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6 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Since Trump never reads, absolutely refuses to read, is not particularly intelligent, is semi senile, and has absolutely no grasp of the issues, Biden should have no problem whipping his butt. Miley Cyrus could whip his butt in a debate, so bring it on baby. 

Biden may be able to hold his own in a debate about ice cream, but he's well and truly screwed if they ask him about inflation, the border, the cost of housing and health care for "newcomers", multiple wars on his watch, Israel (or Palestine- he loses on both), Afghanistan, the Biden family business, mortgage rates and home affordability, the cost of gas, credit card debt (or national debt), or cannibals.

I'd spray the whole thing down with WD40 before I'd condemn an AC unit for making noise or for stiff louvers.

Ideally, clean out the inevitable collection of dust bunnies and mung, then spray down the moving parts and give it another try.

BTW, mung is a technical term for dust and stuff.  Chogies is the scientific term for when the mung clumps up into big wads. The wads of congealed mung are called chogies.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Maybe that's your answer... price?

Too low or too high?  I can see where there would be limited demand at $140 per R/T if you exclude tourists, especially foreign tourists.  Most locals would take the train or a bus and lose the day.

But a 180 seat aircraft 80% full of $70 per leg passengers is barely $10K USD.  And from that, they have to pay fuel, pilots and flight cutie salaries, airport fees, depreciation, maintenance, ground crew, and on and on.  I can't even imagine putting a $30 million (Guessing...) asset into the air for $10K a throw.  But I know it's done all over.

I suspect the route is one of those that's going to be hard to operate profitably unless tourism comes back screaming, which means cutting the bad (h)air days in CR.

26 minutes ago, tjintx said:

 

I've never seen the bright green-neon-glow-in-the-dark relish anywhere outside of a Chicago hotdog restaurant, either.   Also, has to have celery salt.

The neon green relish is made by the Chicago Pickle Company.   Chipico.

1 hour ago, CharlieH said:

Worth mentioning, and something for consideration, your visa status is also impacted by the death if you have a visa extension based on marriage, that will need to be addressed you have until the expiry date on your visa to make alternate arrangements.

Not meaning to be morbid, but when does that 7 day clock start?  Is it upon declaration of death, after the funeral, or exactly what triggers the clock?

While it is legal by treaty (and I used my Thai license when I became a Covid refugee in Texas), be aware that a lot of cops don't know the rules. 

I'd suggest downloading and printing an authoritative looking summary from a US gub'ment or other website to show any cop that may pull you over.  In fairness to the cops, they may wonder why a US citizen would have a foreign license (too many DUI's back home?  Is it real?, etc.)  On the flipside, there are cops that are just itching to give people tickets for technical fouls, like an old address on your US license.  (Been there, done that)  Best to be as ready as you can be, especially as easy as it is to make a printout.

In my case (speaking of not knowing the laws), the Texas DMV lady made me surrender my Thai license when she issued my Texas DL.  She said I wasn't allowed to have 2 valid licenses at the same time.  I would have fought it, but my Thai DL had just a few months left on it and I didn't expect to ever use it again.

3 non-stops a day from Moscow.

Wouldn't that be a kick in the nuts?

I'm a little confused... 

The OP states he fell off (sp) a motorcycle taxi, dropped his goodies and that caused a crash.  Was it the motorcycle taxi that ran over his stuff and crashed?  Or another scooter?

4 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

I noticed that just about 50 km north of Chumporn, the beaches start improving and the communities start getting nicer. In my opinion Chumporn is one of the ugliest cities in Thailand, completely devoid of charm. 

How is the train service down that coast?  Looks like it only stops in Hua Hin and Chumphon, and not in between?

1 hour ago, Red Phoenix said:

15 out of 51 people (29.4%) with no vaccination and 528 out of 1185 participants (44.6%) who received at least one dose of any vaccine had long long- COVID symptoms (p = 0.032).

 

Conclusions: In people who have already contracted COVID-19 and now suffer from long-COVID, receiving a COVID vaccination has a significant association with prolonged symptoms of long-COVID for more than one year after the initial infection. However, vaccines reduce the risk of severe COVID-19 (including reinfections) and its catastrophic consequences (e.g., death). Therefore, it is strongly recommended that all people, even those with a history of COVID-19, receive vaccines to protect themselves against this fatal viral infection.

 

Their recommendation flies in the face of their actual data...

That's not a study.  That's an ad.

To support that conclusion and that recommendation, they'd have had to include the data.  Which they didn't.

Also interesting that 43.9% of the people they "studied" claimed long Covid symptoms.  Does that mean 43.9% of the population, or did they selectively call only people who had long Covid symptoms at some time?  Because the difference between 29.4% and 44.6% is huge when it comes to debilitating side effects.

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I actually got the idea for lettuce on a hot dog from a Japanese movie. I just haven't got around to doing it before, but I'm inspired to now. I don't make my own burgers, but hot dogs are easy, and a pack lasts a while in the freezer.

Burgers are another quick and easy go-to when I want fast food at home.  Not as quick as hot dogs, since I fry the burgers so they take 5 minutes or so.  I buy ground pork, squash it into patties and freeze them individually in plastic bags.  Before prices exploded, I used beef.  Nowadays...  Pork.  I make up a kilogram or 2 at a time and they freeze great.

Back home, they sell patty makers on Amazon and EBay for a few $$$.  I never looked on Lazada.

On the kosher dill pickles, I don't know what makes them "kosher".  Just that you have to buy them in the refrigerated section and they need to be kept cold.  Easy enough to make your own with recipes on the interwebs.  It's personal preference, but I like them much better than the typical Russkie dills available in Asia (Thailand and China).

5 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Thanks for the suggestions. I normally just go for the mayo, mustard ketchup, but sweet relish sound interesting, and I'm all in for sweet pickles ( as long as you mean a gherkin ).

A typical Chicago dog includes a slice of dill pickle, but it's a fresh kosher dill pickle, not as strong flavor as a normal dill pickle that comes in a jar that lasts forever.  We also called them pickle barrel pickles, and you can make them yourself.  If you haven't yet, try a sport pepper, or a pepperoncini, easily available in Asia.

I'll have to try the lettuce...  Never had it on a dog.  That's usually a burger thing back home.

24 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I love hot dogs, always have, always will.

The best thing about hot dogs at home is that I can go from hangry to full in just a few minutes.  And if I do my normal (mustard, sweet relish, onion, tomato, celery salt, and a pickle wedge), I get most of the food groups, plus a few that probably aren't that good for me. 

Pop the dog into the nuke while cutting the veggies and slathering on the condiments...

My favorites away from home are Chicago dogs (with sport peppers and that fluorescent green Chipico relish), and New York dogs with that nasty looking onion sauce that tastes so good.