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You make the "ever America" mistake of claiming presence and veracity over all critical reference. There were protest activities outside of your precious US that at the time went less sanitized than the remnants now available. Normal for many that originate from a fascist militarized hegemonistic federal state collective .

Does that apply to Trump ? In any degree of honesty? Climate or otherwise? He would step on your neck or have his paid minions do so just as fast if he even imagined cause !

A sudden rise in the incidence of covid post Sonkran here in rural north east occurred in the family members of relatives who returned home for the holiday so presumably bring the virus with them. For all it was very mild and brief. That mini epidemic is now past so IMO children returning to schools in their own area are not more or any less likely to be infected. I think it would be true to say that any spike in infections follows mass travel events which suggests it is the regional exposure to minor variants that creates the spike. Given that over time variants have not demonstrated greater but lessor potential lethal impact perhaps increasing exposure assists an increase in overall community immunity? "Long covid " claims are still a contentious subject within the viral/ epidemiological expert domain. References to "studies" with no indisputable conclusion is as useful as boobs on a bull unless endless argument is the goal. In the absence of totalitarian mandates freedom of choice and opinion should be respected. IMHO.

You are basically correct. But "just get more kids in the water" ? Investigate where the drownings mostly occur and the curcumstances of them ! Thailand has quite long coastline but it has copius bodies of lethal waters far from the sunny beaches.

Ok. So there are significant factors that skew your provision of statistical numbers if they do not differentiate in the event of drownings or associated rescue statistics those that are immigrant victims vs those as already born nationals that (presumably) have been educated from an early age with respect to water safety. "Back then" would indicate some doubt as to the continuance of mandated water safety and/or swimming lessons. Sadly the current social attitude towards personal safety is gravitating rapidly towards the concept of affordable security while bureaucratic demands commandeer reductions in what has been paid for.

I have no understanding of that comment. When it comes to rescues of people from a beach catering to "tourist" which includes local and foreigner where "life saver " personnel are present then yes those rescued mostly survive yet so often attribute that to their own stamina etc etc. Those that are ignorant of /ignore warning signs on beach fronts against swimming should pay dearly for rescues in that event. I have alternative thoughts on those parents that allow children to unsupervised entertain themselves in bodies of water capable of killing them. Your adult tourist ? Som num nah !

Point taken. But that is relevant to the education offered to (probably) immigrants to the UK and therefore an omission of relevance to the UK .

Swimming and knowing to float are not so closely related. For those that know how to float the enemy is not immediate drowning but in longer time terms hypothermia .

A non swimmer should contemplate negotiating a spot in the paddling pool then. So long as he/she /it can tolerate a significant level of urinary contamination as an example. To date not come across too many Indian and African Thai.

I fully understand that. The focus of my post was ( I intended) that water safety is something a tourist perhaps should have acquired in evidence of financial capacity to be a tourist. The reality is that the leading cause of death of children in Thailand is drowning.

Sadly that is probably an accurate assessment. Certainly not exclusive to Thailand given the numerous examples featured in international news over the impact of foreign workers , legal or not, taking away employment from local aspirants. I use the term :aspirant" in place of "worker" because increasingly I observe the self righteousness of presumed employees who apparently expect to be paid to be "online" and ignore the presence of "customers" until challenged for attention ! Bring on the workers who understand the function of their employment .... please.

It is not so often that a drowning off a tourist beach involves a Thai and is unikely a tourist is interested in dedicating time to such a information regardless . But perhaps a mandatory educational attempt would be a well made effort to offset the sad and sickening drowning annual death rates of Thai children that occur more often than not in locations far far from the sea. That is not to say that a mature male tourist does not deserve some sympathy for a death due to presumed ignorance of known risk.

"Human rights" are the carrot to the donkey of subjugated humans. Work for them ! Suffer against the oppression ! Raise your voices ! You too can rise above and lead humanity to Freeedom and prosperity ! Etc etc etc. No you flockin will never defeat the established rich kunts! Sorry. Reality is a bitch and I know more than one.

What percentage of a population is required to be educated for economic growth in an aspiring economy increasingly reliant on industrial output with heavy invested adoption of AI to the detriment of workers educated or not? The spiraling down of any previous egalitarian promises for even the slightest chances of human social utopia is accelerating at approximately the same rate as the reduction of democratic principles .

In effect same same and not so different.

As AZ in origins was a non profit effort the current commercial success of Pfizer has managed to financially bury competition in a market that has lost interest and yet is financially shakey. Where have the billions gone ?

Western Union agents used to offer fax services. ANZ boasts a secure messaging app.

Is it the CBA ? An Australian I know fumes over how bad he says they are .

A Bank that requests faxes and has no email listed in customer service contact options sounds quite unusual.

Is that a sample from "Paid Propaganda Central" ?

Buy me one as a gift and I will evaluate an appropriate response to that spiel.

Your condescending jibes and attacks on personalities you do not even know are notorious across many forum sites due to the insidious efforts to emulate a persona similar to Boris J and Don the Dump. Your best efforts are approximately equivalent to the best ICE powered vehicle at less than 50%. In serious developmental terms EV vehicles are comparatively at about Model A stage mostly in terms of battery recharge capacity vs time/vs safety. That is due to the vested interest of corporate petrochem interests determined to not relinquish the monopoly of both transport energies and established vehicle brands. In my younger years i can and do not deny I enjoyed the adrenaline rush derived from a (seriously modified) but genuinely impractical vehicle which by comparison to contemporary production units from Japan were quite pathetic. Power to weight ratios were touted as some sort of formula. Then un-sprung weight related to traction control ! Then the energy crisis ! OMG ! Fuel prices doubled. People still had to travel ! Extorted ....again ! It has never stopped. ! Motor racing is at least as popular as ever. Same for "sports" in stadiums payed for by taxpayers but demand an exorbitant entry fee to witness corporate playboys and girls strut their stuff ?Kick the ball? \ Do you feel no pain Sam? OH !

Garmin has been obseleted . Had it's day like Skype. Thanks much.

I consider it hilarious that there is an actual authority that is empowered to determine eligibility to debate in the contest to become POTUS ! A 2 horse race and any dang outsider is gonna be hobbled from the outset? Wunnerful democracy you got going there then ! Wake up peebles!

I understand the dilemma for the OP. I have gifted a small solid gold ladies wristwatch to my wife. It was originally handed down from my Grandmother on my Father's side. Estimated age derived from records of family history would indicate it would be at minimum between 100 and 120 years old. It has a double sided hinged casing and is only about 2 cm across with a spring loaded expanding strap with security clasp. It is in perfect working order and keeps time despite only having a fully wound working time of 12 hours. I have tried to get a valuation (not in Thailand) but without any realistic consensus. Two Jeweler/watchmaker wanted to open.it just to check if the mechanism is an early Rolex which I declined because they could give no guarantee that by doing so would not cause functional issues as a result. My wife is Thai and so naturally very proud to have a GOLD heirloom to wear on special occasions. My interest in realistic value is about insurance rather than sale value. I have no emotional concerns because I never knew my Grandmother and from my fathers rare mention was not remembered long after her funeral. So quite sad that a material possession continues to represent more interest than the original recipient. Museums are even more morbid in that aspect.