Elkski

If your water supply is cooler than your tanks I like the idea of keeping a tank level low.    the idea of the bucket for a quick cool refreshing rinse is okay but I do not think it's clean shampoo off your hair very well if it's the only shower

So do you have only 1 valve In Shower or do you have point of use  hot water heaters?  

So you cant make any changes  from the tanks to the house?  How much room is spare in the tank room?  Do you have a 1500 watt spare power in tank room?  Any way to run low voltage control  cables from house to tank room?  What  temperature would you want  for your cool shower?  Would you want  it cool from start to finish?

Where there is a will  we can do this.  

I have never had to hot of a shower in Thailand .  Tried the bucket thing.  Did have some cool showers  in Chiang Rai mountains in Jan.  I need hot water  to feel clean and to be able  to shave. 

On 5/6/2020 at 9:03 PM, NCC1701A said:

enjoying a dramatic drop in the number of mosquitoes here in Hua Hin for the past few months. 

 

most likely the drought. 

 

you see, that is what i do now, count the mosquito population.   

Haha.   So bored.  Posting in the visa thread.   I wanted to say one of your boring nights would probably  be a crazy time for me and most.  One thing I do dispose is mozzies. Especially when dengue so prevalent.  I like it here where I can sit outside most nights.  How do they get inside in Thailand when there ate screens?  The shower drains or what?  Thai ones love me. 

Just look how much trash is in the Chayo Praya River in BKK.  This guy is onto something.   The klongs are trash bins. But how far away from the coast will he be concerned with?  Proper  litter  control needs to be taught in schools  now!  Just look at 90% of thai peoples yards.  Just look at how trash is just placed on the sidewalk in BKK.  3rd world minds in a wanna be  country  full of lazy people.  

Wow 36 pages.   A hot topic.  I wonder how many expats would leave Thailand if this ban was permanent?  I read that mom amd pop stores still sold alcohol?   Was there still product shipping?  Wasnt there a big fine or jail time?  I'm sure all brew pots are now being filled with mash and stills  will be going full steam 

I only comment on those who say this friend of the woman  should not even be asking for advice and staying out of it.   Seems normal to help a person understand her options when the mans could try isnt her native language.    I have heard many first hand accounts of husbands who abandoned their wife and kids in Thailand with no support or contact again.  It makes Thailand a 4th World country in my eyes.  But ignorant  non compassionate  men are in control so no reason for things to change. 

The virus is in fecal matter.   Locally they ate looking at monitoring sewage plants to gauge the infection  trends in local  areas.    Dont tell me the virus dies when a human heart stops.  Why did china go crazy burning bodies.  Chinese are not stupid.   Misguided maybe.  

This is a very good thing.  I imagine this is loss of face for Thailand's leaders.    Why did the government need to appeal to the 20 richest?  This country needs an upheaval.  

I found much interference in most of the 4 different condos we stayed at during Jan.  Remote didnt work.  My plan was to use it at MK.  They make many versions.  Some even have wifi so can be controlled via phone from a different country!  I suggest the butterfly  but also the internal probe with g spot.  800 baht x2 well spent!

However I do wonder if proliferation of toys  has contributed to the current condition of Western women.  Maybe Thailand govt has it right not allowing a replacement for a man. 

Dam.  I live  in a dead end neighborhood, so not likely to improve on my 89/7 speeds.  Yes they seem slow.   It's much easier cheaper to set up good internet in a country that has a high density of people.  Utah population 2 million.  

So many thai women with debt.  At least this debt when paid off she will own something.   Many  Thais with debt and nothing to show.  You need to really dig deep with this woman.  Any other debt?  They feel it's not required to be honest with a bf because she feels this debt is hers,  how can this effect a man?  They dont understand financial planning  or that all of couples finances should be thought of in planning.  I decided it was best to ask debt questions early on and find a debt free GF. 

Like always I tell you when I did not read each page of this threat before posting. I don't know if I would be bragging about the numbers but they do look quite unusual and good.  I'm not so sure you can say it's because of the Good Health Care system I think there is some other reason that we have not understood yet. I read someone said maybe som Tom is good preventive medicine.    I hope the case of stay low but I cannot understand this unusual deviation from every other country, especially given how many Chinese Travelers were there January and February

Holiday death back up!  I understand 

14 days would have been proper.   Bail systems favor the rich.  

11 hours ago, Proboscis said:

The knackering aspect is NOT that there were 30-40 NEW cases a day (actually there were 96 NEW cases yesterday).

 

The knackering aspect is that there are approx 1100 cases being treated right now with a good percentage of them being on respiratory support (CPAP, Ventilator etc).

 

Working in ICUs means gowning up with whatever PPE is available. Try doing that for 12 hours a day. I would suspect that even if you are fit, you would not last more than an hour. Remember, all staff are involved in lifting patients so that they are rotated, constant clearing of airways, monitoring meds, detailed recording of vital and other signs.

 

Remember that you are not supposed to max the aircon in such locations as that will affect the inflamed lungs of covid-19 patients. So you are going to sweat in whatever PPE you have to wear.

 

Remember that there will be a percentage of your colleagues having to isolate due to symptoms, positive tests etc.

 

And while you are at it, there are a bunch of medics looking after all those ICU patients who are not Covid-19.

 

We are talking about thousands of patients who will stay in hospital for weeks with a high percentage spending a long time in ICU.

 

I hope you understand now.

96 cases yesterday.   I thought it was  under  50 last 3 days?  

I still dont understand why the PUI number stays  so high?  How long do the test results take?  Or are these just # under quarantine and they  dont want to or not enough supplies to test them? 

I'm sure  12 hours on your feet in a trash bag, face mask,  and face mask would be a lot harder than bar stool quarterback. 

Dam good price.    Could a partner  stay with you? If for the entire  time? this may be the new normal  for all of 2020

Yiu guys complaining about the article have terrible comprehension.   It suggests those temperatures for washing clothes.   

But on that subject  I. ISA they suggest setting water heaters  to 120f 49c.  

If it takes such hot water to clean clothes how is hand washing working?

I would think the soap amd  normal warm water in as washing machine  would work.  O just dont trust most official  words

   Wear masks, dont wear  masks(because us rich want to hoard them) now wear homemade cloth masks.  Yes trump  is an idiot and is a major reason the USA is #1.  He has blood on his hands.  

American is a language?  Your daughters grammar sucks. She needs to fix this.   But thank goodness if she has an American accent she has a good chance in life.  I make sure my thai gf never practices  English with a teacher with an Old world accent.  Same with East Indian.  Luckily your spawn doesn't have much chance of living here.  

I admit a month ago it looked best to return home if you had any decent life there at all.  I also think  koh chang looks like a good idea for a month.  Staying at some of those resorts ,  in your own  bungalow, it would be easy to have big social  distance except at meal time.    Now if you do get sick I imagine their are not many vents on the island but do you farang think you will get a vent in XYZ city  if the crunch comes?  Haha

I wish I had spent time in TH in the 90's.   As a man who has lived 80%of his life in the West near  wilderness and unspoiled places and a lover and diver of the ocean, wooden huts on the beach sounds great.  I also still have this island lifestyle fantasy.   Probably since  Gilligan's island.   Who was that little dark hair sensible one?  That was my choice.  

I like to imagine life 200 years as go when I travel.  Life must have been hard in Thailand but I have met s few gals  who I can imagine to be hard working partners.   Of course the heat and mosquitoes soon come to mind. 

I dont understand why I seem to have dyslexia when it comes  to Visa's? 

I guess I've never been an alien before or abducted.  Have you always needed a marriage to be officially filed in the expats home country for a marriage visa? If so why? I thought many just do the filing in Thailand.   

How many pages does this end up being? Where do they store all this  paper?  Surely some government top dogs must own a paper plant.  What  pages from the passport are needed?

Does it say  blue ink on the form or somewhere in the instructions?

Why as an American does all this pettiness bother me so much?  

10 minutes ago, Daveyh said:

From what I've seen since this pandemic was reported Thailand has been quite efficient in trying their best to stop the spread of this covid-19 virus. Locally the malls, supermarkets, pharmacies & banks have all segregated customers as much as is possible. I must say their approach to everyone has been really commendable, very polite without any fuss. Scanners, hand wash solutions etc have all been made available, plus temperature scanners on all entrances have been placed to minimize the inconvenience of everyone. Face masks have been worn by nearly every Thai national, it seems only the "farang" that exercises his right by not wearing one & this is wrong. What really is important & does matter is doing everything possible to keep people safe irrespective on your views. I think the "farangs" here are letting themselves down badly by not showing compassion or concern to their fellow beings. You are not experts in this field & god knows neither are the top medics trying desperately to reduce the spread to save lives. "Farangs" please step back, think about the consequences of a full blown disaster here, do your bit, listen to all the measures that are being recommended to keep all of us safe & stop being pigheaded & stupid ............... comply with the authorities irrespective how restrictive life becomes. It not just you .............. we are all in this together.

 

As an expat living here 20yrs I'm disgusted with fellow members on this forum that seem to just revel in being ignorant, take great delight in mocking people, being sarcastic, selfish individuals who have no thought for anyone but themselves ....... fact

The actions by thai government were 45-60 days to let.  Let the blame and deserved bashing continue.  The greed was on full display for all to see.  It will be interesting when you 20 year  residents get the boot. 

Could this ban relate directly to sex workers going to hotel rooms?

I admit I read page one only.   Not my norm but 21 pages.  This ban from 10-4 indicates to me that a certain segment used to staying up till 4 am just didnt adhere to social distancing rules.  Were they going to private  parties,  closed  bar parties?  Loitering in front of 7-11.  Os this related to closing 7-11 at night.    Just think how many thousands of unemployed nightlife extroverts can't handle this isolation