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15 hours ago, Tidybeard said:

Very confusing .. if she has just tested negative and is safe to go home ... then why is everyone wearing a mask, and why does she have to self quarantine for another 30 days .... the World is going mad !!!

Why is everyone so scared of CV19 ????? .... it is no worse than many other diseases that we have lived with for decades or even centuries ...

Take the UK - pretty badly hit. Deaths approaching 50,000 so that is ( 50,000 / 66,000,000 ) x 100 = 0.07% of the population. Like I said madness.

well said

its because there isn't a million  plastic bags floating in the water and on the beaches and no speed boats water sports happening, Thais and falangs should learn from this.

Don't do it its technically illegal but tolerated, one day they might just say hey thats not yours as you dont own it be left with nothing.

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On 10/31/2020 at 12:24 PM, phantomfiddler said:

A truly great bar, along with The Kangaroo nearby !  If one could make it from the entrance door to the bar with one's pants still around one's trousers, that was a true test of determination ????

yes

On 10/31/2020 at 6:35 AM, worgeordie said:

Next headline.. 100 Farangs arrested for overstaying their Visas

 on Koh Phangan .

regards Worgeordie

 

ha ha for sure

On 10/31/2020 at 7:50 AM, khunPer said:

Interesting article with the history of a – for some – well know street(s) in Bangkok, with a almost family oriented night market in the middle, at least full of families when I was there; don't know if dads had to check "the shops" behind the night market stalls...????

 

By the way the door "Rose" on the photo in the article, might also be a well known entrance to a second floor bar for some...

 

ventured up there many times patpong was great in the 90"s, never seen the place before the markets arrived i think 1990 must have been the first year as i had mates that were there 1988 and no markets were there then

whatever it is its not worth it, if you want your kid to learn english its a must that you go to a English curriculum school

Cruiseship holiday tourists would be the worst people to be disembarking into any country, thats if there are any cruiseships h aha

CCSA is the most incompetent unrealistic board around. 

4 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

Why not ask returning expats who have been through ASQ for their opinion of their quarantine experience, as the ASQ experience does vary a bit from hotel chain to hotel chain, depending on their normal quality standards and their interpretarion of the Thai government requirements.

 

My experience

 

1. ASQ room was 65 000 baht for 15 nights and that was a mid priced ASQ. It wasn't a total ropoff as it includes food and 33% of the price was for hospital services, including the covid tests.

2. Room was 54sq meter with washing machine, coffee maker, microwave etc. Room was very adequate for quarantine and comfort.

3. Food choices were Thai or Western and vegetarian option. The food quality was quite poor jn my opinikn, though some other ASQ people liked it.

4. Gym was off limits regardless of testing negative twice, as was the swimming pool.

5. Room housekeeping was very good after test 1, though it was limited to the number of times they would clean per ASQ stay. Consumable housekeeping items were readily available on request.

6. Additional food items were delivered via my wife ordering 7/11 deliveries.

7, No alcohol allowed.

8. Some ASQ don't allow access to balconies. My ASQ said cannot open window. My balcony had a sliding door, so I used that as it wasn't listed as an item not to open, 

 

 

All in all the ASQ was ok, but you definitely feel more like a detainee than a regular hotel guest.

 

I would have rather quarantined in my condo but I appreciate that self isolation has been proven to have people who breach the quarantine.

 

I do appreciate being home with my wife after an 8 month unfortunate separation period.

 

Cheers

 

no alcohol thats a bummer

Why do muslims get so upset over this well upset so they kill people isn't that against any religion to kill someone, people have the right to express how they feel about anything you see all types of religions get mocked what's so different about the Prophet Mohammed

14 hours ago, 19DL86 said:

It's not only Thailand whom have closed their borders to non citizens, many nations have imposed such restrictions.  Some of those are the very same countries as those who are complaining right here of bring "stranded" ie Australia, New Zealand.

 

A fairly reasonable precaution one might add, given the total mess the UK and most of Europe has made of controlling Covid19.

 

What part of "Extension to stay" (as is granted each year to many in Non O) do people not understand?  There's no permenant right to reside on these visas. Anyone who intends or plans to settle here must surely do their research in advance, no?

 

To me living here 14 years, there are many "flags" to warn or illustrate the lack of permanency i.e. restrictions of ownership, dual/triple pricing, vocational restrictions. 

 

Anyone who has sold up "lock stock" in their home country, thus leaving them with no Exit Plan, nor have sufficient funds to sustain themselves, have not thought this through.

 

Setting up families at 65 years old or more, relying on a State pension and superficially high exchange rates 10-15 years ago, to be now living "day to day" in al out permenant denial of such essentials.

 

Many, many come here on a whimsical fantasy, a dream which all too often turns to a nightmare.  No planning, no for thought, no finances. Sad, but all too often the case.
 

Hey nobody would really be prepared for a pandemic to flood the world, you just would not consider something of this Covid magnitude to come along 

complete idiot throw the book at her

If you dont have cash to purchase a place forget about it, no bank will loan you the money.

Personally i would not buy anything new or newish the materials that are being used is the cheapest stuff going and ceiling heights are low just dont like them, my condo in patts was built in 1992 and is a really good build time will tell with these newer places

I mean really who cares 

On 10/6/2020 at 5:21 PM, lopburi3 said:

You are aware the average life is 14 to 17 years?  So 5 years old is almost new.  Have no idea if your usage had anything to do with failure however.

 

doesn't matter its a rental which the landlord pays for any of this stuff unless otherwise stated in the contract, if it was mentioned in the contract the tenant has to pay i wouldn't go any where near that contract

Chinese do nothing at all for the economy, only lines the pockets of certain tour groups

5 hours ago, madmen said:

Where is the logic 

no logic no sense 

Should be able to say what you want, customer is always right but thais dont get that, 

if i stayed somewhere i wasn't happy with for whatever reason i just would not go back, i couldn't be bothered writing to tell the world about it

3 hours ago, scammed said:

yeah, its shocking.

on another note, allowing cars on WS is the dumbest thing this city could have ever come up with,

i truly hope the guilty will burn in hell.

why not rename it driving street while you are at it destroying this iconic street

This was a normal street back in the early 90's driving anytime day or night

3 hours ago, bluesofa said:

I'm not phased by it at all. Just trying to keep my feet on the ground.

Must be some bad contacts

This is the most ridiculous thing i have ever heard