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I would be afraid of getting hit with a large special assessment in the last few years of the lease myself. Not speaking to this particular building, but in general…If the leaseholder currently owns a majority of the units in a building, couldn’t that leaseholder vote for improvements, to be partially paid for by other current owners, before regaining full ownership?

Thanks for taking the time to post this. Couple questions if that’s ok… I see on the initial infographic that you posted, that in the last column, there is reference to traveling from a “strictly controlled area”, which I presume to be the “red zones”? Would you happen to have a link that shows us what these areas are? Also, how does this affect interprovincial travel by car? And hotels? I assume they will want some sort of verification of a Covid test upon checking in? Thanks again.

44 (maybe 45 depending on where you look) transgenders were killed in the US in 2020 out of 21570 murders. https://www.them.us/story/44-trans-people-killed-2020-worst-year-for-transphobic-violence https://www.insider.com/insider-database-2020-deadliest-year-on-record-for-trans-people-2021-4 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/10/27/what-we-know-about-the-increase-in-u-s-murders-in-2020/ That’s 0.2% (.002) of the murders. What percentage of people identify as transgender in the US? Approximately .4% (.004) based on various surveys. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5227946/ Back to the topic on hand. LGBT+ want to get married? Fine by me. Whatever.

*worse than

Surely some Thai with an IPhone would have taken pictures when “quarantined” and it would have made the rounds on Facebook. But nope.

If you Google “Bangkok Covid field hospital” and then look at the images, all you will see is tons of empty rooms.

I can understand your desire for a wide open floor plan, but I think that buying an older unit thinking you’ll transform it into some kind of soho loft is going to end up being an absolute nightmare and an expensive one at that…if it’s even possible. You may end up with the most expensive unit in the building (comparatively speaking) and that’s usually not a good thing. Yes, 99% of the floor plans here in Thailand are somewhat wonky, but I think that ultimately you’ll be way ahead of the game if you can find one of the 1% that you can live with and just do a cosmetic remodel (kitchen, bath, floors).

I grew up on Clark’s desert boots but the last couple pairs I bought (within the last 5 years) were extremely disappointing. Same thing happened with Doc Martens. Something about the leather….it just never broke in right. I think my next pair of shoes are going to have to be custom made…just have to figure out who can do the best job here in Bangkok as I already have the leather.

“Slowly” is a bit of an understatement. They want 55 years to release all the information. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/wait-what-fda-wants-55-years-process-foia-request-over-vaccine-data-2021-11-18/

Yes. Absolute numbers are essential to making any determination in addition to other information that is missing. For example, What is the percentage of people who have died when comparing it to the overall total population of Chiang Mai Province? What was the health status (height/weight, alcohol consumption, diet, pre-existing conditions etc etc) of each and every individual that died. It’s necessary to parse all the relevant information in a granular way before making any proclamations.

Not quite sure what to make of this. Is being partially vaccinated better than being fully vaccinated?

And therein lies the catch 22. If the vaccines lower the chances of being symptomatic if infected, then the vaccinated might very well be the potential “super-spreaders”. Because, as you say… ”If you don’t feel sick you almost certainly won’t test for COVID and if you din’t (sic) feel sick how would you know you are infected?” Fully vaccinated people are almost twice as likely to have no symptoms than unvaccinated people if they catch COVID-19, a study suggests https://www.businessinsider.com/fully-vaccinated-two-doses-vaccine-asymptomatic-unvaccinated-covid-zoe-study-2021-9

Nowhere in your linked article, or any others out there did I read that he “got sick”. So your fear mongering is based upon pure speculation that you cannot prove. If his statement was that “you cannot contract Covid” then you might have a point. But it wasn’t. So, from what I can see, he could very well have been correct with his statement.

I heard the same about vaccines….until I didn’t. So, other than trying to stir the pot, what’s your point?

Maybe if he didn’t take it he would have gotten sicker. Nobody knows. Studies are needed.

Did he live?

Just about every private hospital will have a website with the health check up package prices and what is included…. here’s one to get you started… https://www.chiangmairam.com/readpackage/58 Can’t say what the government hospitals offer.

Good sunglass shop on Nimman road. Doi Suthep side of the road about 2-400 meters from Huay Kaew.

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“Nobody wants jewelry in the US” might be unsubstantiated but I’d be willing to bet that very few people would be willing to buy a high priced piece of jewelry from some random guy on EBay located in Thailand.

Most of the food I buy is on sale more often than not. (Blue Diamond almonds, King Oscar sardines, Mainland cheese, Anchor butter) I only buy when on sale and stock up at those times. Add to that the 10% (average) discount codes for happyfresh delivery (prices are the same as in the store so it’s cheaper to have my groceries delivered for ฿50). Then factor in that I’m now getting 10% more baht per USD compared to 2 years ago. Steaks are cheaper. Chicken is the same. Broccoli and lettuce are hit and miss with price and availability. So, for me, groceries are much less expensive than pre-pandemic.

So are the least vaccinated nations such as Kenya etc etc etc https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/kenya/

I see very livable houses for sale all over Chiangmai, both new and second hand including townhouses and detached homes, that work out to ฿15,000 per square meter (or less) and that includes the land. On the flipside, new floors and a kitchen in my condo added more than ฿15,000 per square meter to the overall cost. On the high end, a luxury kitchen (Poliform/Poggenpohl) with a full set of Viking/Subzero/Wolf kitchen appliances will add more than ฿50,000 per square meter to the build cost. So…I’m not sure I understand what your point is.

I don’t need fancy. I value quality and good value. That being said… The Swan Burmese Restaurant near the Amora Thapae hotel outside the moat. Tsunami Sushi Bar on Huay Kaew just past the canal road on the right heading towards the zoo.

No problem. It’s not NY style pizza but it’s really quite good.