Popular Post Butch Posted July 13 Popular Post Share Posted July 13 I read with sadness that "pattaya newsflash" which goes under the "pattaya sweethearts" website, formerly "pattaya-at-night" has now posted his last update as of June 2024. It's been going for years, and has always been my "news behind the news" website that I look at a few times a month, as the updates and photo's were all taken by the Webmaster (Nightwalker) - as it offered some interesting opinions and outlooks on life in funtown, complete with some great cartoons from Mike Baird . For a very short while it even had a forum, but sadly it never took off. Back in the glory days of Pattaya (oh no...here we go again lol) it was really good and served as a great portal for news and updates. I guess with the proliferation of forums, Youtube and FB, the need for a web portal such as this with monthly updated news has long since passed, and kudos to Nightwalker for keeping it going as long as he has. Now, I've never met the guy, but if he's reading this then I'd love the chance to buy him a few beers for bringing Pattaya to me in the times between my trips back in the day when the Internet was not as well established and my phone was a state of the art Motorola Razr. Thanks Nightwalker, happy retirement and all the best for the future. 3 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fforest Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) 1 hour ago, Butch said: I read with sadness that "pattaya newsflash" which goes under the "pattaya sweethearts" website, formerly "pattaya-at-night" has now posted his last update as of June 2024. It's been going for years, and has always been my "news behind the news" website that I look at a few times a month, as the updates and photo's were all taken by the Webmaster (Nightwalker) - as it offered some interesting opinions and outlooks on life in funtown, complete with some great cartoons from Mike Baird . For a very short while it even had a forum, but sadly it never took off. Back in the glory days of Pattaya (oh no...here we go again lol) it was really good and served as a great portal for news and updates. I guess with the proliferation of forums, Youtube and FB, the need for a web portal such as this with monthly updated news has long since passed, and kudos to Nightwalker for keeping it going as long as he has. Now, I've never met the guy, but if he's reading this then I'd love the chance to buy him a few beers for bringing Pattaya to me in the times between my trips back in the day when the Internet was not as well established and my phone was a state of the art Motorola Razr. Thanks Nightwalker, happy retirement and all the best for the future. I wonder if News Flash will keep his twitter going? His website was pretty messy but his twitter was pretty good....I liked his non mainstream views on things....I would look at his twitter on occasion... I use to like to look at Mike Bairds twitter too until about 8-9 months ago...Mike started complaining very loudly and very often that his twitter posts were not getting enough likes and people were not laughing enough at his jokes.... So he kicked almost all his twitter followers to the curb and blocked most of them just like he said he was going to do....Including me ( heck I had even given him some likes)......lol Parts of the older Pattaya keep falling away..... Edited July 13 by fforest 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 1 hour ago, fforest said: I wonder if News Flash will keep his twitter going? His website was pretty messy but his twitter was pretty good....I liked his non mainstream views on things....I would look at his twitter on occasion... I use to like to look at Mike Bairds twitter too until about 8-9 months ago...Mike started complaining very loudly and very often that his twitter posts were not getting enough likes and people were not laughing enough at his jokes.... So he kicked almost all his twitter followers to the curb and blocked most of them just like he said he was going to do....Including me ( heck I had even given him some likes)......lol Parts of the older Pattaya keep falling away..... Ahhh. I'm not on Twitter, nor am I on Facebook or youtube, I never knew he had an X account. I won't join Twitter purely out of the fact that it's easy to get drawn in and end up down a plughole, arguing over crap. Same goes for FB and YT. I'll use YT signed out, some videos that are age restricted I just bounce past, in fact I can't even remember my old username and password for YT even if I wanted to lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 3 hours ago, fforest said: I wonder if News Flash will keep his twitter going? His website was pretty messy but his twitter was pretty good....I liked his non mainstream views on things....I would look at his twitter on occasion... I use to like to look at Mike Bairds twitter too until about 8-9 months ago...Mike started complaining very loudly and very often that his twitter posts were not getting enough likes and people were not laughing enough at his jokes.... So he kicked almost all his twitter followers to the curb and blocked most of them just like he said he was going to do....Including me ( heck I had even given him some likes)......lol Parts of the older Pattaya keep falling away..... I just had a look at his account, you're not missing much .. 555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambo Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 5 hours ago, Butch said: Ahhh. I'm not on Twitter, nor am I on Facebook or youtube, I never knew he had an X account. I won't join Twitter purely out of the fact that it's easy to get drawn in and end up down a plughole, arguing over crap. Same goes for FB and YT. I'll use YT signed out, some videos that are age restricted I just bounce past, in fact I can't even remember my old username and password for YT even if I wanted to lol. Same as that, not a fan of FB or twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 7 minutes ago, Zambo said: Same as that, not a fan of FB or twitter. I also dont like Facebook.... But Twitter is completely different and kind of cool....Yes Twitter has loads of garbage ....But no need to look at anything on Twitter except what you want....I only have a few people I check on ever so often... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 (edited) 5 hours ago, Stillearly said: I just had a look at his account, you're not missing much .. 555 Before social media Mike kind of had a monopoly on life in Pattaya through his cartoons .....I like his cartoons a lot.... You know like the innocent poor farmers daughter looking to snag a rich dumb farang in his retirement....etc etc The old Pattaya of his cartoons drifts away more and more.... Like The farm girls are not so innocent or poor any more and the farang are not so dumb or rich anymore.....And Thailand is now a questionable place for retirement... Plus anyone with zero art skills like me can make fantastic cartoons about Pattaya using AI in a matter of minutes....... I think Mike losing his Pattaya social commentary crown. has left him not all that happy.... Edited July 14 by fforest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 20 minutes ago, fforest said: Before social media Mike kind of had a monopoly on life in Pattaya through his cartoons .....I like his cartoons a lot.... You know like the innocent poor farmers daughter looking to snag a rich dumb farang in his retirement....etc etc The old Pattaya of his cartoons drifts away more and more.... Like The farm girls are not so innocent or poor any more and the farang are not so dumb or rich anymore.....And Thailand is now a questionable place for retirement... Plus anyone with zero art skills like me can make fantastic cartoons about Pattaya using AI in a matter of minutes....... I think Mike losing his Pattaya social commentary crown. has left him not all that happy.... He also was left not at all happy when he fell and, IIRC, broke his hip and learned just how many real friends he had during his recovery. The sad reality for most of us; our friends are really just acquaintances and can't be counted on when the chips are down. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 10 hours ago, Butch said: I read with sadness that "pattaya newsflash" which goes under the "pattaya sweethearts" website, formerly "pattaya-at-night" has now posted his last update as of June 2024. It's been going for years, and has always been my "news behind the news" website that I look at a few times a month, as the updates and photo's were all taken by the Webmaster (Nightwalker) - as it offered some interesting opinions and outlooks on life in funtown, complete with some great cartoons from Mike Baird . For a very short while it even had a forum, but sadly it never took off. Back in the glory days of Pattaya (oh no...here we go again lol) it was really good and served as a great portal for news and updates. I guess with the proliferation of forums, Youtube and FB, the need for a web portal such as this with monthly updated news has long since passed, and kudos to Nightwalker for keeping it going as long as he has. Now, I've never met the guy, but if he's reading this then I'd love the chance to buy him a few beers for bringing Pattaya to me in the times between my trips back in the day when the Internet was not as well established and my phone was a state of the art Motorola Razr. Thanks Nightwalker, happy retirement and all the best for the future. Great post. But, I am slightly confused. I thought you guys were stall buddies. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 7 hours ago, Glasseye said: Great post. But, I am slightly confused. I thought you guys were stall buddies. ? you're getting "nightwalker" confused with @Nightcrawler - One's a raving homosexual who moderates this forum, the other has his own website and is a different person altogether. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fforest Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 (edited) Anyone who wants to see Pattaya News Flash go to Twitter .....As of today he is still posting there... And be sure and like all of cartoonman posts on twitter or you will get blocked.. Edited July 14 by fforest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 5 minutes ago, fforest said: Anyone who wants to see Pattaya News Flash go to Twitter .....As of today he is still posting there... I think I'll pass on that one mate. I think the website held a bit of nostalgia for me, the format right through to the pics etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 18 minutes ago, Butch said: you're getting "nightwalker" confused with @Nightcrawler - One's a raving homosexual who moderates this forum, the other has his own website and is a different person altogether. 🙂 Oh my, thanks for pointing that out. Yet, isn't it true that you have to crawl before you walk ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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