1 minute ago, Surasak said:

Right. And the same in Wales as I remember, That was the 70s.

But the off licenses were open. 

15 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Thai logical.... no vaccinations and few cases everything under strict control.  Now easy the rules, with more infections, but with low quality vaccines. in 120 days  full reopen the country for tourists with maybe 25% vaccinated people and a lot of Delta cases.... who understands??

 

Maybe they have come to the conclusion that they can't win this "natural" war ?

16 hours ago, DaLa said:

This zoning and the restrictions that apply to a particular zone will rekindle memories of times long gone.  I lived in a city where the licensing hours finished at 10:30 pm.   At which point there was a mad scramble out of the car park as 20 cars from every pub in the city raced to the nearest Derbyshire pub where the licensing hours finished at 11 o'clock.

 

Then , just like today , there were the 'lock ins'.  

 

Extra thought to add; the various UK governments have made a pretty good job of closing thousands of pubs in the past few decades, perhaps someone is trying to take a leaf out of their book.

Yes, remember it well. I was stationed in east Anglia in those days on the Norfolk/Suffolk border.

I grew up in the north of Scotland, pubs didn't open on a Sunday but hotels were open to travelers. On a Sunday evening a bus used to run to the nearest hotel in the next county.

Closed at 10pm in those days, bit weird coming out of the pub and the sun still shining.

15 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

So conceivably one could travel from Dark red zone to Dark red zone with no worries and no restrictions other than what the CCSA has put in place.  Good to know that travel is back on, well within parameters and safety concerns addressed, like wearing a mask while driving.

We get lots of visitors from Bangkok on a daily basis, Business would go under if we didn't.

Living in the boonies all this stuff might as well be happening on the moon.

 

Reading about tourist ghost towns seems strange when our local night market is busier than ever.

 

Apart from face masks everywhere its hard to notice any difference.

2 minutes ago, Denim said:

Living in the boonies all this stuff might as well be happening on the moon.

 

Reading about tourist ghost towns seems strange when our local night market is busier than ever.

 

Apart from face masks everywhere its hard to notice any difference.

Exactly, drinking in our restaurants never stopped either for those that wished to.

16 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

It's ridiculous! People need to get on with their lives.

...well..when 70% have been vaccinated, hopefully they can.

16 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

It's ridiculous! People need to get on with their lives.

It's ridiculous. People need to get on with their deaths.

Just now, placeholder said:

It's ridiculous. People need to get on with their deaths.

It's ridiculous people need to get on with their Breakfast

Just now, placeholder said:

It's ridiculous. People need to get on with their deaths.

That's nice ????

16 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

 I remember those times well.

I wish I had a tenner for all the lock ins that I was at during my younger days.

The Breweries also had a huge input on the Pub closures, as it was more profitable to have the land on which the pub stood, as an asset for sale to developers.

Was in a Pub in Ireland years ago. Went into Post a Letter.

' Is the Pub open Yet " I asked.

" No " was the reply, " but would you like a pint while you wait "

Loved those Irish Pubs and people.

From some of the people I have spoken to when visiting the UK in recent years, including publicans, drink driving laws, cheaper alcohol from supermarkets and improved home entertainment have been the major factors in the closure of pubs.

I would have thought that the English weather particularly in winter would be an incentive to stay at home.

17 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

It's ridiculous! People need to get on with their lives.

Get on with their lives right into the hospital

17 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Gatherings of more than 50 people are still prohibited in this zone, but dine-in will be allowed up until 11pm, instead of 9pm currently. Tha maximum number of customers cannot be more than half the venue’s full capacity in air-conditioned eateries, as opposed to 25% currently.

A glimmer of normality.. but while a gathering of less than 50 people is allowed what about clarification on private residences?

16 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Years ago in Scotland the pubs didn't open on Sundays

Sweaty socks needed a break to give the liver a chance to recover from Saturday night.????

58 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Lots of villages up in sticky rice land have not even had their first dose, I was reading before in some village only 2 people have had a jab and one of them was a nurse, 

And lots of people in sticky rice land have never seen or heard of anyone being infected, never mind dying from Covid 

Sp open up and give them a chance to get back to work and earn some money. So many around here are fighting over any jobs that will give them 200 baht a day, just so they can buy food and basics 

4 minutes ago, Joinaman said:

And lots of people in sticky rice land have never seen or heard of anyone being infected, never mind dying from Covid 

Sp open up and give them a chance to get back to work and earn some money. So many around here are fighting over any jobs that will give them 200 baht a day, just so they can buy food and basics 

No one in our Amphur has had a vaccination and that includes the few doctors and nurses in our local community hospital !!.  And I think knowing anyone who did contract covid would mean a tour trip to go and gawp at them as it would be so unusual ????

I never understood the time restraints at home or here. Like the virus has a time period that it is stronger later? Just wondering how a few hours matters at all. 

7 minutes ago, moe666 said:

Get on with their lives right into the hospital

Yep , mostly while riding their motorbikes !!

How many suicides since this "pandemic" started due to no work or income , unable to provide even the basics for their families ?

 

1 minute ago, Excel said:

No one in our Amphur has had a vaccination and that includes the few doctors and nurses in our local community hospital !!.  

My wife's 22 year old son has had both shots...........He's in the army! Go figure where the government's priorities lay??? 

18 minutes ago, placeholder said:

It's ridiculous. People need to get on with their deaths.

your right, as always

Just their deaths are many many more times likely to be from riding their motorbike than from  Covid 

16 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Years ago in Scotland the pubs didn't open on Sundays

Philadelphia had "blue" laws. No businesses allowed to open on Sunday.

Just now, dogfish180 said:

My wife's 22 year old son has had both shots...........He's in the army! Go figure where the government's priorities lay??? 

Possibly he was just a Guinea pig

So the restaurants in the yellow zones can sell alcohol then or not , as it says open as normal !

If not then someone needs to explain how you can have a gathering of up to 200 people but you can’t have 10-50 having a drink while dining in a restaurant ! ????????

16 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Years ago in Scotland the pubs didn't open on Sundays

Same in Wales.

6 minutes ago, Excel said:

No one in our Amphur has had a vaccination and that includes the few doctors and nurses in our local community hospital !!.  And I think knowing anyone who did contract covid would mean a tour trip to go and gawp at them as it would be so unusual ????

sooo true ?

they never see, never heard of anyone catching it, yet still wear masks while riding bike through village

How many of them wear masks that are many days old too. We sell masks, and see many adults and children with old and dirty masks on a morning, going into school 

5 minutes ago, Excel said:

Possibly he was just a Guinea pig

so why would that make him different from anyone getting the shots ?

15 hours ago, Advocatus Diaboli said:

SO …… ALL restaurants in the YELLOW zone can serve alcohol ….. betcha it’s a Thai typo ????

The cap on gatherings is 200 people in Yellow zones. All zones are to maintain a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol in public venues.

43 minutes ago, Excel said:

Exactly, drinking in our restaurants never stopped either for those that wished to.

Where I live the plod were right on it a few places got raided 

10 minutes ago, Joinaman said:

so why would that make him different from anyone getting the shots ?

We don't know what vaccine was administered to him nor was it the 10/12ths of the recommended dosage. Nor do we know if it was one or two shots and if the latter what was the interval. Being in the army perhaps certain information is or will not be disclosed until time has elapsed to determine if anything the effectiveness.

4 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Where I live the plod were right on it a few places got raided 

 

4 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Where I live the plod were right on it a few places got raided 

In the context of what Joinaman and I were posting then we were talking about being out in the sticks, not perhaps where you live. Our local police don't disturb us if we don't disturb them. The only time you actually see them is when somebody from the Phen station wants a day out to rattle their cage perhaps or see if they are still living