Fred white

Waiting for permission I guess he isn't as important as he thinks he is. The US Japan UK and other countries have already removed their people

4 hours ago, tomacht8 said:

Meanwhile, Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who inspected screening procedures at Suvarnabhumi airport on Wednesday said Thailand was “100 precent in control of the situation”.

 

And now he is ill and must stay home with fever. 

May he quickly join the after life

2 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

And Japan now has had two chartered flights out, and is planning a third -- apparently using ANA Airlines planes...

 

 

And some (at least three) in the Japanese groups being repatriated are now testing positive for the coronavirus, and the Japan govt. is facing criticism at home for allowing the returnees to "self-quarantine" at home.

 

https://news.yahoo.com/three-japanese-evacuated-wuhan-coronavirus-031705416.html

 

 

BS if it concerns public health I think the govt should have the right to keep them in quarantine

1 hour ago, Misterwhisper said:

1- Coronavirus originates from China

2 - Chinese tourists swamp all popular tourist spots across Thailand

3 - Hence, "possible outbreaks of coronavirus in most popular tourist spots" could be in the books

 

I figure it really takes a "Dr" to arrive at such an earth-shattering conclusion.

 

Thank you, Dr Tanarak, we are all very relieved to realize that we have such a bright mind as yourself heading the Ministry of Public Health.

 

But how do you reconcile your warning with the fact that our Great Leader announced under considerable fanfare only a couple of days ago that Thailand was "100% safe"? Are you questioning the Great Leader's infallible insight? 

That would be blasphemy

2 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

Several years back when the in vogue topic of sugar  cane burn offs gained some publicity a sugar  mill up Surin way was claiming it would not accept  burnt cane. What seemed to be a promising solution was that they were buying up the biomass waste being a side product of the machine harvesters. The  biomass was being made into round  bales and carted to same  mill for using as an energy supply (supplementary ?) in the sugar refining process.

I saw it happening......... for 1 year/season ! It  may still happen but not around our area.

There is the question of atmospheric CO2 from even efficient burning that purists may object to but at least it removes the more  immediate danger of micro particle pollution.

There is little  recognition of the fact that  biomass that is left to decompose also releases CO2 . The amount varies with the different circumstances under which it decomposes but is undeniably less than combustion.

If recombined  with the soil by turning under it also enhances the soil structure as well as  retaining some organic nutrients and a greater percentage of carbon compounds.

Unfortunately that advantage is lost with sugar cane  because if the  waste is left on the surface the majority of it as it decomposes is eroded by wind and weather. Given the  permanent crop structure of  sugar cane it is  not  very viable to turn in under in the same way biomass from annual crops can potentially be. Despite that it would be environmentally more friendly to let it stay.

The conundrum of biomass burning can only be overcome by a combination of education, strict enforcement against pollution by burning AND fairer trade practices by the  Sugar Cartel !

Sadly I have to admit I am more likely to see several  Flying Pigs  sail past before that happens.

 

 

I have seen them bailing the leaves where I live wondered what it was used for. Burning it in a power plant the exhaust can be filtered and scrubbed to remove particulates

3 hours ago, mickymouse1 said:

I have plenty of masks to give away for free. I see all masks as insufficient method of protection. Need a real WWIIGas mask and Aerospace suit for a real protection ????

So my late 70s m17 military gas mask won't work 

6 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

Indirectly;
in fact they were allies of the Japanese.

Which was part of the axis

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

In the PM's private suite I hope.

Maybe the grand palace

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

The Thai PBS report seems to have forgotten that the U.S. on Wednesday also flew out almost 200 of its Wuhan consulate staff, family members and other Americans.

 

Equally so, that the American group went thru two health checks in China, another two health checks during a stopover in Alaska, and will have additional health checks and a 3-day further "evaluation period" -- they're not calling it a quarantine -- after arriving at a military airfield in California.

 

https://apnews.com/e3f13d6f778eae1dd6a062499ed889e7

 

What's Thailand going to do with their returnees upon arrival back in LOS? Digital thermometer checks?

 

Don't forget the UK and France are doing the same thing

1 hour ago, khunpa said:

Yes they choose to no longer make the number public. Wonder why... Great decision in a situaiton where information is vital to stop the virus.

 

Wait for the worlds reaction on this. It will not be good and also people will panic, when they are finally forced to release their numbers.

Another Pattaya news site is still saying 8 infected

5 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

I present you a nice and very kind dog which name is ...Hitler ;

No, I am not inventing anything; Thai people know absolutely nothing about History;
if a name pleases them they use it without knowing what it corresponds to

 

 

Thailand did side with Hitler during WW2

20 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

Have they announced yet what type of amulet I should buy?

The biggest most expensive one you can find at the biggest most lavish temple in Bangkok

2 hours ago, androokery said:

Bitten five people so far? It needs to be put down at bite #1.

A tea cup terrier reach down pick it up it ain't going to do much damage

21 minutes ago, oobar said:

I grew up in a family that bred hunting dogs, mainly bird dogs, my father being an avid quail hunter.  After a couple hundred years of  selective breeding to reinforce an inherent tendency to "point," or lock on rigidly, at the scent of quail (or grouse or pheasant, etc.), it became a behavioral instinct innate to bird dogs.  For many years, my wife and I raised Irish setters, which are now only rarely used as active hunters and are principally bred for beauty (and their endearing craziness), but even after an ancestry of dozens of generations that have never been introduced to a bobwhite, nearly all Irish setters will still point.  Pit Bulls, although not officially even recognized as a breed, were selected for their aggressiveness and fighting abilities, and the most successfully vicious were chosen by breeders to produce a continuing progeny of fighters -- which is how they were bred "to be violent."  Now, however, many are taken as pets, the same as Irish setters, but after innumerable ancestral generations in which they were no longer bred specifically to fight (because it was made illegal), the instincts to attack and maim can remain, although often hidden deeply beneath a benign friendliness and docility common to dogs in general.  However, you can simply never know when, or if, a sudden movement by a child (or anyone else) may trigger a long-dormant instinct to attack -- just like an Irish setter's instinct can suddenly cause it to lock on point.  A pointing dog hurts no one, but the sudden expression of a pit bull's sleeping instinct to attack, as we see often in Thailand, can be tragic.  There is a valid argument for neutering as many of these kinds of dogs as possible, gradually and humanely removing the bloodline from existence. 

We had an English setter growing up she was never trained but I could take her out in a field and if she smelled a quail she would lock up. Pit bulls were originally used to catch pigs

10 hours ago, Beggar said:

Dogs that can seriously hurt or even kill people should not be allowed. 

Where do these dogs come from I had to leave my champion fighter pit bull in the states because they wouldn't let me bring him over here just kidding never owned a pit bull and have no use for one but seriously they were on the list of banned dog breeds

7 hours ago, Time to grow said:

Thanks, I know that crossbows are readily available in Thailand, presumably they are legal. The problem with asking a local police officer is that he/she may not answer from knowledge of the law but his/her opinion. I am looking for a verifiable written source such as the legal text pertaining to crossbows, if such law exists.

Where I've never seen them

6 hours ago, ivor bigun said:

The who have said of the top 20 cities in danger Bangkok is no 1, in the list is Phuket and Chiang Mae.

The who wasn't that a rock group ????

1 hour ago, overherebc said:

Just an if question.

If it spreads here and workers who are in food production/packing contract the virus and if the virus gets on the packed food how long will it stay viable in those pack conditions?

I honestly think at the moment it really is only very dangerous to very young, old and with an illness that complicates its effects. The biggest hit will be to the health services and the costs that will apply there.

What about the meats that are not packed just about every store the meat is out in the open with everyone handling it there's no control

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I feel sorry for me.

First partner- lovely person before we moved in together. Then she used me to look after her kids while she got on with her "career". Stopped having sex soon as had me trapped- I walked away and lost everything. Not much laughing going on after that

Second partner- had an evil family that turned her from a lovely person that I adored into a shrieking harpy from hell. They did it to try and force her to get my money for them. Divorced and lost so much i couldn't stay in LOS anymore, despite never wanting to leave. Not much laughing going on now.

I have known women that I could have a good laugh with, but they were always married to someone else.

I'm dealing with the some of the second part now we've been married 37 years her family wants money no matter what we do it's not enough lucky having lived in the US most of her adult life my wife don't like it and is quick to tell them to f off so still happy

11 hours ago, ivor bigun said:

I do not believe in God ,it would be lovely to believe that when you die you go to heaven, but i just dont ,would i take on a religion to marry someone ? well i was born Christian ,and as far as i know you only have to become a Muslim if you want to marry one ,no other religion demands it ,well my answer is no ,not for anyone ,if she loved me and was a Muslim why would i have to say i believe in her religion? Also to be honest if she was that dedicated to that religion ,i would never have gone out with or fallen in love with her in the first place .

I think it use to be if you married a Catholic you had to become a member of the Catholic Church

Nope as a agnostic I don't believe in any religion my wife who claims to be Buddhist doesn't bother going to the temple even when asked