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MikeN

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  1. 6 hours ago, gargamon said:

    Yes, I agree. But realize the virus naturally weakens with mutation. After all, it's main mission is to reproduce and it can't reproduce if the infected host dies. Think of it as evolution in action.

    Not necessarily, look at the Delta mutation. It was not only more infectious than Alpha, but more likely to cause serious illness and hospitalization. You are thinking of it as an intelligent organism, it’s not. It’s just a brainless virus. If it infects the next person and then it’s current host dies, it lacks the ability to care.

  2. 12 hours ago, internationalism said:

    that is strange, that he runs from hotel yet before results came. As he suspected, that test will turn positive or was in an immense rush to do something.

    According to the unlinkable paper, he stayed at the BKK hotel for over 24 hours, while under the test and go scheme you should only have to wait overnight for your test result. Perhaps something got lost in translation and he thought that “no news is good news” and when he did not get a result in over 24 hours he thought he was clear ?

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  3. The only music we get is a little homemade ditty played before the daily announcements. We live a fair way from the nearest speaker, and the audio quality is woeful, so the only words I can pick out is the name of our town. Apparently it’s all about loving your town and helping neighbors ????

    The tune was familiar though, after a few months I realized it was “Rudolph the red nosed reindeer “!

  4. 7 hours ago, Megasin1 said:

    when you read the full article it seems pretty obvious that the owner of the land is miffed that she wouldn't share the cost of buying the land and has placed this there on purpose. If I was the homeowner this wouldn't concern me in the least as I would accidently reverse into it many times and just a few more to make sure ????

    Actually the full article says that the land owner didn’t install it, a “community agency”" asked if they could install it on the land, the owner said yes, if they pay for the power used. It seems the local moo baan association don’t have an ounce of common sense between them.

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  5. On 11/23/2021 at 7:25 PM, billd766 said:

    I just looked at mine and it expired in March 2021.

    You have 12 months grace to renew it normally, after that you have to start doing extra tests. Mine expired Dec last year, tried to renew it earlier this year but Ubon office told me to go away, come back later “when COVID finish”. Finally renewed it in September with no problems.

     And the Ubon office asked for a yellow tabien baan, which I don’t have. No problem, the lady rang up the local Tourist Police who came down to the DLT, took photos of my passport, went back to their office to print off the letters then delivered back to me while I did my medical certificate. I guess the Tourist Police in Ubon don’t have much else to do ?

    Sure, there was a “service fee” but no more than what it cost me for a Stat Dec at the Australian embassy in Bangkok last time I renewed.

  6. On 11/19/2021 at 2:38 PM, ubonjoe said:

    Have you tried to do a 90 day report since you went to immigration? The wrong date might not affect doing the report after they did something to fix it.

    MIne showed the old date until after I did a report and it then it changed to the correct date I entered when doing the report. Mine did not say I was on a overstay.

    Yes, done another 90 day since then.....online didn’t work,went in person. Next 90 day due soon, I doubt online will be working as their system still says I am overstaying.

  7. 18 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

    Since many don't retire into their 6o's any health insurance will lead to an extreme exodus, since most will be either unable to get it in older age and wont want to stay in a place they know they will be evicted form in a few years

     

    But if the Thai government were on the ball, they'd just announce a say 2-3000 baht health insurance per annum premium on your visa and be done with it. 

    People working here pay into the Social Security fund at a percentage of their salary (up to a maximum amount per month) and get treatment at their local government hospital, I’ve always thought they should just charge the same rate on the nominal 65,000 baht/month income for a retirement extension. If you think the local hospital is not good enough for you then take out extra insurance.

  8. When doing your eyesight test for a license, what is the official colour? I have seen otherwise authoritative websites say the middle colour is yellow, orange and amber....they cannot all be right !

     So is it sii luuang ( yellow), sii am pan (amber) or sii som (orange) ?

     From memory, I think that I answered sii som last time but somebody recently told me it is yellow not orange ?

     Of course, in reality the glass in the traffic lights may have faded to a near white, or the light might not even be working !

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  9. 4 minutes ago, HandsomeTallFarang said:

    Is there a type of visa requirement to get it on expatvac

    As it says on the website, and which somebody has pasted above....Non O or permanent residency. So  a tourist visa or COVID extension is no good. From registration to first jab for me was about 6 weeks, but for at least half that the Pfizer hadn’t even arrived in the country so once it was here the process was quite quick....and remarkably well organized ( here in Ubon at least).

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  10. 12 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

    In the article it reads like it is a given. However, both, tourist numbers, and number of applicants for this visa may be way below officials' expectations. Still a chance that they'll do a U-turn...

    Would I be suspicious if I thought the whole idea of printing this story is to give the owners of this forum another opportunity to advertise Aetna, in the form of a link which looks like it is part of the story, and no doubt get some commission from Aetna.

  11. 7 hours ago, DSBones said:

    Just been onto the website. No facility for English. Tried to register and it only accepts Thai ID card - no option to enter passport ID.

    Went to the App. Offers option between Thai and English. Chose English. Took me to ID page - two options. Thai ID or Passport ID. Unfortunately, the option for Passport ID is greyed out and therefore cannot be used. Only option is Thai ID as per the website.

    So, in short, no option available for me to register on the app or the website. I will give it a few days to see if the glitch is resolved.

    If you have had the COVID jab, you will have a 13 digit reference number on your certificate or the app, shown as "ID card number" . Several people have used that to register as a "thai ID".

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  12. 4 hours ago, Old Croc said:

    Deep rural Ubon! 
    Ubon Ratchasima is one of the bigger cities in Thailand, The number of expats you saw there confirms you were at a major hospital in the capital city.

    They are not getting to the 30,000 or so people who have registered (and been accepted) who are actually in rural areas. 

    To throw blame at those being overlooked is pathetic!

    Did I say that I lived in Muang Ubon ? No.

    Was I at the biggest hospital in Ubon ? Yes, but I had to travel there !

    I certainly live in a rural area, so I am certainly one of "the 30,000 or so people who have registered (and been accepted) who are actually in rural areas."

    The Intervac website worked ok, so if anybody did n't get any acknowledgement it would have been because they did not submit their info properly.

  13. 4 hours ago, Scrotobike said:

    The statistic is quite useless compared to how many appointments this wonderful IT system has created. Here amongst my associates the massive total of zero, nil, nada, zip  (maybe because we are in deepest darkest Issan). This I would like to know rather than the usual spin.

    Well I am deep in rural Ubon and I got my first dose of Pfizer yesterday, as did many other foreigners.  They were sitting us down 12 at a time, jabbing us all then sitting us down to rest for 20 minutes while the passport data was logged down and the next batch of foreigners vaccinated. Plenty more white faces still in the queue when I left so there would have been at least 60 foreigners while I was there who had received appointments ! Perhaps none of your associates managed to fill in the simple form properly, with photos of your passport and visa data ?

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  14. 1 hour ago, anchadian said:

    Here is the full list of cars owned by disgraced Police Colonel Thitisan Uttanaphon which includes Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini and nearly 30 other cars. His love of cars wasn’t a secret as his nickname is Joe Ferrari #ผู้กำกับโจ้ #Thailand

     

    https://twitter.com/ThaiNewsReports/status/1430399582819602432

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    Well if he has any sense, he will use the Honda Civc as his getaway car......the Lamborghini might be a bit of a giveaway when trying to stay low.

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  15. 3 hours ago, Kanada said:

    I have the nagging feeling I may have downloaded a photo of my Retirement visa “but perhaps not the photo of my passport”!

     

    I don’t want to miss this opportunity because of a possible oversight…is there any way to check

    OR what would be the ramifications if I reapplied??

    If it worked you will receive an email, mine only took about one hour to receive on Sunday. If you don’t get an acknowledgement then reapply...but you may need another email address. A hint if you do try again....select both photos and drag and drop both at same time, it won’t let you add files one by one.

  16. 11 minutes ago, PEE TEE said:

    Correct sir but their are those who are anti modern data  and would refuse to buy one .you cant please everyone. have a great day . i am in Samui and had my first AZ back in june. I think this new registration is for the mainland  

    You think wrong .....but that’s what happens when you rely on carrier pigeons and the bamboo telegraph for your info. ????

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