I think there are a few, including me, that thinks this thread is exactly where that meal belongs mate !!!!

😂😂😂 Bloody hell Derek I was thinking the exact same thing!!.

One observation that I made recently, well, more of a comparison actually is that in the past the eccentrics were harmless, they'd interact , be happy to chat and were just doing it because they were eccentric and enjoyed bringing happiness to others, like Glitterman.

Nowadays maybe it's more of a poor mental health thing. I detected an air of hostility in Pattaya in general this trip, and while I didn't see anyone I'd class as eccentric, the place does have a pretty good track record for sending people mad.

On 4/17/2024 at 2:12 PM, Freee!! said:

That was nearly at the corner with Second Road.

I thought Nice with Ice was upstairs just next door to the Post Office. FWIW Pumpstation is still there, or at least it was 2 weeks ago lol.

My memory of Nice with Ice was sitting next to the FLB forum BM Gman while we were both getting blow jobs, and a bloke 2 seats up was reading the newspaper at the same time!.

While we're in the area, I spent a couple of evenings in Wonderful bar at the top of the Soi this trip, as my friends cousin works there, as did she back in the day.

On 4/17/2024 at 9:11 PM, coxyhog said:

 

My mates bar The Pleasuredome was a couple of doors down on Soi Post Office.

That's a real blast from the past.

I played a few darts and pool matches for them back in 95. At the time I was staying at the Britannia on Soi Yamato, (run by Mickey, the leeds fan and Skinny) next door to the Poteen Still run by Danny Maher (lovely bloke and his wife was also very nice - I also remember his daughter who was just a babe in arms at the time).

As it happens Pleasuredome was short of players so I stood in for a couple of weeks. Can you remember the name of the GoGo on that street back then?, 1 unit size. about half way up with the centre stage and seating around it.

On 3/21/2024 at 3:52 AM, Mrmango said:

We agree that Governments over tax cars and trucks for all kinds of cray things.

But why would you assume that they will not keep doing that for EV's?

I totally agree, it's a logical evolution.

It'll possibly be a pay per mile using the vehicle telemetry to bill the end user each month, all agreed in the T&C's when you purchase the vehicle or passed as road traffic law. Tampering will be a criminal offence of fraud, as you'll be evading tax.

Possibly.

Safe fights @Binlid !

7 hours ago, fforest said:

There was a poster on the Pattaya Addicts board named Don (Joker) who passed away its been reported.....He had his own tread about his time in Thailand after he retired a year or so ago....

He had been on chemo for cancer for a number of months....

Not that same Don known as LDK elsewhere I hope.

Nice thread bump. I happenstanced upon a girl I knew who worked in Papagayo years ago, when she was a blank canvas , so to speak. She was off duty but sported a full sleeve, breast tattoos and one on her leg. Although they looked to be very well done and professional, I thought it was a shame as she's got a natural beauty that doesn't need enhancing.

I like tattoos on a girl, I mean swallows on the hands and ACAB on each knuckle is a bit beyond my taste, but in general I do find them attractive.

5 hours ago, Nickrock said:

Cerberus now that's a name from the past he was a mate of a mate ask him if he remembers Robin aka big Jim slay

I will ask him, I'll speak to him this afternoon 🙂 

5 hours ago, forcebwithu said:

Great story. Glad everything worked out fine for you in the end.

How is Cerberus doing? I hope his recovery is going well. 

He's absolutely fine and dandy mate.

I spent a chunk of my holiday at his house, we went around town a few evenings but mostly ended up in Hops on Yamato or Beer Hubb on Beach Road for some food and a few beers, or eating in the evening at his.

People have mentioned or asked about his health issues, which have been exaggerated by the jungle drums and even some twat saying he'd died (which I got pretty angry about on PA and probably banned, but hey ho). He spent a couple of weeks in hospital during Covid with an unrelated condition, but since then he has been in fairly good health.

He's relaunching the Devil's Den soon, and is seeking people to invest and inject some cash into it, I understand that all the info is on PA.

11 hours ago, Glasseye said:

This is the piece I would have liked to carry (if in that mess).

 

Ahem...

However I'd have much rather been on the business end of one of these:

8 hours ago, Nightcrawler said:

Good idea, although I would still advocate the death penalty  allowing me to bugger them into submission for repeat offenders 😄😄

Bit of adjustment of punctuation needed in your post mate. I did it for yer.

I spoke to Ricky a few times last week.

He told me that April 2023 was his worst month for trade and ran a fairly sizeable loss , purely due to people not coming into the bar because of water throwing.

This year he advocated keeping a section, or all of Soi Honey dry so the owners might be able to have it as a "dry Soi" and make some money. He arranged a meeting for all of them in his bar, and no one turned up. Not one bar owner bothered to get on board with the idea.

I've not idea why, or is it has developed into anything, but people started throwing water on the 10th on 7 and 8 and one bar on Beach Road nearby. Come the 11th and it had spread to 7 , 8 and the Poppy bar at the bottom of 8 had the large plastic barrels ready, people were playing about a bit on Bukhao, and 2 farang guys walked down Soi 10 each with a big plastic water gun, but basically the MC taxi guys at the top gave them a look which was clear enough in its instruction and was heeded.

I also spoke to Roger, the guy whose partner own "Kung's" on lengkee. Some places ran out of water on the 10th and 11th due to the twats on 7 and 8 using it all up. Not sure how true it is though as it was a second hand rumour.