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  1. 18 hours ago, SamSanuk said:

    I’m not out to bring damage to any particular restaurant but I have to wonder about food reviews on social media here in Chiang Mai.

     

    In my case, a restaurant popped up on my Facebook page and looked great. I never heard of this place, so I went to Google Maps and as I normally do, read the reviews. Well, the last ten reviews were horrible. Mostly 1 star, some with comments and pictures. Everything from food had no taste, was overpriced, and the owner was rude. Even a photo of the bathroom urinal with a cockroach in it. Yikes!

     

    So I went back to Facebook and left a comment about the plethora of bad reviews. I imagine the owner himself read my comment and immediately replied, suggesting I ignore the reviews as they were written by a competitor. He suggested I visit and would even not charge me if I felt the food was that bad.

     

    I know restaurants are in a tough spot, especially with thin margins, and generally I get recommendations verbally from friends. However, on places I know nothing about, reviews can help a decision. Either the fellow above has serious problems or one serious hater. 

     

    So you wrote about a consensus of the reviews about a restaurant you have no first hand experience about.  you definitely have too much free time on your hands

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  2. 12 hours ago, brianthainess said:

    It is still the same training apparently

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    I am a semi-retired US doctor (active license)- living in Thailand  working in America  about 3 months every year.   4 years undergraduate university degree, 4 years of medical school  consisting of 2 years didactics then 2 years clinical rotations, then 1 year internship- Ob/gyn, surgery, internal medicine (pulmonology, gastroenterology), emergency medicine, internal medicine, hematology/oncology, family practice, neurology, then 3 years psychiatry residency. Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Total 12 years following high school.

  3. An informal poll showed that only 3% polled felt crime was a deterrent, and the majority of them said it was only a minor concern. 57% said the worsening air quality was a significant factor in choosing not to visit Thailand beyond January, with CM being the most often-mentioned locale to be avoided.  None reported the poor quality of the side walks which just received a multimillion (billion?0 baht makeover.   Let's get real 

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  4. On 12/3/2021 at 2:49 AM, Bangkocker said:

    Not sure what you are saying. Are you puritanical about sex and no government policy to stamp it out ? Do you want government to control your choices in life with a 'policy' ?? Irrespective mate - BKK suits many, but obviously not you huh ? And does it matter where BKK sits on the world index of livable cities (compiled by a load of stuffed shirts sitting in an office). If you like it and it suits you, that's all that matters. 'Stuff the stuffed shirts most likely sitting in an office in Brussels'

    Not at all puritanical. What I was trying to say, is that many of the things that make cities tourist draws- NYC, Paris, Rome, etc have more to do with other attractions 

  5. 3 hours ago, Guderian said:

    He'd do better to recognise the important contribution made to keeping parts of Thailand's economy and some of its people afloat during the pandemic by the many expats already living here, supporting their Thai families and the Thai people who do jobs for them, and spending their money here in locally-owned businesses, rather than in hotels owned by multinational chains or on zero dollar tours. How about it, Prayut, make a list of all the foreigners who've stayed here and helped the country over the last 18 months and offer them permanent residency and the right to own one rai of land for residential purposes. It would cost the government nothing but would earn you a great deal of gratitude and respect, as well as potentially encouraging many more foreigners to move to Thailand.

    What about the millions of doses of vaccines donated?  You don't hear any official announcements of thanks.

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  6. I guess I am filthy rich by Thai standards, but I am not a big consumer, maybe max out at 25 - 30,000 a year.  I am not looking for some grandiose scheme dreamed up by the government that will ultimately be either non-workable or non-feasible for me. I would be looking for a system that is not trying to soak me through a rip-off insurance plan that would probably not pay claims anyway; not necessarily a residence permit but some type of security  that one day the government will not wake up and decide it  doesn't need expats anymore and make me null and void, not necessarily sole land ownership, but be able to purchase land with my spouse and if we divorce I have some claim to the land; the ability to start a business with tax rates comparable to what Thais pay. Some equitable employment arrangement to include Thais bit not at ridiculous ratios. (I mean , I could see Chinese starting a factory and importing its own citizens as its workforce, as they have dine in Africa.). In other words, just some rational plan that is reasonable. But the Thais in power are a scheming lot, and a very insecure lot as well. To digress, the3 idea that Thai businesses would welcome in foreign professionals is doubtful. They are so afraid they will be showed up as being inadequate, and because of their educational system they are not open to new and creative solutions.  

  7. 7 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

    If indeed there will be 70 % double vaxxed in Hua Hin by 14/15 th October it will still take another 2 to 3 weeks for the Immunity in those people to be maxed out

    November 1st seems good to me.

    But he also needs to consider that 70 % Herd Immunity is no longer of any use against Delta, and should now be above 80 %

    Everything you said reflects current thinking....but you are asking Thais to think more than 1 step ahead.

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  8. My plan this week was to followup on the question of validity of passport books/certificates issued in Thailand for use overseas, specifically those vaccines not authorized in the US (Here you can substitute your own country.) by contacting the consulate here in Chiang Mai. I understood they would not have the answer but would involve contacting the appropriate regulatory agency in America. But today, Monday in the US, The Washington Post published an article today basically saying, We don’t know yet.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/travel-ban-us-europe/2021/09/20/d78b5aae-1a22-11ec-bcb8-0cb135811007_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_to_your_health&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_tyh&wpmk=1&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNWU4ZTc3Y2VhZGU0ZTI1NzM1YWVjODY1IiwidGFnIjoiNjE0OGVlNmM5ZDJmZGE5ZDQxZDk3YzcxIiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3dvcmxkL2V1cm9wZS90cmF2ZWwtYmFuLXVzLWV1cm9wZS8yMDIxLzA5LzIwL2Q3OGI1YWFlLTFhMjItMTFlYy1iY2I4LTBjYjEzNTgxMTAwN19zdG9yeS5odG1sP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj13cF90b195b3VyX2hlYWx0aCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ3cGlzcmM9bmxfdHloJndwbWs9MSJ9.k1_GqYeiX3nqtegGA93IOl8FqfIodGQRYL_A00460fY


    From the article-  “The process and means for travelers to demonstrate vaccination status will be released by early November when this plan begins to be implemented,” White House spokesman Kevin Munoz said via email.   
    It also is not clear whether vaccines that have not been authorized in the United States, such as the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot or vaccines made by China and Russia, will be accepted. That will be determined when the details of the new rules are hammered out by federal agencies, White House aides said. Aides signaled Monday they would continue imposing new rules until the pandemic is beaten back.
     

  9. Right now the validity of any digital passport issued by Thai government for use overseas is unknown. There are rumors that the Mor Prom app is not accepted overseas. My supposition is that it is premature to assume anything, and each individual government will be evaluating the Thailand Visa Passbook, Mor Prom app vaccine certificate or anything generated by the Thai government. You can be assured that when Thailand created these instruments it did not check with other countries to see what standards in terms of security features that would be necessary.

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