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Really? I've read (about) anpother study which concludes: a) 8.72 degrees Celsius is the "optimal" temperature for the cv and b) heat kills it. 60 degrees C is kinda extreme, at least for a naturally occuring virus.

While I appeciate the unusually high volume of information, I'd like the vital statistics and info on pre-existing illnesses of those, who died.

The flu has killed 100-fold more, one keeps eading. We need FACTS to asses the situation! 

I like used Thinkpads. A work-hose like the W seies and a smalle X when you ae taveling. SSDs fo both, buy more AM and enjoy highe speeds.

I'm biased against new  lowe cost brands. 

Thee have been situations like yous, revealing a mean streak. Like holding a big paty days afte all foeigners' contracts ended. O msking foeign teaches pay 2,800 THB to go to some "English Camp" by bus. (No way in hell will the Thai teaches pay a single Baht, JMHO).

That has been a beach of tust. 

Government. I worked at a high school with 2,400 students. The school had i. a ToT office, ii. 6 internet technicians, iii. a room with at least 30 servers (purpose unknown). iv. Wifi? Just forget it. v. Broadband for the say 30 departments? 10% of the time. vi. Budget? Millions.

For 30,000 THB a month, they could have bought 60 ADSL lines. 

Any hotel could establish wifi, repeaters, antennas, the works for 20% the cost.

Nobody cares.

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Governments have done a brilliant job, crashing economies. Sweden is an exception.

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Take Vietnam. No deaths yet, but they keep hotels closed to foreigners. My hairdresser was treating pimples, but wasn't allowed to cut hair?!? OTOH, they can't make people stop driving on the wrong side of the road / double parking / running red lights. 

The flue kills 50,000 each season, just in the USA. Abortions? 400 every working hour. And proper data shows a different picture, when age & preexisting conditions are revealed.

Problem - Reaction - Solution. 

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/03/no_author/coronavirus-vaccines-and-the-gates-foundation/

Recently, I read a esponse from a veteran who trained as Respiratory Tech (?). It's a 2-yeas' training and the manpower is the bottleneck, not the machines. Gas lines, ICU nurses etc.

The machines alone will be pointless! And New York has only 1,500 ICU beds. Cuomo's "30,000 machines won't help one bit.

www.lewrockwell.com - a few days ago. 

Seriously?

Let's assume, the model Thai citizen gets exposed to the virus, which stays airborne for "30 minutes". Then he goes home and takes off the mask. Touching the outside of the mask, his face and not washing his face and his hands.

Unless it's a N95 mask, it's a waste of time, anyhow. 

Has he handed out N-95 masks? Thought so!

Environmental terrorists!

The ignorance and greed of these people is unbelievable!

They should try compoosting and enjoy free fertilier. And are they encroaching on public land when they burn trees?

Disclaimer: I'm not into drugs and quite ignorant. But I would have thought those shipments would go from TH to Europe instead.

Take the Meth epidemic. Tons of this horrible drug flooding SE Asia, originating in Burman. But E is a different matter? Can't they produce that in Myanmar? Can't they sel it for higher prices in Europe?

It's puzzling.

Hoping for a tip on disabling those updates

More than 10 years ago, I let a visitor use my PC. As self-appointed expert, he changed the setting and an avalanche of updates followed. The OS wasn't kosher and - you guessed it - this ended badly.

Now, I notice that one cannopt disable updates in Win 10? (There was an article on how Microsoft keeps updating regardless of the owner's choice). We never own software, it's more like being allowed to use it for a while...

APPLE with its mean hardware policies and Microsoft with their intrusive practices. Google chooses when to clock access, too. While FACEBBOK is awaiting instructions from Big Brother on curtailing freedom of speech.

Bad times for users of tech.

Not so fast. The technology will come at a price - too high for most Thai users (both, for the phones and the data packages). At what cost? You think you can get a 5G phone from say 3,000 THB? Or a 50 gB data package from say 1,500 THB?

Then there are medical and privacy concerns. 5 G might unleash an Orwellian nightmare (look at China if you want to see the writing on the wall).

ISR? Sadly, they are behind a pay wall. 

Turnover by CTS / CTiS in Dhaka is staggering and will accellerate dramatically next month. (Many teachers will be leaving in December). 

Anyon going? Here are my 2 cents' worth of advice:

- make sure you get proof of a)  the E-VISA and b) the WP having been applied for. They might just invent some b.s. and then make false promises ("you will get a doctor's note / we will reimburse the overstay fine")

In Thailand, you might end up in a (IDC) cell and get deported, then blacklisted! 

You might get a toxic boss and encounter begging security & cleaning staff besides slaughter of cows on the road.

Before you go to Labour Court, you should obtain a document from OPEC for your private schools. (Government school? => Go to Administrative Court and pay 2% of the amount you are claiming).

Another issue could be jurisdiction. Bangkok's Labour Court is not serving PAthumthani ???? Go to Saraburi...

On 11/19/2019 at 8:25 PM, PatOngo said:

How hard is it to get to work on time!

I misu nderstood a Thai colleague, instructing me to lie about the time (signing in). I wrote the correct time aand that spoilt it for the late-comers.

The OP hasn't said that he has been late. 

A few teachers who are late are not singled out. Instead, let's ALL be forced to come 45 minutes earlier?!? The PO'Or might think he is the Sun King, but the contrsacts prevail.

Just make sure you will never be late - and you should be okay.

The Directosd sometimes won't come in for days - having teachers bring & collect files at all hours. 

Mmm, who pays the piper, calls the tune. She needs to save the school money to justify her own salary.

A: I recall there being a provision allowing an employer to expend the P.-period by another 30 days, upon serving the employee a notice or addendum.

The notice period is a cruel hoax, as schools do turn around and i. "accept" the notice, laying you off paq, often instantly. At other times, they may ignore their own notice period and bulldoze teachers with some cruel scams involving Thai letters the employee cannot read...

If it's a private school, you no longer can just walk to Labour Court. No, you will need a document from OPEC, certifying that the school is operational etc.

Personally, I would like to ask you one question: Will new-starts be working legally?

Many schools won't bother 1. with a contract and 2. a B-VISA etc. during the Probationary period. Making you lie at Immigration and vulnerable.

A theory which explains everything? It explains nothing! Karl Popper.

If it only was that simple. And the convoluted intro would make me shun this place as well.

There will always be some you won't reach, JMHO.

I ear you. My gym plays nauseating Techno and it is neither motivating nore tolerable. They also play aerobics TV with its own "music" and the horrible clash seems to bother no one.

Many buses in Vietnam play awful domestic songs with shrill tones or techno. Hours of noise pollution! 

And when there was a funeral, their response is to blast the neighborhood from 5 something am till about 11 pm.

Hi

I'm in Thanh Hoa City. The beach is 2 city buses and less than an hour away. Am paying 200 k a night at this brand new hotel with some English movies. It's a tremendous value. Apartments? No utilities included and they will want you to prepay say half a year...

You can check out any time, have nothing to sign. And there are many bike rentals from 700 k to a million a month if you dare face the traffic. (Many people are autistic and will cut you off or force you to brake hard).

Soon, you will get to know local eateries like a bread restaurant were 30 k buys 3 baguettes with eggs and herbs.  The gym is 400 k within walking distance and 300 k a month / 20 k a day the other end of the city. 

The hotel is on Booking.com and while there are a ton of NHA NGHIs all over Vietnam, this one is a real hotel and exceptional value I haven't found anywhere else.

Cheers,

https://www.booking.com/hotel/vn/camellia-thanh-hoa.vi.html g

What's up with "illegal entry" charges? Someone else's passport? Crossing the border at night, on foot or something clandestine?

Just wondering as this charge keeps getting added. What does it actually mean (unless it's the latter, someone avoiding border checkpoints)

The Guardidan had an article on New Delhi: 50 x the air pollutoion limeit. Why? Farmers burning fields.

Archaic poractices, ignorant environmental terrorists.

Here in Vietnam, some idiots burn stuff in small towns, ignoring the newborn next door. Anything goes. I saw farmers burn organic waste next to schools. With impunity. These idiots could get FREE fertilizer and Mother Nature will have an army of fungi and bacteria do the wwork, with a little help of rain.

One day in February, in Uttaradit province, a farmer chose a school day to burn the field next to the school. The smoke was unbelievable. I woulsdn't ant the experience, if they paid me $ 500. Poor kids and totally unnecessary!!!! g

Will Northern Thailand make their "farmers" stop their pollution? One day, these perps must be thrown in jail and get their vehicles confiscated.  Rant over.

Oh, ahh, here we go again. Cui bono?

Let's see. Mmm. Perhaps, SRT doesn't want to pay (the amount due, or at all)?! 

How about SRT paying the full amount into an escrow account, to show good faith?