Bangkokhatter

It's a proper farce with no plan in place or clarity of thought regarding our children being able to go back.

We sent our daughter up country just before the travel restrictions were in place, primarily to visit the grandparents and to have a bit of freedom on the family farm.

This morning she started at the local government school which is opening a few days a weeks from today. Should be an interesting experience for her, coming from an International school, but i think it is a better option than just trying online learning.

Come on you do not need any help.

Am guessing you are an adult and therefore you should take care of this situation much the same way as you would if you were back in your home town.

PS, can i borrow a tenner, you seem pretty flush right now ?

It's going to be a tough, tough game and on paper England are ahead, but we play on grass and it's a semi-final any thing can happen.

Bit of luck here and there, dodgy ref's decision who knows, too tight to call for me....still have nightmares from 1990 when Gazza was mere inches away from connecting.

At least there are a few soi dogs around i can kick if it goes tits up !

16 hours ago, Kwaibill said:

Sorry I didn't follow through yesterday!

Yes, it appepars Novotel is booking.

Thanks for the reply, ended going to a resort near Pattaya, going back to the house today to check on damage, although we are being told we cannot stay there.

14 hours ago, Pravda said:

 

I hope you are renting 

Not renting but fully insured, lets see how that works out in reality.

23 minutes ago, Kwaibill said:

Wow. My wife is away, so some neigbors kindly took me under their wing to evacuate to the Novotel at Suvarbanumi.

We are "camping" in the lobby, awaiting word.

Lots of sirens and flashing lights along the way.

The hotel has been great. They moved us to a conference room with comfy chairs, etc.

Good to hear you are safe, do you know if the hotel is accepting bookings ?

1 hour ago, Mike West said:

So, the fans and the players ALL live at the stadium now?. ????????????????????????????????????????????????
YOU WILL LOSE. your team in the biggest embarrassment in the history of football. 

What are you like 12 years old or something ?

Onto the game, think it will be a narrow win for Germany, based on the negative tactics of our Manager, i do hope i am totally wrong though.

I just don't get it, first half England were good with the front four all inter-changing and stretching the Czech back four, dealt with the attacking play of the Czech's quite well with just one shot on target.

Have a cup of tea and a chat with the Manager at Half-time and it all changes. It's as though Southgate told them to tighten it up and to keep their shape, end result being a rather boring second half. Odd considering when we play with pace and movement we look a half decent side.

Having said that we qualified top of the group, job done, let's hope the next game is an earlier kick-off time and doesn't end in glorious failure.

No luck at all in qualifying from the group, it was obvious with four best third place teams qualifying that four points would be enough.

However it does just paper over the cracks, England under Southgate are negative in general and he sets his team up not to lose.  Shame really as we do have some good players, played some good stuff for twenty minutes in the first half against Croatia.

Alas, hope springs eternal and no doubt i will be up at 2 Am tomorrow morning hoping for better but knowing deep down it will be just another frustrating performance.

Shut up !!

I see some posters go straight into attack mode and just assume parents want their kids out of the hair.

However having a young daughter waiting to start G1, who has already missed a lot of school, I don't think there is a good solution.

Most parents i think understand the need for the kids to be back at school (quality of education different subject), it gives them structure, discipline and the opportunity to mix with their peers, this is so important at a young age. On-Line learning just does not offer this and i have yet to speak to any parent or teacher who believes it is successful. It is just "better than nothing"

However this has to be balanced with our need to make sure our kids are safe.

There is no way my daughter will be having a vaccination but i would be perfectly happy for her to return to school if all staff were vaccinated. This may sound contradictory and probably is but the quicker we learn to live with Covid the better and kids going back to school would be a good start.

I can watch via AIS Play, its the second channel on the list.

Now got me niece trying to change the language.

20 minutes ago, Johnny Mac said:

 

Yea it could go wrong. I think Express vpn and Nordvpn are safe bets though?

i pay for the Express VPN and only had that one issue, lets hope it works this time.

Up to now BEIN are only showing as providing games in MENA area, shame as their product is usually good. Maybe it will change before it starts.

BBC and ITV will be available via VPN but you cannot trust them. Last World Cup i was finally blocked just before half time in the semi-final ????

Have tried email address in the OP and also omitting the D as others have suggested but still get mail not delivered message.

6 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I signed up to try and buy some, but they won't tell me the postage until after I order, which was a no go for me. I'm thinking the postage is likely more than the product.

When i ordered from them i did not have to confirm and pay until they told me how much delivery was.