Yessongs Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 @Painter Soi Pothole? How appropiate huh? Pattaya seems light years behind in getting floods under control. I see posts here all the time about " work" being done to fix this, but it just never gets fixed? What's the deal other then TIT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 10 hours ago, Yessongs said: @Painter Soi Pothole? How appropiate huh? Pattaya seems light years behind in getting floods under control. I see posts here all the time about " work" being done to fix this, but it just never gets fixed? What's the deal other then TIT? Two problems with Soi Pothole not being properly fixed. One is there are only two storm drains for the length of the soi, located in front of the Triangle Bar. That results in a lot more subsurface damage as the water has no other place to go. That leads to problem number two, the soi is privately owned. To get it properly fixed the landowner and probably the tenants would have to dig deep into their pockets to fund the needed drainage and road work. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) Pretty sad when you need a cop to direct traffic at a roundabout. Beach chair vendors had to resort to building sand ramps over the abandoned tree and footpath destruction project. Surprised the storm damage from the 8th hasn't been repaired yet at this spot. Nearby they're harvesting sand from the beach exposed by low tide. Edited September 19, 2021 by forcebwithu 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) No idea what these two were fishing around for. The shutoff valve maybe? Edited October 12, 2021 by forcebwithu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 41 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: No idea what these two were fishing around for. The shutoff valve maybe? Hahahaha! It took me ages to spot the second person!!! Have you ever watched the driver of a little back hoe get the machine off the back of a lorry without using ramps? Fascinating to watch. If you get the chance to witness it, stay and watch. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Hahahaha! It took me ages to spot the second person!!! Have you ever watched the driver of a little back hoe get the machine off the back of a lorry without using ramps? Fascinating to watch. If you get the chance to witness it, stay and watch. Not seen it done IRL, but seen a few YT videos of the process. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: Not seen it done IRL, but seen a few YT videos of the process. I saw it a couple of times on Pattaya Tai near Magna Carta.. I was transfixed by it !!! Edited October 12, 2021 by Derek Dangleberries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Hahahaha! It took me ages to spot the second person!!! Have you ever watched the driver of a little back hoe get the machine off the back of a lorry without using ramps? Fascinating to watch. If you get the chance to witness it, stay and watch. 5555555 I didn't spot that, thought it was a hat floating in the crap. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 2 hours ago, boydeste said: 5555555 I didn't spot that, thought it was a hat floating in the crap. It does at that. Here's another shot that shows him up to the chin in the muddy water. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeb Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 11 hours ago, forcebwithu said: It does at that. Here's another shot that shows him up to the chin in the muddy water. A hard way to earn a crust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) On 12/9/2020 at 5:23 AM, forcebwithu said: Expats now have a new grocery store to shop at, Nadia's Expat Essentials. First time for a while I've been out for a wander and noticed this had changed hands. Now Fever Expat Suppliers and its new (to me) big brother further along Soi Bongkot, Fever Expat Food and Beverages. Edited October 24, 2021 by KWA 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 (edited) Did the first one used to be Nadias? I can't work out the second one.. (EDIT- Google has it on Buakhao near R-Con!) I walked along Bongkot (Pattaya Tai 16) on Friday and didn't spot it ! Edited October 24, 2021 by Derek Dangleberries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 13 minutes ago, Derek Dangleberries said: Did the first one used to be Nadias? I can't work out the second one.. (EDIT- Google has it on Buakhao near R-Con!) On Bonkot, close to and across the soi from Mini Big C. Here's a link to the StreetView of the location. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted October 24, 2021 Share Posted October 24, 2021 11 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: On Bonkot, close to and across the soi from Mini Big C. Here's a link to the StreetView of the location. Thanks mate. It makes sense because I saw that they had removed the ATM from the 7/11 near there so nipped up Bonkot 3 instead of my intended route to my secret Sato supplier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Thought I'd capture a few pictures for posterity of the soon to be demolished MIT bar complex. Starting at the top end of the complex. Last two shots on the Buakhao end at the split towards Tree Town. With the closure of MIT, thought I might see some signs of a few bars moving to Soi 7. Nothing going on this morning though. Can't see it in this shot, but work going on at a couple of new places on Soi Pothole. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, forcebwithu said: Thought I'd capture a few pictures for posterity of the soon to be demolished MIT bar complex. I used to like sitting in Serbia Bar on Second Road. - It had cheap ice cold draught beer chang - It was near the zebra crossing to Central and it was fascinating to watch tourists crossing the road thinking that it was safe to cross. Sort of like watching wildebeest crossing a croc infested river. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, Derek Dangleberries said: I used to like sitting in Serbia Bar on Second Road. - It had cheap ice cold draught beer chang - It was near the zebra crossing to Central and it was fascinating to watch tourists crossing the road thinking that it was safe to cross. Sort of like watching wildebeest crossing a croc infested river. I did the same, but at Daokai Bar. Other than Danny's Sports Bar, I had given up on the complex a couple of years ago due to high customer and LD prices. That and the crap music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 1 minute ago, forcebwithu said: I did the same, but at Daokai Bar. Other than Danny's Sports Bar, I had given up on the complex a couple of years ago due to high customer and LD prices. That and the crap music. I've seen a few YTers saying that the strip was there over 20 years ago but in my memory it hasn't been there as long as that because it was MIT shopping area. What do you (and others) think???? Am I just a forgetful old man or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBC Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 38 minutes ago, Derek Dangleberries said: I've seen a few YTers saying that the strip was there over 20 years ago but in my memory it hasn't been there as long as that because it was MIT shopping area. What do you (and others) think???? Am I just a forgetful old man or not? I believe many of the bars migrated from across the road, at the top of Soi 9 and were bulldozed to make way for the Central Festival complex and new shop houses on the north side of Soi 9. I used to spend many a pleasant evening in the bars there, but it was never the same after they relocated to MIT..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 33 minutes ago, SteveBC said: I believe many of the bars migrated from across the road, at the top of Soi 9 and were bulldozed to make way for the Central Festival complex and new shop houses on the north side of Soi 9. I used to spend many a pleasant evening in the bars there, but it was never the same after they relocated to MIT..... So when do you think MIT bars were born? The question is worrying me more than it should!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBC Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said: So when do you think MIT bars were born? The question is worrying me more than it should!!! The question should be " when can the bars be reborn", many people say maybe the 1st December, here's hoping..... The bars in MIT were in single numbers before the migration from across the road around Soi 9, my memory is not so good but i would imagine it was around 16 (ish) years ago ?? But they were never the same in my opinion. MIT became like the old Soi 2 complex with too many bars crammed into the space available, each with their own 'music' doing battle with with the surrounding bars. As you said earlier, the bars facing onto 2nd road were by far the best of a bad bunch. Edited November 1, 2021 by SteveBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 2 minutes ago, SteveBC said: but i would imagine it was around 16 (ish) years ago ?? That is exactly what I think. Sorry for putting you on the spot but a YTer and his "audience" were saying that they sat at those bars 20 to 21 years ago and I thought it was utter bollocks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBC Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Derek Dangleberries said: That is exactly what I think. Sorry for putting you on the spot but a YTer and his "audience" were saying that they sat at those bars 20 to 21 years ago and I thought it was utter bollocks! No worries Dangle, but i do believe there were just 2 or 3 bars there before the exodus from across the road. So maybe they are referring to those ?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Dangleberries Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, SteveBC said: No worries Dangle, but i do believe there were just 2 or 3 bars there before the exodus from across the road. So maybe they are referring to those ?? No problems mate, it was just niggling at me. Watching Pattaya YTers is like tasting your own spunk: you don't want to do it but in the end you've just gotta try it and see, but then you end up snowballing a girl in Lolitas....Or perhaps that's just me! Or perhaps I should have just thought of a better simile. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 11 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said: That is exactly what I think. Sorry for putting you on the spot but a YTer and his "audience" were saying that they sat at those bars 20 to 21 years ago and I thought it was utter bollocks! It's hard to tell, but using Google Earth's imagery history, the earliest good satellite view is from Jan, 2005. Kind of looks like MIT was under construction at the time. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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