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1 hour ago, overherebc said:

Haven't quite perfected the 'leccy vehicle' with a real noisy exhaust yet.  Hang in there it'll come. ????

I'm sure when EVs become more popular, someone will develop an App you can download that will use your in-car entertainment system to simulate an thunderously loud exhaust. It's bound to appeal to boy-racers.

20 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Wrong product.....they need to refocus.  This is where they need to be growing....pun intended.

If they did that, they could increase their sales ten-fold for the same costs. just by cutting the fingers off each pair of gloves.

1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:

9 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Britons may need visas to stay in EU more than three months:

Wouldn't have said that in Henry VIII's day .. 

He would probably find himself excommunicated by the pope-on-a-rope.

7 minutes ago, petermik said:

And no masks..shocking

It's OK, the box probably just full of static electricity, so not contagious.

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Border Consortium (TBC)

What's that in reality? Do they claim to have control over the border, or something like that?

2 minutes ago, webfact said:

Spectacular meteor shower expected throughout the night of December 13th

I just can't resist this: Well it makes a change from the usual government shower we keep reading about.

55 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thai man impales himself on front gate after girlfriend doesn't answer his calls

I thought it was perhaps because he couldn't impale her, so he resorted to the gate?

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Another was a person in Singburi who had sat next to a Tachilek returnee on a flight. Their mask had been under their chin on the flight.

<sigh>

18 hours ago, Surelynot said:

It is anti-social if it disturbs your neighbors in any way......why do people even want loud music...I want to talk and hear people?

I would inform my neighbors if having a party and invite them.....I would not have any loud music......I would tell my neighbors when it would start and finish........it is called being civilized.

 

Just banging on a loud music system and having a loud party out of the blue or regularly frequently leads to very serious problems.

'I would inform my neighbors' and  'I would tell my neighbors'.  That comes under the phrase, 'volunteering information' which most of the time doesn't happen.
A lot of people here tend to react to questions or complaints, rather than offer information on their own volition.

5 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

6 hours ago, webfact said:

A number of Rotary clubs together with the Inez Foundation, handed out 20.000 condoms in Pattaya for the World Aids Day, 1st of December. 

Do they have a use by date?

If they were being used for safe oral sex, would they have an 'eat by date'?

2 hours ago, faraday said:

 

Around the head....? 

Absolutely correct too - well diameter actually.

56 minutes ago, petermik said:

Glad they found a home.....those extra small ones are no good on me

Aren't the Bodyguard the ones that were tested to BS 3704? 42mm, not 37mm If so, then they're not a Thai size.

2 hours ago, CorpusChristie said:

I agree, it was a public beach and they had no right for an erection on a public beach .

   The authorities did the right thing as well , just asked for the erection not to be used and for it to be removed .

 Drinking beer on a beach  is frowned upon, but acceptable , but drinking beer on a public beach with an erection is just plain wrong 

It's a hard life.

On 12/4/2020 at 11:20 AM, 4MyEgo said:

Thanks for that, it's pretty much what my mate said, 55, but do update us again when you have an outcome as I know my mate did give blood overseas as well.

Update on donating blood.

I went to the Blood Bank at Udon Thani hospital this morning to hopefully donate blood for the first time (in Thailand). I spoke to a nurse by the name of Thawarat, she speaks English well and is very helpful.

Initially the discussion was regarding my age. I showed Thawarat the email from the Red Cross she asked me to bring, where I told the Red Cross my age at the time (59) and that I had been a blood donor in the UK previously.
The Red Cross in Bangkok sent me an email telling me to contact Udon Hospital.

She was confused, as at Udon they need to refer first-time blood donors over 55 to Khon Kaen, for them to use the physician there to evaluate whether they are fit to give blood. (They don’t have one at Udon and you do need the Red Cross physician to check you first)

Assuming that is OK, after your first donation at Khon Kaen, you can then subsequently donate at Udon.

Unfortunately I didn’t even get that far, as I discovered that being from the UK I am barred from donating blood in Thailand.
It is regarding the Mad Cow Disease that was present in the UK years ago.
This is quoted directly from the Red Cross questionnaire I was given:

13. Had a blood transfusion in UK during 1980-1996?
14. Did you reside in UK during 1980-1996 for the period of more than 6 months?

I told Thawarat that in the UK I continued to donate blood during this time, so I assume they tested everyone's blood for the presence of the disease?

Thawarat explained that as they hadn’t suffered it in Thailand, there was no blood test available to check for it.

For anyone who is interesting in donating blood, I hope this helps.

43 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

Think they must be going to pay you a million to come and be banged up ????

I could go for that for two weeks in solitary quarantine. Where do I sign up?