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2 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Totally agree with you. I would also add that IME the quality of a lot of expat English teachers leaves a lot to be desired. Many seem to be here because they'd have trouble holding down a job back home and spend most of their mental efforts chasing women and boozing.

Mind you, can't afford much booze, or catch too many women on the salaries they are paid.

Mind you, I am too old for both now. It takes me a week to recover from a hangover these days, and likely two to recover from the other!

????

7 minutes ago, chama said:

Kind of reflective of the decline of influence from English speaking countries.  

Also possibly an indicator of the increasing number of non native speakers climbing onto the English teaching bandwagon. I saw a list of names of so-called "native speaking English teachers" the other day in one institution up here in Chiang Rai - it looked like the nominal role for the crew of a Klingon spaceship!

If I may suggest a caption for the OP photograph: "Big Data needs IT - good oh, we're all getting new I Pads..."

1 hour ago, Artisi said:

And "tske", maybe better if he doesn't join the ranks of the unqualified, useless teachers ????

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But he is clearly an expert!

The (our) ranks of the unqualified, useless teachers, would benefit from the help of an expert.

Mind you, many years ago, in an alternative existence, (which involved having short hair and wearing green clothes on a daily basis), I remember hearing "expert" defined as: "ex is a has been, and a spurt is what happens when you put a drip under pressure!"

1 hour ago, Artisi said:

so you can use your expertise to sort out the language teaching problems ???? 

Starting with the use of the capital "I" in the first person singular pronoun...

Got to be worth USD 180,000 wouldn't you say?

2 minutes ago, oilinki said:

I suppose we all should join the Russian federation, which would make all the Far Right folks utterly happy.

 

 

As "lord Blackadder" pointed out, the RN is not particularly "far right wing". They do seem to have quite considerable support (+/-30%), very few of whom, if any, would be remotely interested in joining the Russian Federation!

I can't see it working for immigration,

we all look the same...

4 hours ago, davehowden said:

Maybe first they need to understand the idea about keeping your hair out of the work-piece.

 

The girl on the left might as well be hat-less !!

Yes, but it is worn with such style!

9 hours ago, cat handler said:

What do they think and why would they be surprised, they are hiring reject westerners who are either not qualified to teach or were no good at teaching in their own country and they expect different results? Pay peanuts you get monkeys and they have barrels full of them teaching.

Didn't get hired this semester then?

17 minutes ago, ChristianBlessing said:

Agreed. Most posters appear to be social/cultural anthropologists, historians, educators and linguists, all while harboring some deep animus toward Thai society and the Thai people.

All that expertise and knowledge of the subject, rather a pity so few are prepared or able to put it use addressing the problem...

14 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Seeing the once mighty Suthep humiliated and heckled in his recent attempt to enlist memberships, the EC will do him a big favour to disqualify ACT. Put him and his party out of misery and a humiliating defeat in the election. 

 

Personally, I would laugh until my socks fall off were "the once mighty Suthep" to suffer a humiliating defeat. The more heckling the better.

8 hours ago, overherebc said:

So you tell us how many are still flying and how many might be on strip down for full inspection prior to going back into service.

Don't know if you've ever seen a full strip down of say an engine from something like an old 2 or 4 seater Cessna engine. It's a flat 4 by the way and the engine is stripped down to each component part and every single piece is inspected. It's not really just check the oil level and listen for unusual noises. It can take weeks to do.

In military terms 'servicable' does not mean the same as 'my car is servicable enough to nip down the corner shop and buy a few beers.' In military terms that would mean 'battle worthy,' a big diffrence.

Edit.

Newspaper report.

Check the date on tomorrows newspaper, it will be a fact.

Everything else will be some individuals opinion and not an absolute fact.

Although not party to all the technical details of maintaining aircraft, I am aware of the complexity of such matters (unlike some who compare it  to restoring vintage cars and 100 year old houses). I am fully aware (through first hand experience) of the difference between "serviceable" and "battleworthy" in the military.

My point remains; I wonder at the "quality" of the expensive spare parts and maintenance package which accompanied the purchase of these helicopters, given their reported serviceability.

The cynics amongst us may think that if you are going to divert funds in the procurement process it is easier to do so through maintenance provision than whilst actually buying the hardware (for both the manufacturer and the purchasers).

Of course these are all opinions, as is your position and that of everyone else posting on this thread. Unless the head sheds of both parties appear here and tell us exactly what they have been up to ( unlikely don't you think?) they will remain opinions. No reason for not expressing them though. That is one of the points of Thai Visa.

1 hour ago, Media1 said:

1000 a shift lol. How long you been here 1 day. There robbing people blind out there

I've been here long enough  to recognise when someone is talking nonsense.

I think you are talking nonsense

7 minutes ago, Media1 said:

Rubbish

Why rubbish?

Or are you just trying to pick a fight?

44 minutes ago, Thian said:

I will explain it for you, hope it helps..

 

I had several classic cars which were crap...i made them into new and and they passed all european inspections, i drove them for a decade and got loads of thumbs up. I did the same to 100 year old houses, they are still fine.

 

NOTHING is unserviceable with the right engineers working on it.....also choppers aren't.

 

And if those 5 choppers are unservicable or not has NOTHING to do with the price of them....

 

hope that clears things up a bit.

 

 

Ah but it does, the majority of the helicopters (7 not 5 by the way) are unserviceable. Yet the army claims to have spent to have spent a very large amount of money relatively recently on a spare parts and maintenance package, which having regard to the amount it costs, presumably included the services of

15 hours ago, stanleycoin said:

I think this could be a porkie pie. 

 

I'm not so sure: 12k to rent a vehicle, say 5k for fuel, that's 17k a month "fixed costs" before you make a Baht for yourself. I doubt many of them are taking 1k a shift...

Doesn't bode well for The Democrat Parties electoral prospects if they can't manage their own internal election 

What am I saying, they will just wait for the message asking Abhisit to pop over to the officers club...

1 hour ago, joecoolfrog said:

Oh do get a grip !

There are 2.3 million REGISTERED migrant workers in Thailand and God Knows how many unregistered ones.

Yet you applaud the harrasment of a few overstayers lol.

Try putting your bigotry to one side and attempt to comprehend the real picture.

"Joecoolfrog" - what is the point of having a 'bigot in residence" if we don't let him make fantastic mouth frothing claims from time to time?