Mangkhut

Yep - exactly what I thought, this is clearly a basket case.....????

«In the speech, Prayut said the country’s educational system was not bad, but it focused far too much on academics, when people should be educated about patriotism, history and loyalty»

Seriously??? That man is far beyond my wildest imagination.....

North Korea is the ideal then....

I tried that exercise for around 20 years - to drink less. It didnt work and I wasnt able to do so. The solution - stop drinking! Use your time, eneregy and money on something else. You have only one life - use it well...

Guess that Uzbek had some visitors in his quarantine room that might have been close to more than him...????

16 hours ago, ukrules said:

No they're not. Serial killers, mass murderers and terrorists are the worst scum of the earth.

 

You've got to get things into perspective.

If you drive a car fast deliberately through a busy pedestrian zebra crossing youre a potential mass murderer....

On 8/8/2020 at 5:29 AM, BritManToo said:

Walking 10Km/day on the flat isn't that much exercise, is probably the answer.

There's also a genetic propensity for old age as well.

 

But at 76 you need to expect death at any time.

I'm 64, cycle 20Km/day, hike in the mountains often ...... doubt I'll make 70, none of my family do.

 

Did have a pal that had strokes from age 60, Dave2 on this forum, he died age 70 in his bed.

So it's not the end for you quite yet.

 

Walking 10 kms a day is quite a lot for 76 year old person imo. It equals 6 km/h for 1 hour and 40 minutes, which I doubt many 76 year old is able to hold. Anyhow....

How about blood pressure, blood sugar, cholestrol etc etc? How about diet, lots of sugar and fast carbs? Those are more important factors then exercising....
 

And remember that even persons that exercises a lot, have a healthy diet and normal main monitored levels of blood pressure, cholestrol, blood sugar etc etc - get strokes and heart attacks. Nobody can secure themselves from any diseases. Nothing last forever, and everything has an end.

The most surprising with this story is that a 76 year old person got surprised that he got a stroke....

Thats great! I suggest the next tourist attractions of Thailand to be some of the U-turns along the busiest roads in Thailand. They could advert something like this:

REAL traffic accidents - watch them live from your airconditioned van. Watch motorbike drivers without helmets and other safety features be crushed by speeding pick up truck with drunk drivers.

Satisfaction guarantee - if you dont happen to witness an accident you will get your money back!

I like and enjoy cooking, not that Im a particular good cook. Easy and simple  stuff I feel I can handle ok, but not any fancy stuff. 
It is kinda self satisfying to both buy ingredients, cook and eat the things I come up with....and a lot cheaper than eating out.

Who is gonna visit all these bars then? 

To cut away from it all like that, sell house and other valuables and leave it all behind - is not such a good idea for many obvious reasons.

What he should donis to rent out his house for a year or two and try to live in Thailand. Maybe the hot season isnt so great after all? Maybe the rainy season too? Maybe going out «for a couple of beers» every night turns into addiction? Maybe «rented female company» isnt the answer to his lonliness?

Maybe money spending goes faster than he thought? (doesnt it always for the majority of us?) 

And if being lonely in his own country is his major problem, how about lonliness in a totally strange country where hardly anyone speaks english to the extend that you can have a meaningful conversation with? 

At least dont burn all bridges, give it a try for a year or two and see how that goes.

I have a friend with similar ideas, he wasnt lonely though, he is married to a thai woman and they have two children. They moved to Thailand and tried to settle there. Luckily they just rented out the house for a year at the time. But they came back after 8-9 months and had to spend a few months in his mothers cramped flat. At least they could move into their old house after those months and they had some of their ecpenses covered by the rent...

18 hours ago, phuketrichard said:

isnt this the building where the old time pub/bar was in?
looks like it

Yes it is/was. Its the «Crossroads» - just in the heart of Mae Hong Son. (Just like the text above says...????)

A very popular waterhole amongst tourists and bikers in Mae Hong Son.

Sad to see it go in this dramatic way...

So she has lived 100 % off you for 2,5 years and now she wants even more? 
Give them an inch and they take a mile....

I took the Greenbus from Lampang to Chiang Mai yesterday. No problem at all. No checkpoint between Lampang and Lamphun on the R11 but there were a checkpoint between Lamphun and C M province border. They just waved vehicles through as far as I could see though.

Got a questionaire on the bus about my health situation and personal information - but the bus hostess did not want it back and nobody else wanted it (sic)

Several domestic flights out of CNX yesterday, at least 3 left in an hour or so while I sat there.

Yes the final solution - shoot the starving and remove those problems....????

Sia Noo? Sia Samoeng would be a better nickname me thinks....

On 3/10/2020 at 8:51 AM, pdtokyo said:

 

... spot-on BritTim and khwaibah thank you both.

 

Yes it was GTRider where i saw it but i'd missed that quote ... which looks a bit gloomy. This visa bounce stuff is new to me but i gather each crossing is likely to have different and ... er ... interesting rules ... like the year-long motorbike ban apparently in force at this particular crossing 2016-17. True?

 

... and that “open” again for exit & entry (only if you enter via a Lao tour company.)  confuse me ... do you all think that means (1) "only motorbikes allowed in as part of a group" or (2) "only tourists allowed in as part of a group" or (3) something else?

 

I understand why they may or may not decide to dish out a visa on arrival, but a motorbike ban ... is that a smuggling deterrent?

 

Sorry to spawn three more questions from one answer but that's the way threads and viruses thrive ...

Any of the bordercrossings from Thailand into the Xayabouri province of Laos have been a nogo for thai plated motorbikes for some years now. If I remember correct there were some riders that did something that upset the head of immigration in that province, ran away from an accident or something like that. 
 

Actually the only bordercrossings Thailand to Laos thats doable for the moment for thai plated motorbikes are Chiang Khong-Huay Xai or Nong Khai-Vientiane (friendship bridge 1) If youre bike is in the system and you meet a custom officer in a good mood you might be able to enter Laos though a few other bc but thats quite accidental. 
But these things change ever so often so to get the very latest news about this its better to ask on GTRiders forum or Rideasia forum.

«Not accepting treatment»? Have the thai invented a treatment for the Covid19? Wow - thats something. Hope all persons that are infected get that treatment....

20 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

Not only british ; every people from " EU-27  " have lost more than 30% since about 10 years .

Even Norvegian people lost much and yet they don't have euro currency 

Around 2006 we got 6,5 baht to the NOK (norwegian krone) Nowadays we get 3.30 - go figure!

Even in 2014 we got + 5 baht to a NOK. Last half of 2014 the big drop started...

Regards a Norwegian...

11 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

didn't know it was illegal to make porn movies

Without a work permit and a legal visa...????????

1 hour ago, asanee said:

Du er Norsk? If I remember, so assume same type of passpt as EU.

Well-those first 2 pages are/were always special for any notes/restrictions (in the distant past even for adding kids) your OWN govmt. may add, so thats probably the reason why they feel a bit reluctant to use those for their Thai stamps/stickers. I dk details about NO, but there often were even such wordings on top of those pages. Is it due for renewal soon now?

OK then, sa det ska bra. Sedan trevilg resan.

Ja det står jo ganske klart hvor jeg kommer fra under bildet mitt...????

Anyhow - you might be right about those visa pages. First there is the cover, which is page 1. Then the inside of the cover which is page 2 and then page 3. Number 2 and 3 are almost blank and doesnt have a number. Then comes side 4 and 5 with the actual info about the passport holder (me) and then the actual visa pages starts after that with big numbered pages. And it is these actual visa pages that both page 1 and 2 where left blank. 
 

Anyhow - fingers crossed....
 

20 minutes ago, BananaBandit said:

What do you mean by "a lot of discussion" ?

 

Sounds a bit ominous. What sort of questions did they ask ?

They didnt ask me any questions. What they discussed is hard to tell, but obviously something about my previous stays in Thailand, counting the days I have been in Laos etc. There was also an issue about my passport as there are only 2 blank pages left, and they are the 2 first pages in my passport. (The first stamper started on page 3 for some unknown reason...)

Update: Just been at the consulate in Savannakhet and handed in my application for a SETV. After a lot of discussion they accepted it, I guess thats a good sign...? I mean if there have been something they didnt accept about my application and documentation - they wouldnt have accepted my application at all I guess?

Well - I just have to wait until tomorrow at 2 pm and see what happens...fingers ????