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Looks like surfing tar baby. Maybe a redesign might be in order.

But the war in Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Syria and instability in three dozens countries has had zero bearing. How patently absurd. These shortages are all engineered. Prices are rising because fiat currency is worthless.

I find it hilarious how concerned the police are with technology and social media to issue such broad and sweeping statements.

It's crony covid conspirators ($$) + old guard political hacks (elections, protests) - many of the same individuals. Imagine if you will a Venn diagram. If the concerns were deaths I'd be looking at road safety. Moreover, it's been better part of three years about time for any and everyone that wants to get *vaccined* to have had one ...or two...or five how many it ever takes now.

Evidently, they are not. Genius

Totally agree. Absolutely dire and easily fixable. EV you'd have to be a complete idiot to have a fully ev in Thailand. Pollution gets worse by the year and a huge part of that is government transport. Those electric buses were complete <deleted> I'm not certain any are running now. NGV is a far better solution. It's clean and Thailand has a bit of gas in country. I think green is just a scam. Let the industries develop on their own and without government subsidies then in a free and open market compete to sell their products. Oil shortage is just fiction. Plenty of oil for 50 years.

My wife's immediate family all caught it. They are all 100% now and 500k thb (5x100k) better banked thanks to my Covid coverage for them. They are so non plussed by it all they see getting covid as nothing but a positive.

I'm by no means a general insurance expert and specifically an expert in Thai insurance but it is my understanding the insurance never pays the hospital. The only case that this might be different is with SSO. A stated in above post it is a cash embursement to you. If you end up with covert be absolutely certain that you have a PCR test and that shows as positive!!!

Just this week there was a post about someone and his wife having their passport stolen from an agency. A number of posters responded that there was some rumor or otherwise going around that there were agencies that were holding passports hostage. Up to you. As for myself no matter how tedious, time consuming or logistically full of headaches I'll do it myself. 30 years ago on my first trip to East Asia it was in Vietnam and I asked a German traveler with me if I should bring my passport along or leave it in the room. He replied you can always guard your passport if it's on your person, your passport is your life! I must say I've never forgotten that.

Probably murky lagoon like water. That's not a fish I'm familiar with as ocean species. Suggest he swim in clear waters where there are only frogfish, scorpion fish, jellyfish to worry about haha. Beware of the fish lol.

Yes. I think that's cynical. Crimes need to be solved especially crimes that have every appearance of duplicity and conspiracy. It's a question of law in public interest and has nothing to do with lurid details.

A large part of living abroad that I enjoy is the simplicity. Thailand is still very much a cash economy and much can be done online with a debit card. I guess if I needed a hobby I'd take this advice. Finally, there's still lots of shenanigans with card fraud here. Bad enough to sort out a Thai card let alone one from abroad.

I think the plan is to stay home and take care of yourself. When you are feeling strong enough and we'll enough to rejoin society. Best for you and us. No different than if you were in US not only by common sense but that seems to be the CDC common dictate. My two nieces, sil, mil, fil all had covid all entirely recovered. Nieces, sil enjoyed ten day hospitel. Dad was a bit more I'll in hospital. All well. Family made 500k of the enterprise. Best investment I'll ever make here.

Dear Mr First Poster, Good luck with your leasing arrangements.

I have heard none of that from my current school, my old school, my teacher friends or online. I'm not only hoping to be back in class but see no reason dates need be pushed back. Off topic, sorry

Maybe all this also ties into emergency decrees on assembly, etc. When all covid restrictions lifted what might be the public health basis and legal argument for keeping these more or less extrajudicial laws in place ? Hmmmmmmmm... Can we surmise when the next government is firmly entrenched that all will return to normal? Possible.

Here's another solution that will never happen: Thailand keeps its barriers to entrance. All. But everything covered for free. All of it from visa to hospitalization, taxi, tests, insurance... all of it. That would demonstrate it's dedication to public health, tourism and transparency. That b300 can cover it 555.

In Thailand profits have always been thin from the somtam seller to big C. It's the cheap labor and only this that makes Thailand appealing - aside from a few national parks. Top university graduate out if school is paid 12k pm for dead end office job. It's not the corporations although there must be incentive but rather individuals that personally benefit as largesse streams upward.

That's bc they'd never dream of asking neighbors what they ask of international tourists. Moreover, lots of export from Thailand to Malaysia. Finally, lots of Muslims heading for HY for a bit of weekend fun. But do note the irony and double standard.

I let mine go years ago and very happy. Only needed cc a few times. The only real issue is renting a car in US but next trip we'll use Uber. I had a cc here many years ago from SCB. There was a limit of ??? I think they held 80k. Highly advise not trying to manage it from overseas address

Beat me to it 555

No gifts Cash only

Another issue I see tourism much like trade when the buyer / tourist moves on and settles in they often have little or no interest in returning to the bad proposition and sorting thru the issues again as everything is established and settled. So, someone or family that pulls stakes to go to Vietnam and likes the ease of entrance, prices, beaches and has sorted their accomodation out has no incentive to return. It's a holiday and the path of least resistance rules the day. Soon, Thailand will need a serious and compelling incentive for tourists to visit and once again the nation will only have appeal only to exactly the type of people Thailand has repeatedly stated they do not want. Having said all that maybe tourism and world economy so damaged they know no one is coming so keep barriers up because why not? I can absolutely tell you that the unemployed and trust funded drifters I have thus encountered this year are nothing Thailand needs. Did we not read a few days ago hopes were resting on ...wait for it... MONGOLIA. Finally, the currency remains too strong and to bring this back to central point >>> The additional taxes and medical jeopardy of being sent to covid jail based on a test after disembarking AND all attendant costs that continue to remain - AND all the built in potential scams that remain make Thailand imo total NO GO.

Wife told me the poor mother was paid 30m baht to drop it. Unconfirmed although I swear I'd read the same thing somewhere. Sad part is that the public will not learn the truth. This is nothing new in Thailand.

Microaggression So micro as to be unimportant but what the heck I'll bring it to HR anyway. The young people truly deserve what they will reap.