[Short time rooms near jomtien]

1 hour ago, scott456 said:

you can always do it in the public toilet in shopping malls.

...and the nearest shopping mall to Jomtien is?

[New airlines to be launched next year]

4 hours ago, fedssocr said:

Good luck to them all. 

... and their passengers 🙃

[Island recommendation]

On 2/27/2023 at 10:53 AM, joshhb said:

Although Samui and Chang are easy to get to, the Samui and Trat airports are privately owned by Bangkok Airways, and therefore priced as a monopoly.

So are the Trat taxis ☹️

[Cambodian mystery and Thai solution - first trip of 2023]

21 hours ago, reader said:

 I thought that was one of the room's assets.🙂

Depends who's in it 🙃

[A bit of Advice . . .]

I've received random blackmail emails of this kind on several occasions.

I'd have been more worried by them if I actually possessed a webcam...

[Why don't we post Grindr profiles?]

5 hours ago, Boy69 said:

Your' second habit ' is causing us to crush our brain trying to understand what you are saying instead of fluid reading of everybody else comments whom write normally. 

No. Some of us just skip those posts.

You only write it once, but you hope many people will (try to) read it, or why bother?  So make it easy for them.

[Want to do something special for a guy?]

On 1/27/2023 at 9:03 PM, Tartegogo said:

Since quite few of them are straight, what do you guys think about buying them the girl of their choice?

That strikes me as asking for trouble. You're buying her as a commodity, in order to show him that he's something more than a commodity?  Think about the social dynamics in terms of Thai culture. Who gains or loses face, remembering that face is not a zero-sum game?  And it's a three-way (at least) transaction, so even more complicated.

[Find old man into my life]

2 hours ago, spoon said:

Calling older people of our parent's age uncle or aunty is a cultural things here as well. But calling someone papa, or daddy is definitely not a norm here. 

"Daddy" can also refer to someone in a particular kind of relationship, which might be inappropriate.

[Post Covid first trip back to Thailand - Bangkok and Pattaya December 2022]

6 hours ago, Mavica said:

Thank you for your first report, and, especially, for the courtesy of writing with paragraphs.

And vowels 😊

[Naturist in Thailand]

I have no personal experience of Club Med, but "all-inclusive activities" and "childcare" are prominent items on their website:

"Club Med specializes in premium all-inclusive vacations packages for families "

[Phuket trip spring 2023]

4 hours ago, vinapu said:

dn't wrr, ll gd, pst nt lkd cn lws b mttd

Not being primary English speaker I wonder what PigLatin is though. Honest question

When I grew up we had Kitchen Latin ( very foul language) and I wonder if that's the same  but somehow I doubt

igPay atinLay is where you move the first letter to the end of the (English; translation not required) word and add "ay", or similar.

(Polite request to all: please don't ! 🤫. I think we've quite enough thread drift, from Phuket massage to members' vowel habits.)

[PrEParations]

5 hours ago, thaiophilus said:

Yes, don't mix alcohol with metronidazole (aka Flagyl). Not because it makes the antibiotic ineffective but...

... the "disulfiram-like reaction" consists of nausea, vomiting, flushing, dizziness, throbbing headache, chest and abdominal discomfort, and general hangover-like symptoms among others. (Disulfiram is better known as Antabuse.)

perhaps I should add that the above is from Wikipedia, not personal experience 😀

[PrEParations]

9 hours ago, maump said:

The disulfiram-like reaction, though classically associated with metronidazole, occurs with uncertain frequency and with varied severity. Cephalosporins with a methylthiotetrazole (MTT) side chain or a methylthiodioxotriazine (MTDT) ring, ketoconazole, and griseofulvin have an increased risk of a disulfiram-like reaction.

Yes, don't mix alcohol with metronidazole (aka Flagyl). Not because it makes the antibiotic ineffective but...

... the "disulfiram-like reaction" consists of nausea, vomiting, flushing, dizziness, throbbing headache, chest and abdominal discomfort, and general hangover-like symptoms among others. (Disulfiram is better known as Antabuse.)

[Visitors to Thailand must show proof of at least two Covid-19 vaccinations]

14 hours ago, floridarob said:

For the moment, searching all my ailments.....

Look out for smallpox. That one's a killer.

Oh, wait... nobody seems to get that one any more. I wonder why not?

[one way ticket to LOS]

In about 25 years of trips to Thailand I've only been questioned once, for a slightly different reason: I checked in (with Emirates at LGW) with a return ticket, but the return was dated more than 30 days after the outward flight and they noticed that I had no visa. I explained that I had tickets from BKK to Delhi and back from a different airline, so I would actually have two stays of less than 30 days in LoS. They took my word for it.

[Pattaya Massage shops review 2023]

which reminds me, one thing in its favour that Scandic used to offer was the full-body foam "massage", but I suspect they stopped doing that some time ago.

[Pattaya Massage shops review 2023]

26 minutes ago, kokopelli3 said:

There is one nice lad at Scandic by the name of Gun.  He is about 35 yo and has a great personality and speaks good English. He gives a good massage and does everything except bottom. His fee for off premise massage was 1500; not sure what the tip is at Scandic.

Yes, I'd recommend Gun, but I have no recent experience of any of the other Scandic staff so can't comment on them.

He was formerly at Narcissus, then moved to Ambiance when Narcissus closed. Good to know he still enjoys his work.

[Thailand’s new rail hub finally ready to roll]

21 hours ago, vinapu said:

whole station on that scale seems like great waste of money so 33 million this way or that just adds to misspent fund anyways.

Saying that  ,it quite possible that in 20-30 everybody will be praising vision of builders as it will be exactly on the scale Bangkok will need then.

I still believe that some form of rail transport ( shuttle train or streetcar ) from Haulampong to new station would be very beneficial   for all users

In principle, there's the MRT, but TiT so it's a 650+ metre walk (according to Google) from Bang Sue MRT to what may or not be an entrance to  Krung Thep Aphiwat.

[Does anyone know his onlyfans?or his name… HELP]

12 hours ago, vinapu said:

may be he doesn't have one, no ?

Look closely at the lower right corner of the video (don't let the activity above distract you 😊) - you can just make out (I think) "OnlyFans.to". It's clearest around 35-40 seconds in.

[Why can't Jomtien Complex become an International destination]

On 12/17/2022 at 4:22 PM, PeterRS said:

Thanks for spotting that. They're below the flight path and a few miles from the airport. Missed approaches will generally be much closer to the runways.

Sorry, couldn't resist. It gave a whole new meaning to the title of a TV series from a few years ago called "City in the Sky" .

Missed approaches start near the runway but the procedure may take you to a hold the best part of 10 miles from the airport before you can be slotted in for another go: "Climb to 3000 straight ahead until passing 1580 or I-AA DME zero inbound whichever is later, then left onto track 036. Keep the Premier Inn on your left.  On passing LON DME 10 proceed to NDB CHT at 3000. Pass between Bentley Priory and Shree Swaminarayan Temple not above 3500."

Or something like that. 😊

[Why can't Jomtien Complex become an International destination]

6 hours ago, PeterRS said:

 I have friends who live virtually above the flight path

Never mind the noise, that sounds remarkably dangerous. How does the missed-approach procedure work? 😊

[Underground Pedestrian Tunnels to Open in Historic Bangkok District]

Quite an electricity bill.

[Report on Pattaya - Sunee]

3 minutes ago, kokopelli3 said:

I do hope you are referring to the pay toilet that is adjacent to the gate? 

Yes, of course 😊. You can see it on the right in the Street View picture.

[My Swampy experience]

2 hours ago, Patanawet said:

Have lived here 22+ years and never heard a local refer to the airport as 'swampy' (or Pattaya as 'Patters'). Maybe I should get out more.

Literal translation of Nong Ngu Hao "cobra swamp", which is what the airport site was called before its current name ("Golden Land") was bestowed.

[Report on Pattaya - Sunee]

7 hours ago, vinapu said:

it's even less if you take shortcut by the Hindu temple in parallel soi to one where Nice Boys are.

For the avoidance of inadvertent offence - actually it's Sikh (Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha), not Hindu.

There's another shortcut across the Wat Chai Mongkon car park (Google Street View) (handy hong nam if you're desperate!) to a gate on 2nd Road (Street View).