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13 hours ago, nchuckle said:

"It’s an ex tourist trade" to paraphrase Monty Python 

It's not ...It's  resting  pining for the pre Covidiocy fjords.

10 hours ago, leba said:

I was thinking he was a pizza tycoon ?

 

Same guy.

7 hours ago, fulhamster said:

And how or where will these rapid tests be done ?? In time to get to the festival ?

Maybe they mean performers ?  I can't see how they will be able to

"rapid test"   everyone attending before entry...unless they are only expecting a handful of attendees ?

6 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

Your fence is nearly finished?

ha Ha  it took me a while to get that    but yes  a long fence indeed.

4 hours ago, recom273 said:

Is your HDD full? This is the only time I get messages, when the HDD or Cache are full.

Could also be filesystem corruption  so run "chkdsk"    and/or there is a problem with a block of data (maybe due to filesystem corruption)

  so there should be an option somewhere in the bittorent client to 

"verify the torrent"   then resume the download.

It's easy for the filesystem to become corrupted when the electricity is unreliable especially in the thunder and lightning season we are in at the moment.

Just now, RichardColeman said:

or does that just apply to tourists  ? 

Expensive hotels just for tourists  me thinks these poor Burmese will be incarnated in little more than a cattle shed for 2 weeks then sent packing across the border ...but perhaps/hopefully they will just be sent packing immediately ?

Just now, geovalin said:

the percentage of children vaccinated has crossed the 100 percent mark and stands at 100.54 percent, an outstanding achievement

Yes amazing  how do you get more than 100% ?

On 10/24/2021 at 8:17 AM, Henryford said:

The only scam was the multi million baht parking garage they built.

Well there was the previous "super marina"  project that was never used because the mechanisms to lift the speed boats out of the water and prevent damage during bad weather did not work... so the speedboat captain's boycotted it and continued to  bring the boats in everyday and park them in the area now commandeered by the military for the large blue swath of concrete and recent Covidicy food handouts.

Just now, Jeffr2 said:

Watch the interview with Joe Rogan on CNN.

Which interview was that ?

2 hours ago, Toolong said:

The logos cause this 'burn'?

anything static on the screen for long periods of time can cause "burn in" logos are the worst culprit   old phosure tube tv's,plasma and OLED are quite susceptible, apparently "normal" LED tvs are much less susceptible but they can still be effected if the image is static long enough.

11 minutes ago, bougnat said:

They are doing this in Ao Nang,

Doing what ?

3 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

OLED is subject to burn more than LED.

Yes that is a big concern  many channels nowadays  have almost permanent  logos ..I have some burn in on my plasma screen caused by watching movies and tv shows with subtitles enabled.

12 minutes ago, CALSinCM said:

Invermetic to the rescue!

Isn't it just for horses and cows ? ????  

5 minutes ago, chrissables said:

in fact i have been pulled over by the police before for overtaking a slow truck,

I think they where just after some "tea" money  any excuse would have done.

1 hour ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

When I first started  riding we  knew white  lines in the rain are very  slippery.......1981

Not to forget the now renamed cast iron "manhole" covers I almost came a cropper on one at Swiss Cottage junction.

1 hour ago, chrissables said:

That's the law, bikes must keep left.

No I think that is wrong   the law says slower vehicles (of all sorts)  should keep left   and that on a road with 2 or more lanes "undertaking" on the left is allowed.

18 hours ago, JCP108 said:

Are there plans to change these rules to allow people with no work permits to legally work while visiting Thailand?

I doubt it very much.

3 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

for some reason Anti-vax MDs almost never get their opinions covered in the news

Perhaps many do not raise doubts they might have about these latest vaccines  out of fear of being labelled  as  "Anti Vax a$$holes" and threaten with being struck off the medical register.

51 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

n any other Beachside Resort around the World, Public Conveniences are strategically placed as part of the Infrastructure, and well maintained.

As far as I know there was/is only one "public" toilet along Pattaya beach and that was at the Walking street end  near the smelly pumping station there was/is also one at the Bali Hai pier building  both charged  a small fee for the "convenience" 

Of course there are free conveniences in the shopping malls  and when the bars where open they often  had a convenience too.

In the news reports of the latest and greatest Pattaya beach overhaul  they mention underground public toilets which I don't think will get built after they realise that they will be flooded  often when it rains !

17 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

As would be expected, given masks,

If the masks work for flu virus  why do they not work for the Covid virus ?

16 hours ago, Barley said:

Is it a good bike with inexpensive repairs and solid performance?

Suzuki bikes are not as popular  as Honda   so you might have some small trouble finding a place to service the bike and get spare parts for it as it gets older and needs more major parts,that said if you check and change the oil and filter regularly  and don't drop it then the bike should run for many many years before needing anything major...  things like tyres,battery,brake pads,light bulbs etc will be easily found...performance ?  well its a 125cc auto scooter. 

I want to re iterate that because the engine is covered with plastic you can't see any oil leaks that might occur  so it is very important to check the oil levels with the dipstick as often as you can.. this is something that

happens quite often as these auto engines get old.. not that 2 years is old but a leak can start at any time  that goes for all engines  but the problem is the covered in plastic bit ...you don't notice it till the engine stops working !!!