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3 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

I have read the cost to operate the F-35 per hour can be between $8000 to $10,000.  What is the threat to justify this aircraft.  An upgraded F-16 or F-18 could fulfil any air defense mission. 

Yes, but if you crash half the fleet in the first three months you can quickly reduce your running costs by 50%.

34 minutes ago, rbkk said:

His mask looks similar to the type that are banned on airlines because they filter the incoming air but not the outgoing air. I'm no expert so maybe I'm wrong. Either that or it's part of his Darth Vader costume?

Looks more like something you'd see on a fetish website to me.

Somebody should explain Chaos Theory and The Butterfly Effect to the Thai government, and that both theories are warnings, not instruction manuals.

Chaos theory is an interdisciplinary scientific theory and branch of mathematics focused on underlying patterns and deterministic laws highly sensitive to initial conditions in dynamical systems that were thought to have completely random states of disorder and irregularities. Chaos theory states that within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are underlying patterns, interconnectedness, constant feedback loops, repetition, self-similarity, fractals, and self-organization.

The butterfly effect, an underlying principle of chaos, describes how a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state (meaning that there is sensitive dependence on initial conditions). A metaphor for this behavior is that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil can cause a tornado in Texas.

Thailand can certainly be described as a deterministic nonlinear system - I think? 

1 minute ago, mommysboy said:

Difficult to believe the heavy smoking hasn't damaged your lungs!  Can you run a couple of Kms?

 

Still, made it this far and still going.

Firstly, who in their right minds wants to run a couple of kilometres? I don't exercise beyond a couple of rounds of golf a week and private nocturnal exercise.

Don't want to sound flippant, but I'm blessed with good genes.  I come from a long line of long living relatives on both sides, and my three much older sisters are still playing golf well into their eighties. The youngest at 81 got her 4th hole in one before Christmas.

And when asked about the age difference between myself and my youngish wife, I simply reply "well if she dies, she dies".

Some people, any excuse to throw a sickie.  

10 minutes ago, steven100 said:

heavy smoker and drinker and infected with the Covid19 virus .......    should you go to the hospital and get a full medical check up and PCR tested. 

I could give you a long answer revolving around personal sovereignty, personal responsibility, common sense, and real world observations, but as today I have to find a tax loophole that needs burying resolving, I haven't got the time.

The short answers therefore:  Well, as my hair wasn't on fire and my many employment related personality tests reveal that I score extremely low for paranoia, I weighed up all the available factors and (gulp) decided to take my life in my hands.

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

"....take immediate action and fine tourists"

 

There's a sale booster if I ever read one .... ????

Business planning is not their strongest suit.

The peasants tourists are revolting.

Yeah sorry Kuhn Tourist, you can't get on the boat unless you're wearing a mask.  What?  Nuh, you don't need a life jacket. Life jackets are useless against Covid.

If only the government could find a way to recycle these oft-revised meaningless plans there would never be a shortage of toilet paper.

7 minutes ago, steven100 said:

you got Covid and you didn't tell anyone     ?   

I've informed The International Association of Nosophobics.  They were very sympathetic.

4 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Friend was over for beers yesterday afternoon and he said massage shops were being closed again from Today.

 

Anyone heard about this ?

That would seem to be the next step.  Followed by closure of restaurants except to takeaways.

Government officials like to "reset" things back to their last known position of maximum power and authority, a bit like system restore on Windows

Fully expected this to happen.  You can kiss away any entertainment to be sanctioned for opening until June, and that may be wishful thinking.  Thailand is now on a full-throttle downward dive into oblivion.

I got covid on New Years Eve after getting the Pfizer jabs last year.  Don't know what flavor because I self tested, not wanting to end up in a Gulag (or even a Stalag) by being officially tested by the local Commissars. 

Anyway, I've done the right thing and stayed home like a good little Comrade and done my best to prevent myself from initiating the destruction of mankind.

Now day 5 or 6, a runny nose, the odd sneeze, healthy appetite, and restful unbroken sleep.  If I had to rate it against my worst case of influenza in about 1995 that laid me up for a fortnight and I lost 15kg in weight, the covid I'm experiencing doesn't even rate as a mild Cold.  I'm actually disappointed.