On 7/23/2021 at 4:08 PM, Kwasaki said:

I say nothing and just get on with my hobbies.

Totally agree!  Someone once told me only boring people get bored.  I never get bored because like you I dont have enough time for my hobbies and I think its the main reason I dont get lonely even though I have been in isolation for months.  I have found for a while now that whenever I do have contact with people outside my gate I have problems.

and all this without the pink ID card?? 

On 7/22/2021 at 6:11 PM, gk10012001 said:

gee.  Everything over there is seemingly not making it easy on foreign travelers or expats

But we dont discriminate!

Best to steer clear of anything Microsoft....they will do an update to fix the problem but the updates usually bring more problems.  Technological advancement eh, what did we ever do without it lol.

3 hours ago, petermik said:

"We have everything under control"....now who said dat....LOL

Which time?  lol!

6 hours ago, George Bowman said:

The local hospital out here in the boonies has started vaccinating people over the age of 60. Since I’m over that threshold,  yesterday I decided to see if I could receive whatever vaccine. Basically, the officials said they were not allowed to vaccinate anyone other than Thais, but I could ask the Phitsanulok provincial authorities if they would give permission. 

 

Unfortunately, they also said no and then offered some advice on how to proceed. It was then explained that as a ‘farang’ I could pay for the vaccine from a private hospital sometime in the future. Furthermore, they said the blame for no available vaccine was really America’s fault. Why? When the US government donated the 1.5 million doses of the vaccine to Thailand, they did not stipulate that any was to be given to American citizens...

 

I knew all along this was all Americas fault lol! 

A good yarn.  Never miss with Val Kilmar and Kim Bassinger is always, errrr....entertaining.

8 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

Highly contagious Delta variant means people should avoid any unnecessary contact . They should use their phones instead to order food , medicines etc .

If there is no delivery service yet , need to set up one as soon as possible .

But my phone doesnt have an anti-virus??

12 hours ago, Soikhaonoiken said:

Here we go again,  will this Government ever get this virus under control.... 

Its been 'under control' here and in the prisons for a long time....you just dont understand what 'under control' means in Thailand.

I have a 2013 Toyota Vigo, bought new off the showroom floor, now struggling to break through 36,000 kms.....we never go anywhere.  Brother in law bought his Isuzu p/up the year before me but I reckon he would not have done more than 25,000.   It sits in the driveway as a show of wealth.....very common in the villages especially when after the loan is paid each month there is nothing left for fuel.  Its a Thai thing.

On 7/18/2021 at 10:32 AM, worgeordie said:

Check to pedals for wear , low milage should have nearly no wear,

higher clocked motors will have worn pedals, unless they have changed

them too, then there's always the service records, 

regards Worgeordie

That is a very good idea however Thais dont use the pedals seeing the brakes always fail......I read it in the news often.

On 7/16/2021 at 5:15 PM, Andrew Dwyer said:

“ Three Girls “ (2017)

3 part drama from BBC based on the grooming of hundreds of teenage girls by   several middle age men, many with wives and families, in Rochdale, U.K..

Focuses on the mistakes made by the police in assessing the enormity of the situation.

 

 

A YouTube documentary called “ Betrayed Girls: The Rochdale Scandal” also available if you prefer a more factual account.

 

Either way , a harrowing story.

 

 

Excellent series, thanks.  Doesnt give much confidence in the justice system......as per usual.

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

Correct - I didn’t include the d!<k heads accusing the Pink ID holders as acting as if they have an elevated sense of Thainess or importance or whatever it is they perceive or project - those arguments are just idiotic. 

Can you please point out where I made that accusation? 

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

There have been a load of threads on the Yellow House Book and Pink ID over the past couple of years. 

 

The take away from ALL of those threads: 

 

1) The vast majority of those who have the Yellow House Book and Pink ID have stated that it has been useful.

 

2) A lot of those who do not have the Yellow House Book and Pink ID have stated it is useless. 

 

 

Those who do not have the Yellow House Book and Pink ID seem to think applying for it is too much trouble which may influence why they think it is useless. 

 

The reality: A Yellow House Book and Pink ID card is by no means a necessity. But, it has been proven to be quite handy for many who have it.

 

Having gone through the process a few years back, yes, securing the Yellow House Book and Pink ID involves a little leg work, it was worth it for me.

 

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I have saved money on Affirmation of Residence letters from Embassy (I’m not usually in Thailand longer than 90 days at a time and thus never to a 90 day report and thus cannot get a letter of residence from immigration).

 

I registered for the vaccine with on the Mor Promp App using Pink ID, I received AZ at the beginning of June. 

 

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The whole debate around the Yellow House Book and Pink ID is utterly ridiculous...  other than the leg work involved in applying, there is no downside to holding those documents, but there can be advantages of cost saving, time saving and also ensuring you are ‘in the Thai system’ for vaccines and in the near future booster vaccinations. 

 

 

 

 

You have missed a lot in your 'take away' research lol.

Passport would have been enough in most cases if you insist.  Especially in some areas where they dont even know what a pink card is.  Thai officialdom like the pink card coz its all in Thai whereas passport is not.  Some Thais almost pass out if confronted with anything but Thai lol!  I got my first AZ shot with passport only and booked for 2nd in October.

4 hours ago, bamboozled said:

Why do they track prison infections and non-prison infections as separate numbers?

Agreed.   What about the plumbers, mechanics, fishermen etc.?  No seperate figures for them?    They just love to confuse the issue.

Or maybe someone is trying to rub it in coz not long ago they insisted the prison covid situation was "under control" lol!

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

I did't see him forking out some, little some, of his vast fortune to help any Thai people during this harsh economic times either by helping with food or god forbid try to buy some vaccines on the open market and spend some of the multi billions he made on the back of his people, re-elect him? for what benefits? so he can make MORE money?... he's no leader, he's an opportunist...

Put it down to the cost of doing business.....everything is seen as an investment.

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Thai Cabinet Committee yesterday, July 13th, has approved the draft Space Affairs Act, granting Thailand the opportunity to enter a new future of space technology and exploration.

You are talking about the space behind the fridge surely??!!

The problem was she was on her own.......its a family friendly resort you see.

Thailand approves self-tests, self-isolation as COVID-19 cases climb

They dont have much choice!  The people know they can rely on the govt to get their act together, as recent polls have shown, so the people are left to fend for themselves the best they can.  Not the ideal solution because difficult to keep tabs on the number of infections as Smedley has already pointed out but then again the people have little alternative and  who believes the govt figures anyhow?

Vultures!  It wasnt until I was half way through the article that I realised they werent talking about politicians!  I think Ive been here too long????

I dont understand all the fuss, its only 1 in 1,000?  You could look at it the other way and say that 1 shot of Sinovac has protected up to 999 health workers out of 1,000.  But that would probably only be realised if Sinovac was made in the west and especially the US.