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Maybole

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  1. Four weeks ago I was upbraided by Paw Luang for not wearing a mask. This last few days I notice workers on his new house extension working maskless. There has been no case of Covid-19 in our tambol at all nor in Chiang Mai province for 2 weeks.

     

  2. I used SevenSeas just over 3 years ago. They charged a reasonable price and supplied six boxes and a lot of bubble wrap and tape. The staff were helpful, they instructed me to make sure it wat sent in the name of a Thai citizen and clearly marked as Used Household Goods. I also had to supply proof that my wife had lived outside of Thailand for at least 5 years.

    My only criticism is that they took about 6 weeks longer than promised. Most of which time spent sitting in a depot in the south of england awaiting shipment 

  3. The search function returns nil entries, if there is an existing thread please attach this to it.

     

    A Question for the Medical Experts.

    I received a BCG Tuberculosis inoculation in my teens 50+ years ago and about 8 years ago was also inoculated against Pneumonia.

    I read that BCG affords some protection against Covid-19, how true is that and will it still be effective ?

    Also deaths from Covid-19 seem to occur after the onset of Pneumonia. Will my inoculation help to protect me ?  

     

  4. The Xenophobia has intensified recently. Somebody or organisation has successfully planted the myth of the Farang Sokapok in the Thai psyche.

    Even my wife of 34 years believes that all Europeans are filthy since they NEVER shower and do not take their shoes off when entering a house.

    Also they ALL carry a Superstrong strain of Covid-19 which is fatal to Thais. This Superstrain thrives in cold climates and is therefore fortunately, hindered by hot temperatures. Therefore Air-conditioned offices and cars must be avoided. 

    On return from a recent visit to Immigration she had me shower and put all the clothes I had been wearing through the washing.

    Forbye, She tells me that a Farang with Covid-19 has caused Hang Dong market to be closed down, and that on Tuesday, 52 people died in Suan Dok Hospital.

    Her sources are local radio and the village Paw Luang's daily broadcasts.

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  5. My UK Passport expires at the end of this year. I worked out that the extra fees charged and costs incurred by using VFS will more than double the nominal price of a new passport..  I therefore intend to apply on line using my brother's address in Glasgow for him to send on to me.

     Is this legal? Can I send my expiring passport direct back to the Passport Office or would I have to send it via my brother? I expect the whoe process to take one month which is not bmuch longer than VFS.

  6. My granddaughter tried to Email me some photos taken with her smartphone without success.

    She is using an Apple smartphone and GMail, I am using an old Acer laptop with W7 and Firefox browser. My EMail account is with Hotmail.

    Granddaughter's device shows that they were sent normally but I did not receive them.

    Are there reasons for this ? What can I do to retrieve the photos ?

  7. We normally do a monthy shop in Makro Hang Dong. Yesterday, in a mild panic, The Boss decided to go early and stock up. We now have toilet rolls, kitchen towels, washing up liquid, toiletries  etc for at least 6 weeks.

    Makro was slightly busier than usual but plenty of tills open. The only thing I noticed in short supply was cooking oil, no sunflower oil (my preferred choice) nor corn oil, only palm and soya bean. I did not notice any overt over-the top shoppers. I found sunflower oil in Big C but was restricted to only 3 1 litre bottles (all I wanted anyway). Prices have gone up. On Sunday a 1.9l bottle of sunflower oil was 102 baht, yesterday it was 138 baht.

    Today my preferred egg shop was closed due to lack of supply. the 2nd was open but had run out of large eggs and would only allow 1 tray per customer. Price has also gone up by 15 baht  and they intended to close early.started

    Panic buying and or hoarding has started 

    Strangely, in both shops, electrical items and many other non-food items were taped off.

  8. 21 hours ago, DannyCarlton said:

    Just been listening to a doctor in Milan who was asked why the outbreak was so severe there.

     

    1. Large number of Chinese visitors to Northern Italy.

     

    2. One of the most aged demographics in the world.

     

    3. Government tardiness in reacting.

     

    No mention of some Italian superstrain. Urban myth based on zero facts.

     

     

    A recent report in The National newspaper (published in Glasgow) stated that Northern Italy has a large fashion industry employing several thousand temporary Chinese workers. Many of them returned to China for Christmas and New Year and are believed to have brought the virus back with them on return. 

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