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From  a quick look at the newsarticle, I don't see any pedestrian crossing there and it certainly doesn't seem like a place to be crossing the road in the dark? RIP old lady, but people seem very quick to blame these "big bike riders" without knowing the circumstances. 

Reckless riding, but what about reckless crossing of the road? I've had pedestrians run in front of me from between cars on 80km/h roads that have pedestrian bridges right above the road. 

This is precisely why I never, ever, use public transport in Thailand. 

I'd pick riding my own motorcycle over riding in a bus or van any day. At least I'm in 100% control. 

Thanks for the suggestions. 

To clarify about the ditch; it's partly on public land and also on private (which is more of a swamp, a vacant land not taken care of). The ditch alongside my house is in between the fence of my house and a moobaan fence (my house is not in a moobaan). Some drain pipes from houses lead into the ditch, so draining or blocking it would not be possible. 

I have a crazy amount of mosquitoes around my house. I think it's because there is a greywater ditch that runs just past the house fence, giving them a perfect breeding ground. 

There are such insane amounts of them, that despite having screens on all windows and doors, a dozen will always get in when you open the door. Being outdoors is difficult, unless covering yourself in mosquito spray or lighting up multiple incense sticks. I also seem to be somewhat allergic to them, as I get massive, long-lasting bites from the tiniest little mosquitoes. 

Does anyone have advice on how to reduce their population? I love this house, but it's really becoming a problem. 

I bought one of those Potroti mosquito traps from Lazada. It was pretty effective at catching them, but not enough to make a difference in their overall amount. I'm not sure if I bought 5 of these, whether it would still make big enough of a difference.

Alternatively, I'm thinking maybe spraying some hardcore pesticide around the whole yard and around the house? also poisoning that little stream that runs next to the house. 

Any ideas? 

A very key thing seems to be missing: who was at fault in the accident. Based on the article it could be either or, and imho. makes the social status quite irrelevant. 

Getting a bit old now. 

I'm curious; since Thai social security is accepted as insurance, how does one use it in a situation described in the article? 

Not entirely sure from the photos, but looks like another idiot driver cutting accross 3 lines straight to cross the road through a u-turn. 

Go to Banchrachao and rent bicycles for 50 baht per day each. 

21 hours ago, bbko said:

Ahh, some more owners/managers too obtuse to understand/follow the rules.  Maybe it's time to start arresting the customers as well.

Yeah.. because Covid is nocturnal and starts attacking people after 11pm. Send them all to jail! ????

The fatigue comes from the fact that this monkey circus has continued for over 2 years now. It was interesting to observe at first, boring but still somewhat acceptable during the first year, just "going with the flow" and trying not to care. But after 2 years, when you realise it's been a significant amount of your lifetime, it's getting pretty tiring to watch this daily BS. I can only imagine what it feels like for those who've actually lost their livelihoods because of all the restrictions, that some "doctors" and "scientists" have drawn out of their hat. 

 



 

On 1/15/2022 at 9:34 AM, bbko said:

Why can't places operate within established hours?  Problem solved.

Why can't places operate within hours of their choice? Problem solved.. lots of problems solved, except filling the BIB's pockets. 

On 1/15/2022 at 9:20 AM, Kenchamp said:

I know a few people here in the Pattaya area who have or have had this Omricon variant and ALL of them report mild symptoms. They have all been vaccinated.

Same here in Chiang Mai - had over 10 friends catch it during the past month. I should add that a few of them were unvaccinated. It was like a common cold for all.. some only had symptoms for 2-4 days, other a bit over a week. 

On 1/14/2022 at 8:08 PM, Petey11 said:

If they actually tested and published true numbers maybe people would listen to them. If I was in Bangkok and saw a figure of only 1000 odd I'd think' No problems here, population 7-8million, virus is not widespread, carry on as normal. Reap what you sow.

The reported numbers are only a fraction of the real numbers no doubt. But does it matter?

In my group of friends over 10 caught it on New Year's Eve. For over half of them it was just a mild cold that went away in 2-4 days, while for the rest (myself included) it was like a regular a flu that lasted 6-10 days. Everyone recovered without issues and is back to normal now. 

On 1/15/2022 at 8:26 AM, jacko45k said:

And yesterday Mexico had 45,000 new infections and added 148 to its already high 300,000 deaths. Thailand had 8000 new infections and total deaths added 15 to make under 22,000.

Who does that make silly exactly?

It's silly because they're applying restrictions as if the virus could be still somehow eradicated. It's been now 2 years and it isn't even close to disappearing. Most people will eventually get one form of it or another. All these restrictions do is make people suffer more and slow down the spread. Does it matter if you get Covid now, or in a year?

9 hours ago, stigar said:

Here we go again.Should never ever allowed this kind of "restaurants"at all.They asking for it.

 

Should never make up these silly 9 pm rules in the first place. 

I had 2 Astra Zeneca shots, latest in October. I was infected with Covid (probably Omicron) around New Years' and got sick for 10 days. The sickness was very similar to a regular flu, that I get once or twice a year both in terms of symptoms and duration. 

Doesn't seem that the vaccines did anything at all, except make me sick for total of 4-5 days from the vaccines themselves. 

There is no excuse for drunk driving, but what we observed during new years eve in Chiang Mai it was extremely difficult to arrange any type of public transport. We tried every ride hailing app available and it took us hours to get a driver. This is while there were 6 motorbikes waiting on my driveway to be ridden to town, but trying to be good boys we of course left them there overnight. 

Maybe the goverment could look at providing some alternative transport as well. Again, not an excuse, but I can totally picture every single drunk person in smaller towns going out in their own vehicles if there simply isn't any alternatives available. 

This is not the case in most developed cities - I've seen in Europe on NYE they've got public transport running all night to ensure people can get out/in without driving. 

2 hours ago, apetryxx said:

My guess is that a very, very high percentage of the motorcycle fatalities and injuries involved persons not wearing helmets. I would further suggest that the same percentage of those riders were wearing a useless face mask. 

Probably right.. my guess is also that a high % included a bad driver of a car, truck or pickup that hit them (rather than riders themselves just crashing into lamp posts on their own etc.). 

5 hours ago, Tarteso said:

ONE electronic cigarette (vaping device) was also reportedly found in a Thai customer’s belongings during the capture and this individual was detained. 

 

????

The filth must be getting really really desperate. 

Looks like gotta be careful with those in Pattaya..

As a general principle, items from China don't seem to get taxed/checked at all. I have ordered over 140 items of various sizes and values from Aliexpress to Thailand and have never paid any tax.

This is not the case when I've ordered items from US/EU, where I've had to pay on about 40% of my shipments. 

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Police said the man then hailed a taxi and travelled to Pattaya where he tried to check in to a hotel but was refused entry as he was unable to provide any travel documentation. 

Just curious, do they nick your passport as collateral if you go into involountary quarantine? 

Can anyone recommend a place in Chiang Mai to do an allergy test? I have some stomach issues that may be pointing to gluten intolerance, as well as some skin problems that resemble autoimmune disease symptoms.

I have used https://www.bewellasia.co/packages/ before and very happy with them, but I think it would be better to have a "pick and choose" version to only test for those allergens that are actually included in my current diet. No need for to test for "wild boar" allergy etc. random stuff included in some of those packages. Perhaps would be good to have a doctor's consultation first who would tell me what to test for exactly.