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To be fair, he obviously doesn’t use it much. Hasn’t used it at all for the last month. Probably a left over from his younger days but he likes to think he still has it to use if he wants to do so. But in reality never will. I have a Harley Davidson that I keep because it makes me feel good to know I have it, in reality it’s far to heavy for me to actually ever ride it again. Its an aging thing 😂

Well that’s one side of it. Anyone want to bother with the other side? Makes no difference to me, couldn’t care less about Thai politics, but there’s always two sides to a story

Rubbish? Well why was it nicked then? And you specifically say “ sensible parking” and this clearly wasn’t it. Perhaps I should have said “ left it parked for a month outside on waste ground” but I think it was clear where it was left from both the article and picture. I leave my cars and motorbikes parked while I am away for a month ……safely parked inside my secure property. Leaving a motorbike parked on waste ground for a month is nothing less than an invitation to theft. And the very subject of the article proves my point…. His bike WAS pinched.

What on earth are you talking about?

He left it outside for a month! Invitation to have it nicked

He was right about the masks though. Back when a lot of farang were Pooh Poohing the idea is when he was trying to give them out. Later on masks became an integral part of fighting covid.

My thought exactly. The whole agreement is about what Anutin and his party must do once in power. And if they do none of it, the People’s Party will withdraw their support and bring down the government. But once in power, you can bet your bottom drawer that Anutin will be wheeling and dealing to negate the hold that People’s Party will have over him. I very much doubt that he will simply do as agreed

I guess “region” wasn’t defined.

“underscoring Hat Yai’s status as a regional hub.” I’m not sure what I would call Hat Yai. Aviation regional hub certainly isn’t it though. Changi seems to be a smidge ahead in those stakes

Not really. There are riots. I noted that. But a very small number of people compared to the overall population. And that population has stood by for decades while Corruption has been rampant. i stand by my comment that Indonesia is by nomeans an example of people power effectively combatting corruption. As an aside, I also wouldn’t trust a bunch of sound bites and isolated film clips attempting to show a general uprising. It just ain’t happening. That’s just mainstream media hyperbole creating a news scenario

A very small number of Indonesians. There are nearly 300 million of them and many on islands far from Java where there are no protests whatsoever. I personally wouldn’t hold up Indonesians as an example of people power versus corruption. The country as a whole is possibly even more corrupt than Thailand. And that is saying something.

War hero? What war has Thailand fought in recent history?

Volatility? The baht has been rock solid and even the predicted “volatile range” is next to nothing. Going to 30 or to 34 would be volatility. The range suggested in the article is nothing out of the ordinary. And they seem to be suggesting a slight firming of the baht, given the quoted range. Since when did uncertainty cause the value of anything to rise?

Malaysia has Desaru, Penang and Langkawi. Plus a host of other islands. A lot less in your face sex related activities of course

They do realise that focusing on fewer, higher quality tourists means fewer tourists, don’t they? Well they got the fewer tourists bit right anyway.

Sounds like the VAT increase is a done deal, although no doubt there will be a lot of posturing about it. Securitising state assets is an interesting one. If done properly it could unlock value, “done properly” being the hard bit. Many big players will see it as an opportunity to line their own pockets at the expense of the state.

I can see many reasons for them to do what they are doing, boosting tourism isn’t one of them. The simple fact is that none of these changes affects the experience of a tourist one iota. It changes stuff in terms of the provision and regulation of the services, but has no impact on the end user. It’s just standard that any change to anything even vaguely related to tourism always has the tag line of boosting tourism. Even when it doesn’t. The only strange thing is that they didn’t give a specific percentage increase for tourism. Often it’s put right out there that a change will increase tourism by 10%, or some other such fictional number.

Shows how much you know, ie not much

Not this stereotype again 🙄

I know they are different. But seems to me that both may be relevant. If they don’t have the flight recorder data, then maintenance logs might shed some light on the cause. The point I am trying to make is, did they LOOK for the cause or just sweep it under the carpet and get a replacement engine and throw the old one away.

But there are extensive logs of servicing and repair history going back since the engine went into service. I mean, the information is there, if they look. Or, just throw that engine away and get another and keep on flying regardless. Easier that way, so I bet that’s what they did.

I bet they never looked. Just changed the engine and go again. Thai’s don’t seem to have much intellectual curiosity as to why things happen. Probably why bad things keep repeating themselves

Exactly this. How can the issues identified, all of which appear to be relevant domestically, plus all the incidents cited which also appear to have occurred domestically, apply only to the 4 international routes, none of which are currently operational? Quite clearly the domestic routes are equally at risk and at the current time, solely the ones at risk. The good news is that the travelling public will quickly vote with their feet. This airline will surely go under in a short space of time.

Goodness knows how you lived so long. She’s trying to kill you!

Interesting to hear that bars in Pattaya are the subject of many raids. Tangentially, I am told that police in Phuket have told bar owners in Phuket to close at midnight because they want to impress the new governor. Plus more raids are on the cards. Whether true or not I don’t know, I’m usually tucked up in bed by then, but it’s what a bar owner told me (not in Patong)