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On 8/12/2020 at 7:18 AM, steven100 said:

COVID19 has caused an absolute world disaster. It has exasperated the suffering of the poor.

It has expedited the suffering of the lower class and middle class income earners.

It has cost millions upon millions of jobs worldwide.

It has or will cause families to lose homes, cars and other worldly possessions.

As confirmed, this disaster was initiated & instigated by China as such they are responsible for all of the above.

Maybe try 'exacerbated' instead of 'exasperated' to make some sense and I could point out that China did not in any way instigate or initiate any kind of disaster as viruses are entirely natural and mammals are prone to catch and spread them without any help from paranoiac politics. Where the virus originated will never be known and the lower level administrations that could have responded better in the initial stages did not fail out of malice, just fear, lack of organisation and ignorance: this is a world first. Any suggestions on your part, or your great orange berk's that China should be punished are just idiotic, to be generous. But this has been pointed out to you by more subtle and creative writers than myself more than once and doesn't seem likely to sink in.

2 hours ago, Pilotman said:

In marketing terms, the messenger is as important as the message.  If the audience don't like the messenger, they will either not hear the message, or dismiss it.  That's what is happening here.  The kid is annoying, precocious and irritating and it's blanking the message, however worthy it may be.  

I think the essence of your criticism is that she's young: how many 'kids' wouldn't be annoying and precocious in the circumstances? Jesus annoyed a few people too in his short life. There isn't much we can do on that score except wait and hopefully in the meantime we can act on the message.

1 hour ago, mokwit said:

First time?

First time what exactly?

1 hour ago, Darkside Gray said:

Who is she to demand anything?

Who are you?

17 hours ago, Pilotman said:

This kid is really getting on my nerves. Nobody likes a wailing banshee at their throats at every turn, especially one so newly out of the crib, She may be right, but she is also annoying.  

Not half as annoying as the idiots that deny it's a crisis, unfortunately. I've had many conversations with people, often very wealthy and therefore influential, who categorically deny it in the face of obviously overwhelming evidence, whilst not having (or wanting to have, as it affects their profits) a clue about the mechanisms involved. Nobody else but a 17 year old girl seems to have the drive, whilst Marxist anarchists are taking the limelight during a health crisis to whinge about events in the distant past, ignoring huge injustices the world over. The main thing we need to worry about is making the planet one big desert, which could well happen before the end of the century. Oh, and China, which is the main culprit in the former danger too. And the current one, while we're at it..

1 hour ago, Peterphuket said:

That will be nice, direct connection with China through HUAWEI. ;-))

If you'd looked it up any time in the last decade you'd find that the entire telecoms infrastructure in Thailand is all Huawei.

9 minutes ago, Logosone said:

No.

 

81 calories in one piece only. That's quite low.

 

https://www.fatsecret.ca/calories-nutrition/generic/deep-fried-chicken

 

 

Hilarious! 67% fat and you'd need to eat 25 a day to hit your daily requirements. Not to mention the salt content.

On 7/10/2020 at 11:33 AM, sprq said:

Traditional Thai food is very largely healthy and unfattening. That is why Thai people were almost all slim until the last dozen years or so, when Western junk food and snacks began to be widely consumed.

I think the main problem is the drinks, which are largely Thai produced, but copied from the USA, which has been forcing its population to consume as much sugar as possible since the 1950's. The whole 'calories and fat are bad' paradigm was created by the USA sugar industry, using the same advertising strategies and companies as it's main consumer, the tobacco industry (did you know cigarette tobacco was soaked in sugar solution - probably the main catalyst of the addiction?). So when you go to a 7-11 to get a drink, there is nothing in the usual 3-4 drinks cabinets that isn't saturated in sugar except for water. The only reason energy drinks have taurine in them is to stop the shakes from the high sugar and caffeine content. I recommend 'The Case Against Sugar' by Gary Taubes - excellent book on the subject. I've gone from almost obese myself to my ideal weight since lockdown started, largely following the advice in the book. The body self-regulates itself in terms of normal food, so you can eat fat without effect, but sugar is not one of our natural foods - we only started eating it when it was exported from its source, India, a few centuries ago: humans did not get fat before then (apart from Indians, who knew 1,000 years ago that it was the cause of excess body fat). We can not process fructose, which is 50% of sugar, so it gets stored in our livers, giving us fatty liver syndrome in the same way as excess alcohol, and then in the rest of the body.

On 7/10/2020 at 11:47 AM, JensenZ said:

Fried chicken is not junk food. Are you suggesting people stop eating fried chicken, a culinary favourite the world over, probably for thousands of years. 

What a ridiculous thing to say! Fried chicken is extremely unhealthy, like most fried food, regardless of how widespread it is.

5 hours ago, Don Mega said:

Hotels can be had cheaper.

Why do you reckon you would be given a choice? Returning foreigners quarantining by order will be given government allocated space in an expensive hotel, like it or lump it.

9 hours ago, domgaf said:

It's not always as simple as that. I'm a British citizen, but I haven't lived there for more than 16 years. Instead, I have been resident in another country for work. I have no home in the UK, so repatriation would render me homeless. My country of residence/work has not yet opened its borders to non-citizens. So, when I arrived in Thailand on a 30 day stamp in March, I had expected to leave before April. Now, I am at a loss as to what to do if the Thai immigration doesn't extend the amnesty or offer extensions that can be paid for.

I'm pretty much the same except I have had a home and wife here for a decade plus. I didn't have a long stay visa as I've been a Singapore resident for a couple of years so just popped over for the occasional weekend. Fortunately I was back and briefly working here as they closed the borders - supposed to leave the next day. Still getting paid.. I hope extending is straightforward or the company sends me off again.

38 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

If they were assembled in Ranong it was likely not by Wolwo as they are based in Samut Prakan.

They are now. {They were assembled in the Ranong plant by Volvo.} Edit - you're quite correct apparently. Gets a bit confusing as they shared plants with both Ford and Mitsubishi here. I think now all production is in Malaysia. Pretty sure there was one in Ranong..!

15 hours ago, DavisH said:

Plenty of yutube videos on that topic. e.g. USA 100K bmw 7 series selling for 4000 dollars second hand. A few repairs quoted at 9000 dollars. lol

A friend here just had her benz air cond compressor get a leak - 0ver 50K baht to replace it. I think she just got it serviced so it will be ok for a short while. 

She was getting ripped off. My mechanic, a certified Bosch agent in Phuket, specialises in foreign cars, I saw 2 Bentleys in his shop in the last couple of weeks and charges so little I've no idea, after using him for over 5 years, what his hourly rate is. In the US it's all about the labour cost but you can run decent cars here cheaply as labour is so low. The most expensive things we had done was a replacement gearbox on a Volvo S70 a couple of years ago for 25,000 baht, second-hand gearbox but still runs perfectly; he sourced a rare 200bhp engine (all the way from Sweden!) for a V40 t4 with a cracked block a while back and fitted it for, with lots of other work done, under 50,000 baht. Your friend could probably get that AC compressor from Lazada for around 10,000 baht - just looked for 30 seconds and found an S class one for 11,400bt. Fitting and gassing should be just a couple of k. 

On 7/7/2020 at 9:23 PM, nightfox said:

There is NO such thing as a bargain foreign car in Thailand as your getting ripped off by overpaying the huge import tax on it.

My Volvos, both over 250,000km, and petrol engined, were both assembled in Ranong. Best value for money out there, drive like new and tough as old boots. Faster than Somchai's 3-litre diesel pickup/SUV/minibus too.. Oh, and I get parts from Lazada.

On 11/29/2019 at 2:24 PM, Isaanbiker said:

That's an average of 50,000 baht for each foreigner. Land of Lies?

 

I had a chat with a Thai doctor from Sapphasit/Ubon R, but he said something totally different.

 

  The majority were from neighboring countries like Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. 

It's an average of 100,000 baht per foreigner.. 

18 hours ago, Boit said:

peterwa1 is spot on - this will encourage more visitors and for them to stay healthy. 

Post of the year - brilliantly perspicacious analysis.

1 hour ago, MadMac said:

You did not get visa on arrival stamps, these are visa exemptions. Because of people abusing this facility over the years we got all these sticter and stricter requirements. 

Whatever you may want to call visa on arrival stamps, I have never abused the facility. You have no idea about my or anyone else's circumstances and as far as I can make out, are more likely to exacerbate any problem than I am by harping on about it. Have a nice day.

1 hour ago, MadMac said:

Just because you don't want to go home and enjoyed a free ride so far, does not excuse you from following immigration law and rules. Either get a proper visa or extension or leave for your home country when the amnesty ends.

I'm quite happy with my visa on arrival stamps thanks. Had a couple of visa based on marriage but mainly just arrival stamps which worked fine for me for the last 11 years. And this is home.

1 hour ago, Bluespunk said:

I am 100% in favour of prosecuting any and all found guilty of taking part in the Holocaust, no matter their age, no matter how minor the role. Any firms involved should be completely stripped of all assets. I really didn’t think anyone would be so dense as to need that explaining.
 

No idea what you are rambling on about with “purge for stardom”. 

Ford got compensation from the allies for its factories that were bombed during the last war. In Germany. Using slave labour.

13 hours ago, Joinaman said:

Anyone know the difference between the word "Slave" and the word "Indentured Servant"?

Just been told off on another site,  for using the word Slave, in relation to the Irish people being captured and shipped overseas. But in the books and Folklore they use the word Slaves when talking about the Irish and the Vikings,, But it seems the words "Indentured Servants" should be used for these folk. Is this a word we should now use for all these black "Slaves "  
Got to admit, it makes it sound so much better 

 

They were two totally different things. Indentured servitude was a bit like car leasing.. And it was voluntary: not ideal but better than starving at home. If you were captured and sold overseas it was slavery. Trouble was they tended to have the same 'drive it like you stole it' attitude.. They were paid at the end of the contract so rather better to make sure they didn't get that far. The African slaves were an investment so looked after far better than their white English or Irish indentured predecessors.

7 hours ago, johng said:

The BMW  is facing the wrong way..maybe it "jumped" the central reservation ?

The BMW is not facing the wrong way..

On 6/13/2020 at 9:56 AM, 4737 Carlin said:

Have you ever actually been to Cambodia ? Nearly everything is more expensive than Thailand.

Certainly wasn't whenever I went. Been a while but can't have changed that much.

Tyres do age and the performance degrades dramatically. The ride and braking performance as well as cornering grip will reduce by a significant amount after 4-5 years. Regardless of the tread depth, do not use tyres here after they're 5 years old. Change them and the difference is dramatic. My wife's car, when we met - a Honda Jazz, had a really bad ride and terrible grip. Changed to Michelin Pilot Sport 3's and the difference in comfort & grip especially in the wet, was incredible. I have bought several sets since for different cars but always go for Michelin Pilot Sport  - now PS 4. Buy tires from the company that's spending the most on research, which is generally Michelin. Never scrimp on the things that attach you to the road! And this is why Thais drive so slowly in the wet. They know how <deleted> their tyres are..

9 minutes ago, SunsetT said:

Yes maybe he is ex-army and had a hard time there during the 'Troubles'. Or maybe its the opposite and he believes that Northern Ireland should be reunited with the Republic of Ireland and not united with Britain as part of the UK.

Northern Irish are still British.