Moonlover

I'm trying to see the connection between me paying at the check out with a QR code or using my Truemoney wallet in 7/11 and someone trying on a scam against my UK bank account by phone.

I disagree. Scams succeed due to the naivety of the victim. Fortunately the guys in this instance were not so naïve.

I don't even answer calls anymore unless it's from a person known to me whose number my phone recognizes.

There's very little burning is our area nowadays. Mechanization is taking over and burning is being discouraged. Plus we have no sugarcane around here, thank goodness. Right now though I can see that the whole country is suffering from a blanket cover of bad air.

The prevailing wind across much of the country is from the north east and has been for a few days. It suggests that much of this pollution is being carried down from China. Even here in Sakon Nakhon we seeing unhealthy levels (147 AQI) and that's quite unusual for this area. Go to the link below and press play. https://www.weather-forecast.com/maps/Thailand?hr=3&over=pressure_arrows&symbols=cities.forecast.dots&type=wind

Agreed. Boredom is a mindset, not a situation.

You and seem to have arrived at the same place via different, but similar routes. I'm all for self help whenever possible. Nowadays I have embraced the Chinese approach to keep my back (and the rest of me) in good health. During an extensive stay in China I was impressed by the number of citizens, particularly the elderly, who were out in the parks every morning, practicing Tai Chi and Qigong. I practice Qigong myself, twice a day now and I'm still fit and healthy at 79 years. The Chinese have a saying which, paraphrased goes: 'A long, healthy life begins with a strong healthy back'.

How do you know they rode on by? Smart motorcyclists, even moderately smart ones, don't brake on bends!

You can read Amazon purchases 'in the cloud' on a Win 11 computer, using the 'Edge' browser. It does mean you have to be on line of course.

The driver sits on the right and the car approached from the left. How flexible is your neck? Bearing in mind he should be looking where he is going as well.

Six passengers in 2 door pick up authorized to carry only 2 people!

Oh I do 'get it' In fact I'd got it before I even started my musing. The answer to my comment about the mind set on this forum is this: We are more important than them!

Ok so I'll swing it around a bit. Last week a Thai family of 6 was wiped out in a pick up accident. That attracted just 2 posts! That was local news too and a whole lot more tragic than this one.

Amazing isn't it. There have been more posts and pages in one day on this relatively minor incident than have been on the major disaster that took place in Korea 6 days ago. This post 14 pages 400 posts Disaster in Korea 12 pages 342 posts What does that say about the mind set of this forum I wonder.

I'm just tossing in my two pennies worth, I've no interest in arguing the toss about it. T-I-T, what will be, will be.

Thai Traffic Law Section 32 states: 'The driver shall be careful not to hit pedestrians and may use the horn if necessary. The driver shall be especially careful with children elderly persons and disabled persons'. The police will decide, of course whether the above applies. As is often said 'RTP, the finest police force money can buy'.

No he won't do jail time. It will be a pay out to the bereaved family and a 'broker's fee' to the police. Job done.

Definitely the way to go. The agents hadn't set up shop when I last renewed mine. 2 trips to Bangkok from Udon Thani cost me more than the 5,000 Baht that they charge. I read that they provide very good service.

You can buy Kindles in Thailand via Lazada or Shopee.

Well deduced. I think the top photo, showing the plume of smoke, or whatever was taken as they were heading north, parallel to the runway. There's a concrete structure which just shows up in the top left corner. So they were obviously over land at the time. And in the video you even see the birds scattering at bottom left!

But we do know when the pilot declared MAYDAY. It was after the bird strike. From the @Georgealbert's post on page 7 8:57L: Air traffic control broadcasts “caution - bird activity” advisory. 8:59L: Flight 7C-2216 pilot reports bird strike, declares emergency “Mayday Mayday Mayday” and “Bird strike, bird strike, go-around.” 9:00L: Flight 7C2216 initiates a go-around and requests authorisation to land on runway 19, which is by approach from the opposite end of the airport’s single runway. What we don't know is whether the pilot had seen the birds and taken any evasive action to avoid them. He was close to touchdown, so any significant diversion from the glideslope could have put them in a position whereby continuing to land would have been inadvisable. His actions, calling for a go-around, would suggest that's the case. This should come out of course once the flight recorders have been decoded.

The above posters are correct. You do not have chronic back ache. You have an acute spasm. There's plenty of sound advise above, so I'll not repeat it. However your long term task is to prevent it from becoming chronic and this is my recommendation. I first learned Dr. Root's methods almost 40 years ago when I was suffering just as you are now. It worked and the pain was gone within 2 weeks. I have never had a problem with my back since. I still use his exercise routine occasionally as a preventive measure.

Colin Falconer was my discovery of the year in 2024. I just love it when authors blend historical fact with page turning fiction and come up with a literary feast. I've just finished 'Stigmata', a novel set in a little known period in French history during the persecution of the Cathars in south of the country. As usual with Falconer, Some great twists in the story and a completely unexpected ending. (plus an epilogue to bring you back down to Earth again) I've already downloaded my next book, 'A Vain and Indecent Woman', so I'm all set to go. Happy reading for 2025.

I don't think that video shows the bird strike. @richard_smith237 the calculation you posted earlier, which I've no reason to dispute, would indicate that the bird strike took place whilst the aircraft was still over water. However, the video clip shows an aircraft over land with its gear retracted. It's only short clip and then it disappears from view , occluded by a concrete structure. (in the sea?) More likely the plume we see from the engine as it passes over is the result of a compressor stall, or similar resulting from bird ingestion. I'm guessing that the pilot would have retracted the landing gear because he now had reduced thrust from the damaged engine(s) and wanted to 'clean up' in order to maintain height. A pilot's number one priority in such circumstances. So why go for a landing on 19, rather than go around and line up on 01 again? To go around again would mean flying back out over the sea and both you and I agree, much to someone's chagrin, that ditching into water is the very last option. Going for 19 kept him close to the runway and overland. So back to the video clip, it was likely shot as the aircraft passed overhead on final and fated flight north.

Spot on @Phillip9. It was actually 3 minutes from declaring MAYDAY to landing on the runway. That's less time than it takes many of us to shave! They only had 2 options. Land or crash!