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10 hours ago, Lucky Bones said:

Possibly shift workers?????????

They looked like the barstool regular shift....The place was located in a decent sized shopping mall....There could have been an industrial area nearby....

19 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Aren't a lot of those guys getting off the midnight shift, so it's like their afternoon?

That just reminded me....I used to work 6am/2pm - best hours in the world for me....

I'd be getting in about the time the garbage truck drivers were about midway through their shift....

They were always chugging a few beers as they worked......

The 2 times we were a day or two outside the acceptable payment time frame cited on the billing we had to go into the local PEA office to have it accepted....

Within the time window we used to pay at 7/11....Now my wife pays via an app....I don't know if we'd physically have to go to the office if we somehow mistakenly botched it.....

I used to play baseball for a bay area bar team out in San Leandro.....The Creekside Lounge....

Sometimes games would start early or need an early start to get to whichever venue....Meeting there if needed....

That bar served food & drinks starting at 6AM/0600 daily and there would be people there "drinking" their breakfast....

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Maybe it was the neighbours?

That's a real possibly....I used to live between 3 villages....

I had two big ponds that we kept good sized, home grown fish....We also had a husband & wife team....She took care of the house & he overlooked the 9 Rai & provided security....

We came back from a trip & I noticed that only the small fingerling fish remained.....

NOBODY KNEW ANYTHING......

Somebody had to get past locked gated or walk across 5 Rai to get to those ponds.....

Any inquiries fell on deaf ears....

Somebody had a hell of a fish fry & everybody knew but us.....

Not much of a real loss - but a very big lesson....

When my wife and I were out house hunting, I passed on a few beautiful homes that would/could have left us extremely vulnerable and in the same situation....

Open season....

5 hours ago, CaptainSplod said:

Heh! Yeah, early perhaps - but better to be early than to be too late. It maybe gives folks some time and a chance to "notice" any good arrangements and post them here.

 

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Agree - an Xmas buffet is preferable - but not always available. Thanks - Duke's is a start, at least.

 

They used to have a buffet with timed table seatings & we enjoyed that....

Since they changed to this arrangement we no longer go.....

The Duke's will serve Christmas meals, however, it's being served family style...One & done

I prefer buffet style to select the items & portions I want to eat....

Every time we RV in the US the people look less & less happy....Many are not shy about sharing their misery....They voice their concerns about different aspects of life....To me they feel like they are trapped in an existence & a cycle they cannot break & feel that it's just getting worse....

Part of it broken dreams based in reality, sometimes life choices or circumstances.....

They voice the "someday" they are going to change their lot....

A lot of disenchantment....

I feel bad for them....

It's such a naturally beautiful country to visit....

I have one daughter that has a very successful company she's built with her husband....They will take maybe 4 days off every 2 years....In their 50's and still caught in the competitiveness of life....At least they see it and are acquiring rental properties to supplant their income, but how many can afford to do that?

I hope one doesn't drop first before they reach their goal.....

Based on the definition, it's extremely common..... I'm hard pressed to think of any couples I know that didn't.....Including myself....

Most ended up married - others bailed out, (both ways), during the test drive.....

50 minutes ago, seedy said:

From your posts - you said an MG was a fast car - I find it hard to believe that you have ever owned anything remotely 'Fast'

And I never mentioned 'in a straight line'

Had a '67 Camaro that ran Hi 9's - street legal

Had a Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 that went 0-100 in less than 5 secs. when stock, and I modded it to perform better.

Four wheel drive handled mountain roads like a purebred.

Embarrassed Porsches and BMW's

The 3000GTs were  absolutely driving porn....A perfect mating of power, speed, handling, comfort, and performance....

A real driving pleasure....

Took roads like perfectly fitted leather gloves feel....A perfect slalom machine.....An often overlooked vehicle that had some serious capability....

Sound seems to travel here across the flat land much louder than I remember in the US.....

It's possible there's just less other background noise pollution or prevailing winds to help filter it out.....

All stone/brick houses acting like echo chambers probably doesn't help either.....

In many instances it's saved me hours searching store to store trying to find what I have in mind.....

Trudging around stores on a search & sometimes hunting with a phone pic down widgets/whatever two aisles away after being told "no have" isn't fun after awhile.....

City after city burned down organized by bused in instigators & participants..... Successful in some cities, chased out of others....

All responsible should be investigated & prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law....

Go to the Philippines - their garbage trucks are blasting music that you can hear 1/4 mile away.....The collectors revel in it....The louder the better....

A few times a week.....

Call Tonn at ProAuto....He can have it towed in & checked....If unable to cure he will get it to the right people....

You want to get pointed in the right direction as A/T repair technicians are few in Thailand.....

Also, a caution = A/T fluids cannot be incorrect or mixed....In the old days ATF was the same for all transmissions...

With the advent of OD trans the fluid that they need is very specific to the manufacturer & needs to be the correct specs.....If you don't know the type of how to check & top off, either educate yourself or trust a pro....

It's nothing a shade tree "mechanic" around here should attempt or be trusted with....

It might not hurt to research Google with your model & concern/complaint= it could help, or at least inform....

2 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:

It is all your mistake!!! If you would not be such a d****, they would have invited you to the party and you would have a blast too!

Kind of a "wild west" thing....The last Monk ordination one we were around ended up with a shoot out over some man complimenting a lady on how she looked.....

One reason I stay away from my wife's families' location in central TH as far as living is concerned.....

Her family are regular folks - but there's a reason they have a 7ft wall around their property....

I think the Rain ????️ thread has had a long run......

40 minutes ago, seedy said:

Want a fast car - get one that does the 1/4 mile in under 10 seconds.

THATS a fast car.

 

Well - the next in line for me = I built a 53 Studebaker truck with a Chrysler Hemi, Pontiac rear end & a few other mods....That truck weighed in at 2276 pounds - with 852 of that for a power plant.....The only thing that walked away from it was another Stude pick up with a full blown Hemi....Cool thing about those trucks besides build quality was you could put anything under the hood & it was completely hidden....

My wife's car was a 64 Malibu SS convertible 4 speed Hurst Muncie & 300/327....

FIL's car was a 58 Chrysler 300 Hemi convertible with the fins & dual quads....He never drove it so I did....

He liked his Caddie powered GMC pick up.....

Any of those float your boat?.....

Wish I still had the 300 or the Stude.....

12 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

First gear was never synchronized, in most cars. 

 

Nobody downshifts into first gear. Why would you? 

I remember it still grinding at close to Zero MPH at stop lights that changed at just the wrong time to accelerate in 2nd gear....Just at that oozing to a complete stop limbo land where the rest of the traffic is surging ahead & you have to make a complete stop.....

That's why I called them square cut gears.....

Most cars of that day you could ease into 1st at a slow crawl speed.....Not the XKE.....

However - since neither of us has an XKE, TR3B, or MG tattoo - we might want get on topic.....

Wish I still had that TR3B = I just learned there were only ever 530 made....

15 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Austin-Healey was too expensive. 

 

I would have preferred an XKE, at the time. 

 

USD6000, in 1967. 

 

The neighbor had one. 

She drove it like a grandmother. 

Criminal, we thought. 

 

 

Yeah - shifting the XKE's it felt like square cut gears....They weren't the smoothest shifting gearboxes & had that typical whine sound - which somehow made it feel cooler/racier .....A non synchro 1st gear that you couldn't get into, even at a crawl speed.....

Cool to tool around in.....

57 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Yes, you might think so.

 

However, 

 

This car is very light.

It's more or less just a skateboard.

 

This car can do 130 MPH.

 

Some say 120.

But, I had it past 125.

 

Also, you can stop on a dime with this car.

 

But, if you don't stop fast enough, then you wrack it up.

And then, your head goes through the windscreen.

 

 

 

 

They were cute, but not really fast/quick & were flat out poor in cornering....

My/A TR3 left these in a wake miles & miles behind....

We used to open road, flying the Pacific Coast Highway & side roads from SF to Monterey/Big Sur.....

The Austin Healey's usually took the lead & top end with the TR's within sight....At a prearranged stopping site we'd sit & wait for the MG's usually running 20-30 minutes behind....And finally the bug eyed Sprites would show up about 20 minutes after the MG's.....

We never had a Mini Cooper with us....A MC would have eaten up the twisty roads.....

I do have a scar from a MG windshield at about what used to be my hair line....A buddy cornering his MG in an being developed area (Foster City).....Cut a left - he got the left part right = but 4 wheel slid into the right curb.....Lucky me, because of my height I didn't hit the windshield - I hit the top of the frame ....

The cute thing was, for some unholy reason = most MG guys had a wanky attitude....

5 liters isn't very much....

I fill my 30oz Yeti more than 5x a day on most days....

Seems like you'd need a closet full of those kegs if you're beer inclined.....

It's one taste I've never acquired.....

Nothing is surprising about the Pelosi syndicate .......

This attacker is obviously quite insane....