Yearly Archives: 2011
Police crack down on noisy vehicles
Dear Editor, I was pleased to read the article in this week’s Pattaya Mail that “Pattaya Police are cracking down on noisy vehicles.”...
Traffic lights and road fatality problem
Dear Editor: Since my first response regarding the operation of the traffic lights throughout town in December of 2010, it is sad to...
Death notice
We regret to announce that our dear friend, Joseph Neil Otter died last Friday, May 13th after an epic battle with colon cancer....
Editorial: Jomtien’s Second Road to Nowhere
It’s hard to imagine a more mismanaged public works project than the construction of Jomtien Second Road. Nearly 10 years after first funds...
How much for a young wife?
Dear Hillary, I’m getting close to getting married to my little girl, but I’m just a wee bit confused about the amount of...
Clubbed to death
Dear Hillary, Have you been clubbing recently? Some of the new clubs are spectacular and the lighting/sound systems are terrific. The girls that...
Going for the gigglier
Dear Hillary, I work in an office as a teacher but I am going nuts about one of the women in the office...
“I see no ships,” (Admiral Nelson)
Dear Hillary, I need your advice urgently, Hillary my Petal! I know I should have known better, after all I am not new...
Crop and enlarge for impact
Everyone would like to take photographs that make the viewers go, “Wow! Wish I’d taken that.” Well it is not so hard, once...
Latest Stories
When Expat fixed incomes meet a moving target
The quiet financial squeeze on retired foreigners in Thailand
Retirement is supposed to be the most predictable chapter of life. Income is fixed. Habits are...
Testosterone – Andropause
The short answer to the question, “Are all men destined to become grumpy as they age?” is NO — no man must become a...
Nach dem Countdown fragen Touristen, ob Pattaya ein Strandparadies oder eine Müllhalde ist
PATTAYA, Thailand – Kaum waren die letzten Feuerwerkslichter am Himmel verblasst, zeigte sich am Pattaya Beach ein ganz anderes Bild zum Jahresbeginn. Als Touristen...
Rauchwolken über Zentral-Pattaya nach Brand nahe Beach Road
PATTAYA, Thailand – Am Neujahrstag ist am Nachmittag hinter einem Hotel in der Soi 12 an der Beach Road ein Feuer ausgebrochen. Dichte Rauchschwaden...
Russischer Motorradfahrer stirbt an tödlicher Jomtien-Kurve
PATTAYA, Thailand – Ein russischer Motorradfahrer ist am Neujahrsmorgen tödlich verunglückt, sein Freund wurde verletzt, nachdem ihr Motorrad an der berüchtigten „tödlichen Kurve“ auf...