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5 minutes ago, marvin1950 said:

1) this is not Florida.

2) Do you think the government is giving you the true statistics.

3) The government has not done comprehensive testing to determine the actual number of infections.

4) How many covid-19 deaths get unreported.

1) Agreed, but comparisons can be made.

2) Absolutely not giving the true statistics, however, the same could be said for UK etc. who IMO are exaggerating the statistics, or do you truly believe there have been an ADDITIONAL number of deaths in line with the numbers, for example, UK has had 26,000 deaths on top of the normal deaths that would happen anyway? (227,000 deaths worldwide out of population of 7.8 Billion people, % wise is negligible)

3) Again agreed, which would suggest that the death percentage would be a lot lower had they tested more, test or not, if people have it, they have it.

4) All deaths are reported, cause of death is key, how many of the deaths reported in UK etc. as Covid-19 are only because of this, or is it easier to put this as the cause? How many people died of other common causes of death in these past months in comparison to previous years, I'd lay money the % of those causes are down.

5) What has any of this got to do with the banning of alcohol?

On 4/20/2020 at 5:30 PM, PattayaDavid said:

In Thailand, the year of the car is based on the date of manufacture; this is how it will appear in your Green book.  If you want to buy a car that will be registered as a 2020, it must be manufactured in 2020.

This is not strictly true, the BLUE book for the car does state the year of manufacture on the same page as all the details, i.e. VIN etc. however, the date of actual registration is on a different page and will be dated from when the car is registered to a proper set of number plates, Thais can drive around for years on red plates!

Unless you are very lucky, or order a bespoke spec (where possible, BMW & MB here tend to spec their vehicles up and sell them as are with very few options available) most vehicles sold by the main dealers will have been manufactured sometime before they are sold, this is normal practice in a lot of countries, a lot would depend on the brand, model type etc. as to how popular they are and therefore how quickly they move the stock.

7 hours ago, Wake Up said:

You have never been to a Thai village. The Thai village grocer- liquor stores sell liquor 365 days a year. The owners usually live at or adjacent the to the store. The enforcement of alcohol bans don’t apply to these Thai owned village businesses.  

Which is fine so long as they have stocks, how do they restock once sold out though?

On 4/25/2020 at 4:07 PM, lopburi3 said:

Thailand has closed its airports to passengers except for very limited evacuation or reputation activity from my understanding.  That could change soon but no word yet AFAIK.

This is not correct, there are currently no restrictions on DEPARTING passengers from Thailand for the few flights that are operating, I know of several people that have flown out of BKK airport in the past few days.

The things for the OP to consider are more related to UK border control and the points raised by theoldgit and that the UK was talking of putting stricter restrictions in for arriving passengers. The other consideration is whether or not a return to Thailand will be possible, bearing in mind the arrival restrictions currently in place.

4 minutes ago, patsfangr said:

"While the holidays will take place as planned, the official advice to stay indoors and avoid travelling unless absolutely necessary remains."

I live on the Darkside. On Friday, then again on Monday, I had to take my wife to Bangkok Hospital Pattaya. All I can tell you is that there are so many people who find it "absolutely necessary" to travel that the traffic here is at least the same, if not heavier than it was before the "lockdown". Has anybody else on the east side of the tracks noticed that?

The traffic is a lot less than normal from my POV, the drive to work from the Darkside to Pinthong is real easy since the lockdown, this week the traffic has definitely increased though.

40 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

She missed the memo that it's meant to work the other way around, take the money from the falang

She was trying very hard to do this and was prepared to invest to do so, if the story is true then som nom na!

39 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

There has been no announcement re end booze ban. The booze ban as I understand it was regional govs. They all just followed each other. Was Phuket the first? Anyway the BS should be ended April 31

That will be never then? ???? 

4 minutes ago, Kaopad999 said:

Personally i think they should continue the ban for another month at least, or wait until their are zero Covid-19 cases. 

Pray tell us why? 

As an update, I ended up having to do away with using the built in timer in the Emaux Chlorinator to operate the pump, this was the issue, basically when this timer got to the end of the run cycle, sometimes it would switch the power off completely, other times there was still 180v on it for 30 minutes or so before it went off completely, can only imagine the internal switch is faulty.

I fitted a new S-T12 magnetic contactor and 6.6A overload relay, wired with the live to A1 & negative to A2, a separate live feed to L1, separate negative feed to L2, the pump is wired to T1 & T3 on the overload relay with a jumper between L3 on top of the contactor & T2 on the overload relay, to balance.

To get around the chlorinator salt cell only working using the built in timer, I have placed the chlorinator in to the on position, as opposed to auto, otherwise the salt cell only powers up and produces chlorine when the built in timer is set to the run cycle.

The chlorinator unit is now powered from the load side of the new external timer, so only powers up during the run cycle, as a precaution, I got a cheap wall fan and this also comes on during the run cycle only.

So far so good.

Lessons learnt, either buy a better chlorinator unit, or the Emaux one without the built in timer!

Oh and did away with the old fashioned porcelain fuse (10A) and fitted a single pole breaker instead.

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand extended a nationwide ban on alcohol sales until April 30

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Pongsakorn Kwanmuang, spokesman for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

All other provinces have also extended the ban to the end of the month, an Interior Ministry official said.

 

A previous 10-day ban in Bangkok, coinciding with an annual national holiday, had been due to end on April 20. The scheduled end date had varied in other provinces.

Is this headline correct? 

A nationwide extension or Bangkok extending to 30th April in line with most other provinces?

Not that it matters, however, I was under the impression that central government has not banned the sale of alcohol nationwide, each ban has been implemented by the individual provinces, case by case.

We had 50 people tested in order to get a project under way with an oil major here, this was done by a travelling team who came to the site, cost was 6,000 per person, results took around 48 hours.

This is what the results look like.

50 minutes ago, Yinn said:

By April 3rd, the latest date for which deaths from all causes are available, there had been around 7,000 excess deaths in England and Wales during the previous four weeks, covering the entire period of the outbreak. The revised covid death toll was 6,200—up from the 4,300 recorded in the health ministry’s daily data. This suggests that the true death toll was still about 10% higher than the revised covid tally.

K. Yinn, if a person suddenly dies in the UK then there must be an extensive post mortem carried out, the coroner would require this in order to be able to pronounce the cause of death, I have no idea if it is possible for them to determine if the person had COVID post death, however, they would investigate the circumstances prior to the death, i.e. query if the person was showing symptoms etc. etc. and record it accordingly.

Unfortunately I have personal experience of death here in Thailand, plus I know of several sudden deaths of friends, who are indeed taken for a post mortem, the reports conclude that the cause of death was due to the heart and breathing stopped, no reason is given as to why this occurred if it is not obvious.

I have no doubt that the death rate in the UK, or elsewhere for that matter, is a little skewed, but as high as 10% is a hard figure to believe due to the formalities, very few deaths in the UK are recorded as unknown and the government have nothing to gain or lose by miss recording the cause.

2 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

The Government is probably so far down the tracks on these contracts, that any default now will incur massive payments for breach of Contract to the suppliers and Agents, and they will receive no Toys for their Money.

Therefore is better to try and see the Contracts through, and ask their friends for help in funding the poor and  needy program.

Under normal circumstances I would agree with you, however, we are not in normal circumstances and as I stated in another topic, these contracts will almost certainly have a force majeure clause in them, which can and should be activated. Normal business is seeing this being done on a daily basis now.

3 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

Assuming that proof of vaccination would be required, that would mean no travel for many years...something I am expecting anyway...

It could well mean that, which is not something to look forward to at all, massive affect on the tourism / business side of things.

26 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

But having millions, or even billions of doses ready to be injected to everyone in such short notice would be impossible.

This is the crux of it all, first they must develop a vaccine that is as safe as it can be and secondly mass produce it.

The first batches would be administered to those at most risk and it would filter down to the least risk, which could take years.

There is a lot of hysteria surrounding this virus, whether or not it is founded or not I do not know, however, it is possible it will lead to vaccination certificates needed for travel, similar to yellow fever used to be.

Personally, I am not keen on being the guinea pig for a while.........

5 hours ago, Matzzon said:

You are just another one that denies International law. International law states that there is no international waters in the Persian gulf. That due to that economical corridor is up to 200 nm and is taken into the calculation regarding international waters or not. Got it? Still in denial?

The area in question is the Straits of Hormuz, of which a small part of it could technically be claimed by Iran and Oman under the 12 Nautical mile rule, there is a point where it narrows down to less than 24NM.

Ships are allowed to navigate this under UN agreements.

The strait is about 90 nautical miles (167 km) long, with a width varying from about 52 nautical miles (96 km) to 21 nautical miles (39 km)

Iran try these skirmishes on from time to time, foreign navies are only there to allow freedom of passage for vessels.

There is an interesting video on youtube that documents HMS Duncan's time there just after the Stena Impero was taken by the Iranian forces, the Iranians back down when they do get lit up by the fire control radars and all the weaponry starts to track...........

2 minutes ago, Paul Laycock1 said:

Of course none of this would arise if the on line immigration 90 day reporting system worked.

90 day reporting is currently suspended, so if it is only a 90 day report you are fine, with luck the alcohol ban will be lifted next month.

1 minute ago, Paul Laycock1 said:

No I’m not addicted to alcohol just like a cold one while watching television. It was just a question and didn’t deserve a constant barrage of verbal abuse.

No problem enjoying a cold beer, I do as well, personally I'd have no problem with however much beer you want to bring back, my advise was genuine and 100% correct.