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5 hours ago, Leaver said:

Is that two doses, or only one?   

The news about AZ is concerning.   It could slow the roll out of many countries.  

 

21 million doses given in the UK,being reported today.Dont know where 41% comes from.Thats total shots given,probably about 2% have been given their second shot.

On 3/7/2021 at 10:27 AM, Nanaplaza666 said:

Utter nonsense ?? Depends on what you consider a walking distance . If you have to walk 3 kilometers before you reach the entertainment area you also could have taken that 15min taxi ride . But ok i geuss everything someone else then you says is Utter nonsense.

And be a hot and dripping wet from sweating when you arrive,you need to be close to the Baht bus rout or brave a motorcycle if you want to enjoy the night life safely for yourself and others,throw in the soi dogs I will take the easy way and stay in Jomtien between beach road and second road with,a balcony on the Pattaya side so there's no sun during the day.

Ok if you really don't drink you may be able to use a scooter or motorbike,it's not if you have an accident but when.

Assuming we are talking about the over 65s here we need to avoid hospital visits at all costs,a lot of guys have died from covid19 by being infected in the hospital.

Jomtien has rules! about loud music it's normally not so bad and if bars want to have a party I think they need some sort of permit,they probably have to pay.

30 minutes ago, Jiggo said:

Says so much for the inward facing EU, staying in touch with our commonwealth friends...love it.

Cyprus has left the EU?

5 hours ago, arick said:

He is leaving Australia.! Not bloody the UK can't compare the two 

True.Coming from Oz the op may be able to handle the weather better than I can.One post mentioned bored western males in the the chunky monkey? what he doesn't take into  consideration is the heat,the last couple of years 2018/19/20 I have noticed and felt that it was even hotter and drier than normal.It will take me at least six months to acclimatise and I'm not sure I ever would be able to function in the hottest time of the year.I visit every year Jan/Feb.

7 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

 

The tariffs were introduced by your mate Trump.

Now given we have no trade deal with the US what tariffs now apply?

They will be back on if Boris buggers up the good Friday agreement.

26 minutes ago, geisha said:

I prefer Jomtien only because the air I breathe is better, and less trafic except weekends and holidays. There’s more space too, at least for the moment. 

I feel the same,but I am coming round to the idea that splitting a holiday up is the way to go.Start in Pattaya and stay till I can't stand the traffic,pollution and noise etc and then move to jomtien.If I was to choose one to live in full time it would be jomtien.

1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

Back pain?

I am astonished that Diclofenac is not mentioned (one of the most sold substances worldwide).

Cheaply available here as gel named "Difelene".

I use it occasionally combined/alternately with Counterpain.

 

I stock up when I am in Thailand,the Voltaren creme is expensive.There are now two strengths.The tablets come with a health warning and omeprozel is advised.

2 hours ago, RocketDog said:

Your supposition is correct. In my area of expertise, Hazardous Atmosphere electronics, there are many vendors who put false labels on their products. Naturally this is illegal, but as we all know.............Unfortunately, the market wants their phone chargers to be small and cheap. This drives vendors to reduce cost/size to gain market share. If the charger gets warm or shows signs of plastic case deformation, discard the thing immediately and destroy it first so it won't be salvaged from the trash and used by someone else.

 

As for Joe, his only recourse is to stop buying from the lowest cost vendor in specific areas such as this. Also, looking for certification labels helps, but again, these are falsified, specifically on chinese products. That's why I mentioned Anker charging products, which I have vetted the Lazada Anker Flagship Store with. As @Crossy mentioned, it is a relatively rare event, but still, nobody wants to die this way.

 

As another member posted though, just don't use products when they are being charged from 220/120V mains sources, UNLESS they are being charged wirelessly. My Samsung S7 can be charged wirelessly (Anker makes a fast charger) or from a power bank charger. More and more products are offering wireless charging options. These deaths occur several times a year and I always make a post much like my first one; do a search to see.

 

These deaths often occur when the victim is in bed with earbuds connected. It is my unverified opinion that the charger fails, mains current is present on the earphone cables, and the moisture in the inner ear provides a low resistance path through the brain and heart. At lower voltages, such as normal5v  phone use, the resistance path is high enough that only minute currents flow even in a fault condition. At 220V/50Hz, there is enough capacitive coupling (lower impedance) from your body to earth in this case to cause high current death; this is conjecture on my part. If true, then over the ear phones would be less likely to present this low impedance path, thus no harm. So Joe should also buy such earphones to use when he's using a mains-charging phone.

 

Note that we are discussing very specific electrocution hazards from very specific devices. Lots of other electronic equipment, fake labels or not, is not in the same category though it may well still be junk. Living in Thailand I have resigned myself to buying chinese junk and replacing it very year or two.

Or get Bluetooth headphones.

3 minutes ago, shy coconut said:

Not sure why my post is in the form of reply to your post, so I do apologise.....

 

Anyway I am currently watching Nicola's evidence presentation and don't really understand 

why the BBC are making such a big deal about this.

 

It seems that she may well have technically made a few procedural mistakes, but don't , so far

see anything that would warrant resignation. Her prepared statement was, as expected by someone 

used to this , assured and competent. The questions from the floor don't seem to be the sort 

to place her position in any kind of danger.

 

 

It really is quite a dull affair so far with no sensational allegations or revelations.

 

Salmond appears to be on a vindictive journey with no apparent goal, and for someone who 

has had a lifetime commitment to independence, his actions surely only put that goal in jeopardy.

 

His reputation is already shot, regardless of previous court rulings, the accusations alone have 

caused irreparable damage to him, so I don't really understand his motives here.

 

For the record, I am an Englishman who's UK residence is in the Highlands, so I am not 

a person who has a lifetime dream of independence, but wouldn't up sticks and move south 

if it were to happen.

 

My guess is that he's seriously bitter and twisted because they were prepared to let him go to jail,maybe actually tried to facilitate it.Though that may be hard to prove.His career is long gone and his chance to earn money on the after dinner speech circuit,paid to sit on board's of banks etc is a no no.He is going to make them suffer at any cost.

1 hour ago, sead said:

What's all this talk about highspenders all the time. Its incredible about the focus on highspenders blabla

It's not just Thailand, worldwide every city that is overrun with mass tourism is singing the "quality over quantity" song with the "hey big spender" chorus.

20 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

GBP is still over 42, don't understand your post. ??

It's down on the TT site 41:95 and the € $ have also dropped,it's minor at the moment.Its reported in the UK press that the Brazil variant has arrived,they can't trace one of the positives because he didn't fill in the contact form when he took the test on arrival.Whats that got to with this thread? According to the Grauniad it might mean that Brits won't be traveling anywhere this summer.

57 minutes ago, kingdong said:

Think she applied for bangladeshi citizenship and got the spanish archer,as for your first comment re european courts of justice,if uk had still been members of the eu could the european court of justice have overuled the british court decision?

Not sure,but the lawyers could tie it up for years.In the mean time she could be in jail,or on benefits.In some cases especially on citizens rights the ECJ reign supreme.

30 minutes ago, kingdong said:

Don,t know about the legal side of this but would she have had more rights of appeal if U.K. Had still been members of the eu?

The European courts of justice is the supreme court for members of the EU.As she's not actually a citizen of the EU? Would she even get there? (She has the right to Bangladesh citizenship) If she did get to the ECJ it's not a given that they would come down on her side. The European courts of human rights also exists and the UK is signed up to that,it's not a EU institution.They both get a bad rap in the UK press because they are slow and the lawyers tie cases up for years with appeals and technicalities,usually about extraditions.

26 minutes ago, Janner1 said:

Forgive me but why would you want to do that? 
All you are going to find is cold weather, high taxation, cold weather, restrictions, cold weather, high cost of living and the dreaded Nicola Sturgeon, god help Scotland and the Scots if she gets her way.

Get a EU passport if they get independence,better than a UK one whatever the colour.

2 hours ago, GrandPapillon said:

now that's funny as a credible source ????

Up there with the Daily Express and Daily Mail.

7 hours ago, Tofer said:

 

Have you forgotten we're meant to have a free trade agreement with the EU?

 

Or maybe they aren't respecting it because they can't pull their finger out to sign it. I was under the impression it was active under a temporary approval.

You mean, having cake,then eating said cake.

19 hours ago, oznomad said:

????????????????

What a ridiculous statement. 

That's the reason I go to Jomtien.I am on a pension,on a bit of a budget,a bus ride to and from the airport,not so busy as Pattaya yet only a Baht bus ride away.Dongtang beach is clean and not rammed,the beach along beach road is there when you want to be around people.Not exactly exiting but at my age that's ok.I only visit for 4 to 7 weeks Jan/Feb/march.

Uniqlo do some cotton briefs,budgie smugglers and trunks,97-93 % cotton.the waistband will be elastasine.You might struggle to get the 3xxx sizes.Good price and they may be able to order the larger sizes.might be worth a look.

3 hours ago, fdsa said:

THEY understand it well, it's YOU forum members who do not understand the simple fact: Thailand does not want backpackers anymore, only rich tourists are welcome.

Click "back" button in your browser to go to the "Thailand News" subforum and read all those topics about selling elite condos to Chinese millionaires, converting Pattaya to Dubai and such.

The quality v quantity argument is going on all over the world.Venice, Amsterdam,the Spanish islands,Bali and so on.

I know the Chinese-Indian middle class is growing but they are not any better than the European masses,they may not put up with the <deleted> service that we Europeans do.How many elite condos actually exist? what I read is that the ones being built are mostly under 50 square metres,only big enough for their man servants.

13 hours ago, foreverlomsak said:

Your all wrong.

It's the first move in relocating the beach to where it wont wash away again.

Any chance of the soi dogs being washed away?