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    On 8/10/2020 at 2:20 PM, RichardColeman said:

    So, the reality is 75% drop in tourism this year, and near 80% next year, that's a loss of about 70 million tourists and near 4.5 trillion baht based on their figures. 

     

    A reality bomb is about to hit Thailand and chaos and discontent will be openly violent on the streets in the coming 6 months

    I have been wondering when the penny is going to drop....seems at the moment everyone is in limbo...calm before the storm. If there is not high season this year, and it looks that way....What the heck is going to happen? Roll on next year and things may be no better. I forsee trouble brewing, its already started. Are we about to see the sh** finally really hit the fan here??? Its been brewing for years but is this the real catalyst?

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    6 hours ago, thaitero said:

    Winter is coming in near future..

    Thailand should concentrate those who want to spend 3-6 months extended holidays..

    Those may be o..k to stay 2 weeks quarantine in order to spend winter in safe country..

    Totally agree with this. I think Thailand 'may' be FINALLY waking up to the positives long stay foreigners bring here. I wont hold my breath......People are NOT going to come here for 2 weeks if they have to quarantine for 2 weeks...however, people interested in staying for business...study....etc should be treated with more respect. I work here, I pay taxes, I DONT send my money back to mummy and daddy...it all STAYS HERE. You would think they had cottoned on by now to the benefits of such people.

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    Just now, robblok said:

    Alcohol is bad if you want to get really lean (though i had a friend who would drink a lot and still have a good six pack of abs). For me sugar drinks like fruit juices is the problem. Never liked beer (lucky me). 

     

    I have no special love for beef, certain fish or chicken or pork is good too. But for now the beef patties from the Makro are a welcome addition to a salad from jones salad (diner)

    Yeah, those fruit drinks....EVERYTHING here is full of sugar! I tried the 'reduced sugar' Nescafe tinned ice coffee the other day. To me it was sickly sweet still. I have also cut back on sugar I put in coffee, now its less than 1/2 teaspoon whereas a few years back it was 2. You dont miss the sugar after a while. I still eat some junk food occasionally. 

    I have also cut back my beer intake to historically low levels. These days 4 cans on a Friday night is a BIG night for me. I feel a lot better and obviously the calorie intake via beer has gone down a lot. It also means a diet of beef, beef and more beef is not required.....though I do loves me a bit of beef.....

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    Are you all a bunch of fat old farts that have just not maintained yourselves for decades and now realise you need to do something PRONTO? A meat only diet is a freaking FAD and a silly idea. Generations have not gotten fat by including SOME carbs in their diet. Limited complex carbs help me with my weight training. I tried the all meat diet and I did lose some weight, but I also did not have sufficient energy to do reasonable workouts. I know...I know what you will all say...YOU GET USED TO IT. Sorry, but EFF THAT!! its a VERY SIMPLE formula, energy in vs energy out. A lot of people just dont seem to have the discipline to abide by this. This is why fad diets like carnivore....low fat.....keto come and go...THEY HAVE COME AND GONE FOR DECADES. Limit sugar, limit the simple carbs contained in snack foods, dont drink litres of beer every night, avoid soft drinks and MOVE YOU BUTT......

     

    Or just eat only beef for the rest of your sorry life.

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    Just now, Patts said:

    I think you will find there is a misuse of the word "mild" as even some of the "mild" cases require hospital intervention. 

    I am not one of those people that denies there is a virus etc....BUT the fear mongering and misinformation that goes around about is very frustrating (to put it mildly) Certain groups are obviously taking advantage....for what purpose??? I can only speculate.

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    1 hour ago, Mikeasq60 said:

    Why isnt Thailand talking about the survival rate if someone is positive.  With more testing comes more positives. Theirs no rush of hospitals with CV patients. People need to go around with video cameras and show the world going outside of what the health dept says. To have CV isnt a death sentence but the media along with govt is spreading fear. Its not just here in Thailand its all over the world. Whose pulling the strings?

    Exactly....according to 'Worldometre' 99% of 'active' cases are in a 'mild' condition. I ask you, if someone said to you that there was a new virus going around and that 99% of all the people that had it were in a mild condition....what would you think? 

     

     

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    It amazes me the different Thailand some of you live in to me. I have been here  15 years and I really dont feel the dislike directed toward me that some of you are moaning about. Maybe its because I dont live in a heavily touristed area?? b*gger me....a Thai survey is taken where some Thais say they dont want 'foreigners' back yet....meaning ANYONE that is not Thai (from Albanians to Zimbabweans) ....the immediate reaction by a lot of the paranoid here is that they specifically mean FARANG.....that, shows the level of your insecurity.

     

    I agree with them. I think Thailand needs to be careful. I think those with families etc should be allowed in with all the right precautions taken. Just because there are some dinosaurs in power that dont like farang doesnt mean that mindset is  across the board, far from it, I feel younger people are a lot more tolerant and interested in the outside world. Infact, if  I am courteous I am generally treated well by most and I do mean MOST  Thai people. Why is it so different for some here?

     

     

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    28,000....for a native speaker with a real degree?? I know you may be in the sticks but man.....that is bottom of the barrel. I bet their expectations keep going up and up throughout the term....to the point where this is absolutely not worth it in any way. Well, I dont think it is in the first place,but i'll wager you'll come around as well. 35,000 should be ABSOLUTE MINIMUM....and even that is COMPLETE  <deleted> !!!

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    2 hours ago, giddyup said:

    She'll only name nobodies, if anyone at all.

    I am HIGHLY skeptical of all this. I think if the CIA/FBI....BBC.....wanted to find her they could have at pretty much any time....No, I think deals have been made, <deleted> covered....this will be a nicely orchestrated trial for the media and sheeple. The people that literally control this planet are the ones that would fall, in a fair world....think it matters if Clinton or Trump are president?  Its all a facade. I hope I am wrong.

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