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how does this stop the spread of infections ?

As ThailandRyan says, all they will do is spread it all over anyway, at least if at school, its contained most of the day.

But, why do we have a virus flare up, yet no increase in deaths , which still stands at less than 1 in a million , which is probably less than the number of people who die falling off the toilet !

curious

around 500 people die each week on the roads, and nobody bothers or cares, either about the dead or about the high volume of hospital patients

Yet every Thai and an awful lot of ex pats are running scared from something that would probably never bother them , and have more chance of dying or getting badly injured driving to the shops than to catch this virus, 

well, it looks like another stuff up by my immigration office

got a phone call today telling me they don't have the letter from the land office, even though it was in the pile that i gave them, and the same pile the lady checked and rechecked

So, looks like i have to go to the land office, get the letter, then go to immigration, see what else they have stuffed up, and then wait for how long, before i get the certified paper

You cant beat immigration , but sometimes you want to

thanks guys

i guess i stupidly thought it would be a standard letter on their computers, with only the need to input name and address

Do they ever use those machines ? Seems everything has to be paperwork, copies, instead of just having it on the computers, which should be linked to most other government departments

Proof of residency ? why ? its only a driving licence, they have your details already from the first licence , they have copies of house book, passport, UK licence, etc, yet seem unable to use these for future use

and they really  seem to hate it when you ask the dreaded word " WHY"? 

Hi there

2nd vist to immigration due to one missing signature on paperwork

Just spent the last 3 hours at immigration trying to get my residency certificate so i can renew my bike licence

had signed copies of house book and I D card from my lady, who could not be there due to work load

Lady on counter spent ages looking at the paperwork supplied, kept holding up the papers with the signatures on, then passing them to other staff to inspect

Then get told, " You come back 18th December, but no explanation as to why i need to return in nearly 2 weeks, just for a simple piece of paper

Is this normal ?

Did not even need the certificate when i renewed my car licence from 2 to 5 years ! 

20 minutes ago, tinca tinca said:

so they are NOT LEGAL thats it....very simple.....

are the brown envelopes and backhanders to immigration LEGAL ???

24 minutes ago, tinca tinca said:

no agent is legal......there here ro MAKE MONEY FROM FARANGS

does this not also apply to Immigration officers too?

1 hour ago, Kwarium said:

My guess is the 400 is based on the original coining of the “big bike” term back in the day of the grey bikes. The most popular and common, but questionably imported (mostly as parts to avoid import duty), were Honda CB400 from Japan. It was even fairly easy to get an actual green book, although numbers and such didn’t always match precisely. My CB400 book said CBR400, but I paid the tax every year! (Engine and frame numbers were correct!)

 

150cc was the biggest legally sold new back then.

 

It is proven every year that the largest number of bike deaths are small bikes crashed on smaller roads in the provinces. Last month a guy we know didn’t make it home after a night of drinking 10 miles away. They found him and his bike in the ditch next to a concrete marker post on a curve in the road. Sad.

 

Training is good, too bad they are looking at the wrong demographic. More lives could be saved by proper driver training for all! And can that ridculous video!

does anyone even watch that video ?

Last time i was waiting in the Land office, i noted about 16 people on their phones and about 12 sleeping, with only a couple looking completely bored

but aside from the pension problem

why not use a visa agent to get you a one year visa, no need for money in bank 

not sure what the cost is, was 12,000 for a retirement visa last April for me

at least if you get this visa, its one less worry, and can renew the same way each year, no worries about 800k and other things 

On 10/23/2020 at 8:05 PM, steven100 said:

once you leave ...  you need COVID COVER on entry ......     geeeze ...   it's an insurance as required and i expect every country soon.

but as a resident, how long do i need this insurance for ?

one month, six months, one year, or forever ?

Would i need to show this each year to renew my visa ?

Used to have an arrow at the bottom of the pages to shift to the top of the page

sinc the new changes, the arrow has disappeared

Miss my little arrow ! 

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

How can any older person live on 600 pounds a month possibly the worst western country pension in the world.

ahhhh, but, but

its going up another whopping 13.60 a month next year !!!

And everyone thinks pensioners get too much !!

hi thee

looking at going to Koh Chang in November with my lady  and have seen the recommendations on hotels here

Which is the better ones for being close to a few bars, but nice beach side locations 

Was thinking of maybe a few days in posh resort and then moving the other side to a cheaper place, but would like to be able to walk to a nice bar or two on an evening .

Was also thinking of taking the car on the ferry tour round the island, - good or bad idea ?

Thanks

3 hours ago, micmichd said:

They still point at you to wear a mask, get your temperature taken and leave your telephone number at the desk. Even if you come in the wrong way. 

It may look like mickey mouse to you because they're still smiling. But they're serious about it. 

not for me they dont ! 

temperature yes, anything else no, just walk straight past, never asked, never stopped

When it was enforced, it was amazing how many M Mouse there was, with a phone number 123456789 !

55 minutes ago, Leadidge said:

Who cares? You’re on the internet. Between Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Google your tax returns and passport, etc etc, there’s nothing ‘They’ don’t already know about you!! 
unless you have something to it doesn’t matter!

there was a company offering to chip people and kept saying how safe it was.

Up stepped a computer tech guy, who then scanned these "secure" chips and showed everyone the personal details on these chips

Exit one red face company 

Same as passport chips, can read these so easily, with a simple machine

Anything that is chipped, can be hacked, so never secure 

20 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

My worse brake experience was my 850 Morris mini going down hill in the west of England around the Ilfercombe area. 

They faded really bad so it was down to gear changes and handbrake as I remember. ????????????

Sounds like Porlock Hill, 

Used to have a traffic light system in the 60s, only go up when green. Could sit and watch cars coming down the hill backwards and then disappearing into the run off area. Even had a tank of water at the top to refill your overheating car !

36 minutes ago, treetops said:

Any quarantine facility has to meet a raft of requirements to be given that status.  You'll find them on the hsscovid website if you can read Thai.  Lower grade hotels would be unlikely to meet the requirements so returnees end up in places like this.

 

If they were placed in Somchai's Guest House and Sawbone's Hospital provided the hospital services, Thailand would likely be awash with Covid brought back by Thais repatriating.

maybe not awash, but plenty of Thais, who are not tested prior to flying, are bringing the virus into Thailand, but hopefully these are checked and isolated during quarantine .