Danderman123

It looks like a satellite landed in Bangkok and was promptly ignored.

21 minutes ago, h90 said:

Weren't there flights from Russia before the war? Maybe they got less?

There are still flights from Russia, but it's seasonal.

1 minute ago, Guderian said:

Yes, and the cost of getting a taxi to and from U-Tapao isn't much less than the cost of getting one to and from Swampy. Plus Swampy has regular, cheap bus services from Pattaya (like the airport bus in Jomtien), while I'm not aware of any regular, cheap tourist buses going to U-Tapao (of course, that may be a chicken and egg situation, lol). Then for those of us who like to treat ourselves and fly in business, Swampy has some wonderful airline lounges which we're unlikely to see duplicated at U-Tapao as it will never have the volume of business traffic that Bangkok has, Eastern Economic Corridor or not.

I pay Bolt 500 baht to go to U-Tapao, and with the new motorway, it's a short ride.

I pay 1000+ baht to go to Suvarnaphumi.

Bangkok Bank was down last night, but is working now.

Same as Twitter.

3 hours ago, bbi1 said:

Which neighboring countries usually have cheap flights to Utapo Airport and roughly how much the flights?

If you mean U-Tapao airport near Pattaya, it's dead, Jim.

7 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

When the OP said she was going on line chatting with different guys, my guess as to the likely explanation for her behavior immediately shifted from mental illness to a deliberate attempt on her part to get the OP to move out and divorce because she's romantically involved with someone else.

 

Bingo. Its pretty obvious she's unhappy with the marriage to a Farang thing and is craving a Thai man.

The only wrinkle is the violent behavior. The usual MO is for the Thai lady to stop relations with the Farang, who usually responds by seeing other ladies, then its an amiable divorce with an income stream for the ex-wife.

Our guy can just split with the kid, leaving the wife to fend for herself. She will need a few days to find a Thai man to take care of her.

6 hours ago, Searat7 said:

On their website they would list only the active fleet. I know all of the 747’s were sold already but I think they still have a few A-340’s which are hard to sell because they have 4 engines. I think they planned to return some A-380’s to the lessor. 

A340s are impossible to sell now.

I believe they are parked at Don Meaung and U-Tapao. The idea was to use them for direct flights to the US, but Thai lost their FAA registration.

11 minutes ago, stoner said:

thank you for a non answer. smh.

I have no idea about the political beliefs of recently deceased Thais.

I would suspect that they would vaccinate, if given another chance.

9 hours ago, stoner said:

so most of the quite old thai who have died recently of covid and didn't take the vaccine are anti vaxxers ? 

 

 

The dead don't care what you call them.

8 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Quite right. How can a virus "cease to exist" if the vaccine doesn't stop transmission. It's a very easy concept to understand unfortunately so many don't. Pita. Seven jabs and gets covid and can transmit it. Very, very efficient virus and the vaccines can't stop it spreading. Doesn't matter if the entire population of the world is vaccinated if you can still catch it and transmirt it after being vaccinated the virus will survive. 

Once again, the more people are vaccinated, the fewer are infected, and therefore the virus evolves more slowly.

The anti-vaxxers are in denial that they are keeping the virus alive.

7 hours ago, dinsdale said:

and dying with or from is another thing. People die all the time with a cold but it's not the cold that killed them. Might have been enough to push them over the edge though. , Covid's there's now. Omicron now not Delta. Two different beasts. It's now an endemic virus. Again I will say if you think getting jabbed continuously and wearing mask is a good thing go right ahead and do this for the rest of your life. This virus is here to stay.

If you are vaccinated with annual boosters, you are less likely to get infected and pass on the infection to others.

34 minutes ago, CALSinCM said:

I'm "Unvaccinated." So is my wife.

Most of my family are vaccinated (in fact, I don't know anyone who didn't take the shots).  All of my "vaccinated" family members, friends, as acquaintances whom I know - have had Covid at least once. Some twice.  Some three times. 
In 2021 my wife and I were exposed to "Covid positive" symptomatic family members. Twice that I know of.
Neither my wife or myself have had Covid, unless that "cold" we have in three years ago in July 2020 was "Covid."  We beat that infection in  less than 10 days.  Other than that?  We been as healthy as can be. No Upper Respiratory Infections of any kind since July 2020.

I can't say the same for other family members who had "Upper respiratory illnesses" over the last three years.  The only other "difference" between my wife and I and other family members?
We never took the mRNA shots. 

So?  Go figure?

Of course we are going to hear from others - "You're going to die of Covid!!!"

For some reason?  I don't think so. 

I hope you understand that many anti-Vaxxers had the opposite happen to them - their vaccinated family members beat Covid, but they died.

9 hours ago, h90 said:

protection against severe illness....not coming in the ICU: OK and what has that to do with your quote Covid "effectively disappears".

No it will not disappear...it will stay with us....

And the anti vaxxer will get infected 

And when the anti-Vaxxer gets infected, they are much more infectious than those who are immunized, so they pass it on to more people.

10 minutes ago, CALSinCM said:

Here is what I want to know?

WHY?

Why are there not reliable OTC tests for "The Flu."
Why are there not reliable OTC tests for "A Cold."
Why are there not reliable OTC tests for pneumonia."
Why are there not reliable OTC tests for Dengue."
Why are there not reliable OTC tests for salmonella as well as all the other gastrointestional pathogens."
Why are there not reliable OTC tests for all of the other things that have the potential to "kill you?"

Why only tests for "Covid?" 
And why are only Covid statistics hyped?

Just wondering?

When those diseases kill a million people in a year.....

2 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Another totally inaccurate statement,   Any links?  you are really on thin ice today

I think if you look you will soon find some statistics to back up the commonly held belief that the overwhelming majority of people who died from covid were Old, and infirm, or suffering from comorbidities. I don't remember that being deluded was cited as a contributory comorbidity

There you go again. It would be great if you could invent new tropes, rather than just recycling "I don't care if granny dies as long as the bars stay open".

2 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Well from what I have heard, each variation of covid was generally less deadly than the one before, were are you getting your info from ?  Your world view generally seems at odds with reality

Actually, Delta was deadlier than the preceding Beta.

1 hour ago, Bday Prang said:

The heath risks of leprosy, rabies,and bubonic plague have not entirely disappeared either, should we spend our lives living in the shadow of fear of those diseases, constantly being advised, or  told, by all and sundry what we should or should not  be doing. day in day out.? Really ?

Just like with Covid-19, any dangerous infectious disease must be treated with care.

Not even idiots get careless about rabies or leprosy or bubonic plague. It just happens that people get careless about Covid-19 due to political reasons.

it only takes an annual booster shot to help stop the spread of the disease.

3 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Are you aware that polio and smallpox are completely different viruses to covid.  as indeed are the vaccines and the way they work. No comparison whatsoever!

I was simply providing examples of infectious diseases that were effectively suppressed via immunization. There never was an opinion expressed by me that these divergent illnesses were somehow related to Covid-19.

24 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Some people just don't like to hear positive news as per the headline......not quite ready to accept they have been deluded for 2-3 years!

I guess the millions who died were deluded about the seriousness of Covid.

6 minutes ago, h90 said:

protection against severe illness....not coming in the ICU: OK and what has that to do with your quote Covid "effectively disappears".

No it will not disappear...it will stay with us....

And the anti vaxxer will get infected and will have the same immunity the vaccinated have after they got infected on top of it. And that immunity will help but you'll still get the next mutation....

Now in 2023 really everyone should know that.

Let's start with the most basic concept:

If the R number for any infectious disease drops below 0 in a population, the disease will disappear in that population.

Right?

3 minutes ago, h90 said:

We have some immunity....and Covid get less and less harmful....it will fall back to the normal usual corona viruses that are unpleasant but no drama.

Or short: It is over....

I wish you could guarantee that.

Mutations are random. If Covid could mutate into a more deadly form that was also infectious, you would be in big trouble.