pseudorabies

For me a critical question is "what has Thailand's leaders learned from the pandemic so far?"  I recall seeing a press release earlier this week that referenced population immunity.  I'm afraid that we're seeing the same "Hope for the best, plan for the best" mentality that was the foundation of the vaccine debacle in 2021.  What if, as data suggests and many predicted, this coronavirus, like other coronaviruses that infect humans, does not trigger long-lasting immune memory?  What is their plan in this scenario? Considering the person leading Thailand's health agency I'd expect silence on such nuance.

7 hours ago, webfact said:

A had been shot in both legs and B in both legs and his chest.

 

The type of gun used was not known but a witness at the PT Gas station suggested it was a Thai made gun.

I wonder what made the witness think it was a Thai-manufactured weapon - Did it jam repeatedly?  

10 hours ago, EricTh said:

Interesting. I wonder what's the difference in soil composition of this Van Egmond that cause plants to grow fast?

 

 

 

 

Not grow fast but grow at a pace that is normal compared to my past experience.  The soil from HomePro was abnormal in appearance (but typical of many soils that I've seen sold in Thailand) looking like it was collected from a forest floor.  In the Homepro soil one of the plants, a christmas cactus, had 2/3 cuttings die.  The second plant which I've had for 35 years, Epiphyllum oxypetalum, grew very slowly with many leaves dying after sprouting.  Both are thriving in the new soil.  For me the question is "what's in the HomePro soil that was killing the plants?".

6 hours ago, xylophone said:

I believe it is a German production, so does it have English subtitles?

Yes it is German with English subtitles.  English dubbing with Thai subtitles is now available as well

In the theaters the newest Spiderman.  It took half of the movie and one major character death to wash the stench of Disney off of the film.  After that it excelled. Top notch actors in the movie but Willem Dafoe stole the show imo.

At home we just finished The Witcher and were sad to reach the end.  Now we're into the third season of Dark which is one of the best sci-fi efforts I've ever seen.

For me Van Egmond soil rescued two cuttings that refused to grow for months in soil from HomePro. (not sure of the brand). The HomePro soil was not impressive from the start - lots of twigs, dead leaves and grass.  After transplanting into the Van Egmond soil the cuttings immediately began to thrive.

I bought the Van Egmond soil at a nursery in Hua Hin but it's avaliable on Lazada.  It reminds me of the Miracle Grow brand soil that I would buy in the US.

I guess the pork shortage has finally reached the forests of Southern Thailand?  ASF probably can infect wild pigs so their populations might really be dropping.

I have nothing helpful to add to this thread but after reading the thread a few days ago I've been peppered with Animal Electro-Ejaculator ads while on this website.  My wife is beginning to suspect that I'm some sort of deviant as we live in Bangkok and don't have livestock.  Is anyone else getting this?

Finally, is this a good brand? I don't want to get stuck with a faulty electro-ejaculator.....

2 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

On many of the expressways / motorway type roads outside of Bangkok the speed limits reduce to 90kmh... 

 

When the roads are fairly quiet there are pockets of traffic travelling at 120-140kmh.....   

 

IMO its a lot safer to be travelling at the same speed as other traffic rather that doing 90 kmh and have loads of cars trying to pass with a 30-50kmh speed difference. 

 

Others will disagree.... 

 

 

On Rt. 32 north of Ayutthaya the speed limit oscillates between 120 and 90kph due to U-turns across the center median.  Of course the speed cameras are in the 90kph areas, usually mounted on overpasses.

7 hours ago, AwwYesNice1 said:

 

All this info was published overseas and regurgitated.

And it seems that info like this doesn't get noticed in Thailand until a Thai "expert" repeats it.

It's a big world out there, with very knowledgeable non-Thai scientists including some Nobel-prize winning scientists with important things to say about the virus.  But before new findings are disseminated in the Thai media it apparently must be approved by a Thai scientist with likely lesser qualifications who then repeats the findings as if they had generated the data.  If they cited labs in the US, UK, Germany, France, Japan etc it would at least give the impression that Thailand is part of an international research network. Which itself could be a good thing.

So I guess we can be certain that Thailand's historically porous borders have been sealed and that there is no way that omicron can enter through that proven route (that's how the outbreak started last year). Otherwise Thai leadership would look awfully stupid if not downright negligent for killing the economy for nothing.

Regarding native Thais - It's one thing for people to not have hope as was the case throughout most of 2021. But quite another to give them hope and then yank it away like this. Like what most of what this administration does I doubt that they have fully thought through the longer term effects of their actions. Weeks ago when my wife was planning to have her daughter visit from the US I warned her that the Thai government might reinstate full quarantine but she was incredulous. I imagine that Thais are in a bit of shock over this.

Sena 10c Evo helmet cam.  Not so much for cars but for scooters.  Sadly, it's only a matter of time before one of those reckless little bastards gets me and I don't want there to be any question about who's at fault.

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

One of my favorite quotes is this one:

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” George Carlin

I think Carlin meant "median" and probably knew this but also knew that 95% of his audience wouldn't know what this meant.

You know what I mean?

Now isn't too bad with the biggest difference from pre-covid being that 95% of the mall people are Thai. When the lockdown was first lifted it was really eerie - Terminal 21 at Asok and the BTS station were ghost towns. Maybe 1% of pre-covid and that's probably generous.

16 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Correct, one of the reasons was to stop schoolkids buying alcohol after school and getting drunk before they got home in the evening.

And to improve their organizational and planning skills.  Learning how to plan ahead and find alternatives like tramadol + cough syrup is important for their development.  

I had a 1050 triple in my Sprint.  Great engine, smoother than the 4-cyl in my ZRX (but nowhere near the low-end grunt).  That triple is one of the best sounding engines imo.

On 11/18/2021 at 8:35 PM, placeholder said:

Anyway, I'm sure now that once Ivermectin believers check out the veracity of this report, they will at least question their faith in it and the competence of Pierre Kory, MD.

I'm pretty sure that their faith will be unshaken.  It will be like one of those doomsday cults who predicts that the world will end on some date and when it comes and goes they make up some excuse about how they made a minor error. 

The pandemic has revealed so much about humanity.  I knew we had a lot of issues but I never thought it was this bad.

No problem!! Just go out of business (along with x# of your fellow bar owners) and we'll allow alcohol sales again