Nid_Noi

No, the 2 levers are at different places. The gear is on the captain’s side on the panel while the flap handle is close to the co-pilot seat in the left armrest position. Both are totally different in shape. The gear level has a small wheel to remind the pilots its function while the flap lever has the curvature of the wing also a reminder of its function.

Maybe you should add all the exclusions attached to this “approval” as well as the necessary testing to be done with data submitted to the FDA before 2032. Also the CDC has changed its adult vaccine schedule to remove the recommendation for pregnant women. Also the “approval” letter asks Moderna to conduct a new randomized controlled trial in adults 50 to 64 to determine if they still benefit from COVID vaccination. As pre-marketing studies Moderna has to continue to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the product before its launch in 2032. So the new FDA commissioner is not anti-science but another seven years of tests and data seem more appropriate.

Conspiracy theories about the mental health of Joe Biden and the deep state running the country seems more and more the truth of what really happened during the last 4 years. “He is sharp as a tack”.

Does getting a life means ignoring the disastrous consequences of the COVID jabs with its millions of dead or injured for ever in their prime lifetime? Maybe you don’t make a link between all these eugenic laws being voted in the western countries to “solve” not only the homelessness, mental health and autism issues but the Covid jabs consequences. You can bury your head in the sand but like genocides the jabs consequences won’t disappeared.

We have done this trip a couple of times more than 35 years ago. I do remember the necessity to change platform when going through immigration because the Malaysian railroads gauge is wider than the Thai gauge. So this new direct train needs to be equipped with the variable width bogies or as they used to do between France and Spain lift the carriages and replaced the bogies. Some express trains have the variable gauge wheelsets or automatic gauge changers. Same issues with the Russian gauge wider than the European standard gauge.

In the first paragraph is mentioned that property owners will still be able to have a bank account. What about the tourist who wants to buy a property? I suppose all the real-estate professionals will press the government and banks to make exceptions for tourists who have the intention of being house or condo owners. I don’t see any possibility to buy a property, pay the land lease and the associated transaction taxes, pay utilities and other maintenance expenses without a bank account. I have a bank account in the US as well as in an European country without any property and residence in either country. I do have financial investments in both countries and report these foreign accounts when filing my income tax. Never had any problem as long as you follow the rules. This is going to hurt the local business as we know most of them avoid debit and credit card and prefer cash. Paying 220 baths per ATM withdrawal with a foreign card is a non-sense on top of carrying 30,000 baths in your purse. Many long-term renters (3 to 6 months) may look elsewhere for their winter retreat.

At least it did not take off to crash minute later on the beach (cf: Hua Hin Twin Otter).

Does it mean that kids under 3 and between 14 and 20 don’t pay an entrance fee? Or do Thais consider 14 to 20 adults? Just to remind our readers that the age of majority in Thailand is 20 years old. Unless you reach the age of 20 you are not considered an adult.

Maybe have you forgotten the disastrous years the UK went through under Wilson and Callaghan regimes in the 70’s. The country was bankrupt and the exodus at its peak not only wealthy people but middle class citizens. The kingdom was saved by the Iron Lady. Where do you find one these days?

Frequent flyer in the Twin Otter and pic hours in single turboprop (Beaver, Turbo-Porter and Husky). Agree with you. With only 6 souls on board the load would have been easily handled with one single operating engine as long as CG was within limits. The 3 aircrafts operated by the RTP were fairly new (2017-2018) and have been ferried from California to Thailand in 2020 with no technical problems ( unless Thai mechanics have not followed the proper maintenance schedule after delivery). I doubt the PT6A-27 engine failed unless done by pilot’s error (fuel starvation or propeller accidental reversion). Another option is improper trim settings especially the elevator trim tab which is crucial. Strangely very similar accident as the Air Moorea DHC-6 in August 2007 “loss of pitch control after an elevator cable snapped” at 300ft.

Just have a separate contract which obliges the landlord to give you preference when it’s time to renegotiate the lease. The terms can be part of the contract for price (based on local land value at time of renegotiation). Also include a clause to have preference to offer to buy in case Thailand authorizes foreigners to own land before the end of the lease. We have a clause which deducts the residual value of the lease from the purchase price in case such an option arises. In our area everything is for sale. 80% of farming land surfaces are not cultivated and have a sale sign on it. Thais are land poor and land value depends on what wealthy Thais are willing to offer (price is usually at the bottom of the scale, dictated by what the land office considers “normal”).

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/07/von-der-leyen-offers-trump-zero-for-zero-tariffs-deal-on-all-industrial-goods So it seems that von der Leyen is ready for a zero-zero deal like some S.E Asian countries. He who laughs last laughs best.

We spent New Year in Port Baton 20 years ago. The municipal generator worked from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm except for the 31st of December where it was switched off at 1:00 am. The party was in the local school yard. Best lechons of Palawan. El Nido was still a quiet place. We stayed at the Miniloc resort where the water was crystal clear.

Until now S.E Asian countries have decided to slash their import tariffs to a trickle. Something is working for Trump. All these countries have their negotiating teams ready to go to DC for making deals. There are going to be a lot of "Sorry, so sorry".

What about the young victims who have been molested, raped and abused? Amazingly there are never part of the equation until there lives finish by an overdose, a suicide or in a mental institution.

Just Google “does Thailand still have pay phones? Answer: Currently TOT has around 120,000 phone booths around the country with 30,000 of them located in Bangkok and its outskirts; the rest are located in the provinces.

Remember when Canadian NHL, NBA and NFL professional players requested to be paid in US$ and some went on strike for it.

That’s not going to help the statistics of the TAT. Thailand has become the land of tears for too many foreigners.

All the top floors have been opened to the rain for almost 30 years. I can imagine the waterfalls down the staircases and elevators shafts during the monsoon season. The humidity in the concrete of the lower floors and basements must be constant whatever the climate outside. I would love to see the rust “leached out” of the structure.

The victim of the VAT tax is the final consumer, rich or poor. From producers to retailers VAT is paid on the mark-up portion of the price. The more “middle men” in the marketing process, the more taxes will be paid by the final consumer. There is no social benefits in the VAT. VAT is on Goods and Services. VAT is a tax on taxes. In conclusion the VAT is the major cause of fiscal fraud (cash payment, undeclared work, barter, double-invoicing, etc…). VAT has been the cause of unemployment and social security deficit.

99% of Burmese workers have flip flops.

What I understand is that you have a poor knowledge of the Adidas-Tapie-Credit Lyonnais affair in which Christine Lagarde was saved by the establishment. Any other person in her place would have been sentenced to jail time. Because she was the IMF official and former Minister of Finances her case was brought to the Cour de Justice de la Republique and not to a criminal court. She ordered the arbitration panel to solve the case and Tapie won the settlement against the state through its state owned bank the Credit Lyonnais US$527millions. Among these people “negligence” replaces “ dishonesty”.Then the decision of the panel was overturned because one of the panelists had ties with Tapie. How convenient for the court of appeal to overturn the initial decision. Lagarde knew Mr. Estoup the arbitrator but did not find any reason to dismiss him. Lagarde is rotten to the core.

Is it not what Eloquent Pilgrim wrote? Negligence…

Once the Thai emergency sinister declaration has been published foreign travel insurances will remove coverage for travellers planning to visit Thailand. I can see a lot of fine prints denying coverage for multiple causes even if they are not related to the hearth quake and its consequences.

A financial scam is when you don’t have any other option than pay or you have already paid for a cause you did not want to support. In this case you are free to decide without any pressure from your peers. Your wallet, your choice.