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Personally, I think a 6 month warranty is adequate. It covers factory defects. Past 6 month, it's "wear and tear". Which is not really a warranty as much as an extended service contract, for which I'm probably paying more. And under which my "warranty" claim is probably going to be denied anyway, because the failure was due to wear and tear. Especially on electric tools. Still, I remember wailing on my Craftsman screwdrivers with a hammer, then tossing them into a pile to take back to Sears every 6 months or so to get new ones. Those were the good old days.

FWIW: OSUKA Quality Hand Tools Easy to use Cost-effective, 6-month warranty. https://www.hardman.co.th/

If it's a model available in Thailand, have the battery replaced. One of the great things about Thailand is how cheap and easy it is to get someone to crack open a smartphone, tablet or laptop and do repairs and battery replacements. Even if it's not a model available in Thailand, they may have a battery for it. One of my problems is that I sweat so much that sweaty pocket lint gets into my Micro or USB-C socket and corrodes the terminals. In the USA, that's end of life because it's too expensive to crack them open. In Thailand, eezy peezy. And cheap. If your new battery drains quickly, check the battery settings to see what apps are draining it. May be some apps related to location in Thailand. Are you using Grindr more here in LOS?

Yup. Their toughest decision will be "where to spend the surplus?"

For example... Here's what I will say. I don't know a single insured traveler who doesn't violate the terms of their policy. Though they may not realize it.

There's a great piece on MSNBC (Morning Joe, of all places) where Danny Cevallos breaks down just how much "due process" illegals are entitled to. Spoiler alert: It's generally less than the lefties think, and it's by law passed by congress. I found it on an "unapproved source", but it's available on MSDNC Morning Joe. It's apparently blocked here in China. But I'm sure you can find it. Here's a quote: “Just because it isn’t used very often doesn’t mean it’s not a part of federal law that can be used, and it will be used because it’s permitted under federal law,” Cevallos urged. He continued, “The Congress, in its infinite wisdom, decided that aliens who arrive at the border — and they define people who arrive at the border within two years — if they don’t have documents, if they have insufficient documents, they can be removed in an expedited fashion unless they seek asylum.”

If Lucy's hot like henryford1958 claims, I wouldn't bet against her going over the goal.

Just the ones that don't pay up. They've now been warned.

Or the OP can opt for a TV instead of a dedicated monitor. That's what I'm typing this on. It's a 40" Full HD, probably 10 years old, and cost less than a dedicated monitor 2 sizes down. It's got the video playing capabilities baked into the sauce. No box required. Just plug in a USB chip with video files on it. This particular TCL has 3 HDMI inputs and several USB inputs. I would note that my dedicated monitors only have passthrough USB ports. They don't play videos. They just allow me to plug into a PC USB port and run more than one USB device on the PC. The only reason I bought them is because they came with the cheap 2nd hand servers I bought. Of course, YMMV depending on the brand and vintage.

Perhaps, for stepping out of bounds. But he's getting ragged on here for having no insurance. And that's apparently not true.

It's a crapshoot.

He had insurance but they wont pay out due to his reckless actions. Read somewhere he went into a roped off area Therein lies the rub. I've made about half a dozen minor claims on travel insurance policies in 25 years of international travel. None of them has been approved because of the fine print, usually around page 42 of the long form policy. So I have absolutely no confidence that they'd approve a whopper of a claim.

Why? The regular taxis at the rank don't charge that. I got in one at the normal queue last month that entered my destination in Chinatown into his phone and his app showed a 789 baht fare. I told him to open the boot and let me get my luggage. He relented, but I still ended up paying 600. The meter fare is around 350 plus 75 tolls and 50 airport fee. But good luck finding one that'll do it for that. I'll pay the $5 or $10 excess just so I never risk getting taken down a dark alley and stabbed.

That's not the one with the now long dead dog is it? Poor Laika. Did he/she ever come down?

At the same time that job numbers in the private sector keep exceeding expectations. And they don't even have to be adjusted down retroactively every month.

I used to have one of those. He even gave me negative feedback for my posts in the fishing section. Back then, we could hover over an emoji and see who sent it. I miss that feature.

You had me worried there for awhile... But in fairness, the vaccine deaths are probably higher than actual polio deaths because so many people are vaccinated. If there were no polio vaccines, that ratio could be very different. I'm not claiming either way. I just don't know. And I'm still looking forward to an honest dive into the data promised by RFK Jr.

They were forced to cover it only when it came out in an official report. More like shamed into covering it...

Since when have Pentagon reporters waited for official announcements? They were curiously uncurious when the bad news was on Biden's watch. Had Trump been on office at the time, the zillions of MSM reporters assigned to cover the Pentagon would have been all over it like ducks on a junebug. I miss Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, David Brinkley and other real newsmen. Warts and all.

I'm not discussing Biden's mental state. I'm not even discussing the pier. I started this thread to discuss the MSM who didn't report on it until long after the election. Whether that was incompetence or a deliberate cover up, they deserve their extremely low public ratings. Now that there's no risk to the Biden/Harris campaign, they seem to think it's important enough to report on it. And remind me. I missed where "it's been shown not to be a cover up"? You've made that claim, but you have provided no evidence other than your assurances. The same assurances we got for years that there was no cover up of Biden's cognitive decline. People with more than half a brain didn't buy it.

Didn't I read just yesterday that Jaguar is looking for a new advertising agency after their woke rebrand went all Bud Light on them? It's in the Daily Mail and the Telegraph at least... Go woke. Go broke.

Here's a thought. Instead of throwing your toys out of the pram, why not wait to see the deals he negotiates with Canada and Mexico?

I had to look it up. She's of Lebanese decent.

Let me guess... You're probably still claiming there was no cover up of Biden's diminished capacity, either. Am I right?

If you think 900 is bad, get a load of 127,350 measles cases in Europe. And 1,506 in Canada, which has about 1/8 the US's population. European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe https://www.who.int/ Measles and Rubella Weekly Monitoring Report — Canada.ca https://health-infobase.canada.ca/