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Why is it that everything they bring in to simplify things complicates things?

I don't normally come down on the side of the system, but Kirov has replied on Barrow "Today I felt the first symptoms -  mild headache and strange feeling in the chest, so I can confirm stat this is not a total scam. 
But now I am super afraid about the upcoming test for my family"

So he does have the virus.

Did she do her night in a hotel?

I hope she's got her "non-quarantine" night in a hotel booked.  ????

Surely she wouldn't use her position to by-pass the process all other Britons have to go through.  

Fell in love with the country, and Pattaya in particular, on my first trip.  20 years later, sold up and moved here.
While I'm getting a bit cheesed off with the current restrictions, I don't regret moving here.

In the Gulf of Thailand, being smothered in silt stirred up by all the traffic kills more than the temperature.

2 hours ago, Wookie said:

When I was eight years old I asked my mother where I came from. My mother quickly left the room saying that she had to take a pan off the stove. I then asked my father. He looked embarrassed, hesitated and then told me they found me in the garden under a flower. I spent the rest of that day looking around the garden. I subsequently learned about sex by listening to older children at primary school ! Even later on when I was at Grammar school the Biology lessons only discussed how plants reproduce !

I was a few years older when Dad gave me "the talk".  At the end, I knew about the biology, but still had to learn what goes where from toilet walls!

Why do you need 2 computers, just connect 2 monitors to 1 computer?  

Thailand needs to develop its own IT talent.  But.  This sort of thing where tens of thousands are directly affected is not the place to do it.  For this they should have brought in experienced professionals from abroad.  Unfortunately, "face" means that won't happen.

5 hours ago, smedly said:

you cannot defeat nature with a dredger - the sand will be washed out to exactly where it came from - beach design is extremely complicated - there are ways to prevent erosion but it requires expert study not a dredger

You can, but as you say, not the way this one is being used.  There is a sand cycle on and around a beach; sand moves from offshore, onto the beach, along the beach, and back offshore.  You have to dredge from outside that cycle, then add it to the beach.

Over 4,800Km of borders, almost all unfenced and unmarked.  Should be simple to close those.  ????

If the US with all its resources can't close its 3,000+Km Southern border and the UK can't close its 30Km ditch (though that's from lack of political will), what chance does Thailand have?

The virus, no.

Being banged up for a positive test, yes.

There is a sizeable Scandinavian contingent who overwinter here, my condo block alone normally has dozens.  Many own condos or houses.  I'm guessing this influx is them, they couldn't come last year, looks like they're coming this year. 

So, welcome, but not really tourists.

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yes.

That's going to make a lot of people unhappy.  They'll actually have to get a proper visa now, if they qualify, or leave if they don't.

I AM sympathetic, really, but I go through the hoops to follow the rules, so should they.  OK, maybe I'm not as sympathetic as I thought.  ????

We go through the temperature scanners there, don't the staff?

Does this kill border runs?

20 minutes ago, sandyf said:

Bit of a generalised statement.

They have been trials on U-turns on the Chonburi - Bang Saen road for about 6 years, have to admit a bit like watching paint dry. On saying that there has been a lot of adjustments, mainly to cater for HGVs.

The current version would work quite well if it wasn't for the presence of motorists. Instead of using the slip road to gain speed and merge with the moving traffic, the majority want to stop at the end of the slip road and merge from a standing start.

Not the U-turn that is the problem.

 

On that one there's room for a car to almost completely turn before joining the other carriageway.  In the OP, a car has little more than its own length to turn, meaning that it will impinge on the fast traffic.

Another non-announcement.  Wake me up when there's actual news.

Obviously Storm Troopers.  Huge firepower but can't hit a barn door at 10 feet.

Why can some places in the Blue Zone serve beer, but not others?

I know of several bars where I can get a beer, but I've been being good and following the rules.  Enough is enough, 6 months and no end in sight, beer today!