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25 minutes ago, soisanuk said:

obtained a Non-O in neighboring country based on married to a Thai. When he went to Jomtien to apply for one year extension, he did so for "retirement"

Wasn't that just looking for trouble. My guess is that somewhere there is a reason to the drought of Non-O visas for retirement. Could it be that IB wants to push retirees to use Non OA or Non OX? 

I am certainly not going to pay 6500 Bahts for a test which will be of no benefit to me. What happens if I am tested positive? I'll be sent to one of these prison camps, where I could well die from deprivation from the normal comforts of life. And if I develop the dreaded pneumonia no hospital in Thailand will be able to help me anyway. So follow the social distancing recommendations and hope for the best is the only choice we have.

1 hour ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

epicenter of the pundemic

Hope you didn't mean puntemic. No pun intended.

I have 90k worth of non refundable hotel bookings 2 weeks in Koh Chang, next week and 1 week in Krung Thep and of April. Looks more and more likely that I will write off the 90 Grands, chill out at home, in Issan, and entertain the kids the best I can.

22 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

Actually they would have fuse wire inside that you replaced when blown.  And they do still have main round fuse in many homes here.

Wonder how many airconditionners are running in this home?

25 minutes ago, Yinn said:

He care about thai people get it from foreigner. Is true thailand have corona BECAUSE foreigner. 

Is not thai virus. Is foreign.

So, when you say the virus isn't Thai don't you infer that the said virus has a nationality? Which is it?

Just hope that the coming generation will see "Nationality", just like Religion as BS that slows progress and threatens the preservation of our species and its environment.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

It appears that the officer concerned became infected after wiping his face with an infected plastic glove after handling passports of incoming tourists.

I have to admire the depth of their investigation. But they deliberately omit the fact that he used his middle finger.

4 hours ago, JimmyTheMook said:

Thai Airways needs to save them and Thailand needs to help their citizens in this time of need.

Yeah, there is that guy who paid a fortune to relinquishes US citizenship. The is nothing better in the world than being Thai.

8 hours ago, DavisH said:

This is how they caught most of those worked from South Korea who absconded from quarantine. They were reported by members of their own villages. Bad news spreads quickly these days. 

LOS (Land Of Snitches).

We have to keep them coming... And students should take the streets more.

5 hours ago, ukrules said:

It's amazing that you didn't detect a hint of sarcasm in my post, especially as I mentioned that I suspect the official numbers are pure lies.

Maybe I shouldn't post at 3am..

8 hours ago, ukrules said:

Having incredibly low numbers will be a magnet for anyone looking to escape the plague, it won't matter if the numbers are pure lies (as I suspect).

If you weren't already in Thailand you'd be the only one coming, as no one believes the "incredible" BS figures provided by the Thai authorities. The only reason for people coming for holidays now is that they made non refundable bookings before the outbreak started.

Stopped buying paper books years ago. Have thousands of ebooks somewhere on my hard disks waiting to be read. Got them free of charge, most of them. Nothing is easier to find than the full set of the other of your choices. Is this bad, not sure, we used to borrow books from each others, didn't we. And how about those who sell second hand books, is it legal? 

BTW PDF isn't the best format for ebooks, and "Calibre" is a beautiful piece of free software that can handle/convert all formats available. Comics may need some special attention though.

I'm only a "Newbie", but frankly this thread should get pinned, just to remind us that nothing has changed since the middle ages, when they were burning witches and unbelievers to stop the plague. Maybe I should join the younger crowds on "R@**it".

Something I don't get here !? Why would one masturbate in LOS with so much cheap and willing pu**y around. Would be the epitome of perversion.

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

On Friday (March 6), The Mall Bangkae department store in Bangkok closed shops at risk of Covid-19 from March 6 to 8, for cleaning and sterilising, after being visited by a labourer who had just returned from South Korea.

The mind boggles. In the meantime they happily keep killing each other on the road, or even by firearm, because that looks so much cooler.

Guess they're gonna reopen in December with rates raised 50% and 100% Burmese staff.

I have modelled the number of victims depending on the global infection rate (current estimates 40% to 70% of world population) and the mortality rate (current WHO estimate is 3.4). Interesting isn't?

1 hour ago, johnhw said:

Corruption everywhere, see many here. Simply beats me how Falangs, from a Western culture that just 12 years ago damned near put the entire world into financial failure, can complain about a cop with his hand out.

Face it, when it comes to major greed, Thais are amateurs.

You got it all wrong. Prosperity stems from free enterprise under the rule of law. With a totally corrupt law enforcement gone is the rule of law. Hence the sorry condition of Thai masses. The 20000 THB fine will have no other effect than having more money flowing up the RTP pyramid.