thaibeachlovers

On 4/5/2020 at 3:49 PM, stephenterry said:

With limited respect, your cavalier attitude suggests why don't you go and join them, and see if you're one of the natural selected humans. 

If I get it I'm toast, but I support the Swedish solution.

On 4/5/2020 at 3:46 PM, colinneil said:

Another crazy comment, what about people like me?

Stay home. It's dangerous out there.

On 4/5/2020 at 7:29 PM, richard_smith237 said:

I didn’t wear my seatbelt while driving the other day, no one else was wearing one, I didn’t want to be the ‘odd one out’ !!!

 

[The few people that were wearing one were not wearing goggles which negated any benefit the mask might have given them] - VERY VERY VERY WRONG: The mask prevents YOU from spreading the virus if you are an unwitting carrier, wearing googles make no difference in preventing your aerosol from spraying out when you cough or sneeze etc... 

 

Doesn’t everyone know this by now? 

 

If anyone is coughing or sneezing they should not be going out in public. Doesn't everyone know this by now?

On 4/5/2020 at 1:54 PM, jayboy said:

Professor Lee for Spectator: “Imagine a birthday balloon. A virus is smaller than this by roughly the same amount that the balloon is smaller than the earth. Just think about that for a moment: balloon, earth; virus, balloon.” No wonder some think face masks marginal.

The actual danger from wearing masks as I understand it is that people are MORE likely to touch their face while wearing one. The virus enters through the nose or the eyes.

Where masks are useful is preventing infected droplets traveling through the air, but if one is sneezing or coughing a lot, one shouldn't be in public anyway.

On 4/6/2020 at 12:11 PM, Sambotte said:

It's either the world wait for a vaccine for years in lockdown with riots and economy dead...

 

Either it start to seriously tackle the issue : massives tests, isolation and search for contacts.

Still not the official plan it looks like... Or ?...

 

Massives masks (the most obvious and way better than confinement or "social distancing") are still not available, when it should have been prepared years ago !

 

Upgrading hospital capacity is probably done. Or not...

 

Better cure would be nice, but nothing sure, same for a vaccine.

 

The virus does not scare me (with the numbers we have). The incredibly poor, and restrictive only, "no-answer but delay because we are late, unprepared, or unwilling" scares me. People reacting like scared-sheep too.

 

Masks and Tests are the obvious absolute priority. I don't read much about most countries really doing a serious job here.

The masks most people wear don't stop people getting infected as they don't cover the eyes. They are useful for any that are coughing or sneezing.

On 4/6/2020 at 11:33 AM, chessman said:

Am I being too optimistic?

IMO yes.

On 4/6/2020 at 10:56 AM, Why Me said:

Disagree. International air travel will make a comeback sooner than later. It's not just tourism, it's about global business (there's just so much you can Zoom).  And tourism itself is 10% of the world economy. A contraction of that amount won't be tolerated.

 

In fact, once the rapid testing kits (Abbot Labs, 15mins.) are widely available and not crazy expensive, travel can be made quite safe. Ask passengers to show a test result within 3 days.

 

In fact, parts of the world will (hopefully) within a couple of months be down to negligible local transmission. Apparently China's already at zero local transmission in most (all?) provinces. In which case there's no need for even tests for travelers from those parts.

 

Prediction: expect Chinese tourists to be back in the millions here starting June/July. The Chinese are climbing the walls for cabin fever, Thailand's hospitality industry is desperate for visitors, ..., see what happens when the lid comes off.

Business travel is NOT "mass" travel.

Do you know anyone that will have enough money to go to another country to lie by a pool? NZ economy is almost destroyed already. A few more weeks will finish the job.

I can see DOMESTIC tourism really taking off though.

He was a nutter that made great music. His music will not be forgotten as long as those that enjoyed it remember. For people that never knew his work he probably is already unknown- it's not like radio plays his music much.

13 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I remember her from Barbarella, breaking the excessive-pleasure machine. Apart from that, can't say she has been particularly memorable. Perhaps NCC whatever has more to share.

Pathetic, isn't it. So cooped up and bored we are talking about an 82 year old.

I remembered Barbarella with affection so I bought the DVD. Unfortunately it has not aged well- it was garbage.

She made 2 good movies, IMO.

18 hours ago, simple1 said:

Aussume you didn’t read first words of my post “though very unlikely”

It's so unlikely I don't understand why you even wrote it.

22 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

Do you have a PC or laptop, as well as a smartphone?

If so just go to settings of your smartphone and turn on USB hub, then connect your PC or laptop to that source.  Obviously it is recommended that you then take an unlimited data mobile phone subscription.

Don't have a smartphone and if I could afford that subscription I would be living in a place a lot better than where I am.

Only reason I have a good DVD player and tv is that they are really cheap now. The DVDs are from a previous life when I was earning good money.

Thanks anyway.

PS. If there is a silver lining to the virus lockdown destroying the economy and preventing immigrants coming in ( hopefully for a long time ), it's that rents hopefully get a lot cheaper, and I can afford a better place, assuming they don't cut pensions.

1 hour ago, simple1 said:

Though very unlikely why would that be such a bad idea? At the very least it would mean the successful candidate would win by the majority of the popular vote.

 

Play dirty? trump is pushing to stop mail in votes as he considers it advantageous for the Republicans, backed up by using yet another of his conspiracy theories.

 

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/04/trump_opposes_using_mail-in_voting_in_november_i_think_a_lot_of_people_cheat.html

Wouldn't it need a constitutional amendment to remove the electoral college? I believe so, which means it isn't going to happen.

1 hour ago, Kinnock said:

We either let it infect enough of us so there is no more 'fuel', or we lock ourselves down but when we come out it'll only take one infected person to restart the whole deadly cycle again.

Governments are being extremely quiet about that. IMO only because they know what the reaction would be if they told us we'd be locked up on and off for up to or longer than a year. We were told only 4 weeks but now they are dropping huge hints that it may be longer, but no estimates are given. Methinks we are being treated like mushrooms.

Just now, richard_smith237 said:

Your argument seems to be that 'these people' will die anyway so the Corona-19 does not cause any more (or many more) deaths than we would see anyway.

No, that's not what I was saying. I want to know how many died that would have died soon anyway, and how many Corona killed that would have lived many years but for it.

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

So what is your acceptable timeline on premature death due to Covid-19 ???? Die 1 month early, 2 months, 6 months, a Year?

We die when we die and none know the hour of our passing. We should all live each day as if it were our last.

Millions of young fit people died years before their time in wars, car accidents, drowning, climbing accidents etc, but we haven't stopped war, driving cars, swimming and climbing. Seems somewhat strange to me that Corona is singled out as worthy of destroying the world economy to attempt to stop. I don't understand what is so different to that than other causes of premature death.

Anyway, listening to radio it does seem as though alarm bells are ringing in the chambers of the elites, and more voices are calling for a return to economic activity before it's all destroyed for good. I expect/ hope more will join the chorus in the days to come till the politicians are forced to relent.

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I don't normally rewatch movies, but if I do it's movies from Ghibli studios. Most have no violence and a happy ending with a feel good afterglow.

For rewatch's it's series, like Father Ted, Game of Thrones, China Beach.

I forgot to include Twin Peaks, one of the most influential tv series ever made. Despite disliking a few of the characters ( love fast forward facility on a DVD player ) I find it a very enjoyable series, despite watching it several times. Unfortunately, it was only great till Lynch was forced to reveal the murderer. I understand the intention was to never do so. After that it all downhill to series oblivion.

That just reminded me of the movie Oblivion- it was a good watch, but the best part was the song at the end. Love it on setting 11 ( so long as no one else around, of course ).

17 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

When I got there, his wife said to me: David left for Germany 5 days ago.

Must be hard for her not knowing if he'll return. Bit like a wife seeing her husband go to war and not knowing if she would be a widow or wife when it was over.

17 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

Hello Owl, hello everyone,

Mine told me this morning that Amphoe Charoen Sin was closed by the mayor of Sawang 1 or 2 days ago because of a woman who returned from bangkok with the Covid-19 in her.
So route 2280 from Sawang to Kham Ta Khla is certainly closed or very guarded;
I did not go to see to confirm it.

 

This morning I decided to go see my German friend, David, who lives in Ban Plouak, 20 km from my village.
When I got there, his wife said to me: David left for Germany 5 days ago.
No luck; David speaks fluently german, french, english , thai and thai-lao ;

with him I can know about everything which happen in a large circle  around his village and even in Sawang .
She added, do not go to Thung Fon, there are three cases of Covid-19

 

So a litle balade , 49 km on my MTBike ; much wind in the face coming back home 

 

Not far ban Plouak on road 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice photos, but would benefit from taking them in FRONT of your bicycle.

On 3/20/2020 at 8:08 PM, Lacessit said:

Surely they could do a rewrite for something better.

They should, but probably won't. I didn't even bother recording the last series. Another series that went off the rails was Walking Dead that went all PC and pathetic in  ( I think ) series 9. Wasted my life watching that rubbish hoping for something to happen.

I don't normally rewatch movies, but if I do it's movies from Ghibli studios. Most have no violence and a happy ending with a feel good afterglow.

For rewatch's it's series, like Father Ted, Game of Thrones, China Beach.

7 minutes ago, UbonThani said:

Fairly stupid. Jail over noise.

He was mad as hell, and just not going to take it anymore.

On 4/5/2020 at 6:06 AM, Nyezhov said:

Dude in no fashion that was sarcasm. I mean it. Cool to the nth degree!

Seeing as we are on the subject of pooping, I was down there many decades ago and the base's toilets emptied out onto the sea ice in front of the base, creating a small "hill" of poop. Once a year they blew it up with explosives and the sea ice was brown instead of white. I think in this day and age such activities would be frowned on! Happy days though.

I don't have internet. I do have DVDs and a player.

I have the first 7 series of Game of Thrones to watch again.

PS I'm on someone else's wifi now, but it's often not working.

8 hours ago, Surelynot said:

55555. Yes there was case in Thailand a couple of months ago, forget where. Old guy told a group of 4 who were drinking right outside his house to pipe down. They didn't and he went back out and shot them all. He then waited for the police to arrive.

On the news today- guy in Russia shot 4 people making too much noise outside his house.

11 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Why don't you knock on their door and ask?

I knock on their door and ask them to turn it down, but I shouldn't have to. World is full of selfish <deleted> that have no consideration for anyone else.