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Old 21-05-2008, 10:47 AM   #41 (permalink)
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Irish Pub
Met an old friend at the Irish Pub last night. This is a very nice bar located right next door to the Sima Thani hotel. It has the nicest interior of any bar in Korat, a fine sound system, powerful air conditioning and a passel of lovely ladies. What it lacks is customers.

I go in there about once a week for a few beers, but rarely anything to eat.

We ordered some finger food last evening and I hate to say it was disappointing. The Neua Dad Diaow was quite bland, as were the seafood satay and Kai Jiao (what do you want for Chinese food?). At least the Yam Talay was properly spicy.

Anyway, my buddy was impressed with the bar and furnishing and agrees with me that it could be a great spot with the proper management....
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Old 21-05-2008, 12:35 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Does it get many punters ?
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Old 21-05-2008, 12:40 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Does it get many punters ?
I generally go at 5 PM when it opens and leave by 6 PM as I'm on my bicycle and like to get home before dark. It is very rare for me to see another customer in the bar; I'm almost always the only one.

The only exception to this is when foreign military guys are in town. The place is very popular with them. Cobra Gold is on now, so there are quite a few short haired American teenagers about. Do they qualify as "punters"? (Frankly, I'm not sure what that word means, anyway.)
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Old 21-05-2008, 01:09 PM   #44 (permalink)
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I believe, "A punter" was originally a gambler laying a bet on horse & dog racing, now its sort of evolved into a general term for a customer.
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Old 21-05-2008, 01:14 PM   #45 (permalink)
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In that case, very few punters, at least at the time I'm there. However, given the fact that one waitress could easily handle the drink orders the presence of the other 11 implies activity beyond the delivery of beverages.
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Old 21-05-2008, 01:36 PM   #46 (permalink)
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OK I see mmmmmmmmmm, you think they could be persuaded for a bit of horizontal dancing ? provided with sufficient incentive of course.
I gotta say thast not normal for a Irish Bar as everyone knows Irishmen (like Marmite) are too drunk to fvck.
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Old 21-05-2008, 01:47 PM   #47 (permalink)
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^I suspect that's why most of them are there. It also may account for the fact that the babe population at this Irish Bar increases significantly when the flyboys are in town.
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Yup, Same here, Just goes to show Not everyone Hates Americans
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What it lacks is customers.
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Does it get many punters ?
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Old 21-05-2008, 02:38 PM   #50 (permalink)
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^ Ok MM, you will be a dopey 'ol bastad too some day
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Old 21-05-2008, 03:27 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Good to hear your getting out and socialising BH!

I thought a punter was something else entirely, here you go

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Old 21-05-2008, 03:31 PM   #52 (permalink)
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JB see above ^^
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I thought a punter was something else entirely, here you go
That's why I said I wasn't sure what the word meant.

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punt•er |ˈpəntər|
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1 Football & Rugby a player who punts.
2 a person who propels or travels in a punt.
3 informal chiefly Brit. a person who gambles, places a bet, or makes a risky investment.
• a customer or client, esp. a member of an audience.
• a prostitute's client.
• the victim of a swindler or confidence trickster.
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This is the punter
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Still do not understand the word punter.

However, this place does sound like a good place to stop by.
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Still do not understand the word punter.
The Brits seem to have a lot of secret words and ways of speaking that they keep from us. I think they learn a lot of them in public (meaning private) school. (They pronounce school as "skool" even though they pronounce schedule as "shedule".) Don't get me started on rhyming slang or words like Worcestershire.
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Still do not understand the word punter.
The usage of the word seems to have been broadened over the years. My earliest recollection is of it being used to describe people who place bets with bookmakers, typically on horse races. It was an acceptable word even used on the BBC weekend horse racing programmes.

Later, I was aware of it being used in a slightly derogatory way to describe the customers of prostitutes. In a sense, they were gambling that they would get value for money and not something that needed medical attention.

Later still, I heard it used to describe customers of a large business. They were perceived as people who bought, in that example, a service contract, hoping to get something in return for there outlay. The provider, of course, would be looking for a different result, as would the bookmaker and pimp.

So, I guess a punter is someone who pays for something to a business or individual hoping to get value for his money.

There is another use. On the River Cam in Cambridge, England, there is a kind of boat that look a bit like a flattened canoe. It's propelled by a guy in a straw hat using a long pole. His passengers pay for this experience and often take a picnic and champagne and get lashed. Some go so far as to dress in Edwardian costumes. The boat is a punt and the guy with the pole is punting. The scene is so bizarre that a local poet penned a piece entitled, 'Watching the Stunts of the ****s in the Punts'.

I hope that helps.
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Guy on the left is an American. Guy at the bar is a Brit. Guy with his hands on his hips is Paul, the British husband of the owner.
Paul is genuine 'mine host' material...very friendly but doesn't fill you with his woes of business...

as for it being for sale...most businesses are for sale at a price so there's no surprise there...

you're a mine of info regarding your little corner of the world BH and your threads are always worth clicking on...unfortunately I find little that interests me on TD at the moment...too much dross from KW and his whores...
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Punter=customer, in particular of a prostitute

so the use for this joint could have been a clever hint, but was unintentional I think.
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