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While I appeciate the unusually high volume of information, I'd like the vital statistics and info on pre-existing illnesses of those, who died.
The flu has killed 100-fold more, one keeps eading. We need FACTS to asses the situation!
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I like used Thinkpads. A work-hose like the W seies and a smalle X when you ae taveling. SSDs fo both, buy more AM and enjoy highe speeds.
I'm biased against new lowe cost brands.
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Thee have been situations like yous, revealing a mean streak. Like holding a big paty days afte all foeigners' contracts ended. O msking foeign teaches pay 2,800 THB to go to some "English Camp" by bus. (No way in hell will the Thai teaches pay a single Baht, JMHO).
That has been a beach of tust.
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Government. I worked at a high school with 2,400 students. The school had i. a ToT office, ii. 6 internet technicians, iii. a room with at least 30 servers (purpose unknown). iv. Wifi? Just forget it. v. Broadband for the say 30 departments? 10% of the time. vi. Budget? Millions.
For 30,000 THB a month, they could have bought 60 ADSL lines.
Any hotel could establish wifi, repeaters, antennas, the works for 20% the cost.
Nobody cares.
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Governments have done a brilliant job, crashing economies. Sweden is an exception.
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Take Vietnam. No deaths yet, but they keep hotels closed to foreigners. My hairdresser was treating pimples, but wasn't allowed to cut hair?!? OTOH, they can't make people stop driving on the wrong side of the road / double parking / running red lights.
The flue kills 50,000 each season, just in the USA. Abortions? 400 every working hour. And proper data shows a different picture, when age & preexisting conditions are revealed.
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Problem - Reaction - Solution.
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2020/03/no_author/coronavirus-vaccines-and-the-gates-foundation/
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Recently, I read a esponse from a veteran who trained as Respiratory Tech (?). It's a 2-yeas' training and the manpower is the bottleneck, not the machines. Gas lines, ICU nurses etc.
The machines alone will be pointless! And New York has only 1,500 ICU beds. Cuomo's "30,000 machines won't help one bit.
www.lewrockwell.com - a few days ago.
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Seriously?
Let's assume, the model Thai citizen gets exposed to the virus, which stays airborne for "30 minutes". Then he goes home and takes off the mask. Touching the outside of the mask, his face and not washing his face and his hands.
Unless it's a N95 mask, it's a waste of time, anyhow.
Has he handed out N-95 masks? Thought so!
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Environmental terrorists!
The ignorance and greed of these people is unbelievable!
They should try compoosting and enjoy free fertilier. And are they encroaching on public land when they burn trees?
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Disclaimer: I'm not into drugs and quite ignorant. But I would have thought those shipments would go from TH to Europe instead.
Take the Meth epidemic. Tons of this horrible drug flooding SE Asia, originating in Burman. But E is a different matter? Can't they produce that in Myanmar? Can't they sel it for higher prices in Europe?
It's puzzling.
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Hoping for a tip on disabling those updates
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More than 10 years ago, I let a visitor use my PC. As self-appointed expert, he changed the setting and an avalanche of updates followed. The OS wasn't kosher and - you guessed it - this ended badly.
Now, I notice that one cannopt disable updates in Win 10? (There was an article on how Microsoft keeps updating regardless of the owner's choice). We never own software, it's more like being allowed to use it for a while...
APPLE with its mean hardware policies and Microsoft with their intrusive practices. Google chooses when to clock access, too. While FACEBBOK is awaiting instructions from Big Brother on curtailing freedom of speech.
Bad times for users of tech.
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Not so fast. The technology will come at a price - too high for most Thai users (both, for the phones and the data packages). At what cost? You think you can get a 5G phone from say 3,000 THB? Or a 50 gB data package from say 1,500 THB?
Then there are medical and privacy concerns. 5 G might unleash an Orwellian nightmare (look at China if you want to see the writing on the wall).
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On 11/19/2019 at 8:25 PM, PatOngo said:
How hard is it to get to work on time!
I misu nderstood a Thai colleague, instructing me to lie about the time (signing in). I wrote the correct time aand that spoilt it for the late-comers.
The OP hasn't said that he has been late.
A few teachers who are late are not singled out. Instead, let's ALL be forced to come 45 minutes earlier?!? The PO'Or might think he is the Sun King, but the contrsacts prevail.
Just make sure you will never be late - and you should be okay.
The Directosd sometimes won't come in for days - having teachers bring & collect files at all hours.
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Mmm, who pays the piper, calls the tune. She needs to save the school money to justify her own salary.
A: I recall there being a provision allowing an employer to expend the P.-period by another 30 days, upon serving the employee a notice or addendum.
The notice period is a cruel hoax, as schools do turn around and i. "accept" the notice, laying you off paq, often instantly. At other times, they may ignore their own notice period and bulldoze teachers with some cruel scams involving Thai letters the employee cannot read...
If it's a private school, you no longer can just walk to Labour Court. No, you will need a document from OPEC, certifying that the school is operational etc.
Personally, I would like to ask you one question: Will new-starts be working legally?
Many schools won't bother 1. with a contract and 2. a B-VISA etc. during the Probationary period. Making you lie at Immigration and vulnerable.
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I ear you. My gym plays nauseating Techno and it is neither motivating nore tolerable. They also play aerobics TV with its own "music" and the horrible clash seems to bother no one.
Many buses in Vietnam play awful domestic songs with shrill tones or techno. Hours of noise pollution!
And when there was a funeral, their response is to blast the neighborhood from 5 something am till about 11 pm.
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Savannakhet on a Tuesday or Wednesday. The same for Khota Bharu. Pnomh Phen - they prefer agents.
Q: OT, can someone say something about HANOI?
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23 hours ago, michael888 said:
anybody refused SETV at Savannakhet recently? Thanks?
Me. Had no proof of funds. Platinum credit cards allowing me to buy a new truck don't count. A dreadful experience. That Monday, they were working hours longer... I used to like Sawannakhet.
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How does this play out in the real world? Say Immigration checks a school's residence. That will be a 6-figure for TM-30 violations for the school as "landlord" and the same amount for the teachers as tenants.
No B-VISA during the probationary period.
Q1: What are the fines here? What goes down?
* Arrests and deportations?
Q2: Schools hire folks on Ed VISAs.
Q: care to comment on this TV thread and how this might impact your own situation?
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A friend brought me 2 x 200 grams for like 160 THB for both from India.
It does soften stool and returns regularity. Personally, I'm convinced that it also aids i. a boost in one's metabolism and ii. weight loss.
Just sharing - 80% remains what you eat, 20% is the fitness regiment you follow.
Drink before you eat as we often confuse thirst with hunger.
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On 8/23/2019 at 9:26 AM, PatOngo said:
It's the coke!
let's go back to the roots: red wine and cocaine!
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2 hours ago, Martyp said:
There are at least 4 ways to stay in Thailand long term:
You are at least 50 years old
Married to a Thai
Have a job with a work permit
Have an Elite visa
I agree that it takes more than a year to master the Thai language. You didn’t say what your long term goals are and why it is necessary to learn Thai. You didn’t say if you are enrolled in a university degree program. It is not unreasonable to think that staying in Thailand for a year or so is plenty of tourist time to experience the country. There is a gaping hole in Thai immigration policy for people under 50 to stay longer as a tourist. It would be nice if there was a way for people to apply to stay longer while dembonstrating they have to means to support themselves.
Well, schools hire NNES on Ed VISAs (being desperate, too) and they won't bother with a B-VISA until the teacher has passed the probationary period.
Driving thousands into illegality.
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23 hours ago, Pilotman said:
Not on the airbridge it isn't.
It's been the usual M.O. (modus operandi) for German Border Police at FRA airport. Arriving on THAI or VIETNAM Airways from SE Asia, they intercept all passengers some 15 m from the plane's doors.
Why not in Thailand?
I'm not into trolling, so can someone explain why anyone would make up such a story? There has been a marked change in attitude towards foreigners who come often and stay longer than a week or two.
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Am in Rangsit. Want to learn Thai. Thammasat University has a course, but someone warned the paperwork would e a nightmare versus a private school's course.
Are such Ed VISAs still being granted?
I would attend and make an effort. But would hate to spend the money to get denied later on.
Cheers,
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Virus able to survive in 60C temperatures
in COVID-19 Coronavirus
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Really? I've read (about) anpother study which concludes: a) 8.72 degrees Celsius is the "optimal" temperature for the cv and b) heat kills it. 60 degrees C is kinda extreme, at least for a naturally occuring virus.