Thailand news – Official closing time for Thai nightspots will be shuffled forward 2 hours to 4am – clarification about where the new closing times will be, will be announced today. But there will be an alcohol ban this Saturday/Sunday.
Petrol prices to drop next week with further government subsidy, Defence Minister provides some more insight into the sub-to-frigate swap, a 4-day new year holiday announced, air pollution in Thailand set to be worse this next burning season, announcement about the release of Thai hostages today, another perspective on the Thai/Russia relationship, and Kenny G and Ed Sheeran coming to Thailand.
Link to Pattaya Mail story…
https://www.pattayamail.com/latestnews/news/the-ifs-and-buts-of-thailands-new-friendship-with-russia-443748
A link to the new Beach House at Turtle Beach for you to rent…
https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/928007184476969510
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there should be a 11 month thai woman lent every year, for the atm sanity crisis they put you through….
Tim are you still a happy little Vegemite? It is celebrating 100 years on the shelves. Can we expect a special mention and taste test with Steve on your show?
NO. Kenny G does not play jazz. He is a joke in the real jazz world.
I love the way you say "frigate". Much akin to "frickit"…555
Your Klingon is excellent sir. Kapla.
2:07 sounds like Dutch language!
In order to provide some balanced reporting, I'd like to say, I like elephant pants😂😂.
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Nothing about the closing between 2pm and 5pm which is a nuisance for ordinary shoppers who want to buy alcohol with their normal shopping.
Mom and Pop shops always sell beer. The only time I have not been supplied beer was on election day.
Kenny G is definitely Jazz. That's the music genre/section you'll find his whole discography at, in any music store (physical or digital).
always that one boat ? maybe it should be fixed
Diplomatic relations with Russia is a national decision, which we should accept. It’s the tourist choice to come or not to Thailand. As you have already said, do they want to visit or hold onto their principles 😮
Of course, the four o'clock closings are not compulsory. Up to the publicans if it makes sense for them to do so.
When they say 'entertainment venues', does that mean only those with entertainment licenses?
"Dust"?😂 Air pollution. Smoke. And barely anything much to do with traffic, but all with open field and forest burning. Jeez pretty clear because the only one with a working brain is Singapore which was again complaining about Indonesia fires. No worries. In February, March and April the whole North will join the party and the mountains will burn again and the North will suffocate and the whole silly fingerpointing and talking about cars and water spraying starts again. Till the rain season fixes things for a while. Never learn. If only they took this national health crisis as serious as covid19… way more long term damage. All those children in leaky schools without air purifiers. General knowledge and awareness is severely missing and true government loves it. Where is the national awareness campaign on tv and all other channels?
Don't worry, the night entertainment don't care about the closing time!! They're open for many years already until the early morning 6-7a.m. and the "brown envelopes" will continue!!😂😂
Just a thought: when you sign off show the view of the sea. Please.
I can picture Tim getting tanner and more and more mellow as he adjusts to the slow pace at the beach. Eventually he might just light a doobie on his show and forget about all this "news" 🏝️
Thanks for the report!
When pub closing times make headlines it just shows what a dull uneventful place Thailand really is.Unless your a piss head.
Only one boat left…. ?
To old now 🤣
If air polution is worse next burning season it will be the end of Chiangmai as a tourist destination. But C* rules i suppose.
You need to change that 5 Star Marine advert
2:13 The language isn't Klingon it's because they hired a Klingon to write their webpage. They're trying to use a single quotation mark (') but it's actually being translated to ’ because instead of reading the single quotation mark as UTF-8 it's being translated into a format called CP-1252 which is made up of the hex values E2,80,99 (or â,€,™)
They were trying to write 'Awk Phansa'. I could tell you how to fix it, but you'd have to pay me a salary to do so.
I can imagine someone planning a trip to Thailand to spend time between beach and bar with young girls check if first Thailand is aligned with the West or with Russia/China.
People telling that are not coming to Thailand for Russians are people that cannot afford expensive flights as the prices are twice compared to 2020.
H5N1 goes round the globe killing millions of birds, sealions and seals. Hopefully not all penguins