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thai love thai
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1 hour ago, ExpatOilWorker said:Boring caved in...
However, the UK looks to have given ground on fishing rights, and secured little succour for the services sector.
er, yea... and the eu gave ground as well, its called negotiation and compromise, that's how these thing work. duh.
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why only vaccinate half the population?
how will it be decided who will and will not get the vaccine?
who will decide the people to be vaccinated?
why cant the 'journalist' who wrote this article even get the name of the Financial Times correct?
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4 minutes ago, cme said:
The Natwest App is no longer available unless you have a UK address. I spent a long time in one of their branches trying to make it work before they confirmed with Tech support, only available for UK addresses.
so set one up via family or friend.
a reminder here that it's worth maintaining a uk address, easy to do and prevents awkward issues like this
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1 hour ago, Phuketshrew said:
and just who is facilitating bringing in all these migrant workers during a pandemic without the required quarantine period?
a couple of thai friend's have told me it's people traffickers bringing in cheap labour, if this is true i seriously doubt they follow quarantine guidelines.
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humm.. dont be so quick to criticise.
similair, more virulent , strains of the virus have been found in denmark, the netherland and the uk, all countries that happen to be in the forefront of gnome testing... in other words they found this strain because they were looking for strains.
just because other countries say they dont have the strain doens't mean that's true; have they been testing/looking for other strains?
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6 minutes ago, BritManToo said:
7-11 sell large Leo for 55bht, presumably they make a profit from it, they can't be paying any more rent than the bars as they are in the same street ......... so why does the bar need to sell at much higher prices? The hooker bar staff make a profit for the bar, so it can't be their wages upping the prices and the normal staff are usually fewer in number than the 7-11 staff.
the answer in a word; economics.
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6 minutes ago, xtrnuno41 said:
So those migrant workers did have a 14 day quarantaine, all by Thai rules.
They have a working permit after the quarantaine. Or not? Thai broke their own rules?
Like New Zealand did once.
Well in the UK they find a mutant virus of covid 19 working now and it is 70% more effective in spreading.
So this one is really highly contagious, we start all over again.
They dont know yet if this one is even more dangerous, they say. But ok happy days will continu with the new virus.
it would be interesting to know what rules migrant workers have to follow, and if they are enforced
it is perfectly normal for new strains of virus to appear, the one in the uk has been around since september and other strains have been found in other european countries e.g. denmark and spain.
the new uk strain is currently more infectious but here is no evidence the symptoms are any worse (if they were there would have been a pike in hospital cases since september) or that it is resistant to the vaccine, though no firm conclusions have been made as yet. so, no one is not starting all over again.
i suggest wait and see what the science says before jumping to pessimistic conclusions.
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pay subscription for the service you want in your home country and use express vpn, you'll watch tv as if you're back home
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you go to a sex tourist/tourist area bar and complain about the price... bangkok has more to offer than the sex industry, broaden your horizons
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1 minute ago, lovethai123 said:I once asked my GF to take me to ko samui. She said it's for hi -so people . After 5 min she started arguing what problem I have in staying at her home. Why I want ko samui? Do I have a secret lady in ko samui? is she not good enough for me? Am i cheating her?
after that I never mentioned ko samui to her.
she sounds like a keeper.
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i believe it's 26 million doses, enough for 13 million people
thailand is currently open to foreign travellers, albeit with fairly strict rules
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11 minutes ago, lelapin said:
I need to phone my UK bank from Thailand using my mobile phone. My account is with AIS. Any ideas as to the cheapest way to contact them.
there's a prefix you can use, i forget what it is but just ask any AIS shop and they'll tell you. easy.
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why only new year? is the carnage acceptable at other times of the year?
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8 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:
Are you sure it was 'Grammar' school? ????
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check you have the most recent OS, and all updates are, well, up to date...
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hasn't your embassy been in touch already with details of when and where you'll get your vaccination? extremely remiss of them, i suggest you go round there immediately and complain in the strongest possible terms.
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9 hours ago, Surelynot said:
Regardless of the accuracy of the measurements, as the photos show, you can see by eye how bad the pollution is.
We live in central Bangkok and haven't seen it this bad for a longtime.
The sad thing is......nothing is being done about it.
Maybe do what China has done on occasions ......only odd or even number cars on certain days......Only for the non-hi-sos of course.
The sad thing is......nothing is being done about it.
au contraire, bangkok has installed these amazing, state of the art, and clearly extremely efficient air cleaning machines!
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never thought much about Cher but saw her interviewed on the one show on the bbc and was impressed by the sincere way she spoke about wanting to help animals, it is something she clearly feels strongly about. the story is hitting national media in the uk:
to be honest i'm amazed the gorilla is still there, but sadly maybe i shouldn't be, the way wild and domestic animals are treated in thailand is often shocking and shameful, not everyone but many thais have no respect or kindness for animals.
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another topic about face masks? really? hasn't this subject been done to death here already? yawn.
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bit comical really, a) the foreigner should have been concentrating on riding his bike and not making some video for his youtube channel or whatever, i dont know how long he's been here but he should know that you have to expect the unexpected, not to say insanely stupid, at any time on thai roads, and b) the thai guy was doing something we in the west would consider dangerous and stupid but is quite normal in thailand.
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20 minutes ago, Donga said:
I get where you're coming, but all a little over the top. Time to smell the roses.
Yes, Thais are proud of their country and lifestyle as are most people about their own country. They are insular and can be frustratingly naive about world affairs, history etc. Teaching my partner who finished school age 15, history and geography and she's an eager student. Found a Thai history book for young students with loads of pictures, from stone age to WWII, which is pretty neat. She loves historical TV series: Rome, Vikings, now into Black Sails.
A lot of Thais have lived abroad, share their experiences with friends and family, and they are all avid internet users. Many of the political and industry leaders were educated offshore.
Meanwhile, I'm constantly amazed how things get done in Thailand, even if I'm freaked out by the current political leadership. It's easy to criticise, though there is often lack of context, some translation issues.
They were never colonised, so don't have the Western background of many Asian countries like India, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia. While Japan and China were not formally colonised, they had more Western influence from 17th through to 19th centuries than did Thailand.
It's part of the charm. I love being a guest of a country, which provides so much innocent joy, serenity and not too much political correctness nor myriad of rules. And by and large things work well enough, to enjoy the good life.
For a variety of reasons (masks, strict quarantines, health volunteers), Thailand is right up there in Covid control (recognised by WHO and John Hopkins University). Most countries that have controlled Covid are still shut.
Tourism will return, but not until the vaccines assure conservative Thais (and farang) that it's safe to do so. Until then we put up with half baked announcements, which this forum seems to track relentlessly. That's the funny bit.A rosy picture indeed, however just to pick you up on one point, the reason they were never colonised is because they invariably took the road of appeasement, letting foreign powers come into the country and do what they wanted. a couple of examples; they allowed the british to come into northern thailand in the late 1800s/early1900s and remove/decimate much of the valuable teak forests, and during WWII they basically let japan come into the country and do what they wanted, including committing horrific crimes against the allied prisoners. so, no, thailand has never been colonised but there are two sides to every story.
They were never colonised,
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On 12/3/2020 at 12:56 PM, n00dle said:
Children make perfect sense, if theyndont get it iin school, they can't bring it home.
Dont know if younhave ever had kids, but I have never had so many flus or colds as when my kid was in elementary school.
Dirty little virus beasts they are.
i guess you dont understand about covid or the vaccine; children, unless they have underlying health issues, are not considered an at risk group, and just because you have been vaccinated it does not prevent you being infected with covid and passing it on to other people, the vaccine means you will not develop symptoms. therefore it makes no sense to vaccinate children first.
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the world is moving on;
- any news on whether/when any of the vaccines will be approved for use in thailand?
- any news on the purchase of more than the 26 million doses? (enough for only 13 million people, just in excess of the population of bangkok...)
- any news on when the vaccine programme will be rolled out?
- any news on who will be the priority groups of the population the receive the vaccine first?
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How do Thai people make a profit on gold
in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Posted · Edited by samsensam
the same way anyone from any other country would... you could have found out for yourself with a quick google search...
https://moneywise.com/a/how-to-buy-gold-if-you-dare