jacko

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.

Yes a regular customer should not get 'gazupmed'.........

Had he paid any money up-front? And how far ahead did he book? Just wondering .... I agree changing the price just 7 days before is taking the piss, but also expect some deposit to fix a future booking.

Once Upon a Time in the West.

Basically, it is all a bit of a mess at an extremely busy junction, caused by something designed to alleviate, it that they won't open! Hard to anticipate what you will come across each day at this junction......

I just did Qatar Biz back to Thailand....it was a fairly good flight. Dreamliner from Manchester, which was an updated cabin, but an older style one in a 777ER from Doha. So if you book try and get their A380 from/to BKK as that is great. They also let me and other transit passengers straight off the plane into the terminal at Doha, so no horrible repeat of security checks! Good job as I had a short 1 hr transit. (Bags made it no problems). Qatar are likely struggling right now due to their tiff with their neighbours. My flight had to dodge their airspace and hence came in over Iran, then when we took off from Doha we were all around the houses dodging around the tip of the Oman peninsular.

John Wayne

Well on Sunday I had to pass by this way so thought great, I can turn right off Sukhumvit onto Klang, helped by the lights, rather than pass by and make a dangerous U-Turn amidst the coaches queuing to get into rubber perverts world. But nope... the lights have been set to flash and concrete blocks set to prevent turns into Klang. You can squeeze through on a bike but you risk your life trying to get across the Northbound Sukhumvit traffic into Klang.. it's a chicken run. Coming back the other way, as traffic was light I bypassed the shit by going to the end of Arunothai, and straight across at the lights onto Yume and right at the 7-11, onto Sukhumvit passing the Radi Mansion. I can understand them doing this to keep Sukhumvit moving while they dick around scratching their nuts over opening the tunnel, but FFS get on with it!

George Kennedy

I did a couple of trips for work and there and then decided I would never be visiting for tourism purposes. My sister went to Goa and spoke well of it. I believe it is a good place to visit for the younger back-packer types, which isn't me in the slightest.

You won't be wanting 10 years of it trust me!