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Chob
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Yeh , it is kinda sad Rob.
There are good operators of tourist places around here who have used this time to busily clean and redecorate their Mum and Dad 'resorts' and guesthouses and keeping the staff on to do so , who gambled on the chance that they would reopen by August , then October , but I dont think thats gonna happen ... But here they are kinda 'rich' compared to many of their fellow Thais with money made from large land value gains and no debt ( except for the new Ford Ranger ) ... so they will be fine.
All the big resorts ( our Corporate 'friends they called themselves} - simply sacked everyone and closed . And now all the free 'food banks ' are closing as they have run out of donors.
The 'fire sales' are starting to happen ... Bee just bought a 2020 ( March ) Honda Click for 32,000 bt . It sold new for 57,000 .
Just what we need ... more bikes under the house ! 555 She only has 5 of 22 scooters rented out , and July is normally a good month for Aussie regulars ...
There are good operators of tourist places around here who have used this time to busily clean and redecorate their Mum and Dad 'resorts' and guesthouses and keeping the staff on to do so , who gambled on the chance that they would reopen by August , then October , but I dont think thats gonna happen ... But here they are kinda 'rich' compared to many of their fellow Thais with money made from large land value gains and no debt ( except for the new Ford Ranger ) ... so they will be fine.
All the big resorts ( our Corporate 'friends they called themselves} - simply sacked everyone and closed . And now all the free 'food banks ' are closing as they have run out of donors.
The 'fire sales' are starting to happen ... Bee just bought a 2020 ( March ) Honda Click for 32,000 bt . It sold new for 57,000 .
Just what we need ... more bikes under the house ! 555 She only has 5 of 22 scooters rented out , and July is normally a good month for Aussie regulars ...
kaptainrob
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-53509361
QANTAS 747's were past their Use-By-Date anyway but a sad retirement all the same.
QANTAS 747's were past their Use-By-Date anyway but a sad retirement all the same.
Bacon
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Holly shitballs, this is realism on another level. The Mitsubishi Icon A5 looks fun too. I checked the price and they're a whopping quarter of a million US. Pretty steep considering you can get a decent Cessna for less than half that.
But still, a few hours on the sim and learning to fly it should be a doddle. Or a Cessna for that matter.
You probably want to start from 2:00
But still, a few hours on the sim and learning to fly it should be a doddle. Or a Cessna for that matter.
You probably want to start from 2:00
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Bacon
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He would have caught heaps of Covid doing that.^ did well to land it in Circular Quay without wiping out a ferry or 3
An article about b52 popped up in my facebook timeline
https://www.airforcemag.com/article/re-engining-the-b-52/
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/...y-flies-again-b-52-resurrected-from-boneyard/
https://www.airforcemag.com/article/re-engining-the-b-52/
They have also resurrected 2 b52s from the Boneyard
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/...y-flies-again-b-52-resurrected-from-boneyard/
Moo Uaon
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^ I went to a few as a guest in the race sponsors VIP suite for the whole weekend a few times but not that one... good times.
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kaptainrob
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Mismanagement and graft sank THAI - https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1976655/mismanagement-graft-sank-thai-says-panel
Everyone knew corruption was rampant within TG, but the reality was even worse - figures of up to 80 million US Dollars in corrupt payments received by politicians, board members, executives .... all the way down the food chain.
Mismanagement was endemic over several decades.
> Meanwhile, in other news, TG's proposed Eurozone charter flights in support of the 'Phuket model' are no closer to reality, possibly never will get off the ground. Likewise, Emirates, have been chastised for scheduling November flights into BKK. Oh, they can pick up, but no transit or offloading is permitted. Etihad has a repatriation flight open but that's about all that's available for some time, perhaps until '21.
Everyone knew corruption was rampant within TG, but the reality was even worse - figures of up to 80 million US Dollars in corrupt payments received by politicians, board members, executives .... all the way down the food chain.
Mismanagement was endemic over several decades.
> Meanwhile, in other news, TG's proposed Eurozone charter flights in support of the 'Phuket model' are no closer to reality, possibly never will get off the ground. Likewise, Emirates, have been chastised for scheduling November flights into BKK. Oh, they can pick up, but no transit or offloading is permitted. Etihad has a repatriation flight open but that's about all that's available for some time, perhaps until '21.