Mr Meeseeks

1 hour ago, Kaopad999 said:

What are the main pro's and cons compared with living in Thailand? 

Pros:

Alcohol is much cheaper overall, especially spirits and wine

Decent wine bars and other cool places to drink

Long term visas are easier, especially if you are under 50

Weed is openly smoked there (if that's your thing, it isn't mine)

Cons:

Much higher crime

Dirtier overall, it is still a long way behind Thailand in this regard

Drive on the wrong (French) side of the road

Mongering is much better in Thailand if that's your bag

They use USD and their own worthless currency

Loads of dodgy expats there, everyone that fails in TL ends up in Cambo

Loads of hangers on, drugs and junkies there

Too many Chinese now

Overall I love Cambo but not sure I could live there. Thailand just offers so much more. I have been living in Thailand for 31 years and visiting Cambo for over 25 and have many expat friends there.

12 hours ago, Kerryd said:

I think someone added a zero in there. I think they mean 6 million (at best).

Nope, they are planning on 60 million capacity eventually. Been to Utapao airport and had the whole pitch from the Navy. One of the companies I partially own is tendering for some work on the project.

18 minutes ago, Natai Beach said:

These beemers are the ducks guts. 

The cars themselves are bottom of the range 3 and 5 series. Nothing special.

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

9. Foreign workers, whether legal or illegal, still continue to face small bribe demands from government agents when renewing their insurance or work permits, etc.

 

“Corruption is a matter of the giver and the recipient benefiting, but it’s the nation that loses,” Mana said.

I want to know how I benefitted from having to pay a bribe at Samut Prakarn Immigration for a simple visa extension when all the paperwork was in order?

A billion Baht well spent then. 

17 hours ago, Bruce Aussie Chiang Mai said:

Off our menu, friends in Australia saying Thailand canned tuna off their shopping lists.

I thought Australia was woke?

What are they doing buying any Thai seafood with its long history of slavery and human rights abuses?

Lunacy - mid 16th century (originally referring to insanity of an intermittent kind attributed to changes of the moon): from lunatic.

5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

I wonder if the cases will skyrocket like bitcoin has or if they will fall like XRP.......hmmmmm, any takers.

XRP up 50% as well today... thought it was deid after the SEC announced it was an unregistered security but there ya go.

Bitcoin just hit $38k too. 

COVID may have or may not have been a contributing factor in the current bullrun.

5 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Or a digital token like in Singapore where they share ALL the data with law enforcement.

Another authoritarian regime. 

1 hour ago, Peterw42 said:

Maybe people need to actually be in Thailand and actually install the app before commenting.

Then they will find out THERE IS NO PERSONAL DATA entered to install or use the app.

You do not disclose your name, your address or your shoe size, there is literally no field to enter any of this information. The app will work with with/without fulltime internet access, the contact tracing part is done via Bluetooth/GPS, (both will work without internet) The app logs if you came within a couple of meters of an infected persons Bluetooth or location and will report and advise next time you log on.

They have all your details when you bought or registered your Sim.

Unless of course someone else registered it for you. 

They also know your IP address if you use cellular Internet. 

1 hour ago, Docno said:

As already noted by others, there's been something similar in Singapore for a while. After the Singapore government said that the data would be only be accessed for covid contact tracing and would be deleted after a period of time, it was revealed that the police had accessed the database to investigate a murder. Then the minister in charge of contact tracing said that he had 'forgotten' that some legislation gives the police authority to access any government held database. One of my friends does close work with the government ministry involved in this programme, and it's been hinted to him that even once covid is a thing of the past, they may keep the public using the app (supposedly to be prepared for new outbreaks). 1984 was just 36 years early. 

@NanLaew needs to read that. He fails to understand the security risks and privacy concerns with invasive government apps that are made mandatory by authoritarian regimes.  We've seen their laughable efforts with data security here before with foreign residents' personal details being leaked onto the Internet from the Thai Immigration database, allowing anyone to view sensitive personal details including names, date of birth and passport numbers. 

There is a big difference between using a QR code to check in and being made to put software on your device. Turning it off doesn't always work either, many apps continue to run in the background without the user's knowledge. 

Or perhaps he was being deliberately obtuse. 

The instructions as well as the form for Chonburi can be found on this website:

https://www.chonburipr.net/

Form is here: https://www.chonburipr.net/attachments/view/?attach_id=267927

If you leave Chonburi you need to get a form filled in by one or three different authorities allowing you to travel as of today.

On 1/6/2021 at 6:54 AM, Natai Beach said:

I am just depressed about it as it is the birthplace of Thai style gogo.

The GP in Patpong in Bangkok was the first more than a decade earlier.

2 hours ago, Jessi said:

 

Not if you read the comments on face book and twitter. The Thai people are not happy at all.

This article is another example of the Government propaganda.

Most unpopular government I can remember in 31 years here with the possible exception of Gen. Suchinda in '92 but then there was someone who could step in and mediate, which isn't the case now.

16 hours ago, jacko45k said:

My Mrs said the same and said many of them have lost their marbles, but can't be shifted. 

They were cheer-led into office by many on this forum IIRC.

1 hour ago, Dmitry2222 said:

Does it now possible to visit Sriracha? Or Chonburi locked at all?

As from tomorrow you will need written permission to enter and leave Chonburi. 

I don't ride my bike in the evening because of lack of light and the amount of drunk Thais on the roads.

It's still dangerous during the day but less so as the figures illustrate.

11 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Thailand has 561,000 military personnel. (361,000 active duty and 200,000 reserve). It can deploy 200,000 along the border.

 

Do you have any idea how complex and expensive that would be? ????