Audragon

I am very happy to pay for the vaccine of my choice, definitely NOT Chinese or a local clone, but i am not happy to pay an extortionate, inflated "farang" price.

Is it just me, or does this look like a glass marble? I thought real pearls were slightly odd shaped. 

Goodbye to Thailand, hello to Thaichina. ????

Phuket Walking Street Market was very busy last night, with lots of food stalls, shops and craft stands doing good business. Mostly locals I suspect, and it was Loi Krathong, but nice to see some activity in the old city. I am visiting from CM  and most museums and many stores and shopping malls are open, but doing a quiet trade. 

Russia is rated No 4 worst in the world. 1.4 million active cases. 15,000 new cases today. Much worse than China and the rest of Asia. It sure makes sense to allow them in! ????????????

19 hours ago, Brunolem said:

Already too late for that.

 

More generally, people are misinterpreting what mostly amounts to cluelessness.

 

The guys in charge are not devising some complex schemes to get rid of X and replace them with Y.

 

If that was the plan, then there wouldn't be a new plan every other day.

 

The simple fact is that they don't know how to reopen the country's borders, and probably neither do most of us.

 

No (significant) country is fully open.

 

Most are still under lockdown, partial or not, awaiting the arrival of winter and a second wave.

 

They, in Bangkok, have been watching what has happened in other countries.

 

And for the time being, Thailand is probably better off the way it is than, for example, emulating Australia's Victoria totalitarian nightmare...

Dear Brunolem, Did you just arrive? Or have you forgotten that we had a curfew, lockdown and most businesses in CM were closed. And we handled all this it happily and gratefully knowing it helped and all the time we wore a mask. The morons in Victoria who are breaking curfew, resisting the Govt, not wearing a mask  and being spoiled children, should be jailed!!!

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Here's a tip I have been dpung for years. I keep 1cm of baby oil in a stainless jar near the shower and place my razor in that. Blades actually don't dull, the very sharp razor edge oxidises in the air (rusts) which coats and clogs the edge. Baby oil slows the rusting process and also helps lubricate and moisturise your skin. I usually get 5-6 weeks per blade which is about 8 or so blades a year. I use Gilette and agree about how expensive they are. We are being totally ripped off. Haven't tried this with disposables but would be interested in experiences.

Audragon. 

Seriously? You would go around stealing religious items from a Buddhist Temple? What sort of moron are you? Not only is that illegal, but incredibly disrespectful. Damaged Buddhas are regularly returned to temples by Thai people, never thrown out. I've even carried a damaged image back to Thailand to be safely enshrined in a Wat in Chiang Mai. I hope the police are onto you and I hope the monks give you a sound thrashing if caught! I'd even join in! Stay in your own country and go desecrate a church and see how far you get!