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2 hours ago, vandeventer said:

Where I live 150km north of Chiang Mai City the public hospital are only giving AZ And Sinovac. Now when or if the western vaccines come in I still have to travel 3 hours on the bus to Chiang Mai and 3 hours back home. On the bus there may be a good chance of getting covid so what's the point. If the government order the vaccines it should be available at public hospitals.

AZ is a western vaccine it’s developed in the UK, I suspect I am in the same town as you have had first shot of AZ and second next couple of weeks.

That will protect you.

Instead of the bus use the van less people

32 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Pattaya area has been pretty low rain....I gauge it by how often I need to pump out the pool or top it up with a hose......which I did have to do today (the former).

Probably more reliable that the Met Department, they are not much better in Australia despite all their technology and computers.

After the massive bush fires about a year ago they said there would be no rain for months

As if on queue the Eastern States had torrential rain and  flooding resolving a long drought.

1 hour ago, bannork said:

Back in May the department predicted this year would be wetter than usual . So far it's been the driest rainy season in my 33 years here. May it pour over the next few weeks.

Maybe where you live not where I am in the North I gauge it by the level of water in the brother in-laws lake, close to overflowing last year empty.

4 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Yep, and you can bet all the restaurants and Gentlemen's clubs at the General's private barracks are all open, with the wine/whisky free flowing and not a mask to be seen.

And unfortunately you will never get an invite whether wearing a mask or not so why worry.

6 hours ago, malibukid said:

registered on Aug 1, still high and dry up in Chiang Mai.  no notification.

Try McCormick hospital they have been giving AZ and Pfizer friend of mine under 60 got his there.

I am in Fang myself and others due for second AZ in next couple of weeks

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Yes, it has.

Same way as in other countries,  the UK, for example, for those convicted of driving offences while unlicenced.

Are you sure it’s been introduced ?
The last I read was the police were still arguing with the DLT.

I thought it had gone the same way as the digital licences which the police wouldn’t agree with.

When I recently renewed the car tax my wife asked the question and all we got were blank stares.

7 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I thought there was a VFS office in Chiang Mai now?

Yes there is used them last time prior to them having an office used Key Visa.

what I meant in my post was if you don’t live in Bangkok or Chiang Mai use them.

On 8/23/2021 at 12:05 PM, grain said:

Get a visa agent to do it. Mine also expires in 2022, I already spoke with Darren at Key Visa, and for a reasonable charge he'll take care of everything, and give me a brand new UK PP with all the Thai imm/visa transfer taken care of, so I don't have to stuff around doing anything. Of course I could save a few thousand baht and do it all myself, and have a bunch of headaches. Up to you. Personally I prefer to pay a bit extra and have a professional, who knows the entire process inside out, take care of it.

If you live outside Bangkok or Chiang Mai definitely recommended particularly as you have to lodge and collect in person.

8 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

This works for most things, in any foreign countries. 

 

How would you react if in , say, Vancouver BC standing right on the kerb on a normal street and a car stopped because they thought you wanted to cross?

I had that happen when visiting the UK some years ago when waiting to cross the road with our young daughter in the push chair.

Couldn't believe what was happening.

The difference is as in Australia people are taught to drive properly, learn the road rules which are enforced with big penalties for breaches, unlike here unfortunately.

I have used the income method for the retirement extension for a number of years with the annual amount far exceeding the requirement.

A couple of years ago a monthly payment came through late and as it is at the end of the month the statement showed no payment for that month but two for the following month.

The Immigration Dept

( Chiang Mai) we’re adamant that a payment had to be made each month.

It was resolved the way most issues are resolved in Thailand

1 hour ago, In Full Agreement said:

 

But is that information available to the public?

 

I don’t know about condos but the land department will tell you the “official” value of a block of land, that doesn’t necessarily reflect the market value

1 hour ago, Thaifly88 said:

That’s a very funny post - do expats have such a reduced life expectancy here ? 10% of all expats, really - so of the expats we all know , 1 in 10 should have died in the last 2 years 

I thought the same, just wondering if because I retired at 60 I get an extension beyond 85.

Perhaps Mr Coleman can help?

19 hours ago, sherwood said:

We looked into it but decided just easier to keep her name as it is, same for the daughter. We have a new bub on the way so will maybe look into it again.

An update would be handy if you follow through, Cheers.

Not related to the question but as you mention children, when our daughter was born here in Thailand I wanted her to have her mother’s family name so that she wouldn’t have a mix of Thai and Anglo names.

We were advised that because we were legally married ( in Australia) she had to take my surname.

So we had her mother’s family name as her middle name.

On 8/12/2021 at 7:10 AM, Tarteso said:

The only scam there is in this country,  regarding the Rent of a House or whatever you want to rent, is that you have very little chance or nothing of recovering the Deposit.  It seems that Thais takes for granted that the deposit is a GIFT… Believe me.

I don’t believe you because its not true.

 My wife has a block of apartments she has been renting out for years.

The next Thai who doesn’t put their hand out for the deposit will be the first.

On 8/13/2021 at 3:53 PM, Russell17au said:

Be careful about using the 2 passports for the 1 trip. Remember that when you depart Thailand on a passport your exit stamp goes in that passport and when you arrive at your destination and produce a different passport that does not have your exit stamp from the country you have departed from there could be problems at your arriving country because your passport is supposed to be used for a single trip and not changed between departure of one country and arrival into another country. Also as things are with this Covid many countries are not receiving people from certain other countries. I know Australia is not receiving anyone from Thailand at the moment.

 My Thai wife and our daughter have departed Thailand using their Thai passports and entered other countries including Australia and the UK using their Australian passports then

re entered Thailand using their Thai passports, numerous times times over recent years.

If they didn’t they would require visas for the other countries.

19 hours ago, JayClay said:

And what particular homework exercise do you suggest he could have engaged in to help him foresee a global pandemic and the entire shutdown of life as we know it.

 

There are so many posts in this thread treating this as a typical "found out partying every day through retirement wasn't all it's cracked up to be" situation. I suspect some posters have been typing the same responses in threads for so many years that they probably have some muscle memory kicking in and making them write it before engaging their brains.

 

This poor guy hasn't had the chance to become disillusioned by marrying bar girls, losing his lot, building up again and looping round a few times doing it all over again.

 

We have no way of telling if his life would have followed that path or not. He may have spent a few months doing the bar thing the moved on to other interests. But even if he would have done the bar loop, that's more preferable to being stuck in a city that's locked down where you know nobody and have no opportunity to make new friends. At least there'd have been things happening in his life.

 

Being in a similar boat, having moved to Pattaya in April, leaving friends behind in Bangkok, and suffering the lonliness as a consequence (and yes... I am usually happy with my own company but there's a limit!) I have every sympathy for the poor guy in the OP's story.

Perhaps visiting places other than Pattaya would have been a start and for the record it’s the first time in about ten years I have posted on the subject.

I will immediately stand in the naughty boys corner for daring to post a contrary view.

I suspect this gentleman like many others didn’t do his homework before deciding to move to Thailand and perhaps made his decision based on holiday experiences only.

Living in Thailand isn't for everyone as can be said for many countries including Australia.

I have lived here for ten years with my Thai wife and daughter and am very happy and have no wish to return to Sydney.

Compared with Australia and in particular my home city the Covid restrictions here are minimal and our lifestyle has barely been affected.

18 hours ago, Heng said:

Disgusting.  Any place that can't take care of its guests doesn't deserve to have any.   

Well that then probably applies to most countries around the world because apart from locking the person up for the duration of their stay I am not sure what else could be done in a practical sense to protect them.

16 hours ago, mrfill said:

Plenty of instances of 50mph limits being increased to 60mph in the UK where the reduced speed proved ineffective in reducing accidents but very good at creating bunching. Does that make the UK 'among the most dangerous' ? because the records seem to show it is next only to Sweden for safety.

Speed is rarely the only cause of a crash (if it were, no motor race would ever finish). Lack of attention and inability to control the vehicle properly is far more prevalent.

Plus if you add to your list that most drivers here are not properly trained to drive the vehicle and the driving test is a farce.

14 hours ago, internationalism said:

ability to treat 300 patients a weeks is a serious help when we have now over 20k daily (over 140k weekly) positives.

This antiviral, as well as all intivirals, suppose to be administered immediately on diagnosis. There is no point waiting for virus to multiply and develop serious state and still wait 4 days after that situation. Too late. 

Call yourself now Joke Academy and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Ignorance.

Why no scale up production 100 000 times and give it to everybody in small doses as preventative? And export it all over the world and finance buying more sinopharm?

As scientists they fail to be creative, imaginative and brave in this dramatic situation. They just thread what they were accustomed through their lives - utter passivity 

If you read the article he is referring to children and patients with swallowing difficulties.

There are not 20k of those per day.

On 8/3/2021 at 5:28 PM, Oxx said:

I've tried several times to get a selective lawn weed killer in Thailand, but completely failed.  Perhaps you could name the brand that you get here?

Only last week I saw some advertised on Lazada as a friend was looking for some don’t remember the name.