TropicalGuy

5 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

50,000 deposit and no passport will maybe do the job.

 

I am sure many of the people/companies who rent out bikes in places like Pattaya are well connected. It is not a good idea to upset them.

 

And when everybody is demanding a passport then customers know they have to bring their passport. If you would open a shop and maybe you would even advertise no passport necessary, what kind of people do you think you would attract? Most likely some not so honest people...

 

Nobody should ever be leaving any valid passport with any strangers.

8 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Long past the point of no return IMO. Forcing us to drive electric cars ain't going to fix it either.

“Soylent Green” scenario coming …….

17 hours ago, mania said:

I am guessing this is one of those "I self insure" guys who always post here

Or the type that always say well if something bad happens I can just fly home & get treated for free

 

Sorry 0 Sympathy????

Yeah he was really gambling heavily at the casino of life by coming to Thailand with two serious pre- conditions and without insurance …. and lost big time unfortunately. 

Outstanding ! Made my Day ????

1 hour ago, AsianAtHeart said:

I hope he doesn't get into trouble over his work permit.  Thailand requires a work permit just to volunteer.

50k Immi back hander or deportation threat . Publicity has saved him that potential though ????

On 9/4/2022 at 5:41 PM, radiochaser said:

My wife is buying a condo in Bangkok.   A couple of years ago the same condo was up for sale for 9 million baht.  

She is buying it at 4.8 or 4.9 million baht.   2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 balcony condo overlooking the river.  

A house might be cheaper, but we live in the U.S. and will only be in Thailand a few weeks at a time and the condo is better suited to our interests. 

Unsaleable in five years. Bangkok under water in 15 years. 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theaseanpost.com/article/bangkok-sinking-fast%3Famp
 

Bangkok under water by 2037.

But let’s sell it to the Chinese.
But still leave $100 billion top man land value in Bangkok alone unsold (dropping to zero value by 2032 whilst 10% pop. are in Poverty, Education system needing drastic reform and govt borrows money from Japan . Insanity Economics.

2 hours ago, Nickelbeer said:

This attitude is an offshoot of the old Thai, custom of “when business is bad, raise prices”.  As usual, those who are least qualified to solve problems are the ones appointed to deal with them. There’s also the “blame the farang” mentality, which is a variation on a theme that has worked very well for a certain American politician. Find a scapegoat and the public will flock to your door.

Orange Man Bad…. again is it ? Save It for another topic…. nothing to do with Thai tourism ..????

10 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Lets deal in facts not scaring people.

 

   The median age for those who died from COVID-19 was 86.9 years (85.2 years for males, 88.4 years for females

 

 https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/covid-19-mortality-australia-deaths-registered-31-july-2021

 

https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/life-expectancy-death/deaths-in-australia/contents/life-expectancy

 

Avg lifespan 83yo.

 

so covid killed people older than average lifespan

 

Thats the reality.

 

Under 50yos death rate low.

My point is Factual. Not interested in “ scaring”. Your new point Just Deflects away from my point by raising another issue. Which focuses on age. Also fine. But people with Conditions also died in relatively high numbers when Unvaxxed, not only the Very Old. 

19 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

I am surprised that you are using the VAERS system as a basis for your reasoning as you told rumak yesterday it was flawed and not a credible source…

 

Empirical observation supersedes everything. I did not say 'I know someone,' I said "I know 3 people'. That is 3 more than in my previous 40 years of existence.

 

At this point, denying there is a problem is just presposterous.

 

Scientific method applies. Your unscientific anecdotal “ observations” are scientifically worthless. any “ problems” are described with the scientific conclusions. they will not fit your preconceived ideas though …..in nature or fractional impact. 

On 8/12/2022 at 7:29 PM, rattlesnake said:

So please enlighten an irrational and uneducated wretch such as myself:

Do the Covid vaccines work, are they safe and why? 

It’s not possible to enlighten people who don’t want to be enlightened. Uneducated fools can rarely be educated either, for the same reason. Closed minds. Determined to hold comfortable irrational positions .????????

3 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I feel sorry for people who have no scientific training who get most of their information from internet websites. They have almost zero capacity to understand topics such as probability, statistics and experimental design. Their principal focus is on outliers, such as 19 nuns who allegedly died after Astra-Zeneca vaccination, and they pride themselves on being educated in the school of hard knocks. Those hard knocks are fertile ground for developing conspiracy theorists. It does not occur to them the hard knocks result from poor decisions.

 

As only 1% of the world's population has tertiary qualifications in science and medicine, there's quite a few people to be sorry for.

I listened only to western professors of immunology or epidemiology or at least western national medical institutes.
 

I was taught to use only the highest standard of specifically qualified sources on all matters.
 

Irrational People just forgotten how to learn properly and apply. Been doing this since age 11. 

1 hour ago, Sheryl said:

Quite a large number of unvaccinated people get COVID. Have from the onset.

 

When measured on a population basis (as opposed to: small group of people someone knows), both the rate of infection, and mortality rates from COVID, are substantially higher in unvaccinated than in vaccinated people.

 

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7104e2.htm

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-compare-covid-deaths-for-vaccinated-and-unvaccinated-people/

 

 

Don’t confuse the irrational anti - vaxxers with facts ???? like around 39 in 40 western Covid dead before omicron were ….. unvaxxed.
 

UK Office of National Statistics and Equivalent bodies in all western nations. 

This can be “opinion” as not posting links that water is wet.????????????

11 hours ago, transam said:

We have all had 3 jabs, so far no Covid, but wait.....................

 

As everything seemed to be Covid settling down, our lad, wife, his wife's sister, husband and one baby got on a plane to Pattaya for a few days....

They have all now got covid, including the baby......????

Similar profile….. 3 western jabs here ..never any symptoms … can’t believe I never caught it March 2020 when moving through airports full of Chinese then ; Bangkok Milan Frankfurt London….. then last month got Omicron 5 at Central Mall for sure ……lady and son got it from me …… mild symptoms for all…. like a mild flu ……my unvaxxed fit lady hit hardest & longest.. 

done at three jabs. Next up for me the inevitable coming winter flu Covid combo jab at pharmacy in October????

On 8/10/2022 at 12:23 PM, RanongCat said:

Well done. Asia rising  many places, many ways ! ????

When regions or countries are  at very low levels across the board they can hardly fall any further. So the only way is up. 
 

This kid is a wonderfully naturally gifted individual and his great physical ability is nothing to do with “Asia” or birthplace ! 

4 hours ago, Tippaporn said:

A trollin' we will go

a trollin' we will go,

hi ho the merry-o,

a trollin' we will go.

Must have dawned on you by now that truly rational people have disposed of your hokum like the garbage it is, with reason & Logic & have zero interest in your nonsense unevidenced “ arguments” , beliefs & immature debating. ????????
 

You can’t disprove science and can’t prove your pseudoscience.
How frustrating! ????????

1 minute ago, Sunmaster said:

You've gone completely off the rails, man. 
Nobody here challenged "the totality of scientific knowledge". lol

You can’t even process simple English. “ individuals” were mentioned but ignored by you. 

18 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I think this thread is a wonderful example of such bubble. Most reasonable people left this "discussion" a long time ago. So now the believers talk to the believers and they all live in the same dream world. Wonderful.

Maybe someone should open a flat-earther thread or something similar.

Or Faith vs. Fact or my favorite; the debunked Moon Landing Conspiracy Theory Deniers????

14 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

Sure, although it may be painful to watch humanity and humankind going down the drain, and possibly getting caught in that stream, we still have the power to awake ourselves. 

A physical body is just a cloth after all, it's wise not to get too attached. 

Usual unsubstantiated vague hokum gibberish & drivel ????????

7 minutes ago, Sunmaster said:

Oh please, the world is full of people who know more than us in all fields of life. Engineers, artists, athletes, scientists, shamans....the list is endless. Each one experiences life from a different angle, each contributes to deepen the human experience, each one in his own way. 
Are you really saying that anyone who knows more than you or sees more than you is automatically delusional? Come on, be serious.

He’s clearly talking about the totality of scientific knowledge being challenged without evidence, not individuals. Get a grip man. 

1 minute ago, mauGR1 said:

You can spend your energy as you like, personally i find debating useful and rather entertaining. 

Your definitions of god and religion are interesting, but surely debatable..

.. unless you think you have the truth in your pocket ????

God & Religion long exposed as   Lies & Nonsense . C. Hitchens for one…..belief is for the birds what can you prove ? ????????