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Were the seamen aware they were drinking another seaman's semen?

Then you are are a Thai citizen, but you are obviously not ethnically Thai. Maybe Scottish-Thai would be appropriate -- as in African American.

Would it be ok by your reckoning to call my kids Amerasian? I speak Thai and my wife speaks English, and to our knowledge the use of the the term "luuk kreung" to describe children of half Asian and half Caucasian parentage is not derogatory, nor does it translate to "half caste." Please point me to any evidence you have to the contrary.

Do you have a Thai passport?

I'll answer my own question: last night got a rejection notice stating the hotel failed to respond within 30 hours; messaged the hotel, and an hour later got an approval without submitting any further documentation.

Has anyone actually received approval yet? I needed to apply twice to get a confirmation email, and 5 days hence am still under review.

I submitted my T&G app yesterday, no receipt confirmation email yet. Maybe they're swamped -- anyone else still waiting for a response?

Good news that they're at least considering it, but I'm not holding my breath.

You know surprisingly few hookers, eh? So that qualifies you as an expert on the nocturnal activities of beer girls. Are you Thai? If you're a farang, what makes you think your marriage with a Thai woman puts you in a different category than every other expat with a Thai wife? Your girl is different, right?

You are referring to yourself, one would presume? If not, what qualifies you as such an expert on all things Thai, and on beer girls in particular?

Not really, they make more money by being pretty and flirting with male customers; why so horrific to presume they might take the next logical step? Given your attitude I could presume some horrific things about your good self too. And she married one of her customers, so I guess folks weren't so far off base then, were they?

I just booked 7 day AQ today, so your friend need not panic.

Royal Thai Consulate Los Angeles clearly states that AQ is now 7 days for vaxxed, 10 days for unvaxxed, 14 days if coming from those dirty African countries. Anutin's statement was apparently not completely accurate... go figure.

Jack*ss made a series of mistakes leading up to the fairly predictable result. Had it not been a "knife" it would've been a length of 2x4 or quite possibly a gun, which many Thais are known to possess. Cheeky <deleted> told the bloke to go home; there's a trigger if there ever was one. Now the fool's afraid to leave his own house -- som nam na.

Same goes for postings on this forum. The rule has to do with keeping it away from kids after school, but mom and pop shops are selling so they can still get it if they want.

Brings to mind a hilarious scene with Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy in the movie "Trading Places."

Sometimes it's embarrassing, really, being a white foreigner here. At every Tesco Lotus, busy shop or market in the Pattaya area last month, I would estimate about 10% of foreigners were strutting about with their masks below their noses, as if they haven't a clue how it works. Maybe 1% of Thais are equally ignorant, but we are supposed to be more "civilized" than the natives... aren't we?

Only skiers and chronic masturb8tors, of course ???? helping yourself is unnecessary in Thailand, because ready and willing helpers are so easy to come by ????????

In Isaan, most folks speak at least two languages. That's one more than most folks in the US and England can speak.

Lol I think you mean respirator not incubator, but I fully agree there is a huge difference between vaxxed and unvaxxed with regards to their respective threat to the public health. Anyone who has witnessed the carnage being done in the USA by the 30-40% of the population who stubbornly refuse to be vaccinated will agree that those folks probably shouldn't be allowed to travel at all, but if they are, ought to be subjected to the strictest quarantine possible. I say if fully vaxxed and tested within 72 hours of departure -- and then rapid tested again upon arrival at the travellers expense -- folks should not be required to quarantine at all. Any still-unvaxxed travellers from Western countries need to do at least 15 days quarantine and probably ought to have their heads examined.

The management of my ALQ hotel just informed me as follows: "The government announced that guest who arrived before announced can be quarantine 10 days even they had vaccinated" It could have been better, but it certainly could have been worse; this trims 4 days off my quarantine period, and anyone who's done this before knows that's a big deal. Who says they never throw us furriners a bone?

I have an update:

That, I'm afraid, is the long and short of it.

Here's my situation, no doubt shared by quite a few others: I'm fully vaccinated. Got my COE from RTC Los Angeles in mid-September, designated quarantine period no less than 14 days per COE, and arrived at ALQ hotel on 21 September. Am scheduled for release on 6 October. Now that the required quarantine period for vaccinated travellers has been reduced to 7 days as of 1 October, it stands to reason that I should be eligible for release on 1 October as I'll have completed 9 days of quarantine by then. Does anyone have knowledge or experience from the last time quarantine was reduced to 7 days, of whether those already in quarantine might benefit from the reduction as well? The COE states that final decision on quarantine period is made by the Communicable Disease Control Officer (at the airport I surmise), but each subdistrict has their own Public Health Officer with authority as well. Is there any hope of a sentence reduction for those of us already incarcerated?

Nice. There is also a communicable disease control officer in each subdistrict. Perhaps he or she would agree to reduce the time for those in quarantine here who have already done 7 days but not yet 14?