Nid_Noi

The picture is worth a thousand words…

I would like to know how many casualties among the farangs. During the last 2 weeks an increase of foreigners, young or old, with or without helmets have been taking huge risks and behaving madly, ignoring the basic rules of the road, showing the middle finger to other users. Some have been running red lights following the usual Thai habits. I suspect many have no Thai driving licences or insurance.

Right, nature regulates itself. Volcanic activities are the earth thermostats. Amazingly the chains of volcanoes are well distributed on each continent in order to spread its mineral benefits (as well as a reminder of its mighty power). Such an immense reservoir of energy.

You said it all. The Treaty of Maastricht has been the death sentence of Europe. Add the European Commission with Frau Fuhrerin Ursula von der Leyen and you have set the stage for the total collapse of Europe. Quite frankly Christine Lagarde is the wrong person to pull the alarm. She is WEF all the way to the bone and was ardently promoting the European Union. She failed as French minister of Finances and Macron got rid of her like Merkel got rid of von der Leyen. Bruxelles is the dumpster for all failed politicians. Mario Draghi is also part of this European aristocracy so he is not the right person to give any advice. The European Commission has shown to the world how corruption is part of its management policy with the Qatar Football World Cup, Mc Kinsey operatives infiltration to the highest levels of the EU and the Covid-19 scamdemic. Then Ukraine is the cherry on the cake with its international money laundering operations. Show me one member of the EU commission who did not make the trip to visit Zelensky.

I would add the National Palace Museum where we were amazed by the collections of Chinese Antique pieces. We spent 2 days visiting the whole place. The train ride to Taichung was worth the time as well as the visit of the Southern National Palace Museum in Taibao City near Chiayi City. The best food and oolong teas in Asia.

Same in Pranburi. Just 2 years for renewal from the day of the application, not from the expiry date of the previous license. Also make sure you renew at least 15 days before your « visa » expiry date and make sure your certificate of residence matches your « visa ». Visa means the stamps on your passport not the document issued by the Thai consulates. Also rules differ based on the immigration office or DMV office and no point arguing about the fees paid or the forms used. Many forms pulled out of the Thai official website are not valid in certain offices which have their own.

Why not choose a closer and more entertaining destination: Kunming. It’s a 2:30 hours flight (Air Asia or China Eastern) for less than $100 and make the return on the new high speed railway from Kunming to Vientiane (9:30 hours). Yunnan and the trip back through Laos are beautiful. Could stop in Luang Prabang for a couple of days. From Vientiane easy connection to Bangkok after visa extension.

…+ 45 minutes of fuel in the tanks after landing (unless the aircraft dumps fuel in case of emergency).

Looking at the ADS_B data on Radar24 and Flight Aware and the track on the final approach, it seems that it was a straight-in approach without any holding or circling. If the crew had been aware of a gear malfunction he would have circled the airport to review the check list and implement the procedures adequately. ATC and Muan Approach would have communications dealing with this problem before the final approach. Belly landing in a 737 requires remaining fuel dumping and prepare for the aircraft as well as the passengers to brace for the crash. Also all emergency vehicles would be along the runway. Based on the video it seems the « touchdown » was at high speed and way down the runway threshold in order to overrun the runway it did and crash at high speed into the structure. The structure housing the localizer antenna would not provoke such an impact just a dent on the wing leading edge or the nose of the aircraft. So it must have been something else.

This movie was done in 1896 by Lumière. He was colorized and sound was added almost 60 years later. But notice how adults and children were nicely dressed. And this is a local train in Provence (La Ciotat) where the weather is sunny and balmy. People would dress to go to church or to the fair. Even poor immigrants would dress to travel by boat even in steerage. They wanted to show their best to immigration officers when landing in New York. https://www.statueofliberty.org/ellis-island/overview-history/ In the 1950s and 60s you would have never boarded a commercial aircraft in shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops. Nowadays, even in business class, some passengers are not much covered than going to the beach. I remember a trip from New York to Bangkok via Tokyo some 20 years ago. A group of American teenage girls (posh school students I suppose) boarded the flight with tiny hot pants and bras as tops. Some were fat (not to say obese) but wanted to match their friends’ attires. Flight attendants had to give them blankets to cover up so they did not freeze for the 24 hour trip. They had to buy sweaters in Tokyo otherwise ANA would not have allowed the group to board the flight to Don Mueang.

It’s called lack of self-esteem and respect for others. Just watch pictures or movies from the late 1800s or early 1900s. Blue collar workers leaving the factories or employees punching the clock wore white shirts, ties and hats. People would put their best suits and dresses to walk through the parks. Women wore long dresses never leaving their home without her hat.

Intricate mix of Ko (thais) and Pulo (Burmese) along the Kra Buri.

« RICH and Famous » have their own playgrounds where they can dock their yachts and parked their jets. Among these playgrounds are West Palm Beach, St.Barth and a few other secluded Caribbean islands. Add a few Mediterranean hot spots, Ibiza, St.Tropez, Monaco, Costa Smeralda, Cinque Terre as well as a few other private Pacific atolls and motus surrounding Bora Bora. For years Thailand has been promoting cheap vacations, all included and now it’s difficult to reverse the trend.

No space for an international airport with overseas flights. The airport is squeezed between two royal palaces and there is no room for expansion either on the east side (Gulf of Thailand) or west side (mountains) and the new railway line. Only space available are the farm lands west of the AH2. Even this area is pretty well built with several golf clubs (Majestic, Springfield and Lakeview).

Air Asia had an excellent flight between Hua Hin and KL for several years (before « Covid »). We used it half-a-dozen times. International connections were easier in KL and airport fees less than in BKK. Air Asia has its own terminal in KL.

Your statement is right out of the Liberal party propaganda minister, the CBC. The Canadian consumers relies on US power plants as much as US consumers relie on Canadian energy. The whole distribution system is made such a way it responds to the needs of states and provinces at their peak hours. The loss of energy during transport requires to feed the consumers from the closest power plants. In the last 10 years some Canadian provinces have been importing more than they exported (due to poor productivity following less rain). Baie James in Quebec has over capacity and uses the New England market to dump their overcapacity at discount prices. Hydo Québec sells its kilowatt/hour at $0.08 to the New England Clean Energy Connect Agency. But on the other side of the continent BC imports more electricity than it exports because the US northwest has ample energy sources and exports at cheaper price than the production cost in BC. Around the Great Lakes Canada has only 3 Nuclear Plants (Bruce, Pickering and Darlington) while the US has 23 plants. The producing cost in Canadian plants is much higher than in US plants (less power outages in the US than in Candu plants). Due to taxes and social benefits cost at the retail level is 8 percent greater in Canada and 30 percent greater also for industrial consumers. The lack of industrial output with its poor productivity has exacerbated the rising cost of electricity in Canada (as well as the decreasing demand for EVs). The Liberal policy about "climate change" and the carbon tax has stopped all the projects of natural gaz power plants of proximity which are the most profitable (no high voltage power lines with loss of energy). The trans-Canada gazoduct project has been shutdown by the liberal government and the eastern provinces have to rely on US side gazoduct pipelines (built partly with Canadian participation). All these data can be found in the government of Canada statistics website: www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets or this excellent study from the Fraser Institute: www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/paying-more-for power-rev.pdf

If the EU, the US and Canada had not put sanctions on Russia, maybe most of these « peskiest « Russians would have gone to France, Spain, Italy, Florida or Portugal and the millions would have been spent in Western Europe. Sanctions have side-effects you did not expect.

Always had dogs at home. Adopted soi dogs will show devotion and gratitude until death. Never been disappointed by one of them. You just need to take care of them as any other family’s member.

I must admit your description of foreigners riding motorbikes are pretty accurate. The more obese they are, the more they are willing to take some risks to spread their flesh on the asphalt. Too much clean-up for the Thai paramedics.

Your childish emojis don’t give any validity to your post.

Yes, Biden gave Trump the reason to prosecute the Biden’s family. The DOJ can subpoena Hunter to testify in court. Hunter have no choice otherwise he can be charged for contempt of court and sent to jail. So deflecting the charges from Hunter to other family members and other associates is not very smart. Also take notice that never in the history of the US a pardon has covered a period of 11 years so it will give reasons for the DOJ to look more closely to the events prior to the Maidan revolution and the actions of Victoria Nuland, Hillary Clinton and Obama and the laundromat which is Ukraine. If people still thinks that the « loans » to Ukraine will be honored by the Ukrainians are dreaming in technicolor.

You have no knowledge of how the judiciary system works. A charged individual is innocent until proven guilty. This is why people get their day in court to hear the decision of the judge. Either bail and stay free or in case of national security threat (spying, act of terrorism, first degree murder with possibility of evading the justice system). In the case of the January demonstrators innocent people are still in jail without due process. it shows that the justice system has been weaponized against the demonstrators because the decision to keep people jailed came from the court of appeals for the District of Columbia. So the court sided with the DOJ which means the judiciary system is not independent. As the videos have shown there was no threat to the members of Congress and the DOJ has not been able to prove the threat. The only victim was among the demonstrators.

What is the problem with the Brits? They have spread the gangrene throughout the dominions. It seems the Labour activists of the bankrupted governments of Wilson and Callaghan, kicked out of the UK by Maggie's policies, have infected Canada, Australia and New Zealand (and a few other countries where they migrated). Where are the Iron ladies of the 21st century? Nowhere to be seen....

Nobody invaded the White House. A few people were invited into the Capitol (People's house) for a free visit... and got shot at. Hope Trump shall replace your so-called "invaders" jailed without their day in court with the members of the January 6th committee.

Anybody who has assets in the US and gets revenue from his investment. As shareholder or bond holder of several listed corporations these forms are part of my income tax filing. you may chose to pay by withholding tax at the source or by adding these revenues to your tax filing documents in your country of fiscal residence. Based on your income bracket either one of the options may be better than the other one.