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"the TAT appear to have overplayed their hand."

No surprise there - I'd be more likely to believe in the tooth fairy than in any propaganda that comes from that direction!  

6 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

Some make a living by working hard , or by running a business .

Seems she was running her little business as well ... she made some profit and now she will need to pay the price for that .

 

6 possible murders , that would make her a ' serial killer ' . It will be difficult to prove that it was her herself who poisoned the victims ,  but , may be , she will confess ... RTP is quite good in making somebody confess the crimes they committed ...

.....Or didn't!

"The Thais are, after all, as obliging and helpful as they always were, thank goodness."

I don'y know what to say - tongue in cheek? in all sincerity folks?

You should have started the sentence with "Most" - that would have been more believable!

As someone else has already mentioned, what's the point of having a website like Trip Advisor in Thailand when negative reviews can land you with defamation charges and possible jail time? 

1 hour ago, tomauasia said:

They were trying to remove farangs before COVID. It's no shock

Yet, it's the "dirty unwashed farangs" that have organised the collection and distribution of free food in many places in Thailand - maybe the Government don't like the fact that farangs seem to care more about the poorer Thai people than they do?

And now that there are virtually no tourists, the ex pat/farang community are probably the ones that are keeping many businesses "ticking over" - especially the restaurants and bars and rented accommodation in "tourist" areas!

3 hours ago, Paul Christian said:

Perfect analysis of this deranged reaction in an unwinnable battle - as with all the other afflictions and diseases, we have to strive to build facilities to accomodate them medically and accept them  mentally and move on. Chimeras of vaccines are historically unachievable with this family of viruses but treatment can be improved. In UK I'm noticing large numbers of people trying to get slimmer and fitter and that's a proven way to give the body a great chance to stave off the worst symptoms of any virus. 

Dedicated medical facilities work better than a panicked mass hysteria over a flu virus. The wonderful dedicated HIV and cancer facilities prove this. Neither has gone away but if we take responsibility for our own health, we have a chance.

The madness must be replaced by pragmatc and realistic accomodation with a new virus in humans, that was welcomed into our species by our own encroachment into habitats and cruelty to species that should be protected for myriad reasons.

At some point we have to grow up and face facts.

" that was welcomed into our species by our own encroachment into habitats and cruelty to species that should be protected for myriad reasons."

Well said!!!

"The tourism-reliant country could see just 6.7 million foreign visitors this year, the government predicts"

And just where are these 6.7 million tourists coming from as there are no tourists allowed entry at the moment? Or did they all arrive before Covid struck, and are now stranded here due to being unable to return to their own countries?

And "tourist reliant"? Just a few months ago people in high places were "belittling" the amount that tourism contributed to GDP - quoting  figures of just 6 - 7% i.e. from Wiki:-

"The tourism industry is one of Thailand's main economic sectors, accounting for 6-7% of its GDP. Revenue reached THB 2.5 trillion (USD 71 billion) in 2016, with THB 1.6 trillion coming from interna- tional markets and THB 870 billion from the domestic market"

However :-

" According to the secretary-general of the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council in 2019, the government projects that the tourism sector will account for 30% of GDP by 2030, up from 20% in 2019.^[4]

So it would appear that someone is telling porkies!!! 

8 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Go and ask the bar girls see what they say, I see one complaining the other day she's not had sex for 10 weeks

What a shame!

21 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

I left at the death of my father wasn't asking for trouble but got a shed load ????

I couldn't go back to attend my brother's funeral because I was on a "Under Consideration" stamp for a change of extension.

1 hour ago, malt25 said:

And the safety barrier around the hole ??????

Best post on this thread - accidents do happen, and standing on a cable doesn't strike me as being particularly dangerous. (unless it's "live" of course!) But any hole that size should have some form of barrier round it.

However, under the circumstances, even if there was a barrier, he may well have gone "a**e over t*t" over the top of it -who knows? One thing's for sure, he's a very lucky man!

 "whose whereabouts are unknown"  

This old song and film immediately springs to my mind:-

"They seek him here, they seek him there .........................."

11 hours ago, Gandtee said:

Sorry about the pic quality. 1997. A 10 feet long King Cobra in my garden in Sattahip. Sadly I lacked the present day knowledge about capturing snakes and it was dispatched then eaten by the locals. But a lifetime experience for my ten year old grandson here on a visit. Not many have the chance to see a King Cobra in their lifetime.

Looks alot longer than 10 feet!

12 hours ago, scoupeo said:

by what a hospital can do if not having the antivenom ?

 

Presumably they will quickly acquire it from one that has!

Very good article making some excellent, if obvious points, but one in particular:-

"Around the world, the information from Thai embassies has also been ‘lumpy’ with different officials, in different countries, providing conflicting information about the same visa products."

8 hours ago, hellohello123 said:

Is the author of the article thai or foreign?

 

I've never seen the word "beserk" used in a newspaper article

Are you foreign? The word is "berserk" (not "beserk") and quite a common word used to describe someone who "loses it" and behaves in an irrational and dangerous manner - here's the official definition:-

2 hours ago, DLock said:

It is inevitable that this will happen.

 

The fantastic job Thailand has done, and the fear it has driven into the population is going to make it very challenging to open the no quarantine floodgates, but it will happen.

 

Just look at that Egyptian soldier fiasco...and that was 1 case. When 100 cases start showing up every day, will be the real test. Shut her down, or earn to live with it?

 

Anyway, Trump and his wife have it...so there is always that...

 "Shut her down, or earn to live with it?"

Deliberate typo?

1 hour ago, Cod Face said:

One or two people?  "Dan" needs to improve his counting ability.

And "milling about"? I think it takes more than one or two people to "mill about"! ????

19 hours ago, greggraham said:

So this is what Khun Natapanu was hilariously mysteriously/vaguely on about a few hours ago...

 

"Another piece of information, is of course, that, I have to just put out a disclaimer first, in saying that what I will be saying will be the information that has been confirmed, not those under discussion yet so, there is an important issue which will be approved by cabinet tomorrow, has been sent for propose to be approved by cabinet tomorrow, which will be an important piece of information concerning visas for foreign nationals, but, this has been under discussion with even the private sector also, but we have to wait until the cabinet approves this tomorrow, and the information will be coming out tomorrow after the weekly cabinet meeting ... ...so for this issue, waiting for the cabinet approval for tomorrow, hope everyone looks at the big picture for the benefit of Thailand, for the benefit of those people living in Thailand and call Thailand home, looking at the big picture for the benefit of everybody in the general picture".

?????????

5 hours ago, jonclark said:

I totally understand where you are coming from. And wouldn't defend the actions of dumping or burning etc. But can you tell me what the weekly rubbish collection by the authorities is like. I ask as in my in laws village that all do the same as you mentioned, but there is absolutely no centralised or regular collection of rubbish so they are all left to get rid of it by themselves and most of them as you have observed do this badly. Perhaps some investment and regular collection of rubbish is needed.

Where I live, the Council, a few years ago the Council did a very good job of collecting the rubbish, and supplied big green wheelie bins at the side of the road where people could dump their garbage.

So what happened? Apparently there was a small charge  for service (50 baht a month?) and lots of Thais stopped paying it. (For the most part Thais are usually the property/ land owners) so what does the Council do - rather than add the charge on the the water or electric bills, which I thought was rather a good suggestion - they take a way the wheelie bins so now the rubbish is dumped at the side of the road, or down the side lanes! Brilliant Thai local Government logic! 

He thought that should all go to plan he would be in a position to approach the cabinet by the middle or end of November with proposals to test foreigners twice in seven days and limit quarantine to just 7 days from 14. 

I thought 14 days was the minimum incubation period?

On 9/24/2020 at 7:21 PM, BritManToo said:

Oddly enough I hear France is about to lock up tight again.

Who gives a poop about Belgium?

You asked him to name one - he named two - not good enough for you?

I thought that Interpol  had put out  a Red Notice on him a couple of years back, but nothing came of it?