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Soundproofing isn’t about “thicker walls” Your immediate neighbors (above/below/to the sides) will hear your subwoofer. A well sealed door won’t make a bit of difference.

When I was playing Nine Inch Nails at 113 db, the guy upstairs complained. At 53db you’ll be fine. 1. Bass is gonna travel. 2. If you think that 60k is too expensive for a bed, don’t bother asking what proper soundproofing will cost.

The Thai people I know aren’t so much panicking over Covid as they are to the constant shutdowns of their businesses leaving them with no way to have an income. They all seem to be aware that the symptoms are usually mild and most of those that I know live healthy lifestyles and don’t have the same comorbidities that the Thaivisa bar brigade have so they don’t live in fear of the virus.

Googling and then cutting and pasting dramatic articles which may or may not be true does not convince me.

“The majority of children hospitalized in recent weeks with serious cases of COVID-19 at one major New York City pediatric center had underlying conditions or were adolescents, a doctor told The Post.” “Most younger children admitted to Northwell Health’s pediatric ICU amid a wave of Omicron were immunosuppressed, had cancer or other preexisting problems, said Dr. Matthew Harris, who specializes in pediatric emergency medicine. ” “He said the hospital was hit by “a wave of diagnosis” among kids who often came in to be treated for reasons other than COVID-19, he said.” https://nypost.com/2021/12/30/most-kids-in-icu-with-covid-19-had-underlying-conditions/

Furthermore…. ”The Netherlands has experienced frequent shortages of nurses from the Second World War onwards. ” Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK545721/ It appears that it’s not a Covid issue as it is a long standing problem. If NL can’t get their act together, blame the system, not the Covid patients.

Stop lying….especially when the facts are verifiable by your own government online. https://coronadashboard.government.nl/landelijk/intensive-care-opnames

Yup…looks like you are correct. Less than 4x the number of total teachers (900,000 vs @250,000) and more than 5 times the amount of debt. “Thailand’s Education Ministry has unveiled the government’s plans to tackle debtsowed by about 900,000 teachers nationwide, worth about 1.4 trillion baht.” https://www.pattayamail.com/thailandnews/thailand-to-tackle-1-4-trillion-baht-teachers-debts-nationwide-373457

Oh…Doctor Google linking to MSM articles. Laughable. I failed to ante up? That’s a steaming heap of dung. I posted data with the link to back it up. If you either choose not to read it or are unable to interpret it, that’s your problem. I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain it to you. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/08/covid-cdc-study-finds-roughly-78percent-of-people-hospitalized-were-overweight-or-obese.html 92.8% of the COVID-19 deaths were associated with a pre-existing comorbidity. The risk of mortality associated with at least one comorbidity combined was 1113 times higher than that with no comorbidity. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34449622/

Risk control? Nonsense. That’s no different than having sex with a prostitute 7 days a week but only using a condom on Sundays.

Pure theater. what happens if you take a test on Monday that shows negative but become positive on Tuesday? And now, you wait until a few days or almost a week later for that twice weekly/weekly test? How would you not be an asymptomatic (or very mildly symptomatic) superspreader in this case. It sounds like symptoms of hypochondria.

Do you keep all those links in a file for quick reference? Pathetic. I provided you with facts and data from one of the largest hospital systems in the US. Those facts show that Covid hospitalizations are a big nothingburger compared to all the other reasons people are being hospitalized. If there is staff burnout, perhaps hospitals should hire more staff. I’m sure the staff spend more time with the majority of other patients who are there for non Covid reasons. You want to know who is most likely overwhelming the hospital system? Fat people. https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/6-facts-on-obesity

If you have no symptom, why would you get tested? That sounds a bit obsessive. If you feel like you might have mild symptoms (like a cold). Stay home. If you feel like you have severe symptoms, go to the hospital.

@ozimoron. Do facts make you sad because they go against your dishonest fear mongering narrative?

I keep reading that, but when I go to hospital websites and look at the statistics, it shows that Covid patients are just a small fraction of the overall patients. And the ICUs are being overwhelmed by non Covid patients. What are all the other people who are currently in the ICU there for? Could they possible be there because of their poor lifestyle choices such as alcohol/drug use, poor diets, belonging to a gang and getting shot, issues arising from being obese/overweight? https://www.tmc.edu/coronavirus-updates/overview-of-tmc-icu-bed-capacity-and-occupancy/

It is your responsibility to protect the sick and the overweight/obese. The WHO estimates that at least 2.8 MILLION PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR from being overweight or obese. https://www.who.int/news-room/facts-in-pictures/detail/6-facts-on-obesity The only responsible thing for slender, healthy people to do is to be vigilant in not only LOUDLY voicing our concerns on forums such as this but to engage in actively slapping the beers and cheeseburgers out of the hands of every persons who has a BMI over 24 (or maybe 25). Better yet, we should prevent them from even entering any establishment that sells such life threatening food and deny them healthcare because they are burdening the healthcare system and hospitals are overflowing due to their disregard for their own and others health.

There are only 5762 bank branches (cumulative of all banks) in Thailand. source: https://www.bot.or.th/App/BTWS_STAT/statistics/BOTWEBSTAT.aspx?reportID=904&language=ENG

All very true. One thing, however, that I notice is that there comes a time when the “biological time clock” issue rears it’s head and they start hunting for someone to have children with. Unfortunately, for many of them (mostly in their 40s) time starts to run out and they have a hard time accepting that because of the choices made at younger ages (freedom, career, or other lifestyle choices) they will most likely remain childless. They usually don’t realize the consequences of their decisions (for better or for worse) until it’s too late.

I always thought that the masks (usually seen on women from time to time in the past) were to hide their faces until the nose job bruising healed.

The goalposts have been moved from deaths to hospitalizations (which are also low). If the hospitalization fear mongering doesn’t work, then it will be shifted to “long Omicron”. If that doesn’t pan out, they’ll come up with something, rest assured.

If you peruse that website for a few minutes you will see how wrong it is. It claims that the lowest salary for a teacher is ฿49,300/month. Physiotherapist ฿94,700 Nurse ฿49,900 I have multiple friends in each of the above professions. They would be ecstatic to make half that amount. Most make about 1/3 and that is higher than what they started at. Some get annual bonuses equal to about a month of their salary, some haven’t had bonuses in years. It also says that the median salary in Thailand is over ฿100,000. Laughable.

This is akin to Haiti submitting it’s “dirt cookies” to UNESCO

Cherry picking exchange rate dates doesn’t prove anything. Sure, people can look back at those rare short periods where their currencies were worth a lot more, but for the USD, EUR and GBP, I can go back and pick dates along the 10 year chart that would support the statement “it’s so much cheaper to live here now due to the exchange rates!” All that really matters is the cost of something in ฿. Most food is pretty much the same. Even the imported foods I buy are the same and haven’t risen from what I see over the last few years. In fact, with fewer foreigners here to buy such food, it often goes on sale. Cheese, butter, etc. all cheaper for me than 10 years ago. Rents. I look at a couple condos that I know in CM. In 2012/2013 they were renting for ฿15,000 and gradually over time have slid down to 10-12k. They were those prices pre-Covid. The condos I have rented in Bangkok fell about 30% from 2017 until now. Thai/Foot Massage. Might have gone up ฿50/hour in 10 years depending on the shop. Most have stayed the same. Healthcare for cash pay has gone up slightly but far more than offset by the reductions in rent. Beer/Cigarettes…I don’t drink or smoke anymore (let’s hope I can stick to it this time) but last time I checked, Camels were about the same price and a Bottle of Tawney port (my drink of choice when I have that rare drink) is actually cheaper than I can buy it in the US. I can’t figure that one out because yes, most decent alcohol appears to be quite expensive here. Cars. Used luxury cars are much cheaper than they were 10 years ago. The market is flooded with second hand Mercedes, BMWs etc. due to so many people having bought them new (on credit) over the last 5-10 years. Certain specialty cars have held their value or even increased over the last few years but those are few and far between. Movies. Still the same price as 10 years ago. Need I go on?

Yup…same here. I’m not sure that I know many Thais who don’t have IPhones. I had a 600 baht Nokia “dumb phone” for years when I first got here. Upgraded to a ฿3000 smartphone. Ex-gf bought an IPhone and gave me her “not good enough for her anymore” Samsung. I’ve been using it for 4 years now and she’s probably on her 3rd IPhone by now.

I can send you a good link by PM (not allowed to link from it here). But basically, as incomes for farmers went up during the scheme, they went into debt to expand operations and for other basic consumer based purchases. Think of all the new pickups we would read about in Issan for example. As incomes go up, people generally take on higher debt levels that are commensurate to the rise in incomes. It wasn’t much different than the housing bubble in the US. Then, when the game stops and incomes and asset valuations return to their true non-distorted market levels, the debtors can bo longer service the debt and then lose whatever collateral that was pledged in security for the loans. In the US, it was houses, here in Thailand I guess we can assume it was farmland. Debtors lose their assets to those who are cash rich after the bubble pops. Lather, rinse, repeat.