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the intelligent lockdown in the The Netherland messed up a lot. made that all took longer.

the lockdown system in Australia works very well and also takes longer minimal 14 days or more.

What makes the choice to lockdown for 14 days as a minimum.

quarantine come from the Italian number 40 and was used in the past as the minimum number of days to lock down an area. 

old wisdom is not so bad and when lockdown for 40 days you can stop the spreading as have seen in many areas.  And do not forget to accept the tourists will not come soon due the ne new mutation in India the plus mutation that is now starting to spread and also is more aggressive in the lungs.

we need to vaccinate the world as fast as possible with this we stop the spreading as well that new mutations will evolve. When not solve this problem first we will in the grip of SARS-CoV-2 and the mutations. 

you went abroad because it has to offer more to you then back home. you wanted the benefits of being abroad. benefits also comes with is down side and this is one of them. Stop complaining and accept the choice made, which implies you have to wait for Thai solution because that is part of the benefit that made you move abroad. 

Those who are willing to come are probably also the once who where used to a device like this at home.

Most people just have 14 days vacation and beside that also in most countries on still have to stay in quarantine when you come back for 10 days, which is at own costs.

Think this they have forgotten to put in the equation too. the costs before and after that is what make people also not want to stay 14 days in Phuket.

when look at to retuning tourist now you see many of them are tested positive and being infected implies to support of possible new mutations beside the 20 or so that are now know and are seen  traveling with the tourists. Express ways to make spreading easy. 

think Thailand better can provide the 2 jabs to the Thai people and then when 95% is full vaccinated have a look at it again. and with this also the 4th wave passes with the expected needed 3th jab.

Very wise advise that should been followed up. Wise because in Europe they are now confronted that tourist returning from Portugal and Spain seem to be the piggyback for the virus with the tourists that return home and increasing the number with the new mutation. Something that is not having much effect that is seen directly due to the huge declining numbers that hide these new infections.

not sure why the UK is postponing easing of the lockdown measurements, when understood well for the same reason as this docotr warns about.

AVM modems works good and are stable.

Also have some trick when needed make you netwerk abroad on with your Thai network

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German brand

all i needed was copy of aal the pages of the blue book singed, copy of id signed to proof who owns the house, the phone number of the owner (hers) and a letter signed by her tells that i lived with her and the address is the primary address in Thailand where I stayed and could been seen as my Thai address. worked fine for with me  already for many years. 

On 5/15/2021 at 11:17 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

It seems it's not only houses.

Recently I measured the condominium which I rent. The measured sqm was also less then the size which was advertised when I rented it.

I also would like to know how this is officially calculated. 

normally is is at the height of 1.5 meter from the ground that is the area. wall under an angle depend of the angle outward if one still uses the 1.5 meter height because then also the edge of the floor/wall can (must) be use.

in general on is quiet safe to use the 1.5 meter from the ground to make the estimation of the space.

this pictures they forgot to mention the real number ONE that makes the differences. This is the blood type. Bloodtype is more important the the 7 underlaying symptoms. Blood Type O has the least problems and are the least seen in hospital regardless the underlaying problems. Beside that also some DNA sequences are indicators of problems as well that black colored people seem to have more problems then Asians and Caucasians. Blood type A is having the most problems the followed by blood type AB and B.

this you can find back in the many research reports around the world.

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He worries it may be weeks or months before he can get a shot in Thailand. His business obligations - plus Thailand's strict two-week quarantine for people entering the country - make it unfeasible to return to the United States.

Not a so pragmatic view on things, vaccination is preventing things.

When it is impossible to get Thai vaccine  supplied by Goverment of buying at the private hospitals then one can see all as a part of the time you go backs on vacation back home the rest de as a part of a kind of sick leave.

When one gets infected with SARS-CoV-2 all can become worser then this short period of vacation and combined vaccination de days.

Just a matter of economics and priority.

6 hours ago, Paulbuick1 said:

Empty freezer is an energy waster

If your extra freezer sits empty most of the winter, it’s using more energy than it does during the summer when it’s full of ice cream.

A full freezer uses less energy than an empty one because the already-frozen food in it keeps the unit’s temperature low.

A tip: Pack your empty or half-full freezer with water-filled plastic milk cartons or two-liter bottles. This will keep your freezer running efficiently.

The water-filled containers—filled to four inches from the top—will ease the strain on the freezer’s motor and keep food cold longer during a power outage. And you can drink the water in an emergency.

put the freeze on a cold wall area  as well put in it the ice packs that store the cold. this reduces a lot of energy usage. Beside the other tips to fill up the cooler part with water bottle and milk packs because they keep it longer cool.  

the ice pack you have in slim version and they can reduce energy usage easy.

also you can isolate the top and the side walls extra if you feel the need for it. and  be sure you have on the top en bottom enough space to let the air flow. this wil reduce the cost also.

the Dutch did do a test with 189 people on a trip to an island. this trip for 7 days and costs about 800 euro per person. all tested free of covid-19, et al, several times before departure. on the 6th day they have 6 out of 189 people tested positive. that is 3,2%. and they operators claim this as a success. 

when converting this claimed succes then the  3,2% implies that when all Dutch go on holiday this will result that of the 17.500.000 Dutch there just will be about 555.556 people that will become tested positive. This by the current ratio one out of eight will be needed a hospital care implies around 62.000 of them are needed medical care in and hospital and of these hospitalized 62000 people will, if the numbers are correct, be one out of eight needing intensive care. That is just a 7750 at the ICU. 

when one take in account that today they already have problem with the hospitals, bed ice and care this will imply code black and people will die by triage. beside that all the normal care as well urgent needed care that needs to be given with in the next 6 weeks already for many is something that is now postponed.

in the west as well in the east we probably need to accept tourism is not possible until we have the virus under control and this wil be around 2022 if the expert are right and the vaccine is administered also in the poor countries.

beside a good quarantine takes minimal 40 days as the word implies 

The practice of quarantine, as we know it, began during the 14th century in an effort to protect coastal cities from plague epidemics. Ships arriving in Venice from infected ports were required to sit at anchor for 40 days before landing. This practice, called quarantine, was derived from the Italian words quaranta giorni which mean 40 days.

History of Quarantine | Quarantine | CDC

for as far as i know even in the west a contract with a set end date finished at that date set.

beside that if an employer not want you to work at his place there are several ways that you are unaware of to make it that in Thai court you will be the one that is to be blamed. unless you have very well documented case.

beside you forget an expat in general just leaves after 4-5 years the country. if you are here and have a family then you would not only speak Thai also have been legally married and switched the visa based to non-O based on marriage or based on taken care of Thai child. you are actively changing all to stay here and make it you new country. Pay taxes, plan and build a future.

most who stay abroad ire just still leaning back home and there have no actions showing they want to stay as one does when he or she really need to stay.

We all know most forget this and the local know this too. So they use this against the foreigner in the same way as this is done in the west.

you want to have success then they also look at this kind of things 

Things that made it in any case one of the additional the imported facts to rule in favor of the foreigner. Why because it is clear one wanted to stay in Thailand and did do all that was needed to be able to stay.

Regardless what you think and feel, you always will be 'import'.

This is all around the world the same, for those who forgot even in the west (it is local) the same.

Look around in Thailand and the Thai themselves distinguish. import is several steps further down the line.  

laptop is not old when it is 4 years old you can use them much longer. the oldest I have is from 1998 and still operating. was on windows now on a linux distribution. the one i am typing is now is from 2013 and has 16GB RAM and update with WD 3D NAND SSD 1TB. having brought this to your attention: 

not sure if mentioned by others Thailand is hostile to electronics because of the cooling needed and the design temperature. most not unse air conditioner to control the humidity and temperature. this decrease the life span of battery pack and adapters. System cooling has to work harder and the cooling fans collect dust.

some things to do

take out the battery pack can show if the laptop still works

still be aware that  some laptops will have a circuit that the laptop will not work when battery has been removed. even when the battery pack is dead.

sometimes the empty cmos backup battery also causes problems, dispite this is wierd and not logic it can be an issue that makes the laptop not work correctly. after replacing you always have to do a cmos reset to default values. then set the cmos to the needed value also can solve problems.

remove the ram bank from its slot and reinsert it. when possible swap it with another Ram bank that has the same specs.

also try another charger, sometimes the charger is broke. When you measure the voltage all seems to be right but is can not handle the load needed and the charges is actually not working as expected.

in the laptop there is a circuit that check the power levels. and when it not get the right power levels if also prevents to work or shutdown.

remove the HD from the laptop and try if it will boot. (of course will give errors) just ot see if the HD is not death and prevening the system to start.

the next sounds stupid but sometimes works.

remove all connections with a wire to the laptop, like usb, lan, sound, mice and so on and also the charger.

wait 30 minutes the plug in the charger and wait 15 minutes then press the power button.

can be the laptops starts working

most case the laptop will start to work again

21 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

In the Netherlands now all schools have selftests for Covid for the teachers and they have to test themselves 2 times a week. Why not possible here in THailand???? 

probably Thai are also aware of the fact that the self tests provided like the once that you refer to in the Netherlands not are accurate. Still many will slip thru, this is well known. Also in the news too that only blood tests are accurate since there are now mutations that are not even detected by the standard nose swap tests. the trest that provided you the so wanted certificated of being covid-19 free. 

they are also looking in to the support of dogs as you know who can detect covid. 

Also people who are fully vaccinated, these people  still can spread covid as recently was in the new too. 

all makes that we still have a long way to go especially due to the fact that we not provide vaccin to all People and all the countries in the world.

and when we are not willing to stop traveling and do all the is needed to stop the virus and quarantaine it within the next 6 months to stop the virus this wil become a long story or a never ending story.

i is well know that h mutation are wandering around and that asymptotic people spread. this can even been people who are vaccinated with with the covid jab. Well known and well document in the medical world around the world and the literature. Problem is the politicians not want to understand this at all. The best solution is to shutdown all, isolate and make blocks and then wait minimal 40 days before opening block by block. This has been proven many times that this works. Put a ban on traveling. Put a ban tourism. Vaccinate as much as possible in a short as possible time, all people. in three to sixmonthn all is solved. when you have enough vaccine. and the block they control the outbrake and help to stop..

when you are not planning to go to ASEAN AREA the changes are small that you will feel any consequences of you action. you do limit do yourselves in traveling. as well that you have to make sure that your home country or nay other country you travel to is not willing to execute the arrest if that is ordered by the Thai court. the court order itself has to be confirmed by the court of the country you live in or stay. still, possible they will get you legally deported to Thailand. Changes are real as well small. you can not predict the future.

On 3/22/2021 at 5:53 AM, robblok said:

Maybe its time to also make sure the motorcycle parkings are a bit bigger. Because its always hard to park them while cars get far more room. Time to change that too and make some more motorcycle friendly rules.

you want to solve the air pollution on of the steps that helps is when have to removed the motorcycles out of the traffic as you see now happening in the west. they also say that one  motor cycles pollutes more the a car does. 

bicycles instead of motorbikes will add to the air quality improvements. making specials bicycle lanes and change all in favor of bicycles works as we see on many places around the world 

beside that also the tires and breaking cause a lot of small particles and some say it is up o 50% of the total small particles caused by the wear of tires and breaks

She will wanting more and more untill you are left broke.

Sell you house abroad, move to Thailand, stop supporting your kids.

Give her all and if you are lucky you are allowed to stay a few more weeks. 

If you not want this. Leave her find some want who loves you for who you are.

there are more then only this what they mentioned and they now start to use a blood test to make a prediction of who is having problems or even worse and will end up more death then living in the ICU and who is more lucky.

personally i have seen many the blood test tells more then how a person looks. the most around me who passed away where seen a healthy with no medical history and alwys seem to be healthy when had medical examination and still died within a few hours after arrival on the hospital. they walked in to the hospital en in just two hours died.

In most countries you can get an overview of the old passport numbers that where assigned to you. Mostly the foreingn affairs office or the multiplicity can provide you this certified overview. 

With the renewal of my old passport they also printed on on the page next the ID page that this passport is the replacement of the passport with the number ... which was valid from ... until ..  and the namen of the issuer.

Had this also printed in the passports before. have seen this also in other western passports the last few years. 

On 2/24/2021 at 3:41 PM, KhunBENQ said:

? Transferwise can only send money to Thailand. No transfer outbound.

Not sure why you say this. Because you can do with transferwise. 

1 hour ago, John435 said:

The cut seems to be about 3.4% when a large sum is entered into the rate calculator. 

 

Is that correct and competitive?

TransferWise works fine is fast mostly in second inbound out bound as well have nice extra services that make all even go faster. as far as i know also very cheap.

4 hours ago, DrDave said:

Transferwise is not licensed by the BoT for sending money out of the country.

use tranferwise for a long time and never had problems to send money to or from my accounts abroad or other accounts. you can do it legally and comply to the rules and regulations the using the BoT too as far I a can see

have a look to see it for yourself

works fine with me, even have bankaccount numbers with them with different currency accounts , mostly is instantly as in a few seconds from my account abroad to Thailand or the other way around.

pay in the fly and the fee is very low. mostly transfer from abroad to Thai account is most of the time just seconds, some times longer, they nofity you how long it takes to transfer to other bankaccount. all including the currency conversion in to thai bath

was invited to use probably is that the difference so I share my link to help people out :  transferwise.com.

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