kingstonkid

8 minutes ago, Doctor Tom said:

I have three farangs living in my house vicinity.  I don't know them, I have no particular wish to know them and apart from the polite nod of the head if we happen to catch each others eye, we ignore each other, which is very good.  Why is it that when people move from their home country,  they seem to expect any westerner they meet to be their mate? I never understood that. I most probably have nothing in common with my farang neighbors, ( I can't be arsed to find out to be honest), not even a common language, so amiable distance is a  good thing. 

I do not wnat people to be my "mate"  .  The only mate I want is of the female species Homo sapien is heterosexual or bi.  She is Thai but that is just because most of the species of mates I am looking for are Thai.

As to yur neighbours that is all fine and dandy,

Now if you are talking about these people becoming friends and or best friends and drinking buddies ( your choice of liquid)  then I agree with you. I do not know most of the people that I say hello to other than in passing.  But I seem to rember that there was something taught to me called Human courtesy that you at least respond if someone greets you.

how much effort does it take to say hello.  BTW you might be surprised if you actually talked to these people and found out that they hve common interests. 

Who knows.

BUT please do not mate with them if they are males I did not think you ere like that.

52 minutes ago, wensiensheng said:

Not entirely true in terms of sinovac and border closures though is it?

 

this article has some information from Chinese scientists on the efficacy of the two Chinese vaccines (spoiler alert, the Chinese vaccines lose efficacy against delta), but read the bit about how the Chinese dealt with a delta cluster in their southern border province. The cluster was similar to the Thonglor cluster in size and the province has more people living in greater density than the population of Thailand. But the Chinese controlled the cluster. An object lesson for Thailand, although immaterial now as the clock can’t be turned back.

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/are-chinese-covid-19-shots-effective-against-delta-variant-2021-06-29/

 

of course, all vaccines for any virus have to be continually updated, for the simple reason that viruses mutate. There is nothing new in that.

There is an advantage to being a communist or socialist country like China, NK, Iran etal.

Once the government say s something it is done and there is none of this pesky rights questions 55555

5 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

Pretty much not, I believe. And probably won’t with delta itching to get in 5555

And that tells us why they are having such success with sinovac.

Sinovac like AZ was rushed and created to resolve the covid 19 base virus.

The problem now is that every-time a new variant comes out they have to recheck and reinvent or decide the best way to fight the new variant.  

Hi. Last week we had teh AZ digital dash.

With all the complaining I was wondering how many people from TV actually are getting shots and will any of yu be at the hospital on Thursday.  That is when I get my jab.

12 hours ago, Leaver said:

I disagree.

 

I think Pattaya will return to being a party town, but, in my opinion, it's going to take years, well after the borders open again.  

It may return as a Party place but it is ot going to be the same party.  I think after the baby boomers stop coming or start to decrease that Pattaya and Phuket are going to have to change to a younger more hip place to go.

The Old tourist coming to Pattaya for a good time and bar girl is slowly fadding into the sunset.  Just look at the way it was before Covid  Bars were complaining of a lack of paying customers.

56 minutes ago, Leaver said:

 

In my opinion, Walking Street is done.  The Thai landlords have outpriced it in the local market.  

 

If you were coming to Thailand for a beach holiday, why would you chose Pattaya beach when there are so many nicer beaches in the country?  

Pattaya has a lot to offer and is not that far from BKK.  Personally living in Rangsit I enjoy a weekend at Pats and no it h as nothing to do with the ladies as i take the GF with me.

I understand though that one of my favorite places the navy look out has changed with out the coffee shops so that is now off the list.

8 hours ago, rott said:

At the moment there are not too many farang about to heavily socialise with, not even for those who choose to live in heavily farang populated Pattaya. 

It does seem strange to read of people who do not want to communicate with other farangs but come on here to tell about it. 

I found that out in the burbs   Expats would walk across the soi to avoid talking.  2 expats that live on the same soi and probably taught at the same school standing waiting for a scooter and did not even notice each other. 

I say sawadii khrap to all the Thais and get a polite response or a smile.  Say hello to an Expat and be prepared to get ignored or scowled at 

On 7/16/2021 at 6:41 PM, Leaver said:

At drink prices higher than many of the countries where the tourists came from, businesses on Walking Street had been struggling well before covid. 

 

The Thai landlords pushed the market over what tourists were prepared to pay, hence, the rise of LK Metro, Soi Baukhao, and post covid, possibly Tree Town. 

 

Over the next 5 to 10 years, as Walking Street fades away, the rents on LK Metro will rise to the same level, and the cycle will start again. 

 

In order for business owners to make some profit, they will move to another area with cheaper rents, and eventually that area will become a new enclave, just the way LK Metro and Soi Baukhao did.   We are seeing this now on Soi Boomerang.

 

 

 

This was just smoke and mirrors. Those in power here know that sex is the biggest seller in Pattaya. Take the sex trade out of Pattaya, and most of Central Pattaya dies.  

I agree that the sex trade is a big driver in tourism in Pats BUT as you yourself stated WS is in trouble because the trade has is moving.  There is actually no problem with Pattaya having 2 different tourism markets.

The beach should be a family area where dur9ing the day families can enjoy the area and have nice dinners and enjoy the beach and other tourist things.

WS is a disaster and slum during the harsh light of day.  

What ever happened with the beautification of Pattaya and changing Walking street.

Also If I remember the late 2019 numbers they so gladly want to get back to had a lot of bars complaining of no customers and WS a ghost town

Possible stupid question time ALERT

If I lose my CDN bank card they will send me a new one to Thailand.  

Knowing Thais the way I do I am sure that they lose bank cards also when out of the country.

WILL THE BANK SEND YOU A NEW CARD IF YOU LOSE YOUR OLD CARD?

I would think that if and it is a BIG IF they get any it will be for Thonburi registered patients only.

The government rightly or wrongly has to control the vaccines to make sure they are going to the THAI people that need them

The other choice was 

 THERE ARE 2 THINGS THAT COME TO MIND  NOT SURE WHICH IS MORE APPROPRIATE.  BTW DO THEY LOOK OVER 60?

35 minutes ago, thaitom said:

I thought it was made in Thailand.

 

It is but Thailand is the production company for all of ASEAN.  You want to here people yell. Just imagine if they hold up deliveries to Indonesia or Phil.

This is PPP on AZ mgmt.  Hate to say it but it takes pressure off the gov't as they have someone else to blame.

ubonjoe could she not get a 90 day visa.  That would alleviate the legalities of being here.

My questions though are the same as others has this guy really thought it through.  Unless he is already in Phuket he may have issues as it is only open to tourist not people living in the country.

Also is his friends country on the fly list.

Will her doctor sign that she is healthy to take the flight.  Airlines may not let her on the plane unattended.

The other thing to take in to consideration is that things are quite fluid here as far ass the rules.

Would it make more sense for him to fly home and escort her here

The hospital can only act on what they are given.  Added to the problem is that this week they had t revaccinate all medical staff.

Try at 0859 to get access then refresh the screen.  You basically have 2 minutes to register

nOW THAT i GOT MY APPOINTMENT

Here is what i did 

at 857 I started refreshing the page.  

The link hit t 900 exactly and I hit it and typoed like mad.

Hit send at 901.

got reply saying it had registered

themn got email withmy facts.

HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE

30 minutes ago, malibukid said:

i have contacted CNN and made them aware of the discrepancy here in Thailand and other countries for U.S. expats living abroad. 

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The truth here is that like a lot of countries in Asia that re not china or Russia there is a shortage of supplies of vaccines.

Also I can tell you that people using thaivisa did get through and registered for the 500.

Personally I think that if people want to get the visa and are so worried and keep talking about well if i go home to the XXX I can get the vaccine.  Then the only advice I have is don't let the door hit you on the way out.

This is a SARS virus and like any virus including things like the flu there are always going to be mutations.  Remember that the vaccines were rushed in order to meet the requirements of Coronavirus Covid 19 version 1.  

Since then there have been at least 4 variations and I am pretty sure there will be more if I was going to bet on it.

As each variant happens the companies that make the vaccines have t go back and retest and reformulate the vaccine to include that variant.

I am Canadian and if I wanted to go back to Canada I could probably get the vaccine but then I would have to go back to Canada and go through all the Canadian gov't BS and quarantine and everything and the costs would kill me.  Also talking to people in Canada they are not sold on the fact that the vaccines are going to stop another wave.

1 minute ago, JohnOFphon said:

Idiots.

It says right on the page that all the governmnet is allowing them is 100 a day.  Not the hospitals fault even though I agree it is crazy.

3 minutes ago, BobinBKK said:

Do you recall what the message was that you received after you clicked the submit button?

Yeah I got am note saying that it had been received but more importantly I got an email with all the information that I had submitted

9 minutes ago, BobinBKK said:

I was able to access and fill out the information form at 9:02 this morning and clicked the submit button at 9:04. I have no earthly idea if the form was submitted successfully as the submit button took me directly to the "registration closed" page.  Has anyone received a "successful submission" message?

read above yes i did and can unfortunately tell you that you did not make it sorry

While my form got submitted I am now waiting to see if I qualify for the vaccine

Gf works in lab I wonder if that is front line.

Also AZ is recommending 3 jabs in US because of different strains

26 minutes ago, homeseeker said:

OK well done. I submitted the form just before 9.06am...but seems like closed already.

????

4 minutes ago, shortstop2 said:

Congrats!  I was too slow but at least got to the form.

25 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yes, closed. Survival of the fittest fastest refreshers cum form fillers, apparently. 

I started typing at 9 submitted at 901.  What I did was start refreshing the page at 858 and as soon as I got the link started typing.

If I get the sms will let everyone know

2 minutes ago, homeseeker said:

"YEAH i MADE IT"

 

How do u know?

It told me it received my app and sent me a copy of the info i inputted. Now I wait for the sms some time today if I am lucky