You know how bad people feel under this quarantine. You cannot move freely wherever you want, every checkpoint on the road check your documents,  check your temperature. You have to wear mask like a muzzle. I cannot enter any supermarket or public transport without mask. Many businesses closed, people have no jobs no money, some do not even have  food. You know what is staying at home for month without an opportunity to walk or go swimming pool. Before this madness every time I go Pattaya streets were full of people with smiles and joy. All massages closed, bars are closed, you cannot see smiles under masks. I cannot believe that happened. I just want to go in the past. The world in the past was way better, we had freedoms we had choice.

Edited April 27, 20206 yr by MarkZ

yes ......   isn't it great 

The sales of antidepressants and suicide rate will spike. Just as  alcoholism and abuse. Is a lockdown really worth those consequenses? 

3 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

The sales of antidepressants and suicide rate will spike. Just as  alcoholism and abuse. Is a lockdown really worth those consequenses? 

Exactly. Heart attack and suicide rate under this quarantine is much higher that deaths rate from corona virus. It is just absurd to torture people like that.

Not really a big deal wearing a mask when you go inside a shop is it, as for no opportunities for a walk, I walk every morning along jomtien beach. 

i'm walking about 50 steps a day now compared to 5000+

 

drinking double too

 

no more gym, home workouts can get <deleted>

21 minutes ago, MarkZ said:

I just want to go in the past. The world in the past was way better, we had freedoms we had choice.

Yer 1966 would do me me MarKZ......not only a great year but we won the cup........................................

9 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

i'm walking about 50 steps a day now compared to 5000+

 

drinking double too

 

no more gym, home workouts can get <deleted>

I'm walking 15000 a day compared to 15000 before, I agree with home workouts, no motivation for them, become tedious quick. 

You can thank the Chinese government and their super elite corporations for this. Just another tip of their foul iceberg the world will have to ingest unless it puts them back into in to a no where oblivion. 

Try living with two kids in lockdown.....full time job keeping them entertained and stimulated. One just lost a video game punched his tablet and then bit it and it is now officially kaputski. So stop whining.

We all dodged WWII, Korean War, hopefully Vietnam War, Falkland Islands War, and the Iraq War....except me as I was in the SAS...Salvation Army Sods....Yuck yuck yuck. So life isn’t that hard. We have hopefully all our limbs, eyesight, and hearing but no hair. Get a grip people.

First world problems.

 

And to think, people went to war and gave their lives so you could have a moan about Pattaya being closed.

eyesight, hmmmm

47 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

The sales of antidepressants and suicide rate will spike. Just as  alcoholism and abuse. Is a lockdown really worth those consequenses? 

The alcohol ban was a very wise decision. In respect of the lockdown - there would have been consequences too if they wouldn't have done it. 

We have been in lockdown since the kids school holidays started, albeit I would get out 3 nights a week to the locals for a few drinks, some socialising and the like until 20 March when they shut them down.

 

It is starting to take its toll, 4 kids and a wife who look after themselves entertainment wise, although we have pulled everything back till after lunch for them as we see the change in them and want to bring them back to mainstream life, no iPad/Tablet.Netflix/TV/Mobiles etc et etc till after 1pm and lights out at around 9pm for the younger girls and 11pm for the teenage boys.

 

If Prayut wants to keep us under control for longer, that is going to backfire IMO, he should start loosening the chain with conditions, e.g. wearing of masks in public places mandatory till further notice, checking of temperatures before entering stores, sanitizing of hands, open the parks, open the shopping centres and the food courts, restaurants, cinema's bars etc etc, but have strict provisions in place and get your lazy police force out there and enforce fines for non compliance, oooops, forgot where I was again for a moment.

4 minutes ago, Oldie said:

The alcohol ban was a very wise decision. In respect of the lockdown - there would have been consequences too if they wouldn't have done it. 

I think you have to let people do what they are going to do, that said, they don't have a competent police force here to enforce the laws, they are as lazy as f IMO.

The only thing I can suggest is to be protect your eyesight: don't dzsherk off too much.

44 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

Yer 1966 would do me me MarKZ......not only a great year but we won the cup........................................

 but we won the cup........................................  What?? You mean you acquired it. What about the ball not crossing the line for one of the "goals"? West Germany were cheated.

3 minutes ago, Oldie said:

The alcohol ban was a very wise decision. In respect of the lockdown - there would have been consequences too if they wouldn't have done it. 

yes .... the alcohol ban was to instill the canned Songkran, so as to ensure no drinking and partying took place. The lockdown is primarily to quell the COVID-19 virus transmission and infection rate and I believe it is working. The balancing act is the virus infections/transmission vs economy fallout effect.

Khun Prayut Chan O Cha ( imo ) has and is successfully minimizing the risk of infections with the lockdown in place. Not everyone agrees with these decisions, but obviously they are necessary. Thanks.

6 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

 

If Prayut wants to keep us under control for longer, that is going to backfire IMO, he should start loosening the chain with conditions, e.g. wearing of masks in public places mandatory till further notice, checking of temperatures before entering stores, sanitizing of hands, open the parks, open the shopping centres and the food courts, restaurants, cinema's bars etc etc, but have strict provisions in place and get your lazy police force out there and enforce fines for non compliance, oooops, forgot where I was again for a moment.

They can't open places like bars where no social distancing is possible. And I think they will not do it for a while. In my opinion the Thai government did a great job so far. Especially if I look at western countries and what is done there.

I am going to guess you have never been tortured... if you came for a holiday, well, bad luck and I am sorry for the difficulties but we are all going through this so that this virus will not spread exponentially and everyone gets sick... 

 

nobody is enjoying this - we are all hoping it is saving lives... maybe yours too... 

 

deep breath and hang in there - - good luck to you.. 

 

ps... far far far more people are dying of the virus than suicide... not even close. 

In Quarantine, I've:

 

1.  read 200 books

2.  found nirvana

3.  created a time machine

4.  communicated with aliens

5.  learned 11 languages

6.  created 2 new languages

7.  hacked into north korea's bitcoin account, took 11 billion

8.  learned to paint 

 

as i like to say, "i'm very lazy"

Strangely I never missed the closed bars, massage parlors, or smiling whores.

Come to think of it, I don't much like crowds either... 

Nicer to stay home with a hot cup of tea and read a book, listen to music, catch up on some TV... Schedule a good brisk 20 minute walk every morning before breakfast and again after 6pm to get the blood pumping. I must say the air quality is excellent and smells so much better.

 

Edited April 27, 20206 yr by ben2talk

13 minutes ago, Ventenio said:

In Quarantine, I've:

 

1.  read 200 books

2.  found nirvana

3.  created a time machine

4.  communicated with aliens

5.  learned 11 languages

6.  created 2 new languages

7.  hacked into north korea's bitcoin account, took 11 billion

8.  learned to paint 

 

as i like to say, "i'm very lazy"

Too damn lazy to find a cure for C19

Edited April 27, 20206 yr by Radar501

22 minutes ago, steven100 said:

yes .... the alcohol ban was to instill the canned Songkran, so as to ensure no drinking and partying took place. The lockdown is primarily to quell the COVID-19 virus transmission and infection rate and I believe it is working. The balancing act is the virus infections/transmission vs economy fallout effect.

Khun Prayut Chan O Cha ( imo ) has and is successfully minimizing the risk of infections with the lockdown in place. Not everyone agrees with these decisions, but obviously they are necessary. Thanks.

Not a grey hair insight! and a Mcdonalds happy meal badge everything is 100% under control " my control"????

26 minutes ago, steven100 said:

yes .... the alcohol ban was to instill the canned Songkran, so as to ensure no drinking and partying took place. The lockdown is primarily to quell the COVID-19 virus transmission and infection rate and I believe it is working. The balancing act is the virus infections/transmission vs economy fallout effect.

Khun Prayut Chan O Cha ( imo ) has and is successfully minimizing the risk of infections with the lockdown in place. Not everyone agrees with these decisions, but obviously they are necessary. Thanks.

I thought it was a ban on the sale of alcohol not a ban on drinking.How the DT's going Steven?As bad as my pot withdrawals?Hang on he didn't ban cannabis oil?

7 minutes ago, ben2talk said:

Strangely I never missed the closed bars, massage parlors, or smiling whores.

Come to think of it, I don't much like crowds either... 

Nicer to stay home with a hot cup of tea and read a book, listen to music, catch up on some TV... Schedule a good brisk 20 minute walk every morning before breakfast and again after 6pm to get the blood pumping. I must say the air quality is excellent and smells so much better.

 

Its just great not having to check the air quality every morning before going for a run. Miss getting on the beach though.

Anyway, for the OP, you are not in quarantine, not even in a strict lock down compared to some European countries.

I find the "my life hasn't changed much" comments interesting.

For me this lock down has one positive going for it

Before it began my neighbour  would arrive home blind drunk every night, cant blame him for that, with his wife I would do the same.

Anyway the yelling and cursing would start soon after and continue for hours.

Now when they wake up its a quick screaming match then all quiet till the next day,