PGSan

48 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

The new variants are more dangerous and more contagious.

Not really.  But it is only those variants that spread a lot better that get established and hence discovered.  

2 hours ago, fordguy61mi said:

Sounds more to me like he doesn’t want it because that’s where the bloody virus came from.

Another racist sentiment?  Or just placist?  

And surely the source location would be the very best place in which to a vaccine? 

6 minutes ago, Suradit69 said:

I certainly hope no TV members were injured in the stampede to post their usual, predictable negative comments.

No it is just the rest of us (the sane ones) who get the breath crushed out of us.  The death toll probably also explains why some posters here think we no longer exist in large numbers! 

1 hour ago, newnative said:

Everyone I know in Pattaya is still here, too.

Same here, and that includes my contacts in other cities too.

Just visit Jomtien (or I guess any similar) IO to get some measure of the still flourishing ‘foreign community’ here.

17 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

Thailand has already lost most of his western expats and retired folks 

with the strong baht, the insurance requirment and others nice ideas

so yes why not lose the last few still here with another requirment, it makes perfect sense

Not really, as there are plenty of us still hiding away here.

17 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

If it is the Chinese version, no thanks. I would rather be deported!

Could we please set up a separate part of TVF for the knee-jerk sinophobes to play in?

7 minutes ago, PGSan said:

Pattaya is at/below sea level

Sorry, I must have misread the above!   Why is the word “below” used?

4 hours ago, sapson said:

with rides for all tastes

all ??? 

58 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Pattaya is at/below sea level

Not much of it is at sea level.  Where does it go below? 

5 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Apparently the Pattaya authorities are not acquainted with the concepts. 

Nah!  It is just that the local geomorphology cannot read (or has no internet access).

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

To fix it money needs to be redirected from where it is actually going

As does the water !! 

On 2/17/2021 at 5:41 AM, waders123 said:

I would hope this gives you enough information to show that China is almost assuredly ground zero for the start of Covid-19. 

Well keep hoping then.  It does nothing of the kind!

9 hours ago, UKresonant said:

After qualifying for the full state pension in 2010 and then qualifying again in 2015, and having now paid 40 years + I just need another 6 years contributions to get the full new state pension ????

This all sounds most peculiar!  So do you mean that you could have started your “full state pension” (or deferred it) in 2010, but you did not do so?   Or does “qualifying for” mean something different? 

24 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Without the trained staff available . . . 

You seem very knowledgable in this area.  It would be useful if you could explain this subject area in more detail, or post a link to a source of information about these aspects of running such facilities here.

6 hours ago, madmen said:

A lot of older farang 70 to 85 end up dying on the floor

Good to know that I now qualify for this privilege.  Can I have an extension to 90 please? 

5 hours ago, kokesaat said:

For around $2000 a month, you get what appears to be excellent facilities/care.  Maybe more if you're truly bedbound.  A vet friend of mine recently was admitted to a small nursing home in Udon.....not the best care/facility in the world, but 24 hour care for around 15,000 baht per month.  

$2000/m is an enormous sum for most of us!  Even $500/m could be difficult.

19 hours ago, Jingthing said:

everything apostilled

Meaning, please!

19 hours ago, Don Chance said:

Different climates to choose.

Meaning? 

20 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Colombia is even better.

And so much safer.

20 hours ago, DoneTravelling said:

You really believe Thailand is tops in health,

Where that you can live in SEA would you suggest is better, then?

1 hour ago, Geoffggi said:

As it is written

Good idea, but sadly meaningless!

One cannot “pronounce as it is written’ since written English gives little guidance on pronunciation.

So ask once again: how do you, personally yourself alone, pronounce the following?

minute

brass

route 

Bumrungrad

(My naughty screen reader started that last off with a slang word for my posterior and finished with a short-form word for a postgraduate (student).  But I use neither of those pronunciations.)

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

silly

Why silly?

35 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

I would never think to shop there as I imagine a barren shop in the former Soviet Union, fully stocked with canned whale meat.

Why would the four letters A L D I  conjure up such images for anyone?  Or even for an An American? 

16 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Thais have problems with final sounds.

Why problems?