samak Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 there are many statements and rumours around about the bars closed. sure is only that joy was closed due to the fire! for longgun, rawhide, toy bar, the 2 five stars and apache probably only the responsible persons for the shutdown and the owners know and i do not think, that they would always tell their staff the real reason. i bet we will seen more closed soon! :devil: :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 I was in one of the outside bars behind the fire the other night, quite a spectacle. The power went out where we were and a few of the bars closed, including the one I was in. Reasonably pissed after an early start, I headed home, much to the disappointment of a certain girl there, who after discovering I was the worst connect 4 player in the world, assumed I would be up for it. Unfortunately, Mr Floppy was on his way after too much Heineken so an early night had to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_numbers Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 Long Gun and Rawhide are both closed as a joint action because the same three individuals own the two bars. However, it is total bullshit, as to accomplishing anything beyond fucking up revenues because the owner's of those establishments helped a farang open what is known as Long Gun 3 -- or Cactus Club, but staff are just saying "same long gun sir -- go bar there".. Long Gun 3, or whatever nomenclature you prefer now houses a small portion of both large bar's staff. Quite a few staff did go home -- til the 30th. However, as an aside, shadow bar is also owned by the same 3 individuals, but only the large bars were closed. It is basically a bribe issue. The understanding is the police were not bribed properly -- as usual. Basically the interior minister's policies are hysterical because built into the prices of the farang bars is a farang TAX i.e. bribe for Thai police because they are underpaid -- defeating any ability to truly execute the decency issues, or underage issues. The minister would have to raise the salaries and basically implement IA in Thailand to succeed in his mouthpiece. In the meantime I saw the Long Gun mamasan cry for the first time. se la vie. cheers, numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 Hi, " However, as an aside, shadow bar is also owned by the same 3 individuals, but only the large bars were closed." This one surprises me. I am fairly certain I know who owns Shadow bar, and she does not have a stake in Long Gun as far as I know. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli13 Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 yeah after skool was closed recently too, but reopened instantly under a new undercover name: sunshine! now what a naugthy name that is!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhordPhan Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 IB13, Really! When did this happen? I was there a couple of weeks ago and it seemed to be operating under the regular name. Do you know the reason? It certainly couldn't have been for nudity. :: PhordPhan :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samak Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 a couple of weeks ago??? things change fast these days! this incident just happened around a week ago. actually you do not see much of a change and the format remains the same. why bother.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli13 Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 and the girls are the same - no nudity - just the usual innocent girls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 19, 2002 Report Share Posted December 19, 2002 Very sad news! I will be in BKK during Christmas and the best bars are closed! So, what to do? Stay away from BKK? No bad news from PTY and PNH yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaimaisabai Posted December 20, 2002 Report Share Posted December 20, 2002 Hi dave, Long Gun is not just closed till the 30th but has changed its name. It is now Lucky Star. The reason for this, so I am told, is that the licences of the bars are all in their original names and the police insist that the name on the outside of the bar must be the same as the name on the licence. Shark is due to change to Noodle and After Skool has already changed to Sunshine. Personally I think this is a great example of effective police work by the Thong Lor men in brown. Bars using the name on the licence will have a dramatic effect on underage problems, drug use etc. Joy Bar is operating again in different premises - two bars or so along the street in the previously closed Tony's. Khwai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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