[Thai govt needs to keep a close eye on rising Covid cases]

3 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Covid is not a threat as it used to be so stop scaremongering.

 

[Student seriously injured after being hit by motorcycle on Zebra X-ing - CCTV footage is clear]

Maybe they should provide drivers with a more obvious hint:

 

 

[World Bank said Thailand is in a significant plastic waste crisis]

The reduction of plastic waste by banning plastic bags [in big stores only] has been blown out of the water [pun intended] by the 'new normal' of home deliveries: Like many others we get most of our shopping delivered, and the amount of packaging is sometimes off the scale.  The big stores are little different as they usually arrive just as you would buy in the store but Lazada and Shopee [for example] generate masses of cardboard and plastic. The pic is a small example when food items are delivered, this was for cans of tomatoes, if products are in glass jars even moreso.

 

 

[Best Christmas food. High end lunch or dinner Quality no quantity.]

[On racism and stereotyping in Thailand]

Good post Rooster

[Why Chinese electric cars are causing a buzz in Thailand]

4 hours ago, JoePai said:

You may take the piff but even in the UK, Chinese electric cars are impressing the pundits

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/mg/mg-zs-ev-review-cheap-cheerful-whole-lot-besides/

Not the best of reviews.

 

You can bet that a significant number of potential buyers think MGs are still made in Abingdon .. their ancestral home just outside Oxford, England.

[I am concerned]

OP: Methinks that this "cold" that you feel is a combination of the inevitable onset of Winter, compounded by the equally inevitable blanket of Communism.

[Fleeing Thailand for Copacabana - Rooster tried and it backfired miserably!]

Rooster: It's realistic and honest stories such as yours that resonate with those of us who have ventured forth 'blindly' into the unknown.

 

[Chinese tourists to return to Thailand - but not until late 2022]

8 hours ago, cncltd1973 said:

How surreal that China is hosting the Olympics next year? Good luck with that, feels like an unfortunate mistake already.

 

China doesn't have a great medal-winning history at the Winter games.

 

Bets on whether that will change in 2022?

[Rejoice elderly Farangs.]

18 hours ago, allanos said:

 

Nevertheless, I do thank the universe for my place in it, where and when I was born

Is that the universe or Universe?  Whichever, could be a new topic for discussion.

[Do you believe its Cod and why]

On 9/16/2021 at 11:33 AM, KannikaP said:

I am pretty sure that ALL the cod served in most restaurants or chippies has been frozen but is very rarely 'mushy'.

My mistake, I should have said 'deep frozen'. The fish for the local market is mostly just kept on ice. As mentioned in another post, some for the retail market is vacuum packed

[Large money transfer.]

3 minutes ago, topt said:

I am guessing that is via the method I mentioned but happy to be proved wrong.

Since you say you have a user code and I presume you use the account no of your account in Thailand I would suggest you don't actually have a separate account there?

Did you set it up in the UK or from Thailand? 

I was merely clarifying the current situation for the OP's benefit. In response to your comments:

 

"The UK branch is for commercial accounts only - they do not handle retail banking.

 

Saying that you used to be able ........."

 

I set up the arrangement directly with the London branch. Obviously had to give them my Thailand account number for the transfer. How it is set up in the London branch I wouldn't know; or recall as it was some years ago. They act as a portal. I find it a convenient system and, from posts on previous topics, I believe I am not alone in that.

[Large money transfer.]

10 minutes ago, topt said:

The UK branch is for commercial accounts only - they do not handle retail banking.

 

Saying that you used to be able to set up direct transfer from the UK to your BBK account in Thailand via this branch but it needed to be set up from Thailand. Was mainly used for regular pension type payments from memory. Not sure if this is still done?

I have had a personal [retail] account with the London branch of Bangkok Bank for many years. They provide you with a user-code and you transfer from your bank to them in GBP. The funds are available in the Thai branch next working day. If you have an FCD account it is transferred in GBP and you get to control the exchange rate when you transfer to THB.

[Thailand’s Vaccine Stockpile Will Reach 125 Million Doses by the End of the Year]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

by the end of the year

You can't get vaccines that don't yet exist in Thailand into arms.

[Best movie intros]

Very good movie, as is the sequel 'The Girl in the Spider's Web'

 

[5 year driving licence renewal]

1 hour ago, superal said:

I answered the 3 questions before the video 

Maybe they've realised that now as I tried on both PC and phone and it takes you straight to the video

[Bangkok schools may reopen in November, 1,500 students given Pfizer on Tuesday]

13 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

700 students their first shot and 800 were already vaccinated since 27th August????? Amazing Thailand. probably he kids of rich and wealthy

I hear what you say but would suggest that the entire family, and staff, of the rich and wealthy who want to be vaccinated already have been; privately.

 

I would guess that Type 1 diabetes and obesity probably counts for a lot of those in the current group.

[Thailand to try alternative COVID-19 vaccination method to stretch supplies]

39 minutes ago, Marco100 said:

Only study of "under the skin" I found was from this Leiden University wich says that under the skin you can get 5 time more vaccine so' under skin 50 instead of 10 intramuscular ( in Thailand I think they give 12 af AZ , at least that is what nurse told me when got vaccinated ...)

The only vaccine Leiden University [specifically "Anna Roukens, an internist and infectious disease specialist at LUMC"] appear to be using in this, so far very limited, study is Moderna [mRNA type] Whereas the university was significantly involved in the development of the J&J Janssen [virus vector type]. Therefore it's a    s   t   r   e   t   c   h  [to put it mildly] for Thailand to use this very limited study, on one type of vaccine, as a justification to use the subcutaneous procedure for all types of vaccine. As they appear to be suggesting. No wonder the responsibility is being offloaded:

 

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2021/04/injection-via-the-skin-could-allow-us-to-vaccinate-up-to-five-times-more-people-from-the-same-supplies

 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the method, which doctors began exploring last month, could be used at the discretion of medical professionals, providing it was supported by evidence.

[Why Do You Think Thai Women Prefer to Hang with You? A Foreigner in a Foreign Land?]

21 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

Yeah, after a Thai lady is thrown to the curb by her Thai husband, she will look around for another Thai man, and if rejected a bunch of times for anything except being a gik, yeah, she will conclude that Thai men suck, and go for a Farang. The problem comes if she runs into another Thai man who finds her acceptable, then she runs the risk of having the Farang find out, dropping her, and then have the Thai man lose interest in the now penniless lady.

 

20 hours ago, Farmerslife said:

 apparently, her previous Thai boyfriends failed in these simple matters. The boot was on the other foot, they treated her as an ATM while they went drinking, skiving, playing cards, chasing other girls etc.

The stories I have heard over the years are predominately in line with the second quote. Maybe that's due to the class of women I associate with.

[Why Do You Think Thai Women Prefer to Hang with You? A Foreigner in a Foreign Land?]

4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

And, therefore, what is the reason that Thai women will cross cultural boundaries and seek out foreign men, and fall in love with a foreign stranger?

Thai men!

 

The opinion of many Thai women I have known/know

[Do you believe its Cod and why]

28 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I am pretty sure that ALL the cod served in most restaurants or chippies has been frozen but is very rarely 'mushy'.

Ah, yeah but no but. Indeed, the 'mushy' effect depends on how long its been frozen and at what temperature. Most cod fish caught at sea are gutted and frozen on the trawler; for North Sea fish that's not deep frozen. When they arrive at the dock those will usually go straight into auction. 'Proper' fish n chip shops in the UK get/go get their fish on a Monday, which is why many are closed on a Monday, and put them in the fridge to thaw. If they know what their market is they will use all those fish within a week. It's only the deep frozen fish that spend a while in storage, or transport, that go mushy. 

[Do you believe its Cod and why]

In the off-chance that the OP wasn't simply angling for a laugh-in.

 

Cod that goes from sea to table without freezing has a very defined flaky texture. When frozen, ice crystals develop in the flesh, when thawed that makes the fish mushy. In the picture posted the flesh is definitely mushy. Which doesn't answer the question. A price of 60Baht does.

[Booster jabs for those who got two Sinovac doses to begin in October or sooner – Anutin]

3 hours ago, alant said:

Same here in Chiang Mai, under 60's Thai still no dates or appointments

Also some older with one or more of the seven health issues.

[Are You 75, Now, and Still in Thailand, after all these years?]

1 hour ago, Farang99 said:

86 and been here since retirement, 23 years ago. The immigration requrements bother me more each year - particularly the 90 day reportinb. I calculate in the 23 years I have submitted 90 such reports with never a change of address. Isn't it about time this was taken into account?

We are never too old to learn. If it helps you to not be so bothered by the 90-day report. Reporting every 90-days has nothing to do with the address where you reside, that's the role of the TM30. More a case of ensuring you remember your place in Thai society. Best wishes.

[The Official Manchester United Thread]