Iron Tongue

Have any areas ordered their hotels to close -or are they voluntarily closing from lack of business?

8 hours ago, murraynz said:

I bet they never ever give a thought to helping any body else.

Now now, don't forget how Russia helped Crimea and the Ukraine!  Have compassion for the 25,000 young Russians now trapped there!

11 hours ago, mrwinner said:

Every day 100 - 120 cases. 

No eed to doubt! 

Thailand ministry staticians were all trained in China!

2 hours ago, WhereIsMyRyeBread said:

 

If a buyer in America ordered tobacco he'd have to apply for a permit or be punished under USC Title 18, Section 1716E which means paying amount equal to 10 times the retail value making a 100% tax look cheap.

There is an array of FDA laws in place governing it so it's exceptionally strict as you probably know.

These are ofcourse federal laws. I'm pretty sure if you break it you can be sent to prison and then you got a criminal record and your life goes up in smoke from there.

 

So all in all, comparing to the Evil empire, a 100% levy is a nothing burger. 

 

Hmmm, is that right?  

Over the past ~15 years, I've ordered quite a bit of pipe tobacco from Germany, Ireland, Denmark, UK, Italy and Indonesia IIRC.  Bought plenty from American stockists as well of course.  I've even sent pounds of 'baccy to friends around the globe as pipe smokers tend to be a friendly bunch.

In all, I still have almost 135 pounds of aged and rare tobaccos, in fact my handle here is a reference to my pipe smoking hobby.

link to my pipe tobacco collection if you are curious:

http://tobaccocellar.com/CWL

Nobody from Customs or ATF has kicked-down my doors yet. -Good thing they don't know about my cigar collection!

I don't think this will help.  

Already too many places in England with no taste!

This report was prepared in January, 2020. 

It was only released on April 1, 2020!

11 hours ago, HarrySeaman said:

The US government is staying the same thing.

 

A neighbor who is in a wheelchair tried to fly back to the US last week.  He had a flight, was at Swampy, and they wouldn't let him on the flight because he was over 61 years old.  61???

 

Fat chance for someone like me who is 76, even if I was stupid enough to go back to the US with Homer Simpson in charge of the country and personally missmanaging the virus situation.

I'm curious, who is the "they"?

Thai Immigration, the US airline, some other airline, US representative at airport?

10 hours ago, Jajazazajaja said:

Wearing a face mask whilst outdoors and 2m away from anyone is pointless 

Not at all because likely 90% of those infected with covid-19 are walking around completely oblivious that they have it.

On 3/31/2020 at 7:48 AM, banagan said:

Good to hear. Do you mind me asking, for the China Virus?

 

If things got to Italy levels though...

 

In Italy, they were triaging new patients, deciding whether someone was worth attention or put on a cot in the dying ward.

If it gets that bad, it'll depend wholly on your age and condition.

Don't get sick is still the best plan.

If a lockdown is coming (and it should), you should occupy your time gathering foodstuffs rather than worry about moving.

While I don't have a great amount of sympathy for this family, I do think that they probaby believed in all the lies issued from Thailand that "everything is OK here!", up to just 2 weeks ago. 

I do not understand how they could be "homeless" since there are so many vacant homes, condos, apts. everywhere.

Fortunately, the "Made in China" brand is taking huge hits due to their selling of shoddy protective equipment from n95 masks that don't filter to covid-19 test kits that are only 30% effective.

Whatever they may be bribing other governments to not point fingers, the people in the street have discovered that China, and their products cannot be trusted.

On 3/30/2020 at 6:39 AM, NCC1701A said:

https://qz.com/1820422/coronavirus-why-wont-who-use-the-name-sars-cov-2/

 

why do they call in Covid19 and not its real name SARS-CoV-2?

 

Because SARS-CoV-2 is directly attributed to China from bats and pangolins, while covid-19 is more vague.  It is the WHO afterall.  

And yet we still have people here whining about their gym and pool being closed...

13 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

This virus seems a lot more benevolent to royalty and Hollywood.

I think it is more due to them having an entire medical team at their beck and call 24/7.

47 minutes ago, SinCityGr8One said:

I put in a bunch of banknotes in the washing machine along with detergent, 1 cup of vinegar and 2 tablespoons of baking soda and after washing they went into the air dryer. Then hung them on a line set up directly towards the Sun. When dry, the Wife ironed them nice and wrinkle free. Not sure if it's 100% effective, but they sure look good.

You're probably good to go if you just iron them with steam.  >100°C will kill any virus.

Mask exports have definitely gone up!

20 minutes ago, JimLuce said:

Me too I just washed these notes for a friend ????. 

Didn't your mama teach you to make your bed?

With that much ink on him, I doubt he was holding a flag over his head and leading groups of tourists around.

Wish I could see his tats better, but I can't see any gang related ones, nor military on him.  

As for speaking 5 languages, I speak 4 and spent a lot of time at the Uni learning them.  Somehow I doubt his proficiency goes beyond some street Spanish, Viet, Lao, plus  Thai and English.  This is common in California.

IF he has PTSD and served in the military, he'd qualify for VA benefits.

And I agree that he was probably deported, or self-deported to avoid jail-time.  Just a small time hood who couldn't even pull off a convenience store robbery.

You just got unlucky and got caught up in a worldwide disaster.  Nothing you can do to rush anything right now when even countries don't know what to do.

If it's true love, it can wait 2-3 months.

I suggest FaceTime for now.

Are they sourcing ventilators or will these just be warehouses to store the infected?

12 hours ago, than said:

the tests do not work 100%.
The youngest French victim of covid-19 was 16 years old.
When she was admitted to the hospital for severe respiratory symptoms, she was tested 3 times, the first two tests were negative the last positive

Makes sense.  1:3

Rapid test kits i itially used in EU were purchased from China.

It has since been discovered that only 30% of the kits actually work to detect covid-19.