Freee!!

I started on that and I got to the point that I had a serious disconnect in the taxi on the way back to the airport when reading the road signs. Right on top of each other were two place names, the one on top larger than the one on the bottom. The top one read "กรุงเทพ" (Krung Thep), the bottom one read "Bangkok". It took me a moment before I realized both names referred to the same place.

That looks like an IP-ban to me. I suggest you contact a moderator or admin directly and give both the banned IP address and the working IP address (and don't post those in this thread).

I agree with you, especially with the "depending on the transliteration system". There have to be several transliteration systems, I can't use a Latin transliteration system from Thai when I am using the Greek or Cyrillic alphabet and I have to assume the one for Kanji is different as well. And taking into account the differences in pronunciation in different languages using the Latin alphabet, I'd say pick one that conforms most to your native language or favorite second language if there isn't an appropriate transliteration for your native language. I once started learning Thai using an English course and that was less than a perfect fit, although my English is good enough to fool most people into thinking I am a native speaker (I am Dutch born and bred).

[sarcasm] It is a way to spend some time on the plane, especially when you have to fill out several because of some minors accompanying you. [/sarcasm]

Where did you find this one? Looks like one of Mauk's.

The Dutch police probably would have as well. And the Dutch police strongly prefer not to shoot, but if they have, they prefer to shoot to kill.

Had good experiences with them when they still flew to Europe (second and third trip to Thailand, about 95/96).

No, they are going to be called lunar-tocks 😉

"Suicide is painless".

For some reason I get associations with the M*A*S*H tune and specifically one line.

I experienced one as it woke me up in Utrecht: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Roermond_earthquake I don't really care to repeat the experience.

Too much foam on top of the British beverage.

The Schiphol Sheraton is within (covered) walking distance from the terminal(s). That is all I know about it though. As for a train into and from Amsterdam Centre, there is at least one train per hour the whole night. Below an excerpt of the departures from Amsterdam Central to Schiphol: I would avoid the 00:55 though, takes one hour for a 15 minute trip.

So split the shipping channel in two one-way channels. NB: I am not an expert, just pointing out possibilities. There may be circumstances I don't know about.

The collapsed bridge had a couple of piers, so replacing those with one central one (with sufficient protection) should be a no brainer.

Singapore might be an exception due to lack of sufficient qualified nationals for the job.

That is 10-plus years as apprentice pilot, so add another 10-plus years prior to that on the bridge.

As far as I know, the rule world wide is that pilots have the nationality of the waterway (singular!) they navigate. The only exception to this rule I know off is in case of a shared waterway on the border. On the Westerschelde (Netherlands), there are also Belgian pilots for the Belgian ports of Antwerp and Ghent.