Bangkocker

On 5/27/2021 at 2:05 AM, worldexpress said:

well..  the world would be a much nice place if the Chinese stayed in their own country and not leave. Thank you President Nixon.

Agree - The Chinese seem to be much happier under their own system. They have a huge land mass - why go elsewhere??

On 5/21/2021 at 1:15 PM, Mackstask said:

Their welcome to their The Sinovac vaccine, I'd rather take my chances and go without.

Yes, agree ! My thought is they can stick the Chinese vax up their quoits.

On 5/4/2021 at 2:57 PM, Dogmatix said:

Sinovac, Sinopharm, Bharat or Sputnik?

What about a pewtin vaccine or a uri gagarin vaccine - gosh would you risk any of them ??

6 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Relax, I have no opinion on that, all I was doing is replying to your comment:

 

"No Western country will give rights to China to produce western vaccines. OMG what a load of bull dust from you"

 

 

Relax !! So was I.

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-kangtai-astrazenec-idUSKBN2A20VB

Hahahah corruption on a grand scale. It will never fly !!

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/business/china-vaccine-astrazeneca.html

5 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

There not aware because its not true. Production of AZ in China has not even started yet and when it does finally get approval (its still be tested) then its bound for the Chinese market to boost their own supplies of vaccines.

Really ?? AS IF !!! No Western country will give rights to China to produce western vaccines. OMG what a load of bull dust from you two.

On 5/1/2021 at 12:35 PM, Rookiescot said:

If I am only offered the sino vac then I will pay for a western vaccine myself.

Oh <deleted>, Looks like there will be many expats growing four eyes and two heads after the sinovac. Thais bowing to the whims of their master in China Winnie da Pooh.

On 3/26/2021 at 5:50 PM, fa lang 66 said:

You could get a job with the TAT with that BS.

The prime destination and by the end of 2022 comment tells everyone that maybe your the boofhead.

Thailand has been on the decline since 2016 and unless they rain in the Baht. People will just stay away.

Hahhah - Like I said - if the shoe fits wear it. And your crystal ball was purchased where?? Why are you making these outrageous predictions, which you seemingly feel are more meritorious than mine?? Fact is: Most have been imprisoned in their homelands, and are dying to spend their savings in Thailand. Once the green light is given - millions upon millions will go to Thailand to spend, spend, spend and seek soft comforting arms and night time activities (and temple visits). Thailand, in spite of all the misers wailing that BKK and Thailand is too expensive - moaning  about exchange rates bla bla  are in error. It's a great value place (now and  in the foreseeable future) will continue to be (whilst the daily pay of the average Thai is 300 - 500 thb a day). No question about oh cynical one.

On 3/26/2021 at 5:11 PM, newnative said:

     So true; I chuckle, too.  Throw in India and some other Asian countries and it's closer to 25 million.  Meanwhile, Europe and North America is a fraction of that.   Nevertheless, remarks on Thailand's tourism on T-V almost always have a western slant, as if only western tourism somehow counted.

      Earlier in this thread someone remarked that tourism will remain dead in Thailand in part because of the cost of long-distance travel.  Never mind that many of those 25 million tourists in 2019 had flights of 6 hours or less.  Bangkok to Tokyo, 6 hours.  Beijing, 5.2 hours.  Mumbai, 4.2 hours.  Shanghai, 3.2 hours.  Seoul, 5.3 hours.  Etc.

    In addition to long flights being a supposed tourism killer, often air pollution, the political situation, over-run facilities, dual-pricing, strength of the baht, and better bargains elsewhere will be thrown out, as well.  None of this, as you say, had put the brakes on Asian tourism to Thailand, pre-covid, and none of it will likely do so in the future once things open up again.  I spent a drearily smoggy, drizzly, cold winter week in China a couple years ago and when I got on the plane back to warm, sunny Thailand I could see why the jet was filled with Chinese making a short escape.

Oh look - get real folks - Westerners, Indians, Chinese and Asians, Europeans - Who Cares !! Fact is - everyone that used to go to Thailand for some respite and 'tenderness' will go en huge mass.

6 minutes ago, texascsa said:

So I will be locked into Thailand for another 2 years without being able to visit the U.S.?

Oi stop bragging. Lucky you. Revel in the revelry that's already happening in BKK. Plenty of action there.

On 3/14/2021 at 9:11 PM, VBF said:

Quite so.

If you have any sort of phone, smart or not, or use the internet, or credit cards or drive a car or walk past a camera, your privacy is sacrificed in some way, like it or not.

Do I like it? No. But for all the loss of privacy there are some advantages that I use so I have some little choice.

It is what it is.

 

Now there you are - a nice obedient boy. 'It is what it is' >>> only becomes that way when we don't rebel en mass. Just look at China what happens when you as citizens allow such things. Hundreds of millions spy cameras. They know the identity of everyone they direct the camera at. You can't take a cr ap without the authorities knowing. They are busy building a cashless society so the CCP has total control. TOTAL CONTROL. Use cash ditch the card as much as possible else we will be in the same boat.

On 3/5/2021 at 7:00 PM, MadMac said:

You never need to wait long to see the greed popping up in this country. Big money to make easily.

Oh look, lets face it - It's a cheap pri ck and more freedom. You take your <deleted> ooops I mean pick.

On 2/21/2021 at 2:51 PM, Eindhoven said:

 

I think it does. ????

 Even with the phone off, you are still being tracked by the phone towers and thus your provider. Only way is to remove the battery. Mad bloody Thai's are learning to be authoritarian like emperor xi jin pig.

On 2/28/2021 at 11:22 AM, Crossy said:

His Chinese masters friends objected to him using the Az jab perhaps?

 

And yet they'll have no hesitation to inject the Chinese muck into the citizens. We'll be seeing Thai's growing two heads, four eyes and talking like Dr Who Flung Dung. Sheesh.

6 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Massage shop - typical Thai shop with foot massage, Thai massage, oil massage (and possibly extras for added fee)

 

Massage parlour -- the typical Thai soapy establishment with rubber mattresses, sudsy baths, lotions and gels, etc etc.

 

Hhahaa only real difference is you are laying on a massage table and not a rubber mattress. Two names net effect equally interchangeable.

On 1/22/2021 at 12:11 AM, 2009 said:

 

What's on Soi 8?

<deleted> - who left out soi 6 ???

3 hours ago, 2009 said:

 

What ya talking about.  They already are.

 

There is scarcely a massage place in this country that ain't doing rub n tugs upstairs (and the rest).

 

They may look like traditional places and someone may be getting foot reflexology downstairs, but upstairs (or over the other side of the curtain) a couple are playing a game of "hold the moan" (at least) half naked.

 

Don't be fooled if they don't look "the type" 

I know !! was said 'tongue in cheek' mate.

On 1/21/2021 at 10:04 PM, welovesundaysatspace said:

I guess only the government knows what the difference is. 

There will be a massive effort to 'repurpose' massage parlors into 'massage shops'. Spurt !!

55 minutes ago, oldhippy said:

QUOTE: Why do heath insurance premiums go up as one gets older? Because it far more likely for an older person to need medical and hospital facilities and suffer from all manner of chronic illness.

 

My insurance premiums DO NOT GET UP as I get older.

When I was young, I payed tax for this, so it's balanced.

But then again, I  live in a civilised country, not in US or Thailand.

 

So then you  and all the other misers shouldn't have any qualms about donating 300 baht. My last post on this tired thread. Don't bother responding as I won't see the reply, and you will only be left gnawing on your bare bones. hahahh

39 minutes ago, popabear said:

Have you ever been  in Hospital in Thailand , well I have a couple of times and also in ICU , they treat  you, but require your credit card , there was no way they were going to let me off with out paying ,requiring me to pay each day .  Why can't they do what they do in Australia ,when married to a Asian and she wants to bring her sister in for a holiday into Australia( the risk she will skip leaving ) they make you pay a deposit of $10,000 dollars , which you pay online, easy as and if the sister leaves Australia , they then refund your $10,000 straight back into the account that you paid the deposit out of, easy as, I know  ,because I have had to do this in the past years. So there are ways they can do this.                                                                                                                       Even Cambodia has a system set up , with having to pay a deposit of $2,0OO before giving entry to their country and they then take out what the cost's are and refund what's left , of course there are plenty of ways to do this , but do you really think Thailand would do this for us, even collecting the 300 Bath on entry and saying some of it is for people who don't pay their Hospital bills , will they carry through with a proper set out method of doing this ,and of course the misers that are unwilling to part with the 300 Bath , might find that if done right, it might bring some stability to this matter , which seems to go on forever .  Regards ,,,   Popa

"Oh why can't they do like the Aussies do" ???? It ain't Aussies Popa , T.I.T !!!

39 minutes ago, Mike k said:

But there are no guarantees that the money would actually go to health care and not another submarine or gold watch remember who and what is supposedly running this country 

I refer you to my previous comments about foreigners demanding accountability from the Thai government , That's ridiculous and ar se over ti t. You don't like it ?? Don't go. Simply put.

4 hours ago, popabear said:

I am as fit and healthy as you are mate , one must wonder weather people of your age will have the same opinion, as you have now for people of my age ,when you to, will one day reach my age. The point I was trying to make  in my post, is that this discriminates against people of age and of course many of these people of age may be happy to pay for their own Hospital bills , but putting up barriers of entry and not giving people of age the option to pay their own Hospital bill is grossly very unfair .  Regards ,,,,   Popa

That may or may not be the case. It's more a matter for the Thai government to contain medical costs, than to worry about 'discrimination'. Why do heath insurance premiums go up as one gets older? Because it far more likely for an older person to need medical and hospital facilities and suffer from all manner of chronic illness. As for covering your own costs - there is no real way of policing that, unless the Thais could have access to your savings should such an eventuality occur. Some medical / hospital procedures cost millions of baht. And the very misers, unwilling to part with 300 baht are clapping hands at your proposal. Laughable !!