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6 hours ago, actonion said:

Can't have a beer with friends at home they say,  but can go shopping in  Thai street market. thats  ok, how stupid 

Do please try to remember where you are!!??

4 hours ago, lks7689 said:

Which is why I said comparing Thailand to UK is illogical. Or are you blind or didn't get what I meant? 

I had my distance glasses on so it took a while to get thru.

We all make mistakes, but as I quote, 'Don't take life so seriously, nobody gets out alive.

Put warm water in a small bowl and put bowl into fridge. Add baking soda then white vinegar and shut the fridge door. Leave for about an hour then remove and wipe ALL the inside of the fridge. NO MORE SMELL but a very clean fridge. I do this with my microwave about once a month. It cleans off all the gunk and is so easy to just wipe clean.

I am convinced this government could not organise a visit to the toilet they are stood next to, for a man with acute diarrhoea. Can anyone prove me wrong?

8 hours ago, Chassa said:

Yeah! R.I.P. Spike Milligan.

Spot on. Quote "I told you I was ill", unquote.

And their favourite tune of the moment is,*****'I'm walking backwards for Christmas'.

4 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

I'm waiting for the CureVac mRNA vaccine. 

How long have you got??

My information on this new land and building tax is, it is suspended due to the Covid outbreak. This new tax replaces the original tax we paid as a small hotel which was based on the number of rooms. I would suggest checking before making any payment.

Trotters Independent Traders could do a much better job of organising the vaccine jabs then this bunch of clueless clowns running Thailand. Do they know which end of the bath the taps are situated?

3 hours ago, Daffy D said:

 

If I ruled the world, I would prefer the original of this song.

3 hours ago, Neeranam said:

If I were king of the world, I certainly would go to meet Thai prostitutes. 

Now there's a bummer. I thought you knew, there are no prostitutes in Thailand????

10 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Truth can be stranger than fiction :-

 

Senator Andrea Guglieri the mayor of Diano Marina, a small family resort west of Genoa, and his council drew up a plan in 2000 to ban fat and ugly women from walking around in two-piece costumes.

 

Traffic wardens were to be entrusted with the task of stopping and examining women to ensure that they passed eight out of ten requirements, ranging from the size of their bust to the firmness of their buttocks. New applicants flooded the predominantly male traffic warden force, and sexual harassment suits were expected to follow.

 

Signor Guglieri also said there was no reason why bare-torsoed men sporting tight or daringly cut trunks should not be made to pass a similar set of requirements.

 

A local newspaper cast aspersions on Signore Guglieri's own looks - and called for all ugly mayors to be sacked!

 

One can't imagine such a row taking place in Weston-Super-Mare or Bournemouth (well actually, it could happen in Bournemouth).

I have to pick you up on this Crossy. It is now Bournemouth Poole and Christchurch as one entity. It happened while being away so can't say when, how or why.

11 hours ago, cobra said:

 

Some very good points,

I'll sign off on the golf thing too as long as it involves a clown head, windmill, and colored balls ???? 

What's wrong with balls you have now??

16 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I have to admit I would love that. 

I don’t have an immediate list that comes to mind.

I would rather be very spontaneous and have fun with it on a daily basis

 

But some things do come to mind.

 

Such as no cod pieces, no service

 

English only globally as I suck at languages

 

White nationalists to be shipped to the Congo to work as "servants"

 

Open borders for Thailand. Native Thais however would be required to do address reports in person every other day and if their bank balance went under the required level to be deported. 

 

 

 

To which country would you deport the Thia's?  More to the point who would have them?

6 hours ago, pookondee said:

 

Why is that?

As you say, most of them are dirt poor, yet they will still receive treatment.

 

I presume the infected are getting dragged away to these field hospitals regardless of if they have money or not.

 

So one would think it must be free for Thais?

Can't get blood out of a stone.

"Can't get blood out of a stone." .. The Thais make a very good show of trying. 

4 hours ago, smedly said:

seems that foreigners in Thailand don't get covid - spread covid or die from covid

 

This health minister a real genius and we all thought he had the intelligence and memory of a goldfish 

Which goldfish was that?

4 hours ago, tingtong said:

Even a simple covid test comes most places with a farang surcharge, 1000s more...not that I really understand why it cost still do much.

 

I am sure Thailand will find a way to eventually spin things to be able to charge for farangs for the jab, at an extra high price.

 

Question remains though that what they plan to do with the lot larger size but lot poorer migrant population of myanmar, lao, cambodia ppl here when they seem to the first to blame for the virus, thus getting them vaccinated last doesn't make sense?

If and when anything in this country makes sense, please be so kind as to make it know to all of us. It would be an historical moment.

10 hours ago, Acharn said:

Yes, that's fine for the people who have the capital to keep ฿800,000 in an account. I've never been able to accumulate that much, and I've used the monthly income method for 39 years. The requirement for a 12-month bank statement was imposed last year and does not apply to people who are able to use the fixed deposit method. I'm glad you're so well off you can do that. You don't understand my (our) situation.

I do understand your situation very well, its called lack of forward planning. On the other hand you are possibly better off financially than me, I can't quite meet the monthly income required. But I also don't live to the limit of my means and am therefore able to save for the rainy days and more. Its all a matter of perspective.

47 minutes ago, malt25 said:

Maybe I'm missing something here, it has happened before. I have my 800,000 baht in Bangkok bank. No cards attached. It's purely for the immigration, extension of stay. Get the required letter in about 5 minutes. My local immigration has never, in 8 years, requested a statement, just my pass book & the bank letter.

Same, same with KrungThai. Have never had to supply Imm with statements in 15 years.

21 hours ago, Susco said:

 

That is the same as in the UK then, where you also can't choose.

Thats as may be, but you are not forced to accept JUNK, which is not available anyway.

2 minutes ago, jackdd said:

Your quote confirms what he said, "reside" aka "resident". If you hold a non-immigrant visa you are not a resident under Thai law.

We do not know though if the speaker at the press conference uses "reside" in the meaning of Thai law, or just in a common way.

If it later turns out that only people with permanent residency status get it for free he wasn't wrong with his statement now.

Sorry, I hadn't realised Mr Natapanu has split ends.