Chongalulu

Which is exactly my point-the person wearing the mask has those expulsions inhibited /reduced by the mask thus to the benefit of those around him. The tiny remnants that remain will hardly be filtered out by the typical mask you are wearing. Suggest you do a bit more reading to avoid further embarrassment.l

Over the 7 years I’ve been here I’ve noticed the 24x crates of Soda water I drink (my only tipple) have shot up to around 140 baht per crate - so have some sympathy ! ????

Then you made unwarranted long term financial assumptions and poor investment decisions. Amongst other investments I retained my house in U.K. Hertfordshire commuter belt which not only increased substantially in value but I recently increased the rent BY £500 per month (20,000 baht + ) which more than takes care of inflationary pressures here. I am miffed about paying higher rate tax now though… ????

What makes you think the PM (and many of his officials) aren’t the MOST confused by their own unthinking utterances ?! If you’re looking for clarity from that source you might be as deluded as are they ! ????

Honda uses thailand to dump many of it’s ancient old technology engines on the undiscriminating Thai market. E.G. Honda CRV suv only available with two (2.0 and 2.4 ) petrol engines and a puny 1.6 diesel,ALL of which have been discontinued for several years in Western countries. No sign of the Hybrid available for several years in other markets. Nor is that reflected in any lower prices.

My decision to eschew Sinovac when it became the first one offered was vindicated when a week later I was offered Pfizer. Had I accepted Sinocrap at the time that would have excluded me from the superior Pfizer. PS NO vaccines nor medicine are ever ‘perfect' .

I tend to now avoid the casual/impulse visits to such establishments but will not let it stop me (cut off my nose to spite my face) on occasions when I’m visiting with a group of Thais. They would ,given my overall spend when at such a venue earn more from me by not discriminating. However taking a balanced view incorporating the huge difference in other aspects (fuel prices,domestic energy costs,council tax = local tax on housing,eating out etc. I and suspect most of us are well ahead overall vs in our Home Counties . AND none of this woke ???? pervading everything! ????

What happens to "Look Krung" (Eurasians) . They pay 2.5 x the price ?? ????

???? of your own company?

So what was the point of a statement of the bleeding obvious in regard to the discussion?

You do understand that people may have a number of countries on their short list and will decide based on a number of factors,including the easiness of booking/travel and prevailing conditions on arrival?

You still don’t understand that the wearing of a mask function is primarily to protect OTHERS from the wearer . Here’s a rather revealing but revolting test - get someone to f a rt next to you in a confined space and then wonder why you can smell it despite the mask ????. The virus particle is way smaller than what the mask filters !

Us too on a trip - quicker to use the longer but only 15 baht toll road.

Yes,daughter arrived last week from Manchester with Qatar (16 hours total flight) @ £630 return.

The ignorance of not understanding how vaccines work within that comment is truly breathtaking ???? The primary objective of vaccinations is to significantly reduce the effects of contracting the virus…which is exactly what it did here. Another acquaintance of mine didn’t get vaccinated,contracted the virus… and now isn’t around to tell you of his experience.. ☠️

Err…why would it do that when I’d already had 2 Pfizer vaccinations ? Are you suggesting,contrary to scientific surveys ,that Sinovac is superior to Pfizer? ???? The main objective of vaccinations is to minimise the effects of contracting Covid…which is exactly what Pfizer did (I had a mild cold effectively) Your comment is either based on misunderstanding my comment…or steeped in ignorance?

Decent western vaccines were around - and far more effective - long before the second rate sino you were fobbed off with by the government. You got lucky not being infected and you do not know how you would’ve reacted under Sinovac. I got the US donated Pfizer vaccinations,contracted Covid several months after and getting only very mild symptoms,so I’m a more relevant example.

We applaud your selfless self sacrifice in participating and passing on your affliction to him!

If only one could get the lack of critical thinking lumpen proletariat to feel the far more justified fear they should have when riding around without helmets… but they’ve got their masks on to protect them from hitting the road surface ,I guess …. ????

If only that applied where it really benefited them - wearing crash helmets . ????

The lighter socket generally only works when accessory mode is on via the car’s ignition switch ,so ideal.

Have a Nextbase Duo I brought from U.K. ( a single unit on windscreen but with a rear facing camera built in) so easy installation ,especially as 'cigarette lighter' power supply in my glovebox so could run the wires to the unit without ugly trailing. The heat though kills the battery very quickly (nextbase even replaced the original which then lasted 2 months!) but it’s not necessary for normal running anyway. I’ve not seen them available in Thailand but think they’re relatively expensive anyway,but as you say ,good .

This is just another example of a fundamental problem existing in Thailand regarding taking responsibility/ classifying criminal negligence as ‘accidental' and punishments not fitting the seriousness of the crime - hence the road accident statistics. It’s a cultural issue and a shortcoming which is largely endemic.

You’re kid too can become a "High achiever" ! …

Lots of things you could "of " (sic) done ,but sadly, none yet of any use.