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1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

 

Almost no international policy has such language. And plenty of people have entered on international insurance policies. There is no requirement that the insurance be from a Thai company.

 

What you will need, is a letter from the insurer stating that you are insured for XXX )or unlimited) and that this includes COVID.

I.e., that's what the Thai Embassy in German/Berlin demands exactly on its web page.

11 hours ago, mikebell said:

Why not have a group of men whose job it is to leave their air conditioned offices when they see a plume of smoke?  They could then speak to the farmer & discourage this health hazard.  To ensure official recognition they could wear uniforms coloured, brown, for instance.  I've even thought of a name for them: police.

When they stopped the fires they might like to turn their attention to the roads. 

Mikebell, good idea in general. But in practice? In the flat areas  of Thailand maybe they can make the owner responsible and punish him. It's also easy for the police to move there to the fields.

But in the mountain areas as here in Mae Hong Son they can neither use their cars, nor can they catch "the owner". A job, that would not "produce" any THB for their own pockets. And it's too arduous to catch the culprits .

The only way to catch the culprits would be doing this in the time of harvesting. But then again moving there to the poor farmers.

BTW, fires are also made in the fortests, although there are no mushrooms, at least in our area. Sometimes I think, they do it to win some land for food production or something else.

3 hours ago, Surelynot said:

1. Education to persuade Thais not to burn everything that is combustable.....rubbish, tires, sugarcane....

2. Strictly enforced laws to prevent indiscriminate burning

3. Strict limits on vehicle emissions

4. Strictly enforced laws on emission limits for vehicles

 

......four things that will resolve 90% of the problem.

 

That wasn't so difficult....next problem?

#.1.    ... especially on TV, all channels, including private channels.

But I doubt, if it will work, it's already in their "gens", it's years too late.

My experience here in the North, it's easly said to catch the polluters. But doing so, is more difficult. If you ever have been in the mountain areas of Mae Hong Son, you will understand why I say this. In the plain you may catch the owner of the land, but not in natural parks as in Mae Hong Son i.e.

On 11/23/2020 at 6:34 PM, 3NUMBAS said:

EU expected  to go tits up in 2021 so what does it matter .the cartel is on its last legs like the columbian cartel

the 4th rech will end up like the 3rd reich as all reichs do

.......said a soothsayer !

1 hour ago, vogie said:

No point in voting if you don't vote the way they want you to. 

 

France has said "Paris has signalled the EU might move ahead with the recovery fund without Poland and Hungary under an EU "enhanced cooperation" law that allows a group of at least nine countries to pursue a joint project if others object."

 

So basically not all 27 nations are listened to when voting, only the ones that vote the right way.

Imagine, Scotland and NI would have ugly extremistic leaders. Would you in London crawl under the carpet and give them the part of GB's yearly budget... only for the reason that they are members of GB? And on the top of this, BOTH countries would NOT agree to change their extremism?

Would you then crawl under the carpet and hand out the tax payers money of GB? Without any elementary demands? Everybody with a common sense would tell you: they want our money and have the guts to stop our budget, although they are recveivers. And they would laugh about your

[quote]No point in voting if you don't vote the way they want you to.[/quote]

6 hours ago, luckyluke said:

Maybe it would be wise, for the future, to issue a new law/regulation that every voting is automatically recounted twice.

Of course it will cost time, effort and money.

 

This time I cannot agree with you. Voting automatically recounted twice?

If you cannot trust the voting administration of your country, then forget your country.

The voting process should be regulaled in a law. And I guess that's the case in the US. As in many other democratic states the law demands recounting, if the voting outcome is tight. Did you ever read about such a  fiasco in other normal democracies and in the USA before Trump?

Al Gore, a fine democrat,  has demonstrated how to handle this problem. And therefore the question: why isn't Trump able to do the same? The answer: because Trump has an absoluitely abhorrent character/peronality. He was and is completely unable to recognize  to be a loser.

IMO, the most horrible and terrible result of this election is not Trump, but that there has been such a high number, more than 70 million, who voted for him. Electing such a monster, guess what I think about nearly half of the US-American population?!!

 STV = Stupid Thai Visa

The job of the US secretary of state is a very important and responsible one, especially unter Trump. It is very, very dangerous if there would be a Trump-bootlicker. Obviously and luckily Esper wasn't one of this kind.

If  you consider that this secretary is nearly the only one who could refrain brain-sick Trump to start an atomic bomb/war.

Wiki – gives us the answer how it works to start an atomic bomb/war by the POTUS. You will read the words „football“ and „biscuit“. But it's not about sports or sweets, it's very serious. Although we will understandably never learn all the details, it is explaned how it works to start a nuclear bomb/war by the POTUS. A phrase confirms that only the POTUS can do it, but ----->

It is argued that the president has almost sole authority to initiate a nuclear attack since the secretary of defense is required to verify the order, but cannot veto it. Here the Wiki.webside:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_football

Lets hope that there is some common sense in the head of the US „secretary of defense“, if there is a new one before January 20.  Who represents him until Biden will take office? If Trump: double danger!

On 11/10/2020 at 8:22 AM, robblok said:

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BJ saw their US ally go away and Biden is more pro EU. So the wind changed and the Brits are waving the white flag.

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Yes, when you consider the  time of Johnson's change of mind - after Trump's deselection -  you hit the nail on the head.

Think about a "DaVinci Robotic Surgery" in Thailand. Made in Siriraj-Hospital. (google this). It's a minimaly invasive surgery!

It's important that the Doctors are experienced. This means, that they have done already a lot of these robotic surgeries. This matches for Siriraj. I don't know the current prices. But they will be lower than that of Bungrumrad.

I had this surgery done in Germany exactly 7 years ago. There have been 2 excellent specialists in a famous but remote area in the St. Antonius Hospital Gronau, near the Dutch borderline. There have been foreign patients even from Russia!. Costs at that time about 14.000€, including all: DaVinci Surgery style plus 1 week in the hospital (private). Result: excellent.

You can contact Siriraj by e-mail. I would have done it there. But I went to Germany mainly for the reason to say good bye to my dear brother with a deadly cancer.

On 11/7/2020 at 1:24 PM, Peter Denis said:

Since you do not have an original Non Imm O-A Visa, the mandatory Thai IO-approved health-insurance requirement when applying for the 1-year extension of such Visa for reason of retirement, is NOT required.  So it is only normal that your Mae Hong Son IO did not ask you about it.

I would like to say thank you very much, Peter Denis.

I have had a mistake in my thinking. Before I thought, getting a 1-year extension for NON-O would require leaving Thailand every 3 months/90 days. Therefore I thought in reality (= not leaving Thailand all 3 months)  it would be like an O-A in my case in Mae Hong Son. Wrong.

He patiently explained to me, that "applying for the 1-year extension of such  a Visa for reason of retirement is NOT required", means you must not leave the country all 90 days/3 months and that this extension is valid for 1 year.

Therefore  the good result (for me), I don't need a Thai health  insurence for the extensions precedure. (I'm insured in Germany).  Therefore - as Peter said - " So it is only normal that your Mae Hong Son IO did not ask you about it."

17 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Definitely not The Donald's style, let the entertainment really begin ????

 

Probably he will not have time enough for "entertainment reality".

In the German magazin SPON I have read that Trump will need a lot of time for 20-30 court cases. The real entertainment will start after January 20, 2021.

It's quite possible that Donald will wear a suit with the same color as his face has, when the cases are finished.

4 hours ago, Lacessit said:

You may be right. The analysis is based on traits observed by others in their time, and may be inaccurate.

Having said that, I would like to see how anyone could argue Trump is NOT a high-functioning sociopath.

You have hit the nail on the head. Other names for Sociopathy = Dissocial personality disorder (DPD),  explained by Wiki:

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD or APD) is a personality disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others. A low moral sense or conscience is often apparent, as well as a history of crime, legal problems, or impulsive and aggressive behavior.

8 hours ago, transam said:

If folk really care about the environment then they should turn off the heating and A/C, ride bikes and stop buying stuff wrapped in way too much plastic to make it look nice for starters.

Then they can complain about the unemployment knock-on......????

You should have been the environment minister under Trump. The same level.