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There was a Barber's shop near Patpong that did this way back in the 1970's. Nothing new here.

Both my cars and my motorbike were on insurance from two companies that failed over three months ago. There is a 'possibility' that we may get a rebate, but we have basically had to re-insure them with another provider. In both cases the reason was given as covid claims.

Now, if only the BIB spent as much time enforcing traffic laws...........

17 hours ago, Trvlr55 said:

"Some of the preconditions for meeting the endemic criteria include the new infection rate not exceeding 10,000 cases a day, a mortality rate of less than 0.1% of the infection rate and hospitalisations must be less than 10% of the infection rate. Thailand’s daily infections have ranged between 6,000 and 9,000 over the past few weeks."

 

And why shouldn't they begin to reclassify this?

 

To an epidemiologist, an endemic infection is one in which overall rates are static — not rising, not falling. More precisely, it means that the proportion of people who can get sick balances out the ‘basic reproduction number’ of the virus, the number of individuals that an infected individual would infect, assuming a population in which everyone could get sick. Yes, common colds are endemic. So are Lassa fever, malaria and polio. So was smallpox, until vaccines stamped it out.  Stating that an infection will become endemic says nothing about how long it might take to reach stasis, what the case rates, morbidity levels or death rates will be or, crucially, how much of a population — and which sectors — will be susceptible. Nor does it suggest guaranteed stability: there can still be disruptive waves from endemic infections, as seen with the US measles outbreak in 2019. 

On 4/18/2016 at 2:15 PM, ubonjoe said:

An extension of stay based upon marriage remains valid until it expires after the death of a spouse. See: acknow_con2stay.pdf

That document says that if the the conditions or status of stay changed in any way then you must inform them otherwise you could have the extension terminated.

Love the fact that people are still falling for the myth that 'Chiropractors' are actually Doctors! Next they will be claiming that Homeopathy works.

On 10/2/2021 at 2:44 PM, EricTh said:

Did he have any criminal records before coming to Thailand? I think Thailand should start vetting dangerous criminals from now on.

I believe he owned a black vinyl copy of Max Bygraves greatest hits,  That probably counts!

On 9/24/2021 at 6:11 AM, FalangTingTong said:

At the risk of providing useless anecdata…

 

In the EU I have been asked before at national borders whether I have any other passports,  probably because of my weird international accent.

 

I don’t have, but if I did and lied about it I would be committing a serious crime, and if caught I would expect national entry bans at the very least.

 

So keep in mind that if you’re betting your kids’ convenience/safety/education or whatever on avoiding obligations via passport tricks, at any time they might have to show their cards, and your troubles might suddenly be much greater than had you just parked them in Britain long enough for the issue to time out,  YMMV of course, just my opinion.

That is interesting as in all my 42 years of traveling the globe on almost every continent I have never once been asked if I had another passport, and that includes passing national borders throughout the EU.

2 hours ago, Gandtee said:

William Shakespeare, Macbeth?????

Actually its from Hamlet!

On 9/21/2021 at 9:16 AM, DaLa said:

I live in Nonthaburi, have a house in Cha Am and stayed in Pattaya  last week.  There hasn't been a great change in the former, Cha Am is quiet during the week but busy (ish) at weekends and OK Pattaya is (very) quiet.  I still feel relatively safe here, The UK is full to the brim of homeless and street people. OK, the bars here are closed and obviously if you're involved in the tourism industry there has been a devastating shift in your business, but that has also been mostly true worldwide.

 

On balance although I'm not happy about my meals being served with water, parks being closed, very restrictive international travel and the 9 PM curfew, on balance I don't personally think the situation is as bad as some people portray.

Spoken like someone who is clearly not one of those same homeless and destitute people.

On 9/16/2021 at 7:18 PM, ezzra said:

So a fakakte obscure hospital in the boondocks has come up with world first Covid injection delivery method no one else thought about, not even those giant pharma companies that invented the vaccine...

I am certain they have already thought about it. Both the NHS and the EMA have guidelines which state "COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca is for intramuscular injection only, preferably in the deltoid muscle of the upper arm. Do not inject the vaccine intravascularly, subcutaneously or intradermally.
 

On 9/14/2021 at 5:16 PM, itsallmine68 said:

I am talking about the whole system and revising it tourist,

retirees etc 

Be careful what you wish for!

13 hours ago, Will B Good said:

The Ice Man Cometh.......

 

Pretty sure these are not refrigerated, as the all the drivers of these vans drive like maniacs.

 

I guess they are under pressure not to let the ice melt.

Strange, I cannot find any reference to the truck being refrigerated in the story. Where did you see that?

On 9/8/2021 at 8:15 AM, phutoie2 said:

I was one of their airport night delivery drivers in UK. 

Known as, Documents, Handled and Lost..... 

Interesting, considering that in 40 years, I have never had an item sent by DHL lost.

On 10/3/2020 at 1:27 PM, giddyup said:

Thanks. The general consensus is that even surgery may only be a temporary measure before the condition returns. Mine is hereditary, my father had it as well.

It is 100% hereditary although it occasionally skips a generation. Every procedure currently available has a fairly high rate of regression unfortunately.

On 9/2/2021 at 8:42 PM, WayneJ said:

Samut Praken

Strangely enough, I use the same office and it has not worked for me for almost 3 years since I changed passports.. Until two weeks ago when I tried it again and it worked just fine.

1 hour ago, HaoleBoy said:

I hear the vaccination rate is at 90% in Bangkok now ... but what is the double vaccination rate?  They don't state that much.

 

27%, but this is of course going by official figures which say there are only 7.7 million residents in Bangkok.

4 hours ago, ukrules said:

I have a feeling it will be different this time, this video evidence will be famous throughout the entire world.

 

Everyone will know what they're all about now.

 

Dream on. Everyone has known for decades, it hasn't made any difference.

1 hour ago, jonclark said:

The issue (I am told) is not lack of food but disruption to the delivery of new stock due to covid. 

I was told the same by the manager at my local Villa last week. One of the major distributors has shut down and it is affecting them.

I have had Needle Aponeurotomy on both hands. To the best of my knowledge this is only performed in Chiang Mai by one doctor. The left hand is still good after 5 years with no recurrence. the right hand recurred in under a year and will require the procedure again. It is outpatient minimal invasive procedure that heals in days and costs 5000 baht. I Highly recommend this over the standard surgical procedure especially as recurrence can happen in both.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

A Red Notice for his arrest is supposedly out with Interpol though ASEAN NOW has been unable to verify this fact. 

Here you go ASEAN NOW, let me do your job for you. https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-Red-Notices

55 minutes ago, Iron Tongue said:

That looks like a pellet gun made to resemble a Glock and not an actual firearm.  

 

And speaking of firearms, why do all pistols in Thailand seem to have rubber bands wrapped around the grip?

Better grip, can also be used to deactivate a grip safety without permanent modification.