GroveHillWanderer

I haven't actually tried to use it for a while but as far as I can tell, existing K online cards should still work. When I look up my online (virtual) card details I see the following message:

Looking at the figures in the article quoted by @billd766 it sounds economically viable. "Based on U.S. industrial electricity prices, the direct operating cost with nine passengers and two crew, flying at 240 kn (440 km/h), is claimed to be $200 per hour, which compares to $600–1,000 per hour for existing aircraft of similar purchase price such as the Cessna 402s, Pilatus PC-12 and Beechcraft King Air, for operations on routes under 500 nmi (930 km)."

You didn't notice any authoritarian moves by Trump? Were you hiding under a rock during his presidency? As for examples, try the ones in the articles below: Trump's use of the authoritarian playbook Trump is an authoritarian Trump’s Moves Are Right Out of the Authoritarian Playbook Trump made two remarkably authoritarian remarks in one day The authoritarian moves listed there include (but are not limited to) sending paramilitary forces from the Department of Homeland Security to quell nonviolent protests, celebrating the wounding of a journalist by police as “a beautiful sight,” spending an election year casting doubt on the legitimacy of the electoral system, calling independent journalists, "the enemies of the people," attacking and calling for the removal of judges whose decisions he didn't like and calling his main political opponent an "enemy of the state." As pointed out in those articles, all of these things are classic examples of authoritarian moves.

True, as pointed out in @billd766's post, this aircraft carries "nine passengers and two crew" and as the quoted article further states, "55% of airline flights [...] fall within its 565 nmi (1,050 km) range ..." So it definitely isn't intended to replace conventional aircraft on long-haul routes but it could probably handle a decent number of commuter routes that represent a large proportion of flights.

These wind turbines were 20 years old, inefficient and at the end of their working life. As mentioned in the article below, they were due to be decommissioned no matter what was going on with the lignite mine. German windfarm to be dismantled

They don't know for sure. All they say is that "Police enquiries suggest he has fled [...] to Thailand."

Based on what current trend or development?

The way it's worded implies the person in question has a choice of whether to iron a shirt or not. He doesn't.

There were a number of vaccines being developed by Thai researchers (at least 3 that I can recall, though there are probably more). As far as I know research efforts are still ongoing but none of them have completed phase 3 clinical trials yet.

You do understand that he's dead, right?

They still are. BBC and ITV are sharing the coverage between them. Live World Cup Football on UK TV

Full verification to use Paypal Thailand going forward certainly does need more than just a 13 digit number. As several people have already pointed out, it requires you to be registered with the NDID system. You can do this with your online banking app or by going to your bank branch but in either case, to be accepted into the NDID system it requires a Thai national ID issued to a Thai citizen only.

I'm sure Blatter would love it if you paid him a bung but I don't think it would do much to help, since he has been banned from any involvement in FIFA activities since 2015.

It doesn't say decisions will be made in three minutes, it says that the application time will be three minutes. They're talking about how long it takes to submit the application online, not how long it takes to be approved.

There are a number of different categories of people who can use the Fast Track lane, including if you're over 70 years old, according to the signs at the airport.

Please provide evidence of any abortion in the US that has taken place "minutes before birth." As far as I'm aware, such stories are a myth propounded purely by anti-abortion activists. Late term abortions are exceedingly rare. According to the Pew Research article below, 93% of abortions take place before 13 weeks and only 1% after 21 weeks. Abortions at the point of birth are unheard of. What the data says about abortion in the US

I've never seen anything to suggest they do random checks. I used to come in 3 to 4 times a year for over 30 years before I finally settled here and I know several people with a similar history of frequent visits. If the checks were random, I would expect either myself or one of the others to have been asked to show the required amount of money at some point but none of us ever were. The only times I've heard (or read) about people being asked for money it was in situations where their history of travel made it look as if they were illegally working here and the requirement to show money was a deliberate pretext to have an excuse to deny entry. So not random checks at all, but targeted checks for a specific purpose.

It's a long-barrelled home-made gun. They're apparently fairly common in north-eastern rural areas.

It's a long-barrelled home-made gun. They're apparently fairly common in north-eastern rural areas.

Many, many people (among them many long-term residents) are unaware of the difference between a visa and an extension of permission to stay. However as both @ubonjoeand @DrJack54(probably two of the foremost subject matter experts on this forum) have pointed out, they are not getting new O-A visas at a Thai immigration office every year, they are getting extensions.

Nobody can say with 100% certainty that a person will or will not be asked to show money but I'd say it's pretty unlikely in any event, but even more so for a first time visitor (i.e. someone without a history of the kinds of repeated visits liable to raise suspicion). My daughter has come to Thailand many, many times (though almost never more than once a year) and has never been asked to show money. YMMV

The Thai phrase used means a long-barrelled home-made rifle.

Because he was in charge of the weapons store and forged paperwork showing the guns had been legitimately distributed.

Having checked with a Thai speaker, it appears ปืนแก๊ป refers to an old-fashioned traditional kind of long-barrelled, home-made gun. Here's an example of one from a Thai website.

I was also puzzled by the reference to a "cap gun." Google Translate renders the original Thai phrase as "gas gun" but I'm still none the wiser. Anyone know what kind of gun they're really talking about?