Grumpy John

25 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

I presume this Cretin also believes there are Pixie's at the bottom of his garden and Ghosts in the tree's  !

You presume correct!   So whats the story with 34014?  She ain't on the restoration list or operational according to Wikipedia???

Only gullible fools think there is some good for them in the Belt and road.  It's all about China getting goods out and raw material in.  And their military out if needed.  I think too many brown envelopes have blinkered the view of reality of many of those in power. 

1 hour ago, mr mr said:

the wheels on the bus go round and round.....round and round.....round and round 

Until they start falling off.   ????

19 hours ago, maqui said:

Ah, yes, I remember how that happened last time, after central banks started pumping money into banks after 2008: hyperinflation, massive price increases by a thousand percent, I had to transport bank notes in a wheelbarrow to buy a loaf of bread and a bottle of water.

Having a flashback to your youth in the Weimar Republic ay! 

The cynical me's first though was: For a country like Thailand with very few dairy farmers there seems to be a lot of cream in that budget for extras!  And why go, the Dutch are big trading partners with Thailand anyway.  Not much to be gained from this junket.

On 10/10/2020 at 10:46 AM, PatOngo said:

I think that needs a bit more translation! 

 

democracy

/dɪˈmɒkrəsi/

Learn to pronounce

 

noun

 

1. a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

   "a system of parliamentary democracy"

    

     

   • a state governed under a system of democracy.

     plural noun: democracies

     "a multiparty democracy"
   • control of an organization or group by the majority of its members.

     "the intended extension of industrial democracy"

"democracy"  so that's how you spell Richard Tatoship in Thailand. ????

Some foods items are to expensive and always have been here.   I used to Buy butter in Oz for $10 a kilo but here it's $20 a kilo.  Pork shoulder we use for dog meat price up 50%.  We buy around 5kg a month for the k9 friends.  Not many specials....either In Big C, Lotus or  Makro. 

A bit of competition is good news for consumers.  Not so good for any producers who are not moving with the times.

45 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Probably get watered down ..

 

Not quite sure what the pic' of the norks on display has to do with water but there you go ..

She is the goddess of water and calling her tits norks seems somewhat disrespectful....but each to his own!  ????

3 hours ago, stouricks said:

Look at the very first picture in the post where there is a blue passenger coach and the coach wreck, and tell me that it's a single track again.

Yep, should have said separate track.  But footage of a prior accident with a passenger train some time back has been seen by some and mistakenly attributed to this accident.  

There are a lot of needy people at the moment, be a chum and help em all out otherwise your a chump. ????

6 hours ago, stouricks said:

Those eyewitnesses did not then see what is shown on the video ie the bus did not stop at the crossing, simply drove straight over it without looking to the left.

If as they say another train had passed from the right, why was that not shown on the CCTV video. Total lies from them.

It's a single track at that point.  Freight trains and express trains (don't laugh) would have a green distance signal and a green on the home signal to indicate the points were laying for the mainline.  If the train was to go into the 2 road through the points the distance would be on reduce to medium (yellow over green) and red over green on the home signal.  If the freight train was going into the yard the home signal would be red over red with a low speed light.  Not sure of the colour here in Thailand but purple or yellow is often used back home with the speed indicated on that signal if lower than the normal slow speed attributed to the low speed light.  

A bit hard to tell but it could be a SDA3 locomotive that can do 100kph.....but no idea if it was in fact doing that speed.  With bogie wagons as seen it may.

22 hours ago, teacherclaire said:

Also, he expected that Thailand would be the first country to allow Chinese tourists to enter after the Chinese government allowed its citizens to travel overseas, as these tourists would help boost the country's economy.

 

 Insane, the country that gave the whole world a severe virus will be the first country to visit Thailand. Like nothing has happened.

Apparently they are not coming!  All revealed in another thread.  ????

Months ago in the first thread I said the ones who benefit will be that big dogs and apart from a few token somchais the small farmers won't get a fair go.   And I also said the big dogs already has a license even before the legislation came into effect.  Grumpy and cynical!

18 minutes ago, johng said:

Its a long holiday weekend again ?

 

https://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-beach-vendors-bemoan-parking-but-other-factors-sending-thais-to-jomtien-328598

You make it sound like a bad thing!  All the hard working government employees are entitled to some R and R too!