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13 minutes ago, Sheryl said:

It does also sometimes happen  that a person leans much too far back against a fairly low (relative to their height) balcony rail.  Or  puts too much weight against a  railing not strong or secured enough to hold it. 

I once visited a friend in Pattaya many moons ago. His apartment was on a really high floor, 20+ or something like that. I'm not exaggerating when I say the balcony rail was knee high. Crazy, just crazy. How does something like that get past the drawing board (rhet).

TG is a joke. Comparing the airline to SQ is also comical, just look at the size of each country in comparison to their fleet size and reputation. SQ or CX are my first choices. Last resorts are TG and BA.

Centara hotels are run down and mismanaged (well, family business don't you know, send the useless brother/cousin/moron to a hotel management post where he won't be any trouble). I'll only use Centaras if there are no Marriots (or any western brand) available.

12 minutes ago, proton said:

 

I was only disappointed Marc did not survive to live out his life in a Thai prison as that is what he deserved.

I met the guy once a couple of decades ago (don't ask). IIRC he had a scar from ear to ear, I always wondered how he survived whatever gave him that scar. It always has me scratching my head when people get involved with the Bangkok nightlife 'back office' and then wonder why they're not meeting fine upstanding citizens.

2 hours ago, Si57 said:

... Saving up for my next long adventure back in Thailand.

 

Lesson learned then. . .  :thumbs-up: :hat-tip: :nod-wink: 

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

As a legal case it is strong on senses of grievance, belief in his own truths, entitlement and fulfilling his "lifetimes mission".

 

Bit weak on evidence mind you...

The evidence is clear to me, his mummy made the mistake of getting into a car with a drunk driver who drove the vehicle so recklessly that he killed her and the other occupants.... Harry will be locked in his stupid little bubble, bleating on it was someone else's fault, forever.

He's not a man. He a lost little boy, lashing out at the press, even his own family, and his vacuous wife is puppet master playing the worn out race card. It's pretty sad, and he even now gets the indignity of being mocked on HIGNFY.

I miss Philip though. He was a good laugh.

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5 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Doesn't matter what you think.

They require medical care.

I should think they do with all that hacking! . . . IIRC Michael Jackson's nose kept falling off until he got a clip-on rubber one.

On 2/21/2022 at 2:56 AM, Jeff Olssson said:

Obviously there are honest and courageous people even in the high ranks of Thai army but unfortunately there are few and far between. The problem is that the system is corrupt and individuals have very little chance to beat the system.

 

I said it many times but I always get shot down for it. I have a lot of dealings with the Thai police and occasionally the military (please don't ask, just accept). The majority of them are good people and want to do the right thing, but they are failed by the system.

The only reason this is in the Thai news now is because of the Al Jazeera documentary being aired this week.

You can lead a horse to water...

3 hours ago, carlyai said:

Ok, so why do you need to earth pool structures?

Swimming pools are a special case and it's a very big topic to tackle. You absolutely SHOULD be grounding the pool, but it's not that straightforward. The entire pool structure and it's surrounds (including metallic window frames, grab rails, absolutely everything) should be bonded together in one large equipotential zone. This includes the rebar of the pool structure itself. As for pool lighting this should all be on the other side of an isolation transformer. . .

Bare wet feet, bare wet hands, the risks are vastly amplified around pools. Skip any of this at your peril. It may work fine for 20 years, but then one day. . .

EDIT: I also just remembered, there is also the problem of galvanic rebar corrosion. Bonding the rebars helps prevent that by arresting small incidental currents flowing in the soil.

As I said, this is a really, really big topic to cover.

Hardly seems worth the trouble with so little time left.

9 minutes ago, Excel said:

they completely overlooked the fact they were buying submarines exc engines

With respect, I think this is the modus operandi of the Thai armed forces. Aircraft carrier without any aircraft or air defense systems, for example (snigger). . .

If he has power of administration there is pretty much nothing you can do. BUT, there is nothing stopping you paying her education bills if that's what you choose to do. The university doesn't care where the money comes from. What is it beyond that you're trying to achieve?

Parents are legally obliged to be 'reasonable' in the application of their parental rights. It's murky as to whether it is 'reasonable' they deny their child attendance to superior tertiary education.

46 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

When I lived in Lanna

LOL

11 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

I read one of those.  It had "no real retirement visas though" as a kind of afterthought at the end of the section assessing Vietnam as a retirement option.  They'll write anything for clicks.

These silly articles are of course just link bait and often written by folk that never set foot in these countries. One of the enduring memories of being in Hanoi was some Australian family walking past a restaurant I was eating in. They saw the place, and the guy said "hey look, this place must be good, it's in Lonely planet!" (this was back when people still carried guide books made of paper. Remember those?). It was pretty sad. Personally I really like Vietnam. I'd choose HCMC over Hanoi though. I never visited the coast, maybe in the future.