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5 knots is the maximum speed in the channel, all boats are going at least 20 knots. I had a group of Korean sailors on a 3 week training, they went out once, they got so scared they never did it again
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What they refer to as EU standards are actually ISO standards, which stands for INTERNATIONAL Standard Organisation. These standards are written an approved by countries all over the world, how many depends on the number of countries which are participating members in the specific technical committee. For example TC188 for small craft comprise of 23 countries out of which 7 are EU members which means a majority of 16 countries are NOT EU members. Once an ISO standard is accepted by all participating countries it passes again trough a voting process in all the countries separately. When the vote is positive the standard is accepted as a national standard e.g DIN for Germany, AINSI for the US, AS for Australia, BS for the UK etc. Likewise the EU review (again) the process for acceptance of the standard and once accepted the Standard is published in the European Gazette, we call this process harmonisation and the ISO standard can now be called EN Standard. The UK, same as other participating countries can stop or ratify a standard at ISO level at BS level and at EN level (not anymore) , they
had full power to control. Now let's take a case of a big UK yacht manufacturer such as Princess who build their yachts according to ISO standards. At the time being to ISO standards, EN standards and BS standards as these 3 documents are 100% identical. The yachts are CE certified according EN standards and can freely be sold throughout the EU by having the boat certified once. The UK will remain member of ISO and will continue to vote on ISO standards. They can, but already could before, change parts of the ISO standard before acceptance as BS standard. This would mean that the yacht builder now has to build two different kinds of boats, one for Europe and the rest of the world and one for the UK. He will now also need a certificate for the EU and a certificate for the UK and will have to pay for both But the UK will now "take back control," which they always had. Great progress.
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and just to make sure let's raise the price of 0% alcohol beer. Logic no?
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Well everybody is always against politically correctness here is the proof that you can still use insults online and that all the ones whining that you have to be politically correct are wrong.
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15 hours ago, canuckamuck said:
The number one plastic polluter in the world. Good to see they are trying something.
What the world should do is stop drinking sugary drinks. It's bad all the way around.
It does not help that Thailand is taxing non sugary, non-alcoholic"beers" as alcoholic drinks
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9 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:
Maybe replace security system...?
the ones at the airport?
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Shame if this had been connected to the immigration office we would have avoided reporting.
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Everything sounds different when we use the proper word for our status, not guests (we were no invited), not expats (most have not been sent by a company for a short work assignment) but the only correct word: IMMIGRANTS, which is a dirty word I know but why would immigrants here be treated differently than Thai immigrants in Europe or Mexicans in the US?
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11 hours ago, BritManToo said:
I have a data SIM in my phone.
They already know my movements, down to every shop I stop by.
I can even view the information myself open google maps, click on timeline, then the day you want to see.
Does it really matter?
I use it to see where my gf goes in the day ........ she's only been to a 'hotel' without me once in the past two months.
Hardly been naughty at all, fresh food markets, kids school, 7-11, PEA, water authority, Makro.
Also shows any photo's she's taken with her phone.
But remember to report every 90 days as they do not know where you are.
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2 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:
I personally believe in Luxury taxes, appropriately applied. Let the Yacht dealers scream.
Yacht dealers can easily demonstrate that the income from yachts (repairs, equipment, spending,etc,..) far outweigh the eventual increased taxes
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Is Wine a luxury good? About time to bring down that price.
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31 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:At least England is jumping off the deck chairs that constitute the economy of Titanic Europe.
I think Zimbabwe said the same when they left the British Empire.
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4 minutes ago, nauseus said:
Another one completely ignoring and omitting the latest stellar economic numbers from the EU. Not.
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3 minutes ago, wombat said:
Can't do that the EU security forces need it to march through.
The EU really? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/07/uk-seeks-european-naval-force-counter-piracy-gulf-190722175438991.html
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14 minutes ago, JonnyF said:
That was with the EU, a protectionist racket acting like a woman scorned.
I'm talking about doing trade deals with the more mature governments around the world. With leaders that don't cut off their nose to spite their face.
ZImbabwe?
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5 minutes ago, JonnyF said:
The EU doesn't have a proper trade deal with US and China. That was my point.
So it's not going to be very difficult to get something that is better than nothing, is it?
We have heard this before. Brexit was going to be an easy deal. 3 years later......
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The UK is a sinking ship, it's whole economy is collapsing, I feel sorry for the Brits that were intelligent enough to understand that this was a bad move, I feel sorry for the young generation that will have to endure the decision of an older generation that will only suffer the consequences for a few years, but the rotten apple has to be removed from the basket so Europe can go on with more important stuff.
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5 hours ago, webfact said:
ABS for small machines.
it is about time. They still sell 500 cc's without ABS that is just unbelievable in the 21st century,
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20 hours ago, POMRAKSIAM said:
So Expats are getting the shaft and still under suspicion of possibly being an "international terrorist" as previously stated concerning alien visitors? Well what a steaming load...
Replace Expat by it's more common synonym "immigrant" and yes you get the worldwide applicable suspicion,
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10 hours ago, GraThai said:I totally agree that TM30 is an outdated law however I have lived here in Thailand for 30+ years and try to abide by all the rules including this one. Every time I return home from a trip she fills in the form pops into immigration and its done so what is the massive problem...unless of course people have something to hide?????
Because most of the TV comments are written by retired people who have nothing else to do, thus for them going to immigration is an outing. If you are working in Thailand it is a totally different story, not only do you spend a fortune on a visa and on useless (mandatory) 4 employees but now every time you go visit a customer outside your province the next day you are bumper to bumper in the traffic jam direction immigration. I charge my clients 2200 baht per hour every time I go to immigration it is thus a loss of 6600 baht, how can you run a business like this?
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Please be a good journalist and report the correct facts. He is sentenced for money laundering crime in the Netherlands. The soft drugs business was in the Netherlands and fully legal. A big f..ck up of the Dutch government.
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They will now be used for TM30 compliance.
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and has any lesson been learned from the accident?
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4 hours ago, sjbrownderby said:
Why would you want to carry an allen wrench in your carry-on luggage anyway?
Because you do not want to pay for the check in luggage just for an allen key?
Two dead in Phuket speedboat collision
in Phuket News
Posted · Edited by Boatfreak
This is how they advertise themself on YouTube, speeding where you are supposed to go max 5 knots (9kmh). There is a bend in that channel, at that speed there is noway you can see what is behind the bend. YouTube extract