steevjee

Mitsubishi Triton is by far the best bang for baht but Ranger, Mazda BT50 and Isuzu are also good units, so just chase the best deal coz none of them will let you down

Richard Weaver..... may I call you Dick ?  Just wondering Dick, can you recommend a place to buy a Tin Foil Hat ?

Great start, now just dump the subs and the moon shot and rapidly supply the crop provinces with enough crop clearing machinery, that they can be loaned free to farmers, so that they dont have to burn off.

The big cities like Chiang Mai and Bangkok will boom and the flow through tax profits will pay for this machinery very quickly

HINT TO STAY ALIVE:

Do not ever drive onto a divided road in Thailand without looking both ways, as there could be a motorcycle barrelling down the wrong side in the Bike Lane with the rider half tanked on Thai Whiskey or just simply ignorant

I came within half a second of killing my passenger and the rider in such a situation recently and I've seen few very nasty crash sites where that was obviously the circumstance

5 hours ago, asiasurfer said:

Won't do anything to avoid road accidents. The system is far too lax with almost nothing getting enforced except your occasional roadside bribe. What would really help are proper driving schools like they have in most parts of Europe. A 5000 Baht fine and/or compounding vehicles every time for excessive speeding would also teach them if enforced. 

None of the above will ever happen whilst the current system of Policing exists.

They need an independent body to weed out the rubbish cops (start at the top), upgrade the law book and then increase the pay sufficiently to attract replacement diligent workers who will follow the rules willingly or be sacked.

The taxes they'll earn from the lives saved will more than pay for this

Don't hold your breath but.

16 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Not a typo. What I can gather online is that she is from a Latino family or maybe Filipino as they often have Latin names. The accused male has a common black name. The San Francisco neighborhood was in the Western addition historically a black neighborhood. Both accused are from Daly City a nearby heavily Filipino city.

Just cracking a guess, but if the attacker was Filipino and believed the victim to be Chinese, that would be his twisted motivation, as The Philippines are in hate mode on the Chinese re them stealing their islands in the South China Sea 

5 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

A study in Israel has shown that out of 1280,000 people with a dual Pfizer vaccine dose 20 were infected after 2 weeks.

And that would be a FaceBook report I bet.

If it was for real it would be all over mainstream news media, so your source please

4 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

Don't post misinformation.  They are actively looking for cases, just not doing mass testing.

 

One thing they are doing is testing sewage water, just like many other countries.  If the virus is discovered, they go into that area and test.

 

Sadly, they aren't doing mass testing.  But so far, have done a great job with regards to the virus.  Especially considering how the virus is out of control in many other countries.  Especially in the West.

 

Hopefully, Chonburi will be moved to yellow this weekend.

Australia and NZ are part of the West, so dont post your own misinformation.

No test no numbers, it's a simple methodology and very common in all S E Asian countries

21 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

You make a good point. Lockdowns do not work!!

Then clearly you dont follow the news out of Australia and New Zealand...or are you another Proud Boy?

22 hours ago, Rockhound said:

Don't people get it?  The rise in cases is solely due to the rise in testing.  Most if not all of these people are not ill - in any sense of the word prior to about March last year.   Covid isn't going away.  it's just a question of how long it takes people to realise that it is just one of thousands of viruses we learn to live with.    Or would you all rather live like prisoners for the rest of your life while the global economy crashes deeper and deeper until it affects you and then you finally realise that the global lockdown policy was all a huge error?

Spoken like a true Proud Boy ...Wealth before Health...Donald's man

Is there any TVF members who are (or were) properly qualified in Economics to explain why the Thai Baht remains so high against most of the Worlds currencies?

Please no conspiracy theorists, I would really honestly like to know why it is so?

On 1/26/2021 at 10:52 AM, Rockhound said:

How many of us know anyone who is ill with Covid now?  I don't know anyone.

I dont know anyone who's died on the roads either, or anyone with the Flu, or anyone who's had a heart attack or anyone who's had a stroke.....your point is ???

On 1/20/2021 at 4:50 PM, Jeffr2 said:

Yeah, they're not actively looking for cases unless there's a report from a hospital.  Then they do a pretty good job of contact tracing, testing these people, and trying to stop the spread.

 

If no new cases at the hospital, then things are looking good.  Perhaps not the best way to do things, but so far, they've done a great job with the virus.  Sure would hate to be in the West right now.

Not all of The West 

Looking good here in Australia now, strict lock downs and MEGA testing did the job.

WHY??? .... a Government that cares and a mostly compliant population, unlike UK and USA and most of Europe 

Clearly they are now testing in BKK.

Now get out into the country side and test test test..... then you will have the best chance to slay this dragon, just as Australia and NZ have done

1 hour ago, Magenta408 said:

So, to what do we attribute these welcome results to? Have they stopped doing surveys and couch counting? A magic wand swept over the Kingdom and Coroni went away? Will we ever know? Will we ever care?

The magic wand you speak of is called NO TESTING, thus it did not go away so maybe we will never know, not even the families and friends of the dead casualties.

Those of us possessed with empathy and intelligence will definitely care

On 1/20/2021 at 4:34 PM, Mr Meeseeks said:

How many tests were conducted though? 

59

55 minutes ago, oslooskar said:

Yes, but it should also be noted that Australia and New Zealand have a great advantage over the Thais due to their geographical locations. Hence, both are surrounded by water and thus neither had to deal with infected Burmese sneaking across their borders.

Slightly correct but the really important bit you missed.

Australia and NZ did huge amounts of testing and still do.

Thailand does little to no testing except when there's a huge flare up like in Samut Sakkon and then only in that area, so who knows how much is really out there?

Is anyone selling a used Honda Scoopy or Click in or around Phetchabun, must have the Green Book and be in good running order

Please PM me if you or someone you know has same or even if you can recommend a dealer that's fair with pricing

5 hours ago, Natai Beach said:

Exactly. I think this thread is just stirring up worry for no reason. 
 

If an expat can’t afford a covid shot, they shouldn’t be in Thailand. I am sure the 800,000 for retirement visa or 400,000 for marriage visa money will more than cover it. 
if they are on a working visa that will also cover it. 
Some will expect it for free I am sure.
 

I am happy to wait my turn and do whatever the thai authorities ask us to do. Give it to the frontline health workers first, then all the oldies and fat people.

 

If they require us all to eventually vaccinated then we will, it is their country, their rules. 
 

And they have been very successful handling it, much better than western countries, so we are not really in the position to start complaining and telling them how to handle it. 
 

I am sure some will. They then have to make a choice. Do what Anutin tells us to do or find some other country to live in.

When you say " they have been very successful handling it"  I presume you mean their ability to hide the real figures, due to almost no testing and a vast increase in deaths caused by Influenza ;)

Are you just having a tickle to see how many here react? I mean "Do what Anutin tells us to do" that's seriously funny  555

16 hours ago, quake said:

The true face of Thailand shinning so bright. 

 

shinning......yes that's exactly what they need, ideally with a sharp axe

They are probably hopeful of applying a simple Thai business philosophy.

Less people, more money.

Because of this it's doomed to failure, unless some smarts are applied and the Golf courses offer super cheap or even free golf, given that they are already in front by having many more guests staying in their rooms

I think it's reasonable to ask maybe double what a Thai would pay, but 5 to 10 times more is downright rude

1 minute ago, stevenl said:

70+ million voted for him.

I'll take that as a "yes I love Donald"

1 minute ago, Natai Beach said:

I am not American, I believe in democracy, so if they want to vote for the bloke, that is up to the American people to decide. 
 

I was asking about why he is so popular, obviously you are not a fan, but 70 million are, many quite fanatically. 
 

Why do you believe that to be the case sir? Why is Trump so loved by so many Americans?

Sadly it has lowered my opinion of Americans.

My guess is that

A. they are utterly bombastic about their freedoms

B. as with most Right Wing voters they consider that Wealth is far more important than Health. This also explains why Covid has ravaged the US