steve73

It's a pity the police aren't as keen to enforce the existing traffic laws.  They would save many more lives if they were.

April road fatalities are a fraction of normal, with some days into low single figures. 

You need to look at this over a complete lifetime cycle.

30k per month in costs for 4-5 years BEFORE you get any income.  Then income of perhaps 1-2k per tree once they're fully mature (although probably only 1/2 that for the first few seasons) - (based on personal & friends experience, unless you're selling direct to the public) .. so maybe 300-600k/year (25-60k per month) and there'll still be similar ongoing expenses (plus. harvesting) when they are mature.

How long will they keep producing for?  15-20 years, perhaps a little longer if they're well taken care of, and then you'll need the whole 4-5 years with nothing all over again.

Based on this you might clear c. 2 MM over a 20-25 year cycle, but if you use a DCF at say 5%, it drops to less than 1/2MM... not a lot for 25 years of hard work...!!

And if you do get infested with stag-beetles (larvae), you could loose the lot in just a few years. 

2 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Corona, dengue, flu, PM2.5, drought, usurpers, unemployment, economic crash, it just keeps getting better. What's not to like?

Well at least the traffic fatalities should be dropping.... although I've not seen any figures (has anyone else?)

I was never advised that the first 8 or 9 on-line submissions I did using my .co.uk e-mail address were approved, although they were all successful.

A few other people I had helped to submit on-line, all of who had .com addressed were all advised by e-mail.

But the past few I've submitted have been advised successfully using my original .co.uk address.... not that I wait for it since it now gives me a pop-up window as soon as I hit the submit button.

They are getting there - albeit slowly...   

Maybe all the alcohol needs to be conserved to make the hand sprays & gel...?

btw, I've got a great cocktail recipe using hand gel if anyone wants....  

/sarcasm alert..!

worldometers data indicated T/L has tested just under 100,500 (on the 14th), but they don't appear to update it daily.  (previous was 72,000 from the 7th to the 13th, and 25k before that).... so maybe 4,000 tests per day on average recently.

Cases increased from 2,258 to 2,613 from the 7th to the 14th.  355 cases, so just over 1.2% showing positive, which is way below the global average.

....if you can believe the reported numbers...!

4 minutes ago, Philipg114763 said:

I really understand anyone keeping 800000 in a thai bank and you cant even touch 400000 of it ever. And gaining nothing. In my case i only need to have 400000 or show every 12 months 40000 transfering from uk bank to a thai bank. In your case it must be 65000 a mouth. Using transferwise is simpleand very cheap and get a good rate at the same time.  And if you have not got a bank accountin your country you can open one with transferwise and have your pension or your income paid into it plus you get dd card. And then every month transferyour 65000 into your thai bank accountand they only charge about £10 to transfer. And then you take all your 800000 out and do what ever you want with it 

Assuming you meant to say "I DONT really understand...."

There is no NEED to bring 65k per month into T/L - as long as you keep the 8/400k for the required durations.

Personally I manage to live to a very acceptable standard on around half of that monthly figure, although I could easily afford to spend more, but I have no NEED to.   As yet I am too young to have any regular pension payments, and am currently running down my investment savings, although the current impact of CV on my investments does mean I am very reluctant to cash them in at these depressed prices.  So I will cut my cloth accordingly and have tightened my belt a little.  (Zero alcohol and limited places to spend it have obviously helped somewhat...!)

2 hours ago, Brunolem said:

In my case it is very clear, they even attached a small piece of paper in my passport as a reminder that I had to bring my updated passbook when I would come to report for the 90 days, both happening to be at the same date.

I had that same piece of paper stapled into my PP by Rayong I/O when I did my annual extension in Feb.  I told them that I did my 90-day reports on-line and they said not to worry then..  They would simply check at my next annual extension in 2021.

11 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

The fact is this: The Corona Virus Sars-CoV2 is and always will be linked to China and the Wuhan province as to its starting point and origination......nothing more to say.  

Whilst I agree with what you've actually written (or at least my understanding of your statement), there is currently no proof that the virus originated there.

There are many contributors to this thread repeatedly whinging about China being responsible for the virus, but irrespective of whether you believe this to be the case or otherwise, my suggestion to boycott their goods allows everyone the opportunity to make an immediate personal contribution to punish them directly, albeit in a small way.

15 minutes ago, garrya said:

And celebrate when Syria, Yemen, Lybia and so on are bombed to rubble by our American and European friends. China is a dictatorship and no one can deny it, but believing the China is  the evil of the world.... oh no

What has this comment got to do with boycotting Chinese goods.?

If you believe China is responsible for Covid, and/or for the wider problems with the west's economies due to their competitiveness then anyone can make an individual effort.

If you're happy to keep supporting the Chinese economy at this time then so be it, dictatorship or not, but I fail to understand what the West's interference in the Middle East has to do with it...

Everybody who believes that China are responsible, or even anyone who want to simply punish them for whatever reason can do so buy stopping buying Chinese sourced/made goods.

No more i-phones, clones, or computers, no more consumer goods, and (for those of us in T/L) no more vegetables that are grown there.

Nearly everything we buy can be sourced or substituted from other places, although they will almost certainly be more expensive, and will probably contain components or materials that originated from China, so you'll need to do a little research before handing over your hard earned cash.

But with a little bit of effort every one of us CAN do our bit to punish them.....

A few years ago I lost my UK passport.  I needed a police report, and could then apply for a new one without needing to send in the old one (which I didn't have, obviously).

I realize the procedure for applying for a new passport has changed recently (years), but I assume there must still be a way to get a replacement PP. in case of loss or theft...?

Perhaps they need to report a few days of over 100 deaths - that might get everyone to take self-isolation and a soft lock down a bit more seriously... and then think about a more enforced ban on inter-provincial travel..

..and before anyone says that they shouldn't be making up fatlity figures, I'm guessing that's what they're doing already.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

As of April 8, the total number of confirmed cases in the country stood at 2369 -- 1,451 are under treatment of whom 23 are in a critical condition -- 888 have recovered and been discharged, and there have been 30 deaths.

This statement suggests to me that EVERYONE who tests positive ("confirmed cases"), symptomatic or otherwise, is placed in a medical facility, from which they mostly (97%) recover.  

9 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

I just did mine, it went through, waiting for confirmation

Which office do you use?

I (and others I've helped) use Rayong, and the on-line application now gives an IMMEDIATE approval via a pop-up window, so it's obviously linked to a database, rather than needing any manual intervention for approval.

Have any others, in other provinces, seen this immediate approval..?

My father used to swear by soluble aspirin (Dispirin in the UK).  Just place a pill between the affected tooth and your lips and let it gradually dissolve.  It's good for the pain but don't do it too much as it can "burn" the gums... 

Aspirin is better than para, since it works by deadening the nerve cells.  Para only affects the pain receptors in your brain.  As I understand it - but I'm no medical doctor....

55 minutes ago, DLock said:

I am suprised that Australia and UK do not make the Top 15.

 

I guess there are many reasons why those demographics have moved on to better options to leave whats left to places where Thailand is still considered relatively clean, safe and exotic.

Many of the tourist from these (and other European countries) would have arrived before X-mas/NY and have stayed 2-3 months (or perhaps even longer now....) but wouldn't be counted as "Arrivals" in Jan. 

I've just done an on-line report for a friend... Immediate approval via a pop-up window.

He had struggled to get past the first page yesterday; the only difference was that he entered the date of his arrival in T/L directly rather than using the drop-down calendar box.... I've seen this problem before.

Also please note that the print of the next appointment now indicates a max 5,000 bt fine for late reporting - I'm not sure when this was increased from 2,000... But be warned!!

3 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Get remarried within a year? Sell house to new wife start again. Just a thought.

Potential "new wives' will be queuing up for such a wonderful opportunity...

The issue MAY be that some people don't have access to a printer....?

In the past I have either taken a photo using my (non-smart) phone of my laptop screen, or used BT to send the .pdf file to my phone.  Both have been accepted at Immigration to support my annual extension, and I'm sure would be acceptable if you were ever checked elsewhere.

if you use the new phone App, then I'm pretty sure you can simply save the page to your phone

2 hours ago, mickyr55 said:

I remember reading somewhere recently that all flights should be no more than half full due to the social distancing regulations, makes sense to me.

My daughter returned from Hong Kong (where she's been working for the past 4 years) to the UK a few days ago.  Said there were only about 20 passengers in economy/premium E, and all well spaced out on lie-flat 3/4 middle seats, so no problems maintaining plenty of separation.

The data as presented suggests that ALL confirmed cases of CV here are hospitalised.  Clearly they are NOT reporting numbers who have tested positive, but show just mild symptoms and are self isolating at home.

... or are they forcing anyone who has tested positive into hospital... which is the last place I would want to be if only showing mild symptoms.  This could explain why so few are (requesting) being tested.

I'd suggest there are many more unknowingly infected, with no or just mild symptoms, that could be spreading the virus MUCH further afield.

20 hours ago, rvaviator said:

I thought for a moment you said that Soi dogs will now be considered as food ...

I saw an article on Bloomberg this morning that two dogs in Hong Kong have tested positive for CV - one of which died.  Could be good to rid T/L of the soi dog problem one and for all, unless of course humans can get re-infected from them...  I'll try to find the link again.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-19/second-dog-in-hong-kong-tests-positive-for-covid-19-virus