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3 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

https://www.nationthailand.com/tech/40000208

 

Since the beginning of this year the contact-tracing application, MorChana (Doctors Win), has alerted 46,272 people who were at risk of Covid-19 infection, the Digital Economy and Society Ministry said on Sunday.

I suggest you may be missing the irony.  46K notified but 1.95M cases.  

4 hours ago, morrobay said:

Enough enough with all this covid mumbo jumbo. I would guess about 90% of the population here have been exposed. It's in the air when you walk through some place where an infected person was there just before. I don't see this area overrun with cases. Either minor exposures or eliminated by first line immune T cells defense. With no infection produced or mild infection.

For Lordies sake please stop using common sense and telling the truth. Exercising common sense to deduce the truth about observable reality is not the way things are done these days. 

From now on I suggest you conform to the modern modus operandi of orthodoxy and only say things that will never EVER offend those that are unable to think for themselves and exude severe symptoms of cognitive dissonance.

For now you are still allowed to "think" in an unorthodox manner, but watch this space.........

Just now, Jeffr2 said:

Might have been detected via that phone app.  Perhaps the person got covid and they did contact tracing.  They're actually pretty good at this.

Methinks you give them too much credit.  I use all the sign-in apps and I stopped counting the reported exposure locations I have been at and technically exposed to at nine.  Ironically I was at Immigration last Thursday (in and out for 90 days in 5 minutes) - still waiting for the knock on the door.

To be on the safe side buy the cheapest exit flight you can find - somewhere like Hanoi for the price of a double Sangsom.

What I want to know is, who actually had covid - was it a staff member or a customer? If it was a customer then perhaps he could have been less liberal with information about locations he's visited.

We can only hope that anyone diagnosed with covid in the coming months has the common sense not to tell the authorities they recently visited every gogo bar on Walking Street, or my golf course.

4 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

Well, Prayut was OK with everything as next year the tills will be filled with endless inflow from their Burmese brethren ....... wanna bet?

Apart from all that, he does not speak a word of English while her language is New Zealandish and only faintly linked with the Queen's English - me thinks! Regretfully it is not possible to listen into such top secret (for whatever reasons) conversations - I am sure it must have been loaded with hilarious "aray na?" and "mai chow chai loei" ........ 

I bet Prayut's translator had few problems when Jacinda said something like "Au yeah, gudday theeere Muster proime munnista, owz thungs gon tuddiy. 

OP - proving your identification may be the least of your worries.  They will also demand evidence of the proof and legitimacy of the source of the funds as well as a list of all/any tax ID numbers and proof of your tax residency and income status in any country/ies.

They will require continuing proof of your tax residency if you are a non-resident and will be happy to freeze your funds if you fit their profile as a potential money launderer or tax evader.  I know somebody that this happened to - their crime was being a Kiwi with an Aussie tax number working in SE Asia for 10 years as a digital nomad and (arguably) not falling into any category as a tax payer in any country.

The Aussies decided they wanted their pound of flesh (because the Aussie tax department are as rabid as their immigration department) and froze all his Aussie assets.

Even if you make the deposit they will tax you as a non-resident at crippling tax rates.

6 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Depends how much you drink i guess, it doesn't give me a headache, what does is red wine and Singh Reserve, maybe Reserve is the cause from other reports

I found that 285 made me slightly sad along with the headache.  Switched to Sangsom (yeah, supposedly a rum but had a crack at it anyway) and found that made me strangely angry - soon dropped that.  Always enjoyed JD so stuck to that for a while but the sweetness got to me and got sick of it.

So for a long time I've just been drinking JW Red Label.  Hardly a high end dram but it does the trick and is cheap enough.

Almost forgot - a buddy introduced me to Hong Thong.  Um........enough said.

I've learned not to be critical of prime ministers or presidents and the like making stupid decisions and illogical recommendations that have no materially detrimental affect on the public at large, or me specifically.

I conclude that was 30 minutes or maybe 3 days of their time devoted to stupidity that did not cause anybody any harm.  The unfortunate truth is that as soon as they issue their ridiculous proclamations, they are then free to think of new ways to victimize us and bow to the wishes of Aristotle's Mob.

It's called democracy.

18 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Blend 285 Signature is my fav currently, about 400 baht or less. Probably better more expensive ones

I used to drink 285 but it gave me a helluva headache.  Looked into it and apparently it's made from imported scotch whiskies and blended in Thailand. 

Do further research and it is supposedly the dregs from barrels and blended with what the Red Bull company call "quality neutral spirits".

I concluded that these so-called quality neutral  spirits is either nail polish remover or ethanol, neither of which is good for the soul. 

On the other hand, I was once desperate for some kerosene to wash some oily car parts but could only find it in 20 ltr drums.  The Blend 285 worked a treat and on a litre for litre basis was cheaper than the kero.

I suspect the coriander argument may be a red herring.

41 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

I am not sure what sort of "ism" label can be applied.

 

It is just layer after layer of self important busybodies bossing people around because they are important, and because once they have acquired (paid for) their position in authority their is no effective mechanism or protocols which define or limit what they can or cannot order. The only restriction is the degree to which they can influence the enforcement bodies, and their only criteria is how much cash they can make from it.

 

I don't know what sort of "ism" that is, but it is how it works.

You've described cronyism.  Thailand's system of government is a combination of cronyism and nepotism. 

But even these two -isms, as distasteful as they may be, have a fundamental ideology behind them that I can almost live with. 

And at least they are honest in their dishonesty - unlike western politicians who pretend they are more virtuous than Mother Theresa while not even giving you the benefit of a reach around while they are reaming you from behind using vaseline they stole from you.

I'm 97% sure that the Wave only ever came out with a disc on the front, and that was only about 2015 or so.  Before that both brakes were drum.  Maybe the one you saw in the shop had been converted with aftermarket parts.

5 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Meanwhile at the office of Siemens in Staines the telephone is answered ...

 

There was also a branch of Otis Lifts in Reading (pronounced "redding" for non-UKites).

You've exceed your quota of puns in this thread Matey!