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Thank goodness for the arrow, I was a bit lost for a while...

Atlas, Fascinating video. As I said earlier this is going to cost Boeing billions. This has also seriously damaged FAA who have been almost god-like in their ability to impose standards on aircraft manufacturers and suppliers. I worked for a company that supplied aircraft carpet, if you weren't FAA and Boeing certified you couldn't sell to any reasonably large airline. The bureaucracy was unbelievable.

It looks a very nice place to stay, and at a good price. Is it guest friendly?

Those made me laugh, great way to start the day. Thanks Bugus.

Who the hell came up with the practice known as Alabama hot pocket?

If this was an internal conspiracy perpetrated from within the USA, it would require thousands of people to keep their mouths completely shut for the last 18 years. The last two years have proved that Anerican politicians and everyone else can't keep their mouths shut about anything. It's been proved on this forum by all the posts for and against President Trump, and about possible Russian collusion. If the plane that hit the Pentagon was shot down long before it hit there would be wreckage over a large area as happened with the MAS flight shot down over the Ukraine. The area th

Our local news reported initial findings on the Ethiopian flight is that the pilots knew what to do, turned off the faulty system, the plane righted, they then turned the system on again, the plane dived and crashed. The pilots made an error and paid with their lives. But the system is obviously crap, should never have been put into service. Planes should have been grounded months ago. Boeing will pay millions in compensation, and lose billions in future sales.

I like this.....

I saw President Trump ordering them grounded yesterday. Boeing then said they were about to ground them anyway.

I'm not a pilot, and only have a very basic understanding of the intricacies of jet flight. But post #6 by the fiend makes scary reading. If I understand it correctly, Boeing built a plane with a very complex automatic system for overcoming serious problems in some situations. But they didnt explain it to the airlines because the pilots wouldn't have understood it, and besides the pilots wouldn't even notice when it happened. There are some very serious and very expensive implications here for Boeing I think.

That's a real pity. Emirates A380 was probably the quietest most comfortable plane I've ever flown on. I choose to fly economy as I can survive a 12 hour flight if I have more to spend on accommadation food drinks and girls. But the A380 was definitely the way to go. Came back on a Quantas 747 and it just wasn't as good.

That grossed me out, and that takes quite a bit of doing. I wonder how he us getting home again because hopefully he is banned from all the airlines until he pays for a caregiver. But who would want that job.

Thanks for posting these great photos. I really like the river, and the temple complexes, so many interesting sights that are so different to home.

Thanks for these photos. The Sanctuary is an amazing place, but the photos I take never come out as well as these.

I use thaifriendly to chat to thai women while thinking about my next trip. I use free membership until its time to travel. It means I can only send one message every 10 minutes but that's plenty. Most girls will give you their line details within a couple of messages if they are interested in you. There are lots of women in Pattaya who say they are looking for serious only, I'm surprised you can't find any. If you put that you are looking for longterm and in a realistic age range you should be swamped with contacts.

Went to Mortal Engines last night. A very good movie. The story is predictable but the acting is fine and there is plenty of action and it moves along at a fair pace. The CGI is amazing; the City of London trying to capture a small German city was impressive.

Thanks for all your hard work Frosty.

If you have the time and inclination I would suggest going to Koh Chang and then hiring a speedboat to one of the small islands off its coast. There are deserted beaches on Koh Chang itself on week days if you hire a motorbike and cruise around the island. But it's a several day trip away, not a one day trip.

Advert for our testing authority who decide if your vehicle is safe to drive on the road. Gary appears right at the end......would have been earlier but he's a little tied up.

Sam, The OP obviously doesn't like to stick only to his own kind, and seems to treat the women he meets quite well. So he doesn't meet your stereotype of what an Indian is. The first sentence of your reply was perceptive, the rest nasty and unnecessary. If you had said that was the perception of Indians it would have been accurate. But the OP by posting here has proved that not all Indians are the same.

Atlas, I don't mind in the least. A good clip, Awesum4

Already is in New Zealand. Next step is banning smoking in your car if children are present. As restrictions increase on tobacco they ease on marijuana. I have never smoked tobacco, it helped kill both my parents, did smoke some dope in my younger days. But the dope now is 10 times as strong apparently. All drugs cause problems with booze being the biggest by far. But at what point do we let people be adults and make there own choices? There is a strong move here to treat all drugs as a health problem, not a criminal one. Probably a good thing, criminalising it hasn't worked.

We went to "Bad times at El Royale" last night. Quite enjoyed it. Doesn't really fit into a particular category could be a thriller, or film noir, or action, but best described as drama. I thought the actors all did a great job, especially Jeff Bridges and Cynthia Erivo, who I'd never heard of. I never look at reviews before I go to a movie, prefer to experience them with an open mind. When I read the reviews they either loved it or hated it. So if anyone else watches it, I'd love to hear their view.

My check in bag is a green canvas hikers pack I bought 46 years ago. It is the only one like it on any luggage carousel. So it cannot get taken by mistake, that's why I've never replaced it. But it did get sent to the wrong airport once, to New Plymouth instead of Napier. We were off to a wargame tournament and my wife was upset about it, it only had clothes and toiletries in it. I still had my army so was fine. Women get upset about the strangest things.

I think it's a good idea. If the staff can speak and read Chinese all of us will get through quicker. The amount of time wasted by Chinese who have no idea of what's required and how to fill in forms is enormous at the moment. The same thing happened when we went to Hawaii a few years ago. It's not just in Thailand