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4 hours ago, webfact said:

Vaccines will be distributed through the three channels in a ratio of 30:50:20 respectively. This can, however, be adjusted by provincial disease control committees.Walk-in services for vaccination will be opened for people who could not register online or did not make an appointment. Preparations were now being made to put this plan into action.

That paragraph can be summed up in two words:

" Cannot today"!

Blanket three channel innovation campaign monitored by a committee my fundamental orifice! 

Give the medical professionals what they need and just let them get on with what they do best, backed up by the very effective community healthcare volunteers.

I trust them, not some committee of uniformed buffoons....

1 hour ago, realfunster said:

Gentlemen, you shouldn’t make light of this serious matter.

 

The TAT are the salt of the earth, the unsung heroes behind the scenes making sure that all the things we take for granted on a daily basis are working properly.

 

In fact, I am going to launch a ‘clap for TAT heroes’ campaign this week, so we can all show our heartfelt appreciation for their selfless sacrifices and to let them know we are thinking about them. 

 

Brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it. 

 

Until they return, “Herbert” (see below) is on statistical generation duties.

 

Of course, we must be brave and accept he is a poor substitute for the TAT brainiacs and will not be up to usual TAT standards, but these are unprecedented times.

 

 

Whilst I appreciate your intense admiration for TAT and all things TATtery, I don't understand why you wish to give them the clap?

Anyway it is my impression that there has been far less TATtery since they started working from home!

1 hour ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

More bad news for the "Thailand hates foreigners" crowd...free vaccines and an app in English. 

Forgive me being sceptical, but you are right if, and it is quite a big if, it ever happens...

6 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

Winnie had so many words of wisdom, that many are used today.

Prayut has ................ well " what will happen will happen "

I thought that was Doris Day, who admittedly would probably be a more competent national leader...

On 5/15/2021 at 2:55 PM, PGSan said:

What were they doing there at all?  Shame on them! 

They sent an understrength Engineer Battalion for a year, in 2003/2004 under considerable political pressure from the United States.

They were inadequately equipped and not effective, the force protection (troops to guard them) whilst carrying out any engineering tasks was greater than any benefits which they may have brought. There were also severe problems with communications (language).

They basically kicked their heels for a year before being withdrawn, they were not happy chaps, apart from the command element - who basically didn't have a clue what they were doing but were there for career enhancing reasons.

They were known as "The Olympic Flames" because they never went out!

On 5/15/2021 at 3:50 PM, clivebaxter said:

Yeah face book knows best, my Mrs told me what nonsense they believe off there!

That is the inevitable result of the Thai conventional media, entirely controlled by the establishment, confining it's reporting of just about everything to coverage of assorted Hi-Sos mincing and gurning around the capital.

I wonder if anyone under 30 watches the TV news anymore?

On 5/15/2021 at 8:53 AM, ezzra said:

All that it can be said is that A lot of water will flow in the Mekong river between now and the first of October...

If the Chinese open the dams...

8 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

 

Although from Devon (1967) I never heard the term "Janners". On research it seems to be reference to Devonians from Plymouth. There always was a rivalry between the Cornish and Devonians that I remember from my childhood. FWIW: When things reopen and you're in need of a decent pint and food in the Soi Nana area then pay a visit to Chequers Bar on Soi 4 which is owned by a thoroughly decent and affable Cornish landlord named Nick.

 

Janners is the Army nickname for members of the former Devon and Dorset Regiment.

Now amalgamated into "The Rifles", ironically along with "The Light Infantry", amongst whose predecessors were"The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry".

Old prejudices die hard!

Next time I am in Bangkok I will try "Chequers Bar", although as a Somerset man of course my tastes are both sophisticated and metropolitan!

If you got just a little bit closer together boys, just one short burst should get all of you...

6 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I took it to mean ALL international flights, not just Thai Aiways.

Yes, you are probably right.

31 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

As fast as the Grab driver or Moto Taxi needs to go regardless of pedestrians.  Does that answer you question.  I watch as they drive wrong way past the police box at Rama 4/Sathon Thai road, and no action is ever taken.

1) The police box is air conditioned, the outside is not.

2) How much cash do these chaps on motorcycles carry?

3) To what extent do they, collectively, contribute already to informal police funding (especially the Moto Taxi groups)!

Don't ask don't tell seems to be the best bet!

As far as Cornwall is concerned, I thought that was down to the "Janners" (people from Devon) having better tractors, and the rest of the English using long words like wheelbarrow and marmalade!

Given that they have few vaccines, and no coherent idea when they will have a proper supply, then there is no particular hurry is there?

I rarely use my UK debit card to withdraw cash, but I recently noticed that you are given the option of choosing between link ATM or Visa Debit - what is the difference?

On 7/24/2020 at 1:14 PM, moe666 said:

Honey was used as a anti-bacteria defense in roman days as well as vinager.

And look what happened to the Romans !

But then, what did they ever do for us?

Seriously though, herbs and various options have been part of medicine since long before pharmaceuticals were around.

If this stuff helps maintain the immune system, ( which is quite possibly compromised by a lot of the <deleted> we consume), protect against the virus and reduce symptoms then good.

I may swing by the traditional medicines shop on my way to my "just received my salary" treat at McDonalds!

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The glory days of steam rail, before the diesel destroyed the romance of it.

Yes. 

But.

Lighting up and preparing (oiling round underneath) a recalcitrant 80 year old GWR steam locomotive, in the early hours of a December morning, to work that days Santa Specials, as the wind and rain sweep in over Minehead's sea front, has very little glory and <deleted> all romance!

I spent many (happy) years working in my spare time as an amateur railwayman on one of the UK's steam heritage railways.

Happy days!

On 5/10/2021 at 3:01 PM, Tom89 said:

That's something I've been interested in doing. In particular I'm interested in RC gliders. Any advice on shops and how to get started here in Thailand? I live in north Thailand. 

I believe there is one in Chiang Rai, a couple of hundred metres before the rear entrance to Central Plaza. Leastways they have a big yellow RC airplane in the window. I will have s look when I am next in town and send you some pics if you like.

For me, it is building a model railway, N gauge "might have been" branch line terminus based on the Somerset and Dorset set in the early 1960s.