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  1. On ‎8‎/‎25‎/‎2017 at 3:07 PM, thaihome said:

    If a vessel,  military or otherwise, chooses to not broadcast their position via AIS then it is their obligation to avoid other ships that are doing so. As the below link states,  Singapore's ship control network,  equivalent to a traffic control system did not even know the McCain was there. This is along with other collisions shows that the US Navy has systematic issues and hopefully the relieving of the overall comander and worldwide safety shutdown will improve the the attitude. 

    https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/world/asia/navy-collision-uss-mccain-oil-tanker.html

    TH 

    Not transmitting on AIS does not mean you don't show up on the other's radar. An AIS target usually is seen as a triangle. The merchant ship should have seen a blimp on their radar and acquired it.

  2. 17 minutes ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

     

     


    You are comparing apples and oranges too.

    I can explain to you how I achieved the same thing you have living on 10,000 baht a month. Money doesn't give you options whatsoever...your choices in life gives you options.

     

     

    Please, 10K/mo is pocket money only. I'm talking about being the provider in a family.

  3. 35 minutes ago, Craig krup said:

    Not quite. It's just that the people who talk most about how much - how very much - you need to "live" generally have the same worldview as Imelda Marcos. Where she bought shoes they buy anything which signifies their (supposed) status. 

     

    Many years ago my uncle (officer in the Royal Signals) gave a presentation to a British Territorial Army unit on the (then) new army radio. The unit was the Honourable Artillery Company, one of the snootiest units anywhere in the world. Their officers are basically people with six and seven figure jobs in the city. They asked when they would receive the new radios. He told them it would be a number of years. The unit went straight to the manufacturer and bought the radios - at eye watering expense - rather than wait. 

     

    A number of my pals have passed SAS selection for 21 and 23 SAS; also TA units. In Leeds (apparently) you'll get your SAS beret handed to you with some cheers and not a lot of fuss. You'll buy the drinks. 

     

    What would you rather do? Jump in your Bentley and "tootle down" to the Honourable Artillery Company to take up the place you bought, or take the underground into the drill hall and put on a "pilgrim's" beret with winged Excalibur on it, which you've earned? 

     

    You can't buy the things that are worth having. 

    Sort of apples and oranges. In your case of course the Beret has to be earned, or why wear it.

     

    I just relocated with family and rented a typical 1 room apartment for 3 of us. I ended up buying an old house with good location. But, money made it all possible. The apartment was livable for existence but having a house is a better existence. I sacrifice by working all over the world to provide a better life for wife and baby.

     

    If I want to stop by a market and buy a few beers and snacks, I do it. Wife goes to market and buys a full spread of food, no problem. I don't feel we are extravagant by any means but we spend so much more than any average Thai family does. Just school fees are 10K bht/mo.

     

     

  4. 17 minutes ago, daphnia88 said:

    I'm not more arrogant than those old farts claiming I'm only existing and can't possibly be living on my 20,000 baht spending per month (I have more than that available for use, I just use only 20,000 a month). 

    Must be a "Dutch" thing.

  5. On ‎6‎/‎26‎/‎2017 at 6:48 PM, melvinmelvin said:

     

    The following is a report from US Navy Times on what is linked to above.

     

    https://www.navytimes.com/articles/cargo-ships-captain-flashed-warning-lights-at-destroyer-fitzgerald?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Navy DNR 06-26-17&utm_term=Editorial - Navy - Daily News Roundup

     

    This seems somewhat confusing to me.

     

    My impression is that most investigators agree that the container ship was coming from "behind" the destroyer.

    It also seems to me that several agree that the container ship was the right of way/stand on ship and the destroyer the give way ship.

     

    As far as I understand the scenario this would mean that the container ship approached the destroyer in the rather narrow green sector aft of the destroyer's athwartships axis.

     

    Then comes the box master's statement where he says that the destroyer didn't give way and that the box carrier was sailing with hard starboard rudder for 10 minutes but didn't manage to avoid the crash.

     

    10 minutes is no short time. The container ship is a 40 000 tonner, not a huge ship. 10 minutes with rudder hard over would bring it far away.

     

    Doesn't add up for me. But maybe I have gotten the scenario all wrong.

     

     

    If the Fitzgerald was being overtaken, its the other ships responsibility to stay clear. The ship being overtaken (Fitzgerald) is the stand on vessel and is to maintain course and speed.

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  6. On ‎7‎/‎13‎/‎2017 at 0:22 AM, 55Jay said:

    @melvinmelvin

    Article is from last month, no new info, but the lack of nav data on Fitzgerald would bear out the suggestion that Fitzgerald's AIS was switched off, or possibly in passive/receive mode, thus not transmitting own ship data on the network.   It mentions VDRs being UN mandated equipment, but doesn't circle back around to confirm if that includes military war ships. 

    https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/internet-of-ships-tells-tale-of-uss-fitzgerald-tragedy-or-half-of-it/

     

    USN ships don't transmit on AIS. I know from experience sailing on US naval units.

  7. On ‎7‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 6:18 PM, melvinmelvin said:

    Anybody familiar with US Navy ships (like the destroyer) here?

     

    Would such a ship normally have a quality VDR (voyage data redcorder) running?  Or would the navy consider a VDR as a potential security threat and opt to do without?

     

    Without detailed knowledge of the destroyer's course, speed, rudder angles, position, track etc it might be close to impossible to describe in detail what happened and what led to the crash.

     

    Dunno, but looks to me as if the crash came as a total surprise to the destroyer, they probably didn't have a clue as to what was about to happen.

     

    This combined with the PI master's/crew's wish to portray a scenario that does not put them in  too bad light (the are Asian and face concerned) makes this quite difficult me thinks.

     

    Merchant ships are required to have a VDR, I would assume the Navy would have them as well.

     

     

  8. 19 minutes ago, Jim Turner Mad Punx said:

    well putting people down for being dull and/or immature is what i find entertaining. that's what i like to do.
    and i don't care what you reputation is here or what fancy nicknames you  have or posting numbers or what you want to see. i will still put you and your posts down like a dog anyway.

     

    that's what i like.

    yeah, I got no idea where you're coming from, but thanks for the nickname compliment. and I've got no reputation. Dog?? <deleted>

  9. 4 hours ago, Jim Turner Mad Punx said:

    The problem with these constant income questions is that it's all subjective.

     

    there is no required amount. Incomes range from a couple dollars a day to highly compensated politicians.

     

    theres always someone above or below you.

     

    these questions are really about what "you" are comfortable with, not what "they" make.

     

    when you have figured that one out you have figured out everything.

    Stop it with the common sense. Folks here want to hear from the guy living a great life on 10K bht/mo. so they can bash the guy spending 100K bht/mo. If the wife isn't bringing home a paycheck she must be a golddigger.

     

    But, these threads made for good reading and entertainment, that's all.

     

     

     

     

  10. 47 minutes ago, Naam said:

    spoken like a true ignorant living in a rented studio apartment and having no idea what "gated community" means :laugh:

    Wow, arrogance at it's best. Not everyone is afraid to live among the people. Would much rather look a little harder and find a house on a decent piece of land. At least 2 ngan. Most of these so called gated boxes give maybe 80 wah.

  11. 42 minutes ago, wildewillie89 said:

     

    Unless you're far from home, so most Thai and I guess farang would prefer to pay the 400, rather than having to travel all that way again to pay the fine and collect your license from the police station. 

     

    The times I've paid, it's done on the scene. Park and go to table, sign ticket and pay.

  12. 13 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

    I HAVE never seen or heard of the boy syndrome you write about our boy is certainly not treated like that.

     

    I don't know what they're talking about either. Have 14 yr. old step son and he does everything for himself. Washes and irons his own clothes. Helps his grand mother with everything she needs.

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