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1 hour ago, jwest10 said:

Just been to 7/11 and confirmed no sales and throughout May.

 

“The problem with comprehension is, it often comes too late.” ― Rasmenia Massoud,

 

 

Thailand is now a prison rather than a paradise.

 

Sorry, but you should have seen it coming guys.

 

 

2 minutes ago, Muzzique said:

 

“The problem with comprehension is, it often comes too late.” ― Rasmenia Massoud,

 

 

Thailand is now a prison rather than a paradise.

 

Sorry, but you should have seen it coming guys.

 

 

Next up, the Great Southern Firewall. Get your VPNs ready.

1 minute ago, Nemises said:

Yes, will take care...and will enjoy. 
 

Sorry you’re distraught. Must be a miserable existence for you indeed. Never in a million yrars will it go down the wrong way am not a fool and you may see a lot of dead ppeople soon because people will not put up with this much longer even in usa and uk where there is thousands and and thousands of dead people there is no ban on beer and while iam at it are the thai goverment going to ban cars as thailand has more deaths on the road than any other country?????? Beer does not spread a virusFACT 
 

Cheers ???? 

 

1 hour ago, vogie said:

If your lucky, on the 1st of June.

or 1st July

 

whatever reasons they have to applying the ban for May should mean it's banned June too, and possibly onwards. covid can't be the reason anymore if the figures are true.

 

May will be an expensive month - there's plenty of supply in my area now but at higher prices and only by the box, so i'll end up drinking them from breakfast instead of lunch

2 minutes ago, Muzzique said:

 

“The problem with comprehension is, it often comes too late.” ― Rasmenia Massoud,

 

 

Thailand is now a prison rather than a paradise.

 

Sorry, but you should have seen it coming guys.

 

 

 

It is always claimed on this forum that Thais don't have any common sense, though anyone with a grain of common sense would know that if the ban was to be extended there would be no 2 day window to stock up.

 

Yet this thread was overflown by foreigners who believed the clickbait in the OP.

 

Tell me now who is lacking common sense

It’s almost like the Thais are being punished by someone who is vindictive and cruel. 

20 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I'm afraid to ask for details......

..just joking of course.

My first job ever was working in a brewery in Wales, my second job ever was working in a stocktakers where we went and counted all the stock, bottles, barrels etc in a pub or club. As an extra job in the evenings I used to serve in a pub, many pubs as it happened over the years. It is where I discovered the delights of a scotch egg and a gin and dubonnet nightcap.

I have an affinity with alcohol, I also understand how one can become addicted. I am not.

I realised at an early age that drinking spirits was not good, so I resolutely stayed away from them and only allowed myself beer and wine.

 

This ban is completely pathetic.

I wonder how many expats and other long stayers  would leave Thailand, never to return, if it went permanently dry, no alcohol of any kind? It wouldn't particularly worry me, but I bet it would devastate many people.  It would surely totally destroy the tourist industry. 

Alcohol ban officially confirmed "until further notice"

Samarn must be rubbing his hairy teetotaller hands together at his STD clinic. Finally he managed to get his prohibition.

17 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

or 1st July

 

whatever reasons they have to applying the ban for May should mean it's banned June too, and possibly onwards. covid can't be the reason anymore if the figures are true.

 

May will be an expensive month - there's plenty of supply in my area now but at higher prices and only by the box, so i'll end up drinking them from breakfast instead of lunch

The reasoning behind my thought is that the government has mentioned opening up Thailand to tourists again next month, now who in their right mind would want to come to a country where there is a ban on booze.

But hey at least we get to enjoy photos of the temples and other things we all came here for. Enjoy Thainess at it's purest form, as originally shoved down your throats by Phibun. So exotic!

7 hours ago, Pilotman said:

I wonder how many expats and other long stayers  would leave Thailand, never to return, if it went permanently dry, no alcohol of any kind? It wouldn't particularly worry me, but I bet it would devastate many people.  It would surely totally destroy the tourist industry. 

Absolutely nothing wrong with having an evening out with friends family and social drinking.....

12 minutes ago, Philipg114763 said:

Beer does not spread a virus FACT 

But alcohol was behind 40% of hospital A&E cases. The ban had reduced this to 15%. This has freed up beds and medical staff for the Coronavirus fight. That's why the ban will continue for a long time.

 

With the Thai death figures for April 2020 running 3 times the previous year average it doesn't take rocket science to guess where these extra deaths are coming from.

 

Even if the government tries to sweep it under the rug and fudges the figures the rest of us should be aware that the Alcohol ban and restrictions will be here for the long term. Until the hospitals can cope the ban will remain. It has little or nothing to do with reducing socialisation but that's what the Thai government would have you believe.

 

Get used to living in an alcohol free Thailand.

3 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

I wonder how many expats and other long stayers  would leave Thailand, never to return, if it went permanently dry, no alcohol of any kind? It wouldn't particularly worry me, but I bet it would devastate many people.  It would surely totally destroy the tourist industry. 

I would move to a more socially liberal place like Iran or Cuba.

5 minutes ago, petermik said:

Alcohol ban officially confirmed "until further notice"

Which translates as 'let's see how the plebs react.

3 minutes ago, petermik said:

Absolutely nothing wrong with having an evening out with friends family and social drinking.....

yes, but that's the point, in a ban you can't do that and a total ban means that you never will again. . 

6 minutes ago, vogie said:

The reasoning behind my thought is that the government has mentioned opening up Thailand to tourists again next month, now who in their right mind would want to come to a country where there is a ban on booze.

Muslims 

29 minutes ago, Philipg114763 said:

 

Oh so right and not rocket science but Thai logic!!!

How many people will rush to the pubs, bars and restaurants when the ban is finally lifted?

 

I for one certainly wouldn't, even if I drank beer. I was watching BBC News yesterday and pubs in the UK were pouring draught beer down the drains. It was already going off. I wonder if all restaurants and pubs here will clean out their stock or will they sell it to the public?

why is this still being discussed with such furore when we already know its not gonna happen?

1 hour ago, Nemises said:

Not sure. Will check after my lovely, refreshing swim on our now open beaches and of course, grabbing some MORE ALCOHOL from the bottle o’ on the way home. 
 

Try stay happy up there during your May (and possibly longer) “dry season”. 

 

Cheers ???????? 

 

Hope you have your covid app activated !

Well I went to 3 "mom and pop" little stores, and none of them would sell it to me, even though I asked in fluent Thai and had bought beer from one of them on a holiday more than once in the past.  If they decide to sell booze tomorrow and Saturday, I do not look forward to the lines and people crowded together. 

 

17 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

Muslims 

I think alcohol and hookers are the main reason Arabs visit Thailand

7 minutes ago, petedk said:

How many people will rush to the pubs, bars and restaurants when the ban is finally lifted?

 

I for one certainly wouldn't, even if I drank beer. I was watching BBC News yesterday and pubs in the UK were pouring draught beer down the drains. It was already going off. I wonder if all restaurants and pubs here will clean out their stock or will they sell it to the public?

 

Draught beer goes off once when the keg has been started. In Thailand they use bottled beer, which will keep much longer.

1 minute ago, Susco said:

I think alcohol and hookers are the main reason Arabs visit Thailand

Yes, I was avoiding that very obvious truth, when one watches the antics, not to mention the blatant hypocrisy of many of them on holiday here. 

12 minutes ago, Susco said:

 

Draught beer goes off once when the keg has been started. In Thailand they use bottled beer, which will keep much longer.

Most of the smaller beer bars only have bottles but plenty of the bigger pubs have draught beer in kegs so no doubt there will be a lot of waste.

 

50 minutes ago, Muzzique said:

But alcohol was behind 40% of hospital A&E cases. The ban had reduced this to 15%. This has freed up beds and medical staff for the Coronavirus fight. That's why the ban will continue for a long time.

 

With the Thai death figures for April 2020 running 3 times the previous year average it doesn't take rocket science to guess where these extra deaths are coming from.

 

Even if the government tries to sweep it under the rug and fudges the figures the rest of us should be aware that the Alcohol ban and restrictions will be here for the long term. Until the hospitals can cope the ban will remain. It has little or nothing to do with reducing socialisation but that's what the Thai government would have you believe.

 

Get used to living in an alcohol free Thailand.

 

Perhaps you'd care to let us know where you got your made up statistics from?

 

And why do you think beds are needed for the coronavirus fight? Yesterday, 7 people diagnosed, none died.  Hardly a major drain on the medical system here.