khunsanuk

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Came in through the Thailand Pass scheme on Thursday. Must say, it was a pretty painless process.
Uploaded my documents (yes, JPG is still very widely used online), was able to use my soc sec in lieu of getting travel insurance, and received confirmation after about 1.5 days.

Had some problems with the hotel reservation as they requested additional documents the morning of the day I departed. A bit of back and forth as I was not happy sending them a photo of my passport
Then I asked me to fill out a form approving them to withdrawn the payment from my credit card. That form included ALL my credit card info. Needless to say I refused. Paid them via bank transfer instead.

At Suvi the process was pretty straight-forward. After getting off the plane you are told to sit down while they check if you have the required docs (passport, boarding pass, Thailand Pass, RT-PCR test). Next you come to a small booth where they actually check the documents, before proceeding to immi and baggage claim. Total process took about 15 min.

Was then picked up by a limo from the hotel where another RT-PCR test was done (btw, is it a Thai thing to stick that thing up your nose so far they reach brain matter? Both tests done in TH were very uncomfortable, no such issue in NL). Got a negative result about 8+hrs later and was allowed to check out and go home.

Sanuk!
 

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And here is me trying to figure out how to get back home to Thailand

Guess I might end up staying with my Mom a bit longer.

Sanuk!

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I agree. Until the quarantine requirement is fully removed, the amount of tourists will remain extremely low. Who would want to waste a full week of his vacation being stuck in a hotel room... alone.

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"only a single study which has yet to be submitted for peer review"

Exactly. I could publish an article 'proofing' that the moon is made of cheese, yet that is utterly meaningless unless my methods and conclusions have been vetted by peer review.

Sanuk!
 

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Yes, the quality is very bad. Pretty certain even I could have done a better job

Note that the water doesn't flow around her legs? Dead give-away that this is fake.

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I'm surprised I've not hear about anyone doing this.
Maybe I should have a talk to a monk about this

Sanuk!
 

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Agree. Biggest fear seems to be dying from the vaccine.

Sanuk!
 

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Much safer for them than going after actual criminals.

Sanuk!
 

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We've bought cake for the dog a few times as well. Made from liver pate (amongst other ingredients)
I'd bet this dog would have much preferred that cake to the vegan one.

Sanuk!
 

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Also off-topic, feeding your dog a vegan diet is akin to animal cruelty. Dogs *need* meat in their diet.
All fine if you want to be vegan, but you cannot force your pet to be vegan as well. Unless of course your pet is a herbivore

Oh, and how can one care for the environment, and race F1 cars for a living? Those have to be very far on opposite sides of the spectrum.

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I watched that over the weekend. Rather enjoyed it too.

Sanuk!
 

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Having quickly looked up a picture of “Maori Boil-Up”, I'm pretty sure I'd prefer the meat pie

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Thanks. The green stuff threw me off

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Gotta ask, what is that?

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That is actually pretty cool.

Sanuk!
 

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>Joe fucked it up big time, desaster.

He did, but was there a better alternative?

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>You can still hear Thai versions of Motorhead

Turned this off as soon as I heard her voice. Motorhead without Lemmy's vocals is not the same.

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"can’t beat a bit of Ozzy"

Would have loved to see Ozzy live. Probably not gonna happen anymore now.
Same for Motorhead and Black Sabbath.

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Only been to a few concerts, but the 2 that stood out were:

Van Halen joining Bon Jovi as 'very special guests'. 50-60K people on a field, rain pissing down. All the girls there to see Bon Jovi huddled under umbrella's. Van Halen fans not giving a shit and just getting wet. Van Halen finished their set and roughly 1 in 6 people, including my friends and I, left while Bon Jovi was walking onto the stage. Must have been a great boost to morale to see nearly 10K people leave

Invite only event for Van Halen giving a select group of people the opportunity to listen to their new album (Balance). Small venue packed with maybe 250-300 people.

Sanuk!
 

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Shit, how many plastic bags did he have to go through in order to seize that much assets?

On a more serious note, giving offices a cut (and such a large one at that) seems to be pretty weird. Would encourage crime investigations based on the asset value of the possible subject instead of the likelihood or severity of the crime committed.

Sanuk!
 

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Thanks for the clarification. Didn't really look into this much as I wouldn't use an iPhone if given for free.
Still a bit intrusive, but as you said it is mentioned in T&C so caveat emptor.

Sanuk!

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To add some fuel to the fire

I'd trust the 2 of you more to not rape women / blow up plants than I'd trust a big corporation to 'do the right thing'.

Sanuk!

PS For what it is worth, I'm not too worried about Samsung accessing my TV. And yes, I know they do this because I get the occasional firmware update. Apple scanning photos on a phone is a lot more worrying though.
 

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One of the ministers. And no, of course it didn't go any further

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Now they should do the same check for all other high ranking police, military and other government officers. Anyone with assets beyond their means gets to explain them. No explanation, gov seizes the assets and uses it to buy vaccines.
(Yeah, and pigs might fly some day as well )

Sanuk!
 

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It shows the rolling average.

But fine, you can win the argument
Dealing with a show database and 1000 users screaming at us

Sanuk!