Mr Meeseeks

Disgusting behaviour from thugs in uniform.

He should print out a big vinyl sign with all this stuff on it, and have his photo taken in front of it.

Otherwise, no-one will be able to understand what is going on. 

3 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

The picture showing them sold, is from Thai Airways and the story is reported on aviation sites, this week.

 

https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/139499-thai-airways-says-its-a380s-are-sold

 

An auction was held on September 12, 2023, for the six that have been retired, four of them are stored at Suvarnabhumi Airport and the other two in U-Tapao Airport.

 

The aircraft with registrations HS-TUA, HS-TUB, HS-TUC, HUB-TUE, and HS-TUF were stored between the period of March and April 2020.

 

https://travelradar.aero/what-actually-occurred-with-the-a380-aircraft-of-thai-airways/#
 

Is there any link to the story of the court action preventing the sell? There was a rumour in 2022 that “the airline is closely examining the cost-effectiveness of recovering the aircraft, but has not yet made a decision”, but that never happened and it was the airline that posted news of the sell.

 

https://domesticflightsthailand.com/news/thai-airways-may-restore-shelved-airbus-a380s

I was only told the sale of the A380's was blocked by the courts. Wasn't told much more than that. 

Unfortunately no source that I can link to or post here, so take it with a pinch of salt. 

2 hours ago, lexxy said:

Me thinks Oxygen / Choclate factory / 3 mermaids / Sky gallery is causing mega chaos down this way.

I ate in that Sky Gallery once. Once was enough. 

5 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Thai Airways have also announced their have already sold all six of its A380 planes, that it purchased in 2004 and which the company put up for sale in August 2023. The original purchase price in 2004, ranged from 445 to 500 million US dollars each.

It was not declared who the buyers are and what selling price was achieved.

 

 

They are still on the apron at Suvarnabhumi as of last Friday.

I have been informed that the sale has been ordered to be stopped by a court as TG still owe money due to their insolvency.

Getting rid of them all will be the problem once the Thais realise their mistake.

In my crystal ball I see the visa free entry being revoked, extensions for longer term visas being refused, then followed by loads of them staying illegally.

Time will tell if I am correct.

8 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Why is this farce still in the news. No-one, no-one at all, believes that Thaksin was so sick that he had to spend months in hospital.

There were plenty on here arguing that he was ill. 🤷‍♂️

1 hour ago, ukrules said:

 

No they don't but perhaps they should do so.
 

Dave Cameron was over recently discussing it. 

Giving visa free entry to the UK will result in a great many Thais staying and working illegally. 

Look at Singapore and South Korea as the examples. There's a reason it is difficult for them to get visas. 

57 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:

If you told a gullible Thai there will be a Total Eclipse tomorrow at about 10 O'clock they would believe it as they got told.

Nevertheless, they seem convinced of their opinions that Russians will be more trouble that they're worth. 

I spoke with some Thais on the Darkside in Pattaya yesterday evening about the influx of Russians. Some interesting takeaways:

1. Entire families are coming on tourist visas here to stay permanently

2. They work illegally and don't care as they need money to achieve No.1

3. Russians will likely use other Russian owned businesses thus no benefit to local community

4. They are on the run from the war

This is not my opinion, this was being discussed by Thais. 

Another anecdote, but I was on my way back from Rayong on Sukhumvit the other day when a black Triton was attempting to overtake me. He was driving erratically and dangerously behind. I kept my pace just in front of him. Having a much faster vehicle I could have easily sped off, but we were already doing 110kph. We came to a red light, and I slowed down and stopped, at the front of the queue in the middle lane. The Triton overtook on my right side, blasting through the red light and almost wiping out a motorcycle turning right. The bike rider certainly would have been killed. 

Beating or passing me was the most important consideration, not driving safely or stopping on the red light. 

This is the issue of cultural arrogance. 

Until this attitude is forced out of them, and severe punishments such as jail sentences vehicle confiscations are meted out, there will be no change. 

On 4/24/2024 at 6:16 AM, Bangkok Barry said:

So painting the area red around the crossing didn't work, then, in Me First Thailand. What a shame.

You'd think such a genius idea of painting the crossing a different colour would have changed the attitude, driving skills and cultural arrogance of Thai drivers.

Alas, this appears not to be the case. Back to the drawing board. 

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Can Thailand deport them back to a war zone? 

They towed Rohingya refugees back out to sea in their boats after removing the engines, so I guess they can do as they please. 

2 hours ago, Confuscious said:

Is that the same NACC who investigated the "watches" case which were given by a "friend"?

Big Joke is a friend of fatty watchman.

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Also children in adult bodies who are legally permitted to have firearms.

Indeed.

I have experienced a few incidents around the lake and Darkside with these children in adult bodies, so I am aware and careful in my actions. 

There's a lot of complete nutcases out there on Thai roads and especially in Pattaya and on the Darkside. 

Last incident was a pick-up aggressively and dangerously driving on my back wheel while I am riding my big bike, then aggressively trying to follow me when I overtook other traffic to try to get away from them. They then drove extremely dangerously and overtaking in dangerous areas, on bends and into oncoming traffic. This was completely unprovoked, and I just accelerated away from them. Luckily my big bike has plenty of power and I was easily able to put some distance between me and this total nutter. 

2 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Yes, also the biggest vehicle always has right of way. 

 

Not when there's another vehicle already on the intersection. 

3 hours ago, balo said:

It is news to me, first time I read the story.   And I had to check again to get the facts, yes it was actually a road rage.

I have had some encounters with aggressive Thai males on the road myself , and once inside a shopping mall, I learned my lesson and I avoid any confrontations, I just say sorry and walk away.  

 

My understanding is the Brit was unhappy with the way the Thai drove the car and banged on his car a couple of times . That was enough for the Thai to chase after him and kill him in cold blood. 

I still remember one episode inside a shopping mall when I was unhappy with the service of one of the sales staff and I gave him the finger  and walked away.  That was 20 years ago and I was a newbie in Thailand.  He came after me and chased me for 1 hour, up and down the mall, I had to run for my life.  I managed to escape and never set foot inside that mall again . 

 

So never provoke anyone,  even if it looks innocent it could be your last day.

People shouldn't have to live in fear of children in adult bodies that cannot control their emotions.

Just now, TheFatOne said:

 

I'm not sure how much money one can make with infrastructure honestly.

Do you really think ?

Maybe I dunno.

Those in control of this will make billions, whether they are Chinese or Thai. 

Nothing ever gets done here in Thailand without proper financial incentives. 

8 hours ago, TheFatOne said:

This is gonna be a game changer for the country.

And for the pockets of those involved. 

4 hours ago, tmax said:

I drive this area on the Darkside all the time. SAFETY FIRST is right, the vehicles traveling parallel to sukhumvit and the railroad tracks have the right of way over traffic that is crossing. SUV driver showed no caution or defensive driving skills, same with the Swiss man

Not according to the road markings and signs. 

Traffic travelling parallel to the railway tracks must stop at the intersections. 

15 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

If Big Joke is clean

🤣

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

nd the motives behind the investigation into the BNKMaster online gambling platform

Isn't the motive that gambling is illegal and that there are high-ranking Police officers involved? 🤡

On 4/21/2024 at 7:49 PM, stoner said:

i just finished pheno hunting some of their strains. meh. 

 

rip franco a true loss. 

I've grown a few of their strains. Standout for me was their King's Juice.

On 4/18/2024 at 1:22 PM, Georgealbert said:

100 km from any chemical processing in Thailand, would be a long way from civilisation.
 

Maybe the poster should consider contacting Elon Musk, no chemical works on Mars, but wait you have that risk of the rocket and the fuel. 5555555

The Thai Government have already mandated that all those types of commercial activities will be restricted to the EEC on the Eastern Seaboard, and not permitted elsewhere in the country. 

A long, long way to go before that is the reality, but that is the vision.