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18 hours ago, chrisinth said:

Then you obviously never saw CNN presentation during Desert Storm. That went further than propaganda though, as they were transmitting live to strikes taking off for missions against Iraqi forces being watched live in Baghdad as well as in the western world. That BS is what made CNN.

 

Or the embedded media for the second one going into Iraq. That is how propaganda backfires; underestimating the enemy thinking the war is over after mass troop movements finish, not believing urban & guerrilla warfare would follow.

 

Oh believe me saw it and couldn't watch CNN anymore. Switched to another network.

Maybe the girls should dress like they.did over.one hundred years ago. No tops

6 hours ago, 55Jay said:

Suzuki GS1100 when I was 14~15 years old.  It weighed more than I did. By a lot.                                                                                                                                60 mph in 1st gear, tears flowing out of my eyes, I managed to get this beautiful beast turned around and back to where I started.  Haven't ridden anything that powerful since.  Just not interested.  But.  No doubt. THAT was the most exciting, and petrifying, motorcycle ride I've ever taken.

I had one too the GS1100EX. It was Damm Fast.  use to take it to a drag strip. Very nice bike with the most comfortable seat of any bike

On 08/04/2018 at 12:11 AM, banagan said:

Cheers, technician heading out in the morning.

What ...you can't walk around your.house to see if there is a leak. Now if it is underground that's a different story.

I.want to reply to.this post but won't bother. Nothing I say will change anything in this country of moron drivers. It starts at the top and people doing their job they are paid to do. 

My dad use to say if you go to someones garage  that work on cars and it is clean they don't do anything but someone who has a messy garage is busy with lots of work.

That being said I like things neat organized and clean. My wife and myself keep our house clean. I hate clutter and if it is not used i get rid of it.

Just horrific the lost of these young lives. Saskatchewan is a really flat province hard to believe they didn't see each other. The fund raising is now up to 4 million last I heard.

My prayers go out to the family and friends. Can't imagine what they are going thru.

On 08/04/2018 at 9:32 AM, MartinL said:

We live in a small single-track, dead end soi in town. It's quiet and used only by the ten or so families who live in the soi or their visitors. People, young and old, walk up and down, kids play in the road, dogs wander about.

 

The vast majority of traffic travels very slowly and our 4 dogs very rarely react from behind the gate. However, there's one frequent visitor who insists on gunning his bike up the soi at high speed and the dogs have learnt to recognise the sound of his bike. Whenever they hear it, they go nuts. The bloke has been asked to drive more slowly because of the playing kids but the requests have been ignored. 

 

Three of our dogs are very placid, one can be a bit unpredictable but they all seem to dislike this bloke on his bike above all others. Maybe he scared them sometime in the past when they were outside and that stays in their minds, who knows.

 

I'm sure they'd make friends with the person , given the chance, but still hate the sound of the bike and react to it.

 

 

 

 

We got one nut that has to go as fast as he can down the street and it drives these two dogs across the street crazy. They start barking when they hear him coming. I am sure he does it on purpose to aggravate them as speeds up even more at their house.

We got a front loader that you can set the water temperature up to 65C.

I am not allowed to do laudery. When I try I get scolded especially by my wife's mom and sister when they come to stay for awhile. Cripes I cant even go get my own beer. I am getting spoiled.?

I remember in high school the police came and showed a film of horrific crashes. It was pretty gory. Sure made a impression on me.

Another time the police set up a safety information demonstration at a mall parking lot. One was kind of sled that at maybe 40 degree incline of maybe 20 feet. You got in and slid to a complete sudden stop at the bottom. It was quite jarring. It's purpose was show up that even at a slow speed the forces can be extreme.

Wouldn't be a idea to the same at the schools here.

Lost all resect for monks.

Get these idiot drivers off the road general. They are a Hazzard.

I bought a flat screen TV and it stopped working . It was a year and half old. Went back to the store ask it get it fixed. No can do. The girl said just buy a new one. I was very angry at that remark  and she slunk away after my remarks  I. Am frang and money is no object. Ok

Took it to a electronic repair shop. The power supply board was no good.

They repaired for few hundred baht .

Don't listen the sales people they don't know Shit. 

8 minutes ago, bankruatsteve said:

Ya, that's more or less my point.  I just don't agree that a hood is much use for anything if there's a place outside for the wife to do her thing.  (And it doesn't do anything for oil spatter.)

Get round mesh splatter quard Stops the splatter. Use ours all the time.

1 hour ago, Henricus said:

Push it, good exercise 

Did you read the post. Hé is on crutches.

5 hours ago, bankruatsteve said:

Most new build "western" homes that I have seen will also have an outside cooking area and which is used for the cooking with chili, etc.  For steaks, there's usually the outside grill.  IE: maybe don't need a hood unless the smell of bacon cooking in the morning is offensive.  In the past, when I have had a hood, about the only time it got used is when I would cheat a cig inside the house.  But, to the question... yeah, mostly imported, and the appeal from westerners that think it's a necessary item.

Bacon never smells offensive. If anything it makes you hungry.

Same as my son but not like that

 Take the phone away because he is been on it too long playing a game

 He is six

 He starts crying and mother in law babies him. I tell.her don't do that he will never learn. Thai mothers are the worst for spoiling a child. I tell the boy to man up and stop acting like a baby.

What a pussy...the work was too tough. Come on that's a easy job.

If  he was working for me he be gone in a instant. Tell to go work at a construction job in the sun.

Meanwhile driving in from Oregon and Washington state there are huge billboards telling you take the next exit to buy pot. Get to BC Canada and you can buy it also from stores.

Just don't try to take it across the borders. No officer I never touch the stuff is the only answer to give.

Who cares about the color of the sand. I am sure tourist won't.  Hey the sand is the wrong color.

Big f...deal. Sounds like a make work project.

Never trust a pacaderm

He is slippery as they come.

Rayong city has a nice beach and usually very clean. We go there on Sundays for a picnic. You get the usual people selling assorted food on the beach or at street level there are food vendors. A nice hotel with a big pool can be had for 600 bt a night. 

16 minutes ago, InMyShadow said:

4 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

if Thailand was a real country they would invest in a state of the art satellite and nation wide Doppler radar and a huge investment in weather predicting super computers. They could share the cost with neighboring countries.
 
BUT NO.

Why? We know when rainy season is and the 2 week cold snap is.. The rest of time is just hot

And.in the west we know when spring summer fall.and winter starts.

But have excellent weather channels.