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Does anyone know how to get a Thai driving license , or a international license /permit  I

Friend has lost his wallet a while ago with his 10 year international permit inside

It appears he does not have a British licence, which expired, and lost, over 5 years ago. He is 77 years old

Went to licence dept., told no can do without British licence

Told only way is to take a test, but told no tests allowed , and no date when they will be 

Thanks

49 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

But it is pretty sure the information about the death was transmitted up the food chain to the district.

maybe so, but no autopsy and no testing ?

Just like in our village, maybe 5 people in the last couple of weeks, including Grandma. No police, no autopsies , just put in coolbox till burning time

Its been great here for the local <deleted> heads, free beer and food every day .

3 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

You seem a little unclear on the concept of risk.

 

Road accidents have a very high probability of killing 20-40,000 people a year, and a low probability of killing 100,000+ people a year.

 

Covid-19 has a medium probability of killing 100,000+ people a year for a country with 70 million residents.

 

So how many died last year from high probability, and how many died from medium probability ?

Risk.?

Which is a greater risk for the majority of folks on here, dying on the road, dying one the job, dying on the toilet, or dying from Covid ? 

4 hours ago, MasterBaker said:

time to hold people responsible for irresponsible statements

Does this include the folks on here too ??

Just asking >

14 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Back in 2020, when there were 15 cases in the USA, Trump and his gang sang the same song: only 15 cases, it's contained, no big deal, etc.

 

 

wow, in the USA ?

but i thought this was Thailand, not the good ol US of A

328 million in USA, different climates, different people, different laws, so a bit pointless

but if your gunna start picking and choosing other countries to try and make your point look good,  I choose Tonga. No deaths last year, no deaths this year, and still  no lockdowns

7 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

Relatively speaking, Brazil and India are really bad. You are ignoring the reality that the epidemic has swamped their capabilities, and they can’t handle the sick or the dead.

2 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

You seem fixated on the low numbers of deaths from Covid due to the very low numbers of infections. IF there were a breakout of the virus as in other countries, deaths would be in the many thousands, and you would be singing another song.

 

Since road accidents are not communicable, there is no danger to the total population, but, as in Brazil and India, enough deaths and infections, and all of society can be at risk.

 

If you ever watch a zombie movie, even you would be worried by the appearance of one zombie, even though one zombie is easily dealt with. The problem is later on, when there are many zombies. Then, you get the zombie apocalypse, and then the malls are closed.

Nice, but this is not a movie, Is it ?

Road kill not a danger to the population ? 26,000 ton 30,000 die each year in Thailand , , 2,000 a month, and Covid has killed how many. 14 a month ?

Low numbers of infections ? Everyone on here keeps harping about massive increase in infections , with no corresponding rise in deaths 

IF, is such a good word isn't it , says so much, yet means so little

But we have not got the breakout like other countries have we, so no song to sing. Maybe this fat farang will sing different tune later, but until them maybe not 

Just to remind you , this is about Thailand, not Brazil or India

20 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan?

Tonga, Nauru ?? 

On 4/29/2021 at 4:15 AM, Stormfish said:

Shopping malls and markets should be closed until further notice.

Public transport such as trains should be available for key workers only.

If you can't work from home,tough.

None essential stores should cease trading till further notice.

None essential travel implicated.

1 person person per family only,to use supermarket for essential goods.

If these restrictions seem unreasonable to anyone,tell me again when the death toll is over 100,000

ok, i will wait, possibly a very long time , or never to tell you again

Perhaps you could come back and tell us again when it get over 50,000 ?, 

178 deaths  ( 28/3/21) out of 66 million in 16 months. Any other year would not be worthy of a mention /

Why bother with such draconian  measures, why not just let the poor people starve in their homes ?

On 4/29/2021 at 7:06 AM, Jeffr2 said:

People still get out and about during lockdowns.  I've been through 2 so far and we were still able to go to Makro, the beach, fresh market.  People were working, had jobs, etc.  Not sure what you're on about....but it's wrong.  Sure, many are suffering.  But they'd suffer more if we didn't lock down.  Don't forget about the mental health of those who've lost loved ones.  As you may know, death of a close relative is the most stressful thing that can happen to an individual.

Mental health of loved ones ??

You mean the 170 in 16 months from Covid, or the many many thousands of deaths from other road kill and sicknesses ?

2 minutes ago, ETatBKK said:

still debate on what should be done, how and how fast, look at these numbers first :

 

ONLY Apr, 2021 accumulated (projected)
from 26 to 36,000+

 

CASES Jan 2020 to Mar 2021 (15 months) vs Apr 2021 (projected)
28,863 | 36,000+

 

DEATH Jan 2020 to Mar 2021 (15 months) vs Apr 2021 (projected)
94 | 100+

 

 

projected numbers ??

so not facts, just conjecture ?

35 minutes ago, Osthos said:

Still very concerning that the numbers have not yet started to decline. If the patterns of previous weeks hold, then we're still expecting an end of the week spike towards the 3,000 mark. 

 

Hopefully those spikes were caused by the lack of hospital beds, and with the backlog of patients looking for beds mostly cleared, we can see more stable daily numbers.

3,000 mark ?

Infections or deaths ?

35 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

Daily vaccinations report from the Ministry of Public Health - 52,681 total doses for the most recent day, and nearly 1.28 million cumulative. The government's goal is to end up administering 300,000 doses per day:

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/thaimoph/posts/297138901896020

 

so assuming that they actually manage to arrive at this figure, then it will take around 220 days to administer the first dose

But what's the betting this figure is never achieved , or not for a long time 

49 minutes ago, jackdd said:

What are you even doing at the immigration office? Just don't do it.

perhaps its either because I'm doing my 90 day, ( last week) or its because they ring me up and insist i go down , (January)

Not sure how long i could ignore them for, managed around 2 weeks before they rang the missus and insisted we go down, or else !

4 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

OP, you mention returning to your house.

Why do you even need a TM30.

In Nakhon Phanom they always insist on a TM30 when returning to house, often even if having one night away in hotel

Tried to tell them, showed the change of rules, but as always here, i get the standard " I not understand" and told to go away and do it

On 4/22/2021 at 8:07 AM, faraday said:

 

 

this should be shown on Thai tv, every night, like they did in the UK

most will probably ignore, but worth a try 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

It is so easy for you to hand wave away 600,000 deaths, so you can go to the pub and have a beer.

 

Short sighted, too, as long as this virus is out of control, it may mutate into a form that kills you. Lockdowns reduce mutations.

i like the word " MAY"

just like the words, possibly, could, if, They say so much, yet mean so little 

8 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

So far, it has resulted about 50 deaths a day, but deaths generally lag new infections by 3 weeks.

 

So, you can tell the next thousand or so dead Canadians that they were gaslighted into fearing the epidemic.

 

i should say this as gently as possible, but in what world don’t you fear a widespread disease that has killed 3 million people?

 

in a world where around 55.5 million people die each year

and especially in Thailand, where the deaths is less than 150 in 16 months, 

7 hours ago, AlexRich said:

Just read an article in the UK’s Sunday Times, about sufferers of long Covid, and they went from a 9 year old to a 47 year old, all of the people interviewed are struggling many months after contracting the virus. So how do we protect “the vulnerable” when they cover such a wide spectrum of society? 

i also read an article about the long term effects from the flu virus, , struggling for months, even years , that effects people of all ages , just like this covid virus does

Oops, i forgot, the flu does not kill or cause damage to people, only covid does this 

8 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

No.

 

in the US, suicide rates have plunged by 20%.

 

Thanks for playing.

but in Thailand, which is what this posts are supposed to be about, suicides have increased ?