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6 hours ago, samran said:

You are forgetting the country is also in strict lockdown. Might have something to do with this...

Not at all, but possibly the most vulnerable were infected before lockdown.

Get ready for second wave once we are released though.

3 hours ago, RocketDog said:

but not going to a coffee shop

Sick people are unlikely to be going out for coffee. However, sick people still need to eat. If I get this I caught it from someone at the supermarket.

18 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

All common sense .. Mask wearing out in public personally should be made obligatory despite some of the jury still being out in their effectiveness according to some experts .. 

Gargling with TCP as this virus is said to take hold in the back of the throat has been one that might hold some merit remembering to spit it out obviously when finished .. 

People sneezing and coughing should not be out in public even wearing a mask.

5 hours ago, simple1 said:

it's about the manner of enforcement e.g. forced family separation , processing of asylum seekers and so on. trump administrations enforcement rules are contrary to accepted international norms. Yes, i realise many trump supporters and others don't care about international Rule of Law, which is certainly underlined by trump still having Stephen Miller as a senior adviser. 

If illegals don't want to be separated, don't try and enter illegally. Is that too hard a concept to understand?

Indeed, Trump would get my vote if I could in the States BECAUSE he gives the finger to the establishment, which has never done anything for the less well off, other than exploiting them or using as cannon fodder.

contrary to accepted international norms

Accepted by whom? No one ever asked me.

5 hours ago, simple1 said:

Why not check current Dems policy rather than posting misinformation.

 

https://democrats.org/where-we-stand/the-issues/immigration-reform/

 

 

Oh, going to support the wall now, are they?

20 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

Not a single boom boom movie in your lists ( not mine either, by the way ), not even Basic Instinct ...

LOL. Since the advent of porn on line, blue movies are not a thing any more.

20 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

Not a single boom boom movie in your lists ( not mine either, by the way ), not even Basic Instinct ...

If not for sex starved western men, Basic Instinct wouldn't rate a mention.

13 hours ago, UbonThani said:

yum

I second that and add a yum.

7 hours ago, Leaver said:

What did you have in mind?  

Like I used to have back in the 1990s, 90 day visa exempt entries. Just go to the border and return for another 90 days. repeat as often as wanted. Shame when they stopped that.

Also, those on retirement extensions only have to pay the fee to extend once a year, and no BS documentation made up to make it difficult. Just proof of funds in bank. Hotel would notify immigration every 90 days that they were still living there- no need for 90 day BS.

18 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Do you think many use hotels... the ones I know mostly have condos and a some have houses?

I stayed in an hotel for over a year.

It's thinking outside the box as to what empty hotels COULD do for the FUTURE if they faced closure, not what they HAD been doing.

Not everyone wants to live in a condo and an hotel room is better than a small fan room in a back alley.

10 hours ago, rumak said:

back to the good ole days.   walking down the street and throngs of ladies calling you hansum man.        

Dreaming is allowed. The ladies won't return till the mongers do and that is who knows how far away.

21 hours ago, morrobay said:

The 1 or 2 million I'm referring to is for the whole country, and includes all the various venues in my post, not just the beer bars in Pattaya. 

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Think about what you wrote! Do you think I think Pattaya barbeers could employ 1, let alone 2 million girls?

Of course I'm talking about the whole country.

47 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Yep not finished yet, so they have an excuse for a few more months but their record isn't good, Buakhao flooded and 3rd road flooded

Buakhao flooded if a teaspoon full of rain fell when I was living on it. Not surprising when the drains are probably blocked with debris of decades.

6 hours ago, Leaver said:

Interesting post.

 

It's because of your attitude that the place is shut down.

 

As for not being your brother's keeper, would you want to risk killing your brother?  You probably would, because brother, stranger, same same, all about me me me me.  

 

 

No it's not. It's because the authorities decided to shut it down. Sweden made the right call, IMO.

They now think that some Corona patients were possibly killed by the ventilators they were put on. No doubt more clever minds than mine are looking at that right now.

Life isn't safe. Every time I go out the door I'm at risk, and if I don't go out the door I'll die of inactivity if the shut down goes on too long.

Have a nice day.

21 hours ago, Skallywag said:

If you are not spraying droplets from your mouth through speaking, coughing, or sneezing, you are not infecting others directly.  Infected surfaces are another matter, also very dangerous.  

I do not like seeing people without masks walking around either, but the risk is low unless you get in front of them within 6-8 feet and let them infect you.  AFAIK

If all the people that are scared of catching it stayed in their room and never went out they probably have zero chance of catching it, except from the food delivered by an infected person. Oh dear not safe anywhere.

I'll take my chances, far as I'm allowed ( I see no point on paying money to the state in fines ), and if someone is afraid, just stay away from me or any of the others like me. I'm not coughing or sneezing, and if I was I wouldn't go out. BTW, most people I see in the supermarket are like me, and there are no cases in the town of Corona in the past 4 weeks.

Crikey, it's like people are afraid if someone without a mask just looks at them from 10 meters away they'll catch it from them.

Chances are all the people walking around not wearing or not wearing masks properly will still be walking around when it's all over, and those afraid will still be at risk because they are not immune.

On 4/24/2020 at 8:30 PM, tomauasia said:

Insurance never covers bike accidents and that's the main player there.

Of course it does. I always had m'bike accident insurance cover. It doesn't cover cost of bike repair though

Sometimes one has to pay extra. Check the policy. Must have m'bike licence, wear a helmet and restricted engine cc.

On 4/24/2020 at 5:31 PM, Captain Monday said:

Plenty. And and a large amount of credit available via visa/amex. And comprehensive insurance. I have never purchased travel insurance as it would be redundant. I do understand many people here are dependent on the UK NHS and other national schemes. My cover is essentially global though I may have to pay out of pocket and apply for re-imbursement.

You are unusual. Most don't have enough money anywhere to pay a big hospital bill in LOS. Serious m'bike accident can cost several million baht and than there are the repatriation costs by medical flight.

NHS does not pay for accidents overseas.

On 4/24/2020 at 11:11 PM, 3NUMBAS said:

never seen a thai care home ..in all my travels around the realm

I have. My ex wife showed it to me and said she wants to go there when she's old. Don't ask where it is as it was on a trip north of Chiang Mai in the country and i didn't take much notice.

Just now, bodga said:

Or, as  it  appears,  many of the low  figures come from  poorer  countries with  less  accountability.

The point you are making is not clear. The death rate is the death rate, unless claiming "someone" is hiding the bodies.

On 4/24/2020 at 5:27 PM, Logosone said:

The dole and pension system are the clear losers here.

Indeed. Oldies and the poor are easy targets. Why target the rich that can easily afford to pay more tax when they have influence, if the poor and voiceless are available to ruin, so the rich can continue to live lives of excess they have come to expect.

On 4/24/2020 at 6:40 PM, chessman said:

I believe the case at the start for strict lockdowns was very good, we wanted to avoid healthcare systems being overwhelmed,

So, what happens when all the people with no immunity are allowed to mingle with the inevitable carriers and the second wave occurs?

Is your plan to lockdown every time the death rate increases?

If a vaccine is 12 to 18 months away, there will probably be zero economy by then, and people will be dying from the lockdowns.

I'm for doing what they did in 1918.