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I am amazed they don't require a camera and 30 days of recording in massage shops and soapies. Rules say no stranger can sit with you. So if you know the dancer or waitress it's OK? That would inspire loyalty.

15 hours ago, steven100 said:

it's called risk mitigation or prevention if one is infected and is sitting next to your table.

Would you like that ....  no of course not. Wearing a mask will help and decrease the chance of you catching the virus from another person as they may cough next to you. 

But there is no COVID in Thailand. If afraid of tourists, require quarantine for long-stay tourists, ban short stays. Do business via internet. 

11 hours ago, Cryingdick said:

Wow it's that old ugly guy who has been in every porn imaginable. He was always unattractive since the beginning of time. I always wondered how and why he got so many jobs.

He's so hairy that he's known as 'the hedgehog' in the industry.

Had that problem in village near Mae Rim. Dogs gathered in street every night at miidnight and started up. One firecracker in their midst ended that.

If no decree, then all COVID rules become voluntary?

50 minutes ago, robblok said:

Problem is that Pubs and bars their activity is one of the most risky for corvid spread. So yes they need to have restrictions otherwise they can become a hotbed of infections. 

 

Just accept that these times are not normal times. I also don't like things but its needed to curb spread of the virus. So far Thailand has done great with its lock down. Would be a waste to open up and then have to start over with more strict rules because of pub goers spread the virus. 

 

Id love for all of this to be over, but its not. 

 

Of course its not wrong to voice opinion but its just the way it is the business model of a pub is a dangerous one (for corvid spread) hence the limitations.

 

I wonder what is better being totally closed or having restrictions. Maybe he should think about that. 

Talking brings forth options. Here's mine: No COVID reported in Thailand. Problem is tourists are higher risk. Current solution is to act as if COVID is rampant. How about bars and discos and stadiums go back to normal, and tourists are not allowed in those venues until they have been in country for 14 days. An app, a Thai government I.D. or a retirement visa required. After 14 days a visitor could get an app. A bar could opt out and operate under the 22 rules, making it open to all, including new arrivals.

   Now what's your idea?

I can just see it, prostitution legal but a bar girl not allowed to sit next to you. Rule 22. Or is that Catch 22?

Ah, I see the rise of Western-style "table dancing" where a selected girl brings a portable platform and sets it up 6' from you and gives you a 'personal dance' for closer inspection. This would run you $10-$20 per dance at the time. Any touching would result in a beating and being tossed. Soooo much fun!

18 hours ago, Pattaya46 said:

Uh? Jomtien always told us (many friends and I, in retirement) that we didn't need to make a TM.30 report as long as our main address doesn't change. Never did during years.

They told me I only had to report if returning from another country. Then they changed it and said if my stay away domestically was more than 24 hours I had to report. The sign posted in room 10 at Jomtien reflected this. And then I read that it changed again.

On 6/17/2020 at 6:28 PM, HashBrownHarry said:

I know Americans that have never stopped travelling regularly throughout the last 3 months, no restrictions.

 

Are you another doomer that thinks it's the end of the world.

Americans can't even get into Canada.

A cross-dressing incel.

Any moral man would never pay a prostitute for sexual relief. Rather, he would do as many upstanding posters on here woul do. He would go to a club, or go online, where they could lie about their marital status, their income, their affection for that night's target, and get it for free. I commend thee gentlemen. The world is such a better place.

1 hour ago, kenk24 said:

Silence of the lambs was terrific.. not sure I would categorize it as "horror" - more psychological thriller... but either way - great movie... 

So butterflying one cop, and wearing another cop's face is not horror. So much for Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

18 hours ago, mark131v said:

China, wasn't they the ones that started the whole thing? where they the ones that continued to cover up their real numbers? second wave you say, but they have been so transparent and open throughout so surely they should be top of the list...

 

Sarcasm alert for the hard of thinking..

China is perfect for providing tourists to Thailand. They arrive packed on a charter flight, travel together on packed buses, stay together in packed hotels, sightsee together in packed marching order, and return home the same way. If there is COVID-19 about, they will infect each other.

The second wave won't have passed until next May. So be prepared for another year of banging about in masks and covered in gel. And then you will hear the same thing about a third wave, no matter Thailand's domestic infection rate is 00.00000%.

17 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

I used to take them until recently, but at 750 baht they were getting pricey here, so I recently purchased Bioton multivitamins 50 capsules x 2 for 700 baht on special at Watsons, the vitamin D dose in them is 400iu vs 20 micorgrams in Centrum S 50+ which is in fact a higher dose, however also purchased Vitamin D on its own, 60 capsules for 400 baht which has 1,000iu, that said, we only need 800iu per day in the supplement form, so I am overdosing but getting a higher dose for about the same amount of outlay ????

I eat an orange on the balcony. I found there to be sunshine outside.

Lindbergh admired Hitler. I guess his statues on two continents will soon disappear. 

   Paintings of all the world's political, educational, scientific, musical, moral, and city-building leaders will have to be covered or removed if they ever told a joke or wrote a memo that could make someone somewhere uncomfortable.

   The thing to do is stop calling them monuments; call them history preservation statues. Push a button and hear the good, the bad, and the ugly. Trump's could go on for weeks. Thank gawd the first part can be skipped.

12 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Come on now. There is very limited testing here. Therefore those numbers are highly questionable. 

 

Therefore I think such a low ranking which will be shocking to many is quite fair and realistic. 

If the government was 'adjusting' the numbers it would be to reopen the economy and lure in visitors, and they would have done that by now. But they haven't thrown the doors open so what would be the point? To cut down on international aid to Thailand? 

Different 'expert' every day. Once all 8,000 'experts' have had their day in the spotlight each one will be able to publish their book, "How I Stopped the Pandemic". That's when we can take our masks off.

7 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

Less tourists. 

Less tourism, fewer tourists.

Is it as important to wear a mask in a country with no infections as it is to wesr one with rampant infections? It's like advice to carry condoms to a nursing home for the elderly being as important as it is to carry condoms to a disco.