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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

I'm not sure about a pole, but a karaoke machine would be a hit if you take a group of girls home. It always amazes me that after an evening of drinking and dancing at their bar they want to go to a club so they can drink and dance. Then when the club closes they want to go to karaoke so they can drink and dance.

The last time we flew into swampy we queued for 3 hours. Landed at midnight at the same time as 3 plane loads of Chinese. Leaving was fine as I always arrive early for departure, would rather wait at the airport than miss my flight

To us Kiwis they aren't jokes....just part of a full and varied life....:-)

Not helping in your current situation but just of hope for the future. Some Aussie doctors have come up with a system of injecting steam into the prostate via a needle inserted into the urethra. The steam simply dissolves the prostate material which is then absorbed by the body. No cutting involved so no healing time, no side-affects. I have prostate problems but not to the point of needing an operation. I'm hoping this system is available by the time I do

A man called horse

Tracker. (Not "the Tracker" that's an Aussie movie, this is a kiwi movie)