JAG

Introducing a new app seems a bit unnecessary to me. Every time I pass a bar table with a collection of young Thais, they are invariably recording how much booze is on the table with their smartphones...

Already started seeing the first "blue number plates" driven by walkie talkie wielding people, passing through the village en route from Chiang Khong to Chiang Mai. Nothing like as many as a few years ago, but then it is more difficult to drive across the borders now, no?

9 hours ago, neeray said:

I read an interesting article about supersonic jets recently. They are something like a foot longer at supersonic speeds than not at ... . That's quite a s-t-r-e-t-c-h.

Wasn't there a story about the Concorde pilot who stashed his cap between the back of his seat and the bulkhead when they were at full chat. When they landed, and the airplane had shrunk, it was wedged solid. He had to wait until they were supersonic on the way back to get it out! 

Talking of sorting out thugs, what became of that gang who slaughtered that crippled bakery worker a couple of years back? 

6 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Been here 15+ years.

Have 2 large Changs EVERY evening at the end of the day on my balcony.

That's 14 bottles a week.

And a beer with my lunch on the odd occasions i go out into town.

Your point is?

 

Do you "spray" from your balcony afterwards - doing your bit to keep down the pollution? 

59 minutes ago, robblok said:

If that happens there will ben an outcry because everything needs to be logged and if they don't do that and there is an accident the investigators will know that and reputation will go down and a public outcry will happen.

 

Aircraft repairs go wrong in many countries US included but usually get traced back and the people who did it get punished if its negligence. You can't just repair an aircraft without adequate documentation. There are guidelines for that I am sure even the Thais can't screw that up because it will be noticed by other experts.

Stored A340s?

I seem to recall reading that one of the reasons it is so difficult to find buyers is that the paperwork is a touch sketchy in some areas!

2 hours ago, Longcut said:

Not even that! When was the last time the Thai military was in actual combat? I am not talking about a skirmish with locals down south. I mean actual combat. 

Well, there was a bit of a tussle up at the local barracks the other day, I hear.

They were queuing up to collect their new parachute wings ( they had all carried out the required number of jumps out of the back of a pickup truck) and the queue got a bit unruly apparently...

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Come on now, the Dems aren't exactly being honest about this. Just playing politics to suit their own agenda.

 

Didn't Obama build some wall down there? And Bush jr and Clinton too?

 

 

Given that there is apparently an immediate and grave crisis on the southern border, maybe the walls that Obama, Clinton and Bush Jnr built didn't work?

Build another one?

Add it to the Mexican's bill...

23 hours ago, SammyT said:

 

Agreed, always the most frustrating thing is buying food or drink while wandering somewhere and then having to carry the litter for another 30 minutes until you can find somewhere to properly dispose of it. Pretty much the only consistent rubbish bins I've seen have been outside 7/11's. 

Golly, it occurs to me that you must live in a pretty remote part of Thailand, if it takes you 30 minutes to find a 7/11!

????

4 minutes ago, robblok said:

No Jag not to the INVESTIGATION but central to the police their fame and public appearance. 

 

They would do well to use this line always... not when it suits them like now.

Shall we compromise, and substitute the phrase " normal procedure " for "investigation"?

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Last month, the National Legislative Assembly passed a law that will legalise medical marijuana, prompting non-governmental groups to question whether the bill was rushed through for the benefit of certain business interests

Well yes, the problem is that it looks like the "wrong business interests" were going to benefit. No doubt some "influence" was brought to bear.

What this does mean of course is that it is very likely that any future co-operations in research, manufacturing medicines and their application, with international pharmaceutical companies ( not just marijuana but I expect across the board) has gone out of the window...

I'm no fan of the big pharmaceutical companies, but I completely understand why they will go elsewhere.

Unintended, but obvious and inevitable consequences.

56 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

I live surrounded by rice fields, so when I take my pooch out for a walk morning & evening he has a dump at the edge of the field, not on the paved road, beside the drink bottles and crisp packets the kids have thrown. At least dog poo is biodegradable.

I'll bet the farmers are dead chuffed at harvest time, when they settle down for lunch at the edge of their field...

3 hours ago, Ks45672 said:

Hard to believe he didn't know he was doing something wrong sneaking in through a hole in the fence

 

How many countries do you legally enter like that? 

America, or do we are led to believe...