allen303

16 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Exactly! Why not bring a couple of trainers over from the USA instead of send 114 soldiers there.

They have a large detachment of US solider that arrived around two days ago. They are staying at an apartment complex in Chonburi. They are here to train the Thai Army for two weeks or more. Should have had them Jump Master the Thai C130, give them their 5 jumps and award the US wings. A C130 is a C130 just use the US Jump Masters, which I am sure they have. probably going to get their Thai jump wings while here.

The US military has a number of soldiers just arrived two days ago, staying in apartments in Chonburi, suppose to be training the Thai army. I bet they are not happy, just guessing the Thai Army has not had shots. With everything closed might as well load them on a plane and get out of Dodge while the getting is good

4 hours ago, watthong said:

For verification, all my Philipino American friends, except for their offsprings who were born in America (to be specific, the USA) don't speak American English. They speak Tagalog-English. Somewhere along this thread it was described as "sing-song" English. Similar to what you hear from an Indian (from India), though at a bit slower pace, but not by much. Though that doesn't rule out the possibility of some Philipino from the Philippines who speak American English and come to teach English in Bangkok...

 

I once met a young Vietnamese girl working at the reception of a language learning center in Dalat, VN. When she answered me in English I thought she comes from California. When asked, she said she has never set foot outside her hometown.

Reading your comment about the Vietnamese lady so going to add. As for the post about 50 back that stated no Asian can speak English without an accent. I have meet numerous Asians with no accent. Good examples.

We were sitting in a sports bar in Biloxi Mississippi on the Gulf Coast, way south. Watched a Vietnamese couple walk in with their two daughters around 18-20s. They left the two at the bar, both dressed to the max, designer bags and cloths. The bartender gave them the lunch menu. When they started to speak it was amazing. If we were not looking at them, we would have said two girls right off the bayous of Mississippi. What an amazing combination, Asian beauty with a Mississippi accent. Another thing, they ordered a hamburger and fries and ate the entire meal with their knife and fork, never touching it with their hands.

Have a good Korean friend around 50, retired from the Air Force. Was adopted from Korea when she was around 1 ½ years old and raised in NW Florida/Lower Alabama. Speaks with a southern accent, no way would you know she was Korean.

16 hours ago, teatime101 said:

Totalitarian yes, communist. no. Capitalists are taking over, as they do. Some people (me included) would call China a fascist state. Trump can only dream of Xi's power.

 

China’s private sector - which has been revving up since the global financial crisis - is now serving as the main driver of China’s economic growth. The combination of numbers 60/70/80/90 are frequently used to describe the private sector's contribution to the Chinese economy: they contribute 60% of China’s GDP, and are responsible for 70% of innovation, 80% of urban employment and provide 90% of new jobs. Private wealth is also responsible for 70% of investment and 90% of exports.

 

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/05/why-chinas-state-owned-companies-still-have-a-key-role-to-play/

  What does C C P stand for? Hello, this is Huston come in space shuttle!

17 minutes ago, vogie said:

It has already been posted in the Royal Gazette, it is now law.

But don’t get to excited about the sales opening. They still have tomorrow to change their minds again!

I think I just heard on the evening news alcohol sales is open starting Sunday, May 3,

3 hours ago, INANIMATECARBONROD said:

I can't let your ignorance fly either. 

 

You are only using the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 to calculate your mortality %. 

 

It is well known and agreed upon that the actual number of people infected worldwide with Covid-19 is much, much higher. Exactly how much is not known. Some educated estimates have it between 10-20x higher than the official number, or perhaps even more (https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.14.20062463v2). We also know that a staggering number of people that get infected, are asymptomatic or near asymptomatic.

 

The current number of deaths is approx 233,000. The current number of tested positive Covid-19 infections worldwide is 3.25million. Multiply that number by 10 to get the estimated actual infections of Covid-19 (32,500,000). 

 

233,000/32,500,000=0.008x100=.8%

 

Even just using 5x 3.25mil

233,000/16,500,000=0.014x100=1.43%

 

It's novel, it's serious, and we need to take it seriously and fight it appropriately BUT it doesn't seem as bad as some would want you to believe, does it?

 

 

Man.... After all that typing, I sure could use a cold beer.... D'oh!!!! 

 

 

You are absolutely right, as large testing in NYC started, they have already found 15-20% may have been asymptomatic. Some medical doctors have come out now and stated possibly up to 50% of the population may be asymptomatic to some extent. So, lowering the death rate to near .02-3%. However, it does spread more easily then the flue does.

14 hours ago, 2 is 1 said:

Hmm... who own alcohol business here in LOS? Belong 20 richest in here! What Prayut asking from them! And what he not get! What kind the struggle for power is going behind the scene what nobody knows. Few million alcoholic people dont mean nothing in that fight!

Yep, sounds about right except the part about what he asked of them. A shorter version is called a bribe, they didn’t pay so here’s the consequences.  With luck the owners will give in and pay up. Everything back to normal.

What these big owners need to do is sit down, figure the loss in revenue verses the DONATION to the gen on sorry, the country. Come up with a middle ground to donate to the good of the country!

15 hours ago, Catkiwi said:

I served my country in a theatre of war and I take exception to you thinking that you know anything about soldiers. You probably don't have any knowledge about beer production, farmers, taxes, corruption, mafia, USA prohibition or how the Thai government operates. However after 3 bottles of Chang you probably know what formaldehyde tastes like and the effect that it has on a simpleton.

I would think if he is referring to the general running the Thai Government then he is correct. But professional solders in other countries would indeed not make such stupid decisions.

As for making money off alcohol Prohibition, look no further then old Joe Kennedy. How do you think the Kennedy Clan got all their money?

Not an expert on how much money farmers and people in the alcohol supply chain or losing, would guess a large number of people out of work. But the Government alone is losing one of its major tax revenues from the ban.

However it does not affect the people at the top one bit.

NEVER LET A CRICIS GO TO WASTE!

1 hour ago, DaveK68 said:

The US has 330 Million people and 50 States.

An anecdotal video shows nothing of the experience in the US.

You may as well show a video of Jussie Smollet and say that his is the American experience.

 

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45 minutes ago, allen303 said:

Well I have zero complaint unless I go to the VA, then I have them refer me down town if possible. I can see my civilian doctor usually within 2 -3 days if I need an apt., I can get meds refiled on the patient portal. Last major should operation 2 years ago was done by Gulf Coast Orthopedic center, one of the best in the world. You know you are in the right place when you see pictures of all the famous athletes signed on the wall. Took two weeks to set up, mainly because my doctor was on a sky trip to Aspin! I guess it depends what city you are in.

 

If you don’t like the care you get from your doctor then find another one. Tell them the problem, if they don’t get in line walk out and find another.

Sorry, SHOULDER!

20 minutes ago, DaveK68 said:

There is talk of meat shortages.

An overall food shortage is unlikely.

That said, there are many folks starting gardens just in case. I'm thinking about it myself. I like growing veggies anyway.

Here on ThaiVisa!!!

19 minutes ago, chrisandsu said:

I live in America and can tell you for absolute certainty that it’s not even close to being the best healthcare in the world . Closer to bottom of countries in the developed world . You are a client and not a patient it’s all about extracting as much money as they possibly can . 

Well I have zero complaint unless I go to the VA, then I have them refer me down town if possible. I can see my civilian doctor usually within 2 -3 days if I need an apt., I can get meds refiled on the patient portal. Last major should operation 2 years ago was done by Gulf Coast Orthopedic center, one of the best in the world. You know you are in the right place when you see pictures of all the famous athletes signed on the wall. Took two weeks to set up, mainly because my doctor was on a sky trip to Aspin! I guess it depends what city you are in.

If you don’t like the care you get from your doctor then find another one. Tell them the problem, if they don’t get in line walk out and find another.

2 hours ago, JohnnyChristo said:

211,000 dead in US alone!!

April 28, 2020, 05:14 GMT update:

Total cases: 3,065,090

Recovered: 922,848

Died: 211,620

That’s the whole world. Are you trying to get a job writing  for the Washington Compost?

9 minutes ago, rhyddid said:

Well said and completely agrees, I just hope they will not do, as any human life lost is bad and also avoid another long oil war, as US is just try to escalate matters to go into full war, only matter that will safe trump from losing elections.

Nope, there are some people that just need killing and I can name a few in Iran.

4 hours ago, brokenbone said:

remember USS LIBERTY, never underestimate your enemy

The USS Liberty was a WW2-era cargo ship fitted for intelligence gathering and very lightly armed. The Israelis attacked first with war planes then torpedo boats, but the Liberty still made it to port. That was over 50 years ago, I am guessing that situation does not apply to the Gulf Area now.

4 hours ago, mikeymike100 said:

Whilst I can see some reasoning to ban alcohol during Songkran, to stop wild parties and folks getting too close together etc . I am at a loss to see how banning alcohol, until the end of April,  will stop anyone getting Covid-19. By your reasoning banning alcohol permanently will stop some people getting the virus! How does that work??

This ban came about because a bunch of Thais sitting outside the 7/11s drinking at all hours of the night. The Thai police have no control over the people and can’t stop it. So, lets just ban the sale of alcohol. We have discussed this before, the lack of authority or respect for the police.

7 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Wine refrigerator is down to 20 bottles, 1/2 a case of Heineken left, and 2 and a half bottles of Baileys for my coffee.  I think I can make it to at least May 5th, or else I will need to stop my morning coffee with bailey's and just drink it over ice to extend out a little longer... 

I am down to three bottles of wine. Would you like to sale some of those bottles????? Figured it will last till the 20^th, most for our Saturday evening meal. Now Nonthaburi may extend! Just kidding