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    ^ Forget the French fille...

    Lom... Bangkok Airways still do metal cutlery!!!?

    I'll trade a BKK Airways spoon for THREE Singapore Airlines spoons?

    Or a complete Qatar meal set... knife, fork AND spoon!

    Your choice.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    Bangkok Airways still do metal cutlery!!!?
    It's been plastic for many years and now suddenly metal!
    Fork and spoon, dessert size (~75% of full size)

    I want to keep these but with some luck I might be able to get a set for you next time I fly with them.
    You have just missed a complete set on ebay, contact the seller who may be able to get you a set.

    bangkok airways airlines tray melamine utensil and 3 stainless cutlery flatware | eBay

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    ^ Forget the French fille...

    Lom... Bangkok Airways still do metal cutlery!!!?

    I'll trade a BKK Airways spoon for THREE Singapore Airlines spoons?

    Or a complete Qatar meal set... knife, fork AND spoon!

    Your choice.
    Message Dill he's got a full set of Thai club class cutlery.

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    ^ I don't know... it seems like cheating, but collecting airline spoons has become such a difficult hobby that maybe desperate measures are allowed in desperate times....

    It's nice to see Lom is a fellow koutalophile though, and swaps are still allowed...

    I had an email from my manager yesterday saying that someone in the office has tested positive for Covid and that everyone now has to take a PCR test.

    I'm alone in the office this morning as I missed a later email saying not to come in today and await instructions about getting tested. I'll stay and get some work done... I don't fancy spending a day in my shitty little room and besides, I don't want to give any excuses for these guys knocking days off my invoice.

    I surely hope I don't test positive... not sure what would happen then.

    I am so sick of 2020...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I am so sick of 2020...
    A balanced life is a happy life.

    My post-lockdown commute back to work-bank-jpg

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    ^ Yeah well, I'm not as balanced as that.

    In fact, after three and a half months of long shifts I'm starting to feel decidedly unbalanced.

    Today is just weird... a big office completely deserted apart from a handful of contractors.

    Have been promised a 'Covid test team' will be along at midday to do their stuff...

    I really have no idea what a positive result would mean... certainly any travel will be out of the question and I should be finishing up my current workload at the end of the week.

    Strange times indeed.

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    Oh, my. I will keep my fingers crossed for you Medip. Best wishes mate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I had an email from my manager yesterday saying that someone in the office has tested positive for Covid and that everyone now has to take a PCR test.
    There was a new covid case in Samui two weeks ago and it was a lady from France, from France were also the last two cases in April.
    My advice is that you keep a safe distance to the French frill.

    Hope you haven't got it

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    ^ I think that decision has been taken out of my hands.

    I don't think I'll be catching Covid from her... or anything else for that matter!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    Oh, my. I will keep my fingers crossed for you Medip. Best wishes mate.
    Thanks for the good wishes mate!

    But... well, fark me... that wasn't very pleasant.

    I didn't realise my nose went back that far.

    Results tomorrow...

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    Good luck Mendip. My friends who were tested said the same thing. That swab up the schnaze is eye watering. Guess its better than a colonoscopy.

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    I got tested the other day as I currently have a cold. It's definitely annoying having a swab being spun around somewhere behind your eyeball for 10 seconds. Tested negative fortunately.

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    Hope it’s all good, Mendip.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JPPR2 View Post
    Good luck Mendip. My friends who were tested said the same thing. That swab up the schnaze is eye watering. Guess its better than a colonoscopy.
    I've had 2 - one I did myself - and I didn't think it was as bad as people had said it was. It certainly tickled, but the doc was kind enough to let me sneeze as much as I wanted, which I didn't think was great form in the current climate!

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    I've had 2 - one I did myself...
    ^ Are we talking Covid tests or colonoscopies now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    ^ Are we talking Covid tests or colonoscopies now?
    Definitely Covid tests.

    I'd be a shit (gay) porn star too; my gag reflex was shocking!

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    This is all becoming pretty real. Up to now Covid has just been something I've read about or seen the consequences... from a distance.

    All staff have been banned from going in to the office for a week, leaving just a few of us contractors. It's really weird being in a big office that's deserted... like a never ending weekend.

    A Spanish contractor was supposed to be flying back to Barcelona tomorrow, but has been told to wait for his Covid test result. If it's positive of course he won't be allowed to fly (should have gone today!).

    We get our results tomorrow and there's a really strange atmosphere that's not nice at all. There's an air of depression everywhere... it seems so long since things were normal.

    If I test positive, hopefully they will set me up to work remotely from my shitty little room, so long as they have more work for me.

    To be on the safe side I made an unscheduled run to the Systembologet tonight, but who am I kidding, this won't last five minutes if I get confined to quarters.

    I thought I'd persevere with the French for one last try... but don't hold out much hope. She's back to Nice on Wednesday... unless she gets a positive Covid test result of course...

    Must admit, I'd risk it!

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    Maybe you need to stock up good and proper

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    All I can do to help is wish you the best and hope the test result is negative.
    If it is you might want to exit Sweden ASAP but where to go to that is the question!
    I was wondering why you hadn't posted any replies on the "Cock" thread but obviously you have had more important things to worry about.

    Take care mate and try to stay positive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    All staff have been banned from going in to the office for a week, leaving just a few of us contractors. It's really weird being in a big office that's deserted... like a never ending weekend.
    That is how life is for almost everyone nowadays Mendip. Nobody goes to the office, everyone works remotely and through various video apps. It is like a never ending weekend. If you work from home it takes a different style of discipline as you have to work but you are at home and people have a hard time understanding you need to work. If in a little office apartment its even harder as you are basically stuck. I know quite a few colleagues that are really struggling with it all. For me I miss the visiting US co workers that were regularly visiting. We would catch up, go to dinner have some drinks. Now its all Skype and Webex and whats funny is everybody on calls are in T shirts. Shorts, baseball hats. Office attire sure has changed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    All staff have been banned from going in to the office for a week, leaving just a few of us contractors.
    Is anyone in the office wearing a mask? Is it voluntary or mandatory to wear it?

    I find it a bit strange that employees are not allowed into office but contractors are.. Make sure they have paid your invoices up to now.

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    ^ Yes, it is a bit strange.

    I suppose that employees can work from home, whereas contractors here don't generally have that choice. Also, the company is paying us anyway so probably wants their money's worth.

    I'm not certain what would happen about payments with a positive Covid test though... if I would have to quarantine in my shitty little room a for a couple of weeks I'd want to be set up with a pc and a couple of monitors so I could log into the office network and keep working. This is uncharted territory.

    But anyway... I'm sure I'll be negative. The wife says of course I'll be negative... as I'm never positive about anything. Fourteen years living in Isaan has done that to me!

    And as for masks, I took mine off when I arrived in GOT back in September and I was the last person I'd seen wearing one... until yesterday. The nurse who came to the office to do the Covid testing was the first person I've seen wearing a mask in seven weeks. No-one wears them in Sweden.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ootai View Post
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    Take care mate and try to stay positive.
    Ummm...

    I'm rather hoping to stay negative!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mendip View Post
    I suppose that employees can work from home, whereas contractors here don't generally have that choice. Also, the company is paying us anyway so probably wants their money's worth
    Yeah that part has to be hard. Empty huge office space with a few contractors. I work 100% remotely now and have a satellite office at the factory that I use when I visit. The factory rules are very stringent. Have to wear mask 100% of the time, no exceptions. If caught with no mask employees are sent home and lose that day of pay. As a customer I have to wear a mask outside my office but inside I do not. If caught outside my office with out a mask I could be asked to leave. If I go out to take a walk I exit one side of the building and have to enter on the opposite side where security monitors your temperature. Its a HUGE factory so that walk is good 1+Km then another good 1/2 a km to walk back to the side my office is located on inside.

    Hang in there Mendip. You are not alone, many are feeling the same odd feelings you are and the anxiety associated with it. Just keep banking those "freedom chips".

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    Hi Mendip - good luck and I hope your covid test turns out negative!

    Re: masks & Sweden, I know that Sweden didn't lock down & they're doing social distancing, etc. An advantage of Sweden is that the population is low and you can safely distance and not wear masks.

    I still think that wearing masks are better, at least for now, esp here in PI (where we have highly congested cities). I think we are one of the most extreme countries in terms of measures, but it's working. Accdg to the worldometer chart, the number of daily cases has decreased. There was an increase of daily cases in July and August, when we opened up from strict quarantine.

    But then in mid August, the gov't mandated wearing of masks AND face shields, esp indoors (supermarkets, malls, banks, factories, public transport). They found that there were increased cases in factories because ppl couldn't safely distance (and probably kept touching face & eyes). The face shields, though inconvenient, does prevent one from touching the eyes & face. So I'll continue wearing the mask & shield (and we have no choice bcos if you go to a bank/ mall without them, you can't enter - the guards will stop you.)

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