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13 hours ago, Anton9 said:

I arrived in Thailand when Yingluck was the PM and life was so much better.

Oh ye of little history. Thailand has been going down and down for decades, the last 4 of which I've been here. Economy goes up, and along with it corruption and greed increases and the poor as usual get left behind with inflation overtaking wage increases. 

14 hours ago, MrJ2U said:

He and his sister were voted in.

 

This is a junta thats ruining this country.

 

Theres no comparison.

 

Now theres talk about having a convicted heroine dealer succeeding Pryutt.

 

My Thai wife said that this government is the worst in Thai history.  That seems to be the sentiment of many Thais.

 

There is no comparison.

 

 

The corruptable voted in the corrupt. 

14 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

... in the red villages.

And how long would he survive in Bangkok?

I'll only cheer when he gets thrown in prison where he and his twisted sister belong. 

16 hours ago, lolalol said:

Serious question. 

 

When I first came to Thailand around 2017~2018, Thais smiled a lot. Very natural and beautiful smiles. 

When I came back around 2019~2020, I sensed that Thais smiled a lot less. Very fed up looking smiles. 

 

Q1. Did Thais smile more before 2017?

 

Q2. What happened between 2018 & 2019 to make Thai smiles fade away?

 

I've always though that the 1980s was the happiest of times for the Thais and myself. 

18 hours ago, ezzra said:

There is not such term as Full disclosure in the Thai language, never need it anyway because no one uses this term for obvious reasons...

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On 8/10/2021 at 3:14 AM, RichardColeman said:

With the USA posting the most cases for the last few days I'd imagine those countries are saying don't go to the USA !

Well I'll not be going to the USA. And as far as Americans not coming to Thailand I can only consider it a bonus. 

Thai government. Best comedy show on the planet. 

He must have different statistics than those provided to the general public. He's truly in LaLaLand. 

More like Robbing Hood. 

35 minutes ago, AndyFoxy said:

Hopefully it’s been eating away at you all day. SOS.

Hopefully it's been doing the same to you since you've managed a rewrite. 

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

It always amuses me how some posters come on this forum and state how they avoid foreigners... 

 

What are the doing on a discussion forum populated by foreigners then ????

 

 

I suggest you go back to read and properly digest my comment. Nowhere was avoid mentioned. 

3 hours ago, AndyFoxy said:

Ok....let me restate.

 

In my humble opinion, it is entirely likely that the numbers are at 30K by now. Better?

Pity you hadn't done that in the first place instead of presenting the same as facts. 

10 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Its more than reasonable to say that it is 30k a day already through lack of testing

Your entiltled to say that as an opinion but not to state it as a fact.

6 hours ago, smedly said:

what are the odds the BBC will now be banned in Thailand - that is the usual response when foreign media tell the truth 

BBC & Truth are two words that can't go in the same sentance. 

6 hours ago, JonnyF said:

But in fairness, they do millions of tests and the deaths in the UK have plummeted.

 

You can't stop people getting Covid, you can only stop them dying of it and then learn to live with Covid. Which is what the UK's vaccination process has done.

 

Thailand on the other hand....

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths

And all these charts show deaths on the rise again. It's far from over. 

14 minutes ago, AndyFoxy said:

Outstanding victory bud. Congrats.

And you're so obviously proud of your achievement. 

5 hours ago, MikeyIdea said:

And they deliver to you, cash on delivery in Thailand. Do you say that you keep social distancing rules when paying them? How exactly do you do that? 

When this all started Lazada would deliver a prepaid parcel leaving it at my gate asking me not to pick it up until they'd left. That's all stopped now and we're back to a friendly hand to hand delivery. I'm sure a system could be worked out for paying keeping social distance. It's hardly rocket science. 

5 hours ago, MikeyIdea said:

Unless you are a hoarder and have 6 months of food supplies at home, no

Six months. Are you sure that's enough? 

4 hours ago, AndyFoxy said:

No.

Then there is only one thing to say. IT WAS FAKE NEWS aka A LIE. 

Glad to see moderators agreed with me and removed your post. 

14 hours ago, AndyFoxy said:

It is already at 30K.......at least.

Could you provide a recognised source for your claim. 

22 hours ago, webfact said:

The foreign tourists will still be coming.

If they do then their heads will be stuck in the same place as TATs. And I'm not talking sand. 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

not to leave their residences unless it is necessary to buy food or medicines

I've been doing this for 16 months now. 

I'm sorry it hasn't helped. 

16 hours ago, Thunglom said:

A classic mistake. After working here for nearly 20 years I realise Thais actually have a pretty good knowledge of the world outside - but those who judge are usually using they own Western-centric criteria..... e.g. They may not know who Elvis or the Beatles are but they will know "Big Bang". The name of the PM of Laos, 

 

there is a parochialism in Thai culture but no worse than Brexitism in the UK.

 

I've found it a different kind of knowledge. I've been asked such things as "does England have chickens?" & told "747s are made in Thailand because Thai Air has them". Pretty sure I've done similar. Mai pen rai. 

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Why not?

You obviously don't have to socialize with all of them. But there are many interesting farangs out there.

And, believe it or not, some of them even go regularly out to the bars - at least pre Covid.

You looking to make some new friends.