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21 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

I did mention the part about chlorinated swimming pool water above...  There's a reason most public swimming pool water is chlorinated.

You are looking for logic in a country where it morphs continually.

Swimming pools are not the problem, it's the number of people in them. i try to swim when there is no-one else there.

I believe in the tooth fairy, and investments that return 20% per month on capital. I also believe my GF when she wants to borrow 1000 baht.

23 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Immigration offices are still open. Normal work days and hours.

I wonder how long that will last. Things being as they are, a pretty good site for propagation.

If they are closing borders, why not just declare a moratorium on reporting obligations? It's not as if we are going anywhere.

Silly me, I'm making sense.

Anthony Fauci is the person the US should be listening to at this time.

In fairness to Trump, reality TV shows are not a good foundation for dealing with a pandemic.

1 minute ago, CharlieH said:

You could always post it in.

Can't win. Then it's being spread in the post office.

I can't get it to work, using Linux. I'll go to the immigration office, and if they get coronavirus from me, som nam na.

My Thai massage lady informed me today this was the last massage she could do for two weeks, the police have ordered her to close. Took a cruise down Jedyod Road this evening, bars were closed, although some restaurants were open. Seems rather haphazard.

1 minute ago, Logosone said:

The more sex you have the stronger your immune system will be.

 

Yes, it can get messy, but for the sake of survival I am taking applications from suitable Thai ladies.

Thank you, my GF will be pleased.

Has there been a run on Viagra in the pharmacies?

1 minute ago, david555 said:

But you risk to e quarantined on the spot to hospital  ….55555

Valid point. I'll have to watch out for police and people in white coats.

28 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Hoping that this like most virus will not mutate into a more viralent form.

Virus have a habit of mutating which makes vaccines difficult to perfect.

I understand viruses mutate when they encounter resistance. COVID-19 is doing just fine as it is.

Social distancing, Thai style. Don't think it would pass muster in Oz. Japanese restaurant in Chiang Rai.

I'm staying in Thailand. I have food, money for a year, and my GF will look after me. I can isolate in my condo or at her village.

If I went back to Australia now, I'd be standing in line for food and toilet rolls.

45 minutes ago, Ron jeremy said:

I’ve stayed before on previous threads 

thailand is not where you want to be in this crisis 

thais are just starting to show their love of falangs 

jyst wait 

My GF prays every night to Buddha for a long life for me.

4 hours ago, HighPriority said:

Yep, if everyone gets it at once we don’t have the medical resources to treat the old and vulnerable.

Surely it’s not that hard to sit reasonably still for a couple of weeks ?

I agree with you, and that is why I am 1/  Not socialising 2/ Playing golf by myself, and using the swimming pool when no-one is there 3/ Wearing a mask outside my room 4/ Air purifier running 24/7 in my room. 5/ Regular hands Hygiene.

My GF can shop for me, she'll love it.

8 hours ago, Logosone said:

Good point. China seems to be in better shape already, no new cases. The lower oil price should help China. Low Oz Dollar price also, all in China's favour, it should recover.

AFAIK contracts for iron ore, coal and LNG coming from Australia are written in USD.

9 hours ago, robblok said:

Yea but you miss one points bare are not essential but food is. So get over yourself and stop looking for conspiricies. Some services are essential, like food (plenty of that in shopping centers). Bars on the other hand are not essential. 

Mongers and bar girls would disagree. Never mind, now they are off to Isaan to spread some more.

It's already here. Massive job losses in the tourist industry. No caterers need for AFL matches in Australia, they are playing to empty stadiums. People out of work who can't pay their rent. Retirees are going to find the share dividends they rely on are going to be slashed, along with franking credits.

It's actually not a bad time to be an age pensioner, albeit being in the most vulnerable cohort.

10 hours ago, Nyezhov said:

Buffalo can be tasty if prepared correctly. Bison are even better. Corn fed whitetails are the best.

 

Except for a carefully aged Kansas or Oklahoma Rib Eye.

Sigh. I keep telling you a Gippsland eye fillet is so much better than that feedlot <deleted>, because we feed the cattle with real grass. Can be cut with a fork, so tender. One of the things I miss, with a hearty Shiraz, naturally.

Why do I get the feeling I am trying to describe colors to a blind man?

3 hours ago, AussieBob18 said:

Not that much off topic - it is about being older and surviving ????   There are many things on my bucket list I have done, and some I never will, but there is one I am hopeful of - and that is beating my age at golf.  I assume he was a good golfer and therefore probably did it in his 70s - and probably on a 'real' golf course (par 72). There is an easy golf course nearby here where par is 68 and I have shot in the mid 70s a few times - so maybe.  That is the key I reckon - finding  an easier golf course ????  No way at Augusta or Bay Hill - never will be I reckon on a course like that.

 

Shot 77 around Gymkhana age 76, but for a double bogey on the 17th, alas. IMO if we continue to set our selves goals, it is life-prolonging. My hero is Keith McPherson, in the Guinness Book of Records for breaking his age. Played with him quite a few  times. His grandson, Bryden McPherson, won the British Amateur. Good thread, it's stirring up the possums.

My Thai GF and I are fairly well insulated in Chiang Rai. The authorities have limited shutdown here to the Night Bazaar, everything else is open. Including the beer bars on Jedyod Road.

Straws in the wind though, very few customers in Big C. My GF tells me many people here have no work, no money.