Bob A Kneale

On 7/21/2020 at 12:51 PM, Patanawet said:

An earlier report said that Elite Card Holder WORKERS would be allowed back. Did that mean only card holders with work permits?

No, it was a badly interpreted translation.

On 7/21/2020 at 10:51 AM, Mr Meeseeks said:

Hong Kong Chinese are looking for a permanent relocation to avoid prosecution by the CCP. They are looking to become citizens of a nation state that will not extradite them back without question to the motherland.

"Hong Kong Chinese are looking for a permanent relocation to avoid prosecution by the CCP."

Where did it say that?

"They are looking to become citizens of a nation state that will not extradite them back without question to the motherland".

Who has Thailand extradited to China without question?

On 7/21/2020 at 9:04 AM, Mr Meeseeks said:

If China wants them extradited they will be extradited. This government has a history of extraditions to China upon request.

Really?  Presumably you're referring to politically motivated extraditions, not those justified as a result of criminal activities, any examples of that "history"?

On 7/21/2020 at 9:04 AM, Mr Meeseeks said:

The Elite card offers no residency rights nor any citizenship pathway and thus no protection or viable solution whatsoever.

It has never claimed to offer that.

3 hours ago, bodga said:

am always wary of those  guys cutting the grass in the central part of dual carriageways as they dont care if stuff  flys onto your  car smashing the glass etc

You had your car's "glass, etc." shattered as a result of mowing?

3 hours ago, Humpy said:

What type of mower was it ? Brush cutter, rotary or hover ?

Yes, that's so important to know.

16 hours ago, Susco said:

I see many FB posts about Pattaya bars showing all the ladies, but no customers.

 

In one such posts a customer asked, but what about the customers?

 

Bar owner replied, we are not allowed to post pictures from customers.  55555555555555555555555555555555555555

What's so funny, how many men want their pictures all over Facebook showing them in girly bars?

18 hours ago, Pottinger said:

Face shields, masks, distancing? Who would even bother?

Customers don't have to wear shields but I suppose whether you'd bother or not depends on the type of customer you are and the type of bar that you're patronising.  Not everyone is looking for a tart for the night, having a few drinks, eating, chatting, playing pool, whatever isn't affected in normal bars.

15 minutes ago, jonwilly said:

"I haven't to my knowledge had it and nobody I know has had it.  Among all my friends and family. nobody knows of anyone who has tested positive for Covid 19, or anyone who has been hospitalised with the virus.  Any TVF Members can share info on their circle of friends and family? "

 

Up to last week I also used to say that I knew nobody and neither did anyone I know, know anyone who had C19 here in CM or Thailand.

However last week i was informed by a reliable source that a frang customer at his restaurant had caught the infection.

So your answer is, "no, I don't know anyone who contracted it, either."

19 minutes ago, Inepto Cracy said:

I have had it on two confirmed occasions. The worst part for me is the testing with that stick up your nose. I am fully recovered now, but my body produced no anti bodies at all. So would a vaccine help, my answer would be a resounding no.

In Thailand?  When, and where were you treated?

24 minutes ago, 2long said:

29 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

is there anywhere in Pattaya where you can check if you have had it,i dont know anyone who has had it ,but begining of Jan i was very sick and a bit delirious ,but had not heard of covid then, just dont know what was wrong , 

I thought that being sick and delirious was a condition of being able/allowed to live in Pattaya? ????

...or a symptom of being drunk!

18 hours ago, digger70 said:

23 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

"That wasn't happening till After the Egyptian Affair".

Yes, it has been happening for Thai returnees since the start, they all have to go into quarantine.

 

"I am sure that there are still Some High placed and Vips Sneaking In/Out".

You base that personal speculation on what?  You obviously have no evidence of that happening, at all.

Can you prove  otherwise? 

I don't have to prove anything, you're the one who made the claim, with no evidence.

2 hours ago, ravip said:

Normally I change it before the 100,000KM. Some vehicles (like the Prado has a warning light). The point is, if it breaks, some engines will almost be destroyed.

(apparently, there are two types of engines. The first type will definitely be destroyed by the TB failure, while on the 2nd type the engine will merely stall on the TB failure. Someone explained this to me a long time ago, unfortunately I cannot remember the details now)

Here you will find some tips and I hope will answer your question >>> https://www.fixter.co.uk/blog/when-do-i-need-to-change-my-timing-belt/

 

More >>> https://driving.ca/column/troubleshooter/troubleshooter-when-should-you-replace-your-timing-belt

 

https://www.yourmechanic.com/estimates/ford/ranger/timing-belt-replacement

 

https://www.yourmechanic.com/estimates/ford/ranger/timing-belt-replacement

His Ranger has a timing chain, not a belt.

18 hours ago, Tarteso said:

19 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

You misunderstand, I wasn't saying that the partial equation that you so carefully copied and pasted was "nonsenses" [sic]! 

 

It seems that you don't know that there has to be two sides to an equation, for example, a = x/y.   "x/y" on it's own (just like the "equation" you copied, pasted and posted) means nothing.

???? Well; I obviously the “copy and paste” which I made , is wroten for someone who knows better than you the equation, and something that you didn’t understood yet is my criticism of OP's wrong and manipulated expression;  "More than 90% of Thais want a total ban on foreign arrivals."

You didn't copy and paste an equation, you copied and pasted one side of an equation (there are always two sides to any equation).    What you posted was not only something that you clearly didn't understand, it was also meaningless without the other half and certainly could never be applied to a Thaivisa headline!

16 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

ok obviously you are on your idea

 

i have really to explain to you the difference between a quarantine facility building

where ALL the people inside are quarantined and a classic condo where nobody is

quarantined except the diplomat?

You still don't see the problem with the use of the commune areas?

As you said, Jesus....

''Presumely by using the lift'' mmm ok what could go wrong?

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/woman-china-infects-71-lift-elevator-coronavirus-a4496996.html

 

And yes in other quarantine facility the meals are let on a chair in the corridor

in front of each room, and all the rooms are occuped by people in quarantine

how does this work in a classic building?

 

A diplomatic vehicle? Not so sure one is used for a random member

the european union isn't a country, the delegation here has a small budget

and unfortunately they sold the Delegation's Volvo for 300 000  bahts

they have few used glasses still for sale also....

https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/thailand/area/jobs-funds_en

Someone needs to make you understand that not all quarantine facilities are mass facilities!  Incoming diplomats have specific, authorised arrangements such as this one was supposed to be, until the management refused him entry, whether you are aware, or approve, of them or not. 

You don't think that the diplomat in this case would be able to have meals prepared in his condo?  Perhaps the arrangement was for meals to be delivered and/or left outside his door.

He would have been confined to the condo during the quarantine period, he would not have been using the communal areas!

There is zero chance that a diplomat arriving here to be taken to quarantine would be allowed to do that unaccompanied by taxi, bus or by MRT.  He would have been collected at the airport, in an official vehicle, that's just how it works for diplomats, whether you understand that or not.

6 hours ago, digger70 said:

21 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

That's what is happening!

That wasn't happening till After the Egyptian Affair . I am sure that there are still Some High placed and Vips Sneaking In/Out.

"That wasn't happening till After the Egyptian Affair".

Yes, it has been happening for Thai returnees since the start, they all have to go into quarantine.

"I am sure that there are still Some High placed and Vips Sneaking In/Out".

You base that personal speculation on what?  You obviously have no evidence of that happening, at all.

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

21 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

Where did you get that figure from?  It sure wasn't part of the poll.

100% less 90% equals 10%. 

I'm aware of how maths works but what I asked you was where the 10% was quoted in the poll results, (not Thaivisa's headline).  It wasn't.

15 minutes ago, Older and Wiser said:

21 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

Funny how so many people don't understand the concept of polls.

Some people don't understand rational thought. I know what polls are, but such a small number and using what demographic? it's not representative for the reasons I stated. Sorry if I used words that are too big for you. 

You're so right when you say, so unintentionally ironically, that some people don't understand rational thought!

You say that the poll is not representative at the same time that you admit you don't know what the demographic was!  You can't have it both ways, if the demographic is not known to you then you cannot claim, rationally, that the poll was not representative.

You word sizes were no problem for me.

1 hour ago, Tarteso said:

2 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

I agree, nonsenses [sic].

Wrong again... Ignorance 

You misunderstand, I wasn't saying that the partial equation that you so carefully copied and pasted was "nonsenses" [sic]! 

It seems that you don't know that there has to be two sides to an equation, for example, a = x/y.   "x/y" on it's own (just like the "equation" you copied, pasted and posted) means nothing.

1 hour ago, kingofthemountain said:

1 hour ago, Bob A Kneale said:

"If it was a  quarantine location the other residents would be there subjected to  same conditions and have no grounds  for objection, or not?"

No, the other residents were not being quarantined!   It's a condo building, not a commune, the envoy would have been confined to his own condo which, according to the prevailing regulations, was approved for diplomatic use.   The condo management's capitulation to the demands of every other occupier in the building just made sense.

 

"Is it for an Embassy to over rule the specified regulatory requirements of a host Nation by assumed  virtue of Diplomatic Immunity?"

No, it's not but the Embassy was not over-ruling anything, neither was it asserting diplomatic immunity.  There were/are special arrangements for quarantine locations for returning diplomats agreed to by the government.

So how he can go in his condo without using the commune parts of the building?

(The lift or stairs) 

And how were organised the meals? The food let on a chair in the corridor?

i don't even think how he was coming from the airport to the condo

taxi? bus? mrt? 

"So how he can go in his condo without using the commune parts of the building?"

The same way that anyone entering any quarantine facility does initially, in this case, presumably, by using the lift.

"And how were organised the meals? The food let on a chair in the corridor?"

Maybe, but I'd guess that either they were prepared in the condo or that they were delivered.  How do you think meals in any other quarantine facility are accessed?  Maybe you think that those in quarantine don't eat for 14 days?

"i don't even think how he was coming from the airport to the condo taxi? bus? mrt?"

How do you think?  How about in a Diplomatic vehicle?  He's a Diplomat going to compulsory quarantine accommodation, arranged by his Embassy, do you really think that Diplomat's are likely to have to use taxis, buses or the MRT?  Jesus...

43 minutes ago, Greenhill said:

But he's apologised!  Case closed!!

No, that's nothing like what is happening.  The case is very much open and he's been charged with four offences including causing her death.

1 hour ago, JusticeGB said:

An apology doesn't help her family for their loss or funeral expenses. Hope he gets a long prison sentence

"An apology doesn't help her family for their loss or funeral expenses".

Neither would a long jail sentence.

4 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

And what about the other motorbike just ahead of win, why weren't they questioned.

"The female rider on a Honda Wave is being sought". 

3 hours ago, Dumbastheycome said:

4 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

What makes you say that the Embassy-organised condo was not an approved quarantine location for a Diplomat?  He was refused entry by the condo management based on other residents' subjective Covid fears, not by Thai authorities.

If it was a  quarantine location the other residents would be there subjected to  same conditions and have no grounds  for objection, or not? Is it for an Embassy to over rule the specified regulatory requirements of a host Nation by assumed  virtue of Diplomatic Immunity?

 

"If it was a  quarantine location the other residents would be there subjected to  same conditions and have no grounds  for objection, or not?"

No, the other residents were not being quarantined!   It's a condo building, not a commune, the envoy would have been confined to his own condo which, according to the prevailing regulations, was approved for diplomatic use.   The condo management's capitulation to the demands of every other occupier in the building just made sense.

"Is it for an Embassy to over rule the specified regulatory requirements of a host Nation by assumed  virtue of Diplomatic Immunity?"

No, it's not but the Embassy was not over-ruling anything, neither was it asserting diplomatic immunity.  There were/are special arrangements for quarantine locations for returning diplomats agreed to by the government.