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I believe I saw it in Tops as well.

First visit in 2002. Moved here permanently in 2010. Came for pv55y. Stayed for pv55y. Will die chasing pv55y. I like Thai food, I like Thai people, I like the sunshine, I like Bangkok. And I wanted to watch the collapse of American culture from afar.

This woman should be the next PM.

Human nature and the bell curve. The Internet is simply amplifying it. Really amplifying it.

The TAT never cries. They just pull out the magic calculator and generate new numbers guaranteed to bring happiness to the PM people.

Given that international travel from China was allowed six full weeks after all domestic travel was halted, that blame lies squarely with the CCP. That said, more and more evidence is indicating that the virus had already arrived in many countries well before the end of 2019, so it is possible that the pandemic could have been unstoppable by any measure.

And in other news... TAT recently instructed it's staff to review all Thai Airbnb listings to ensure they are prepared for the re-opening. The staff was instructed to use US, European and Russian proxies to ensure they would see the site exactly as the tourists would see them.

Now that is the sort of photo that will get the tourists up and running to the airport...

The airport photo looks like some dystopian nightmare. You could not talk me into traveling anywhere right now.

Luk-fei: "Hey, Pipatpon, can you and your boss handle the phones for a while, I am heading out to get some lunch..."

Yes.

The question is why would anyone allow a bank to dominate their money in this fashion. I would have my money in another bank as fast as I could possibly move it. So it sounds to me like this has nothing to do with banks.

I only insist on washing my hands every time I fondle a girl. So 20 minutes sounds about right.

"Most dependent" and least capable of managing it.

Anyone willingly purchasing these coins needs to be jettisoned from earth.

Ask the government folks to come to your house to discuss. Be polite, explain the circumstance, negotiate a lower payment. Get a receipt.

I am sure the generous and caring Lalisa will soon announce that she will be donating her take to her poor and destitute fellow Thais.

Since the only change to your relationship with marriage it to make it a legal contract, I would recommend a prenup. Especially if you have any intentions of relocating to the UK.

Just one more reason to not use Grab...

A perfectly valid point, and the exact reason I ask why governments seem to not be using the best strategy. If 85% of those who are "overwhelming hospitals" are of a specific demographic, and meanwhile the government is focusing its finite resources in other places, that does not seem very strategic. So, please, with your vast knowledge of "current events" and "severe epidemics", explain to me why the government is expending resources on vaccinating teenagers and adults in their 20's and 30's who are not overwhelming hospitals. Since they are still able to acquire the virus, and spread it, even if they are vaccinated, I will expect more than the "to save Grandma" excuse. As for "So, yeah, if you just compare numbers, the 4 million who died in the last year or so represent only an order of magnitude more deaths than from the flu.", I believe this is why I specifically stated that COVID is definitely worse than influenza. Maybe my use of italics confused you. And I never mentioned anything about "government power grabs". I specifically mentioned "vested interests". But I suppose that might be too vague of a concept.

I think you are missing the point. Where are the hyperbolic subredits for those people? While COVID is definitely a more serious virus than influenza, one has to wonder why we did not shutdown the world every time a bad influenza season developed. Why were there no lockdowns? Why no vaccine mandates? It does make one wonder what "vested interests" are involved here. At the beginning of the pandemic, we did not know what we were up against. Initial reactions could be understood. But now we know. We know that the virus hospitalizes and kills a certain group that is most vulnerable. Why are governments not using this information to develop strategies that are best suited to this understanding? Could it be "vested interests"? One has to wonder.

I am quite afraid that as long as the current lot are in control, the pandemic will never be "well and truly over".

Typical health insurance provided to US citizens will often strictly limit claims outside the US. Nothing out of the ordinary there. Medical tourism is often paid for "out of pocket" and is often used by those who do not have insurance and face enormous expenses in the US. I believe the reason few insurance providers would be "delighted" to deal with claims outside the US is primarily legal in nature, but also involves the issue of fraud. Expats most often acquire insurance designed specifically for their needs as an expat, and thus would not need to mark claims in any particular way (certainly not as an "emergency"), as their insurance is designed to handle their claims.

He did not explicitly state that he was "in favor" of the coup. He was sounding more like a promoter regarding it after the fact: His OP ED is easily found with a Google search, but links to it are not allowed on this forum. His OP ED was actually not focused the coup itself. In fact, it was a complaint about the western press making Thailand look unsafe, and affecting tourism, which of course hits his bottom line. In other words, it was a sad plea to "stop the pain". But it sure does come across, in many ways as an outright endorsement of the coup: Oh how wrong he was...

"Society as a whole" is typically so far afield, I could care less what they think. As @Mr Meeseeks noted, there are exceptions where working girls are trafficked, often with their consent, some times without. But your blanket statement is nonsense, and typical hyperbole.