Do The Headlines Mean Anything ?

The following are lead stories from the Pattaya City News over the last few days:

• Motorbike taxi man charged with attempted rape
• Bag snatcher stabs woman
• Two hotel workers shot by gang including colleague
• Woman jumps from car to avoid attempted rape
• Law Offices burgled again

Does the increased frequency of this type of headline indicate a growing lawlessness in the area or is it just business as usual? My take is crime and particularly violent crime is on the increase and it could be down to any number of reasons, e.g. Pattaya growing too fast; get rich quick grapevine news attracting people who quickly learn they are excluded from all legal means of getting rich quick; people with a drug habit to finance; refugees with nothing and therefor nothing to lose. This is my farang take on it. I'm sure a Thai could come up with more reasons for the apparent rise in crime.

Boom towns always draw a criminal element and although I wouldn't say this was a Dodge in need of an Earp, it's a city in need of a sheriff who polices more than the nightlife entertainment industry. Let's hope the new police chief can do something to reverse the current trend of negative press so that Pattaya can start to generate some much needed positive headlines for a change. Pleeeeeease!

Sierra Tangos

• Catz Go Go, Soi 16 Walking Street, Two R's Birthday Party, 8.00pm, Friday Nov 16.

• Living Dolls 1 charge a bar fine of just 200 Baht after 2.00am. Question is, what's left in the shop window at 2.00am?

• New Star Bar in Soi Diamond opens at 3.00pm and from recent reports on the Pattaya forums it's a VERY up close and personal, anything goes sort of place.

• Sisterz Go Go, Walking Street is receiving a good press on the forums whereas Hooty's, Walking Street is receiving a mixed reviews. The latter's still relatively new so let's give Paul time to sort it out before judgement is passed.

• BigBabyKenny has written an enlightening article on where to get a full on ball/testicle massage. Go here to see the ladies working at Orchid Massage, the parlour referred to in BigBabyKenny's post. There's a cracker or two amongst this lot.

• A relative flew from BKK Suvarnabhumi to Phuket today on Nok Air and the flight status was shown on the Interne

  

  t as unknown. If you try to phone Nok Air for info at the number posted on their web site (02-9009955) you get an auto answering service which just loops on auto options, none of which are flight info. If you try to contact Nok Air on their airport telephone number shown on the airport's own web site (02-1320044) you get a fax machine. The only telephone number where I found a human with access to the info I needed was: Airport information Counter (Departures): 02 132 9324 to 9327. Yes, I know it's a budget airline and this is all about keeping costs down but surely it wouldn't break the bank to post some basic flight status info.

• On Nutter has written an Interesting article on Soi Six - His four tips for survival are:

  

LESSON ONE: At least 90 per cent of Soi 6 women are tattooed, unattractive and have personality disorders. Have nothing to do with them.

LESSON TWO: There are gems to be found among the other 10 per cent.

LESSON THREE: Never go into a bar unless you have identified your target outside and requested her company. If you ignore this lesson, you risk sexual assault from the woman of your worst nightmares.

LESSON FOUR: These bars are brothels. Do not feel obliged to buy anyone a drink.

Ed. What about LESSON 5 - Always dress for dinner! Click on the hyperlink above to read the full article.

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  An EverNote license will normally set you back $50, but Giveaway of the Day is offering up a free copy today only, (about 14 hours remaining). You'll have to download and register EverNote 2.2 before the end of the day in order to get a free license. Ed - If you need to access your notes from several computers then go with an online solution like Google Notes. If you only need your notes on one computer then EverNote is hard to beat. EverNote is a 55mb download.

• A contestant on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" had reached the final plateau.If she answered the next question correctly, she would win $1,000,000. If she answered incorrectly, she would pocket only the $32,000 milestone money.

And as she suspected it would be, the million-dollar question was no pushover. It was, "Which of the following species of birds does not build its own nest, but instead lays its eggs in the nests of other birds? Is it:

A) The condor B) The buzzard C) The cuckoo D) The vulture

The woman was on the spot She did not know the answer. And she was doubly on the spot because she had used up her 50/50 Lifeline and her audience Poll Lifeline. All that remained was her Phone-a-Friend Lifeline. The woman hoped she would not have to use it because ... her friend was, well......blonde.

She had no alternative. She called her friend and gave her the question and the four choices. The blonde responded unhesitatingly: "That's easy. The answer is C: the cuckoo."

The contestant had to make a decision and make it fast. She considered employing a reverse strategy and giving Regis any answer except the one that her friend had given her. And considering that her friend was a blonde, that would seem to be the logical thing to do. But her friend had responded with such confidence, such certitude, that the contestant could not help but be persuaded.

"I need an answer," said Regis.

Crossing her fingers, the contestant said, "C: The cuckoo."

"Is that your final answer?"

"Yes, that is my final answer."

Two minutes later, Regis said, "That answer is .... Absolutely correct!! You are now a millionaire!"

Three days later, the contestant hosted a party for her family and friends, including the blonde who had helped her

win the million dollars.

"Jeni, I just do not know how to thank you," said the contestant. "How did you happen to know the right answer?"

"Oh, come on," said the blonde. "Everybody knows that cuckoos don't build nests. They live in clocks."

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