KhaoNiaw

Lao citizens going back over the border still need to follow the requirements like PCR Tests, do quarantine etc. So he needs to check on the latest requirements because it's not open to just travel freely.

It could be because crossing from Laos into Thailand some of the quarantine hotels are in Udon Thani, so you're effectively picked up and taken directly there from the border.

Does saying something against Thaksin mean you support this government? Things were at least starting to head towards a better direction at that time and were put into reverse by Thaksin at that time. I'm not talking about anything else.

Worth remembering that Thaksin completely strangled what were the beginnings of an independent and open media in Thailand. He cowed the media through legal threats and action and forced them into self-censorship to stifle criticism of his actions.

I successfully did the online test but when I went in (Bangchak) they said it wasn't for foreigners and I couldn't use it. So I had to book a foreigner's slot a few months later. That was last year though so could be different now.

I had two AZs last year and had Covid a couple of months ago. I've got a booster booked this week but not sure it's necessary after the infection?

You're over-explaining now I think. But I'm not going to disagree that the lack of final 's' in Thai is a contributory factor. Of course when a language doesn't use final clusters, then there is also a cluster problem. Rarely do linguistic problems come from a single contributory factor. The only thing I was actually trying to correct was the suggestion that 'six' doesn't contain a consonant cluster - but you're right, I haven't followed the discussion so probably missed the point.

"Six" does have a consonant cluster at the end /-ks/. You're confusing spelling and sounds. 'x' is not a final sound in English, just a spelling that covers the cluster. So it is a cluster problem for Thais.

Update: This really worked well. Registered for the system, put in the vehicle details and paid by debit card last Saturday. The system updated every step: Tuesday, documents printed, Wednesday sent out by EMS, Thursday (today) new tax disc arrived. This was for a vehicle over 7 years old, the online process, including registration, took about 10 minutes. You can add multiple vehicles to your account and the process will be even quicker once you already have an account set up. There's only Thai language though. One of those things that when they do it properly, it really is an excellent service.

Be careful though, I don't think that Thai Smile, Thai or Air Asia are actually flying at the moment. They may take bookings and cancel the flights? But I think they've postponed flights to Laos until at least 1 May. I believe Lao Airlines is the only one actually flying at the moment.

Well before the end of the season? It's in July, before they start the proper pre-season training camp. The clubs will only be doing it for the cash so Klopp will probably be OK with it as a way of easing them back into pre-season and having some fun.

In Facebook groups like Laos in the Time of Covid, there seem to be people making the journey both ways. Need COE, visa, booking etc. to get into Laos. Seems as though people are picked up on the Thai side and driven over to their quarantine hotel.

You need to go through the back catalogue. He's covered all of them.

He's always been into his guns. He used to be a top competitor in shooting competitions. Once admired but disappointed many people many times. And always enjoyed the company of influential people that he's singing against.

No, you can now use it for older vehicles. Mine is 10 years old. As I understand it, the test goes directly into the DLT database and they don't need to see the paper. I think I just checked a box to say that you've done it. No evidence required. When you go to that link the pop-up on the first page is telling you that this is now available for older vehicles.

https://eservice.dlt.go.th/

Has anyone else registered for this? I've always used the weekend pop-up booths at Big C before but they seem to have gone this year. The car's over 7 years old so can't do it at 7/11 but I've seen it's possible with the DLT's online services. I used my social insurance number for the 13-digit number for registration and filling in the details was quite simple. The renewal also seemed quite straightforward, with pop-ups that keep telling you giving false information is an offence. It wanted the name of the insurer and barcode number for the compulsory insurance. I believe the MOT test goes automatically to the DLT database and it didn't require any evidence for this. There are payment options and I used my debit card. So, it seems all has gone smoothly. My account looks like it will update with an EMS number and date when the documents are sent out. Interested to know if anyone else has done this before and it really is this easy.

You're taking these messages way too literally.

I'm still doubtful as to whether it will really happen. The teams aren't coming out of the goodness of their hearts - they're only looking to make up for some of the lost revenue from the last couple of years, so doubt their fees will be at the lower end of the scale. This game will probably be before they start their proper summer training camps so the big players aren't going to be risked for a whole lot of minutes. There was a story about the organizer looking for financial support. If those announced ticket prices are necessary to make it financially viable, maybe someone's having second thoughts.

You're wrong to say there's no way to know. You can find all the data about comorbidities openly available, at least in the UK. An awful lot of people would still be alive and whatever problems they had wouldn't have killed them on their own. UK death certificates do not need to record a single cause of death. Any health problem that could have contributed will be on the death certificate, with the first one being the one that the doctor is most confident was the immediate cause of death. From the UK data, deaths where Covid was given as the sole cause of death is a relatively small percentage. That's always been known, never hidden from sight.

There is some serious nit-picking going on. My first report in the new system was approved. After getting the email reminder, my second report was rejected. I resubmitted with the same information in the same order. The only difference was that the soi was on the first line, after the number and condo name, whereas before it was on the next line before the road. Approved.

Same thing happened to me with Direct Asia a couple of months ago. Contacted them and they sent the documents by registered mail instead of regular post.

How bizarre. I doubt 'we' won. It's nice that they make it sound like they've listened and it was all down to them. But it wouldn't have happened if they weren't being leaned on. So there must have been some certain annoyed people somewhere who made a difference. After changing subscriptions and messing around with other systems to receive payments, I'm not sure I want to resume normal services. ????

I'm sure that's true. But I've not seen it in years. In Bangkok anyway.