StevieAus

15 minutes ago, bluesea said:

The Australian Ambassidor Alan Macinnon could not give a flying rats <deleted> about the welfare of Aussie Expats and Covid-19.

We wants all the glory from the money the Australian Liberal Party has given Thailand to buy Vaccines for the Thais.

Well i have some bad news for him Labour are going to replace him when the win the next election and he will be turfed out on the street where the dog belongs..

Somehow I think your prediction is wrong, unless they get get rid of Albanese then maybe a slight chance

12 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

If this starts a trend then one thing is a given.

The Australian ambassador will not give a Yelp. 

Your spot on no good waiting for the Australian government to do anything myself and other Aussie expat friends arranged to get the AstraZeneca at the local hospital.

Started yesterday and no cost.

23 hours ago, millymoopoo said:

Perhaps so, but the increased flow (suction) may be the problem, drawing sediment from the area around the spear (filter section at the base of the bore).

The spear is usually not fine enough to filter out fine sediment.
If you can get access to a very large air compressor (the type used for jackhammers)  with a 25m hose, try developing the bore.
Remove the delivery pipe and pump from the bore.

Insert hose to bottom of the bore, allow the compressor tank to fill (120psi), release all of the tank (tap full on) into the bore several times, allowing time between each blast for the water level to stabilise.

Stand back as a large gush of water will erupt from the bore like a geyser.

Reinstall the pipe and pump and allow it to settle for an hour or two.

Turn the pump on with the pipe open and watch what comes out, at first it will be filthy drawing out all the disturbed sediment, but it should clear quickly.

Good luck with it.

 

Thanks to all for your responses and advice much appreciated.

On 6/10/2021 at 7:34 PM, EricTh said:

 

Yes, I had to renew my passport in a hurry because the officer told me the same thing.

 

They can only renew visa until the passport expiry date. It sucks,..

 

The simple answer then is to plan ahead and renew your passport in time it’s not hard they last for ten years.

Or are you one of the many on this site who what the rules written to suit your circumstances ?

My daughter holds a UK passport and we renewed it recently which wasn’t hard and hers only lasts for five years.

5 hours ago, samtam said:

So the website for 60+ and those with comorbidities, which was launched on 7 June and which does not work, will now be swamped by another website?

 

As I noted in the thread about this site not working, there is no intention to vaccinate foreigners, despite the regular hot air to the contrary.

Three of my non Thai friends had their AstraZeneca vaccine today

I am very fortunate that  my Thai wife is an excellent and innovative cook not only of Thai meals but European as well.

If I want meals that don’t contain meat she will cook them, I certainly will not be buying them from 7/ 11.

3 hours ago, Gav Bic said:

The pump inlet should not be less than 2m above the base of the borehole. If the hole has been tested and there are technical details available the pump can be installed just below the water inflow depth. Sediment is seldom a problem in a borehole as the soil acts as a filter, unless there was insufficient casing installed or a section has collapsed.

Thanks for your prompt reply and advice which seems logical to me

I don’t have any technical details as the bore was put in about ten years ago.

I will have the depth to the bottom measured and go from there

Thanks again

For about the past ten years we have pumped water from a 22 meter deep bore using a Hitachi DT P300 GK Deep Well pump.

The water has always been very clear and without sediment and used primarily for irrigation but also as back up when needed if the local water is switched off.

About 6 months ago we started experiencing problems with the “ foot valve” clogging

We were advised to switch to a submersible pump, we already had a GS brand pump which had never been used.

This was installed and although the volume of water has increased it now contains fine sediment sand/ grit

The only advice received to date is,

1 / the submersible pump is too low in the bore and needs lifting

2/ pump out the sediment/ sand from the bore

As I have no experience or expertise in this area any advice to fix the problem at source would be appreciated 

Thanks

Helped a friend send one a couple of years ago, others have dealt with the documents etc required.

Let the post office deal with the packing they normally do an excellent job very cheap as well

3 hours ago, DjSilver said:

Those xenophobic racist Thais who treat us foreigners like 2nd class people. This is Thailand, q 3rd world developing country. They should treat us as we deserve and if not equal even better than Thai.

Thailand is a developing country not a third world country and has never been defined as such.

To give you a clue Switzerland was originally defined as a third world country.

4 hours ago, vandeventer said:

I live in a small town about  150 kl north of Chiang Mai. You would think my local doctor would be able to order this vaccine without traveling so far. This is 2021?

If it is Fang try registering at the local hospital for the Astrazeneca

I don’t think individual doctors can make the purchase

On 6/5/2021 at 2:08 PM, Artisi said:

And why wouldn't China approve its own vaccine - useless approval, only 2nd or even 3rd level independent approval is meaningful for kids.

For us old fartz doesn't really matter if we cash in our chips  a bit early, but for kids they should be given every opportunity of becoming old fartz - not filled with unproven vaccine at an early age. 

My thoughts exactly, I wouldn’t trust anything that comes out of China and certainly nothing they say, particularly as they tried by all means to obstruct the Covid leak investigation.

I am not anti vaccine and my daughter has every vaccine available that has been approved.

I would want to see data from the West before giving it to minors

On 6/5/2021 at 11:39 AM, RafPinto said:

Or pineapple jam on her fried eggs.

 

Can it be any worse than Americans putting maple syrup on bacon, matter of taste I suppose ?

On 6/3/2021 at 1:59 PM, Dmaxdan said:

Undertaking is one of the quickest ways to a date with the undertaker...

 

Not in countries where people are trained to drive correctly and use their mirrors.

Its legal in Australia if the lanes are marked.

What do you do if the person in front is stopped and waiting to turn right ?

On 6/1/2021 at 9:14 AM, mtls2005 said:

 

 

Now multiply that by 50 million.

 

 

 

Calling BS on this excuse. There is a national database for Thais. And Immigration has records on all aliens. 

 

Sorry but incompetence is not an excuse.

 

And finding criminals - the excuse given by the authorities, in the guise of national security - is a joke?

 

 

 

Cool. An appointment card. From another piece of paper.

 

Will you have to register again for the second dose?

 

 

The original post was about non Thais not Thais as was the registration process I mentioned

The RTP which is Immigration has had a history of not sharing information with other government departments.

As my late mother often used to say “ some people are never happy unless they are complaining”

I suspect you would fit well into that category.

Just remember that for all the problems you perceive about Thailand it is not compulsory to live here.

21 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Just register all foreigners automatically.

 

Why does this have to be complicated?

 

With TM.30, TM.47, TM.7 they know who we are, our email and phone number, our gender, how old we are and where we live.

 

But no, we've got to go queue somewhere and fill out more paperwork. Now there will be a gazillion separate smokestacks of data scattered about the country.

 

The focus on registrations is INSANE. Focus on getting the vaccine(s).

 

 

If you have lived in Thailand for any length of time you would know that there is no liaison co operation etc between government departments.

 For example the RTP regularly block any changes proposed by the DLT who administer the driving licences.

So any chance of expecting them to transfer information which is probably only recorded locally has got no hope.

As far as registering which myself and several expats friends did at the local hospital recently, there was no queuing, no forms to complete and a simple process.

I was even given an appointment card showing my name time and date for the vaccine.

On 5/30/2021 at 8:01 PM, Lacessit said:

Download the hottest chick you can find on ThaiFriendly or ThaiCupid, exchange lots of emails or LINE messages. Use those as evidence you have a relationship with a Thai.

You think I'm joking? Dutton and his goons are probably more likely to accept that as a reason.

IMO Australia hasn't progressed from the First Fleet.

I think you will find that Minister Dutton has nothing to do with Immigration or Border Security looking after Defence.

So if looking for a job in the army he’s the man to call !!

18 hours ago, JimHuaHin said:

In my experience over the decades in different regions with different social groups is that a ring, or no ring, on the marriage/engagement finger means SFA.  I have met married women who do not wear a ring, and those who have never been married wearing a ring.

That has been my experience as well confirmed by my Thai wife.

The other issue is as to whether they are “legally” married or have only performed the Buddhist ceremony.

It seems for certain government employees if single they often receive rent allowances etc which cease when “legally married”

20 hours ago, Poppadom said:

Make sure you also have the Hector Salamanca bell on it! ????

You have lost me on the bell !

I live in the North of Chiang Mai Province and a couple of years ago helped a friend ship his scooter down to a place close to Bangkok.

We used the local Thai Post Office who were great and even packed it for him.

I cannot remember the exact cost but very reasonable and arrived within a few days with no damage.

19 hours ago, pookiki said:

Well, what I find amazing is that the announcement from the 'national' government is that 'expats' would start to register for vaccinations as of 7 June not before. There is nothing but chaos in the administration of this vaccination program and 'some' people luck out while others are left out. Chiang Mai is not part of the 'sandbox' project so while it may be a tourist area that should not be relevant to priorities that are based on the likelihood that a person will be seriously impacted by contracting COVID.  All I know is that I won't even be considered for a vaccination until after 7 June and I am many years past 60.

If you have lived in Thailand for any length of time and there are plenty of examples posted almost daily on this site,  you would be aware that whatever policies are announced Nationally as also applies to legislation, the application varies greatly not only from province to province but office to office.

This happens with Immigration, DLT offices and down to the local Amphur, where obtaining a yellow house book and pink ID card can vary from needing reams of documents to virtually nothing.

As a retired lawyer I used to find it very frustrating and illogical compared to the experience in my own country Australia.

I realized however that it is the price of living here and that nothing I could do or say would make any meaningful change, as an English friend often says “ Like it or lump it”

To be be fair to the Thais they are dealing with a situation probably never  experienced before and the situation has been handled less than perfectly in many countries.

I have many friends in the UK who complain about their situation and in Australia the rollout of vaccinations has been less than perfect, 

to say nothing of State borders being closed at short notice, leaving people stranded then forced to quarantine, citizens being denied the right to leave the country and about forty thousand Australians unable to return due to the government restricting the number of flights.

Compared with what I see happening around the world I don’t think things are too bad in Thailand.

8 hours ago, pookiki said:

Good for you!  And you must have been able to 'jump the queue' since the official registration date is 7 June. You and your friends are the clear exception and not the rule. Where are you? Phuket?

No we didn’t jump anything, we live in the North of Chiang Mai Province, it appears that as it is a tourist region they were able to secure the AstraZeneca shots for Thais and non Thais aged over 60 years.

I know a number of people particularly those working in health  areas who were vaccinated with the Chinese vaccine a couple of weeks ago.

8 hours ago, pookiki said:

It would appear that after reading this article that foreigners are still the last group in the list of 'priority' groups and this means that foreigners who are 60+ or have underlying health conditions are not being treated the same as Thais for receiving a vaccination. So, the program to register foreigners starting on 7 June is just window dressing to make it appear that we will be vaccinated earlier than the previous 'August' registration that was supposed to be done on the smart phone app.

Myself and several of my expats friends have appointments for the first two weeks in June.

My Thai wife was told she is too young to get her jab yet so we are being treated the same as Thais in the same age group.