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2 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

The UK moved on and abolished the restrictive laws. Thailand went backwards and introduced them. Nothing really unusual in that.

A few years ago, Scotland decided to alter its drinking laws drastically, allowing additional hours for drinking.

Scotland (especially the big cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh etc) had a reputation for obnoxious drunks, and the cynics said that increasing the time allowed to drink in pubs/bars would make things even worse. 

However, in actual fact, the reverse happened, and the level of drunkenness (and related "anti social behaviour") actually went DOWN!

Whereas previously they only had 2 or 3 hours after work to "unwind", they now had 4 or 5 hours, so they took their time, and came out of the pubs/bars at closing time "semi sober" - maybe even before closing time!!! Also, the average drinker only has a certain amount of money to spend on his booze, so instead of 2 or 3 pints/whiskies an  hour, they were only consuming 1 or 2, hence " semi sobriety". 

England followed suit later, and also introduced "staggered" closing times for the late night drinking holes, which also had a positive effect on the rowdy behaviour.

31 minutes ago, car720 said:

500 baht and pick up a bottle of 285 on the way home.  What a joke.

Wrong!

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"Did it also say that all of the murders, assaults, rapes etc were completed attended to..."

Which murders, assaults, rapes, etc., that were happening at the same time?

 

"...arresting 3 old men who if they were endangering anyone, they were endangering themselves".

No, it's not just that.  The point is that they were also endangering anyone that they and the Thai owner had contact with afterwards, and anyone else that they subsequently had contact with, ad infinitum.   Don't you understand how infections spread? 

You are talking as if they are known Covid carriers!

2 hours ago, tigerfeet said:

Exempt no but common sence should prevail in these uncertain times .a quick reminder and a stern warning and sent home would of suffice plus that would go a long way with police and people bonding.now it's all over the news and social media .not sent out the right vibes for future tourism has it

Correct! If Samui is to open for tourism on 1st July, the propoganda machine is going to be very busy! e.g.  "Come to Koh Samui for the experience of a lifetime!"

Well, if this "experience of a lifetime includes basic accommodation, (shabby, but functional?)  food, (fish head soup?) and have to pay an extortionate price for it before they let you out of the "hotel" for having an alcoholic drink or two, they might be struggling to get the "millions of visitors" that TAT have promised!!!

Once again, we see "British" mentioned rather than "foreigners"

Basically, they haven't got enough Astro Zeneca vaccine, but waffle on with lame excuses like "so that the supply of vaccines can be distributed more widely", and  " to reflect the changing situation" (The changing situation is that they are not producing/acquiring enough to fulfil the promises made already!) 

But we've got plenty of Chinese Coronovac vaccine!

Surprised? Not really!

"Representatives of Siam Bioscience were not available for comment."

Surprised? Not really!

47 minutes ago, ArtVandelay said:

Did I miss it?  

Where does it say the vaccine was Sinovac?  

Is it not the only one available at the moment - thank you Mr Anutin (Astro Zeneca due in June?) 

1 hour ago, Chris.B said:

3 Those with underlying health conditions

 

4 Those aged 60+

 

5 People in risky jobs such as teacher, public transport drivers and advisors travelling abroad

 

6 Embassy staff members and their families

 

7 Thais in the universal healthcare scheme

 

8 Foreign nationals and migrant workers

 

 

So, if you are a foreigner with underlying health conditions, which is it, no. 3 or no. 8 ?

 

Or if you are a foreigner with underlying health problems and 60+ years of age, you can further complicate it by putting no 4  into the mix.

And I read somewhere that high blood pressure, and/or high cholesterol constitute underlying health problems - probably quite a high proportion of the over 60's fall into that category! (The first source I looked at says " 70% to 79% of men ages 55 and older are now classified as having hypertension" (American source)

1 hour ago, AnnieSeek said:

When did they secure Johnson and Johnson vaccine? Pretty exciting news if true - it's a one dose vaccine. 

I suspect that falls into one of the "by the end of the year" slots - and that is Thaispeak!

16 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Friday we were told that a nationwide plan would unfold for the whole country including all none-nationals. 

Saturday we're told 5 province only.... then a few more with 55 on hold till god knows when.

Anutin's probably involved!

The Thai government has promised millions of doses of locally produced and imported Covid-19 vaccines before the end of the year.

The aim is to get a first dose into the arms of 70% of the people in Thailand by the end of September. 

So which is it?

On 5/20/2021 at 2:19 PM, lupin said:

so ... survey asked a whopping 59 people living in Thailand to come up with this nonsense

23 hours ago, pedro01 said:

 

No - go back and have a read - was 12,000 - but you have to wonder where they asked?

 

Like - was it 2am at the entrance of walking street and only asking males over 60 accompanied by 2 teen females?

NO, go back and have a read yourself! - the 12,000 you speak about was not just from Thailand:-

"The survey, which was carried out between 7 to 31 January 2021, had a total of 12,420 expats participating from 174 nationalities and living in 186 countries or territories."

12 minutes ago, riclag said:

Bet your bottom Bhat on that !  I can't picture the masses in this country standing 2 meters apart while waiting in lines

This social distancing is fine in theory, but in practice it's a joke. How often do you see a queue of people waiting for a bus, in some instances, trying to stay apart,and once inside, are like sardines in a can! And queues at Government offices can be just as bad!

Another side to it is I went to Tesco Lotus with my wife last week, and decided to have a bite to eat in the cafe area. We've slept in the same bed all night, travelled there on my motorbike with her on the back, yet we have to eat with a screen/divider between us designed so we can't even SEE each other?

6 minutes ago, malibukid said:

can this guy be removed by a  vote of no confidence.  i see this is possible in the UK?

TIT! 

5 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Descent

You bit! DaveyH uses the word "descendant" 3 or 4 words later, so it was obviously a typo!

I was making a play on words e.g. "a decent Englishman"

6 minutes ago, Daveyh said:

What an idiot! He obviously is not of English decent & a descendant of immigrants from the yesteryear's commonwealth. I'm really tired of these so called "British people" that reside here giving the peace loving majority of expats a bad impression of us & our behaviour. I just hope they deport him back to wherever he's from, plus deal with any other expats misbehaving in the same manner. We are guests in this country & we should all accept that, be thankful for the hospitality extended to us here & enjoy it! ........... fact.

" English decent"?

Do you mean "a decent English" as opposed to "an INdecent English"?

18 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

 

Actually your ' friend ' is right but paranoia is also another side effect.

 

The ' wotsits ' and ' chocolate '  cravings according to ' my friend ' is commonly referred to it by users as ' The munchies '

And funnily enough, according to "MY friend", if you indulge in too much, you can suffer from what is known as a "whitey", a bit like being "as drunk as a skunk" but mored docile and less smelly! 

15 hours ago, johng said:

In the video he talks about being tired of corruption in the village, just wants to be left alone   wanted to kill himself !!  maybe something has pushed him too far ?

Funny way to emphasise "I was just tired"! If I'm tired, I go to bed (unarmed, without a machete in hand!)

30 minutes ago, jesimps said:

It is where he comes from.

No, it is where he's come TO!

"British man arrested in Chiang Mai ............"

Why not "Foreigner arrested in Chiang Mai..........."?

and  "Police in Chiang Mai have arrested a British after he allegedly threatened a monk with a machete."

A "British?" It's like saying "a French" or a "Spanish" - the journalist should have stuck to "foreigner" - it's easier, but no - tar and feather the "BRIT" as is often the case on here. 

2 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

More Thais were arrested than foreigners...so maybe it's to let them know this won't be tolerated? 

But if there had been no foreigners involved it probably wouldn't have hit the pages of ThaiVisa!