Chelseafan

Well, this should be interesting...

Great, whats the bet that they will dig up the road AGAIN!

I have a little knowledge as I am a food buyer for a major global retailer.

Brexit certainly hasn't helped and has defintely added to costs. Both vendors and retailers have additional paperwork to complete which was inevitable but one of the biggest hikes is on freight. There are still delays at border control and European freight hauliers don't really want to deliver to the UK and if they do then they asking for silly money to cover their lost hours.

But Brexit is only part of the issue. Production costs are still sky-high although we are seeing a slight tapering in electricity costs. There is still reduced avaibility for some commodity items, think wheat for example. Wages are also increasing faster than they have for a long while.

Lastly some of the big blue chip suppliers are pushing through stupid increases some as high as 40% particuarly on lines where there they have little or no competition

4 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Not if it helps other people to change their mind when they would like to overstay.

Oh please, get real. Those on an overstay know that they are breaking the law but it's not going to change their mind.

The crime doesn't fit the punishment. Just put him on a plane discreetly and ban him.

3 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

It is not a bit naughty, it is a crime. Don't break the law if you don't want to be in the news.

I didn't say it wasn't a crime but parading this guy in front of the media is completely OTT.

I know an overstay is a bit naughty but does this guy really need to be paraded in front of the press? It's not like he has killed anyone for Christ sake. Just stamp his passport with an exclusion and put him on the next plane and be done with it.

4 hours ago, Andre0720 said:

Must be a joke...

People here are fond of so many dishes that I consider 'Ahan bpen phit', that it begs the question of why not having a list of at least 20 of bad food dishes.

This Deep-fried dough sticks might make it as part of that list.

In addition to the ubiquitous deep fried this and that, starting with deep fried chicken in local markets. Fried in cheap oils, in non hygienic conditions, re-used oils that have become toxic. And it smells bad. I can smell the deep fried at a distance in markets. Never wanted to taste any of it, and I have never tasted the so-called 'popular Pa Thong Ko fried dough'. Never knew that it existed.

Not that I am a fan of MacDonald, but when I enter to use the washroom, there is never a bad smell like in the markets. There are rules to follow in a MacDonald franchise. Including hygienic.

 

Oh well, some 7 years ago, I totally lost trust in any Thai cook and cooking. And that is part of the reason.

Other reasons include the use of refined sugar, and the major if not only food taste enhancer.

But quite uncanny that just the 'looks' of fried food act as a repellent for me, but it acts as a bait for so many people...

 

If you are worried about hygiene in Thailand then you're really in the wrong place. ????

That being said, I generally prefer street food to cheap restaurants - at least I can see what's being cooked.

3 minutes ago, London Lowf said:

Like I said, tough crowd on here. You acknoowledge that it was an "emergency landing" and yet, the fact that there were no injuries whatsoever and minimal further damage to the aircaraft meas nothing to you?

 

When I first started flying it was quite usual for the cabin to give a round of applause on landing, even if it was perfectly routine. Mind you. in those days it felt like a privelege to fly rather than something to be endured.

 

I use the term "emergency" landing in the sense that the pilot had obviously lost the engine but as a flyer, you'll know that the jet can be landed with one engine without damage fairly easily, in fact these aircraft are designed to do just that. My question is what happened that resulted in the pilot damaging the plane.

Glad everyone made it to the ground safely but based on the report, the pilot didn't do a great job IMHO.

6 minutes ago, London Lowf said:

The reference has gone over your head, but will have drawn a smile from Brit baby-boomers on here.

 

The score system to which Tropicalevo refers only goes up to 5, so a 100% score. I agree, the plane suffered a serious technical failure and the crew landed if safely with minimal damage and no injuries.

 

Tough crowd on here!

As an aviation enthusiast, this is a very bad landing IMHO. He lost power on one of the engines on take-off so he had plenty of time to prepare for an emergency landing. If on the other hand he had lost power just before landing then I would have given him more credit. The A320 can land with one engine although it does require a little more skill from the pilot.