steevjee

10 minutes ago, sydneyjed said:

Gradually opening its borders to 'low risk countries' such as Australia and New Zealand?The countries that Australia have mentioned as low risk travel bubbles so far are NZ,Taiwan,Japan and South Korea.Not one mention of Thailand and the other party central Bali as since early March there has been NO International scheduled flights out of Oz for Australians to anywhere.Only Emirates,Qatar and certain special chartered planes flying ex-pats in and out with Qantas stating July next year before they fly again regular International.In short we will only be visiting Thailand if we can row there ourselves I'm afraid!

Not entirely correct. Thailand is not currently considered safe to travel to by the Australian Govt.

But If you have an OA visa you can return to Thailand providing you have a valid reason to leave Aust'. and you must be away for at least 3 months

16 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

What kind if BS are they trying to spew here. He has been in the country since February. What a 3 ring curcys we have going on.

Circus, definition:  a group of Thai Health Authorities

3 hours ago, Kiwiken said:

You do realise The very young die as well as the Older and infirm. I hope with your attitude to older People you get karma. You are ill informed about this virus. sorry to disappoint you but Fox News is the Fake news. Stop Listening to trump "He is Insane"

Insane and history now ????

21 hours ago, retiree said:

Sorry; I should have said "<4,500 baht". 

Want phone rather than notepad 'cause phone fits in my shirt pocket.

And yes, I know there are plenty available; lol there are a half-dozen 7/11's on my block!  I just have no clue if one of the low-cost brands is appreciably better than the others in terms of how fast the browser (and I guess the Android implementation) runs.  Does that Huawei model zip along?

Thanks,

-- Retire

 

The better known Chinese units are generally best bang for buck nowadays.

Xiaomi and Oppo are both very good, I have the Xiaomi Mi9 Lite and it's brilliant. YouTube has lots of good reviews for budget phones.

6 hours ago, Xonax said:

Right now Europe is struggeling with a second wave of Covid 19 and USA are registring record high numbers of infection. Only China and North Korea seems to be relatively Covid 19 free, but can we trust these numbers published by the Chinese and North Korean governments?

So you only read the Asian news? Australia and NZ are the world leaders in low Covid infection numbers and that is honest and reliable info. Believing that China or N. Korea are low is extremely naive 

The Republican recruiters are already in serious talks with the highly favoured candidate for their new leader after Trump gets the flick.

Yes they all agree that Ronald McDonald has more flair and superior political skills .

My guess is that there are many asymptomatic carriers within the Thai community and the authorities would probably have that awareness, that's fine if the carriers are being told (quietly) to quarantine, but ultimately very dangerous if they dont. It bugs me big time that these media outlets only report farang that have Covid, it's extreme Xenophobia and just makes the Thai population think poorly of farang and be suspicious that they are all Covid carriers. The Government and their media cronies should get smart and be aware that without farang money Thailand will suffer economic gloom for many many years to come. Unless of course this Government has already sold it's soul to the Chinese and believes they no longer need Western retirees and tourists, only time and actions will tell.

10 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

This article is nonsense, show me where Australia add hundreds new cases per day.

Only in Victoria the have a few dozens per day in Western Australia we had not a 

local transmission for months Norther Territory had none for months only a few 

in NSW nothing in SA or Tassie who writes this nonsense?

Look again mate, Melbourne had only 5 new cases today and 0 in regional Victoria.

You are right however, this bloke is meant to be a leading Medical expert and he should know better what the true numbers are rather than trying to make Australians look unsafe. Just more Xenophobia sadly

Wild fires?  more like wild crop farmers constantly breaking the law and nothing being done to stop it.

Genuine leadership and governance is required URGENTLY

23 hours ago, ezzra said:

Alcohol, drugs, fatigue, vanity, diverted attention and good ol' stupidity are the main culprits of such occurrences... 

You left out the main 2 culprits, lack of driver education, lack of care by government

1 hour ago, UnkleMoooose said:

I think the Chinese would like an American military base on their doorstep. A lot. I'm guessing this is all connected to the events ramping up around Taiwan, the South China Sea and the Indian/Chinese border. It looks increasingly like China is going to get a kicking either later this year or early next. Nothing brings in the votes or turns around a recession like a nice bit of war.

Say what??? You would HAVE to be a Trump supporter making a stupid statement like that. Those of us that are even semi intelligent realise that a war between the US and China would ultimately lead to "lights out Earth"

The logical answer is that they got in too late, far better to jump off now and save funds as others are on the brink of production after serious and positive testing results.

Enough of all this negative crud people, this bug is soon to be gone from our lives, but I pity those who wont get vaccinated, no travel for a while for them 

Is it just me or does the Police Chief look more like a heartless, cold blooded crim'

Just sayin'

1 hour ago, Crusader said:

Sorry for the deleted word - did not think it was that bad.  As a car driver here...in the Sukhumvit area, I witness, almost daily, drivers of certain cars getting away with a myriad of offences - often in plain view of the boys in brown.  

I think it's called Envelope Brown 

Is there no charge in Thailand for Culpable Driving? they recommend he be charged for drugs and speeding what about recklessly causing death?

Negative test Thai style.....

cheap Chinese digital thermometer held close to forehead shows temp under 37, .... next!!

Bet London to a brick they're Chinese made

Hmmmm!!!  I love the smell of Yuan in the morning

It totally amazes me that for all the usual cynicism many of you TVF mob put out on a daily basis, some of you are actually believing that Thailand has no Covid?

No tests, no Covid. But strangely record amounts of death from Influenza, Stroke, Pneumonia 

Talk about the Ostrich burying it's head in the sand.

Stay safe, stay home