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Has anything been said yet regarding Songkran festival this year? 

3 minutes ago, ThaiPauly said:

My concern is that we look at all these different vaccines as if we will have a choice in which one we have, but these will be nothing more than wish lists when we are offered a "take it or leave it " dilema as the one we would prefer is unavailable in this country or not available until October, what to do then?

 

It's still early days, the vaccines will be coming in over the coming months from various manufacturers, I guess we farang will be given choices at a pretty price from different hospitals.

1 hour ago, Jeffr2 said:

It's also been reported the J&J jab might be better with the variants.  Some concern about the other.  Might have to have booster shots for these new mutations.

From what I've read so  far I'd go for J&J if given an option.

20 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

if it does explode here and fill the hospitals it will be interesting to see just how many foreigners are really 'stuck' here - lol I predict an exodus never seen before..

Yes, good idea, I'll go onto the Air Asia website now and book a flight to Perth for next Friday.

49 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

Samui would be fantastic. Krabi and Phuket are in a different sea. A very long voyage.

Reminds me one time back in 1980s it was reported some Andaman sea-gypsies rolled up at Samui. Lot of people were thinking how the bloody hell did they get there? ????

53 minutes ago, arick said:

Who the hell would want to go to either destinations... 

That's what I was thinking. From a tourism perspective, both places are backwaters. But if lots of trucks are carrying goods from Eastern Thailand to Malaysia, then there could be some use for the ferry.

Pre covid we'd make a motoring trip down to the Deep South once a year, I really enjoyed the journey, taking 3-4 days from BKK - Songkhla, stopping a night in HH, Surat, Nakorn Sri Thammarat, stopping along the way to check out tourist attractions.

22 hours ago, Chivas said:

 

Dont want to stop it thanks.....it highly controls the Chronic Fibromylgia I mentioned before. Am on it for life. It has absolutely no effect on me other than the job it effectively does

I've commented before that I have never had the slightest side effect from them. The GP has said before that I seem to have an enormous tolerance to legal prescriptipn drugs. Vividly remember having an operation in 2002 and I dont know the actual med thats injected just outside the operating room where you get asked to count to 10.....well I'm counting and counting and counting. Overwhelming memory of the nurses looking at me in total confusion

 

When I came around after the short operation in the recovery area with the two nurses one said she'd never seen anything like it

One of the issues I had when I was on Tram, and immediately following the time I got off it, was I had built up a very high tolerance to pain killers. I'd go to a dentist and would get the normal dose shot of painkiller and it had minimal effect. In Thailand I used to tell the dentist that I required a higher than normal shot and they would give it to me. But a couple times I went to Aussie dentists they are restricted by gov' & medical regulations and limited in how much they can give you, so I had some damn painful sessions. All is OK now, been off it for a long time and my tolerances are now back to normal levels.  

So what's the purpose of all this nonsense? Is it to "lure" more tourists? 

A while ago I d/l Mint and had it on an 8gb flash drive, when booting into that you had the option of either installing Mint or just running it off the flash. I tried it out a few times just running off the flash and it was good and worked well.

11 hours ago, cryo said:

If you want to keep abreast of what is happening in the world relating to covid this guy is very intelligent and on the ball and updates a complex subject daily in very understandable way. Well worth watching and will give you an up to date understanding with no political bias.

(1) dr john campbell - YouTube

Been following Dr. Campbell for many months now, he always gives the latest updates & figures, and is very optimistic. 

11 hours ago, Chivas said:

 

So on the basis I've been on it since 2002 for Chronic Fibromlygia one assumes I'm in trouble lol

Stop taking it and see how you go.

10 hours ago, seajae said:

I was taking 2 x 200 mg(slow release) a day for almost 20 years due to a severe back injury, took me a long time to get off it totally, withdrawal was pretty heavy and in the end I needed a small bite of a  "cookie" to help me sleep of a night before I was off them completely, it is very addictive so not something you want to take regularly

400 mg a day, that's what I was on, 8 X 50 mg caps a day, I read that's the max advised for a day. Yep tough to get off, no way I could have done it without professional help...and I'm not the addictive type. 

1 hour ago, Virt said:

 

It's crappy compared to Pfizer and Moderna, but it's cheap and easier to distribute, so it's an important vaccine for most 3rd world countries. 

 

I hope I get Pfizer or Modernas version when it's my turn in June, but I take AZ if that's the one I'm offered. 

 

Just give me the darn shots so I can travel to Thailand again........ 

Yep, that's what most people are saying, just give us the damn shots so we can get back to as much normal as possible. Vaccines are out and approved yet most countries are pizz fartin' around, there are thousands of vaccine producing facilities in the world and they should all be going around the clock...24/7 churning the damn vax out. We could clobber this bloody covid 19 by end of the year if we got stuck into it boots and all.

4 hours ago, johnarth said:

an obvious question, the general said the private sector can import vaccines? how if the government can not?

Maybe because there are a few people with some intelligence and some drive & ambition in the private sector.

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

How much to get that done the ceiling fan I mean? 500 baht to a 1000 baht I've seen some dodgy wiring in Thailand 

We bought one a few months ago in Mega Home, cost around 1000bt, my missus got a young electrician to come over and install it, he was 300bt, did a very good job too. 

41 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

 

There but for the Grace of God go I. I wish you well and hope your troubles are behind you - I am heeding the advice.

All ok now mate. My last rehab was about 10 years ago, and I've been completely off the stuff since then. 

6 minutes ago, phetphet said:

I feel another hub coming. ????

Yep, they can now lure bald men.

10 hours ago, UncleMhee said:

So when I get my paper vaccination certificate fake or otherwise; I'll take it to my Embassy to have it inserted into my passport officially...... because I'm pretty sure they're not accepting any responsibility for seeing their sovreign citizens vaccinated here.

You won't be able to do it. It'll be done through official hospital/doctors records.