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Hmm, the stats say I probably have more than 30 years left, so I'd have to ponder that one. I was thinking 999 as is standard in the UK. Any idea what risks / liabilities the freeholder has, if any? Would need to understand that before asking someone to play that role.

I've heard of people taking long leases of land as a way of getting round the ban on ownership. How legitimate is this?

It is - at least for now it is - but by then I will be in an airbnb so would need a fresh TM30 anyway.

I recently came in visa exempt and would like to extend to 60 days. Usually I stay in airbnbs and I know I need a TM30 then, but I have a feeling that's only because I'm staying in private accommodation rather than a licensed hotel. Yesterday as I walked through there was a guy at reception who seemed to be having some trouble getting a TM30 from the hotel - so can anyone confirm whether this is actually required?

My thoughts as well. I wonder whether it's possible to file it with your insurers. If the hospital wasn't going to get paid for a treatment you'd said you didn't want, that would probably focus minds a bit.

YT subs can usually be downloaded, e.g. using New Pipe for Android.

Can you though? Won't they ask for any documentation? To be unvaccinated he'd either have to have a long-term visa or have come through full quarantine. I'm in a similar position to OP. I don't really want to pretend but then I do want a booster. Haven't decided what to do yet.

Yeah, good advice. Trouble is I'm a long and expensive taxi ride from the nearest print shop - or so I thought - neighbour knew of a closer one so problem solved.

Thai pass approval says you can show the QR code on a mobile but nothing about the test result. Will they accept that on a phone?

Well I found your "Steady Typer" very useful, so thanks for that. I don't need stickers now although I do have to hunt around a bit for the less common characters. That's because I stopped somewhere in the highish levels though. I should really go back and finish the job.

There are a couple of online options at thai-notes.com (there's also a user on here called thainotes - not sure if they're connected).

I realize now that point had already been made higher up the thread... That's what I get for not reading the whole thing. That's not where I originally got it from but the change seems to have been noted a good few times. One interesting question is why the high tone should be less stable than the others. Don't know if the linked paper addresses that but will have a look.

@Oxx PS the fall at the end is only really a continuation of the levelling off shown in the diagram you posted. Or maybe the levelling off is all that's left of a fall. I don't know where to get samples of old time speech but I've definitely seen it claimed that the high tone has changed a lot over the last century. It's the high starting point and the fact that the whole thing is basically convex that makes it look off to me. The others are a bit suspect too, if you ask me, but as I was trying to say in my previous post I don't really think it's worth arguing about.

I prefer the first one because it shows the delayed rise that is typical of the high tone. There are loads of these diagrams out there and some do show a fall at the end of the high tone. I also think a reality check is in order. If you look at the pitch contours of real Thai sentences (using an app) it's easy to see that things are way more complicated than these diagrams imply. In many cases the same tone looks different. In others different tones look similar. Most importantly, whichever diagram you plump for, you will find that only a few of the contours in your real-life sentence look much like the idealized contours on your diagram. So even if, when you hear a word, you can visualize the pitch contour, you aren't going to get that far trying to compare it against a memorized diagram. Visualizing it strikes me as a completely weird and artificial thing to do anyway. I mean you're hearing a sound and wanting to produce a sound. Trying to convert the heard sound into a picture and then the picture into a new sound is just bizarre if you ask me. Also, if you get people to try to make a pitch contour just based on a diagram (and I've seen this done a couple of times) they aren't generally very good at it. So it's not a very promising approach from that point of view either. I'm not saying that diagrams are no use at all, but I very much doubt they're a good way of learning to produce and recognize the tones. Obviously, when they're used in academic papers, that's not the aim.

You'd have to do it in a notepad window and copy over then. TBH I don't get why you don't just install the Th keyboard even if you're knly going to use it for a few characters.

Yeah that's part of my concern too. One country (Austria, possibly) had a limit of 9 months.

Awesome, thanks for the input guys. Sounds like a transfer of an existing booking from someone who's had Pfizer in the meantime would be the way to go. I'll get a couple of Thai friends to look into that. I do have shots reserved around the middle of the year in Bangkok so a swap might work if there's anyone whose Moderna shot is going to come up before they need a booster (I will be in Europe when my reserved shots come up) . The other issue is whether a Thai certificate is going to be recognised by the EU. It seems it may depend on the country, which might lead to some nail biting. Different thread though. Course if the latest superduper vaccine busting variant takes off it all becomes moot anyway.

If you have a separate numeric keypad you can get them by holding down left alt and typing 3631 and 3654. You do have to type the numbers on the numeric keypad though (and numlock must be on). Otherwise just install the Thai keyboard, then you have hotkey to change layouts / q / hotkey to change back and hotkey / shift + o / hotkey.

Thanks. It's totally doable with planning. It's just that with the announcement that they're going to keep on with the covid extensions, I was thinking of changing my plans.

Yes. Possible to arrange in Bangkok for some time around the middle of the year at about 2k per shot but not sure about CM in March. I will be gone by April/May unfortunately. Grateful for any practical info.

I've had a look at previous posts but am a bit confused about the current situation. I'm trying to get boosters roughly every 6 months and had planned to get one in the UK in March then in Bangkok in September. I thought I was going to have to be in the UK in March anyway so that made sense. Now it looks as though I may be in Chiang Mai in March. Is there any chance of getting a booster (other than Sinopharm / Sinovax) while I'm there? I'm not resident or in a high risk group btw. Thanks for any clarification.

A few EU countries will give you a digital covid certificate on the back of proof of vaccination in the US. You then have no worries travelling on to another EU country. Has anyone been able to do this on the back of proof of vaccination in Thailand, and if so where? Has anyone had a problem using a Thai certificate to enter an EU country as a vaccinated person?

Quality was crappy anyway. I get that some people are uncomfortable with torrenting etc. but if that's how the shops themselves are getting the content buying DVDs isn't much if a solution.

Bit niche but does anyone happen to know a) whether oral isotreninoin is available in Thailand and b) what the attitude to prescribing low dose isotretinoin for rosacea is likely to be? I know derms in many places are very reluctant to go down this route.

There's a little place in Pantip Plaza (at least there was in February this year). It's on the 2nd floor iirc, at the front of the building. Don't be surprised if they just burn a downloaded copy onto a disc for you though. There's ethaicd.com as well.