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..... I don't understand why people still fly on Qantas coffins.

The fact that Qantas has not had a fatal accident since 16th July 1951 may be a contributory factor.

More good luck than good management

& I for one don't want to be on the Indonesian serviced 747 when they loose their one and only claim to fame

I can't agree that it is entirely due to good luck, but of course acknowledge that there are problems at Qantas that need to be addressed.

7 fatal accidents, that have cost 380 lives, since they were founded in 1959.

QANTAS (Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services) commenced operations in 1920. It is the second "oldest" continuously operating airline in the world.

QANTAS has never lost a jet aircraft. The last fatality on a QANTAS aircraft was in 1951 (catastrophic engine failure on a three engined De Havilland DHA-3)

Despite this unequaled safety record --- I shall never fly them ---- as their service is worse than poor.

If you had read my post you would have seen that those statistics related to Thai Airways and my earlier post stated that the last fatal Qantas incident had been in 1951.

I have no issues with your comments about Qantas' service!

.... you will probably die.

.... I would feel much safer walking around Afganistan unarmed than I would be on a Qantas plane.

.... Give me Thai Airways over Qantas anyday.

You will die - just like everyone.

Really?

7 fatal accidents, that have cost 380 lives, since they were founded in 1959.

1959 ! ........You got that wrong. Oldest airways KLM oct 7th., 1919.

QANTAS. Nov 16th., 1920

BA 1924

Air France Oct 1933

What have KLM, BA and Air France got to do with this? My 3rd comment was (clearly) about Thai who were, according to http://aviation-safe...ne.php?var=5154, founded in 1959.

.... you will probably die.

.... I would feel much safer walking around Afganistan unarmed than I would be on a Qantas plane.

.... Give me Thai Airways over Qantas anyday.

You will die - just like everyone.

Really?

7 fatal accidents, that have cost 380 lives, since they were founded in 1959.

..... I don't understand why people still fly on Qantas coffins.

The fact that Qantas has not had a fatal accident since 16th July 1951 may be a contributory factor.

It's not exactly round the corner, but Old Speckled Hen is available in The Penny Black, Boat Quay, Singapore from a keg under nitrogen pressure (like Guinness). It is served colder than I prefer and with too much head, it is also rather expensive (about S$13 - 300 Baht - a pint), BUT it tastes absolutely fantastic when you haven't had a visit to the UK for a while! It's my primary destination when I do a visa run to Singers!! In Bangkok I have seen it in cans in places like Villa Supermarket & Siam Paragon's Gourmet Food Market.

The three S's are well and truly in play here:

Speculation

Speculation

Speculation

As usual the single I is nowhere to be seen:

Information

An intelligence source told 1 of our reporters that electric circuits and coolant storage container were found at the scene. /via @tulsathit

So a 'fridge was damaged then.

Situation normal.

Yes, it's called Modelrailroad Siam and is in the Silom Centre (where Central Dept Store is too) on the 1st floor British style, 2nd floor Thai style.

Website modelrailroadsiam.com

There is a model train shop in the Sala Daeng area on Silom Road - saw it a few weeks ago - it's in one of the shopping malls adjacent to the BTS on the opposite side of the road from Robinson Dept. Could be in the same building as Central Dept store - or joined to it. It's on the first floor up from ground - at the top of escalator there's a coffee shop, then the model train shop is a little way behind it.

A very interesting and informative post.

Had your daughter been born in Thailand and you had been applying for a British Passport and Birth Certificate here, the total cost at today's exchange rate would have been an eye watering £270 - and that's before paying postage and courier charges.

Any explosion for any reason of any man made devise is intent to murder.

So mining activity, demolition work, quarrying, military exercises and the like where explosive devices are routinely used are intent to murder are they?

Think BIG..........

BANG!

I'm afraid that there are some very deep rooted problems that Thailand needs to address in it's culture too.

Most kids leave school at around 15 years old with little useful education. Whether the Thais like it or not, English should be compulsory and so should computer skills.

These then go on to have kids at very young ages - late teens early twenties.

The boyfriend then can't face up to the responsibility and disappears.

The girl then goes out to earn money to send home to her parents so they can take care of the baby.

Whilst the mother has received little or no useful education, the grandparents are of even less use in this respect. Probably never spoken a word of English and never set hands on a computer.

So the child then grows up on a diet of Thai TV and cartoons plus whatever the schools can throw at them.

and the cyclce then goes around again churning out adults that can only perform menial jobs - farming rice, selling food or clothes, motorbike taxi.

Where does the iodine work here?

Perhaps it's the lack of iodine that helps perpetuate this sorry state of affairs - and iodized salt would not be of much benefit to the massive number of people here whose only source of culinary salt is naam plaa.

An utterly pointless thread really, but one of the most entertaining tales I've heard for ages.

Excellent stuff Scooter and good luck with future quitting attempts!

^ ^^

Both absolutely correct.

Some people come here and still think they're in Kansas. Learn how to do things the Thai way if you really want to be in business in Thailand.

Get somebody proficient in the local language and culture to deal with the locals.

It really is simple common sense.

Thomo seems to be completely missing the point in his or her numerous posts. The point being that if a Thai company has gone to the trouble of creating English language pages on their website they should employ someone to service the responses generated.

In post number 12 he or she arrogantly states:

"Learn Thai, or at the very <deleted> least have a Thai PA if you're doing business here, in order to contact Thai companies you're looking to deal with. It's simple common sense of the lowest level."

Presumably he or she believes this to be the case even if one happens to live outside Thailand - Kansas for example. Does he or she know what 'www' stands for I wonder?

Please remember to engage brain before allowing fingers to make contact with keyboard - it's "simple common sense of the lowest level"!

What a shame so few topics are discussed as thoughtfully and reasonably as this one has been (to date).

I'm constantly amazed at how many people get their calculator to work out 2 x something or even 10 x something! Does nobody have basic arithmetic skills now? This report does not surprise me in the least

I have seen a 7 Eleven employee use a calculator to add 9 to 100 - amazingly she did come up with the right answer.

Most cashiers look very puzzled if the correct money is placed on the counter before the till presents the total, they never say anything though and I assume that they think the old Farang has some sort of mystical power. (He does - he was taught basic maths properly many decades ago!)

Seems like useful advice for someone who has never been to Thailand before. It's very easy to sneer at something like this if you 'know the ropes' in Thailand (and are very small minded).

Double edged sword for me - the up side is that the Mrs can't get to Siam Paragon, Central World or Pratunam, the down side is that I can't get to my favourite watering holes around Silom for the time being.

More seriously though, whichever 'side' one takes (if any), this is a desperately sad state of affairs and my wife and I are somewhat anxious about what the future holds for us and our young son in Thailand. Exit strategy on the back burner.

Fly AirAsia You die Free

According to the aviation-safety.net website AirAsia has an accident free safety record. What point are you trying to make?

Bangkok A to Z (ISBN is 974-92007-7-2) published by pnpmap.com has a postcode map on pages 8 & 9.

I think I bought my copy in SE-ED bookshop, but I imagine it is also available in places like Asia Books or B2S.

Since when foreigners can get involved in another country's political events?

What does this guy have to gain? What does he have to loose?

There is a huge gap between having opinions, and actually going with a rally....I hope for him that he won't have to regret his actions a way or another

He has nothing to gain and possibly everything to lose (like his liberty for starters).

Excellent idea, but the execution leaves something to be desired, to say the least!

As far as I have been able to ascertain, the only reason these guys blow their whistles is to let everyone within 100 yards know that they have one. I have yet to witness a situation where whistle blowing has served any useful purpose - although I have only been living here 2 years, so maybe one day......