LoeiI

3 hours ago, brommers said:

Generics are generally well formulated when made by reputable organisations. However even known manufacturers can sometimes produce faulty tablets. When I was working for a global drug manufacturer we tested generics of our brands & on occasion found the tablets had been stamped at too high a pressure. This meant that while they were chemically sound they would pass through the gut without being fully absorbed. So it is worth knowing the manufacturer & avoiding any that you cannot trace as well as trusting the regulatory environment of the country of manufacture.

Thanks for the info another potential problem regarding checking the country of Manufacturer etc is that in the UK the tablets come boxed in packs of 28 with the information leaflet not sure thats the case in Thailand from what I've seen the ma in laws tablets just come in a little plastic bag saying how many and when to take I suppose there could be 500 tablets in the original box at the pharmacy / hospital 

1 hour ago, Tubulat said:

That is very interesting so the next question: can we trust drugs from GPO, because it is al made by the Thai government?

GPO ?

4 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

You only need 30 days of the $50,000 insurance required for entry.

The 30 days includes the day you enter the country which means your admitted until date will be January 31st.

You will not require a covid 19 test to leave Thailand if the country you traveling to does not require it. But some airlines may require one.

So if i was to exit and re enter early next year and my Non O extension expired in October i would require insurance cover until October 

3 hours ago, petertucker48 said:

Johnson and the British SLEEZE government my be the reason !!

Just read what's happened this week.

Not looking good for the conservative bunch.

I am not a labour man but the British Conservatives are buying their own graves, time for Johnson to be replaced QUICKLY!!

Any bored Generals reading ?? ????

47 minutes ago, JustAnotherHun said:

A couple of years ago Oman Air had by far the best BC and service but that has changed.

Emirates, Ethihad and Quatar are good airlines. My favorite is SIA.

Pre covid I used Thai often. Planes and service not comparable with the Middle Easterners though much more expensive. The reason to fly with them was they were the only ones to offera non stop flight Muc-Bkk.

For Muc-Bkk later this month I take Swiss because it's the fastest right now.

I usually fly Manchester to BKK so nowt direct now, Singapore used to fly that route but now an extra stop in Dusseldorf i think,  I tried LHR to BKK once with Thai I'd rather go through Dantes 9th circle than LHR to be honest 

Sorry if this is the incorrect forum location (Please relocate if required) but I've flown Business class with Etihad for about 12 years now they are pretty good and the airport is easy to navigate, but i have heard good things about Qatar and Singapore any recent experiences ? TIA any others worth a look Finnish, Turkish, KLM  

2 hours ago, Pmbkk said:

 

Marry an Immigration officer - preferably a senior one as many threads say they can overrule anything.... ????

Most of them look pretty serious especially the men ????????

Hi all just wondering whether the generic (local) tablets are equivalent to the ones i would get in the UK, I went to the local pharmacy with a list of my meds and he was really helpful the only ones he said couldn't be sourced via the main hospital (Khon kean) were the statin,  the Insulin and ozempic first time I've tried to get the tablets here in Thailand  thanks in advance

Should add the Insulin and ozempic are injections not tablets 

1 hour ago, Kinnock said:

The Missus still thinks cold weather would be nice, and taking her on a skiing holiday to Japan has unfortunately reinforced her fantasy.

 

I tried to explain about the pain in your fingers as you scrape ice off your windscreen, the way snow turns to brown slush, fog, freezing cold toilet seats, dead car batteries in the morning, the cold back when you lose the duvet duel, only ever having sex under three blankets, wearing a woollen jumper ..... etc, etc

Freezing cold bog seats up there with frosty windscreens IMO ???????? 

2 hours ago, twix38 said:

Oh and peace and quiet versus Thailand and Thais relentless noise often at all hours. Far too many niggles versus uk peace and things work. Ahhh 3 years of joy and no regrets at moving back!!

Winter could be a bit warmer but that's coming...........

Was sat doing a bit of fishing next to the house today all i could hear was a bit of tinnitus talk about sabi sabi Oh and if i never have to scrape frost off my car windscreen again it'll be a day too early 

1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

Just exit Thailand. No need for upcoming report

When you return your 90 day click starts from date you reenter

Regarding my original info Non O, extension and multiple re entry permit am i correct in thinking i can fly back into Thailand with a one way ticket or do i need a return 

Just a quick 90 day report query, i plan to visit the UK for 3/4 weeks early next year, I'm due to fly out 17th Jan and my 90 day report is due on 22nd Jan, i realize you cant report if your not here (in Thailand) but not sure what is best thing to do ? I have a Non O with retirement extension and a multiple re entry permit 

1, Do the report prior to leaving on the 17th (or would this this be too early)

2, Do the report when i return mid Feb (When would this be required ? 90 days after re entry ?)

Sorry if I'm being a bit thick but the rules are still quite new to me

Thanks in advance for any replies 

1 hour ago, drori8 said:

he is just talking out of his ass. agents have helped many people. yes they are expensive but they help and can do some things we alone cannot. maybe he will give you now a 1 out of 10,000 people that had problems lol.

Why are they so angry ???? ?? If it suits do it if not dont ????

5 minutes ago, BritTim said:

Past performance does not guarantee future results! A related practise years ago did, in fact, result in deportations. At one time, when people used border runs to extend their stay in Thailand (but were too lazy to travel to the border themselves) there were agents who would take your passports to the border to get the requisite stamps for you. There was a major crackdown on this practise, and many with those agent acquired stamps found themselves in hot water.

 

The risks involved in using agents who can circumvent the usual requirements for a visa or extension are very low. But, let's be realistic. The risks are not zero. Under certain circumstances, disaster could strike those relying on well connected agents and officials who for some reason end up under attack by those above them.

Agreed nothing is risk free though very low, I have spoken to many Thais and expats about this and other related issues and have been basically advised to stop looking at what we (Westerners) might see as corruption or rouge practices with westerners eyes, this is Thailand not the west and that it is what it is, and the fact that the money always travels upwards so the lower level officials are unlikely to come under attack by their superiors right up to the top (Armfuls of watches drug convictions etc.) 

5 hours ago, robblok said:

Why dispensation if you can't get vaxxed ?

 

I mean if you do that then quarantine is just punishment for antivaxxers not a way of preventing the import of the virus. I don't logically see how one can give dispensation to people who can't be vaxxed. 

 

I have sympathy for them (a lot) but you can't treat them different rule wise then antivaxxers otherwise one could argue the rules are just there to hurt antivaxxers.

i'm not a medical professional but from what i have gleaned even fully vaccinated people can catch and pass on covid 19 (less chance of severe symptoms and less infectious) so the point of quarantine is to mitigate the import and  spread of the virus as much as possible, I also believe people who are unable to get vaccinated due to medical reasons will be doing everything in their power not to become infected like most reasonable people as opposed to the antivaxxers who just dont care so a bit of punishment is fine by me  

11 minutes ago, robblok said:

I like this antivaxxer, at least unlike some others he accepts the drawbacks of not being vaccinated. 

 

He does not moan like a lil girl for being treated differently then those that are vaccinated. Wish most antivaxxers were like that and accept extra rules for them. 

 

I think this will happen all over the world rules for vaxed and non vaxxed. I hope that this convinces enough people to get vaccinated. But one has to admire people who throw away a few 1000$ for their beliefs, instead of those moaning all the time about it.

I have every sympathy for anyone who cant get vaccinated for medical reasons and dispensation should certainly be considered on submission of proof but the OP seems to be in the wont category not the cant category so no vax no entry i'm afraid   

2 hours ago, banglay said:

I think over the coming weeks/months/years as Thailand opens up it's borders  anyone who has not been vaxx'ed will be treated as a second class person  and even feared ... and this will only get  worse as the infection rate starts  increasing (which is happening again  worldwide even in countries that have a high vax rate %%) ..Remember Khun Thai can be very paranoid and vent there anger quickly and as a un vaxx'ed farang you would be a target for sure  and treated as a modern day Leper 

Not sure the Thai authorities will fanny about with worrying about whether your civil rights are being impinged or not they'll just say No vax No entry and who can blame them ? 

5 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

That is dangerously close to dictatorship, I understand what you indicate, however I have a problem with  mandating health interventions on a national scale. Eugenics comes to mind

Wasn't that Annie Lennox and another bloke ?

1 hour ago, swissie said:

replaced by what?

A Yorkshire pudding tin I heard ????

On 7/28/2021 at 2:04 PM, BritManToo said:

Yeah, you don't want anyone getting news from a source that isn't controlled by the government!

Yeah right dont listen to the experts just some Tiktok Doylem

33 minutes ago, LoeiI said:

So the vaccinated are killing off the unvaccinated  ? Brilliant even Better lol  ????

If I had the slightest clue what i was doing I'd set up a website cough on an antivaxxer. com 

20 minutes ago, sirineou said:

You mean that most transmissions  do not occur among the unvaccinated, and that every time a virus is transmitted there is  a chance of a mutation? 

So the vaccinated are killing off the unvaccinated  ? Brilliant even Better lol  ????

4 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

BS.  I saw Fauci on the TV almost every day.  He's a true hero.  Sad some don't understand this.  A man who's committed his life to public service, and, an expert in this area.

Similar to the UK with Vallance and Whitty telling it how it is, it was just that scruffy lazy incompetent lying <deleted> stood between them that spoilt it

40 minutes ago, BritTim said:

I am not sure if we are seeing the power of senior officials in the same way. The power of senior officials is cultural. They can ignore the law in the same way they can take bribes. This is not because they have the official power to do so. If that is the way you view things, we are of one mind on this.

Not really sure how I view things to be honest been coming here 15+ years but only just started living here, by the sounds of your profile name you probably grew up in the same country as me where most things are pretty black and white either legal or illegal and without much leeway for interpretation, the more i see and hear things that go on here that the Thais consider normal the more i wonder whether such things are actually illegal or tolerated or as you say culturally normal, when you see millionaires actually getting away with murder in plain sight and cops on 20k a year with umpteen million quids worth of cars and houses and the Mrs just says not my problem darling what do you want for tea, maybe i shouldn't be bothered (but i am !)