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6 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

About the same time as a safe and reliable C-19 vaccine...

Its been available in Thailand for a couple of years from memory and last time I looked just under 3000 baht for the vaccine

1 hour ago, Destiny1990 said:

They are just like Vietnam getting the momentum nowadays. Easier visas,  simular cost of living With Thailand and improving their infrastructure!

Where do the easier visas come from large numbers of tourists coming to Thailand are visa exempt can’t get much easier than that.

On 4/18/2020 at 5:24 PM, MekkOne said:

This teach a lesson: don't buy what you cannot afford... Never bought anything with instalments in my life

Didn’t you know that the world operates on credit part of the capitalist system cannot imagine what it would be without.

On 4/19/2020 at 9:41 AM, AndyAndyAndy said:

I thought that 4x4 is bought just once. Then people realize it's useless to them/expensive/another thing to break and take care of and move on.... .

That might be the case for someone like you who has just bought their first car but having bought my first car in 1967 I think by now I have worked out the sort of car I need.

So for that reason about four years ago with the imminent arrival of a child we decided to buy an SUV at the time we owned a Toyota Hilux and a Camry Hybrid

We evaluated all models except the “ luxury” models read the reviews and conducted test drives including the Fortuna with which I was familiar.

For us the Ford Everest 3.2 came out on top and although the most expensive that is what we bought.

We have not been disappointed and have travelled extensively throughout Thailand.

Where we live requires us to travel over a mountain range with many bends in the road and one lane each side whether we go north or south.

This vehicle is perfect for the terrain.

So in conclusion yes it was expensive, doesn’t seem to break, has to be taken care of as does every car and the only time I will be moving on is when it is time to buy another

1 hour ago, Brunolem said:

There is no vaccine against cancer, which is not caused by a virus...

There is a vaccine given to females preferable before they become sexually active that is supposed to prevent contracting some type of genital wart that can lead to I think cervical cancer it’s called HPV

I seem to recall it was developed in Australia.

It is certainly available in Thailand as I have seen it listed in my daughter’s vaccine book

1 hour ago, AhFarangJa said:

Great, let us form another committee, have a few socials, then, when it is all quiet we will ascertain that it was a misunderstanding, and that he was, in fact, practicing to be an undercover agent. 

While you may think this committee business is a joke it’s not that dissimilar to what happens in Australia and I suspect some other countries.

Unless the situation has changed in recent years before a police officer and in fact many other government employees can be dismissed from their employment a similar process has to be followed.

This is notwithstanding any criminal proceedings that may be taking place.

Its called affording the employee “ procedural fairness” or natural justice.

1 hour ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

Me and many other Americans had to take out hefty loans in order to attend university. Not like when it was affordable for my mom, and not like in other countries where it's free. Thus, every year I keep filing to prove to them that with my meager teaching salary, I cannot repay the loan.

It’s not free in all countries certainly not in Australia I remember when I went to University part time as an adult in the eighties and was working and paying income tax and had to pay something called HECS which was a form of taxation.

I think you have to pay in the UK as well but others on here would know more about that.

On 4/15/2020 at 8:13 PM, Lacessit said:

Aussies living overseas don't get the same good fortune, Centrelink thinks of us as traitors for not spending our pensions in Oz, and screw us every opportunity they get.

And some of us including people living in Aus get further screwed by not being paid the pension.

To further show the different attitude of governments I have a US friend here who in addition to his US Social Security pension receives addition payments for his two Thai children who live here.

7 minutes ago, madmen said:

Was recently at a bulk bill, walked in walked out zero cost. Public hospitals free so if you crawl in on 2 broken legs you won't be stared at by several nurses screaming" CREDIT card, you give me credit card!!!!

I have been treated in both government and private hospitals on several occasions over the years and never once have I been asked how was I going to pay before being treated.

Perhaps there is a reason this happened to you, if it did happen, as they say, looks are everything !

45 minutes ago, fruitman said:

Aussies have medicare mate, and also when they go on holiday to a friendly nation they will get free? healthcare there as well. Are you an aussie?

Which friendly nations give you free healthcare ?
There is a reciprocal arrangement with the UK for emergency treatment after that you pay.

8 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Australia doesn't have free medical, it's a separate tax (Medicare levy), on top of already high taxes.

On top of that the private medical insurance can leave you thousands out of pocket the last two occasions I used it I had to pay $3000 for an overnight stay and on another occasion $2500 for one night.

That was many years ago.

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Where do I begin?

Car registration $80 instead of $700.

Traffic fines ( I don't get a lot ) $20, not $500 or worse.

Rent a condo with swimming pool for one month here, costs the same as one week in Oz.

A good pub-type meal costs $10 instead of $30. Even less if I eat Thai.

Scotch whisky half the cost of Australia.

Parking fines? What are they?

Internet about twice as fast as anything in Oz, half the cost to boot.

Electricity and water monthly cost about one fifth of what I used to pay in Oz.

My GF is 24 years younger than me, and never has a headache.

Enough said?

 

To save me starting my own list can I add on to yours.

Worked all my life paid personal tax, company tax and since the introduction of the GST collected it for the government.

The along with many of my friends was denied the retirement pension.

Also sick of the PC  rubbish too much government intervention which is one reason little or nothing is manufactured plus too many think the world owes them a living.

 Very happy here despite the poor exchange rate.

On 4/14/2020 at 11:31 AM, scubascuba3 said:

I'm guessing private hospitals will treat you as a leper and tell you to go elsewhere probably a designated govt hospital in your area. The govt has told hospitals they MUST treat people, how that works in practice i don't know

I had a friend admitted to Chiang Mai Ram with suspected Covid just over a week ago.

He tells me that he received excellent service and treatment which reflects what my family have experienced in the nine years we have been dealing with them.

1 hour ago, toofarnorth said:

You say that.   Yesterday at Lotus I needed just 1 item , a bottle of Haiter ( bleach ).  Bottles are pink , blue or white , can't think what the difference is but they only had 1 bottle left , people must be cleaning their homes more.

The difference is that some you can use on colored clothes without it removing the color and I think one is lemon scented

Well Mr Rooster after reading the first few paragraphs I was beginning to think that wherever you live there must be a different set of restrictions.

As I understand the curfew it is between 10pm and 4am and I don’t usually go out between those hours, maybe you do?

The kids are normally on holiday at this time of the year although I understand the holidays have been extended.

The local small shops that sell grog seem to be trading as normal and at our Makro you are temperature tested, have to wear a mask and are socially distanced at the check out which is no great imposition.

We did decline to attend a funeral on Saturday and our planned trip to Australia at the end of the month had to be cancelled but apart from wearing masks and avoiding people life seems to go on as normal.

7 hours ago, Matzzon said:

You should feel ashamed!

People like this poster wouldn’t wouldn’t know the meaning of the word.

I often wonder why they bother to live here, but then again he might be a member of the band of Thai bashers who are posting from overseas.

They must live sad lives.

1 hour ago, Kerryd said:

Sheesh - another ludicrous conspiracy theory. Shouldn't even need to point out how stupid it sounds.

I thought exactly the same and so stupid that it didn't warrant a response.

15 hours ago, SwissCheeseMan said:

How does this reassure you?  Do you think the Thai government will bail out a bank here?  They might, then again, they might not. 

 

I recently transferred the bulk of my account back to my home country, and I am glad I did so.

 

I wouldn't trust one word they say out of Bangkok. 

And banks haven’t crashed overseas?

You have a short memory think US, UK

You will have to accept that wherever your daughter lives or even studies particular long term and while she is relatively young , that she will probably adopt some of the local accent , language etc.

We visited Glasgow a few years ago and in a Thai restaurant we found in the City  Centre some of the Thai staff already had the local accent.

They easily reverted back to Thai when speaking to my wife.

Your daughter will be fortunate that she has had exposure to other cultures and if her accent varies it will be a talking point for whoever she meets in the future.

1 hour ago, metempsychotic said:

I think this remark explains the majority hysterical posts on this board.

 

Half the forum is hammered and repeat posting their fear.

I am not hammered, neither am fearful but very shortly I will be having a few glasses of a very nice chilled Australian white wine.

Just waiting for the sun to disappear over the hills into Burma and beyond.

On 4/4/2020 at 12:11 PM, Brunolem said:

A curfew means staying indoors.

 

Anyway, at 4 in a room and, say, 6 rooms on one floor, that would be 24 persons sitting outside in front of their rooms...what would happen to social distancing?

I don’t know why you are panicking when it hasn’t yet been introduced and you don't  even know the provisions will be.

Even with the current overnight curfew there are exemptions.

Considering what I have observed over the years I have lived here a majority of Thai people seem to buy their food either fresh or cooked on a daily basis.

So unless the government wishes people to starve or bring about a huge cultural change this issue would need to be addressed.

6 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

following incorrect information from the ships captain, but all passengers should have been checked and tested and quarantined. This has ruined the cruise industry I feel.

Ever seen the stats on gastro going through (no pun intended) a liner? Makes an outbreak in a care facility look easy.

From the article I read in the Australian yesterday the ship’s doctor sought advice from the NSW Dept who authorized the passengers departure.

The emails released by the cruise company suggest NSW Health are at fault.

9 hours ago, baansgr said:

Just one infected person in that crowded office will have a dire effect on numbers in Samui.....it really is beyond a joke, curfews, booze bans etc, yet this scene is happening on a daily basis for over two weeks throughout Thailand..madness, total madness

If it’s madness here it must be madness in other countries as well have a look what’s happening in Australia and the U.K. 

In the latter older people have to stay in their homes for 12 weeks, I was also talking to a female friend aged 55 who because she sometimes  suffers from asthma has to isolate in her own home for the same period.

Police are stopping drivers and people at railway stations and if they cannot justify their journey are directed to return home.

In relation to your so called booze ban that it is not Thailand wide 

I bought alcohol yesterday at Makro with no problems.

20 hours ago, lvr181 said:

That is terribly sad.

 

Surely frontline services. medics, firecrews etc., would be exempt but TIT!

They are exempt during the current curfew