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5 years ago, maybe employed in country. We had some amazing welders, doing gorgeous work offshore and onshore with our fabrication work. But with the exit of Chevron and all the platforms that shut down because of the drop in oil price from $100 a barrel, there's a lot of excellent welders available. Gotta say, though... I'm not sure that 2560 baht a day to work offshore will be drawing them in. There may be other perks on offer, but it doesn't sound like it. Sounds like someone's trying to exploit cheap workers. And that rarely goes well with high pressure piping.

A month ago, there was no way the MSM would be discussing Biden's mental competence. Today, they are. There's been a sea change. Biden's getting thrown under the bus. But that leaves the Kamala problem.

With a post count of 2, I figured maybe he was like the noobs that want to import their car from back home, until they find out it's almost impossible. Newbie exuberance... Not Thailand, I know, but I still remember some buddies back home who would swap out their engines every year because the fun one wouldn't pass inspection for reasons of S/N matching or emissions (depending on which state). They were serious gearheads. As cheap as it is to have scooters worked on in Thailand, I can see where that may be an option... In any case, I hope he gets his problem sorted and posts back how he did it. Or couldn't do it. Good info, either way.

My apologies. Where I come from, "scooter" is even used to describe bikes with 454 Chevy engines. It's a term of endearment, not of description.

There's no clean way out of the Kamala problem without someone getting butthurt. Or handing the election over to Team Evil. They just need to figure out how to relieve the pain. The political equivalent of Preparation H.

I hope the OP will post back if/when he gets it figured out. I don't claim to be an expert, but I think he's be better off buying a "rolling chassis" that already runs and register it in his name that way. Then swap out the engine and Bob's your uncle. Of course, that means buying a functional scooter, but there's tons of those with clapped out engines that are cheap like a rolling chassis. By the time he has to register/inspect it again in a year, he'll have buddies that can grease those skids. If that's even an issue. I used to pay a co-worker's husband to go to the DLT for me once a year, because he knew the ropes and so I didn't need to.

America's been buying knives to arm and send the Ukes into a gunfight. With the warmongering politicians willing to keep funding the war, to the last Ukrainian. Here's the battle map (CNN, I think) from last February. A year ago. I challenge anyone to come in and say the gains the Ukes have made are worth the thousands and thousands of Ukrainian lives and the $$$ billions and billions. It's time for the killing to stop and the rebuilding to begin. https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-2-5-23-intl/index.html

Or they replace her with someone that ticks the same boxes.

She's actually the odds on favorite of the Deep State Swamp, globalists and warmongers, once they get rid of Trump through lawfare. DeSantis may debate like a plank of wood, but I like what he's done in Florida. He just needs likeability coaching.

And they'll still count on the US taxpayer to subsidize their refusal to pay the agreed 2% of GDP. For defending their backyard, 3000 miles away from US shores.

That's what the original article's translation suggests. Kinda curious how Mr. Daniel is going to spin the yarn when he gets home.

Yeah, I changed my post to "replace" instead of fix. Microwaves nowadays are so cheap. And if you did fix it, you would still have the one on the inventory list when you leave. In my apartment in Bangkok, I had great luck with the landlord taking care of all the stuff that belonged to them. They never batted an eye when I reported something out of order. They fixed both A/C's and replaced a refrigerator during my tenure, along with a shower water heater. I lived in my apartment for 5+ years. In fact, after I had my bypass, they even offered to move me to the ground floor for free so I wouldn't have to climb to the 5th floor. But I wanted the exercise. Not all Thai landlords are bad... But your mileage may vary depending on your situation. Edit: As I recall, most of the leases I've had over the years specify an amount that would have to be paid by me before they'd start paying for repairs. Usually around $50 and mostly so tenants aren't pestering them every day for light bulbs and other piddly stuff. (And so tenants don't deliberately break stuff to get a new one) But I don't recall if that was in my Bangkok lease. You may want to check yours.

Even if you do pay to have it replaced, discuss it with the landlord first. Otherwise you may get a double whammy when they charge you for the binned microwave when you leave. But I wouldn't get too upset about forking over $100 or so for a new microwave if it comes to that. Life's too short to waste it on stress.

If we're to believe the newly released report from the Heartland Institute, he may be right.

Leaving aside all the judgment on skills and smarts, this case is yet another data point. Had the guy been driving 4 wheels and 2 tons of steel, he'd be looking at repair costs and and maybe some formalities. Instead, his life will never be the same.

I don't recall her expressing an interest. You may want to slow down a little and actually read your posts before you hit the SUBMIT button. You missed a few words.

Interesting that this pops up right after Carlson's meeting with Putin, a few months after he interviewed Assange in Belmarsh, and when Crowdstrike and the Seth Rich murder and laptop are back in the news. But you won't find them in the "acceptable sources".

It could have something to do with the hundreds of millions of hits he's gotten, and will continue to get on X and his website.

And that, he did during the interview. For the most part. Unlike the MSM knobs that try to steer their interviewee into some type of a trap. But free speech allows him to offer his opinion after the interview. Which opinion is probably based on some intangibles that were not evident during the recorded interview.

4% of the world's population and 50% of the deaths. Why would anyone listen to the CDC's guidance? Edit: Let me propose an answer to my own question there... Could it be because it's the most lucrative market for Big Pharma?

I'm more curious whether it was really a lady.

Whichever way it happens, it won't be Dem voters that decide. It'll be the DNC elite. To protect democracy.

How did Biden and the geniuses at the DNC not see this coming, almost 4 years ago?

They may want to dust the back of his shirt for fingerprints.

I'd pay cash money for a ticket to see him debate Vivek.