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8 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

So the expats from the US and others are left out, or excuse me, might not see one of these doses

Yep. It's entirely up to the Thai government what they do with the vaccines, so expect lots of lip service about doing the right thing followed by the usual shady dealings.

Well I'm sure him and his loved ones will be taking a cocktail then?

What's that Doctor Yong? You're all already double jabbed with the best vaccines available months ago? Oh I see, this advice is just for the serfs... Gotcha...

2 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

They do much more good than harm. Can't find a Thai who can explain why they are disliked by so many people here. Nothing like as many in East Asia as, for example, in West Africa. Personally I value them and I enjoy having them around.

 

What good do they do? Serious question by the way. I can understand why they are disliked. I've found all they do is wake me up in the middle of the night with their incessant DToooKaaeee noises and leave big poo deposits everywhere. They can also make you jump out of your skin during a 3am trip to the toilet. Plus they are no doubt crawling all over anything that's left out to dry at night like cutlery etc.

I also believe that they are very attractive to snakes, therefore bringing even bigger critters to the house. 

What are the positives? 

13 minutes ago, Kanada said:

This is the baddest boy in the jungle….excruciating bite.

when we moved back into this house after four years vacant we found two dead ones!

Dont play around….it’s on the list of most painful bites!

I got bitten by a small one about a year ago. Painful, but not as bad as I expected. My heart was racing for a couple of hours and my finger was swollen for a day but it was manageable as long as my finger was in ice.

It was small though, maybe 1.5 inches. I stupidly put my hand into a bucket with a bit of wet mud in the bottom to clean it out and didn't realize it was in there. The first 5 minutes was extremely painful but it subsided after that, but it was still bad enough to ruin my day. 

My Thai dogs will kill anything. Snakes, squirrels, rats, pigeons, mice, chickens etc. but these things are the only things they won't go near.

3 hours ago, KarenBravo said:

Let's get one thing straight. Ching-choks and Tokays do not eat mosquitoes (except in the jungle).

Ching-choks and Tokays hang around electric lights. Mosquitoes are drawn to darkness.

So, what is the likelihood that a mosquito will even get in range for these Geckos to eat them?

They don't. They eat other insects that are attracted to the light. They have field days when termites and ants take to the wing.

 

Any Gecko found in the house is fair game for a whack. All Geckos outside are left alone.

I do not want poop in my kitchen, or bedrooms.

 

 

Same here. They make noise (generally in the middle of the night), they poo everywhere and they attract larger animals to eat them, whether that be rats, mice, snakes or whatever. They also make you jump out of your skin when you reach into a cupboard for cereal at 6am and they scurry off.

Don't get me wrong, I love animals and I love nature. If I see them in the field I'll leave them alone. But I don't want them in or around the house. Me and the dog are perfectly aligned on the issue. A lot of dogs run away when the owner picks up a stick whereas mine gets super excited about what we're about to hunt, it's his favourite activity.  

20 minutes ago, Aforek said:

They can't attract snakes with their loud " to kay ", because snakes are deaf ; I have read that only males have this sound, females are silent ( may be the sound is to attract females ) 

Snakes aren't deaf. 

https://www.reptilesmagazine.com/the-vet-report-contrary-to-popular-belief-snakes-can-hear/

They are pretty aggressive. When we moved into our farm house it had been vacant for 3 years and there was about 10 of them in there. Took us ages to get them out, they sit there staring at you with their mouth open, quite threatening ????. They also run towards you if you shake a stick at them, was quite funny watching them chasing my girlfriend's screaming sister out of the house.

My gf hates them, she reckons the loud call (Tookaaeee Tookaaee hence the name) attracts snakes to come and eat them which does make sense. Fortunately our PitBull shares my girlfriend's dislike of them so they don't tend to last long if they come near our place. They're brave though, they often stand their ground against him which only makes his job easier. They can have some quite attractive colouring though but the idea of them attracting snakes to the property is enough for me to not discourage the dog from doing his thing.

23 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

It's kind of hard to fathom why NONE of the closure orders involve any kind of factories, which have been hotspots for COVID outbreaks, while at the same time they're closing swimming pools, museums, public parks, etc., NONE of which have had any major role in spreading the virus nor are likely to have.

 

Money, pure and simple.

If exports were to take a massive hit on top of the loss of tourism, they'd really be up the creek without a paddle. Plus it could cause long term loss of confidence and eventually investors moving elsewhere.

It seemed weird to me that parks were open but non-essential journeys were not allowed. Unless going to the park was deemed essential, then it was OK to be AT the park but not OK to travel there. It's getting tough to get aerobic exercise now for sure. I've resorted to Boxfit videos on YouTube ????.

2 hours ago, robblok said:

Look at the size of the Thai alcohol giants and then at the size of those craft beer companies. The difference is just huge.  You don't buy up things that are so much smaller. You buy up possible competitors or companies that add to your value. Not insignificant ones. 

 

Why would they need to buy them up? ???? That's what happens in advanced Democracies in the West that actually have proper laws and legal systems and regulatory bodies.

In corrupt countries run by tin pot Juntas there's no need to spend money buying these small companies. You just get your mates that stole power in 2014 to tax and legislate them out of business as I stated in my first post of the thread. 

22 minutes ago, robblok said:

Oh you keep bringing up the past perhaps to justify the fact you have no good arguments and a lack of drinking time. I have told you countless times i revised my support. Unlike people like you can revise an opinion when im wrong. Something you have a hard time doing. Its ok I know what kind of person you are. You did see your post about the gym were deleted. Now boy go back to to your corner and engage your brain. So frustrated you can't drink must be hell for you. Your in every alcohol topic.

 

Do you see microsoft go after small software companies (i mean sure upcoming ones but not as the really small ones). You cannot compare craft beer output with that of the Thai companies. 

 

Also its a different market, craft beer is not the same market (i know perhaps your education is lacking) but the markets just don't overlap. People who like craft beers will not switch to the <deleted> the Thai producers make. 

 

Next time argue the facts instead of dragging all kind of idiotic stuff into it then maybe you get a more civil reply too.

Yeah Microsoft never buy small companies ????

Maybe checkout the list in the link below, you might learn something for once. It takes quite a bit of scrolling though to get to the bottom of the list though. So hopefully you're not too tired from your group gym sessions where you and your gymbunny mates from outside your household huddle together in a small home gym getting sweaty together. Very responsible during a pandemic...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Microsoft

You can also check out the history of coups and their successes and failures. Maybe then you won't support the next one? Until then, just keep on defending your mate Prayut as he ruins Thailand and makes the poor even poorer.