dbrenn
-
Posts
2584 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Downloads
Posts posted by dbrenn
-
-
6 minutes ago, overherebc said:
I just love the 'no dealings with industry in Thailand'
Or should I tug the forelock sir?
Keep going, I love the insults.
????????
I'm not insulting you - I'm just highlighting the fact that you have no experience or industry knowledge to back up what you are saying, yet you go around belittling people who are actually good at the work they do. And you then resort to mocking instead of offering an intelligent rebuttal based on your own experience. Do you enjoy making a fool of yourself?
-
1
-
-
Just now, dbrenn said:
What nonsense. I've worked in both the metallurgical and IT industries in Thailand, and there has been lots of knowledge transfer to local technicians and engineers. Some of them are every bit as good as their former mentors, and use the skills they've learned in a variety of different fields. Many are senior engineers, software developers, and the like - highly accomplished, and to say that all they do is simple assembly line work simply demonstrates your ignorance. You've obviously never had any dealings with industry in Thailand, yet you are determined for your own reasons to look down on people who are likely a lot more capable than you appear to be.
-
3 hours ago, overherebc said:
Tell me what you KNOW about my background.
All the major engineering inventions were either European or British.
Engineering today is just fine tuning and improving what already exists.
Don't pick examples like Toyota or Triumph, production line stuff made from mostly imported parts being put together.
Quality control wasn't invented by Thai engineers. Engineers everywhere have had to accept it as part of engineer improvement but there is a growing trend to cut it as much as possible to increase production based mainly on the requirements of bean counters who see it as a waste of time and money,
( cuts the bottom line ).
There are good engineers here but many have never opened a book or kept up with the latest advances in their field. Got degree=sit at desk with shirt and tie on.
What nonsense. I've worked in both the metallurgical and IT industries in Thailand, and there has been lots of knowledge transfer to local technicians and engineers. Some of them are every bit as good as their former mentors, and use the skills they've learned in a variety of different fields. Many are senior engineers, highly accomplished, and to say that all they do is simple assembly line work simply demonstrates your ignorance. You've obviously never had any dealings with industry in Thailand, yet you are determined for your own reasons to look down on people who are likely a lot more capable than you appear to be.
-
5 hours ago, overherebc said:
How many things in your list are put together from an original Thai design?
Cars and bikes are from a load of parts fitted together by robots on a production line.
Sorry to upset your delusional bubble, but most of the foreign owned factories I've done business with have Thais in various senior engineering and management positions. There is a pool of skilled engineering talent in Thailand because of this, accrued over the past 30 or so years.
For whatever reason, you want to think that you're cleverer than Thais, but it isn't the case.
-
20 hours ago, George Bowman said:
Can bamboo rockets travel that far?
Lots of Japanese brand name cars on Australian roads these days are made in Thailand. Ditto Triumph motorcycles and lots of other high end stuff. As a result of foreign investment, Thailand has good engineering skills.
-
David Gilmour gets my vote
-
-
7 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:
I would pay to wear a monitor on me as long as I could quarantine in my own home upon my return here in Bangkok if I took a trip outside of Thailand. No threat I am going to run around if I am told to quarantine. Hell they could even send a nurse by the Condo as I do not live far away from one of the ASQ Hotels and BNH Hospital.
I suppose they worry about idiots who would go out even with a monitor on, and worry about the consequences afterwards. There are lots of people who can't control themselves.
-
2
-
-
On 12/13/2020 at 2:05 PM, Lacessit said:
IMO people should be given a choice, vaccine or quarantine. I would choose the vaccine because I am in the most vulnerable age cohort.
Agreed. No vaccination would be required to quarantine at own cost.
Normally there's no excuse not to vaccinate, but the Covid vaccine has been rushed to market, so there are legitimate safety concerns. People should therefore have a right to refuse it and pay for quarantine.
-
2
-
-
4 hours ago, Pilotman said:
At idle in normal operations, say in landing. the new software is still required to keep the aircraft flying in stable configuration. I have explained this earlier, with the CoG forward of the CoP it will not glide to the required degree, it would quickly become uncontrollable. One report asked why the crashed aircraft could not be controlled even with the engines at idle and producing minimum thrust; that is the reason. The aircraft is dangerously unstable unless corrected by software. That is all very well for military aircraft, that need to be agile and highly manoeuvrable, but it is insanely irresponsible in a civil airliner. Ask yourself why Boeing had to upgrade and change the software system, rather than remove it altogether ? The reason is obvious, the aircraft will not fly, cannot fly without it. Boeing need to be charged with culpable manslaughter for the deaths and someone, maybe quite a few of their people need to be in jail. I like Boeings. I have flown them and appreciated their engineering excellence,. In this case, they made a grave error and they need to pay for it. But of course they will not.
That's terrible. There was also a documentary on TV that went undercover in the Dreamliner factory - itinerant labour has replaced skilled engineers with years of service. Staff joking around and cutting corners, leaving tools and trash behind inside aircraft sections.
If it's Boeing, I won't be going.
-
1
-
-
On 12/6/2020 at 11:04 AM, KarenBravo said:
Basmati is the best rice in the world.
Taste is a very subjective thing. Some people also prefer MacDonald's to Burger King.
-
On 12/12/2020 at 7:38 PM, Pilotman said:
the centre of gravity is in front of the centre of pressure even when the speed increases and the CoP moves forward. This is due almost entirely to the weight of the new engines and the configuration of the new aerofoil shaping. Boeing fitted soft ware to over come this inherent design fault. obviously not well enough.
The software was intended to make trim corrections under power, to compensate for the forward position of the engines raising the nose and causing a stall. With no power on, such as in a glide, why would the software be relevant? Surely during a descent, with engines at idle, it's gliding anyway?
-
19 hours ago, Pilotman said:
Well good luck to anyone who gets suckered into flying on this piece of badly designed xxxx. They haven't solved the primary problem of this aircraft, in that , contrary to all civilian aircraft that I know of, or have ever heard of, it was designed knowing it to be inherently unstable. All civilian passenger aircraft should be able to glide, engine and primary electrics unavailable, not well, but they can still do it. The Max 800 cannot. I will never fly on this aircraft, ever. I would rather walk.
It can't glide? Why not?
-
1 hour ago, tonray said:
Yes...but in Sydney it's likely made by a Thai in the kitchen...in NYC 100% certainty it's made by a Mexican cook
That's a surprise. Are there really no Thai cooks in NY?
-
1
-
-
32 minutes ago, tonray said:
A plate of SomTam costs about 300 baht in a New York City restaurant.....so I guess it's still a relative bargain
500 Baht in Sydney
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, rumak said:
i have to think back 20 years to remember when Thailand was much nicer and more beautiful .
I would guess that many of those here who gave a like or thanks have also been around a long time.
I have nothing against "tourism"...... but i doubt there is any place on earth where it was managed in
a way to maintain what was special about the place. It all just becomes
hot dog standsluke chin vendors, T shirts, and people bugging you every step of the way. And of course the 2% of the tourists that look and act like idiots become the stereotype for us Farangs.So, in a selfish way, i have to agree with dbrenn . We rent to Farangs, so are hurt a bit. And of course those here involved in tourist type businesses will get hurt. Ahhhh, but life did seem so much easier back in the days..........
Well said. I think that Bhutan's got the right idea - there are limits to the number of visitors per year. I live in hope when Thailand talks about attracting higher quality tourists.
The problem with mass tourism is that naked greed and crime take over, and utterly ruin what were one beautiful places. Take Samui for example - what once was a delightful place with dirt roads and charming little resorts has been concreted over - roads lined with tacky souvenir shops, so you can't even see the beach anymore. It's ghastly. Samet was once a calm and serene place - now there are hordes of package tourists that just pack the place out, with all the trash and hassle that goes with that.
I blame budget airlines - when I first went to Thailand, it was quite difficult to get there and required some self discipline to get the money together to do it. that was when only 4 million people per year made the trip. Now any lager lout or package tourist can get on a plane and spoil any formerly exotic destination. It's a shame, but at least I have nice memories of idyllic places that felt adventurous to travel to.
To the people who accuse me of saying "I'm alright Jack", I have nothing but pity, really. All they've seen is another tacky and spoilt beach resort, just like the ones at home but with hotter weather, full of people who are mainly trying to rip them off.
-
1
-
-
1 hour ago, daveAustin said:
I know what you mean, but don't forget about the poor souls that are really struggling because of this. On the other token, and with respect to Thailand's beauty, how would you feel if the powers that be (and they like the idea) made it really difficult for retirees and foreigners in general to stay long term?
I'm not talking about retirees or tourists in numbers that don't destroy the places that they come to see. I'm talking about endless crowds of package tourists, of the zero dollar variety, and low grade lager louts that completely ruin Thailand's most beautiful places.
-
1
-
-
5 hours ago, Kadilo said:
Yes and all the unemployed Thais as a result of it agree with you.
I remember Thailand had full employment when tourist arrivals were one tenth of what they were in 2019.
-
1
-
-
2 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:
The world changes
Indeed, some changes are better than others though.
-
51 minutes ago, hansnl said:
You obviously don't mind the million(s) of people that lost their means of earning money.
Disgustingly egoistic.
What has pointing out that mass tourism spoils beautiful places got to do with ego? It's plainly obvious that bus loads of package tourists and lager louts are a vile imposition.
-
1
-
-
- Popular Post
57 minutes ago, Walker88 said:So you can come to Thailand as you wish, but nobody else can? Sounds......entitled.
Would you be willing to allow the Thai people, particularly those who benefit from tourism, to have a say in the matter? Must Thailand remain the way you, an outsider, want it to be? Have the Thai people no right to build whatever culture and society they want, even if you don't approve?
I'm Thai. Your post looks a bit daft now, doesn't it?
I've no objection to tourism in limited numbers, that doesn't run the places that tourists come to see - sustainable tourism I think it's called.
39 million tourists in a single year is far too many - crowds, queues, crime and concreted over beauty spots. I really do hope all the budget airlines go bust, so travelling is just that bit more difficult.
-
2
-
1
-
1
-
- Popular Post
- Popular Post
Excellent news. Mass tourism has spoilt Thailand's beauty, and I hope it's gone for good.
-
34
-
2
-
17
-
9
-
5
-
31 minutes ago, Miami007 said:
If you live in Thailand on an Expat salary making 10-15 times more than the average Thai plus housing and trips home every year, you are right... Great to be the rich one in a poor country.
Not so good for the millions of Thais who will no longer have jobs and income because 35 million tourists are no longer visiting.
I've been broke before. I once ran a business in Thailand that went to the wall in the 1997 financial crisis. Life goes on, I found something else to do, and I'm alright now.
39 million tourists are in any case totally destroying what they came to see, so a correction to the size of the tourist industry was inevitable. I hope they never return, and Thailand recovers its natural beauty.
-
1
-
1
-
-
2 hours ago, Enoon said:
Sickening to read, on these pages, the likes of "I'm glad that there are no more tourists" or "they can just find something else to do" or "they don't really need much anyway".
Absolutely sickening.
Sickening to see beautiful places ruined by hordes of lager louts and package tourists. Sickening to see pristine shoreline concreted over with tatty souvenir shops and resorts.
Absolutely Sickening.
-
1
-
1
-
Thailand to launch first moon mission
in Thailand News
Posted
Thais aren't the easiest people to manage if they don't like you personally, or if you rudely look down on them as you seem to do. The projects you managed were likely problematic because of your own attitude to the people you were managing, or you wouldn't hold the view that they're below you. I think you need to consider your own management skills as the root cause of any problems you've had.
The opposite is also true: I've always found Thais to be loyal, creative, collaborative and extremely hard working. If they like you, they'll excel to make you proud of them.