AverageAussie

TikTok is spying on users in the west? If I had an account, I guess I should delete that app and install something else in my Chinese-made phone. They won't be able to track me driving my Chinese-made car with the built-in Chinese-made GPS to my local Chinese-owned eatery. BTW Here is an interesting comparison between social media in the US and what is their equivalent in China. For those that are time poor, the algorithm for the US version delivers funny dancing teenagers & stupid pranks to most feeds. Basically dumbing down the population. It's different in China. Much more regulated & censored. Examples of academic & business success seems to rank much higher in the algorithm.

Johnny goes to confessional. "Bless me father, for I have sinned. I have been with a loose girl" he says. The priest ask: "Is that you Johnny?" "Yes, father" he replies. "And who was the girl you were with?" "I can’t tell you, Father. I don’t want to ruin her reputation." "Well, Johnny, I’m sure to find out her name sooner or later so you may as well tell me now." "No, I will not" "Was it Tina Minetti?" "I cannot say." "Was it Teresa Mazzarelli?" "I’ll never tell." "Was it Nina Capelli?" "I’m sorry, but I cannot name her." "Was it Cathy Piriano?" "My lips are sealed." "Was it Rosa DiAngelo, then?" "Please, Father, I cannot tell you." The priest sighs in frustration. "You’re very tight lipped, and I admire that. But you’ve sinned and have to atone. You cannot be an altar boy now for 4 months. Now you go and behave yourself." Johnny walks back to his pew, and his friend Franco slides over and whispers: "What’d you get?" Johnny replies: "Four months’ vacation and five good leads …"

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Just checking if you're still alive?

What, and NEVER get the job finished?

@scubascuba3 I prefer your second suggestion. I know what #1 can be like.

@roo860 Thanks for the better quality video. It still has the VVS but that's something that can never be undone.

FWIW - I agree that both at fault for the initial accident and that's no way for MC rider to respond. I hope that some justice follows. My pet hate however are screen captures of a monitor in landscape mode, taken in vertical mode and then adapted for news media in landscape mode - which we're expected to watch on a handheld device no more than about 6" across.

Sorry Bob. I need to disagree with you on this one. You've admitted that you are one of the ones that has fed/ feeds them (apparently on multiple instances). That makes you the problem. There are very good reasons that this is an illegal practice or at the very least discouraged in many provinces. For all your good intentions, those meals can cause more long-term & hidden harm to the monkeys than a single slingshot to the butt ever will.

Not going to get into an extended & futile debate about that. There's good & bad everywhere and obviously there are some expats around that seen their project completed in a timely manner and up to expectations. I've been there too; got an excellent builder with pride in their work. But it was a long time ago & he's been whisked off to the US with his partner - so no longer even in the country. Was I lucky and picked the only one ever?

I've got a project in the pipeline for renovation in the Jomtien area - to start in a few months. At this stage I need some recommendations for a trustworthy & reliable builder with a track record locally. It's not a complete strip-out & rebuild; rather a refurbishment of a bathroom and some other minor maintenance & install of fittings in the remainder of this 2 B/R unit. Quality, reliability & professionalism is more important to me than the price, but that said I do have a budget and it's not unlimited. I'd like to see some completed (or near-completed) projects and talk to those owners.