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13 minutes ago, patman30 said:

they should stop discussing "measures"
and remove them
the "measures" are what is killing the industry

Patently obvious to the crew, but once the captain has yelled "full steam ahead and damn the torpedoes", the captain leaves himself with absolutely no room to maneuver. He'd rather sink the ship than admit his decision is a right royal cockup.

And that is the fundamental problem with all governments - the inability to admit stupidity despite an ever increasing mountain of supporting evidence.

13 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Still busy in town Sunday... lot of traffic heading out of town too. Damned BKK drivers are xxxx!

Your dead right there.  I especially like the way they just "cease driving" in the middle of the road for 3 minutes while I imagine they're arguing over whose phone has the correct GPS directions to The Chocolate Factory.

Mixture of Vinegar and water in the tank. You'll have a constant craving for fish and chips, but it will do a great job of cleaning the windows.

On 11/27/2021 at 11:37 AM, HAPPYNUFF said:

Not so very long ago, three   Chinese  national warships sailed, unannounced , into Sydney Harbour  (thats in Australia for the   geography challenged... )       Australian armed forces promptly responded  by launching a wooden dinghy, armed  with very large sticks  and some stones,, to check on them.............Though I love my country  I despair  at the governments feeble efforst to protect the country.

It's long been argued that a small Chinese or Russian fishing trawler with a crew of ten with only five rusty AK47's between them could rock up to the Houses of Parliament in Wellington harbor and take over the country without firing a shot.

For clarity, Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. For geographical accuracy, Australia is a small island of our western coast.

Just make sure the electrician Somchai that fits the fan for you doesn't tap off the closest light fitting (which will be his preferred option) otherwise you can't use the fan unless the lights switch is on.

Don't worry about a separate switch for the fan, they virtually all now come with an IR remote control and simply need a permanent (always on) 220V supply. Mine have 3 different colored light options, 3 speeds, and timers from 1 hour to 4 hours that affect both fan and lights.

With luck Somchai can cut the hole for the fan and using anything from a trained ferret to a length of lacing wire will manage to trace a line to the closest constant 220v.

Funniest I saw was Somchai A with a large nut (as in nut and bolt) tied to a piece of string throwing the nut across about 8 metres of ceiling space to Somchai B.  You have to imagine the picture - they're both up a ladder with one arm each up a downlight hole throwing it totally invisibly  Only took them 15 minutes - 55555.

Even if they have to cut a big 30cm square of ceiling out to give working space or find a 220V cable to splice off, they will easily replace the square and plaster and paint it for you. Standard practice for working on plumbing and electrics in a building of the design you describe.

If this were the 18th century we'd all be wearing wigs anyway.

But what worries me is there is more "hair product" on display on the heads of a team of male rugby players than there ever was on the heads of a women's netball team.

2 minutes ago, tonray said:

Not only that....many high end retailers are experiencing "smash and Grab" attacks by gangs of thieves over the past few months. They roll in with 5 or 10 people , clear out high end handbags/shoes/whatever and leave. Not much you can do and the police seem to arrive 5 minutes late every time.

 

It's going to mean the end of brick and mortar retailers eventually....can't violate their civil rights by stopping them either or you'll end up in court being sued for assault. Glad to be here....

I believe that California and a few other states have legalized theft of this sort by decriminalizing the purloining of other people's possessions if less than USD950.

Now that's what I call being progressive!! 

I want to know why the only language I'm aware of that has an actual noun to describe a male that sits to take a pee is German.

Sitzpinkler.

There's a reason why there is a saying "Only in America......"

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

15? you counted them? I'd guess at 100+, this is part of the Pratumnak forest probably the only park tree area for miles around

I stand corrected.

One hundred (approximately) straggly trees doth not maketh a forest (or even a jungle), it maketh firewood in the wild.

<deleted>. So where else can I buy an overpriced Lolek?

Edit:  the <deleted> above is the English colloquialism bug-ger.  Hardly a profanity I would have thought.