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Bronx Pizza and Dom Pizza (not Dominos)  are quite good.

On 3/3/2021 at 3:24 PM, moontang said:

Been staying S Patts after many Jomtien trips.  Really eye opening.  Got a great hotel, better than the last Marriott I stayed at, for a song.  Not as close to the beach, but easy enough. 

 I am starting to think this is better long term.  Just seems more sophisticated.. and the girls are younger, too.  Of course, these are unusual times, and it would be much more different with thousands of our favorite tourists, be they Chinese, ME, Indian, American, or whomever.. 

So what was your thought process on choosing one over the other? 

Sheers! 

Does whomever include the Brits?

Over a year ago, as the Corona virus started to gain attention, I came down with what seemed to be a minor cold which was unusual for me. Symptoms were mild and after one week it was gone. Corona or not;  I will never know.

On 2/5/2021 at 5:31 AM, JayClay said:

 

Exactly this. I've been waved through at my condo and at shopping centres even when applying suffering from terminal hypothermia!

Did you die?

I was recently on a Baht Bus in Pattaya where a Thai man, wearing a mask, took it off to sneeze and again took it off to cough; but he did put it back on again.

Cafe Des Amis as other mentioned.

Regarding a doctor, if in Pattaya, I suggest Pratya Jaratjitwilai , M.D. at Bangkok-Pattaya Hospital. Dr. Pratya works in the Orthopedic Center and specializes in the shoulder surgery and sports medicine.

There are two types of arthritis, Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis. If osteoarthritis, a simple X Ray will show if you have it. Osteoarthritis is a wearing down of the cartilage between the bones of the shoulder joint.

Sometimes cortisone injections do relieve the pain for  months at a time.

Either you live with it or eventually get a shoulder joint replacement. I live with it!

There are also a number of other causes for shoulder pain and only a doctor can determine the cause.

New York Times

5 hours ago, DGS1244 said:

Cool with Ice water Yes, Saline ??? how many people keep sterilised bottles of saline at home? Ordinary salt and water not a good idea.

I do! I have a couple of bottles of saline, just in case. A Thai friend insisted that I have saline solution.

10 hours ago, ezzra said:

Go to Pattaya and see how almost no one wears masks and not to mention social distancing, what is the real truth? no one really knows, but as it is, its suits me fine...

In Pattaya most people do wear masks. However as time goes on, I notice that some are using them below the nose, or as chin staps.

15 hours ago, warcy said:

 

By the way, do they take swabs of your nose for Covid test? Is it painful?

No the swabs are not painful. Minor pain for a second or two.

There is a minibus stand on Pattaya Tai (South Pattaya Road) between Wat Chai and Thai Military Bank. In front of Center Condo.

Do be aware, that until the child reaches a certain age (not quite sure what that is) an adult must have authority over the account and can withdraw the funds at their pleasure.

In Jomtien,  Hemingways is open for food; not sure if they still broadcasting sports on the TVs.

58 minutes ago, damascase said:

I still have problems to understand what role these masks have if the number of infections is really as low as published. How can you spread something that isn’t there to begin with?

At first I was a sceptic of wearing a mask, but it seems the primary means of infection is via airborne transmission, then a mask makes a lot of sense.  It just takes one infected person to spread the virus which means we all should be wearing masks at least until such time as there are no more infections. 

2 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

 

Unless you are over pensionable age, your chances of dying, or even getting seriously ill from COVID are negligible.

 

 

 

 

Many young people have died from Covid; how do you rationalize that?

On 5/21/2020 at 9:11 AM, USNret said:

Thanks Joe. Yes, I meant March 2021. Too late to edit my OP.

Wondering if anyone here has followed the emergency procedures yet to get the EDPD.  How did it work out? 

A friend recently  applied for and received his emergency passport from the USA Embassy.

He says it looks exactly like the normal passport except fewer pages. He also received a letter from the Embassy asking Thai Immigration  transfer any stamps from his existing passport to the new one. The new one is good for one year "from date of its issue." The Embassy said he would be notified when the Embassy would be renewing passports and he could return his emergency passport and receive the new one. Go to US Embassy website on procedure for requesting a passport. He said the Embassy letter to him was very polite.

The friend also included a letter to the Embassy giving details as to why  he needed the emergency passport to extend his retirement.

Last night at 7 pm took a motorbike taxi from Pattaya to Jomtien. Dead, dead, dead.

And even more dead on the return on a Baht bus. But service was quick at the restaurant. 

Can you please give the proper name for Red? There are a number of listings with

Red in the title.

Speedo, I saw the same object on the same date in vicinity of a crescent moon. This was in Pattaya and about the only thing you can see in Pattaya, other than the moon, is Jupiter..

Venus is always on the horizon while this object was high in the sky.