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superman

'Farangconnection' of 'Thaivisa' fame has withdrawn his sponsorship on the said forum. What a fcuking blessing as the bloke gets right up my nose in his persuit for attention, personally or business wise. He's still working for sympathy with his cancer scare the other month. Okay he may have medical problem, and I feel for him, but don't we all at the end of the day ? Death for us all is just around the corner.
Sorry, I would have posted this on 'Thaivisa' in 'Isaan Forum', but they're being kind to Martin, alias 'farangconnection', so I couldn't post this there.

Thetyim

Maybe now he has withdrawn his sponsorship some criticism will be allowed

dirtydog

^Should tell scampy

Begbie

Or you could star ta thread on TV by cutting and pasting Scampy's comments

superman

Naw they wont. They in fact deleted a lot of posts and made threats about other postings regarding the said wanker. After that you had all his closet friends come out singing his praise. He's still allowed to use the nickname 'Farangconnection' so a little concession there by Thaivisa. Bless the mods.

buriramboy

Met the bloke a couple of times, thought he was ok myself.

DrAndy

he probably thought you were too

daveboy

I've meet him his harmless just like most men his age just at bit grumpy at times, I do hope he recovers from illness can't be easy dealing with it mentally.

buriramboy

Most people do.

Rural Surin

If you feel a FC/Martin promotional fix coming on, just dash on over to surinfarang. His influence is all over this little regional forum. A better chance that his withdrawal from TV was purely a financial one, less political. Outside of the draining expenses of ongoing treatment for his two-year battle with cancer, business at the beloved 'Farang Connection' isn't what it use to be. FC 2 never developed as it was expected to and his managerial absence has reflected towards the quality of the business. Regardless of his regaining or deminishing health, some expect him to sell lock, stock, and barrel.

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watterinja

Met the man once myself. He seemed to be a decent, affable sort. Food was reasonable.

Why is the OP so set against this person? Makes no sense, at all.

English Noodles

^He probably has some hidden agenda.

superman

It was just the manner in which he posted. He came/comes over somewhat arogant and full of his own self importance. In saying that you get them on other forums too.
'Rural Surin' explained it correctly regarding the "surinfarang" forum. He did like wise on the 'Isaan forum' on 'Thaivisa' in my opinion. I too believe that his choice not to sponsor TV was a business move. Not the 'I'm being picked on sympathy line he came down with on TV'.

withnallstoke

Fluke.

panama hat

Don't know the guy, won't bother to . . .


. . . but that makes you play down his illness? Added to which . . . this is not TV

Have a red.

superman

Thanks for letting me know. Have a green

mackayae

Nice guy. Food good. Good location.

Andrew Hicks

Martin is always an excellent host at the Farang Connection in Surin and that's why the place is succssful. He can also be very funny at times and I wish him well and that his sense of humour can survive what he's going through. He could do without sour comments made anonymously on web forums.

As to Thaivisa, it's just a very sharply run business. That's just the way it goes.

Andrew Hicks

crazy dog

Been once and never again, he might be a 'nice guy' but seems hysterical when it comes to any honest negative comments about his poor food and service. Really got upset with me when I posted about how expensive his internet was (90 baht an hour) no wonder nobody used it. Mrs said his Tom Yam was the worst she had ever tasted, beans on toast were not up to much either.

superman

When you deliberately put yourself in the public eye, for what ever reason, then you have to be prepared to be knocked. He could have just paid for his advertising box and signed in anonymously. But no, he took a nickname that highlighted his restaurant even more. Thus, more or less, creating an 'Isaan Forum' that is/was dominated by the 'Farangconnection' name. A thing that pissed me off, as it was too much. Every other post seemed to be like a neon display for the said restaurant.