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Not made up.  It should be on bank letterhead.  I also do send a copy of one of my accounts that has more value in it than Thailand requires

1 hour ago, shdmn said:

I am talking to people who are there right now and they are saying it is getting more and more busy daily.  Restaurants more busy, hotels filling up etc.  More and more people on the beaches.  Not locals, pasty white foreigners with blond hair and blue eyes.  It's still ultra low rainy season btw so the big numbers haven't even started yet.

Interesting.  Which part of the island are you talking about?  My friends in Kamala who are looking after my place have a somewhat less rosy report on the conditions.  Of course they aren't concerned about someone being on the beach, they're more concerned about who has had to go bankrupt and close down.

I admit that everyone is happy that they can now drive to Patong without encountering another vehicle.  Just proves "If you don't go on the road you don't become a road death statistic" 

Ahhhh, I had to lower the yardarm but the sun is now over it.  Ta for now.

So does hydrogen peroxide from the pharmacy at Big C.  25 Baht.  One part H₂O₂ two parts water.  Two minutes gargle and rinse with water.

Good for our breath also

1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

This works for most things, in any foreign countries. 

 

How would you react if in , say, Vancouver BC standing right on the kerb on a normal street and a car stopped because they thought you wanted to cross?

I'd know they weren't stopping for me, just looking for a parking spot

I think Ray Jessel explains it best.

40 minutes ago, Thai Dan said:

What about this?  I have to go back to the hospital for blood tests and prescription adjustments/refills every 3 months, and the wife and I have been led to believe that we can only get my meds at the hospital pharmacy.  I'm currently taking about 22 tabs a day.  The hospital is Srinagarend in Khon Kaen.

 

Can/should I get my prescriptions filled outside at any major pharmacy for cheaper?

I suggest you check with the pharmacies as a first step.  Show them the pills.  I was unable to get my prescription for statins filled anywhere but the hospital.  Hope your experience is different

14 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said:

But for what reason? Besides pure profit?

There are very good valid reasons.  Just look at how much a merc or a porsche  have gone up since 2010!!

????

If it actually matters to anyone, the US FDA has just issued complete approval for the Pfizer covid vaccine.

13 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Exactly this.....  I am on my 3rd return to Thailand (since the outbreak) - First two were ASQ (15 nights and 10 nights) - this time is is 14 nights Sandbox and a much more palatable prospect than being locked up in a hotel room.

 

It's also much nicer being able to spend the same amount of money on a pool villa than a hotel room in Bangkok. The prospect of being free to go to restaurants, go to the beach, rent a motorcycle and ride around and even go to a bar for a few beers makes the outlook potentially enjoyable. 

 

Additionally, there also the prospect of bringing my family down to stay with me during the Sandbox quarantine (if Phuket opens up to domestic tourism at that time). 

 

But... None of the above ‘improves’ things for Thailand, for myself and returnees like myself all the Sandbox has done is ‘divert’ the money from ASQ hotels in Bangkok to hotels in Phuket. That said, local restaurants etc may recognise a very minor benefit but I am under no illusion that ‘Sandboxers’ are making any notable financial contribution to the local economy - the numbers of Sandbox arrivals are just too small. 

 

As an experiment the Sandbox scheme has shown that Vaccinated and PCR tested international arrivals do not present a covid risk to Thailand - Thus, from this perspective the scheme is a success, but only if Thailand can avoid the ‘pathetic discussions’ and act intelligently solely on results by opening up completely to vaccinated international arrivals. 

 

We are sooo screwed.

14 hours ago, JonnyF said:

They seem to be talking about the quarantine that the tourist has to do when they go home after visiting a Covid hotspot like Thailand, not during the visit TO Thailand.

 

It's a shame your hero, the self declared Covid Czar wasn't smart enough to buy vaccines for the inhabitants of the country. The place would be open to domestic tourism by now and even foreign tourists might have wanted to visit. We'd all be free to go about our daily business. But alas, he didn't have even the limited amount of intelligence required to work out that the way out of this was to vaccinate everyone. So here we are, in lockdown, hundreds of people dying every day, the economy in tatters. 

Gawd!!  You're waaay too optimistic.

16 hours ago, Amdesign said:

What an nonsense - travel to a country with one million travel restrictions!? For waht purpose? Look at beaches which are closed from their hotel rooms? Hide from police while taking some vine? Wear masks while feeding the beggards?

 

The reality is: fresh info - Aeroflot cancelled all flights to Thailand today, they say probably will resume flights in November.

 

Thailand was only desirable as travel destination because it was cheap and easy to get in. Not anymore - so why?

I more or less agree but February in Vladivostok can make one wade through a lot of restrictions to be in Phuket.

The Russians remember their history.  Aeroflot cancelled their flights not on account of covid but because Afghanistan is an active combat zone at the present time.  They won't be opening them up again until November at the earliest.  The last time the Russians flew over Afghanistan in any numbers, they developed a great respect for the stinger SA missle.

Just tell the locals that they're lucky that the police general (WTH are police doing with generals??)  didn't try to fly the submarine in.

He wanted a "look at me" moment -- he got one.

Can't compare the two because I don't know the Lenovo.

I do know that my Acer Swift has been banging around the world with me for a few years and has operated flawlessly.  I would not be without it.  

On 12/13/2018 at 4:02 AM, marcusarelus said:

They got me on a new scam.  I have ordered the same shaver 5 times from different merchants on Lazada and each time after 2 or 3 weeks of waiting they cancel it.  I try to chat with the vendors but they don't respond.  I think it's the old bait and switch deal but I don't know for sure.  I am going to keep ordering the same shaver and see if I can set some kind of record for times cancelled.  Update - they just cancelled again.  I'm in chat with a supplier to ask if they have it in stock as it shows in their ad

Grow a beard.  Life is too short to go out looking for things to irritate you

This really is unfortunate.  Unintended consequences.  The ban seemed to shut up the TAT at  least.

I see we're already getting inundated with alarms from all the BS alert programs.

Millions of tourists and trillions of baht spent. 

Lord Love a Duck.

They might have been "real police"  but they weren't doing "real police" business.  They're doing it for a cut of whatever they can squeeze out of the lady.

I don't believe the banks here still sell off their "bad debt write off lists" but some of the sleazier finance companies most likely still do.

It's a variation on a scam.  The debt write-off may have been sold as part of a bulk buy to some collection agency or just scammers got into old records  Financial institutions regularly sell their old write-offs.  It gives them a few cent back on stuff that should be run through shredders and garbaged.  What the scammers are doing is illegal.  If they come back ... phone the police.  You have a phone number for one of the scammers now.  Give that to the police.

Around here the call centers in Mumbai are still doing a booming business threatening Canadians with jail time for unpaid taxes.  But they might give you a break if you send bitcoin -- Now!. 

I thought "hash" was shut down.  Maybe the hashers should make him an honorary member. 

I love the way everybody can take a compliment with such grace and panache.  

Ahhhhhhhh Shy3te!  ????

American news just announced Thai riots and forced government minister resignations along with another record day of covid cases.  No details given

Is this anything I can actually inquire about or do I have to limit my conversation to how the mangosteen crop is ripening???

Think it's a 2018, 2019 or 2020 Can-am Sea to Sky.  The 2021's are running about 36K (CAD) all tricked out.  I suspect the heated seats wouldn't be a big attraction in LOS.