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The New Nordic group announced today that it has filed for bakruptcy. New Nordic is a very big player in the property market in Pattaya and other places worldwide. Leaving thousands of expats and Thais losing millions of baht each (5.46 million in my case) and with total debts running in to billions of baht. This hasn't been reported by any Thai news agency

Brown was a failed MP and an even worse failure as PM. Take no notice

As i'm paying for it no, i won't accept the Chinese vaccine. It's like going to a restaurant and ordering fish and they give you chicken because no hab fish. As i'm paying it's my choice, i want what i want

It was reported on local news on Pattaya radio 103fm this morning that from January 25th anyone who makes a request for extension of stay must supply a covid negative certificate to immigration.

Don't shoot the messenger, i'm not saying this is true, only what our local radio station reported this morning

There are several ways that i know of to scan a QR code ( for entry to shops etc ). There is the LINE app, Thai Chana app and Mor Chana app. I use LINE and Thai Chana on my phone.  My question is, Mor Chana seems to be the recommended app but is scanning with either of the other two apps acceptable to the authorities?

Thanks in advance.

16 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

Makes sense.  This is Thailand. The citizens should get it for free.  If we want it for free, we'll have to head back to our home country.  Me?  I'll pay the money not to have to do that.  Not that big of a deal.

You're missing the point again, i'm the foreigner here and so wouldn't expect anything for free. I'll pay whatever they ask, i simply posed the question "i wonder how much they'll rip us off for"?

And yes, it's not a big deal

On 12/28/2020 at 9:48 AM, Jeffr2 said:

Production cost.  What about transport cost?  The Nurse who gives you the jab, hospital facilities to make this happen, etc, etc, etc.

I merely quoted the production cost per dose. Thais will more than likely get it for free but the farangs will be charged, that was the point of my post. If you want to work out the overheads then be my guest, let us know when you arrive at a figure.

A friend in the UK has just told me that it has been reported in the UK thatThailand has signed a deal to receive the Oxford vaccine. The production cost is £2.98 (120 baht) per dose. It remains to be seen how much the hospitals will rip us farangs off for it

Hugh Grant as an actor is a stretch

44 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

Aren't they at the wrong end of the planet??

 

How do you work that out?

So Corbyn has been suspended for being anti Jewish. But for years he and Abbott have been anti white/British and nothing happens. What a mess British politics has become, glad i'm in Thailand

Project fear is still alive and well i see, and the <deleted> sheep are still at it

On 10/4/2020 at 12:36 PM, EricTh said:

@BananaBandit

 

Thai is actually not a single language but a merger of Thai, Sanskrit, Khmer and even Chinese. That's why the vocabulary is huge.

 

Most of the words come from two languages ie. Thai and Sanskrit with a sprinkle from Khmer and Chinese.

 

Thai teachers usually teach ONLY the formal words which nobody use except for news reporters and government officials. That's why I don't go to Thai language school anymore.

 

http://eastasiaorigin.blogspot.com/2017/08/origin-of-thai-language.html

 

I find your comment that the Thai vocabulary is huge very strange.  Depending on what website you look at there are approximately 22,000 words in the Thai language.  Compare that to English where there are an estimated 1,022,000 words (including medical, technical etc) and according to the Oxford concise dictionary there are 171,476 words in everyday use.

Mayweather would normally have knocked that clown out in 2 rounds, but because of the ppv audience he was told not to. Manny could do the same, we'll see what he's told to do

I did this 2 years ago. Go to the gov.uk website and get their contact phone number. Their office is at Longbenton, just outside Newcastle.  You can do this up to 3 months before your retirement date. I did everything in a 20 minute phone call. No paperwork. Just give your N.I. number and answer a few security questions and give the bank account details where you want your pension paid, couldn't be easier. I live in Thailand and could have had it paid into Kasikorn bank but i chose Barclays in the UK (spending money for when i go back on holiday). I have been receiving UK state pension since Oct 2018, never a problem. A little tip about the phone call, when calling the UK from a Thai mobile, instead of dialling 0044, dial 00444, it goes to a lower rate, that applies to all UK numbers. Good luck

27 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

How long does it now take in Thailand to apply for and receive a new UK passport ?Grateful for any responses on this.

I renewed my UK passport in November last year i Bangkok. 4 weeks from giving them my old passport, my new passport was there ready for me to go pick it up

No doubt they'll soon be demanding aid $$$$ from the racist white countries

We stayed at Koh Samed last weekend, the prices were up 30% on the same time last year. We enquired about booking for my birthday in October, the prices are up 80%. I'll give it a miss and have a big <deleted> up at home

People have been cooking for as long as people have been on the planet. Now all of a sudden it's a science and they try to convince you that there's only a handful of people who can do it properly, total BS.

People like these need to be reminded that they're only cooks.