Chongalulu

Thailands can is empty. Matches the heads..

Looking to drive to Phuket for a few days next week and previously based myself in Karon beach. I hear Patong is open but wondered if bars etc are open in Karon now which I prefer overall unless it’s dead. Grateful for any recent reports or even alternative suggestions

Replacements with more modest aspirations have been mooted - Peter Pickup and Terry Toyota are at the final interview stage.

Oh they know what 'herbs' many are on,just by virtue of what comes out of their mouths!

Simple clarification of the successor to COE - "Thailand?….Pass!! "

It’s clear from the utterings he speaks from the 7th planet…

Is that cos you’re getting'nun'? ????

A tip for those using UK banks while here. Set up and enable on your device and their app ,fingerprint id. It bypasses most security and access OTP codes and special customer numbers. Even works when doing an online purchase which the bank wants to verify before authorising - it just sends a message to the app which you quickly agree is yours by entering your fingerprint and you’re never reliant on your phone

His critics were less kind… ????

I was just reading another main thread about plans for Thailand’s education system. This seems to reveal much about what it produces,but maybe a bigger problem lies with the raw material it has to work with. The Thai Thick Gene ?

No,you’re confusing me with what you see in the mirror. Public school educated..

Sounds just like education in the West. All that comment demonstrates is your own lack of education.

I expect ,given the coherence of that comment, you don’t have that experience to base a view on…

I sometimes shudder when I think of the ruination of so many children’s lives at the hands of the Thai educational system which was so personally illustrated to me when I brought my 9 year old Thai stepdaughter with no English to the UK. Placed in a good state school she flourished ,speaking English in a few short months going to include English and Maths in her A levels which opened the door to a good university achieving a first in Business Economics which included a free one year student exchange programme at a top Singapore university. Now mid 20s with a well paid graduate job gained at her first interview and an assured future I feel so privileged to have enabled that ,but sometimes my stomach churns thinking what would have been the alternative outcome if remaining in Thailand .

Look at Thailand’s dreadful ratings in the PISA educational tables (languishing near the bottom) to better inform your opinion. The results are visible in everyday life - shop /restaurant staff that can’t do the simplest of arithmetic without a calculator, poor foreign language skills and the country’s inability to produce properly functioning websites ( Thailand pass /90 day reports) . https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1808509/poor-grades-for-thai-students-in-pisa-tests

The real low IQ comes from one who makes an assessment based on anecdotal evidence of a tiny amount rather than contrary data from a far wider base. Your arrival will certainly lower the (already low) average IQ in Thailand.

Awww…damn! Thought I’d made a million on my first day.. ????

Hanlon's razor is an adage or rule of thumb that states "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".

Hanlon's razor is an adage or rule of thumb that states "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".

Ah,someone who assesses a situation based on the anecdotal evidence of ONE . ????

Reading and comprehension difficulties? ????

‘Customer Services' (the part that sells you the insurance) will not be who you deal with after the event ,it will be the claims department of the underwriter. You may be OK but suggest you read the full terms and conditions with a fine tooth comb ..and don’t assume ANYTHING when it comes to being asymptomatic or just being quarantined at the whim of the authorities because you sat next to someone who tested positive.

You’re the bloke in the pub with the dumb look on his face while everyone else is laughing at the joke . ????

I saw that on mine but in another thread (that I can’t find now) people reporting the postal option wasn’t working,which was the main attraction! Also how does the QR code for internet payment work,I have a thai bank account.

I say I want a better job with more pay but no concomitant qualifications nor plans to obtain them. That’s my plan ,eh? ????