[COVID-19 inoculation of the over 50s now a top priority in Thailand – CCSA]

What a joke, I am 68, heard absolutely nothing!! Blind leading the blind

[Exclusive-Thailand's elderly lag behind in COVID vaccination drive, data show]

Yes, I agree with that, 68 year old, registered on all the sites, not a dicky bird

[Has anyone had a dose of AZ followed by a dose of Pfizer?]

47 minutes ago, ronjomtien said:

I had AZ in Bang Sue in  late July and got an SMS from BPH that I could have Pfizer last week at Central so I took it. No side effects from either. But I also have a 3rd shot scheduled next week Pfizer so the question is should I take it. In US they say 3rd shots are boosters 5-6 months later. Any ideas?

Personally I would hang fire for a while, no evidence just my honest opinion, although a scientist in England was against it at the moment,saying our immune system could/may become too reliant on them

[Need your opinion as experts on Thai girls, telling my experience]

There are good and bad ladies all over the world. My advice is start as just friends and see where it goes

[Expatvac. Who can we write to and thank them]

For what? I have not heard a thing living in North Eastern Issaan

[England adds Thailand and Montenegro to travel red list]

2 hours ago, Andycoops said:

No intention of ever going back so I don't give a toss, pity for those that do/have to though.

I always said that as long as the positives out weigh the negatives regarding going back, I would continue to live in Thailand, speaking personally what has/is happening in Thailand over the last 18 months that is getting closer by the week

[Rescued turtle’s stomach clogged with plastic waste]

I can believe it. I was once sat eating food on a beach in Thailand with my Thai wife, there was a foreigner stood waste deep in the sea just walking up and down, curiosity got the better of me, I went to see what he was doing, he was clearing plastic bags, there were absolutely loads of them, I could not believe it, they were buried in the sand, he explained he came down everyday, I helped for about 30 minutes and went back to my wife

[pfizer expatvac]

No, not a word

[Three million more doses of Sinovac vaccine arrive in Thailand from China]

What is the point??? Everybody says it is in effective

[Chonburi Governor orders more Covid-19 related temporary targeted closures: Several companies, a construction site, worker camps, and dormitories]

7 minutes ago, Excel said:

Well these days don't the main construction companies use migrant Burmese labour ? It maximize profits for the companies and with respect to the latter, allows the facilitators of illegal border crossings to make money and provide kick-backs to those "others".

I have a line app for my small city in Issaan and I can assure you the vast majority of covid cases are from returnee construction workers/lottery sellers from Bangkok and surrounding areas

[Prominent Thai doctor says lockdown measures aren’t working, tighter ones won’t work either, ease them to save the economy and consider an export ban on Covid19 vaccines and greatly boost vaccination program]

Thai people do not adhere to lockdowns, my Thai family are going here, there and everywhere and yes I have tried telling them but now I give up, also I am the only one wearing a mask????????

[Chonburi Governor orders more Covid-19 related temporary targeted closures: Several companies, a construction site, worker camps, and dormitories]

Great! More people returning home to Issaan, spreading the virus

[New “Thaksin’s wave” peculiar in its timing]

Thaksin had faults, just like every leader of countries worldwide BUT I do not think he would have allowed this shambles to have happend we are going through at the moment

[Delta variant now 95.4% of Bangkok’s new cases, spreads to almost all provinces]

1 hour ago, Old Croc said:

Instead of containment, they have deliberately sent/allowed patients to return to their home provinces because treatment facilities were overwhelmed in the main infected areas.

There are Bangkok infected people self quarantining in a local farmhouse close to our place in Loei, and I've heard they are using a school in a nearby Tambon as a field hospital. These very social people find it impossible to keep separate from close relatives coming back home.

They've completely stuffed up the vax supply and use strategy and instead are spreading the load all around the country. They continue to tell lies about it to a naïve population. 

 

I am also from Loei, completely agree 100%

[Famous people that died too soon]

Barry Sheene, Dave Potter                       Not many people on here would know Dave he raced in the same period as Barry, I went to school with him

 

 

 

[Where would you choose to be for the next 12 months? If you could be Whisked Off on a Magic Carpet, all expenses paid, Where would you Be?]

Maybe back in time when Phuket, and Hua Hin were fishing villages. Great times

[Thai Bank Deposit protection cut to 1 million THB]

What would happen in the worst case scenario, your bank where you have your 800,000 baht for immigration purposes goes belly up before you have time to do your next extension of stay. How would immigration look on it?

[Who has a confirmed appointment via Expatvac website?]

I read somewhere they were expecting the first appointments to be 10th or 11th

[Phuket Sandbox: 14,000 "foreign" tourists have spent 800 million baht - spending options limited]

They still do not get it! People are not going to come in numbers until most of the population are vaccinated

[Thai Retirement Extension - Bank-Book check for Baht 800,000 after 90 days]

1 hour ago, pablo el sueco said:

I believe the 90-day report and the bank book verification are two separate procedures, handled by two different officers.  The officer who processes your 90-day report does not care about your bank book verification.  When you check in at the front desk to get a queue number, you have to mention that you are there to do both procedures.

 

Until my last 6-month bank book check, the Supervisor processed the bank checks.  She said it very much was a mandatory requirement.  At my last 6-month bank check however, the clerk at the front desk who issues queue numbers processd it.

My immigration is one room 8 x 4 meters.????????

[Thai Retirement Extension - Bank-Book check for Baht 800,000 after 90 days]

I have the same small paper attached to passport, each time I go for 90 days first I go bank put in 100 bhat, photocopy bank book, never asked me about it yet but I will continue to do because the first time I do not, I know what will happen????

[What's wrong with my leg?]

Do you drink alcohol a lot

[New vaccine registration website for foreigners in Thailand opens Aug 1]

1 hour ago, Saltire said:

Correct, I now have 3 more emails with the link to the registration form, all of which which I will ignore so they should expire.

 

I think not a good Idea to register more than once.

 

Now if they are correct it puts me in the top 5% priority group. Over 60 and underlying conditions.

I had error message after entering email, I just left it, this morning had email to say it had accepted my email and continue to register which I did successfuly

[New vaccine registration website for foreigners in Thailand opens Aug 1]

Initial problem with email. Received email acceptance this morning, successful registration

[Thailand Risks First Double-Dip Recession Since 1998 Crisis]

18 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

I think we would all like the Baht to drop a little chaiswaan--but what seems to hoped for by some of the posters is a 97 type crash, which was  disastrous for the country.

Imports (Oil etc) would rise of course and along with it anything manufactured for the home market, but what is not factored in is the price of the goods sold at home, they also rise.

 

Lets say we are in 97 with a 50% reduction of the baht--and you are a Rice buyer--the stable diet of Thai's, with the Baht crash the Rice you sold overseas at X-baht you can now get x+1 baht, (50% more) so you either sell all your rice overseas or put the home price up to X+1 baht.

 

Sure it would maybe attract more tourist--but that really isn't the runs the Thai economy.

 

Between 45-50 bhat to the pound is about normal, which we are at now, I am quite happy with that