George Aylesham

1 minute ago, Al BB said:

Unfortunately I tend to agree...

Yes, you beat me to it - I was going to suggest he might have problems in taking out a life insurance policy.

15 hours ago, puchooay said:

UK passport holders need a visa to travel in EU? I must have missed that story.

14 minutes ago, sungod said:

Just done mine, took 5 weeks. Still a rip off at the old prices mind.

No they don't need a visa but from November, but iike all non-EU visa nationals,  they will need an ETIAS (similar to a US visa waiver), valid for three years from November of this year. and costing 7 Euros (free for under 18s)

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I told you to only blow the bl***dy doors off.

Ha ha - but well done to Mr Karma working overtime here.

5 hours ago, tjb30i said:

Now I am totally confused. The last press release said the Pattaya police visited all of the hots spots such as Walking Street and confirmed there are no sex workers. So they want to create legislation to protect sex workers who they claim don't exist lol?

Left hand - Right hand. Absence of joined up policies, similarly to many governments throughout the world.

19 hours ago, nigelforbes said:

Presumably the vaccinations must have been within the previous X months?

 

The health insurance rule is risky, that may deter some tourists and will impact older expats. 

 

Enforcement of facemasks in public places sounds almost unenforceable.

 

 

Visitors applying for a Schengen visa must have medical insurance - why  not Thailand? At least it would reduce the endless requests for crowdfunding to pay the hospital fees for the uninsured.

2 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Could be worse. Could be hordes of the usual trashy Farang.......which is least comparable to ever vigilant Chinese. 

The anti-Farang sentiment requires readjusting and comprehended for what it truly is. 

Yes, but at least the majority of farang will have had effective vaccinations.

1 hour ago, Rockhound said:

I forgot to mention China.  Their cases are rising again.  Looking at the logarithmic  plot (lower graph) their background cases have been rising throughout the panicdemic they have supposedly had under control.

Possibly because, as I understand it, the Chinese only use Sinovac which is not very effective and not the newer MRNA vaccines produced outside china.

3 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

As do foreigners here in the land of smiles

One particularly worrying law is the interdiction on going commando - 'though I've never seen any news of it being enforced i the media.

On 11/10/2022 at 11:22 AM, 473geo said:

I guess it depends if you think a mind trained 'not to think too much' is a healthy mind 

However the environment created by such can give an overall relaxed appearance ????

Thank you for a very wise response. Another aspect I relaxed about living here is that Thai people in the main are not judgemental.

On 11/10/2022 at 4:14 PM, 2baht said:

I "woke" up at 6.00am, how many times do I have to say it! Bloody rooster "woke" me up!!! Time the "woke" brigade "woke" up and realised this word has been around as long as English has been in existence! "Woke" is the past tense of wake!!! Get it???

But I love Rooster's weekly articles - they force me to think early in the morning - (and from you being rude about Rooster, how much I like your comment and how much I love living in Thailand)

But I thought the Thais were desperate to get the tourists coming back; will this help?

Of course illegal workers are flooding in - Thai industry is desperately short of labour - like Britain. The trick is not to stem the inevitable but to ensure decent working conditions for all.  And to be fair the government has made a start on this with its agreement with the Myanmar and Cambodian governments to facilitate what the EU calls 'freedom of movement'.

Just a thought - if all the micro-brewers could create a single cooperative maybe their combined volumes under such an umbrella would be sufficient to meet the requirements of the law?

As Suvarnabhumi is busy sinking into the gulf of Thailand I'm not sure its wise investing money in that particular airport.