Quietguy

Apart from the horses, what about the elephants? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52110551

@blind boy grunt It seems you can get your luxuriant locks attended to by trained stylists in Pattaya.

I have electric clippers, at least 10 years old, which I run over my bonce usually once a week. Though I've been trimming almost every day now as I don't have much to do in lockdown. The only time I use barbers now is when I'm in Jomtien and go to the lady barbers in Rompho.

You have still not cut your hair then bbg? I know you said the barbers are in lockdown, but don't you possess scissors?

I take it this is the same Trump who reportedly eats three MacDonalds' cheeseburgers every night while watching tv (Fox News?) in bed.

Can anyone translate? I can make out they are thanking someone - is it for the health workers?

Well that ends your late night walks.

I'm just saying Sweden seems to be taking the herd immunity strategy which the UK Government took initially, playing down the imminent crisis which we had been warned about by China. The only advice we were being given was to wash our hands while singing Happy Birthday. Three days later a lockdown was called and emergency legislation rushed through. Sweden seems to be where the UK was two weeks ago. Perhaps their strategy will work for them, but it doesn't seem to have worked for the UK or elsewhere. This article puts it better than I can https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/01/absolutely-wrong-how-coronavirus-test-strategy-unravelled

Well that was the strategy that the UK Government initially took, until they accepted the advice of the scientific and medical experts that it meant that the NHS would be overwhelmed. Then Boris called a lockdown.

It might depend on which manufacturer has produced it. On uk tv today it was said that the UK Government has received 1 million testing kits bought from China. But they can't be released for use until they have been tested by Public Health England, which will take about a week.

It has been suggested that Sweden is adopting the 'herd immunity' strategy, allowing 60% of the population to contract the virus to immunise the population as a whole. Sweden has a higher rate of infection per 100,000 than the UK, but a lower death rate. But may catch up

I was not planning to be back this year even before all this Covid 19 stuff. I had already booked condo for next January/February. At the moment I don't even think that might go ahead. If this current crisis eases off before the end of the year, I might consider going in December to support the girls and bars. I usually avoid high season.

OK Kim il Jom!

I can't open that link, it's behind a paywall. I would guess Trump, Bolsonaro and Orban have refused aid from China. But other countries around the world are grateful for aid from China.

In today's Metro

I think Quinn might be hinting that you are in need of a visit to the barbers.

Might stop you 'self isolating' with pics of Lily!