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A 'fantastic light show' indicates that the debris burnt up in the atmosphere, which is the design intention of Spacex/NASA/ESA etc space hardware. Low melting point aluminium construction is used wherever possible. China is doing some wonderful things with their space program but designing for unplanned (and planned) re-entry into the atmosphere doesn't seem to be on their list of requirements... (I worked as a satellite and space flight hardware designer for many years!)

Haha! Off-topic, but that happened to me about 15 years ago. I was living with a Thai woman in Silom. I went out to work and returned in the evening to find my apartment cleared out completely! Even my very heavy running machine was gone.... (it would have taken at least 2 strong men to lift it into a truck). Of course, the very competent building management saw nothing! ????

Yep, that's what she says while she waits for her brother and 'friends' to arrive on koh Changy Changy.. You do have good medical insurance don't you?

Why are they warning us? It's not as if you can do anything if 1 ton of space junk hurtles down at you from space. Which way to run? ???? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/1954-extraterrestrial-bruiser-shocked-alabama-woman-180973646/

She was made of latex, no blowing required! ????

Sarcasm, sarcasm...... It must be at least $5......

Er.. too much information there I think! ????

Maybe the old guy fell asleep because he wasn't interested in ladyboys..... ????

Your risk is almost zero if you hold your crypto in a 'cold wallet'. Why on earth anyone leaves their crypto in a hot wallet or on the exchange is beyond me. I hold all my crypto (that's about $3 worth nowadays!) in my cold wallet aka a piece of paper with the private keys, backed up online in a truecrypt-encrypted email .

I'm confused by the OP and picture. What message is that picture meant to convey?

Indeed, 'gallows humour'. But actually they did need the bed! Because she had infectious TB, she had to stay in a private room with a positive air pressure system, which would normally be used for seriously-ill Covid patients. After she died, she was on the way to the temple in about 15 minutes. Thanks for your thoughts. She was like my own daughter, and one usually expects to pass on before your offspring.

[quote] 1000 baht per month for grain free food for dogs [/quote] You eat dog food?! ????

[quote] You live so long in Thailand, and you don't know how the 24K gold chains are locked, and how weak that lock is? [/quote] Lol, I have never owned a gold chain in my life, whether in the UK or Thailand! If I did, I wouldn't be so stupid to wear it at night-time in an area well-known for petty theft.

I need to buy some 1 metre lengths of 2x4 inch wood (to mount my radio antennas on my new condo patio). Can anyone suggest such a shop, perhaps on/near Sukhumvit Road? I'm located a few hundred metres from Tuk-Com. Thanks.

I've posted this question in this local forum, as opposed to the gardening sub-forum, since it's asking about a specific region (Pattaya). The question is self-explanatory ???? Has anyone seen these kinds of plants on sale in Pattaya? Thanks.

Concerned about the PM2.5 air quality, and the lack of online data for my location (the websites simply interpolate data from 2 distant monitors in other cities), I bought a monitor off Aliexpress. Well, the unit switches on, displays a PM2.5 value, and that value increases as the smoke density rises. But the values seem completely at odds with the online interpolated data. In my garden, the normal reading is about 20, which I refuse to believe as correct, (Phuket has very clean air and typically has a value of about 50 - I live in the hills with local scrub burning at times). Online data suggests about 70. If I walk past a dusty building site, the value rises to about 55. The monitor is made by a Chinese company called 'Total B0ll0x Factory #5'. Can anyone recommend an accurate air quality monitor that I can buy from Aliexpress (not Lazada - I live in Laos)?