Popular Post bluesofa Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 33 minutes ago, webfact said: Thai PM wants all tourists to wear wristbands Perhaps if I get one with 'Covid-19' written on it, I'll get a seat to myself on the bus. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmitch Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 I suppose its slightly better than giving them a bell.....but only just 2 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surelynot Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 minute ago, bluesofa said: Perhaps if I get one with 'Covid-19' written on it, I'll get a seat to myself on the bus. Are 'we' still barred from interprovincial buses...not that I have the balls to catch one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, Antonymous said: No doubt track and trace devices coming to expats and immigrants next... try it out with tourists first. It might be something like that or something that says CV19 free so the general Thai public doesn't start freaking out on every foreigner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 I'm sure the tourists heading for the soapy massages will be chuffed to know the authorities are looking out for them. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Lacessit said: I'm sure the tourists heading for the soapy massages will be chuffed to know the authorities are looking out for them. "Yes, I'll be there in a jiffy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonray Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 17 minutes ago, Antonymous said: No doubt track and trace devices coming to expats and immigrants next... try it out with tourists first. I already have one. it's called the live in girlfriend 3 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rookiescot Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 I dont think this goes far enough. Some kind of sandwich board declaring the wearer to be unclean should be employed. Maybe a cow bell around the neck should also be used. Oh and a big red flag. 4 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chivas Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 If anyone hasn't yet grasped that Thailand with its enormous financial reserves can keep the borders closed for decades should they so choose, then you have now You can come in but the restrictions will be so onerous that no one will. Thank you for your past custom x 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdsa Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 31 minutes ago, JonnyF said: I'm sure the locals are going to super friendly to anyone seen wearing one of these wristbands. They'll be treated like lepers. How long before shops have signs outside "Solly, wristband people cannot". this 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trucking Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 Never work. What they want is electronic exploding neckbands that decapitate if the tourist wanders out of an allowed perimeter. I think most tourists would be ok with this given all they have already had to go through to get here. Exploding male chastity belt would also be good whereby the crown jewels disappear if any horizontal activity happens. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surelynot Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, Chivas said: If anyone hasn't yet grasped that Thailand with its enormous financial reserves can keep the borders closed for decades should they so choose, then you have now You can come in but the restrictions will be so onerous that no one will. Thank you for your past custom x Why are they borrowing so much, as announced today? A serious question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FarFlungFalang Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 Welcome to Thailand now bend over and spread em,oh and you might experience some pain. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post trucking Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 14 hours ago, JonnyF said: Seriously, coming here for a holiday sounds like a humiliating test of endurance Just staying here is becoming like that !! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Rookiescot said: I dont think this goes far enough. Some kind of sandwich board declaring the wearer to be unclean should be employed. Maybe a cow bell around the neck should also be used. Oh and a big red flag. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonray Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) 9 minutes ago, fdsa said: this Had the termite inspection out to the house Sunday. My Thai comprehension is poor but I did pick up the old guy asking GF where I was from and when she told him America, he mumbled something about Covid-19. I asked her after he left but being polite as always didn't comment. The older generation especially really don't like foreigners mucking about their country Granted.. USA has done a terrible job and I really don't blame him.. But the general population cannot distinguish between tourists or long stayers. Edited September 30, 2020 by tonray Spelling 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuketshrew Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 I think that wristbands would be too easy get around. Chip and PIN has to be the way to go. Tourists first as a trial and then expats later. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry55 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) Only the Chinese tourists will agree to wrist Bands. Will they be staying in their own Hotels owned by Chinese. Do they still sell those fake COVID19 FREE certificates on Alibaba? Edited September 30, 2020 by DirtyHarry55 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HiSoLowSoNoSo Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 As it's only a couple of days until the first inmates tourists arrives, the government only got this type of wrist bands available. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Many years ago I visited regularly the Dominican Republic. Every tourist/customer got a wristband in the all-in hotels. No wristband, no free drinks/food. I am prepare to wear again a wristband here. I already wear one a few years ago, when my Thai wife gave me one, to show support to King Bhumibol. 3 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivas Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, Surelynot said: Why are they borrowing so much, as announced today? A serious question. Same the world over nominal interest rates. £255 Billion in foreign currency reserves says they can frankly do what they want 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: That means all foreign tourists allowed in under the special tourist visa must wear GPS wristbands so that their movements can be closely tracked. Here's a less costly alternative! Clowns! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffggi Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: Everyone on the STV plan must agree to comply with the conditions set out by the Thai government. Unless you are extremely rich as they do not run the risk of having Covid ......LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post edwinchester Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, JonnyF said: I'm sure the locals are going to super friendly to anyone seen wearing one of these wristbands. They'll be treated like lepers. How long before shops have signs outside "Solly, wristband people cannot". Seriously, coming here for a holiday sounds like a humiliating test of endurance. Maybe the Japanese can turn it into a gameshow. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 The Marine golf course in Sattahip has banned foreigners because of the fear of catching Covid. The people who make these rules must have pea brains as well as being xenophobic 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr Meeseeks Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, darksidedog said: They really need someone with an ounce of common sense to stop all of these ridiculous ideas before they make fools of themselves every single day. No hab 2 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr Meeseeks Posted September 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Surelynot said: That is a key question. Do they? They do not want any foreigners here, not at the moment. It's pretty obvious, but these schemes are the typical Thai way of saying, look, we're trying and we are open for business, when the reality is, we don't want any foreigners here and we are closed. Thais are experts at fooling people into thinking the opposite is true, just look at the famous smile. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbeNormal Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: But he suggested that people who didn't want the country opened were not those suffering in the decimated tourist industry. so just ignore the majority, sounds familiar would it not be much safer to financially support those in the tourist industry and keep the borders closed for now What happens when China starts reporting on detected infections amongst those returning from Thailand 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cod Face Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, tonray said: How would they know who the tourists who are supposed to wear bands are vs the expats who are already here ? They'd be identified, obviously, at Immigration at the airport because they're coming in on STVs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Peter Denis, don't understand what confused you in my post 52. We have all our personal limits of which we are prepare to undergo to be able/allowed to stay here. I wear before wristbands for different reasons, so I am prepare to do it again. Of course I can easily understand that you and certainly others, are not prepared to accept this, and will prefer to leave the country. 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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