Chelseafan

On 6/25/2021 at 11:10 AM, Eindhoven said:

 

Hmmm...

 

Take note that most, if not all, of the cheaper frozen Pangasius contains preservatives.  Yes, preservatives and frozen. You might need to rifle through the supermarket freezers to find the slightly more expensive product that is preservative free. Perhaps at Big C Extra; don't remember exactly.

Its not the preservarives I worry about, it's the antibiotics..

58 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

I am not on your back.... you are not that interesting.

 

 

My question was a simple "so what" because the exact numbers are an irrelevance.

Obviously interesting enough for you to reply... ????

I disagree. If I said to my business that I am going to achieve my budgets only to come in at 70% less than forecast I would probably be shown the door. 

Let's agree to disagree on this one.

22 minutes ago, eyup said:

No,  the crews and aircraft are on a. triangular route So the crews will slip/rest/stopover. in BKK

So they don't get off the plane in Phuket ?

8 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

The point is that the numbers will be what they will be.

 

 

It is not a p!ssing competition, it is an experiment to see if the sandbox theory works.

I never said it was so get off my back. My point is that with all the data available, flight manifests, hotel bookings etc how can the TAT the figures so wrong. How can we believe anything they say in the future?

It's hardly an experiment with such limited data.

3 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

So what?

 

 

So Its not 1300 people now is it.

Even if it is, it's a far cry from 129,000 per quarter that TAT paraded to the press. By my reckoning they will be lucky to get 40,000.

5 hours ago, colinneil said:

I do not believe them figures, if correct where are all the photos showing the so called tourists?

Great show was made when Prayut was there, but only showed a mere handful of tourists.

No photos, no proof, why? Because it is just the usual BS.

Pilots, purser, steward/esses probably account for 10% of those figures.

As others have said, I would look for another place and use that as a bargaining tool however when going back to the table to negociate be careful, I'm sure you know that Thais don't like to lose face and you may find yourself HAVING to move because of their pure shortsigtedness.

If you really want to stay where you are and you haven't had a price hike in five years, I would push for 0% but let the landlord save face by  giving him 5% with no further rent increase for x years.

On 7/2/2021 at 10:04 PM, RichardColeman said:

The fact the photo shows only 2 people in the entire hotel speaks volumes

On 7/3/2021 at 3:24 AM, pagallim said:

OK, I've just seen a pictorial guide to the arrival process, which some might find useful or interesting.  The last one is probably room service in a hotel.

Got to say, there's some nice pointing going on in the photos. Makes the Thais look like amateurs ????

It's not for me (I like the nightlife too much) but I can see how the quietness appeals to some.

9 hours ago, dade7812 said:

They don't have to stay in their rooms, they are quarantined to the island for 14 days......

Yes, for clarity, if 90 cases are recorded in a week then they will suspend the program though they didn't say what happens to those already there.

6 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

It’s not even 300 on the first day. I think I read 249, but then the first plane turned up short a few anyway.

Thank the Lord. 59 people reclaimed their sanity...

Wait what?

300 a day = 9000 per month or 27,000 per quarter

I thought they said 129,000 100,000 per quarter

3 hours ago, Boedog said:

Over 5,500 covid cases yesterday,  Bangkok, is locking down provinces, Thailand is so ready for the sandbox, and the PM and his 120 day plan, SPEECHLESS 

The sensible thing would be to delay the program but with all the media-hype there would be more face-loss than you can shake a stick at

On 6/26/2021 at 10:45 AM, KeeTua said:

Two rai would be nice but the available parcels in the 'undisclosed location' will possibly dictate the size of lot you end up with. A one rai parcel in a desirable location, good access, views, breezes etc would be better than two rai in not so desirable location but then you may need to downsize your plans some. Good luck!

I purchased 1 rai of land only last week in Korat. We slightly overpaid at 1.1m but there were other factors we took into considration and needed to be ticked.

Electricity - If the area you are buildng aint wired then you are going to have to pay a shedload to get them extend to your property

Draingage/Water - As above

Fast internet - Not important for everyone but it was for us

Cockerels - Yeah, crazy eh, but if you are living next to or near these beasts they are fricking loud in the morning

Road - We didn't want a dirt track leading to our house.

Do you need to level off the land - Additional soil is cheap but you will probably need A LOT of it.

Location - We made sure that there were plenty of local shops including Lotus fairly near.

I am going to start building next year but have planned for 4 beds, 2 WC, Mancave, kitchen & front room. If there is enough in budget then we will add a pool

Wow, must be serious. Usual 500 baht fine increased to 5000!!