Painter Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 No picture, but the road works on soi 15 now include pre-drilling the road from where they had previously ended by the entrance to the soi from 15 to diana, past Pride Condo, further up towards buckhou beyond the entrance to Grand Avenue and Centara. Concrete laying now complete from 2nd road to Urban, and infront of Mercure. The main area of works seem to be infront of Avenue Residence. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 1 minute ago, Painter said: the soi from 15 to diana, past Pride Condo "Piss Alley" For those that haven't walked up that way on a hot day, try not to breath in too often .... unless you are into that sort of thing of course. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Sitting at Prommannee last night enjoying a couple of drinks when shortly after 7pm saw a lady putting out No Parking signs in front of tree town. Asked the owner of Prom about it and she didn't know why they were putting up the signs. Not easy to see in the pic, but the sign has hours for no parking listed as 6pm - 1am. Apparently the signs are official as about an hour and half later the police showed up and were forcing people to clear the no parking area. I'm puzzled by what they're trying to achieve with the no parking as the road is sufficiently wide at this point for two lanes of traffic, even with bikes and cars parked up. Also stopped in at Billabong last night and was puzzled by what this sign in the bathroom meant. The faucets worked fine, so it wasn't about that. Anyone with Thai skills, what is the other sign advising for 300B? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 News report on the no parking signs. Only time I've noticed traffic backed up was when cars and baht buses stopped to pick up or drop off passengers. Instead of making the entire area in front of Tree Town no parking, they could have designated a smaller section for pickups and drop offs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 45 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: Anyone with Thai skills, what is the other sign advising for 300B? Don't (forbidden) puke in the toilet. Fine 300 baht. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBC Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: they could have designated a smaller section for pickups and drop offs. And how many Baht Buses do you think would obey that ?? I imagine about 0%........ Edited April 29, 2022 by SteveBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 4 hours ago, fygjam said: Don't (forbidden) puke in the toilet. Fine 300 baht. Thanks for the translation. Must be a common problem as Prommannee has a sign like that too. They at least had the courtesy of writing it in English, and there's no fine if you ignore the plea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 23 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said: "Piss Alley" For those that haven't walked up that way on a hot day, try not to breath in too often .... unless you are into that sort of thing of course. Id often use this soi to cut through when staying at pattaya bay resort,used to be a homeless guy camped up just before the junction,whenever he got moved on he always reappeared at the same place,what a life,think some bgs from the bars at that junction used to feed him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 A few from the archives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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forcebwithu Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) Soi 15 road work update. You can still get through to 2nd Rd through the Avenue parking lot, but probably for not much longer. A few pics of Soi Boomerang. Since elections are on the 22nd, guessing this has something to do with that. Edited May 12, 2022 by forcebwithu 1 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 ^^^ News item about the sign on Beach Rd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Quote .......... also not to accept money for voting for any candidate 555555555555555555555!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john luke Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 On 4/27/2022 at 9:26 AM, KWA said: They've not long closed a shop about 50 yards away at the junction of Soi Buakhao and Soi Made in Thailand. Snip from Google StreetView. I have never been in one, but always thought they looked a very professional set up. Last trip I wanted replacement lenses for distance glasses and started looking at reviews. They came out very badly, essentially saying unqualified staff and merely salesmen and saleswomen to be politically correct. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 22 minutes ago, john luke said: I have never been in one, but always thought they looked a very professional set up. Last trip I wanted replacement lenses for distance glasses and started looking at reviews. They came out very badly, essentially saying unqualified staff and merely salesmen and saleswomen to be politically correct. They are expensive for what they are but I used them a lot when buying glasses for driving. The reason was that I was travelling around Thailand for work and if I had a problem they would fix them for free in any shop, anywhere in Thailand. My main problem was bent frames, screws dropping out/missing etc or just wear and tear because I was forever dropping them or sitting on them whilst drunk. This was more than 10 years ago so perhaps their service has worsened over the years.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) Had some glasses made by them to my UK prescription in Pathum Thani back in 2002. Total crap.😡 Like wearing beer goggles ffs! I left them on the counter and walked out without paying. Edited May 12, 2022 by KhunDon Date corrected 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBC Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, KhunDon said: back in 2022. What year are you living in now Don, or maybe you live by the Thai calendar ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 48 minutes ago, john luke said: I have never been in one, but always thought they looked a very professional set up. Last trip I wanted replacement lenses for distance glasses and started looking at reviews. They came out very badly, essentially saying unqualified staff and merely salesmen and saleswomen to be politically correct. I'll add my own experience to the negative reviews of the chain. When I first moved to Thailand I brought my US Rx with me and bought lenses and frames from one of their stores. I still had them do a quick checkup on my eyes and could tell they were pretty clueless on how to operate the equipment properly. Not only was the staff unqualified, but the quality of the frames were crap. Within a month I noticed the paint on the frames was dissolving and flaking off from, what I guess, was contact with the oil on my skin. I returned to the store and pointed out the defect and asked for a replacement under their one year guarantee. Staff's reply was the frame and lenses were not broken so no replacement. Had a bit of back and forth over that and ended up telling the staff in a loud enough voice so the two other customers in the store could hear me their product was garbage as I tossed the glasses into the store's garbage bin. Surprised with such low quality product and getting hammered in reviews they're still in business. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 26 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: I'll add my own experience to the negative reviews of the chain. When I first moved to Thailand I brought my US Rx with me and bought lenses and frames from one of their stores. I still had them do a quick checkup on my eyes and could tell they were pretty clueless on how to operate the equipment properly. Not only was the staff unqualified, but the quality of the frames were crap. Within a month I noticed the paint on the frames was dissolving and flaking off from, what I guess, was contact with the oil on my skin. I returned to the store and pointed out the defect and asked for a replacement under their one year guarantee. Staff's reply was the frame and lenses were not broken so no replacement. Had a bit of back and forth over that and ended up telling the staff in a loud enough voice so the two other customers in the store could hear me their product was garbage as I tossed the glasses into the store's garbage bin. Surprised with such low quality product and getting hammered in reviews they're still in business. Similar experience with the paint peeling off.... except it didnt start doing so until I was back in the uk. A friend who is an optician looked at them and said the lenses were good... but the frames were very cheap and cheerful. I ended up taking them completely apart one weekend and respraying them. They lasted a lot longer after that, like a couple of years, until I scratched the lenses one day after painting a ceiling... and my head....and my arms....and my glasses... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 This is often mentioned as being their real business. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fygjam Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I had been to an optometrist in Perth to get new lenses but they were going to take 2 weeks. Had to come from Sydney and I'd be in Thailand by then. Coming back from Pantip near Ratchathewi BTS was a Top Charoen shop so I dropped in to be greeted by a smoking hot dolly bird in her crisp tight snow white uniform. Got over the message I wanted new lenses for my existing frames. Takes me out the back where the optometrist is. He puts the frame with the drop in lenses on my nose and try this one, that one, go back, cover your eye type thing until we have a good set. The the smoking hot dolly bird takes me back to the front part of the shop, gets me some ice water and I wait. About 20 minutes the motorcycle rider turns up, goes out back then returns and takes off. The smoking hot dolly bird takes me to where the optometrist is again, he's just polishing my new lenses after mounting them in my frames. Pops them on my nose and gives me the test card to read. The look of absolute disappointment on his face when I can't read a thing. Then the smoking hot dolly bird flips the test card over from the Thai side to the English side and I read away. Smiles all round. Get my old lenses back in the Hoya packets then new lenses came in. Pay the bill, about half the cost I was quoted back in Perth. Later, back in Perth, confirmed that the lenses were indeed top of the line Hoya. My one and only experience with Top Charoen but all good as far as I'm concerned. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunDon Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 3 hours ago, SteveBC said: What year are you living in now Don, or maybe you live by the Thai calendar ?? Yeh that’s because my head hurts. 🤪 Date corrected to 2002. Now where the fuk did I put my glasses. 😉 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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forcebwithu Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 The Zero Bar location has a new name A few snaps from Beach Rd. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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