pedro01

Cliff notes anyone?

Same here - I NEVER ask for a price, I always ask for the meter.

Yeah but the open border policy can't possibly be about cut lawns, it's infuriating.

I think these people coming across the border have already been exploited by traffickers. If there was no entry allowed for them, then they wouldn't be trafficked on the way to the border. Many don't make it, many women are raped. Then when they do get in, what life is there as an undocumented immigrant? They are open to more exploitation. You can solve this 2 ways: - Just open the border and let them in legally, give them the paperwork and a path to citizenship - Close the border so that the exploitation doesn't go on The US Govt has been ignoring this issue, dropping a busload in front of the VPs error is political theater - it won't solve the issue - but it keeps it in the news. Neither party is offering any solution. Republicans want a wall, Democrats appear to want a free flow of immigrants. Either way - it needs fixing.

That's a big can of worms. I'm no legal expert - but considering all that was said on there about voting machines & Dominium, it would seem like a slam dunk having Hannity say this. But then I am sure he was well briefed before going to answer questions. But in business defamation/disparagement claims in the US, you have to prove loss of the amount you are claiming. Did Dominium really lose $1.9 Billion dollars because of these statements? I would wager not. Their machines are still being used in the US, not sure about rest of the World.

Well, they can't say it now - but I would wager nothing will change. What would be interesting would be to know how much Dominion is suing the network for. It looks like a real can of worms for Fox.

Nope. As has been mentioned by other users, wars are no longer won by superpowers. Russia wont win, much better if the military industrial complex on both sides get $$$$ from a prolonged conflict.

I am not sure I agree. Neither the US, nor Russia has won a war since WW2. I don't think the US have the teeth for anything other than a prolonged conflict with no actual result - which is what we saw in the middle east and Afghanistan. I think the only way this ends is with Putin dead or Ukraine acquiescing. I don't see US/EU or Russia winning in any conventional sense.

I am a big fan of this space age interior.

That is taking the p1ss. Tesla do similar things. In my opinion - if it's built into in the car already, you should have access to it. Let's hope hackers can free up this 'functionality'. I can see this backfiring on them, I hope it does and they backtrack. I certainly would not pay MB this money, not a chance.

I will add to that. Humans can suffer from mental illness and so can dogs. It doesn't matter how well trained your dog is, it can still suffer from mental issues and attack without warning. Dogs are NOT computers you can program, they are animals and can be as flawed as humans. It's part nature and part nurture - but you cannot nurture a flawed dog, no matter what you do. All of these dogs are an accident waiting to happen.

I am a dog owner - but I still think the soi dogs need to be culled. My dog isn't a problem to anyone else - these dogs are. It's not about feelings or if it is - it's about feelings for victims over feelings for dogs.

Still - we are where we are - it doesn't matter who is at fault, it matters who is at risk. Right now, the dogs are a risk and hence should be culled.

I did - you said "There isn't any wrong with dogs roaming, IF they are treated right and taught respect for people" That is a very big IF and it is not followed in Thailand. What we have is packs of dogs that regularly attack humans and maim children. They should be culled. The amount of stray dogs should be down to zero. They are a menace and a hygeine/disease problem.

So who is teaching the Soi Dogs not to poop in the streets and not to attack adults and children?

So soi dogs need teachers too now?

I think his musical genius is part of his mental condition too. He is bipolar, so you have to give him a break if he was having an episode at the time. It makes you do dumb <deleted>,

I don't think there's much chance of it spreading, it kills to fast. It's not good to kill your host too quickly

The population doesn't need to be lowered. We need zero soi dogs, not less of them.

Both our cars are insured for named drivers. Not sure why - but that's the best deals we could get on renewals and with the best no claims. But it's pretty cheap to add a driver.

So I got C43 just before covid hit and I've only done 26,000 km in it. It's 3 years old - usually the time to buy a new one but as covid stopped me going anywhere, it seems dub to get a new car when this still looks new. The 3 year extended warranty is $10k. It's a performance car and I would imagine a new gearbox would cost that and a new engine would be a write off. So the thought is to get the 3 year warranty for $10k, then sell it when there's 6 months warranty left. It seems expensive but the repair costs would be high till it's an "older benz" where it could be taken to one of the unofficial repair shops. The choice is warranty or not - I am not getting rid of it as it's still a great car, What would you do?