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4 hours ago, webfact said:

X-Marvel Max lubricant and Titan Gel were among the haul as well as soaps and cosmetics. 

Making Thailand safe from dangerous orgasms, I feel safer here already.

Have you considered hiring one of the agencies?  I suspect their fee would be less than the 20,000

Something is strange with this situation.  The deceased apparently was involved with the Swiss man's wife.  However if he showed up at the home to be with the woman, why would he bring a gun?   The woman reportedly told police she only said hi to the man when she was in the village.   If the two of them were having a relationship would anyone be so foolish as to think that the police would not discover it.  Finally, despite a struggle that included the discharge of one shot from the gun, the woman reportedly said she was intoxicated and asleep during the altercation. 

Maybe electric vehicles make sense but I don't think that all of the unintended consequences of an entire electric car fleet.  First the mining of lithium is very dirty and certain countries such as Afghanistan and China are have major reserves.  They are hardly the most friendly to the Western world.  Second, electricity comes from someplace.  In the USA coal, 40%, natural gas, 40%, Nuclear 10%, and wind/solar/hydro electric only 10%.  If you boost the amount of electricity needed where are you going to get it from?  More coal or natural gas?  That is just substituting the carbon emissions from being burned at the plant versus the tail pipe.  Third, cars in accidents will have battery spills.  The batteries will spill hazardous materials.  Gas is quickly evaporated.  Not so with lithium that sinks into the soil or is washed into the streams and rivers from roadway accidents. Fourth, I can think of nothing more polluting than the manufacture of and potential recycle/disposal of spent batteries.  So is the world trading one form of pollution for another.  Finally, unless and until their is a way to charge on cross country trips quickly people will be forced to have two cars.  One electric and one gas for larger passenger needs and to ensure they can go thousands of kilometers without getting stuck.   Charging speed is improving, however I just can't see myself parked for 30 minutes or more while traveling at a charging stations.   If you have only a handful of cars having 10 chargers at a station is quite of few.  If everyone on the road is electric, do you have a queue at the charging station each waiting 30 minutes or more to charge?  Finally, eventually all of those batteries will die and the cars either scrapped or replacement batteries installed.  That means that the residual value of an electric car will go down exponentially as the car ages.  You can rebuild a car engine and extend the life.  You can not rebuild your own battery. 

Well you have confirmed that this is an impossible task.  As mentioned I have reserved some Moderna.  I reserved some for me that is suppose to come during the 4th quarter of this year and some for her that was scheduled for 2022.  

As I understand it, I can assign one of my shots to her.  Perhaps that will allow her to take one shot at the same time I get one during 2021.  Then me 1 and her 1 on her reservation for 2022. 

It is just odd that only the foreigners are getting the Pfizer.  I knew a small portion of the amount donated was suppose to go to foreigners but it appears as though the entire supply of Pfizer is being dedicated to Non-Thais.  

I did two transfers this week.  Both took the next business day.  With that said if I entered a small amount the message on the screen said it would be sent within seconds.  When a larger amount was entered the message changed to the next business day.  The funds had already been converted to baht in both cases. 

My GF is a Thai Citizen but also is a citizen of another country and has that country's passport showing her as a citizen.  She would like to get either Astra Zeneca or Pfizer and has no interest in getting Sinovac or Sinopharm.  She attempted to apply on Intervac but was denied because she did not have a visa.  She is of course allowed to stay here without one as a Thai Citizen. 

I am not sure this process is allowed but at this time she is unvaccinated and there does not appear to be a way she can obtain Pfizer or Moderna or even Astra Zeneca as a first shot as a Thai.   I have purchased Moderna for her but that is not suppose to arrive until 2022.  

I wonder if any of them have driven by the closed up businesses with all the the equipment and furnishings removed and "think" they are going to ever reopen. 

I can recommend Euro Optic Royal Gardens : +66 81 861 3468

The woman is from the Philipines speaks fluent English. Very modern equipment.  With that said, prices for glasses are expensive.  Seems to be true throughout Thailand.  

Not sure if the bylaws of this community or any other cover abandoned property. I live in a gated community and have exactly the same situation with abandoned properties and its bylaws do not address attending to abandoned homes.  In the USA it is typically a provision of a homeowner association that to protect the value of the other homeowners that the association maintains the right to attend to the property and assess costs that are liens against the home.  The governmental units will also maintain things like broken windows, abandoned cars, unkept lawns and assess a tax lien against the property and eventually foreclose on it. 

 I also don't know if a provision could be added to the existing bylaws but I see no reason why it could not. 

If the bylaws contained a provision that required each Chanote owner to maintain the property for the common good and if not maintained the community would undertake needed maintenance and repair but assess the Chanote for its cost just like unpaid community fees.   If it is a bank owned property I would invoice them for the services if they chose not to maintain their property.   I would 'think" that the juristic entity would have some rights to legally press the bank for reimbursement of services provided by the Juristic Entity. 

Certainly after I believe after 10 years a property openly maintained by another such as a juristic entity could have its ownership taken by the entity.  

That of course does not good if the value of the home is less than the outstanding mortgage to the bank.  

9 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Why is it that when people refer to Ireland, they don't say Northern Ireland or The Republic of Ireland. Don't they know they are two separate countries? One is part of the UK and one isn't.

Yes that is true.  However I think most regard the warmth and congeniality of the Irish "people" whether they reside in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.  I have traveled in both.  There is no "border signs" no going through customs etc.   



 

34 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

So...opened the local paper and read out crime after crime. All committed within the past few days.

There is crime all over.  There are areas of the USA that I would fear as much as Mexico.  Major thing difference in Mexico is that you probably have as much to fear from the police as the criminals.  

In California they decriminalized shoplifting.  Now it is rampant with people knowing they wont be charged.  In Mexico, those that conduct armed robberies, kidnapping, rape etc are also rampant knowing the authorities will do nothing to them.  Total lawlessness. 

23 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Only 10-20 percent of eateries have resumed business but "have been mostly empty,"

It is very easy to kill a business but considerably harder to revitalize one.  Once patrons stop a routine of going out to eat it does not immediately resume once the restaurant re-opens.  Also with no alcohol, there are some who would prefer to dine at home with a glass of wine rather than go out and be limited to water and soft drinks. 

Just now, pkrv said:

Not true - you can register with the 13 digit Covid registration ID you get after your vaccination, starting 6000000xxxxxxx. I have this and there's a thread on AN about doing this.

I didn't know that.  Thank You

24 minutes ago, MJCM said:

Google Appstore Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mor.promplus&hl=en&gl=US

 

iOS:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/หมอพร-อม/id1559337829

Edited 12 minutes ago by MJCM

Mor Prom only for Thai's can not register without a Thai ID

A person indicated that there is an app for your phone where you can view your covid vaccination records perhaps other medical history as well.   I did a search but could only find sites like Mor Prom and Intervac to make an application for receiving a vaccine.  I could find nothing regarding a site or application that you logged into to view your vaccine records.    Anyone know of what app this is? 

They will legalized here in Thailand but can not be smoked in bars, or after whatever is announced as the quarantine hours. 

23 hours ago, John Drake said:

(Could make Mexico, in the right city, permanent)

A couple of years ago I was in Las Vegas and met a couple from Mexico who had immigrated to the USA.  I asked them about Lake Chapala which is a beautiful mountain area that was extremely popular with expatriates.  

They said it use to be safe but no longer not so much.  I said, well where exactly in Mexico is safe.  The replied NOWHERE.  

Even the resort towns like Cancun, Cozumel, and Los Cabos have experienced the drug gang violence.  They were once sacrosanct as safe because the government knew if tourists feared coming they would shun them.  

Belize was once a haven but not so safe any longer.  Though not without some violence Costa Rica and Panama are probably safer places than anyplace in Mexico. 

The government here is like a dog chasing its own tail.  On the one hand they say they want more tourists but still fully vaccinated tourists with a clean bill of health are required to be in quarantine.  They want tourists but now raise the fee for tourists to enter Thailand.  They want tourists but still require for fully vaccinated tourists extra insurance covering their stay in Thailand.  If every country adopted that, can you imagine the nightmare for tourists who have to get separate policies for each country they visit.  Finally, after all the hassle the government tells the tourist that though you can come, and dine, you can not enjoy a glass of wine, cocktail, or beer with your meal. 

They really should get their act together and figure out whether they want to make it difficult to get into Thailand and discourage tourists or whether they really want tourists and reduce the burden to come here. 

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