thaiophilus

Not "exactly". I didn't notice her making a gratuitous personal attack, which is probably what earned you your arrows.

My question about what makes firstt class was intended more to stimulate discussion than as a serious request for information, but a lurker has PMd an explanation of the official bus classes: "1st class: luxe, with AC, if run by private contractors often labelled 'VIP´; should have an onboard toilet (which does not guarantee it's usable!). Mostly non stop or at least no official stops en route. 2nd: basic AC, just a seat and nothing more. Nowadays mostly minivans; will also do intermediate stops 3rd: rarely seen today, old style orange non-AC does all stops, takes each+everything onboard etc. Also the big songthaews that serve most very local provincial lines. 4th: double deck bus, with AC, very few of these, intermediate between 1st/2nd. Prone to accidents and thus mistrusted by most Thai now."

I wonder what makes it "first-class"? Suggestions invited...

( quoting a month-old thread) Do tell 🤣

The main thing to note is that the local train still departs from Hualamphong (not Krung Thep Aphiwat). To Ayutthaya it costs 20B (3rd class, no booking needed.) See https://www.seat61.com/Thailand.htm#Bangkok_to_Ayutthaya Seat61 also has some useful advice about timing on the return journey. Then hire a bicycle for the day for another 50-100 baht,.

But you don't have that excuse, so what's your point? "A quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we know nothing" ?

Back in 1990 it was LGBO*, and that was probably tongue in cheek: "O for Others, * for anyone who still feels left out".

I have my own domain, so I can put anything I like to the left of the @ . For particular interests or activities e.g. travel, theatre, etc I have separate mailboxes with matching names, so email arrives pre-sorted. For websites, mailing lists etc. I generally use their name, so when that address starts receiving spam or scams I know which site has been compromised.

... is it sponsored by Nice Boys/Boys Nighclub? (well, it's where I'd go to see a display of kite flying - 300B to the winner! 🪁🍆)

Maybe he meant this kind of charm?

Ah, Chiang Rai, where one of the biggest night-life attractions is watching the clock tower change colour 😀. Does the Regency Boys Bar still exist, and if so what is it like? I looked in once and it was so dark I couldn't see anything (anyone!) that would have tempted me in. Then there's the White and Blue temples: and the Black House: Further afield, don't miss the 25-storey Kuan Yin at Wat Huay Pla Kang. and the Abbot appears to be a reincarnation of Matt Lucas...

On the down side, sometimes it's too easy to disembark from. I have seen someone wearing flip-flops slip and fall off the back platform while the bus was moving.

... but don't flag an empty bus, and don't ask the driver where he's going. Otherwise you might find you've chartered the entire bus as a taxi, for a lot more than 10 baht 😲.

If you visit Chatuchak and see something you like, buy it now! If you think you'll come back later if you don't find something better, the odds are that you'll never find the stall again.

This message, or something equivalent, ought to be a pinned post 😀

What the "average precipitiation" in that chart doesn't tell you is how the rain is distributed throughout the day. You can plan around a predictable hour's thunderstorm at the same time every day in a way you can't when there's no pattern to the precipitation.

USD are not in general circulation in Thailand the way they are used in parallel with riels in Cambodia. They can't be spent directly (e.g. in a 7-11), so by tipping USD you're giving the boy the hassle (albeit small) of exchanging them, which diminishes the value of the gesture. IMHO it would better to change them yourself and tip with real money.

Works OK for me. (Firefox, Windows 10)

You ought to turn that into a Google map or similar, just for @Olddaddy !

According to the Wayback Machine it was around between about 2008-2016. Nicky's books are still available: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cocktail-Boyz-1-White/dp/1533652244

and later, Nicky's Gay {Bangkok|Pattaya} which lasted until he published three novels set in Sunee, shut down the site and retired quite abruptly.

Not boring at all. No relevance to Thai, but I saw something similar a couple of days ago: a farang with a Viking-themed tattoo all over his arm. It included some runes which spelled futhark ... which is the runic equivalent of ABCDEF.

And make sure you set up your financial arrangements so SB knows you're worth more alive than dead

That's what I understood. There's much less dairy in the average Asian diet because so many adult Asians are lactose-intolerant. My dairy intake is relatively low by Western standards, which maybe explains why many years ago I was virtually kidnapped by one of the locals in House of Male (Chiang Mai) because he "liked my smell". A long story, which I have no intention of telling here...

Should have leased them...