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6 hours ago, webfact said:

apparent case of inter-college rivalry

Every time there is a shooting that involves college students, it is immediately written off as a rivalry.... no evidence needed.
They adjudicate cases just about as good as the comment section in this forum! ????

More signs of desperation and an utter lack of productive creativity to remedy problems. The only creativity is found in how to line one's pockets with banknotes.

4 hours ago, Puccini said:

See if you can figure it out from her TikTok clips:

https://www.tiktok.com/@missmmeekex

https://www.tiktok.com/@missmmeekex/video/7048594363038928134

 Where does that accent, those glottal stops, place her?

 

I have no idea about accents around different parts of the U.K., but wow... I checked out a couple of videos via the link you gave (one of your links has had that video removed). The only word that came to mind was - vacuous. How on earth does anyone feel that by watching those videos, they gain anything other than amazement of the level of useless empty nonsense.

23 hours ago, gim12 said:

she earns a living documenting her travels on the  the internet and yet she sounds completely clueless-has no cash and asks, "what is happening?"    either a complete twit or wants drama for her future  postings

or both....

On 1/1/2022 at 1:08 AM, MikeN said:

If you read the linked article they chose to send the oldest son to hospital : Our oldest son had childhood asthma, so we are a little worried about how he copes with it. So we thought it was safest if he went to the hospital 

Of course, I guess the parents who tested negative could have stayed at the hotel instead of looking after their kids. Would that make you happy ?

Yes, thank you. I went to read the entire article, as I should have done before commenting the first time....
The excerpt posted here is somewhat misleading. After reading the article, I didn't find the family to be complaining at all, as many people here are assuming. The article and excerpt mention criticism, which I supposed could be thought of as similar to complaining, but I found the things that the mother said, just stating the sad situation as it is in her experience and lamenting it, not particularly blaming anyone. They didn't even blame the travel agency who didn't give the information that they wished they would have had. They only said that they didn't provide it.
Oh, by the way, it didn't say that "they chose to send the oldest son to hospital". It did say that the younger one "had to be placed in isolation in the hospital for 10 days" and it is inferred that the older one later was also required to quarantine at the hospital ("my husband and 11 year old have to stay for a full ten days" - emphasis mine) and that the family agreed that "it was safest if he went to the hospital as well". But regardless of choice or not, it seems clear to me that the situation isn't how so many in this forum are assuming it to be. Of course that is pretty much par for the course, especially when dealing with partial information from media and that media/article being reduced even further to an excerpt.
Thanks for your encouragement to read the article in its entirety. That's what I should have done to begin with.

On 1/1/2022 at 12:12 AM, The Hammer2021 said:

Where do these imagined insurance scams originate? Where are the hospitals that are part of the so called scam? Where are the administrators who sign the documents? Where are the patients?

The answer to all these questions is Thailand. You have ZERO proof or evidence  of insurance hospital scams. But you are blaming Thailand not any other nation in the world. If you are promoting similar unproven  rumours on other nation or business  forums then your excuse  would be credible but I think you are only making these accusations on Thai forum about a situation  in Thailand. I don't  have to read between  lines.

I honestly hope that someday you'll get off of your incessant irrational accusations of numerous individuals of Thailand bashing. As I mentioned before, I'm not bashing, blaming, or accusing Thailand of ANYTHING. I'm starting to find myself thinking that the ease at which libel or slander suits can be made in Thailand is due to people who constantly berate others in such a nonsensical fashion as you. You have not the slightest clue of who I am or what my experience may be. You just automatically seem to think you know better and your deep and broad knowledge must cover everything in order to make the kind of statements you make - aka "a know-it-all". I happen to have a number of friends and a very close relative in the insurance industry and I have what perhaps may be a bit better understanding of how these things happen than the average person. I also have friends who are police officers and I have a couple of doctor friends who have told me how the money flows on some of these kinds of things. That doesn't mean it is happening in this case, but if you paid attention, I said that "I believe it is an insurance scam of sorts". That is not definitive. It may not be. It is a belief based on experience and the apparent situation. And it doesn't need to be exactly an insurance scam, but something akin - as I said "of sorts". You say I am blaming Thailand - again. And AGAIN, I tell you, I am not blaming Thailand and I never blamed Thailand. The fact that the situation being addressed is in Thailand doesn't make all criticism about it "Thailand bashing". Drawing that conclusion as you have is illogical and there is no evidence to support such nonsense. Some of your previous statements have shown that you are VERY clearly a racist and classist. I probably shouldn't even waste the time of day talking with such a person. I would never associate with a person who is so clearly racist and/or classist in real life and I probably should just block you on here. And I believe you should be banned for the racist statements you have made, but apparently the moderators are more gracious than I am. I do hope you'll come to a more sensible understanding of the ideas and opinions that people give. Just because they may be critical of something that happens in Thailand; it doesn't mean that they intend to bash Thailand whatsoever. They could be such as hater as that, but merely by such criticisms, it is NOT equivalent AT ALL.

1 minute ago, jacko45k said:

No, I just choose not to take your advice. You are on ignore, troll someone else. 

Just as well to be ignored by ignoramuses....

6 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

So you say......

Of course I say. I wrote it, so I said it. Some reason you need to state the obvious?
Apparently you can't take advice to go back and read more closely or if you have half an ounce of discernment, you would have seen that you are dead wrong in your presumption, although you may be too prideful to admit it....

7 hours ago, jacko45k said:

What did they think their arrival test was for.... positive or negative, no action? As this reads I simply see someone not accepting their own responsibilities.

You need to read more closely. You are simply wrong in your presumptions.

4 hours ago, Jack West Jr said:

'tWas Brillig !

Seriously ? Do we need such uninformed, unscientific rot ? According to the latest studies Omicron isn't any weaker or less deadly than Delta . It is vastly more infectious , though . 

And this clown wants us to go out and dance like it's 1999 ? Really ????

Moreover, I cycle allover Thailand and the vast majority of people is still friendly , especially if you can show them proof you've been triple-vaccinated .

A bit more respect for the truth ,please instead of sending out drivel to sway the gullible. 

I'd be very interested in links to those latest studies you referred to. From what I've read (as late as this 22 December article https://www.statnews.com/2021/12/22/omicron-oddity-case-numbers-dont-predict-deaths/ ) , it is the exact opposite from what you mentioned. And this article (from 20 December https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2021/12/20/omicron-hospitalization-oxygen-mortality/ ), also appears to go against what you wrote. So, it would be nice to see the articles/studies that you refer to. I like to see information from all sides when I can.
I haven't found name-calling to be an effective way of making a cogent point. Although Trump, Pelosi, Hillary Clinton and other politicians seem to revel in name-calling, I don't think it ever did anything positive for them and personally, I'd prefer to keep it out of my sphere of influence as well. So, hopefully you can keep your name-calling down and just reply to me rationally. I'm not trying to argue with you. I'd like to see the information you claim to have read. Thanks.

15 hours ago, Sheryl said:

 

I'm in Cambodia with plan to return on the 2nd and TP in hand. I was thinking they were unlikely to change things prior to the New Year....!!!

 

 

Seriously?  TIT, things can change any given day for any given reason, sane, logical, or not.

On 12/16/2021 at 10:31 PM, jacko45k said:

Although I feel confident to say your experiences and comments do not persuade me that The Skytrain in Bangkok is more dangerous than NYC Subway.

And I wouldn't try to persuade you so either. I never made any such analogy re public transportation. I only related personal anecdotal experience. And I have experienced the NYC subway back in the 1980's during perhaps one of its most dangerous times. Today is like a cakewalk compared to those days. But just like any big city, there are times and places where you had best have some street-smarts if you're going to think about treading on the territory of some scumbag gutter dwelling criminals and there are those where any naive foreigner can walk through with no problems. The Skytrain seems to be quite safe, but on the other hand, I've also seen a number of knifings and shootings in otherwise-thought-to-be safe areas around BKK. Of course, the odd crime will happen anywhere in big cities. I don't know what the stats show, but I don't think BKK is any kind of exceptionally safe city by any stretch of the imagination. And if the stats say it is... I'd have to wonder, with some pretty strong skepticism, at where the stats were drawn and how the stats were collected and reported. I think it is fairly well known how crime or accident reporting happens (or doesn't) here.

No Sh*@ Sherlock! As soon as they started the first lockdown, I told my Thai friends to be looking for this in the future and I believe we are just seeing the beginning of the disaster the idiots in government (and the massive number of numbskulls in the populace that agreed with them) created with lockdowns. What did they think was going to happen to education when they single-handedly wiped thousands upon thousands of jobs and businesses off the economic map!? Obviously, when people lose their businesses and jobs, they ain't gonna be paying for any decent education, let alone myriad other things like homes, cars, etc. With just a very rudimentary understanding of history and economics, any dunderhead should have been able to figure that one out.

On 12/10/2021 at 6:28 AM, happydreamer said:

Sarcasm isn't.  Being offended by everything is. ????

You appear to have completely missed the clearly sarcastic comment he was making. You seem to be among those who pigeon-hole millions of people due to nationality and on top of that can't grasp sarcasm. Or maybe you just enjoy being toxic, which seems to be so common online and sadly common in this forum too.

3 hours ago, happydreamer said:

Are you American by any chance ????

I'm curious why you'd wonder if he was American....  I think pretty much anyone would be able to express humor in the way he was. At least, I don't think sarcasm is exclusive to Americans....

19 hours ago, harry94 said:

Thank you Worgeordie , i just went down and spoke to the lady , Sorry John i forgot, give me details

of your passport again , i will do it now !!!! she was on the phone two minutes ago ,

i will ask again if all done ok tomorrow . Jackdd the point is to get information from this forum .

Dont get your nickers in a twist and calm down .

Kc71 that explains the panicky look she gave me , thanks you for your positive reply have a good day ..

Don't worry about jackdd. He may not have been bright enough to figure out that you were seeking advice and as is so common these days... some people seem to feel like they can behave like a toxic (fill in the NSFW adjectives describing the character of people like this here). I guess some people just like stirring the pot and seem to feel important and self-justified in behaving in an anti-social manner.

Personally, if something may possibly affect my immigration status, I feel MUCH more comfortable popping on down to Immigration and getting the information needed directly from the horse's mouth. You might get proper information here or on a website, but you may just as well get incorrect information, even from well-meaning individuals. In the end, the landlord may or may not give a hoot. The likelihood of them ever getting fined has got to be infinitesimal, but your immigration status can create real life problems. It may seem like a hassle to bother with going to immigration or reading up on their website for information, but it's a lot better than getting your status screwed or paying some belated fines by following some incorrect information.

ENJ, LTC, KCS, ADA, DOT, XRP, HBAR, LINK, XTZ, BAT, SNTVT among others have all performed well for me, especially if you are keeping an eye on the technicals and accumulating and taking profits appropriately. It's all about risk management.

21 hours ago, EricTh said:

 

Two unrelated victims accusing the same person of sex crime on the same day and you still think he is 'innocent'?

 

Would a 12 year-old child who didn't know him before that day lie? 

 

There is also a truck driver witness on that day who saw the incident.

 

On top of that, according to the article - "The suspect has reportedly admitted to the crimes..."