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21 minutes ago, klauskunkel said:

that's why the statement comes from a Deputy Commander Pol Col, and not from a General.

You would think that with this high profile of a case, statements would come from high up. Unless, something should happen that exonorates the guilty party, then the Pol. Col. shall be falling on the sword as they say. 

1 hour ago, Rinrada said:

Have not had a "farang" in our wee shop for over a year but locals keep us going and busy....Cooking oil,snacks and 100 other things that Thais appreciate not forgetting a variety of Spirits and Ice Cold "ones."..and we never close....well not....until 9-00 PM of course..Obey and respect the law and no problems...sanuk..

Same with our shop. I have a group of Thai's that come by everyday to say hello, buy a drink or snack and practice some English. Kids love to chat. 

It is a very social, and profitable, venture.

8 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

So despite having all that money it still wasn’t enough 

It never is. I find if you work hard to earn ones wealth, it is not spent haphazardly.

Whereas people like big joe here have large spending habits. Odds are he has quite a few girlfriends, booze, drugs, nite-life, etc.

3 hours ago, lodstewart said:

first stop should be all the local money lenders

Money lenders tend to not draw attention to themselves in this manner. Everybody knows who they are, but this would bring unwanted attention.

Family member.

By all appearances, we are on the downward swing of things. Kind of like the breaking of a fever, no pun intended.

Suspect things to slowly look better over the next three weeks. Seems as though the government has weathered the storm.

13 hours ago, bdenner said:

Hypocritical wacker should have resigned in lieu of calling himself the Covid Czar.

Learned NOTHING from his Songkran debacle let alone giving free transport to the great unwashed to spread the contamination thru the Provinces.

 

SORRY:- Maybe a trip to Japan and learn what to do with a Samurai Sword would show real remorse.

Politicians no longer fall on their swords. They wield them at the people now.

Not sure if you have ever planted rice here? We are covered from head to toe with scarves, shirts, long pants, head gear, footwear, gloves etc. We each work our rows and unless during break or eating are rarely in "contact" with another person. We are well aware of the transmission of the virus so have taken steps to avoid eating or breaking together. Bundles are dispersed by separate individuals etc. Not much chance of anyone passing on the virus, with our group anyways.

My son was working at a car care place, but he has not had any hours in about a month due to covid. Business is slow.

He applied at Makro, Tesco and a few others but was not 18 at the time.

In general he is a lazy <deleted> so not surprised he has not found a proper job.

28 minutes ago, WineOh said:

Plenty rice fields around my house. Get your boots on and get going ladies and gents!

Yes, but lying on ones back and getting seeded is much easier on ones back than seeding a field.

Boy your lucky. I have been praying they take the lump of sh!t that sits around our house all day. Wifes kid. With any luck and the bribe i paid, perhaps he will be picked this year.

1 minute ago, jeanrem said:

Damn.. 0.36%... let's kill our civilisation.. who care about this to be honest except a bunch of psychotic maniac ...

Oh My......who just woke up after a heavy night of drinking. 

Nobody is killing any civilization, in fact, most people are trying to do the exact opposite. 

Saving Civilization.

Welcome to the Human Race!

1 minute ago, robblok said:

Not sure what your problem is the food delivery is great. Never had a problem with them. Yes they take up roomon the road but that is about it. Quite happy with their services. I wonder why all the old farts are moaning about it.

 

It helps against covid too no longer having to wait in line yourself.

The drivers around my area are crazy. Weaving in and out of traffic, running red lights, cutting across lanes of traffic. 

I like the service but i am concerned about the road safety aspect of it.

Take a look at Canada. The province of Alberta had the lowest restrictions in place out of all the provinces and now has the highest infection rate per 100,000 people out of Canada and the US. Yet there are still those who say these lock downs don't help. 

ICU space is at capacity and although they have not started their Triage assesment program yet, medical personnel are stating the next two weeks are critical in bringing the number of admitted into hospital down. Ontario is very close as well. By this, the medical teams determine who receives full treatment based on long term survival rate. Ontario is flying people from ICU units in hard hit areas to other regions of the province. Many healthcare workers are burnt out. I predict that after we get a grip on this thing there will be a massive reduction in healthcare workers as many will go on long term sick leave, leave the profession, or just unable to work. My niece has been working in an ER unit in British Columbia pretty much non stop for the past 15 months. She has stopped answering her phone and just sleeps on her one day off(every 18 days). 

Thailand began this whole mess with strict measures and was doing a good job. The economy suffered, people (mostly those entrusted with running the country) started seeing less money, and now it appears that imposing those strict measures again is not possible. Why? I believe the people in charge do not want to pay out any more money to the people. Or there is no money left.

I truly hope the worst is past but seeing places like Canada and India struggling I am not so sure.

Talking with family and friends in Calgary it is a bit frightening to hear that it is now rare for people not to personally know of, or experienced themselves, someone who has covid19. 

6 months ago people only heard about cases via news reports.

Stay safe everyone