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So sounds like she is a freelancer. Don't need her driving customers away.

Irishman beaten senseless on Soi 7 by 10 Thais less than 24 hours after he arrived in Sodom By The Sea.

What a crazy drive home Alaskan Bear! Welcome back! The way your car was sliding on the bridge it looked you might have gone over the side of the bridge which I guess is the way some bad romances end! It's nice driving on empty roads though. Not a baht bus in sight! I compressed the video and hopefully it will now show here. It was not viewable before. abdrive.mp4

He does not mention Cebu Square where the freelancers hung out and one could have a quiet Red Horse or San Mig Lite at pleasant tables outside for 50 or 60 pisos. And discos upstairs. I had heard the complex closed down but am not really sure. But doubt he could have missed it so I guess it is closed or at least different than 5 years ago. It was a good alternative for guys who don't like the dating app concept although guys tell me that Pina Love is the way to go in Cebu.

These are the absolute lows of the day, which would be night time temperature, hopefully not taken with an anal thermometer. https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/thailand/pattaya/historic

Took a look at this site. Seems useful for guys who want to extend their Sim's validity from abroad so they don't lose their number.

The last week is probably the longest extended cold spell that I can remember in Pattaya. The last few days the low of the day was 18 degrees (64 Farenheit). I'm not complaining but my pool doesn't get much sun so I haven't been swimming but luckily I do have a sauna. Do you guys like it when it's this cold?

Vern lost his defamation lawsuit. Some speculate that jury selection played a part as the young social media savvy jury might have saw things differently than old farts would have.

So how DO the bars survive? I suppose there are some situations where a farang is financing a bar for his girlfriend by paying the key money and maybe even the rent so the Thai barowner just needs to have positive cash flow rather than an actual profit. Would be cheaper to just give the girl money but some farangs like the idea of owning a bar. Guess if you own a bar you get your own special table and can pick the music you want to hear. Then I guess there are situations where the barowner also rents out upstairs rooms and if the rooms cover the total rent then one way to look at it (incorrectly) is that the bar is rent free. I also think there is a trend towards freelance hostess staff with perhaps the the cashier being the only salaried staff. I guess this works best if your primary concern is not losing money as opposed to making money which makes good sense in an economic downturn. Of course, this makes it more difficult to force the staff to show up every day so if for example there is a big morlam and all the ladyboys go to the morlam then there are no staff available for customers. (I would imagine that the big morlam held on December 5th probably had a 1000 ladyboys in the audience). One night at Katty Bar there was no staff except for Teya which was just fine with me but then my buddy wanted to barfine Teya so she had to call Emmy who appeared sleepy eyed from upstairs. In the massage business it is standard that the girls are not salaried and just get a cut of the massage price plus tips. So where my girlfriend works there is no salary, just a cut and tips and she still has to clean the joint one day a week. When she operated her own beach massage place, her workers were expected to set up and break down the place every day with her and share the non massage workload even though they weren't on salary. Except for the most successful operations the farang barowner is just buying a job. He is forced to be on premises most of the time unless he has a honest cashier. And if he has an outgoing personality that draws in customers then he must be at the bar most of the time to entertain them which probably gets old quick. I guess there will be a Darwinian shakeout, the strong will survive and perhaps rents will come down creating a more positive business environment. But it seems the Chaiyapoon/Treetown area is on an upswing so even in bad times there are areas that are prospering.

That's what I hear too! Note I'm a married man with no first hand knowledge but she seems like a good choice if you want a wild session! And as QG said, bring your own gear.

No, they're mugs, I guess 12 ounces? Or could be 10, not really sure what the glasses hold. They also have pitchers fro 2 USD but not sure how many pints in a pitcher.

Draft Angkor or Anchor is only 50 cents or about 45 Eurocents in some Phnom Penh bars. These aren't hostess bars or sports bars though. That is literally cheaper than the chips they serve!

Bud is more expensive than Heineken or Amstel??? People actually drink Bud there? They seem to really like one football club.

Some quick observations............... The town feels emptier than at the same time last year. Additionally the ratio of mongers to total visitors has decreased. My girlfriend works at a busy massage shop and there are more women customers than men. Obviously the strong baht against all monger currencies has an affect. I guess that is mitigated to some degree by more affordable airfare than years ago. Thirty years ago, there was not a general awareness of how cheap and user friendly the Pattaya sex experience was. The internet changed all that. But there's not that many people nowadays that are all of a sudden aware of what happens in Pattaya. It amazes that ladyboy barowners don't take advantage of the free advertising potential of all the forums. Put more effort in bigger forums of course but there are there are some guys who only read one of the less populated forums. It's free. Why in the world would you not take advantage of free advertising? There are a handful of photographic hobbyists who enjoy the ladyboy shoot niche. These guys are happy to take nice pics, send them to the owner so he can post them on the forums and Facebook. Not sure why barowners aren't approaching these guys. Beyond advertising, of course bars have to give the customer a good experience. TJ's seems busy. It's hard for me to evaluate Katty Bar cause if just a few guys beyond the regulars shows up it seems much busier than usual . The other bars I rarely go to. I figure some random ladyboy is just going to pester me for drinks. But there might be another bar that appeals to me but it's just off my radar. I mean I know they exist but I don't hear anything about them. I suppose truth be told, I am not really the type of guy who spends big money. OTOH, I know lots of guys, and when they're in town I suggest the bars that I like, So for example, Katty Bar would go out of business if they depended on guys like me. But since they treat me extremely well there I bring other guys who buy those things called ladydrinks and who sometimes barfine.

Well playing the Thai lottery which I've never done ain't going to do it. In the USA occasionally the Powerball (good name for a ladyboy) or Mega Millions (Mega Cock would also be a good name) gets to 500 million USD. In such case the EV (expected value) of a $1 wagered might exceed $1 albeit with sky high variance. Since winning 500 million isn't really ten times as good as winning 50 million, in offices co-workers often pool their money when the jackpot is big to increase one's chance of winning. If I do ever win 50 million we're going to Rio where a travesti in the 50% percentile of length and girth is probably better endowed than her Thai sister in the 80th percentile. BBG, While sipping your coffee you can ponder, "where does a gay senorita say si si".

Very useful info Rom! If a ladyboy says she hab big cock what does that mean? She should say hab cock 80th (or whatever) percentile!

A buddy of mine is visiting China for a couple of weeks after a 3 month trip in Thailand and was asking me about getting a Chinese Visa in Bangkok. Have any of you done so? Were you required to provide either an Invitation Letter or Hotel Booking? Which office did you use? Anyone know how convenient these places are?

Was hungry as hell at 9PM as all I had to eat all day was 2 slices of toast so figured it would be a good time to revisit CC and had the roast chicken dinner again. Chicken was good. Stuffing was more like a pastry than American stuffing but that's OK. Both mashed and roast potatoes. Veggies, broccoli, carrots, and cabbage were all cold. In hindsight, I could have just asked the waitress to microwave them for a minute. Black pudding advertised but not served. Did not get served black pudding last time either. Not 100% sure what black pudding is but don't think anything on the plate could have been it. But my plate was so full if they gave me black pudding there wouldn't have been room for something else and I like it all. Gravy. Lots of food. No way I would go out afterward as I was way to stuffed. Tremendous value.

They're all excellent but I think Hitler short times a ladyboy is my favorite!

Buakhao is a silly spot for a non-guest-friendly hotel.

Big fire at the Holiday Inn Express on Soi Buakhao in the wee hours this morning. 400 guests evacuated.

Musk said, "I assume he literally didn’t mean to sodomize me with a submarine"

On Soi Buakhao......

My Thailand discretionary budget is 500 baht per day and I don't deprive myself of anything that I really want. I'm lucky because I have very simple tastes. Most days I am way under 500 baht but then there are days where I might go significantly over so I figure it averages out to about 500 baht. The biggest budgetary change since I moved to Pattaya is lodging. At first, I tried to keep lodging costs low and found the best cheap room I could for me and my teerak in a place that had a swimming pool. If living alone a studio is just fine, but over the years found out that I really needed a one bedroom for us to be happy. Now I've upgraded even more to a place with a nice kitchen in a location that's good for both me and my girlfriend. But I go out much less, though not for financial reasons. Ladyboys bars have lost their appeal and so has drinking. I don't want a beer buzz everyday and when I go out it's most often just for a couple drinks since I don't like to wake up the next morning with even the slightest hangover. Luckily, I like cheap Thai food so don't feel the need to eat expensive farang food. I'm not hunting, so there's not money being spent on ladydrinks and barfines. The only reason (for me) to a buy a ladydrink is if I'm interviewing for sex or want some company in a bar. I realize that my 500 baht budget is not doable for most guys as the cost of sex adds up quickly. But if I wasn't in a relationship, I'd be doing Thai Friendly or Beach Road. Most guys I know, pay between 700 and 1000 baht for booty calls. Now the thing is if you go to bar even if you have one drink, one ladydrink, and a barfine that's going to be 500 baht or more right there before paying the girl. So I wouldn't be pulling from bars very much unless there was someone I really wanted from a bar. But even Thai Friendly twice a week for 700 plus 100 taxi money to be nice could fit into that 15K a month discretionary budget. Of course guys on holiday want to have sex more than twice a week so this really doesn't apply. When I was coming here on holidays, I had a 4000 baht a day budget for everything except my flight and guys thought that was low. What if I had 100 million baht in the bank? I'd get a nicer place, maybe View Talay 7 in Jomtien with sweeping views. I wouldn't buy a car though. I guess I'd use Grab more often. I'd tip more and pick up more tabs for my mates. I wouldn't have to think twice before paying 5 baht for the bog, lol. I'd upgrade my girlfriend's family lifestyle. I'd travel more and stay in nicer hotels. But the main benefit of having 100 million baht is that I wouldn't have to worry about money. And I'd know that I could cover extreme medical expenses. 100 million baht would give me freedom. I'd be set for the rest of life as long as I don't fuck up. But I wouldn't go out to bars any more often than I do now. Now a billion baht would be awesome as I could then spend money with reckless abandon. But I strongly suspect that this spending with reckless abandon would get old rather quickly. At least for me. It'd be great to say to friends that we're going to Rio for a week, business class and 5 star hotel on me. But I honestly don't think that would make me much happier than a night out in TJs. But I reckon my mates would like it. But I'm digressing. I do have budgetary constraints. But it's quite easy for me to live within my means without feeling deprived. So I feel fortunate that I can live in a comfortable place and have 500 baht a day to spend.