Buriram Expats
Buriram Province - General Category => Introduction => Topic started by: JasonB on April 04, 2013, 12:30:09 PM
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Hi All,my name is Jason and I'm new to the forum,just moved up to Buriram to be closer to the misses family,I've been in Petchaburi for a couple of years and I'm Australian...please don't hold that against me!!It will be nice to get to know you all,regards Jason.
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Australian ohh nookie will love you then.. welcome to Buriram Jason
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Thanks Mate,hope you didn't mean Nookie will love me in the physical sense :biggrin:
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Hi JasonB,
Welcome to the forum, from a fellow Aussie (WA)
Did not know Nookie was Aussie, do you know what a bit of nookie is?
It could be a bit of worry if he love you. (joke)
Cheers
Singhma :)
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Welcome Jason B
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Is Singhma related to caveman Eric?
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Hi Nookie,your names Nookie,and that is your nature,and you are,maybe ozzie and live in Thailand....whick is full of nookie,so it must be paradise for you mate.....as for "Eric" the only eric I am familiar with is eric the viking thumbup
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Welcome Jason, us Aussies are getting our numbers up crazydance
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Hi Nookie,your names Nookie,and that is your nature,and you are,maybe ozzie and live in Thailand....whick is full of nookie,so it must be paradise for you mate.....as for "Eric" the only eric I am familiar with is eric the viking thumbup
Eric 2012 is a member on here, he is Aussie has waferthin skin & to top it all he comes across as being as ' thick as a brick'......
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You can see by the 'quality' of my replies I couldn't possibly be an Aussie!
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Hello Speros,you sure your not Greek Mate?And yes it would be good to meet some aussies here sometime for a beer,and everyone else of cause.Nookie,it's not your fault Mate if your not Aussie,Ha Ha.Well a thin skinned aussie??Fuxxing unbelievable!! I have never met one Nookie.By the way,is there any pool comps here between pub/bar teams happening?As I know I'm going to miss playing a comp over a few beers,like we had in Hua Hin,regards Jason.
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Nah not Greek bro, nickname from a joke.....
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You'll have a job to find enough bars to organize any pool comps....This Is Isaan...
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Moneymaker having a pool table in a bar.. never understood why farang bars here dont have them.. For ppl like me who dont drink much but love a game of pool its a big miss.. so im buying a table to put in my home..
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Yes Nookie,understand maybe not enough bars here,hello Toffo,and I agree that pool tables are areal winner in any bar,even if they are free they bring dollars to the bar whist people play and talk,although they can get fairly pricey to buy in Thailand.
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Moneymaker having a pool table in a bar.. never understood why farang bars here dont have them.. For ppl like me who dont drink much but love a game of pool its a big miss.. so im buying a table to put in my home..
Because it is illegal. The police want alot of money. There was a guy in Buriram who had one. He refused to pay the large amounts being demanded. A police pick up turned up, dismantled the table and took it away.
International bar used to have one. He paid. He soon got pissed off when the police would often turn up, have a free game of pool and a nice, free couple of beers.
To get a licence one must have a number of tables, I think it is 6, and they cannot be visible from the outside of the bar.
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That must be a Buriram district only law,I've never seen it or heard of it In Hua Hin or Bangkok,and virtually every bar in Hua hin have at least one table,I suppose they have to get their tea money somehow. biglaugh
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That must be a Buriram district only law,I've never seen it or heard of it In Hua Hin or Bangkok,and virtually every bar in Hua hin have at least one table,I suppose they have to get their tea money somehow. biglaugh
National law. Obviously the bars that you have been in pay up.
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That must be a Buriram district only law,I've never seen it or heard of it In Hua Hin or Bangkok,and virtually every bar in Hua hin have at least one table,I suppose they have to get their tea money somehow. biglaugh
National law. Obviously the bars that you have been in pay up.
Soi 6 in Pattaya .......only 1 table I know of,,,,guess who owns the bar ..BiB
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1000 baht a month to pay the police off for a table.... They say its gambling lol.. so what about a snooker table then.. party4
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Hi. I'm Trubrit. Live in sunny Udon but often visit in laws in Nan Long. Never know where to go when I'm there so hoping to get some info on here .Not into bars or night life but enjoy nature and sight seeing.Ideas welcome .Also love Thai food. oldmanwithstick
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1000 baht a month to pay the police off for a table.... They say its gambling lol.. so what about a snooker table then.. party4
Like I said there is a rule about number of tables, and about being visible. How many snooker halls have you seen with one table? And how many with an open front?
BTW it's a bit more than a grand a month.
Probably why places like Buriram don't have them. Not cost efficient.
I do agree though,Toffo. There is never any gambling in snooker halls!!!!!!!!!!
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If anyone is concerned about the Pool Police and would like a game of pool in a farang bar come over to Prasat or Surin. BTW they do not pay tea money..Never have the police in Chiang Mai tried that scam. And yes I have owned bars..
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Hi All, today I spoke to 3 bar owners in Hua Hin and Cha Am,they have NEVER paid any money to the plod for pool tables,two of them have two tables each and the one in Cha Am has one only,and none of them have heard of this law....and they have been living in Thailand for a combined 30plus years,and I have known them for a total of about 5 years,and they have never lied.....on a different note...the Thai's bet on a fly on the wall and football games etc,so why pool tables?? Regards Jason.
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Hate to sound like two little kids here but, I spoke to a mate of mine who had two bars in Bangkok and did have to pay. I spoke to a Poo Yai Ban just up the road from me. He is an ex copper. He told me that there is a law stipulating number of tables and where they are situated. There is also, usually, some leeway given according to the Chief of Police at the time.
A bit like the no drinking between 2pm and 5pm, gambling and prostitution party4
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1000 baht a month to pay the police off for a table.... They say its gambling lol.. so what about a snooker table then.. party4
A full size table,YES,YOU SURE PAY BUT NOT ON A THREEQUARTER SIZE!!!!!
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Hi All, today I spoke to 3 bar owners in Hua Hin and Cha Am,they have NEVER paid any money to the plod for pool tables,two of them have two tables each and the one in Cha Am has one only,and none of them have heard of this law....and they have been living in Thailand for a combined 30plus years,and I have known them for a total of about 5 years,and they have never lied.....on a different note...the Thai's bet on a fly on the wall and football games etc,so why pool tables?? Regards Jason.
I have been here for 31 years, this 'pool table /snooker table, tea money' scam seemed to start in Pattaya around the 1990 era & certainly still goes on......Even in Nang Rong, Tommy the 'owner' of Thai-Am has to cough up tea money every month.
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Well I suppose we can ALL be right,as usual,no rule or law is applied evenly in Thailand...that's not a critism,as I suppose it ads to the,how do I say it,the"uniqueness" of the place.
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If anyone is concerned about the Pool Police and would like a game of pool in a farang bar come over to Prasat or Surin. BTW they do not pay tea money..Never have the police in Chiang Mai tried that scam. And yes I have owned bars..
The police in Surin HAVE tried to get tea money via Pool tables in the past. Talk to Eivan about it, as he has one of the few (farang owned)tables in the whole of Moung Surin.
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If anyone is concerned about the Pool Police and would like a game of pool in a farang bar come over to Prasat or Surin. BTW they do not pay tea money..Never have the police in Chiang Mai tried that scam. And yes I have owned bars..
The police in Surin HAVE tried to get tea money via Pool tables in the past. Talk to Eivan about it, as he has one of the few (farang owned)tables in the whole of Moung Surin.
The BiBs had to buy the wife some gold.... punk
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Must be just a Buriram scam then.. Not one farang bar has a pool table here so having to pay looks correct.. What would happen if you just got a solicitor involved as if its not illegal to own a pool table then how can they just take it or ask for money...
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Must be just a Buriram scam then.. Not one farang bar has a pool table here so having to pay looks correct.. What would happen if you just got a solicitor involved as if its not illegal to own a pool table then how can they just take it or ask for money...
Its just the easiest of the scames for the local BiBs to run. This scam is very seldom used in your tourist areas. If they thank they have a wink link they will jump on it.
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So you would think the MIB would try to find away to extract money from football games etc,ie,if pool tables are considered gambling,then sure as shxt people are betting on live broardcasts for football,conficate the bars TV as well....??
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So you would think the MIB would try to find away to extract money from football games etc,ie,if pool tables are considered gambling,then sure as shxt people are betting on live broardcasts for football,conficate the bars TV as well....??
What makes you thank they don't ?
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I don't know Gotlost,as I haven't heard of that being done mate,but it would be just as crazy as the pool table scam,me thinks.
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Must be just a Buriram scam then.. Not one farang bar has a pool table here so having to pay looks correct.. What would happen if you just got a solicitor involved as if its not illegal to own a pool table then how can they just take it or ask for money...
Personally I would think the worst thing you can do would be to involve a solicitor,,,, most of them are corrupt anyhow & you'd have the BiB on your back forever.... Remember what happened to the International Bar?
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Id refuse to pay money for a pool table.. would you??
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Hi Toffo,I would normally say I wouldn't pay on principal alone,but this being Thailand,I'd have to agree with Nookie's remark too.....you can't make enemies with the plod here,weather running a business here or not,if the plod are off side with you they can make your life hell in many ways.....maybe get to a senior cop here and buy him some beers and whatever,and become friends,that at least should get you some room to get away with some things,maybe,Jason.
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One would look good in nookies place.. You ever thought of putting one in Paul?
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The ideal pool table...
(http://cl.jroo.me/z3/H/V/A/d/a.aaa-DIY-Billiard.jpg)
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Pockets look bait tight to me eye
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Perfect,I shall start getting the mud together now,can some start getting some bamboo sorted please mhihi I think the holes are agood size when you look at the ball size...
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One would look good in nookies place.. You ever thought of putting one in Paul?
Sorry Toffo not here mate,,, all it would do is to become a meeting point/magnet for the young village buffalo's. My place is normally wrapped up by 15-00hrs(except for Sundays & serious drinking sessions)
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Sorry for intruding. Thought this was a topic to introduce ones self. Don't know a thing about pool tables.
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Sorry for intruding. Thought this was a topic to introduce ones self. Don't know a thing about pool tables.
Sometimes it goes where it goes, but there was an introductory question about places to play pool
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Hi Everyone, i m an on off temp resident ! just been to visit my daughter and nieces working at Tolo and will be back to start building a house in a few months in Chumhed - I'm a builder in England and would appreciate advice on any reliable ?! Local workers - ,
Ps best sight when I arrived at Klim hotel was faring in a west ham shirt outside Roma restaurant - COYI !
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My apologies - that rambled on way past being an introduction !
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Welcome Graham1,it's good to have another new poster here Mate.I used to spec build houses years ago in Australia,if you want to do something here we should talk,I'm back from Bangkok on Wenesday,and have to ring someone and see a house for sale....but then I'm free.The farang builders here seem to be taking the piss off people that don't know the industry....well they accept the prices they are quoted anyway.Have a beer if you like,JasonB
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Welcome aboard Graham1, hope you enjoy your time here, I've only had a couple of experiences here with builders with reroofingand building a carport... There are more experienced people here to advise or share their stories, I'm sure there will people willing... Best of luck
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Hi Jasonb, I appreciate that , I am in bangkok and have to go to England but will get in touch when I return