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Preppers wet dream. As an aside, somehow, I don't think there'll be a run on toilet paper here. Somebody's missing a trick. Screw the facemasks, buy up all the toilet paper in mass and export it.

Can't keep a good man down. 

It never rains but it pours.

Build up and get a little fat. I got sick before with a virus and didn't eat for a week. They reckon one reason slightly overweight people have longer lifespans is they can better cope with illness. As a lung medicine I'd recommend eucalyptus oil, as an inhalant. It might not cure it but it relieves the symptoms. And, of course, lots of fruit. 

Weird, I guess someone smells money. 

Interesting, but where did she learn English in the first place. Not really a general solution is it? What it does indicate is that you might get a snowball effect, if you manage to get a certain amount of the population up to fluent level. Maybe they should be concentrating on individuals, rather than these mass programs that go nowhere.

Land of milk and honey. Some Kurdish guy said this to me years' ago, and I guess views haven't changed much.

Two problems with this:

1. Musk's relatively young so doesn't think he's, personally, at risk. If he were 60+, he might think different.

2. From Socrates to Ricky Gervais, the stupidity of people expert in one area pontificating on another area, of which they have little knowledge or experience, has been pointed out by more discerning thinkers.

I'm an animal lover, a dog lover in particular, but I think they should be rounded up, given a reasonable chance at adoption, given a good "condemned man's" last meal, some love and affection, then euthanised painlessly; failing that, all soi dogs should be neutered. No money in that though. I suspect it's in someone's financial interest to keep a decent stock in existence, valuable commodities in some countries.

Bread and circuses.

Bread and circuses.

Most of us have. It's endemic here. Luckily, it's not that deadly. Lung infection and what have you. I'm hoping my early infection will give me some protection against the more deadly form, when it emerges. You know the reporting here is a joke. Especially for Farangs. Yeah, I'm gonna get myself quarantined and pay through the nose for medical treatment.

I've never met anyone who was normal. It's a myth. Scratch under the surface and you'll find someone who is anything but normal. It's a facade we put on to make life easier.

You're f@#*ed. The Emperor's new clothes and all that.

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”

Only two ways this is gonna go - the Thammasat way or the other way.

Do I give a monkey's, no. But I will get out the popcorn and observe with interest. Ain't my fight. I'm with you morally kids, mostly these things end in disaster though. Hobbes had a point.

A woman's emotions and male hormones don't go well together. There's a reason, in his wisdom, God decided to separate the sexes. Anyway, these fake ladyboys do little to forward the cause, should you be thataway inclined. I'm guessing it's mostly a money thing, like, it's an easy life. Especially for Thais, who can fake the woman thing at the drop of a hat. 

Good riddance if you ask me:

Not that I have a skin this game. Up to them. Like, my pension's gonna be paid wherever I go - maybe some collateral damage, a few dogs, an SO, and some local traders, will regret my passing, that's about it.

My heart bleeds, so maybe sidelining the Farangs wasn't such a clever move after all. I'm guessing it seemed like a good idea at the time - the Chinese don't ask too many questions, and the coronavirus thing is a bit of a Black Swan event. Still, here we are, they should've had a tenth man asking awkward questions - what do we do if the Chinese market falls apart? The days of cake are over, bread and butter time for you Somchai.

18 hours ago, DannyCarlton said:

I go for the John Travolta look, there's one month difference in our ages.

 

 

Lucky you, I gave up on my hair in my 40s, I'm 64 now. Still, fond memories of the lovely shoulder length curls I had in my teens; <deleted> off everyone, which was the whole point really.

Die or survive, yeah, I'd probably self isolate. Eat lots of fruit. Eucalyptus oil is supposed to be good for lung infections. No way I'm going to a hospital unless I'm at death's door, you seen the prices they charge, just for a test? Money tree coming - I can just imagine how they'll milk it. Maybe, just maybe, this is one reason it's so under reported here.

I go for the Bruce Willis look myself, like there's one day difference in our birthdays.

Yeah  - so, basically, they don't have a clue. What I can say is that China isn't closing down cities for nothing. Wait till it hits the US. That's gonna be interesting.

At 79, you could die from falling over in the shower. I should be so lucky. As the old song says - the gambler he broke even. Beats my Mum's death - alzheimer's is a bitch.

Yeah, I knew a girl who did this. Pretty weird. I'm guessing as an attractive English native speaker she thought it was advantageous, like you're nothing in the US, but in Thailand you're a valuable commodity. Anyway, she ended up marrying a US guy, so she got with one hand what she handed away with the other.

If you're still provoking this kind of response at 78, you're doing well in my book. Yeah, we've all been there. Usually happens at a younger age though. Nowadays, I know better than to argue with a woman. You just leave them or you humour them. No way get involved in an argument.