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6 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

If you don't test people, you don't get the correct information !

Do you have the correct information? How many new infections have you

recorded, how can you possibly know how many people have been tested?

I don't know the answers either, but haven't heard officially, or unofficially,

of mass outbreaks and deaths, but then again, I'm not as well informed as you.

4 hours ago, Pravda said:

but beer and women are cheap

Don't forget you can get OAP kudos by smoking weed.

All the young backpackers think you're so cool!

19 hours ago, DrTuner said:

It's worth mentioning, Thais do eat raw meat, f.ex. larb.

Don't let common sense and reason get in the way of a classic

Thai visa but eyed rant!

7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Thailand does not need any help from foreigners in trashing the image of Thailand, as the Thai hoodlums do a good enough job of it.  What a bunch of FAss Holes....

This article will only be read by a couple of hundred elderly men. They/we already

have an opinion on Thailand and very much doubt such news will change that.

Therefore the image of Thailand will remain much the same.

16 minutes ago, JRG23 said:

Thai male. Nuff said. Bravel souls.

It isn't 100% clear from the report, but from what I gather, the victim was also a 

Thai male.

Maybe Barack was just being sarcastic, all he has to do is shout take news

and all the trumpets will happily go along with it.

2 hours ago, anchadian said:

Yes, they will severely punish the foreigners, the Thais maybe a B500 baht fine and a wai and a further B250 if they were not wearing a motorbike helmet.

Why would you wear a helmet in a bar/ restaurant?

That's taking the PPE thing a bit far.

This is incredible, the Thais have hotels and army accommodation set aside for all

people entering the country for a compulsory 14 day quarantine, none of this send

people home to self isolate and, if it's not too much trouble to let the authorities

know if you're feeling a bit under the weather.

I sometimes wonder if there is a deliberate policy of incompetence from the ministry of

duck tripping. I would love to know how the scientists, whose advice the government

is following, come up with this stuff. When the people from the cruise ships were 

repatriated they were sent to a hospital in Merseyside en masse and properly monitored.

It seems that as the situation has worsened the less they do.

1 hour ago, CGW said:

Snopes, they were busted long ago as being "unreliable! 

Who busted them? 

That looks like the kind of childish name calling from the oval office.

I've seen a few big names. Fleetwood Mac (mkII) Deep purple, Black Sabbath, the

a few months later Ozzy Osbourne after he left, oddly the set was pretty much the 

same, both at the Hammersmith odeon.

I saw Prince doing the purple rain tour at the Wembley arena 6 nights in a row

as I had an evening job selling hotdogs in the place.

Went to Berlin in 1990 to see the Roger Waters and guests doing the wall.

Oddly enough, one of the best gigs I saw was an Aussie band , Mental as anything,

at Brunel university in Uxbridge. They put on a great set, had huge energy and 

interracted with the crowd really well. Just a surprisingly good night out.

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

Goodness no, OP.  I feel much more liberated here in Thailand than I would be in the UK, which sounds like a nightmare.  the UK Police have gone all Gestapo and make the BiB look measured and sensible, which as we all know,  takes a bit of doing. No way do I want to go back; ever.  

Do you have any examples of the police going all Gestapo?

2 hours ago, moontang said:

He does come across as a smart politician, with some pretty good pr skills, and the media mob behind him.  But, if you think Cuomo did a good job during the crisis, what can you say about Desantis from FL...who comes from the other side, and an even larger state, with many more senior citizens...One is a success story, the other is a catastrophe of biblical proportions.  But, if you only want to compare him to Deblasio, then yes, he is presidential material.

I don't want to get involved in politicians, dead or alive, but the population density

disparities between Florida and New York City probably have more to do with the 

success/failure rates of any plans to combat the virus.

On 5/7/2020 at 6:22 PM, WillyPlatt said:

Was never in here but they seemed to have a simple, well executed business model. Chicken dinner 139 baht etc.

Was meant to be decent and good quality.

If they can't make a go of it, i wonder who can.

Really sad, many people who have been ex pats for years with their savings and hopes invested in a business.z

Will be like the property market in 2008 in the UK. One minute buoyant, six months later having to sell at a 50% discount.

That was in the suburban UK.

Even those with funny money may not want to catch a falling knife.

They will be selling property by the block.

 

The property market never collapsed like that in 2008, even in the early nineties with

15% interest rates the prices didn't fall by 50%.

*The crazy asking price may have been adjusted, people had ridiculous expectations

before the banking crash, but what you ask for and what you get are 2 different matters.

11 hours ago, vogie said:

"We Scots = The SNP.

Well, yes the clue is in the name.

It's hardly going to be the conservative and unionist party is it?

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

That's why one need's cctv cameras as well as a shotgun and a good neighbor ...

And a big bed to hide under.

4 hours ago, Percy P said:

But this wasn't a mistake. Speak for yourself

Are you saying that someone deliberately left the door open and didn't lock the wheels?

Do you have any inside information you would like to share ?

It was pretty funny after all is said and done!

1 hour ago, Mama Noodle said:

 

Thats your opinion, but Im old enough to remember how much the left LOVED the previous president no matter what he did, no matter how stupid and no matter how much it polarized the country. 

You're old enough to remember Barack Obama? Wow that must make you at least 13 years old.

4 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

Ah so the excuse is not all countries count the same way.

Odd how Johnson supporters were keen on the idea of comparing countries before the UK hit the top of the list.

The UK's figures only include those who actually were tested for corona and passed away. Given how woeful the UK's testing has been there is a huge number of deaths not being included because the person was never proven to have the virus.

Shameful leadership of a shameful response hidden by a shameful cover-up of the true death toll.   

 

I think in all deaths where there is a suspicion of the virus, a test is administered post mortem.

Many in care homes have a DNR notice on their notes which may lead to the shocking

instances occuring there. Many in these homes are very ill and approaching the end of 

their lives, which is why many are there in the first place.

I'm no Tory boy, and have no joy in supporting this government, but when my father was

living his last days in a home, there is no way they would have hooked him up to a 

ventilator to prolong his life, of course it was comforting that me and my mother were

bedside when he passed, I can't imagine how awful it would be to have a loved one

dying alone or without family nearby.

2 hours ago, car720 said:

Common sense 101.

Elderly woman hater agrees with this post.????

16 hours ago, YetAnother said:

what if you are in a long checkout line at the 2 hour point ? typical thai thought process (lack of)

I would say this comment is typical of the kind words of poster desperately

trying to look cool by getting the first critical comment in.

These are proposals at the moment which suggests that they are aware that some

issues may arise in the implementation.