8 hours ago, Raphael Hythlodaeus said:

But you miss the point. I am not talking about implementing this idea NOW while the dire COVID19 travel restrictions exist, but in the FUTURE when I presume at some point this will all be history? Or will it?

The "FUTURE" has already started ! 

Thailand will never have 40m tourists again. Therefore you should not warry about Thailand's "FUTURE",  ..........  maybe a military future again

Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

Military government, you reap what you have sawed !

Good and predictable answer to your isolation policy. The farangs don't trust you now.

The boy below needs a mask, a gum mask !

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Let's be realistic: What do retirees contribute to Thailand? A little money, probably a lot less than tourists.

And at the same time some retirees create headache and cost for Thailand like unpaid medical bills.

 

Don't get me wrong, I understand that you and many others like to live her. But look at it from Thailand's point of view.

And Thailand is not unique in that way. Many (all?) countries are more interested in experts for their expertise and tourists for their money.

A 2-4 week tourist "contributes" more money than a retiree ????

Where did you read this fairy tale?

If you are going with a Thai partner - woman or man - let them check-in. Problem solved (if still existing in some Provinces).

On 8/18/2020 at 11:48 AM, Phoenix Rising said:

Works????

 

(Trump) "works"    ....exactly what I had liked to write here.

Paying for a promotion or a guide?

Never in my life. I've travelled to many Asian countries, including Nepal and China(3x) - never had a human guide, but good guide-books. It worked excellently. You are never influenced by the money or other interests. You have a much better chance to observe the real life, if you don't need the 5-star hotels.

Even nowadays, in the smoky season here in the remote North we leave Thailand or rent a bungalow in the nice and quiet area in the South of the Thakiap in Hua Hin. For that we don't need a "promotion". The life quality there is a (unpaid) promotion for us.

On 8/7/2020 at 2:13 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

Did anybody check the IQ of those people who would vote for him again?

 

There is a German saying:   "stupidity dies last".  This confirms what we read here about "virus-prone states".

I'M sure, Mrs. Merkel will tell him again tongue-in-cheek:

I cannot come because of Covid-19 in the US.

26 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

Which problems would be solved ?

5555555, you don't know???

• absolute undemocratic behaviour
• military behaviour (I'm the general and you minions have to obey me)
• criticising the PM not allowed (military manner)
• buying very expensiv "tools" (ships) for the military when the poor people need support
• not taking care for the people hit by  Covid-19
• no real demeocratic election; suddenly parties with only 30k could win a seat in the parliament. Was manipulated. The small parties then had to vote for him - in return.
• manipulated election. 250 Senat members not elected, but appointed by Prayut (very "democratic")
• Future Forward Party had been dissolved. Therefore being hindered to build a coalition government with real democratic parties. 
• a putsch general par excellence
• no oath as MP

The list goes on and on.

And you don't know all these problems? What a shame that somebody must show you Prayut's problems.

1 hour ago, hansnl said:

Maybe a good time to woo the expats living in Thailand to stay in Thailand?

Every expat, on average, brings 50,000 Baht into the country, every month!

Thee Immigration office sets then limit for at least :  65,000 THB  into Thailand.

Nearly all the Trump supporters interviewed by Reuters said the media and Democrats are unfairly blaming him for a problem that no one could have predicted.

Stupidity and silliness will never die, especially in southern states.

When I read about all these bureaucratic problems in the US election system - voting by mail, counting the votes, list of voters, .... the list goes on - I think of a third world state, although the US are able to send people to the moon. Worldclass in tech, bureaucracy of the third world!

• Before opening the election I had to go to the central office to take off the list with all the voters of the subdistrict.
• For many, many years I have been a leader in different election districts in Germany. The election started at 8:00 a.m. and endet at 6:00 p.m. There have been many rules to be respected.
• At starting and ending all 7 members of the election board had to be present.
• Of the 7 members there had to be at least 2 from different parties, reducing the fraud possibility
• During the election time 3 people had to be present at least, especially when some went home for a lunch.
• the present members had to support and to take care for disabled people.
• The leader of the election bord and during his absence his deputy took care that every ballot was put into the voting box.
• There was a list of all voters of the election district. No one had to ask for the right to vote, if a German citizen, not the same as in the USA. Every voter had to show her/his election voting card sent from the city office to his home. No card, had at least to show her/his passport. Postal voters have been marked in the list, so that they couldn't vote a second time.
• At 6 p.m. the ballot box was opened and 6 members sorted the ballots out depending on the different parties. After that the ballots for each party have been counted and later controlled by another group.
• Then I wrote the vote numbers of each party in a liste. The number of voters in the ballot list had to equal all the party voting numbers.
• When okay, all members of the voting board could go home and I telephoned the results to the (central) voting board. After that I took all the documents and the list to this office.
• There never haven't been long waiting lines for the voters. Maybe the US districts are to greedy to build more voting boards.

In most cases these results have been delivered between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m. Between 10 and 11 p.m. the central state delivered the party results to the medias.

The post votings have been noticed in every district election list. Therefore no double voting possible and no fraud. To be counted all letters with the voting paper and some special documents had to stay at least at 6 p.m. in the central office of the election district. That's the reason no real problems with postal voting in Germany.

The man with the yellow implanted hair will never understand this. A brain surgery would have been more urgent!

Even our dog wouldn't like to eate this shxt, because our "cooking-boss" serves us daily an excellent and healthy food, rich of vitamines and low fat.

Why is it that there are so many overweight individuals especially in the Western countries? From eating unhealthy and poor quality food.

If Pinocchio and his minions are sitting inside such a prison box, there would be long rows of spectators !