Surasak

I sent a letter to UK 09/09/2020 via EMS. It is at present somewhere between Thailand and the UK, but the tracking doesn't show it as being in either. Thai Baht 109 which is reasonable.

Perhaps Dr. Yong thinks he is the reincarnation of Lilly the Pink?

17 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Illegal

My quote was tongue in cheek, but yes illegal. However, there a few places in BKK which advertise the equipment for sale, and even on Lazada.

Home brew anyone??

16 hours ago, izod10 said:

For whom exactly?..the frozen one, obviously   And your definition of "fraud" if you could define it  Thank You

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. I think that about covers it?

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

They're only sent to pensioners living abroad, UK pensioners living in the UK never get them.

If you hadn't told them you were living overseas, you wouldn't be getting them either.

If one does as you suggest, by not informing the DWP you live abroad, you must by definition, be committing an act of fraud. I think we all know it is done by some, but if found out, it could be very expensive.

5 hours ago, polpott said:

Why can't we just use the pink card? Took me 30 minutes to get mine and at no point did I speak.

 

Have never used it, as much use as a chocolate teapot.

Dont agree with you. I was stopped by the police. Asked for passport which i don't ever carry. Showed my pink ID card, which he looked at then returned it to me. He just turned away, not so much as a smile of thank you, not that I expected anything different.

8 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

I live in Hua Hin and it is very busy. 

 

especially on weekends. 

 

of course the businesses geared toward white foreign tourists are still slow but that is not what this story is about. 

What happened to your stay in BKK you so proudly boasting about?

4 hours ago, Bluetongue said:

Golf's pretty expensive, even at my up country 4 star place it runs to several thousand by the time you tip the caddy etc. I told them I would pay the 25000 annual fee but they said no, farang can not.

You're not going to tell us you were expecting a different answer, surely?

4 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

A good start would be to either extend the amnesty until the end of the year or make it easier for expats to renew long term visas.

Now, Now!! That would mean having to lift the lid of the box.

4 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

I bet that was hard to admit, and he thought for a long time about actually deciding to announce it !

It must have cost a great deal of concentration. And don't forget the sleepless nights.

8 hours ago, fishtank said:

Transferwise is a lot cheaper than using Nationwide.

Absolutely. Nationwide charge £20. Daylight robbery. Almost anything is better than Nationwide and I bank with them.

1 hour ago, Sharp said:

Just Sayin...

Reasons to be cheerful, part one!!

16 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

So, basically anyone wishing to vacation in Thailand must be first be approved by a Royal Thai Embassy and have evidence of COVID-19 test proving they are COVID-free within 72 hours before departing. Alternatively, they must present a ‘Fit to Fly’ or other documents proving they are free of infection. Additionally the tourists must have health insurance coverage of US $100,000 in case they need to have medical treatment for whatever reason.

With that being said they must also acknowledge that after arriving, they will remain at an ASQ hotel venue for 14 days, during which they will be tested two times during their stay at the hotel. The first test to be conducted sometime between the 3rd and 5th day of there lovely vacation, with the second test conducted between the 11th and 13th day of there by now wonderfully enjoyed quarantine, after which they can then be free to enjoy whatever remaining time they may have.

 

However, if they test positive then there time now is spent at a glorious beach front hospital where there 100K US policy will pay for there remaining vacation time in a luxuriosly appointed hospital suite.

 

No flickking way will anyone, except those expats who have family come and subject themselves to an out of pocket cost nearing the 300,00 baht range, before they can even began to enjoy there time here.  Plus jumping through the hoops just to get approved.  God forbid you take time off from work to go to through the initial testing but then to be denied or accepted at the discretion of the Royal Thai Embassy in your home country is Ludicrous.

 

Additionally, what airlines are they going to be allowed to travel on or just specific chartered flights which will only fly on certain timeframes guaranteed by the Thai Government.  I personally do not know anyone who has all the free time in the world just to sit on there <deleted> and wait for a vacation that may or may not ever come.  Additionally, whose job will allow them to just take off whenever.

 

This appears to be aimed at those with unlimited funds and High Flyers who will just unfortunately go elsewhere to avoid the three ring Thai circus that this is becoming.

 

Ok Flame and Rant over.

There is one other added difficulty, finding the insurance company who will supply the Covid19 cover !! Very seriously few and far between.

17 hours ago, mybeat said:

Wasn't this model named 5R like a week ago and now it's 5T?

 

They know next to nothing of the 3Rs, so 5 is well off the scale. But give them credit, they moved down the alphabet to T and thought, that`ll fool them.

1 hour ago, bluebluewater said:

You call that a flood?  That ain't no flood.  Go hunt up a picture of the flooding in Thailand in 2011.  Now that's a flood!

Yes, quite.  And what about the one in October/November 1990? Bangkok was under some 4/5 feet of water.

14 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

flood and drought seem recurring predictable problems and little seems to be done the alleviate the problems by successive governments. maybe it's a daft idea but how about building reservoirs in areas with rain to support the drier areas? as happened in victorian times in the uk when haweswater reservoir was built in the lake district to provide water for mancheter. and how about getting dutch experts to help with flooding prevention?

I seem to remember a few years ago. the Dutch did approached the Thai government regarding the flooding of Bangkok. The Dutch were basically given the brush off with words to the effect of, We don`t need your help. And Bangkok continues to sink.

46 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Lots of homeless drink to forget the life they find themselves in. The hopelessness they drink to forget.

 

There but for the grace of god.

 

As the poster above said. Society is judged by how it treats its poor.

Maybe so, but its the same in every country, rich and poor alike.

7 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Submarines may just be the answer! 

Submarines may well be the answer, like cancelling them and using the money saved to support those in most need. But then this is logic and that's something which is very thin on the ground in Thailand.

14 hours ago, Lingba said:

National defense???..what a load of <deleted>...the only people they need to defend against is themselves and their idiotic driving skills....

I can just imagine it now. 2 subs involved in a head on crash, or a T bone. "The windscreen was blanked out, and the brakes didn't work".

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Imagine the hatred when the army starts shooting the students and schoolkids.

We all know it's coming.

Should that happen I would hope the western countries would implement sanctions enough to cripple Thailand and its corrupt junta.

7 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Hats off to the volunteer paramedics. The real unsung heroes of Thailand's appalling road statistics.   

 

The police should hang their heads in shame. 

The problem starts at the top, and there, there is no shame.

15 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

It's called unemployment. Wandering around with nothing to do and nowhere to go

If you have nothing to do, please don`t do it here.