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9 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:
About wires and water pipes in those walls: On the construction drawing I can see clearly see where the fresh water and wastewater pipes are. And a shaft with lots of big wastewater pipes. I am aware that I can't touch those areas - and I don't plan to do that.
Construction drawings and actual build are not always the same.
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On 11/7/2021 at 9:16 PM, Chris.B said:
Because you have pushed 4 people, who also desperately want the vaccine, further down the waiting list. Then, you come on here to brag about it! It's the Me-Me generation, very sad. ☹️☹️
I'm transferring the 4 unused shots to relatives. How would the final allocation have been any different if I had booked shots under 6 names than under 2 names? And I'm not here to brag, I'm here to share information on status of shots, which is the original point of the thread.
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4 minutes ago, Chris.B said:
A bit selfish of you during a pandemic. Booking 6 sets of jabs for two people. ☹️
Why? Would only use 2 shots each anyways and unused shots would not go to waste, If I don't transfer them, hospital will resell them to others. There were also alternative freely available shots that were available before.
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39 minutes ago, watboy said:
To get back on track, I actually ordered for my wife and me at 3 places within an hour of them taking bookings months ago.
Bumrungrad told me that they are not allocating first come first, serve, but by need. So unvaccinated first, then those w 2 sinovac can get 1 booster. After that they didn't say. At one point they told me they would only give me 2 moderna shots if I only had a single shot prior. If already had 2 jabs of something else, they would only give single shot booster.
MedPark said first come first serve and I was in first batch, queue 4,000 no date given yet. But I don't believe they will get 4,000 from the first batch.
Phyathai, first come first serve, gave me Nov 22nd for first shot.
Unused shots all of the above is letting me transfer to someone else.
Update, MedPark told me they got 2,170 shots, so I won't be in first batch.
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To get back on track, I actually ordered for my wife and me at 3 places within an hour of them taking bookings months ago.
Bumrungrad told me that they are not allocating first come first, serve, but by need. So unvaccinated first, then those w 2 sinovac can get 1 booster. After that they didn't say. At one point they told me they would only give me 2 moderna shots if I only had a single shot prior. If already had 2 jabs of something else, they would only give single shot booster.
MedPark said first come first serve and I was in first batch, queue 4,000 no date given yet. But I don't believe they will get 4,000 from the first batch.
Phyathai, first come first serve, gave me Nov 22nd for first shot.
Unused shots all of the above is letting me transfer to someone else.
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1 hour ago, Mango Bob said:
Why only Thais? It was given to them by America.
The 1.5mn donated by USA has already been distributed to high risk groups. Thailand has bought 30mn Pfizers, 2mn of which arrived end of Sept.
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18 hours ago, mommysboy said:
Sadly they could be having 2 shots of Pfizer or AZ free of charge. Many already double jabbed.
Problem is the gov't is giving you 1 shot of AZ and one shot of Pfizer at who knows what interval. Only certain groups will get two shots of Pfizer and not a cocktail. Anyone who has gotten 2 shots of Sinovac will only be given one AZ or Pz booster. None of those are widely recognized as being properly vaccinated. Anyone who needs a proper vaccine for travel, paid 2 shots of moderna in the proper interval is the only option.
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MedPark is telling me mid November. I can wait, but am worried I can't get the 2nd shot 28 days after the first, and if delayed excessively it won't be a recognized vaccine. Of the 1.9mn first shipment, RedCross will take the first 1mn, so only 900k this year for pre paid.
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For the OP.
One thing to note is the current C-class coupe was introduced in 2015. So its at the end of its model life. The new C-Class sedan came out this year, with the new coupe out next year. Thailand probably a year after that. If that doesn't bother you, its a great little car. But I would also consider trading some horsepower for size and look at the E200 coupe, they roughly the same price. Must be a sign of me getting older, as I'm appreciating comfort over performance.
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Anyone who's paying a dime before going to the land office and getting your name registered is taking an unnecessary risk. There's no bank won't do this, office won't do that. Its the seller's job to tell the bank they are going to repay the loan, they want the property unencumbered by the mortgage and they want the chanote, the bank has to comply. Then set a date for all of this to happen at the land office and the seller, their bank, and you the buyer shows up. You pay the outstanding balance of the bank, the bank releases the mortgage, returns the chanote, you pay any remaining amounts to the seller and whatever stamps/fees you agreed to cover. All of this happens at the same time, no one leaves until everything is done. There is no risk and no sleepless nights. Any seller/bank telling you differently is either lazy or lying.
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You ultimately protect yourself by completing the transaction at the land register's office. As others mention, the land register is the ultimate determiner of who owns the property. The seller needs to bring all his necessary documentation, you need to bring a lawyer, payment and your documentation. Asking to see deeds in advance of this protects you from wasting time. If you are taking a mortgage, then your mortgage bank will handle it, they will make sure the sale is properly completed and then get their mortgage registered and then take the chanote.
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10 hours ago, Lammbock said:
Very informative reply. Thank you very much. I am really eyeing the X 5 45e. Which dealer didn't accept any orders for a black model? How long did you wait for yours for delivery?
Thanks!
BMW runs a sort of shared inventory in Thailand. As I understand it, when dealers get their car allotment, they have a certain exclusivity window to sell it. Afterwards, if another dealer has a customer, the inventory gets moved. I called lots of dealers, most said they didn't have any. You have to actually go to dealerships and be a credible buyer for them to really help you. I went to the Bangkok motor show in last December and narrowed down my list and started shopping for real in Feb. By then the global chip shortage was really in. I could not find an Volvo XC90 at all to test drive and they were not taking orders. BMW, X3 I could not find one to even look at, only X5 I could find to test drive was the manager's personal car. They had blue and graphite in inventory, but white or black would not be available until 2022, this was in Feb. I ended up ordering a Range Rover Sport PHEV, which I ended up having to cancel as it looked like my 6month wait would be 9 or 12+. So went back to BMW in June and found one blue X5 45e in inventory and bought it immediately (in retrospect, probably better I got the X5 than the RRS). Dealer said only reason it was on the lot for more than a few days was the color, and even then I had to put down a deposit within in that day or another dealership was going to take it. It was one of the last unsold X5s in the country and at that point they said they were no longer taking any more orders, and all the orders from earlier in the year won't be delivered until 2022. They still had some 5 series, but X1,3,5 and 3 series, completely gone. Similar stories at other brands, Mercedes, called and visited multiple dealers asking to see a GLE diesel and couldn't even get the time of day from them. Audi, had 1 Q8, no Q5 or Q7s. They had about 2 E-Tron's per month trickle in, they had one available if I were willing to wait a month.
Porsche, if you willing to wait 4-6months, and willing to pay $$$ for options that are standard on a Kia. The X5 45e M-Sport came well equipped at 4.7mn. Cayenne e-hybrids start at 6.3mn, but get it similarly equipped it came out as 7.8mn.
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I did a lot of research around this earlier this year when I was considering buying a PHEV or a BEV. I ended up with an X5 45e. I'm a very detailed type of guy who does lots of research.
Do not buy a PHEV unless you can readily charge over night. PHEVs may have smaller batteries then BEV, but they do not have fast DC charging, only AC charging that tops out at only 7.2kwh charge rate, The X5 has one of the largest batteries for the PHEV (24kw gross, 21kw usable) but comes with the slowest AC onboard charger of only 3.6kw. It takes 7-8 hours to charge from empty to full. These cars were designed for people who can overnight charge at home as you have your combustion engine to take over if the battery is flat. You could charge from a regular 3 pin, as long as it can handle 12amps, but that will take 24+ hours. My condo let me install a wall box, and since I have access to three phase, I went ahead and future proofed myself with a 22kw AC charger. I charge every time I plug it in, and get 65-70km of EV range. My gas tank is still full since I got the car in May. The combustion engine only kicks in if you floor it and want all 390ponies, but urban / slow moving traffic, the 110hp electric engine is more than enough, the instant torque gets the big car moving for that 0-30 bit that's really important.
Good luck finding an X5, due to global chip delay, its very hard to get. I may have gotten the last one, as it was blue (which I wanted anyway) and Thai's seemingly only want white or black. Back in May, they were not taking any more orders for white or black, and that deliveries for those were slated in 1Q 2022. I would also carefully look at the features because the 2022 model year has dropped many previously standard items due to the global chip shortage (fog lights, Harman Karmon upgraded speakers, and others). The previous X5 in Thailand came almost fully loaded, it was only missing advance driver aids, heated/cooled seats, premium leather, and illuminated disco moonroof, not sure what the 2022 will be like. I thought it was a bargain relative to the Cayenne.
I did seriously consider an Audi e-Tron, which is BEV, but can take 100kwh fast DC charging and 22kwh AC charging. It should be able to do about 300km on a full charge. For a BEV, you want to be able to slow AC charge it at home and on single phase power you can get a 7kwh wall box installed. You don't need to do a full charge over night, just top it up. I guess in Bangkok, you could just go to the Audi dealer and get a charge for free on their 100kw AC fast charger, would take just over an hour from empty. You only need an outside charging network for when you have trips longer than the range of the BEV. I could barely make a round trip to Khao Yai with the Audi, but a trip to Hua Hin would require some charging there. There is a network of Provincial Electric Authority (PEA) 50kwh DC chargers around, and in most places I would go to. There's also a small but growing paid charger network. But you just need one bad experience to ruin your weekend such as charge out of order when you arrive, or some idiot with an X5 on a slow charger hogging the fast charger. I really liked the Audi, and tried to get it to work. If I got it, it would require some amount of planning for making any long trips, and all the trips I thought I would make was doable and I'm ok with with having to take 1 hour breaks to charge, but the reliability of the network not dependable enough for me.
Here's a great channel about EV life in Thailand and what a bad day looks like
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What sort of business you are in and how much are you paying? Many of the talent coming out of university want an established name employer as their first job on their CV, and pay has been getting competitive for experienced candidates. I've never had a problem finding plenty of excellent talent that could fit in any corporate environment NYC or London. The bulk of my fresh grad hires are from Chula/Thammast, and have never had a problem, but have also found excellent people at other universities. But I work for a big name and thanks to all the tech giants around hoovering up talent (Grab, Shopee, Lazada...), the compensation figures have grown rapidly to stay competitive. I pay kids out of Uni 45k/month starting salary and that doubles in 5 years. Middle managers with 10 years experience make 2-300k, these are 1.5 - 2x what I was paying 5-6 years ago. Its also very important the work culture and the social bonds, the Roon Pi's / big brothers and sisters. Once I established my core team, recruiting was primarily referrals through their social networks.
I know not every job can pay at this level, but that ambitious, self starter with critical thinking skills who doesn't need to be micromanaged? He/She isn't a mythological creature, there are many of them, but they have lots of options. You either have to attract them or deal with managing the talent you can afford. I don't think its helpful to have broad sweeping negative generalizations. HR is always one of the challenges in managing a business. Millenials/GenZ world wide have proven to be new HR challenges. When we remodeled our offices, I gave up my corner view and now have a windowless room, smaller than before, so that the whole floor and common areas can have a view and sunlight. When I was younger, I worked hard to please my bosses, now that I'm the boss, I have to work hard to please my staff.
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What people want is an mRNA or other western vaccine now. That is not a choice offered to the majority of Thai's. Its take Sinovac now and not be given Pfizer/AZ later, or wait until Pfizer/AZ is made available. Thats a much harder risk assessment to take. That's why the OP is in a special position of having pre-paid for Moderna from the private sector, it would allow him to take Sinovac now AND get an mRNA vaccine later. But for the others, the calculus is roughly as follows. Assuming 60mn people, 20k daily reported case, say the real number is 3x would mean 60k actual cases a day or roughly 0.1% chance per day. But if you were to wait 4 months to get your Pfizer shot, the odds of you contracting covid during that period is 1 in 9. Assuming the global average fatality rate of 3%, you have a 1 in 300 chance of getting covid and dying while waiting 4 months for a better vaccine. Taking the low end off what google showed me, Sinovac even against Delta, reduces fatality rate by 80%. Assuming Sinovac only reduced the fatality rate, and does nothing to reduce your odds of contracting it, your odds of dying would be down to 1 in 1,500. If you believe in the 90%+ effectiveness, it increases the odds to more than 1 in 3,000. One in 300 is unacceptable odds to me. Covid has already taken 2 people dear to me.
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I understand people's hesitancy to get sinovac now as it would preclude you from getting something better. But you don't have that issue with your private order of Moderna, which would allow you to get 2 shots of sinovac, and 2 shots of moderna, which looks to be a safe combination. Your decisions should thus be, in order of priority
1. Get 2 shots of Pfizer now. You may lose your pre-payment for moderna, but who cares, you were willing to pay for an mRNA vaccine and you got one sooner.
2. Get 2 shots of Sinovac now, then get Moderna later
3. Worst choice is get nothing now, wait for something better later
Then you have all the other odd options, which I personally put all below #2. Any mix and match vaccinations that is 1 sinovac + 1 Pfizer or Az or any single shot of Pfizer or AZ. Because you should wait 6-8 months before getting your Moderna shots, and depending on hospital policy, if you don't take the Moderna shot on the allowed timeframe, you will lose it. Two shots of AZ now, doesn't look to be an option.
If you are worried about vaccine safety, then you should be really worried about mixing vaccines that are not inactivated virus. There's very little data on that. The data on antibodies from mixing is just the gov't is pushing for PR. Antibody levels are no indication of immunity, just your immunological response.
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34 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:
I stay in touch with folks at a school with over 100 teachers, the majority of them Thai. They were all offered Sinovac. Each and every one refused it. Just sayin'.
I stay in touch with folks in America. They were all offered Pfizer, Moderna and JJ. Millions refused it. Just sayin'.
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If you are planning Moderna shots later, I think there's good reason to take Sinovac now. It still has some real effectiveness in preventing death. Also, as an inactivated virus, its the safest to take and to mix and match with other vaccines. In the US, the policy for unvaccinated people who caught covid, is to wait 4 weeks after recovery before vaccination. As Sinovac is just inactive covid, its essentially the same as someone naturally infected and you would be safe from vaccine interactions 4 weeks after your Sinovac shot. I would take 2 moderna shots after sinovac, not 1 shot booster. Moderna will most likely arrive in Thailand in batches, so there's a real chance you won't get your 1st moderna shot in October, could be as late as March. Sinovac would give you real protection against death until then.
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Regarding deviated septum, I had a severe case but resisted corrective surgery for years. Eventually got it fixed and am so happy I did. After a very uncomfortable 48hour recovery period w gauze up my sinuses and then being yanked out, I couldn’t believe how clear I could breath. It was a night and day difference. So many problems (allergies, post nasal drip induced coughs etc) went away immediately. Made me regret waiting to do the procedure.
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Most of the ground and support staff are outsourced and have/will lose their jobs. What they are really meaning is reducing the members of the labor union, which includes all the cabin crews. I wonder if they will start asking cabin crews to start working gates and counters...
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15 hours ago, sead said:
I think you missed the part where it said it sold shares to a government owned bank...... Which means nothing changed.
The TG union has lost their legal protections as an SOE union, that is a real change.
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It was a very important move the gov't did. Once the Gov't reduced their official stake below 50%, TG lost its status as an State Owned Enterprise and the unions lost the protections they had under SOE labor laws, which are far more protective than for private entities. SOE's basically cannot layoff people, or reduce pay/benefits for any reason. Those protections would prevent any real rehabilitation. If you wanted to cut unprofitable routes, you couldn't cut air crew. If you wanted to rationalize your fleet (I count 9 types in 6 families), you couldn't layoff corresponding pilots or maintenance workers.
Its popular to blame bureaucrats for their meddling and leeching of freebies as the cause of TG's problems. While it is a big problem, the union is the biggest problem. For decades they've tried to cap the union. Ground crew are outsourced and not union members, and there's huge differences in pay and benefits. TG was only allowed to have a minority stake Nok Air to keep it from being an SOE, only way it would ever have a chance as a low cost carrier. They tried to freeze hiring of air crew as best they could, but every know and then they would open up recruiting to replace retiring staff and droves of young people and especially cabin crew from other low cost airways would apply to get the benefits of being a member of the TG labor union.
With the SOE status gone, business restructuring is possible and thus debt restructuring is possible. I would expect to see the union disbanded and creditors forced to take a haircut, followed by a large portion of debt being converted into equity, further reducing the Gov't's stake.
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I had a similar issue last November '15. I ordered a Mavic Pro from DJI, oddly they listed Thailand as a shipping destination and said price included VAT. However, when it arrived customs would not clear it. DJI did not have an importer's license for that specific model, so I had to go through a bunch of paper work to import it. Then I also had to get a letter from the Civil Aviation Authority approving its importation. Drones under 2KG do not need to be registered, but DHL gave customs the 5kg shipping weight and customs wouldn't clear it without CAA approval (took 3 weeks) but they sent me the letter via Thai Post (1 week). Then the spare batteries were shipped separate, and batteries imported separately from the the item required I get a battery import license as its considered hazardous material.
However, after I went through all the loops and 6 weeks later, I had it cleared and received the drone. Anyways, I'll only by drones from local retailers who have already navigated all the red tape.
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Ok, there appears to be 3 SKU's of Windows7 Home premium in thailand. Thai Retail, SE Asia Retail, and OEM. Thai retail apparantly was just released, the salesman at ITCity in Panthip accidentally gave me Thai Retail instead of SE Asia retail. When I came back today, he knew exactly what the problem was and swapped me with the SE Asia edition, which was 600 baht cheaper. Was surprised at how friendly and helpful their customer service was, i will be shopping there again in the future. The difference between SE Asia and Thai edition appears to be that SE Asia is english only and must be activated in SE Asia, i assume verified via IP. The Thai edition, does not have activation restrictions, but does not have english language display. There is a rather convoluted method of installing it with english that i posted earlier for those of you happy with ISO's, slipstreaming and regedit. The OEM edition, requires an OEM Pre-installation Kit (OPK, available to registered system builders). I am sure the wizards of panthip have that all sorted out, but not sure if i personally would go to the effort to figure out an OPK work around to save 1600 baht. If you want to be able to change display language and activate it anywhere, it appears that the retail ultimate edition is the way to go. All the versions of Windows 7 in thailand appear to be full installs, versus vista to 7 upgrade options available in the US. All this compared to the USD 30 and 30minutes it took me to upgrade my mac to snow leopard. There must be a hundred SKU's for Windows7 worldwide, MS distribution at its best.
I bought Windows 7 Professional from a retail shop at Fortune Plaza, Phra Ram 9, Bangkok.It was packaged in a generic looking white box with black lettering.
Inside was a proper DVD type plastic case containing the Windows 7 DVD.
The package said the disk was an OEM System Builder Pack Intended for system builders ONLY.
For distribution only with a PC.
Not sure what all that means as that was what all the shops were selling.
There was a notice also that the software would only work on computers in certain Asian countries.
Does any of this sound familiar?
When I tried to install it myself all the default installer language was English.
I was upgrading from an unregistered XP version of Windows.
That may have been the reason it would not let me do an automatic install Upgrade or maybe it because my current system was not Vista.
The Custom installation forced me to use a built in Windows Easy Transfer to transfer all my Documents and Settings to a external hard drive.
This was because the Windows 7 installation process wipes out all those files on your hard drive.
If your system allowed the Upgrade then the files and settings are not wiped.
After Windows 7 is installed then you access the saved file to restore your documents and settings.
Since my computer was just a few months old I took it back to Pantip where I bought the machine and had them install Windows 7 for me so I would also get all the 'Perk' programs they installed as a new computer.
It took 3 hours and 300TB (cheap) and saved me the scare of restoring my system to working again.
I did the the files and settings restore myself. ( I took my external HD along with my PC).
Since your install was all in Thai, maybe there were some options missed or a step left out.
I thought I had read some place during the release of Windows 7 that the versions were all in English.
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You will still need a negative PCR test 72 hours before departing for Thailand. As others have mentioned, they have discussed replacing the PCR at arrival with an anti-gen test, presumably since results are much faster and you wouldn't need to book a 1 day quarantine hotel. Looks like Omicron has put those plans on hold.