jacko

Tapatalk strikes again!

I hear they are here or there, where were they?

Sorry old chap, struggling with the banter, or rather the abbreviations.

Well it's not like I have tried a lot of different ones but yes have been mostly happy and they have a shit load of servers worldwide to choose from. Their support was a little 'automated' if you know what I mean, ie initially making simplistic off the treadmill suggestions but they kept at it. Does fastukvpn.co.uk not have a forum/ Facebook page you could get to.

You have to wonder whether a less attractive 2000 all nighter slightly tubby, not so pretty, beer bar girl is going to give you better service than some 5000 baht, my friend lose her loom key princess pretty! Makes me think it is all about arm candy...... Personally don't have the experiences to compare except to say grabbing an older one at an MP usually yields a better result!

Concorde flew at 60,000 ft!

One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing

I can only say I am also with True ISP, and am able to connect to UK servers via IPVanish VPN service. I doubt True would block Apple prior to Windows. I have been suffering spurious disconnections a few times but it hasn't impacted me that much. I suspect strongly this is an issue with one particular UK end server. You need to contact your VPN supplier. I had issues when IPVanish upgraded, which went fine with Win10, and WIN 7, but would not load onto my old Vista unit. IPvanish helped me through some belaboured attempts to get it to load, which ultimately ended up with rolling back to the previous release and blocking the check for updates.

Let us keep it in perspective ... there are also some really big ugly-uns in beer bars too!

I don't recall I disagreed. I said LHR-JFK was the most lucrative route, perhaps LHR-LA too but I don't think Concorde had the legs and also would have had to go subsonic over the USA. Yeah, not commercial sense to design an aircraft for only one route, be it LHR-JFK or Cape Canaveral to Cape Canaveral.

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

Perhaps it had to do with the path it took. I certainly heard it whe I was in the Corporate office in Orlando. (We were looking out for it) But it was a pretty rare event. My landings at JFK all seemed to be over the sea, but perhaps a take-off would disturb the rich on Long Island. The point was, Concorde was blocked for 3 years while UK authorities had to go through the courts and the only route where it could make the big bucks (LHR-JFK, ferrying Sting and other rock stars in a hurry) denied to it. Yet ultimately it was accepted with little concession. A false impression perhaps but from the other side of the pond it looked like sour grapes were involved. It was always 'rumoured' the Americans stole the design technology that got around the sonic boom problem some years previously. Oh the old tomahto, tomato arguments.

All that sitting you do at work mate. Never mind, soon be over with. Haven't heard any more about lucrative and enticing redundancy offers yet?

The system in Manchester extends quite wide into surrounding areas, like Bury, Rochdale, Eccles and Ashton Under Lyne, and supports about a dozen main line railway stations and the airport. God forbid what the M60 would be like without it! Would love to see a smaller system in Pattaya, that could connect my home out of town to Beach Rd (Walking St end)!

Yes, I believe so. And the amount is the same price whether it is a tourist extending his 30 day visa waver entry for a further 30 days, or an Expat getting another extension on his ancient Non-Imm O, for 365 days. That is my point about it not being much of an earner for Immigration. There will often be Re-entry permits required, and a multiple is quite expensive at 3800 baht. I wonder how many Expat retirees actually need one, I expect most would go get a cheap 1000 baht single if need to go home arises, otherwise stay in Thailand. My underlying point is, the cost of being retired in Thailand, has been fixed and to be honest, cheap, for a long time.

Yes, here.....http://www.pattayatalk.com/forums/topic/67583-the-future-of-long-haul-opinions/?p=1189179

2m wide or deep?

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

You may be able to get medical insurance from the guy at the Expats Club. He has been able to source some suppliers that will consider older guys. As to the £238,000.. you are on your own! What makes you think they want more Expats....? Not much money in them as far as immigration are concerned, Just 1900 baht p.a. for quite a bit of processing.

I think polymer £10s come out in September, so likely the exchange shops will no longer accept the old ones after that.

The fact is Concorde was not permitted to land in US airports for 3 years, while it was already servicing Bahrain and Rio. The sonic boom and noise were cited as reasons although the sonic boom (triple) from The Space Shuttle, was tolerated, and the fact Concorde was allowed to land in NYC later although it was not any quieter. I don't believe any blame can be laid at Boeings doors, after all they had their own supersonic project

I can't remember whether it was 'every time' but yes, my most recent trip ex Manchester I did the same.

Lee Marvin.

Superrich only,, which are not in Pattaya yet. They are at Phuket Airport though. Never had an opportunity to get £50 notes while I was in the UK, only used ATMs and got 10s and 20s.