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2 minutes ago, Nojohndoe said:

Yeah yeah . Salute your bogus flag of choice  if you feel obligated.

 

 

So, in your opinion, in what way would these submarines be tactically useful?

Gulf of Thailand is way too shallow for them to operate. No thermal layers to hide under and indeed from the air they can be physically seen.

And which enemy would they be protecting the country from?

14 hours ago, kynikoi said:

Another overreach i see here is the belief the the Chinese investor will save the day.

 

1. HK Chinese with money have already applied to UK, US and Oz. They most certainly not willingly choose to relo their families to a vassal of PRC and a failed state with totalitarian government. Even the best universities here are marginal on world stage. Their children will need to be abroad.

 

2. Whether its digital currency or social credit scheme China will continue to monitor its lumpen proletariat. Expect only better, stricter methods to control funds outflows.

 

3. Covid-19. This is being horribly managed by Thailand. I don't ever see any return to normalcy but would imagine if vaccine arrives in May 2022 perhaps Jan 2023 might be a crack of light in the mire.

 

4. Covid-19 part deux - the corruption is in place. A vertible industry built on everything from bureaucratic mandates, covid exams, insurance, coe, approvals, ASQ, wearing masks despite being double vaccinated. Wealthy people need, want to travel.

 

5. Chinese would readily run from PRC but without citizenship they're just gypsies. The article alluded to housing estates and enclaves - this the Chinese will go for as have been established in Philippines, Malaysia and Cambodia. This will do thailand zero good as they will end run everything and keep the money and wealth circulating only in their communities.

 

6. Chinese like a holiday in the sun but they're cold weather people. Samui, Phuket, etc not appealing and no money to be made there as business and mafia all tied up locally.

Ah you forget the most appealing aspect as far as a Chinese business man is concerned.

Its the wife.

He can buy property or a condo and set up his girlfriend in there to look after it then he visits at the weekend in order to do business here in Thailand.

Wife will never know.

If he was trying to do the same in China he runs the risk of being seen or indeed the wife wanting to come with him.

Someone skipped their lithium pill.

Never see this girl again.

But make no mistake this will not be the end of it. Expect her to offer money to anyone who will hurt you.

1 minute ago, treetops said:

No link - I got a couple of emails from the FCDO/Embasssy earlier today and I think it was mentioned in one.  I've deleted them though.

 

ETA: rbkk has just made a post above while I was typing and Bang Sue on Sunday is mentioned in there.  I may have mixed that up with Bang Sue also being the venue for this offering.

So the Bang Sue offer is a Thai initiative to people with a pink ID card over the age of 75.

So essentially there is no link between what the Canadian government is doing and whats on offer to UK citizens.

2 minutes ago, treetops said:

It's not.  There's another thread advertising it to Aussies, and I think it was mentioned by the British Embasy too.

You would have a link to the British embassy vaccine procurement thing then?

Because I cant find it.

Why is he standing in the way of people making money?

I clicked on a link from a Nigerian prince and in the next few days I will be a very wealthy man.

8 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Plenty of grub in the pantry then... 

Not really it was only goldfish.

I was not expecting such weather at this time of year so thanks to this warning I have now slaughtered all the livestock and taken shelter.

It depends what the priorities are.

If the priority was for the rich and powerful to amass more wealth and power then I would argue they have been highly successful.

3 hours ago, Surelynot said:

My father was an engineer with ICI.......he went in one Monday morning to the engineering workshops to find a father and his two young sons dead inside a vessel.

 

The guy had popped into work on the Sunday, went into the vessel (it was on its side) and collapsed, his son went in and collapsed and then the other son saw what was happening and went in......tragic.

Was that at Huddersfield? I seem to remember in the dark and distant past seeing a training video about that.