Zack61

Booking my flight to Krabi as I write this. Gotta see those toilets. 

Scum.

Going back a few years in Chiang Mai this sort of behavior ended quite a long friendship I had with the owners of a small Guest House there. They gloated about how much money they were making from an American Paedophile who booked out all the rooms to allow him unfettered use of the GH for the purpose of sex with young boys. Usually two at a time and many of them over a period of up to 6 months each year. GH owners were active in sourcing the boys for him and made a small fortune from the guys activities. They encouraged the young boys to drink and eat as much as they could because all charges were being toted at an exaggerated rate against the bill which was paid weekly. They catered to all his needs and made many thousands of baht per day.

After several years of these goings on the police were alerted to his activities and he was arrested. He was forced to pay almost 2 million baht to various people and then escorted back to the US by US law enforcement officers for prosecution. Nothing happened to the GH owners who were implicit in the whole sordid affair. I am certain they had high level police connections and now live quite a good life as a result of their investment in this paedophile's activities. I just hope there is such a thing as Karma because these people deserve to be punished. They were just as guilty as the Paedophile and yet came out on top. Miserable human beings. If Big Joke would like to contact me I could give him details.

9 hours ago, anchadian said:

https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1475270748738514946

 

How many tests?

4 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

X 1  Me too.

Me too three

On 12/21/2021 at 7:50 PM, RandolphGB said:

Yet another knee-jerk reaction from the  government to show the hysterical Thai public they’re doing something. 

True that. Nothing will keep it at bay now that it’s here. 

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

I'm not sure if you said that or not. I'm not going to trawl through all your posts but it just doesn't seem very consistent with your overall stance of ultra caution and constantly reminding everyone to stay safe etc. I guess when you need a holiday this approach can be adjusted a little bit. Piers Morgan was the same.

 

Anyway, I hope you have a great time, stay safe and don't bring it back to Thailand with you. 

It’s already here and this silly futile attempt to stop it makes no sense. At best it will move the spike in cases a few weeks into the future for no gain and a whole lot of pain. It’s here to stay and nothing will change that. A few infected tourists today will mean absolutely nothing in terms of numbers infected in a few months.

Another case of perceived self entitlement

I hope he's wrong. I enjoy the atmosphere

Pattaya is what it is and as such attracts plenty of tourists because of what it is. Such plans would simply turn it into another Singapore or the like. I, for one, would choose Pattaya over Singapore 364 days a year. Not sure this isn't just some sort of Govt. PR exercise. It might need fixing but not sure it needs the wholesale changes as suggested. 

6 hours ago, JoePai said:

Is the small dumpy one alive or is that a wax work copy ?

Watch this space

If and only if caught. Highly unlikely then. 

Did the meeting start on time? It should have. 

20 hours ago, djayz said:

As we have seen in the past, "instructing" and "carrying out" don't always go hand in hand. 

He is not capable of both

12 months reprieve.

No no no!!! Not Lisa. We want Julie

17 hours ago, BadSpottedDog said:

Wow. Thanks for sharing. I knew that was the case. Why does Thailand have China envy? It's bizarre!

I think perhaps because the Chinese are short time stayers and if one was to calculate $$$/day spent they may be closer to the top of the list. Scandinavians seem to top the list in terms of total spend but I suspect they are likely to stay on much much longer and their daily spend would be lower than our Chinese brothers and sisters. Seems Thailand enjoys ST not LT.

Until Thailand lifts it's vaccination numbers some of these countries may not allow their citizens to return without quarantining. This will be a deterrent for short term tourist visitors who then will need to fork out for their quarantine costs on return to their home countries. Simply opening your borders will not ensure an influx of touri$t number$.

I'm not sure sinovac as a vaccination will be recognised as a suitable vaccination in terms of % of people having been vaccinated within the country. The government has to realise there is more involved than simply throwing open the borders.

14 hours ago, WhiteBuffaloATM said:

did he also say that the earth is not flat ? needs to keep quiet . just by mentioning radioactivity, one million thais found something else to worry about needlessly re. vax….

no other strains … MU now waiting to enter the conversation ………

I think this was the gist of a previous post. The intent being to slow things down before they ran out of supplies of mRNA. Easier to deflect answers about uptake than those asked about supply.