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2 hours ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

he following are photos of a trans (!!) pool party that was launched in wuhan (!!!) in july

Hope that's 'trance' not 'trans'...

11 minutes ago, Airalee said:

That was my reaction after eating Thai food 2 days in a row after arriving in Thailand for my first time.  Was walking along and all of the sudden it felt like my joints were full of broken glass.  Sat down for a rest and when I tried to get up I could barely walk.  Made it back to the guest house with the help of my brother.  Could barely make it up the stairs.  My hands and feet had swollen up so badly I couldn’t see the tendons (and I’m a wiry guy).  My brother said that he’d bet that I was allergic to MSG. Took 2 days to recover.

That's way worse than my friend; she just felt dizzy, and recovered in a few hours...

A lot of Chinese people (!) are quite wary of it. Mostly they think it's damaging long term, but I've seen one or two friends get obvious acute reactions (one needed help walking home after some MSG-dusted kebabs!).

2 hours ago, Andy from Kent said:

Since the beginning of the  Covid-19 pandemic there has been a "house for sale"  sign near where we live.    The price for this 3 bedroom house was posted as 8.5 million baht.

 

Because  its  languished on the  market for as long as it has,   the owner decided the best way to sell it is to increase the price to its present offer at 9 million baht. 

Well if it's more expensive, it's got to be better, right? ????

9 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

According to the Ministry of Commerce, the MOU will be comparable to the establishment of a mini Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which will further complement the Thailand-India and ASEAN-India agreements which already exist.

 

The MOU with Telangana will facilitate a deeper level of market penetration and investment, particularly for construction equipment, rubber tree wood, Thai fruit, Thai food, children toys, and pet food.

Mini indeed. Next up,  a Durian-only free trade with Delhi.

Baby steps...

6 minutes ago, johnnort said:

The arrows allow for one monthly increments only. There is no fast scroll through anywhere. I have to get to 1953 but the system times out long before, even with rapid tapping. What do I do? I am overseas at present so cannot visit my branch.

How about press and hold on the monthly scroll arrows?

8 hours ago, worgeordie said:

When you posted the list of your alcohol stock the other day,

I thought this guy might have a problem, after this post i might

be right.

N problems:

#1 paying for it all

#2 getting it all home

#3 storing it all

...

2 hours ago, farang51 said:

After resting for 15 to 20 minutes, patients were asked to climb four flights of stairs (60 stairs)

But the height of each step can vary from 150-220mm (in the UK), which could mean a ~50% variation in the total distance climbed...

1 hour ago, Regain said:

Can the 800k THB be in a foreign baht account, i.e. Revolut?

Don't forget the extra 0 (like the title)!

'Lockdown' or 'Tier 3 R US'; it's just a matter of semantics now...

1 hour ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

Most foreigners are wanting to become permanent residents with absolutely no interest in fulfilling basic immigrant criteria such as assimilating into the local culture, learning the language, working here, paying taxes, having Thai friends, eating local food etc. 

 

It's just more Western entitlement that we see so often on this forum. 

Or Eastern entitlement*, if they're Chinese?

*That we don't often see on this forum...

1 hour ago, bobbin said:

What city?  What was the original view?

I thought he meant the opera house...

On 8/31/2020 at 3:55 PM, Grumpy Old Man said:

        

Weren't they darker blue before?

On 12/15/2020 at 9:36 AM, webfact said:

But authorities later said tests had not shown up drugs and that trisodium phosphate reacted in the same way as ketamine by turning purple in tests.

Next up: "PD posts vacancy for analytical chemist"

Can't wait to see the thread when a UFO turns up...

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Government plans for Thailand to build and launch its own spacecraft to fly to and orbit the moon have been met with a barrage of criticism online...

...because the moon would then be getting more tourism than Thailand?

On 12/14/2020 at 7:39 PM, JomtienExile said:

Then I had to get a COVID test and a fit-to-fly letter within 72 hours of the flight. Since the flight was in on a Monday morning, this posed a problem. My GP is not available on weekends, and most public COVID test sites won't test people who don't have symptoms, and don't issue results in writing. So I had to pretend to have symptoms to get tested on Saturday morning, wait 24 hours to get the result by text message, then find a doctor available on Sunday to issue the letter.

This sounds a bit touch and go!

44 minutes ago, webfact said:

Restaurants patronised by wealthy Thai customers had recovered quickly, but those dependent on foreign tourists were still struggling, he added.

Quelle surprise

2 hours ago, mike787 said:

Google bells palsy covid 19....

I checked; the incidence rate of Bell's Palsy in the trial was basically what you'd find in the population normally. (Except in China, where for some reason Bell's Palsy is really common, and one of the main things people get acupuncture for.)

14 hours ago, webfact said:

He added that the industry was "collateral damage" in a wider attack on democratic institutions.

More like: "The industry's lends itself to abuse in wider attacks on democratic institutions."

I don't think the US 'election was stolen', but the voting machine industry needs to either massively increase transparency or <deleted>. Paper ballots leave better audit trails and counting them couldn't possibly take any longer than this time round...

14 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

That is why they are allowing a 45 day extension instead of 30 days. That would allow a 60 day stay after quarantine.

Generous!

13 minutes ago, Muzzique said:

The Day The Earth Stood Still

"The Day TVF Spiked"