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7 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Not even close.

 

China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam account for 60% of the World's ocean pollution.

 

https://www.ecowatch.com/these-5-countries-account-for-60-of-plastic-pollution-in-oceans-1882107531.html

I am surprised no African country is on that list. Nigeria is far from a clean country.

YOU got upset that YOU had to press the bottom for YOU to use the lift. How is that even human possible?

Grumpy old man syndrome maximum overdrive?

1 hour ago, Bullie said:

Since Thailand is also the country in Asia that pollutes the ocean the most ( 1 million ton per year) is seems no more than fair to me.

Now let' s see if they put their money where their mouth is.

Seriously? India must beat Thailand by a country mile.

On 9/1/2017 at 11:46 AM, nasanews said:

What about Snowden!

Visually I always envisioned him living in Antarctica, maybe it has something to do with his name.

4 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't.

As for "70 submarines"...most are outdated, and only the new model is capable of launching ballistic missiles.I don't think that they can freely roam about without being detected, anyway.

It is a big ocean out there, they can sail nearly wherever they want. A Chinese sub was right under the nose of a US carry fleet in 2006, totally undetected.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/nov/13/20061113-121539-3317r/

20 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

Yawn.

 

Same old either/or drivel. Reducing every issue into a limited set of inane "options".

 

Never said anything strongly in favor of a US strike on NK. More to do with the chances of pulling it off and achieving goals without major harmful consequences to SK and Japan (not to mention the NK populace). But that doesn't make the "alternative" of doing nothing very appealing.

 

Kim will continue to taunt the US, SK and Japan. Be it nuclear tests, missile tests, aggressive statements and limited direct confrontations with SK. There's nothing to suggest this will change, but there is reason to fear he'll either feel emboldened and overstep the line or that things will get out of hand one way or another. With the ballistic and nuclear capabilities in his possession, there little to be complacent about.

The missile test may just be a distraction. NK have 70 submarines and they could arrive at a coast near you, with a hot payload.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/31/politics/north-korea-ejection-test-submarine-activity/index.html

46 minutes ago, steven100 said:

Well .... do you just continue to let him fire missile off everywhere every couple of weeks and continue to acquire & develop more advanced and a more sophisticated arsenal week after week year after year ...  so his threat continues to grow like a cancer ....  or do you nip it in the bud now so to speak ?  I say nip it.

Would you also "nip it" if you had to march across the border and face the on slaughter yourself?

Always easy to send somebody else off to war.

If the US is tied down in a nasty conflict on the Korean peninsula, Russia can finish what they already started in Ukraine and Eastern Europe. China will fortify every single reef they can find in the South China Sea.

Saudi will handle Qatar. Iran will have a go at Israel. There are probably a few unsettled scores in Africa that will flare up.

Venezuela will destroy itself.

50 minutes ago, rott said:

You will probably be happy when Sukhumvit is a cross between Warrington New Townand the less interesting parts of Singapore. Slum my a...

Ohh no, don't get me wrong I love a bit of From Dusk to Dawn style chaos and slum, with a Thai twist. I was just indication it will take much longer than a couple of years before there is any visible change in soi 4 or 3 and 5 for that matter.

22 hours ago, thequietman said:

Its a pain in the arse having to bid all the time but occasionally you get a bargain. I got a wall mounting bracket for my big TV for 200 baht delivered. This is usually 700 baht in town.

I think the whole 30 second bit cycle is a deliberate part of their business model, praying on the gambling mentality of many Thais.

Was the wall mounting of reasonable quality? Sound like a very fair price.

54 minutes ago, Maejo Man said:

Not to forget another icon that was Washington Square

Need to add Soi Zero to that list.

9 minutes ago, idman said:

So this Thai lady returning from Norway did not know the value of a Kroner???? How long was there, a few <deleted> hours. More holes in this story than in Swiss cheese.

She is probably some snow plow operator's wife that is visiting her family back in Nakhonnowhere.

What happen to the ThaiVisa bar, also in soi 7?

Found money is always easy spend. 

One day Netflix will make a TV series, Neucos, about little Kimmy boy and hopefully it will have a very similar ending to Season 2 of a recent TV series with a similar name.

9 hours ago, Rc2702 said:

Sheeister sorry man I thought you would have gobbled the lot by now. 

 

Yh I really liked Hank too was a great character. Walt wife was my pet hate I just hated her from start to Finnish.

 

 

You will be happy to know that is was in the scrip that Walter's wife committed suicide in the final episode, but then Gilligan changed it in the last minute, as he felt it would make the series too dark.

It is in one of the Talking Bad interviews.

The free world is getting smaller day by day.

Most of the stuff on the auction site chilindo.com appears to be Chinese low quality junk, that barely would make it at the $1 store, but is it worth a closer look?

I watched below 2 items for a while and they sell for 100 baht, which seems reasonable.

Anybody had any good or bad experience with them?

I think it is important to understand that Chilindo is not an E-bay clone. They source everything themselves, so it is basically an online supermarket where the customers bid on every single item.

He sound like a Thai to me, blaming everybody else, except himself, for his mistake.

One day Netflix will make a TV series, Neucos, about little Kimmy boy and hopefully it will have a very similar ending to Season 2 of a recent TV series with a similar name.

9 hours ago, BuaBS said:

Hope Kim has a failsafe deadman's switch , he's going to need it.

He must be under tremendous stress .

Since a full out attact is not possible , after this test today , they will come after his person with small assasination teams .

http://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-un-hires-ex-kgb-bodyguards-to-defend-against-assassination-2017-8

If she is hiding in some safe house in Thailand, the smartest thing she could do now is to release a short video from a room that is decorated identical to a Dubai hotel room, maybe even with a fake Dubai skyline in the background.

6 hours ago, oilinki said:

For the re-entry..

 

"For each goal overpressure there is a certain optimum burst height at which the blast range is maximized over ground targets. In a typical air burst, where the blast range is maximized to produce the greatest range of severe damage, i.e. the greatest range that ~10 psi (69 kPa) of pressure is extended over, is a GR/ground range of 0.4 km for 1 kiloton (kt) of TNT yield; 1.9 km for 100 kt; and 8.6 km for 10 megatons (Mt) of TNT. The optimum height of burst to maximize this desired severe ground range destruction for a 1 kt bomb is 0.22 km; for 100 kt, 1 km; and for 10 Mt, 4.7 km."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear_explosions

 

The Russians tested a 50 MT bomb, but for the reasons you describe above, a bomb bigger than 50 MT is pointless, it will mainly detonate out in empty space. 

On 8/31/2017 at 2:31 PM, Zendo said:

I discovered Aquarium hobby for myself in Chiang Mai... prices are incredible, choices of fish is large and you get good advices in good shops.

 

I have a BIG tank with many cyclids, malawi in it.. they already make babies after less than a year inside it... I do use aircon when people are inside the room on afternoon, but most of the time aircon is not on, just door opened with mosquito net.

 

recently I purchased a new external filter and the UV lamp + pomp included... because there is many fishes and cyclids are quite dirty, the external filter helped a lot, but the UV lamp is MAGIC.. you got clear water like in the first days : Love IT :)

 

So eating / cooling I don't use it here.. I don't even test PH or other things.. like advised by fish sellers.. and you know what it works like a charm !! Of course don't choose sensibles fishes or you'll got to go for aircon, concerning the "eater" i don't think you will need it one day in LOS, I always keep the tank opened on hot weather, it help not to go too high in temp.

 

Cyclids I bought are born here, closed to Bangkok there is a HUGE farm that export worldwide, and if you are in Bangkok go to chatuchak market on the fish section.. you'll be amazed and have a lot of tips on how to do it here.. not like in EU or US.

 

Good luck and enjoy !!

 

 

 

 

Sound like a nice tank. You mind share a few pictures?