Thomas_Merton

geez t.m.  whats with the nationalistic thing??

btw for all concerned i found a good cite:

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Just keeping a few anti-s posters on their toes.

The All Blacks were magnificant.

Although Kelleher did make the mistake of the season, failing to pass outside.

Jack and Carter were perfection.

Wales were just second best in all departments.

Well done.

Four pages of a thread about the greatest moments in sporting history, and not a SINGLE mention of Muhammad Ali yet?

Shame on you guys.

The Rumble in the Jungle versus Joe Frazier . . . . . A sporting event that surpasses sport and has since been immortalised in both a classic book (by Norman Mailer) and a movie.

Ali was (and remains) more than a great athlete.  He is iconic in a way that no sportsman ever will be again.

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Boxing has never been one of my favourite sports.

Give me Rugby, Cricket and soccer, most days.

In for those sports their are many contenders: any victory by the Welsh superstars of the 70's rugby team - Lion's victories over the All Blacks; (as mentioned earlier) Colin Cowdrie's unbelievably brave innings with an arm in plaster against the world's two fastest bowlers; any time Everton has won the Championship or the FA Cup (I've got a good memory).

But there has never been -nor I am certain will ever be - a sporting event, and a victory, that can compare with The Rumble in the Jungle.

For those of us alive at the time in was a truly magnificent spectacle.

Thank God it has been "immortalised in both a classic book (by Norman Mailer) and a movie"

For those of you who have never seen it, try and get hold of the movie, or read the book.

I am sure you will agree, without doubt, The Rumble in the Jungle captures the greatest event in sporting history.

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Some news reports (unconfirmed) coming from the US today suggest Ali is very ill, unable to talk and has only a few months to live.

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You know, Croc, this news has actually made me cry.

He is, and always will be the Greatest.

Why can't young Muslims aspire to be like him?

I've just gotta say, the posters on this board posting about Buddhism seem to write quite long posts. Back the the time of the Buddha, I'd suspect that most people couldn't read anything so they probably just listened. Maybe they didn't have a written language back then. I just don't know. Did the Buddha even read? He probably just thought and hungry writers wrote what he said. Whatever the case, is it really necessary to spend so much time reading about Buddhism? Can't it be learned by living or just thinking? Please don't look down on me because I don't enjoy writing or reading. I just think that today there are thousands of people creating masses of stuff burying the simple message of the Buddha(whatever it was) Can we actually be better Buddhists in today's world than a person was 300 years ago?

Okay that was a messy post. Anyone got a short answer?

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The short answer and the long answer is - NO.

Just look into the Buddah's face every day.

Four pages of a thread about the greatest moments in sporting history, and not a SINGLE mention of Muhammad Ali yet?

Shame on you guys.

The Rumble in the Jungle versus Joe Frazier . . . . . A sporting event that surpasses sport and has since been immortalised in both a classic book (by Norman Mailer) and a movie.

Ali was (and remains) more than a great athlete.  He is iconic in a way that no sportsman ever will be again.

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Boxing has never been one of my favourite sports.

Give me Rugby, Cricket and soccer, most days.

In for those sports their are many contenders: any victory by the Welsh superstars of the 70's rugby team - Lion's victories over the All Blacks; (as mentioned earlier) Colin Cowdrie's unbelievably brave innings with an arm in plaster against the world's two fastest bowlers; any time Everton has won the Championship or the FA Cup (I've got a good memory).

But there has never been -nor I am certain will ever be - a sporting event, and a victory, that can compare with The Rumble in the Jungle.

For those of us alive at the time in was a truly magnificent spectacle.

Thank God it has been "immortalised in both a classic book (by Norman Mailer) and a movie"

For those of you who have never seen it, try and get hold of the movie, or read the book.

I am sure you will agree, without doubt, The Rumble in the Jungle captures the greatest event in sporting history.

I currently subscribe to Sky and my wife has just come to join me in the UK from Thailand. I notice that Sky transmit many chanels in foreign languages but I am unable to find a Thai Language Channel. Could you please tell me as to wether Sky intends to broadcast Thai TV in the future or if indeed I can already recieve it through my digital box.

I hope you all didn't just cut and paste, as the spelling mistakes are a dead give away for an organised assault.

Kaspersky may be a fine anti-virus program.

But have you ever tried to uninstall, and then install another anti-virus program?

Kaspersky messes with your registry and more, which it does not clean-up after proper uninstallation, continuing to give a signal to other anti-virus programs that an anti-virus program is still running and therefore prevents their installation.

After many hours and much searching I eventually found an extra routine on the net, that could successfully remove this pestilence.

If you notice a disagreement between the time on your own computer and the time reporting your postings - this is how you can adjust Thaivisa:

1. Click on My Controls

2. Click on Board Settings

3. Make sure you are in the correct base time zone

4. (If you are from the UK) There is no hack against Is daylight saving time in effect?

..respectfully request that the minimum number of posts to gain entrance to Bedlam be changed to however many posts I have currently.

I am getting tired of commenting on things that I could care less about just to get into Bedlam at some time far in the future. 

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Ah, HA! I thought so! I have a new request: to raise the Bedlam qualification level:

Either:

1. do not count any posts made in "Word Association", "What music are you listening to now" and similar threads

or

2. count the number of words actually typed - not those quoted - and set the qualifaction level at a particular number

or

3. a combination of 1. or 2. or both.

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I've been thinking there ought to be two new Private forums:

The first, for those over 2,000 postings, called "purgatory";

The second, for those over 5,000 postings, called "he££", where we can all look forward to getting our just rewards with together with Boon Mee, George and the good doctor.

I think posters choice is fine, I like them big, my computer loads them up quick enough and I like the 'impact' of it.  If its several photos in one post then thumbnails seem the sensible option but Kan Win posts great fun photos and I for one like the life he often gives to a thread.

I know TM has a concern over bandwidth, but thats not a concern of mine and I don't see why it should be anyones except George's.

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It's not so much from Thaivisa's end there is a problem.

Usually I am on a 2MB broadband line so I normally don't have any problems at all.

But earlier, today I accessed Thaivisa via a dial-up using a 56K modem. Jockstar's otherwise excellent wedding photographs took over five mins to load.

This is where the bandwidth problem is, with the members who only have dial-up connections.

I am posting this quiz on behalf of Kan Win.

I have strong views as to which method I choose, however I will not give them here, in the hope others will argue the pluses and minuses for their choice.

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I need some advice I now shall be using this way to post my images but could help me.

The picture below I'd like to use as my signature but when I put the url in the signature box it just says the url but when I put the url in a post it show the picture. Any ideas as to where i'm going wrong?

heres the pic, thanks for your help 

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You are, technically doing nothing wrong - it is just that Thaivisa does not allow this.

On other forums this may work, but Thaivisa only allows short phrases in the signature - NO pictures and NO links.

...posting a full size image often distorts the display of Thaivisa and all subsequent postings on that "page"...

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I know what you mean - I usually resize down to 640x480 and reduce the quality so the file is no more than 60 to 80 Kbytes.

...fine photographer, Kan Win, posts images of such a size, text in postings - and particularly the advertisements - are forced off my screen.

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Another way to get the adverts off your screen is to use Firefox browser with the "Adblocker" extension.

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Had "Adblocker" running, but had never set it up. Have done now.

It really does make a lot of difference.

What does George say?

My Retirement Visa has finally been granted and I will arrive soon. I haven't decided where to live and may have a look at the usual suspects once again before I settle. I mean Bangkok, Phuket, Chang Mai and Pattaya; all of which I have visited on holiday.

The existence of Expat Clubs appeals to me as I like to be sociable and will probably need lots of advice and support from people already established in LOS.

One of my  hobbies is leisure cycling and I am wondering whether to bring one of my much loved bikes with me.

The questions that need answering are: Q1. are any of the places I mentioned as a base actually suitable for cycling?  Q2.  Do any leisure cycling groups exist and meet regularly?  Q3.  Would it be sensible to bring a valuable (worth 140,000 baht) bike with me or should I just buy a cheap MTB locally?  Q4.  Are there any cyclists out there who want to pm me?

(Yes. I am English, its yet another English vice; wearing trouser clips and loving bicycles. Lycra wearers are a different type of rider called 'roadies'.  I imagine this post will cause puzzlement in the minds of people from certain countries).

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In the places you mentioned, there maybe cycle clubs, but I have never had the impression, cycling has any positive support from farangs.

However I do know there is quite a lot of cycling around the old capitol of Sukkothai. Surrounding some of the ancient sites are many bicycle shops where you can hire bikes. We actually bought three bikes, from one of these shops, for about 900 bhat for the three - strong and sturdy for the rough roads.

I couldn't recommend you coming with an expensive bike - or anything else expensive - there are many advantages in not advertising your wealth too much.

Testing, testing.......

Hmm, but you can't see it in the "Preview Post" page. And you can't make it big, like this:

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When you click on the reduced image you can.

Plus posting a full size image often distorts the display of Thaivisa and all subsequent postings on that "page", especially as the poster has no knowledge of the individual screen resolutions and sizes of members (I should have phrased this a little better) screens.

This was not too bad with your example, but often, that fine photographer, Kan Win, posts images of such a size, text in postings - and particularly the advertisements - are forced off my screen.

But why do you ignore the way I have written about at least three times in this forum?

The way that is available through Thaivisa's own software:

Using Add This Attachment (look at the bottom of the edit window - scroll if necessary - below the Post Icon Smilies).

1. Click on the Browse...button to select the image on you hard drive

2. Click on Add This Attachment

3. When the edit page has reloaded, place your curser where you want the picture to appear, click on Add into Post

The picture appears reduced in size (but expandable on clicking), thus saving even more bandwidth and the need to involve a third company.

I've always thought, despite not being homosexual, that these lines have a rich poignant, vital, humour that has unfortunately disappeared since the advent of AIDS.

The Boys in the Band (1970)

Michael: What's so fukcing funny?

Harold: Life. Life's a goddamn laugh riot.

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Harold: Who is she? Who was she? Who does she hope to be?

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Michael: What is he - a psychiatrist or a hairdresser?

Donald: Actually he's both. He shrinks my head and then combs me out.

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Donald: Thanks to the silver screen your neurosis has got style.

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Michael: Believe it or not, there was a time in my life when I didn't go around announcing I was a faggot.

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Emory: Who do you have to fukc to get a drink around here?

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Michael: It's not always the way it is in plays. Not all faggots bump themselves off at the end of the story!

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[Looking in the mirror]

Michael: There's one thing to be said about masturbation: you certainly don't have to look your best.

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Michael: [sings] "Forget your troubles, c'mon get happy! You better chase all your cares away!" What's more boring than a queen doing a Judy Garland imitation?

Donald: A queen doing a Bette Davis imitation.

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Michael: Donald, you are a real card carrying kunt.

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Cowboy: I lost my grip doing my chin ups and fell on my heels and twisted my back.

Emory: You shouldn't wear heels when you do chin ups!

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Emory: Ooh, I'd love to meet him. Or her. I have such a problem with pronouns.

Alan: How many S's are in the word pronoun?

Emory: How'd you like to kiss my ass? That's got two S's in it.

Alan: How would you like to blow me?

Emory: What's the matter, you're wife got lockjaw?

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[To the Cowboy, Harold's "gift"]

Hank: Would you mind waiting over there with the gifts?

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Michael: You're stoned and you're late. You were supposed to arrive at this location at eight thirty dash nine o'clock.

Harold: What I am Michael is a 32 year-old, ugly, pock marked Jew fairy, and if it takes me a little while to pull myself together, and if I smoke a little grass before I get up the nerve to show my face to the world, it's nobody's god damned business but my own. And how are you this evening?

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Harold: You're lips are turning blue. You look like you've been rimming a snowman.

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Harold: I keep my grass in the medicine cabinet in the Band Aid box. Somebody told me it's the safest place. If the cops arrive, you can always lock yourself in the bathroom and flush it down the john.

Hank: Very cagey.

Harold: Makes more sense to where I was keeping it: in the oregano jar in the spice rack. I kept forgetting it and accidentally turning my hateful mother on with a salad. But I think she liked it. No matter what meal she comes over for, even if it was breakfast, she says

[in his mother's voice]

Harold: "Let's have a salad!"

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Harold: How's the bathroom smell?

Michael: Before it smelled like someone puked. Now it smells like someone puked in a gardenia patch.

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Harold: You're a sad and pathetic man. You're a homosexual and you don't want to be, but there's nothing you can do to change it. Not all the prayers to you god, not all the analysis you can buy in all the years you've go left to live. You may one day be able to know a heterosexual life if you want it desperately enough. If you pursue it with the fervor with which you annihilate. But you'll always be homosexual as well. Always Michael. Always. Until the day you die

From another thread.

This is a guide to posting images on the forum that you find elsewhere on the web.

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...and why do you ignore Jai Dee's correct description of what one should do on Thaivisa (see posting #16)?

Well looking at his body of work as a director I'll let the masses decide if legendary is a title we should bestow on Mr. Polanski. 

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Call him what you like.

How many films have you made in your life?

Written anything?

Produced anything at all, that will be remembered when you are pushing up daisies?

Most of us don't.

So what do we know about the trials and tribulations of being creative - and that's not saying anything about the effects of having your wife and child slaughtered in one of the most horrendous murders in the history of the USA?

I've carried my passport for over three years. Never lost it once. Ditto my wallet. What do you guys get up to that creates such a risk of losing your belongings?

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Me ditto - but I'm talking over 30 years and just as many countries.

I've always thought losing your passport is just like losing your wallet - it's something you only ever do once.

(I'm crossing fingers and touching wood here) Fortunately, neither has ever happened to me, yet.

I often wonder, whenever the "p" word turns on Thaivisa, obviously unfairly, how many of those members who vociferously condemn Roman Polanski (whose offence appears to be relatively mild in the vast catalogue of paedophilic horrors) or any other alleged offenders - how many of these members are suppressing the fact they themselves have i.e. abandoned their own children in Thailand or their homeland.

How many of these members give voice when they hear of:

• The abuse of growing up in poverty

• The economic abuse of children (either in the workplace or by the advertising industry)

• The psychological abuse of children

• The physical abuse of children

• The educational abuse of children

• The abuse of abandonment

• The abuse of being unwanted

• The abuse of being unloved

• The abuse of the unborn child

Compared with the above, Roman Polanski, although perhaps breaking laws and traditions, has more than compensated for this fact by his excellent rendition of Charles Dickens masterpiece on the evils suffered by children in Britain in the 19th century.

Evils that are far from eradicated, especially in this part of the world.

16.10.05

SYDNEY- The Kiwis scored one of the biggest boilovers in the history New Zealand rugby league with an amazing 38-28 win over Australia in a see-sawing opening Tri-Nations clash at Telstra Stadium last night.

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Congratulations again to the real World Champions.

I wonder if contributors to this thread would like to consider the following questions:

Does a man’s sexuality define his character? Or is it the opposite; his character defines his sexuality?

Or maybe his sexuality and his general character exist on two separate planes - independent of each other?

Perhaps we should also consider our own situation, when answering these questions.

I've seen large thumbnails here, how is that done?

Without using photobucket.com ?

edit : can't spell "thumbnails" 

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When replying to a topic, if you scroll down to the section under the Post Icons, you'll see File Attachments.

If you click the Browse button, you can select an image file from your local hard disk, Add This Attachment, wait for it to load, then click somewhere in your post to locate the blinking cursor, then Add Into Post.

You'll get a little [attachmentid=xxx] message, then Add Reply as usual.

Like this.

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This IMO is the best way to post a picture in Thaivisa forum:

- it saves bandwidth

- it loads the photograph relatively quickly even if you have a slow connection

- it shows a thumbnail which gives you the choice; be satisfied with the thumbnail or click on the thumbnail and see the picture at its original size and resolution.

- it retains a uniform size to the Thaivisa forum page on your computer.

Uploading large, high resolution photographs as some of the other methods allow (Kan Win and Jockstar), slow down considerably the loading of pages and often distorts the picture of the forum page, and all following pages on that screen, so that the image expands beyond the limits of the physical screen on your computer - it doesn't look professional.

(who is, alas, the very definition of a has-been, which is one of two reasons he may be hanging around the Bangkok Film Festival). 

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While I would not wish to argue about the rest of your post and certainly everyone is enttitled to an opinion I think that "has-been" might be a tad off the mark.

Certainly he rose to the heights quickly. his first film being reagrdsed by may as one of the best ever made. Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby feature on many such lists as well.

On "leaving" Hollywood his stock diid drop quite dramatically perhaps not all due to his filmwork.

However the fact that he won the Oscar for Best Director in 2003 in a country in which there is still an open warrant out for his arrest, would suggest that he is far from being the poster boy for "has-been" as suggested and that he still has something to offer the film world.

Hey but what do I know I haven't been to a movie in 5 years

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...and yet you seem to know more than most of the posters in this thread.

Good posting.