peterb17

On 3/15/2020 at 6:25 AM, balo said:

Why would anyone want to stock up in Thailand, where you can find street food in every soi.  
Maybe a few import items, but nothing wrong with most of the locally produced food. 

Would agree, but don’t forget a majority of  TV members are American - they only eat garbonzos and chili dogs ( not to be confused with sausage dogs ) 

13 minutes ago, Number 6 said:

Completely different kettle of fish. No virus is going to live two hours on a stainless steel railing baking in the Thai sun in April.

A virus is in no way alive - apparently this virus is around 30,000 base pairs of RNA .

it hijacks cells - by inserting this genetic information- and therefore instructing the cell to produce more copies .

it may be the case that high temperatures break the bonds between the nucleotides - therefore making the virus unable to invade living cells - such as lung epithelia. 
 

let’s hope so 

Well you heard it here first - Bitcoin ( sinking fast)  has been replaced by toilet rolls - maybe the world should wake up to those hoses found in many Thai houses .

The situation has gone mad - how many millions die each year from  malaria? Nobody cares - it’s Africa and poor countries.

The markets have gone mad - well they were a trifle over inflated- thank Heavens I only ever relied  on cash . It’s because this is having an impact on the rich countries.

Personally - it’s the revenge of the planet and Pangolins.

They are an endangered species - yet the Chinese kill millions of them- the only mammal with scales - just to make soup/ useless traditional medicine .

They feel pain and stress.

The chances of catching this virus are minute here in Thailand .

If the result of this - is that the Chinese stop slaughtering the world’s wide life - millions of sharks, tokays , pangolins etc 

Good 

A fact of life - we all die . 

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

Covid19 is HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.

There are reports of a kid getting it from a autographed photo of a athlete who tested positive.

All the politicians who acted like nothing was wrong or met unknowingly with Covid19 positive people are all dropping like flies now all over the world.

Seattle hospitals saying they are one day away from becoming Italy. Totally overwhelmed.

those of you who are still out in the bars with another person sitting right next to you are helping spread this <deleted>.

Traveling right now unnecessary should be a criminal offense. 

i could not imagine being in Crazy House Bangkok during this time. the number of south Koreans, Japanese, AU, UK, EU, USA types in there is off the scale.         

 

 

Where or what is crazy house Bangkok - a gay bath house? 
 

2 hours ago, drbeach said:

Yep, I've observed the same. Also, restaurant workers go to the loo and don't wash their hands afterwards.

I have never experienced that - but then I don’t share lavatories with restaurant workers .

So my American friend - a survey discovered that 69% of men in America do not wash their hands! 
I have always found that Thai people take care of their cleanliness- even if you staying with some friends / family in the poorest areas ( no wonderful power showers there ) - they may have several sloshes with a large plastic cup.  - even though they do not live in a mansion - things are kept clean and swept .

its just the same - knocking Thai people - as the minister is knocking the farangs .

3 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

the guy is an uneducated tool for sure but for me what is striking is that this same scene is being played out in the west (no, not officially) with the Asians being the boogieman, just goes to show that when the s*** hits the fan across humanity many degrade to subhuman..

Good point- there have been many cases of SE Asians being abused or even beaten up back in Europe. 
However not being abused by Government ministers !  

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

How many 100's of people were hit by asteroids last year?

 

The 59 confirmed infected probably disagree with you.

Well NASA calculates 1 in 32000 - I never said it was it was going to do you any harm.

The planet is bombarded with shooting stars etc - so star dust .

44 minutes ago, WalkingOrders said:

This American agrees with your entire post. Wish they'd all go back to twitter.

Thank you. 
 

Personally I love those guys from America- friendly, generous and hospitable.

But number 1 in conspiracy theories.

30% of millennials believe the world is flat - of course.

40% believe the government is withholding info about aliens - let’s not talk about abductions and anal probing! 
6% - fake moon landings 

lots more theories - 9/11 , JFK, Obama etc 

In this country of 69 million we have 60 cases - I would be concerned in Italy or Iran - here absolutely not . 
 

Thanks for you support - people get real . 

1 hour ago, earlinclaifornia said:

I am curious why Thailand has 37 cases and my own country, America has over 1000?

Heat? 

5 hours ago, ChipButty said:

No ploblem, they all went to the wrong place

Can you give the statistics and numbers - fake news 

On 2/22/2020 at 2:12 PM, Chivas said:

Beach vendors of Jomtien may be fine but the bars of around Soi 2 Soi 3 Soi 6 Soi 7 and Soi 8 are utterly deserted

Have never see anything like it.

I'd estimate that Soi 8 at 11pm last night had no more than 10 guys the entire length of the soi. Ghost areas

Maybe the demographic has changed - the old days when you boarded the plane to Bangkok and the queue was full of single dodgy guys looking for cheap sex has disappeared.

The bar scene is dying - the younger woke millennial generation will have nothing to do with prostitution 

About time . 

2 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said:

Why this moron tried to flee the scene? Did he not have the 500 THB to buy him out of any trouble? Or did he just want to avoid a wai to the vicitms?

You honestly think that 500 baht would buy him out of trouble - he injured two policemen and the granny .

No of course not - slightly crass post . 

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

My experience has been that they do very little discounting here. Not like in the US, where you can dictate terms on a new car. 

 

That will change soon. Consumer spending is down and discounting will be coming soon to these arrogant car dealerships. 

Fortunately we do live the US - so a comparison is not terribly relevant - ‘arrogant’ ? 

To the OP- I really don’t think you will get much of a discount - I bought two CHRs from Toyota ( brilliant cars!) - got a 10000 baht discount .

They threw in some accessories, glass coating and free insurance- 1st class insurance probably worth 25,000 per car.

The dealers are all corporate- they don’t have the authority to offer discounts unless part of a countrywide promotion.

Previously had a city - and found the servicing and customer service at Na Jomtien Honda to be excellent . 

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53 minutes ago, stouricks said:

What's an ATV?

Actually was thinking the same thing - maybe I’m just too ancient and old fashioned and sometimes find all the abbreviations a bit tricky -  just having a small glass of B&B on ice - that’s an abbreviation I know well.

I have mentioned before- if you  are doing a retirement extension OA ( (and having been here for a few years ) at Jomtien- there is no mention of requiring health insurance. Hopefully that will continue.

Grab is very good - you can order a 7 seater - so extra room for your Dad -  on the APP avoid grab car - go for taxi - my experience- ordering two or three times a week - the drivers are friendly and will really help ( it’s the Thai way ) .

Have a fab holiday with your Dad .

All the best 

It’s a huge area - the rumour is that it is going a massive development and Siam Paragon is being mentioned - a very upmarket mall.

Apart from the traffic - will give the area a boost .

Weird

if you have been here a while on “retirement visa” OA - the Jomtien/ Chonburi office makes no mention whatsoever of requiring insurance- let’s hope they keep it that way.