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I beg to differ. The US has been behind almost all the wars since 1945. They are a terrorist nation.....their bombing campaign with Saudi of the poor innocent folk in Yemen has killed 232,000, injured countless others, made countless orphaned and displaced millions. 

No fear of death from me and I don't cry at funerals either. I'd prefer a good death ie to die in your sleep at night or have a massive heart attack.....but if I get death along with a slow, painful disease then so be it. I have lived with intractable pain in my feet for the last 8 years, and at first it was a disaster for me. Now I have accepted that it is part of my daily life, I find that I can still enjoy life each day. 

My main concern is keeping out of hospitals. If there is no prospect of them taking action which improves your quality of life long term then you have no business being in there racking up debt. Many patients in hospital have no need to be in there.....they can just as well lie in bed at home taking a few paracetamols and extra fluids for viral infections. If I had cancer I wouldn't go through all those surgeries and chemo....just give me a big dose of barbiturates and a bottle of Jack.

It is time to bring in assisted dying. 

Creating many more forms no doubt all asking for the same information......name, dob, address, passport number. Then they ask for 4 copies of each. Why don't they make one form that asks for all the information once and stick the information into a computer or better still type it directly into a computer.

About 75 yo sounds right to me. There's enough violence to be had in Thailand already.

Sounds like some important people might be losing subsidy cash from government coffers....

I have a friend who came back over 70 years old. Got COVID insurance with no problems although it doesn't cover for very long. Quarantined in a good hotel for 4-50,000 and was happy enough.

He said it was a ball ache to get all the paperwork sorted back in the UK, but after that it was ok.

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#3 Italian

#4 French

#5 Indian

#6 Mexican

More aggressive and inflammatory action by the US military. Hopefully the Chinese will adopt a similar response to repeated violations in the South China Sea and Taiwan Straits.

On 11/20/2020 at 10:01 AM, Isaan sailor said:

They created a holiday out of hope and thin air.  Good luck, TAT, you need some.

If it is so good for the economy, why not have a permanent 4 day holiday?

I am in love with this woman. If she was single I would go back to the UK and try to marry her.

The British government don't like the rich or mega corporations to pay any taxes, so who is going to pay for this now that the poor people have no jobs or income? Awww they'll just borrow it I suppose.

Yes I have had a bad experience with this. I was quoted 6000 for a root canal....I had asked for an extraction but the dentist said no need. Well it wound up costing more than 30,000, what with root planing, filling with bone powder (which fell straight out and cost 10,000). Months after the procedure my tooth was still painful.

A friend recommended a clinic in Pattaya. The dentist took a panorex and said the tooth needed to come out as there was very little bone there (1000 baht), he recommended an extraction (10,000 baht). I then got a 'dry socket' which was painful and cost another 1000 in consultation fees. To be fair the Pattaya clinic was excellent....new clean equipment and perfect English. The dry socket was just bad luck.

I read yesterday that they found a new mutation in Australia.....more virulent and more contagious. I think the future of COVID and the time scale will depend on the efficacy of the newly discovered vaccines against mutations. 

I wouldn't bet on re-opening of Thailand next year.

Good start to the religious life. Perhaps after he has had his party and gotten all the envelopes; spent 3 nights in the monkhood; maybe he'll be able to buy his own scooter. 

Surely Zoom is not secure.

I'd say 150-250K depending on number of people at around 1000 baht per head, music 25K, priests (depends on how many, Booze depends pn how many etc.

We just did a cheapo monk initiation for a nephew which cost about 175000 gross....but I demanded the envelopes and got 87000 back.

3 hours ago, Whale said:

LOTs of O-As coming back in November, Facebook full of their stories of the application process and flights.

I wonder what Covid insurance costs them....and whether they get in without the 400/40K mandated medical insurance for non OA holders. My retirement visa is a simple Non O with a once yearly extension. I have never been asked about insurance. I was under the impression that nonO was much more common that non-OA.

2 hours ago, JusticeGB said:

The vaccines are in development stage and seem to be 90%, at best, effective. The adverse risk scared Government of Thailand is unlikely to open its doors to tourists quickly even after the vaccine is released. Most of Thailand's population would have to be vaccinated before that could be considered safe.

I haven't ever seen what "effectiveness" means in these studies? Are that all using the same standard definition....for example does 90% effective mean that if people 10 people out of 100 taking placebo would catch COVID vs only 1 taking the vaccine or does it mean that if 100 people take the vaccine only 10 will catch the disease which is of course not very impressive? Are the studies done in a lab or in a real life situation?