Spacedog

Not sure how much a Rolex Daytona Platinum costs. Why not by a genuine one.

Cheers Steve very much appreciated. Will give them a go.

Thanks for the info……I know Pattaya is a big city, due to Covid have not been for 3.5 years. i am pretty sure plenty has changed in that time. Will be staying in my condo.in the Pratumnak area.

I will be in Pattaya at the end of June for the first time since the Covid rubbish finished, I need a bit of dental treatment. Can somebody recommend a dentist in Pattaya for a patient who at the best of times dislikes going to the dentist. Thank you in advance for any info given.

Just read on the TAT news return of test and go from 1st Feb plus the introduction of Pattaya to the Sandbox scheme. finally some good news, the first signs of tourism returning. Great news for all the bar and hotel/guest house owners.

Won’t be going to Thailand until all nightlife is open. Also will not go until the need to take COVID tests has been stopped. Fully vaccinated that should be enough.

555........did Air Scotland ever exist or is that a figment of someone’s imagination

Slowly but surely the penny is dropping here in the UK. 1st quarter economy shrinks by 2%. Bearing in mind the lockdown started right at the end of The quarter. The second quarters results are going to be the worst in living memory. Millions of people are currently furloughed and are being paid 80% of salary up to GBP2500, which has extended till the end of Oct. Some people are becoming increasingly comfortable with this seeing it as a long break. Wait till they are asked to return to work, that is if their job is still there. By extending the furlough scheme with no realistic plan of how to return back to normal, struggling businesses will extend the furlough until the last possible moment before closing. Why not let the government pay your salary bill, defer delivering the horrible message of redundancy till the very last moment. With the economy expected to shrink between 15-20% what percentage of the workforce are going to end up redundant? Some companies have already announced job cuts BA, Virgin, and Rolls Royce are just a few, how many more to follow? Kids are not being educated and the unions are flexing their muscles telling teachers not to return to work unless safety is guaranteed. Bearing in mind that the young are the the least likely to be affected by the virus. Thousands of apprentice schemes have been cancelled leaving thousands of teenagers in limbo. There are and will not be any new jobs available any time soon for this generation. On the news this morning. Finally someone had the balls to spell out that we are going to be paying this back for years and years to come. Increasing income tax, VAT, national insurance higher duty on petrol and alcohol. As a country we only just finished paying the debt of for WW2, Gordon Brown sold the gold reserves in 2006. It seems to me ironic that the group of people most vulnerable to this virus (the elderly/retired) are the ones best positioned to emerge from this crisis unscathed financially. Many are mortgage free, drawing on private pensions, good luck to them they deserve it. After all that is the position we all would like to be in come the end of our working lives. Sadly for the young and people with young families they are going to bear the brunt of this for a very long time yet. People can forget about holidays in the sun, weekend breaks away, disposable income will be at a premium. The way I see it is the politicians were too quick to put us in lockdown. There is no credible plan to ease us out of lockdown back to normality. They keep on spouting crap like social distancing, wearing masks not mixing outside of the household. On one hand grandparents cant visit their grandkids or children, they can go out and play tennis or have a game of golf if they want. Private cleaners are now allowed into peoples homes along with estate agents and people who want to view your house. The left hand don’t know what the right hand is doing. The Government has created a complete clusterf**k, they will be dammed if they do and dammed if they don’t. They have dug themselves a massive hole with no idea how to get out. I do believe in order to move this forward and restore our everyday freedoms and return to normality. The government should be focusing on the elderly and vulnerable who are most likely to be affected by the virus, keeping them safe and secure. The lockdown should be revoked immediately travel restrictions lifted and let the virus blow itself out. They should have stuck to the original plan of herd immunity before that twat Ferguson got involved.

So many good war movies.....ice cold in Alex......could just murder a nice cold 🍺 right now

What’s catastrophic is the damage being done to the economy’s of the world. The resulting depression which will follow this will ruin millions of people’s lives for a very long time. Politicians need to think long and hard on what actions they are endorsing. I agree the choices or not easy and don’t sit comfortably with some, but they have to manage/govern that’s the mandate they have been given. However the public’s memory is very short. It’s all well sitting at home being paid 80% salary doing nothing The crunch will be when they are expected to return to work, many will find they have no jobs to return to. A couple of years down the line with the economy still not at 2019 levels and large numbers of people unemployed, politicians will be asking for the public’s votes to return to office. See how quickly the public will turn, you reap what you sow. It took Boris and the Tories years to break the northern red wall gaining a parliamentary majority. If he gets this wrong which I fear he will, it could be a very long time before he gets these seats again

Just reading in order to play golf in Chonburi while the Covid19 crisis is ongoing foreigners will need to show current passport with an entry stamp showing at least 14 days entry before the game of golf. Currently as there are no international arrivals it should not be a problem. The problem will arise as and when international arrivals start up again with people expecting to be able to play golf. If the new ruling is still current i.e 14 day quarantine. If you main purpose is to come and play golf it will not be worth travelling. Suppose it will give you more time to monger if the girls return to work.

F**k that........what a load of shit that is. If that’s the way forward I would rather do without. If you are allowed to meet in public like in the video meet at home. I would rather have a few friends round sit in the garden and enjoy ourselves. What is the f**kin point of that stupid bubble. For any entrepreneurs out there could be good time to set up a greenhouse company.

Wrong......most airlines are now downsizing rapidly, reducing fleet size and headcount by 20+%.. not all airlines have the cash reserves to come out of this. The airframes are being scrapped the workforce won’t be back any time soon. What will happen is after the initial glut of cheap fares to get cash flow moving, airfares will rise and will eventually be much higher than you are paying now. There will fewer flights with airlines operating smaller more fuel efficient aircraft. It will be 2 to 3 years before you see airlines starting to expand again.

Virgin to close London Gatwick and focus on Heathrow and Manchester, also merge Virgin holidays into Virgin Atlantic resulting in over 3000 job loses. Add this to 12000 from BA another 3000 from Ryanair plus 8000 from Rolls Royce. The Virgin announcement is based on finding a buyer by the end of May. If no buyer looks like they could be gone with more additional loses. This is all so tragic for all concerned but has been man made by some extremely poor political decisions. Major policies announced before all facts and figures had been collated. 1 scientists whose figures were so way off the mark has started a Tsunami of economic woe that will cost the country billions.

Just seen on the BBC news a passenger on board an Aer Lingus flight complaining about lack of social distance, the flight was practically full from Belfast to Heathrow. WTF does he expect a special aircraft all to himself on a £40 ticket. If he was that bothered about social distancing then he should stay at home in his bubble as per government instructions. I have had enough of it now. We are committing economic suicide, the repercussions will be felt for a long long time after this episode has finally finished. Our civil liberties and freedoms are being taken away. Being told that the new norm is going to be masks and gloves social distancing for up to 1 year. Also going to start tracking people via Apps on their phone. is this Berlin pre the fall of the wall. We lived in a free society where people can obtain and absorb the information in order to make balanced decisions. Being told to wear masks.gloves and not to go out to visit family and friends or risk being fined . Not only that encouraging the public to let the authorities know about people who they think break the lockdown is dystopian. I will not wear a mask or gloves. The numbers that are coming out of various countries suggest that this is one massive overreaction. Instead of locking down the whole population, plans need to be put in place for a full lifting of the lockdown while looking after people who are in the high risk category. The UK population is over 60 million there are 190000 cases and 29000 deaths. Current worldwide deaths 260000 if all the figures are to be believed. Over 400000 each year die of malaria spread over far fewer countries that have Covid 19. We are not barred from travelling to these countries, we don’t lock these countries down shutting down their economy’s in the process. No people make a balanced decision and travel whether for business or pleasure. (I know malaria is not contagious) Enough is Enough we are not solitary creatures, we need companionship we need to meet family and friends and have social lives. Once your freedoms and liberties are removed they are very difficult to get back. Do we really want the new norm enforcing the population to walk round in gloves masks and 2 meters apart. The long term affects of this don’t bear thinking about. Public transport will become uneconomical 15 people on a bus, 100 people on a 200 seat airplane. Stop being brainwashed look at the facts out there and make some balanced choices. Many people will not agree with my thoughts I accept that. However serious questions need to be asked re the current lockdown. I can’t wait for the time I am able to travel to Thailand and play some golf and have a beer with my mates, I fear it will be a few more months yet though.

Same goes for Baker on bass.....passed away before Layne again caught up by the grip of H

Absolutely amazing...saw Layne twice in AIC in 93 awesome......shame he couldn’t stay away from the H a true legend......RIP Layne

I fully understand the rationale behind the current plans. Currently there are 1000s of spare beds available the Knightingale hospitals have hardly been used. The vast majority of Covid cases do not require hospital treatment. As I stated there needs to be a way to focus on keeping the vulnerable groups safe while starting the economy. If the economy stops tax receipts and NI contribution diminish without these funds the NHS disappears.

The longer this drags on the worse it will become, it will take an age for the economy to recover to 2019 levels and return to positive growth. This virus does not seem to be going away any time soon. All the current plans seem to be on the premise of creating a viable vaccine. If no vaccine is found are we to be kept in lockdown, economic stagnation, unemployment. this is worse than letting the virus run it’s course Plans need to be made with Covid 19 in our everyday lives like Flu or other viruses we are susceptible to. My Current feelings are we are destroying the aspirations of our future generations. We have closed down all education UFN. The economy is in free fall. The tsunami is yet to come but the ripples have started. BA axe 12000 jobs Oasis and Warehose another 1800 gone. There are many other retailers, hotels, pubs and travel firms that will not recover and have closed for good. That is without mentioning the thousands of self employed who are on their knees. All these affected persons will require assistance from the state, adding to the already bloated borrowing the chancellor is undertaking. Kids coming through schools colleges and universities are going to find decent job opportunities almost impossible to come by. The stock market is in free fall any one retiring any time soon will probably find that their pension won’t be what they were expecting. With each passing generation the object is to improve on what the previous generation had, building sound and secure foundations for the future. The group of people who are most susceptible to this virus are the elderly and persons with underlying health issues.We need to focus on keeping them safe while rebooting the economy. All the while it’s turned off catastrophic damage is being caused. Every life is precious old or young. We should not forget the sacrifices the vulnerable made years ago allowing us the freedoms we have today. At the same time we should not be denying the future generations their opportunities. Their aspirations of buying a house, family holidays bringing up kids of their own. A balance is needed fast between protecting the vulnerable and kickstarting the economy. The sooner the economy is restarted the sooner we can start repaying all this borrowed money that the chancellor will want back.

Can’t believe this country. Just wheeled out that maggot Tony Blair on the BBC for his expert opinion on the Covid virus and exit strategy. This man should be standing trial for war crimes for the ridiculous wars he dragged the country through. I never want to see this bloke again unless he is in the dock in front of a judge and jury.

I am totally fed up hearing and reading about this. Our politicians are f***ing useless. The London mayor for all the use he has been in his 4 year term, is now saying he thinks we should be wearing masks compulsory. Christ sake can’t even get PPE for the health service never mind 60 million population. As for coming out of this mess I am slowly starting to change my mind. When we do emerge from this mess, the economy is going to f***ed for a generation. If you thought the teenagers of today are disillusioned, wait till the next generation bear the brunt of the tax rises. Like to see them get on the property ladder. All the media/news and politicians seem to be focusing on the number of dead per day. We are now 3 weeks into lockdown with only essential travel allowed. I would have thought that after 3 weeks lockdown we would start to see a reduction in new cases. Today’s figures are 5600 new cases and 849 dead. How can this be if we are all obeying the government guidelines, not going out keeping our distance. I would have thought that new cases would have been down to a trickle now. If you look at the number of cases to dead ratio for the UK 108000 cases 14600 dead. You would expect that from today’s 5600 new cases approx 560 deaths. Looks like on current numbers we are going to under lockdown for some time, unless they change track

5555. I to thought you were one of the marines in the picture. Still a great post though.

I am extremely worried about the prospects of the UK economy. Once this is over I think that there will be many businesses from large multinational to the small family run businesses that will go to the wall. These failings will in itself put large pressure on a Government that will be struggling to keep a lid on spending while generating any income. Large numbers of the population will have little if any disposable income. Revenue from VAT will be down due to a slow down in spending. Income tax and National insurance will be down as the numbers in employment fall. As unemployment rises so to does the welfare bill. Sadly I do not see any quick fix on the horizon. I hope I am wrong about this. I suppose we will just have to wait and see how it pans out

Couldn’t agree more. The average man is just Stating a nightmare journey, going to get screwed at both ends. HMG will be raising taxes and NI as soon as this is over, desperate to try to reduce the enormous deficit they are creating. Secondly big business will keep any wage increase if any to an absolute minimum as they try to improve their balance sheets and keep the shareholders happy. You thought the stagnation was bad after the financial crisis 2008. That was mild in comparison to this. I reckon it will be at least 10 years before the average man will be back to the equivalent earnings of 2019

No checks on arrival for passengers arriving at Heathrow. Passengers are being allowed to disembark as normal. that goes for all arrivals from all countries.