Wild rumours on the net suggesting Warrick from Colonial has left suddenly for New Zealand

[lonelywombat]

Rumours are spreading that Warrick has left the Sunee Plaza in a hurry, leaving unpaid rent and large sums of money unpaid.

More info is likely to come forward, but it will be interesting to hear if Colonial is open tonight.

Will locals please check this out

[Nirish guy]

With the slander / libel laws in Thailand you may HOPE that he doesn't read your post perhaps.

[Chuai-Duai]

As of 30 minutes ago (9.30pm) the bar is shuttered with no sign of life.

[catawampuscat]

Gaybuttonthai reports Colonial Bar permanently shuttered.

[Gaybutton]

Rumours are spreading that Warrick has left the Sunee Plaza in a hurry, leaving unpaid rent and large sums of money unpaid

And by virtue of your post and the way you worded it, you're the one spreading them. I have neither seen posts nor heard any rumors and as I made clear in my own post, I have no idea what happened or why. And unless he personally told you, which I doubt, neither do you.

This isn't the first time you've posted clueless bullshit. I hope it's the last. What are you trying to do, become the next LMTU, posting crap in reality you know nothing about?

[MiniMee]

Wombat was certainly first with this scoop, so it seems that 'butty doesn't quite have his finger on the pulse of Shitsville in the way he would have us belive.And it wouldn't be the first post based on clueless bullshit from him either....

[latintopxxx]

oh lovely...another handbag fight....

[cdnmatt]

oh lovely...another handbag fight....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pe0rNieL-Q


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pe0rNieL-Q

[Gaybutton]

oh lovely...another handbag fight....

I won't be involved. If the trolls start coming out of the woodwork, they'll have to handbag fight alone. I'm not going to bother responding.

[arsenal]

MiniMee: "Scoop" That's a big word to use to describe the closing of a bar.

[frequentfliers]

Rumours are spreading that Warrick has left the Sunee Plaza in a hurry, leaving unpaid rent and large sums of money unpaid.

More info is likely to come forward, but it will be interesting to hear if Colonial is open tonight.

Will locals please check this out

Hope its not true..

[garypattaya]

I have known Warwick Shingleton more than 7 years, I am shocked if the rumours are true, however I believe there must be more to the story.

Warwick ran the Baan Dok Mai Guesthouse at the back of Tuk com for nearly 8 years before buying the Colonial.

I doubt very much knowing Warwick that he'd be the type just to " run away" from it all.
Nobody knows the full story nor even knows if he has even left Thailand ?

Warwick has family both in New Zealand and his adult children in Sydney Australia, maybe he has urgently gone back to see them.

I doubt that he's "short of a quid" knowing he owns Real Estate both in New Zealand and in Sydney Australia which he receives rental income.

However before we jump to rumours there maybe urgent family reasons for his urgent departure.

[cdnmatt]

I'm curious now, what are the rumors? Purely financial reasoning to shut shop and leave so quickly, or???

Maybe he ended up in bed with the wrong guy? I can see how that could turn very ugly, very quickly. There's a reason I have not yet let a single Thai guy I've hooked up with know where I live. So far, since at this house it's been curtain motel or nothing.

[lonelywombat]

This has just been posted to gaybutton forum

#1 JUNE TAKE CARE QUIZ (Ex-Colonial Quiz) June 12th. (http://www.gaybuttonthai.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7825#p72873)

lemondrop (http://www.gaybuttonthai.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=25598) » Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:27 am
The June Take Care quiz which was due to take place at the Colonial Bar will now take place at All of Me. The quiz will have exactly the same format as previous Colonial quizzes, with the same question master (Roger).The event will start at 9pm.
Please let all your friends and quiz regulars know of this change of venue. Thanks to Gary for letting us use his bar.

[Tobi]

This isn't the first time you've posted clueless bullshit. I hope it's the last. What are you trying to do, become the next LMTU, posting crap in reality you know nothing about?


If the trolls start coming out of the woodwork...

“One thing you can't hide is when you're crippled inside.” ― John Lennon

[anonone]

Anyone know the status of the rooms for rent? I would imagine at least several of them were occupied. If they are still being used, it would indicate closing the bar might be temporary.

Warrick has has been a long time fixture around Pattaya. I hope everything is ok for him...

[garypattaya]

I guess there are those who like to spread malicious rumours and know they are not true.

Rumours were also spread about the two guys who owned the Bondi and left suddenly recently.
Some of the rumours were quite malicious and just gossip and chinese whispers.

If anyone wants to get into conspiracies according to Trip Advisor the new Australian owner of Baan Dok Mai also left suddenly on June 3rd ( apparently same day as Warwick) bound for Sydney,giving his custmers 1 hour notice !

The Colonial seems to be one of the bars in Sunee which is financiallly viable.
That said it does have a chequered history with its former owner "Mike" also fleeing to God knows where.
I will never firget the Irish owner of O'Briens Restaurant and the large Cafe in Day night who fled Pattaya overnight never to be seen again.

But in this case I doubt very very much Warwick has left Pattaya for good.

[gerefan2]

"The Colonial seems to be one of the bars in Sunee which is financiallly viable."

Mmm...really...often looked empty when I went past...

[garypattaya]

This was a post made on April 1st by Lonely Wombat.

Has Colonial started to go downhill
I posted excellent recommendations re the Colonial Bar and the rooms attached to the bar.
Recently in conversations on email, it had been suggested the standards had dropped.
I cannot put a time or a suggestion forward but my friend just back from Pattaya suggested that after the mature age bar manager left, things got worse.
Furniture has got dirty, staff sit with feet on the chairs, service is slow and not up to standard.
Songkram is coming soon and the the quiet season. I really hope the owner looks at this closely and fixes.By Lonely Wombat

[catawampuscat]

When the air conditioning was removed, it was the kiss of death. Boy bar owners doing a
runner, all too common. Bar was stripped clean of everything of value. Depressing end.

[garypattaya]

It would be Good to hear from Warwick himself , his old pseudynum "Edna" hasnt been used for many years.
I still dont believe he has actually "ran off".

Im told by email he had also purchased the building when buying the business?

[lonelywombat]

garypattaya I believe you cannot buy any of the Sunee properties. He may have bought the hotel or may have even sold it
I was not aware the aircon had been removed, but the email stated Ms Sunee ordered the place to be emptied on sunday

[garypattaya]

The Hotel as in the Baan Dok Mai Guesthouse? He sold that (goodwill) for a reported 3.5 million baht.

Then it seems he's purchased the goodwill of the Colonial.
NOBODY knows what went on in regards to Warwick leaving, its only speculation that he left without paying bills, i doubt that very much.

[newalaan2]

wild rumours are spreading......Warrick
Did you really have to use such an over-dramatic headline? You heard about it and just couldn't hold back, couldn't wait like an old fishwife to lay down the gossip. Jesus, you couldn't even spell his name correctly. But praytell what about ALL these 'wild rumours on the net' could you please post links to all of them?

Anyway, I too hope like many of the replies here that there is no tragic story behind the headlines, all I can post is about Warwick's conduct up to this point and over the years I found him to run a fine guesthouse in Baan Dok Mai staying there often, and enjoyed my visits to Colonial bar especially occasional 'food' nights. I only knew him up-front as a regular Pattaya visitor and found him to be a very convivial chap when enjoying a chat with him, he went out of his way and was very helpful if there was any issue needing attention. You never know everything about individuals known casually and nothing regarding the Pattaya scene is a surprise nowadays, but would rather wait for some facts from a 'reliable source' before making any comments on Wombats 'headline'.

Recently all Wombat has posted is regurgitated information available elsewhere on the 'net' even re-posting info easily available such as from Nicky's or Yuppins, much of the other 'stuff' he re-posts nowadays has nothing to do with 'gay thailand' anyway. Haven't seen an 'original' post from him for years!



Wombat was certainly first with this scoop, so it seems that 'butty doesn't quite have his finger on the pulse of Shitsville in the way he would have us belive.And it wouldn't be the first post based on clueless bullshit from him either....
Not only that MiniMee but had anyone over at gaybuttblog the nerve/audacity to attack another poster by accusing him of posting 'clueless bullshit' Gaybutt would have had a fit. His hypocrisy is breath taking! Won't allow attacks in his own playground but thinks nothing of starting trouble and trolling on another forum. Not only that...but he made negative comments towards the former owners of Bondi Bar Jomtien, without posting a single fact to back up any of his own version of clueless bullshit and in doing so helped fan the spread of rumours in exactly the same way as he accusing Lonelywombat of! More hypocrisy....


I won't be involved. If the trolls start coming out of the woodwork, they'll have to handbag fight alone. I'm not going to bother responding.
But you are already 'involved' being as it was YOU who started the attacks in this thread by accusing Lonely of posting 'clueless bullshit'. You are lead-troll on this one! You've got some nerve, and you know what you can do with that fucking ridiculous cottonwoolcandy fist you use to threaten and bully members over at ButtyCentral it is as irrelevant here as it is 'over there'.


When the air conditioning was removed, it was the kiss of death. Boy bar owners doing a
runner, all too common. Bar was stripped clean of everything of value. Depressing end.
Lots of tuppence/2cents/2satangs-worth comments including this from catawampuscat, someone I normally take note of. Boy bar owners doing a runner is not all too common. Yes it happens. But to suggest the aircon being removed was the kiss of death for the bar is complete nonsense. Most if not ALL of the sunee area bars (non-agogos) have no aircon. So why not the kiss of death for All Of Me, Ouds, Rainbow, Euro boys, Duks, Sky Bar, Eden etc etc etc etc.... Also you are not being clear with the claims in your post, it is worded in a way which sounds like that Warwick had the aircon removed, when it was actually removed years ago by previous owners when they made it an open fronted bar, (just like ALL the other bars in sunee!).

Also are you now stating that Warwick has stripped the bar clean of everything of value? Can you confirm this? Sometimes it is better just to not comment rather than post what 'appears' to be inaccurate information.

[lonelywombat]

newalaan2 seems to think that he has exclusive right to dominate this forum .He now decides whether people who live in or visit Pattaya should not see info from Nickys or Yuppins. Just because he does not, nobody else should. On the days when there is no activity I post items about Thailand You seem to believe that as you with a bunch of boys dominate the late night scene that is all that matters.
Some of the other regular posters.

protests update has 65714 views and 1714 replies posts often more than once a day.

surfcrest two recent posts
gay and lesbian film festival
is this the end of life
PLUS
his posting on the tigers gave a link to Canada TV
he posted on the Phuket half Moon festival
an article on Prince's death

Certainly newalaan2 you have a selfish wish that only your opinion counts Everybody else's opinion seems to be worthless

The report that Ms Sunee told the club to strip the contents, is not as you posted. You stated that Warwick in your last para.

Your comments about the hotel are from the past read this from trip adviser one weel old when I post.
https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Hotel_Review-g293919-d1413480-Reviews-Baan_Dok_Mai-Pattaya_Chonburi_Province.html

The pleasantly furnished restaurant in the photos doesn’t exist; the coffee shop on the corner doesn’t exist. And, as far as I could tell, the staff don’t either. I arrived and was greeted by the manager who said he was off to Australia in an hour – the cleaner would be in on Wednesday, there were plenty of towels in my room and if I needed anything ask the street food vendor whose stall backed into the lobby! I never saw another soul all week, including other guests [the cleaner didn’t turn up so I sent an email and s/he came in Thursday – and made the bed].
The room was spacious and well-furnished and the floor was clean – shelves were thick with dust, the tiny balcony was pitted with deeply ground-in dirt and the bathroom had not been properly cleaned; dried toiletry product stains were visible on the bathroom wall unit.

[latintopxxx]

ok ladies..enough bickering....lets get back to whats really important....namely the price of A1 arse in this town!!

[garypattaya]

I think Warwick owes it to his former customers to come out and explain whats going on or what went on rather.
I am told there was bookings for rooms as far up to August although I doubt any deposits were paid, I think they were just bookings.

Surely Warwick wherever you are be that New Zealand or Australia you are reading this and morally you Sir have an obligation to explain whats happened !

[frequentfliers]

I think Warwick owes it to his former customers to come out and explain whats going on or what went on rather.
I am told there was bookings for rooms as far up to August although I doubt any deposits were paid, I think they were just bookings.

Surely Warwick wherever you are be that New Zealand or Australia you are reading this and morally you Sir have an obligation to explain whats happened !

Moral obligation my foot.None of your business.

[newalaan2]

newalaan2 seems to think that he has exclusive right to dominate this forum .He now decides whether........Certainly newalaan2 you have a selfish................ Everybody else's opinion seems to be worthless
Has the recording got a 'B' side? the needle seems to be stuck.


The report that Ms Sunee told the club to strip the contents, is not as you posted. You stated that Warwick in your last para.
Would you like to complete this so some sense can be made of it? I didn't comment on Ms Sunee at all, I was urging catawampuscat to be clear on what he was posting, as without context it appeared he was referring to Warwick in his post when I think it may have referred to a previous incarnation of Colonial, when a previous owner stripped out the aircon, (even you were confused as you stated you were not aware the aircon had been removed) and an even more previous owner (Mike La Cage) when he had to leave urgently and the bar was stripped of all assets. But maybe not, maybe he is referring to the current situation with Warwick and I was just trying to get that clarified.


Your comments about the hotel are from the past
That's because it was 'the past' when I stayed there, so that's the only period I can comment on.

I have no interest whatsoever in any recent reviews of BDM as I have no intention of staying there. When in Sth Pattaya I stay in Mosaik, another establishment I seem to remember you were quick to post(inaccurately) overstating the extent their room rates were increasing. You seem to make a habit of bringing the negative aspect of establishments used by gay customers to everyone's attention, as with a previous thread you started about your having 'heard' Colonial rooms were going downhill, and instead of advising the owner and allow him at least to attend to it, if true, you preferred to splash it all over the very gay forum from where Colonial likely attracted it's customers. Very helpful indeed Lonely. Your fishwife gossiping is a real asset to gay pattaya.

[Smiles]

" ....newalaan2 seems to think that he has exclusive right to dominate this forum... "
Newalaan? Dominating? What senile bullshit you spew Lonely. Regularly.
He participates on this board on average about once a month, if that. Then he goes away ... to return and comment on specific threads, then exits stage right for a reasonably long time. And he participates with an originality which is -- thank christ -- heads and shoulders above your mundane cut & pastes.
Hardly domineering, wouldn't you agree?

If only you .... oh, forget it.

[lonelywombat]

email response
The Colonial is closed, many rumors regarding rent payment, staff, etc. Latest rumor of last night is that Warrich gave the rent money to Pookie (the on / off BF) to pay Mrs Sunee and he kept it. I believe Warrich will return in the next couple of months. All is closed and Mrs Sunee got to clean it out as number two, someone had already gotten the good stuff…

By the way, as of yesterday, the Army has taken over the running of Pattaya, the mayor and city manager are out and the city will be run by 12 Army nominees, yet to be named. Oh, what fun…

[fountainhall]

The possibility of this happening was publicised some months ago. June 16 was the deadline date for the city government to improve things. Presumably they failed to do so. Getting rid of the overt sex trade is allegedly one of the motives. Yet, no-one seems to have mentioned anything about getting rid of the various Mafias that control a fair bit of what goes on in many walks of life, especially the construction industry. And will this just mean that a new group of appointees will have their hands out for tea money in addition to the BIB?

[catawampuscat]

when the walls came down and the a/c removed, Colonial looked drab, depressing and one
could see old farangs nodding out at the bar and sleeping. It was the waiting room before one went
to 'the pearly gate'.

[Up2U]

The possibility of this happening was publicised some months ago. June 16 was the deadline date for the city government to improve things. Presumably they failed to do so. Getting rid of the overt sex trade is allegedly one of the motives. Yet, no-one seems to have mentioned anything about getting rid of the various Mafias that control a fair bit of what goes on in many walks of life, especially the construction industry. And will this just mean that a new group of appointees will have their hands out for tea money in addition to the BIB?
There was no deadline to improve things, the military was planning to take control when the Mayor and Counsel members term expired on June 16th.

http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/225324/military-appointed-team-experts-take-pattaya-week/

[frequent]

"left suddenly for New Zealand". An act of desperation surely?

[scottish-guy]

Actually I'm quite impressed - there's many people in Pattaya who simply could not dare to set foot back on native soil!!

:cool:

[frequentfliers]

There was no deadline to improve things, the military was planning to take control when the Mayor and Counsel members term expired on June 16th.

http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/225324/military-appointed-team-experts-take-pattaya-week/

Democracy in action.