tomazbodner

Challenge is how do you get out of it? Putin was long threatening action if NATO expands further East and Ukraine was his main target. It is therefore my guess that Russia would either take over entire Ukraine, or replace Ukraine leadership with the Pro-Russian side. They are unlikely to stick to only the 2 eastern republics which they just recognised. That said, one thing is for certain: for all that talk of how the West will support and protect Ukraine - it's clear they were just empty words. Now for the fallout - Ukraine is obviously the biggest loser, followed by Europe which will be sinking under the price of gas from Qatar and US, especially if both, NordStream and pipeline over Ukraine are shut off. 10x price increase in gas affects everything. Russia? Well, they already turned to China for new market. That's what purpose of Beijing trip was for Putin at the start of Olympics.

Plenty of Chinese, Arabs and Indians to replace oh so important westerners as well...

You're so important, Thailand could not possibly survive without you... Who is "We"?

Likely true. But I also noticed that most people have negative ATK after just 2-3 days of contracting Omicron, so 30 days paid leave is hardly justified.

I can't help much about laws on leave etc. But, there's a social security app for the phone, where you can enter your social security number and password. You can get registered on SSO website, but you'll need to know your social security number first. You can then use that app to show all your contributions, etc. I just used that app to get Pfizer booster shot organised by SSO - looked at the app and were happy with it. I'm told it's the same with public hospitals although I've never tried. It's still possible to get a paper card as your local social security office, just not automatically issued like before. Thais can just show their ID card. Showing my passport didn't work in the same way as they could not find it in their system, so I had to find the SSO number first (that was for another matter at Social security office).

So... no more 50k$ insurance requirement and all healthcare free of charge?

You worked for 10 years, you could have applied for PR in the mean time, and after leaving your job would not have to go anywhere as this would have been your home...

Use Google Chrome browser and right click into page, then choose "Translate to English."

Look at the domain of the email - that's not thaievisa.com, so it's from someone else. Why would they be asking you about your name and date of birth, surely they would have that information from the forms you submitted. And 4 last digits of passport? This is clearly phishing attempt to get your data and open something in your name or break into your bank account or something. Please ignore it. Also the rest of the text is written in poor English, missing characters, Embassy written in small letters, punctuation missing. It is a phishing scam, 100% confident of it. And very badly done.

Pretty much every PCR test provider will have to report your result to health ministry. It is then up to them whether they send ambulance your way or not. So it's hard to talk about any low risk options.

This part is the key. Self-isolate and don't bother with PCR. You already know you have it, PCR will only confirm what you already know. If symptoms don't change, this should be over in a couple of days.

Can't wait to see what happens when OP tries to leave Thailand... I'm sure IDC will be far less comfortable (and chargeable as well).

There is one thing that never escapes this man... ... Self-praise...

Warren Buffett... This is what he said about airlines: The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money. Think airlines. Here a durable competitive advantage has proven elusive ever since the days of the Wright Brothers. Indeed, if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down. -- Warren Buffett, in the 2007 Berkshire Hathaway shareholder letter He should have really listened to himself sometimes: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/warren-buffett-should-have-listened-to-himself-on-airlines.html We might just see a similar article about his Bitcoin investments one day, perhaps not too far away.

Social distancing and mask-wearing was strictly enforced at the Omicron Festival.

You should definitely change your location then... At least remove "Sadly" and "Yet!" Location:Sadly not Thailand. Yet!

There is a dumb singer in Serbia (Jelena Karleusa... a Kim Kardashian wannabe), who made a statement that got instant Karma response: Translation: Jelena Karleusa about Tesla: "He was a weirdo without a wife, he even had a disorder" Borislav Vercevic: Had Tesla known that you would be singing using electricity, he would have probably never invented it.

I should have checked other replies first! ????

I don't know but I bet there was a coyote chasing it...

Can't do! That would be considered work, so you need to have your Elite visa first to allow you to get work permit for bank robber job!

0.6 mm or 0.6 cm? I would guess the latter. 6mm stone should still pass (and ultrasound generally shows them larger than they really are as there's estimation of size based on size of kidney, so it's not exact science), alas quite painfully. First thing I would do (and I've been battling stones for past nearly 30 years, and had shockwave done previously), is finding out what kind of stone it is. 2 main types are calcium and uric acid. Mine are the latter, so they are also a hint to other challenges like gout that can follow. Then depending on the type of stone, take medication to melt them. Pocitrin Tab or Uralit-U (you can get them without prescription in pharmacy opposite Siriraj hospital) would take 3-6 months to melt the uric acid stone your size enough to pass on its own. Obviously if stone is calcium, you would need different medication, but working in the same way - slowly melting it away. Drinking lots of water also helps as it prevents crystals from forming in kidney, which can then lead to kidney stone formation. One way to know if your stones are uric or calcium is whether they show on x-ray or not. Calcium will, uric acid will not, or very faint. As for blowing them up... I wasn't sedated nor had any pain medication administered, but the feeling was like if someone snapped me with a rubber band in the same spot every second for close to an hour. While that in itself was a bit annoying but not really painful, the bleeding from kidney that followed made me rethink whether I'd want to do it again. Yes, it wasn't invasive surgery but it still caused fair bit of damage to kidney itself. As such, I would recommend going the way of melting it, and letting it pass on its own. If it starts to pass too early and it is blocking the way, there will be pain. Provided you are not taking any hypertension medication, painkillers can be used to control pain. Buscopan won't do anything, but Nurofen or Tramal would. I have found Nurofen work better than others, and it's easily available over the counter (Nurofen Zavance). However - If you are taking any heart medication or hypertension medication like for instance Valsartan, that will cause kidney failure! So careful with painkillers. Although if you only take medicine to melt stones, there's no interaction between them.

3% of appraised value, however what sellers (asking for 50:50 on taxes) were trying to do to me in the past was to get me to cover half their business tax as well since they owned property less than a year. That significantly increases the amount to be paid, so I walked away from that. In your case seller pays all taxes, so none of that really matters, only whether the price is right for what you're buying...

You're so going to hell!! I mean... getting reincarnated... No Nirvana for you, Sir!

There's only one English. Unfortunately, even 85% of British can't use it properly...

But apparently it's very good luck if hia visits your house... I wonder if ASEAN NOW's cultural affairs correspondent can confirm that...