ChrisKC

2 minutes ago, digger70 said:

Well you must be Nobodysfriend alright. It Does happen a lot if they Up there have something against you.   ????

Maybe something smelled a bit "fishy"

Talking of dog sniffing...

A few years ago I was travelling back to England from my business in Portugal, I was stopped by Customs Officials at the airport. I was told that a Sniffer dog had stopped at my bag after a jolly good sniff, I had to empty my bag and inside I had some greetings card in plastic wrappers that were thoroughly investigated. They found nothing.

I sniffed the bag myself as I had a suspicion of something. I was right! I invited the Customs man to sniff it himself. he did and we all had a great laugh.

My bag was made from absorbent fabric - I had bought it in Morocco - it was already a few years old but my dog at home had done a pee on it and its "aroma" lasted for quite a while.

You can't stop a dog from sniffing the back ends of other dogs or their pee!

Think of being soaked to the skin as hydrotherapy, administered in quantity and free of charge

22 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

It is unfortunately called Thai Time.  Last week I arranged for the 4 air conditioning units in my condo to be serviced along with the in ceiling main unit in the living room.  It was scheduled for 10 am for the technicians to arrive.  At 10 am I called to see if they were in the Condo's lobby and was told there was no one there.  I called the company and was told that they would be there at 2pm because of another appointment that they had scheduled at the same time (nice excuse).  At 1 pm I called to ensure they were still coming to service the units, and the manager said they would be there in 5 minutes.  at 2pm I called again and told the manager to just cancel the appointment.  Called the Juristic office and within 1 hour had a group of technicians they have on-call for emergencies at my unit and working as a team, cleaning all the Air conditioning units at once, and yes a group of 6 workers.  1 hour and 30 minutes after a thorough and extensive cleaning they checked each unit with a thermal reader and compared the readings on the controllers.  1 controller was found to be defective and they just happened to have another remote with them.  Total cost for cleaning 5 units and the remote was 2k Thb.  The original company wanted 500 Thb per unit, so all in all the day was saved and so was a few baht.  Plus next time I will call the guys that showed up.  I do clean my units every 6 months.

As far as waiting time before canceling I normally give them an hour after I have called the company.  I actually had a repairman from Cotto arrive an hour early to replace the Bidet seat on one of the toilets which was still under warranty.  Took him less than 15 minutes, and with a smile and a Wai he was on his way.  Hit or miss with service people and it is why I will now only go with a good reputable recommendation from someone.  Can not go wrong with a good recommendation from the Juristic office.

I don't like anyone having little regard for a promise made and caring not that it is kept, within reasonable parameters or a message to say there will be a delay. You can call it "Thai time" - that doesn't make it acceptable to me. I have been here long enough to know there are reliable people who will come when they say they will come and bring some tools and a ladder with them. When that happens, I make a note and that person or Company gets my business. And yes, I have a Plumber an Electrician and air con man who I trust.

My sympathy for you for such an experience. I am a regular cyclist and try to ride in the motorcycle lane as much as possible.

She didn't see you! What was she doing driving a car in the motorcycle lane anyway?  And to be going at a speed unable to see in time for an emergency stop!

Your body hasn't had much luck but subsequent circumstances seem to have been in your favour.

It's a serious shock to the system and may have an effect to your confidence for the future.

Stay a while on your sofa, which I believe is a blue one!

Many people on this forum are showing just concern that you recover quickly and then - get back on your bike.

Regards.

PS Keep us posted on how you are doing!

17 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I reckon that dog’s been sniffing out the donuts too !!!! (mean comment, i know, couldn’t resist !!!)

 

This actually seems like a good idea. There are many articles around that Dogs can detect Covid-19 in patience along with other diseases. Interestingly so humans with ‘super smell’ can also detect Alzheimer’s.

There is a lot to be said for Odour - everything has it to some extent, even if we cannot detect it. 

 

BUT... ALL of that said.... You Thai Bashers out there, please do not let facts get in the way of making complete idiots of yourselves and using this opportunity to blindly throw ridicule at Thailand. 

Well, it took me a whole page to see a positive post - I am with you on this one!

4 hours ago, Greenhill said:

Thai Visa and much of the other media use the seemingly benign word 'haze'.    Why don't they use the correct word - pollution?!!

Sorry but you are confusing cause and effect. There IS a haze and everything in it - cause. This creates pollution - effect

1 hour ago, DepDavid said:

Yes there is a need and you need to look up the meaning of bigoted!

Bigot it is but if you don't like it, will "SNIDE" do?

6 hours ago, Big Yuley said:

I hardly doubt it.

Just another massive over exaggeration from countries over absolutely nothing.

There is something in this: Only yesterday, The Astra Zeneca Company itself announced there was NO evidence their vaccine causes blood clots

13 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

He can't be British with that skin color.

One could be as black as a bin liner and easily be British.

Colour is a factor of race. One's birthplace or citizenship status is Nationality.

22 minutes ago, donnacha said:

It does not make a difference to me, but I consider nationality a legitimate detail that should not be omitted from news stories. I believe that the public are mature enough to absorb such information without being transformed into racists. 
 

That would be a smart thing to do even if this unfortunate situation had not occured. Tight processes protect your business, your clients, and your employees. Good luck with it.
 

Hindsight - never around when you need it!

49 minutes ago, orchis said:

a visa agency complaining about money grabbing. a bit 'rich'.

There is no need for this kind of bigoted remark. Please PM me if you want to know some real truth in the matter.

As far as I can see, there is little significant difference in the covid circumstances than last year, so same same 2021

For those of you that would like some reassurance about this story and the Company involved, please PM me.

There are problems everywhere that will influence your perspective. And if there aren't any problems now, there could be some in the future. Thailand changes things, so does everywhere else - depends on the changes as to how you may be affected and how you view them.

When some really important aspects of your life are adversely affected not even specially Thai related, it is understandable that your feelings can spill over into smaller matters that then assume more importance than they are worth. For instance, the man in another thread about being "incredibly annoyed" at being behind a slow driver!

I include those aspects of "immigration" that continue for many on this forum to be a bugbear. I am a Stoic about matters that are in reality out of my control and are minor obstacles of inconvenience that for the vast majority who complain are come and go, requiring only a little patience and a calm exterior!

Pollution seems to be a problem that I accept as affecting many, particularly those with existing respiratory conditions and I feel should be acknowledged by prospective retirees before deciding to actually retire here.

As it happens I am now within the peripheral belt of Chiang Mai where pollution is very bad but fortunately I have never been affected, having actually lived in Chiang Mai or around for more than ten years and never suffered in any way.

Almost everywhere you go in the world, politics and governments are not managing many parts of life that satisfy the people.

I have retired here and I am staying. I would suggest to anyone thinking of coming here to live, to research those aspects most important to them and accept the not so important (for them) and make a decision. 

But there is no substitute for the real thing, accept that may have to make large adjustments in the light of actual experience.

In the Thai version of this story my wife read to me, it was only a batch of that vaccine that was a problem. Astra-Zeneca per se  seems not to be the issue.

13 hours ago, canthai55 said:

Of course they are in peril. Inadequate brakes, no acceleration means no way to avoid a sticky situation.

They are surrounded by 2 ton cars, 3 ton plus trucks, and 100 plus kg motorcycles - with no way to avoid any of them, in an environment not made for them

Plus they do not obey the traffic laws.

I would say peril Mak Mak

I will mow them down ? Where did i Infer that ? I realize what idiots they are to be on the road in the first place.

 

As I said before, obviously not a cyclist. And you cannot include me in your assessment of cyclists in general.

In another thread, I have stated (because it is true) that I have been a regular cyclist in various parts of Thailand for the last 13 years for around ten hours a week for a total of about 70,000 kms and never been involved in any kind of incident.

You didn't infer the peril scenario, neither did I. You didn't make it clear that cyclists are a peril unto themselves or from other road users. I therefore offered you the alternatives!

Prejudice is not a virtue.

8 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Hit a couple in CNX - or rather they hit me

No road sense at all. Weave all over the road, don't stop at signs or lights, Privileged bozos I have found. I am saving the planet so I can do what I want - Snowflake Idiots.

Both screamed Blue Murder after they ran into me. Both were told to beat it by the police when they arrived.

I laughed and drove off. Got the scratches buffed out - good to go.

Their bikes - buff not enuf 555

Of course there are bad cyclists, I don't defend them.  But your original comment suggests that it is the cyclists who are in peril! Or do you mean, if you meet them you will mow them down?

54 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Roads are made for motor vehicles

Ride a bicycle at your peril

Most people who say that are not cyclists.

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Or a Glock pistol 

"a small

6 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Or a Glock pistol 

"A small replica of the Statue of Liberty" - with, "made in China"  on it!

I have three suggestions to make:

Buy her a small bottle of branded perfume and him a large bottle of Bourbon

When you arrive back in Thailand, take them out to a nice restaurant - Eat and Talk!

Stop off somewhere at a market and get a flower seller to make you up a bouquet or something similar.

It IS the thought that counts.

42 minutes ago, Fairynuff said:

IF 

As far as I know, the outside lane is NOT a fast lane but an overtaking lane only, as is the middle lane of three.