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On 2/2/2024 at 11:01 PM, northsouthdevide said:

My friend gives his skinny brother inlaw a hundred baht to climb in and clean it with a hose and a brush once a year. 

Be very careful with that  should at least have a person outside paying attention ( not on their phone) that he is ok at all times while in the tank

and also have some forced ventilation.

There have been quite recent stories in the Thai news about employees dying in similar situations due to toxic gases and or electrocution.

25 minutes ago, Morch said:

 

neither Snowden, nor Assange qualify as 'private citizens

 

The rest of your post is just irrelevant waffle.

They both qualify as "private citizens" 

most of your posts are irrelevant waffle IMHO.

There is no doubt a lot of Americans need to loose some weight

(maybe eat some bugs ! )

1 hour ago, Morch said:

governments of donor countries decided the evidence presented is solid, and took decisive action.

A knee jerk reaction so as not to appear "Antisemitic" ?

On 2/5/2024 at 8:22 PM, Morch said:

Read that part about 'private citizen' and 'not engaging in anything untoward'.

Nothing "untoward"  such as spying on "private citizens" ? 

not only foreign "private citizens" but  American "private citizens"  something that the accused vehemently denied doing  until the truth was revealed.

'not engaging in anything untoward' kinda like saying if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear.........

Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime. 🤔

Just now, thaibeachlovers said:

If they did IMO they would have been leaked long ago.

Yes I agree.

29 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The obvious question is "did she get out of jail"?

If I remember correctly she was deported back to Russia without releasing said tapes..maybe the TDS fanatics have some more info on this case ?

This has really only become a problem at the south end since they completed the artificially wide beach "nourishment"  project.

Before that hardly anyone sat on the beach there and at high tide it was impossible,water right up to the road.

Sattahip officials have already had at least one successful go at removing the beach encroachers in 2022.

This the last day before they removed all the encroachment on the Sattahip side, they strung up a line dividing the 2 areas  encroachment continued on the Pattaya side..I'm not sure where my photos of the dividing line went to......searching for them.

What "problem" do you have with the TBS card ?  I'm not using one myself but instead a PiTVhat  which uses Sony CXD2880 TV tuner

with no problems ( after initial steep learning curve) receiving Thai terrestrial DVB TV.

10 hours ago, eisfeld said:

Could be some crypto mining ad for example

Yes that was suggested in the past episode of slowdowns.

Every time I've tried to go to these military beaches they have refused entry.

One time I almost "sneaked" in when a Thai was driving and had to leave their ID card at the  carpark checkpoint  I stayed in the truck but as we went through the barrier  a sharp eyed soldier noticed my

( not so) big "furang" nose and light skin and said no foreigners  and indeed there was a sign on the road side stating no foreigners  I've got a photo somewhere will try to post it as soon as found.

I also think there are some days they will allow the foreigners in but they won't tell you what days they are...just have to turn up and see what they say on the day...well no thanks I'll go somewhere else.

Same kinda thing happens if you try to board the "aircraft carrier"  at dock in Sattahip....no foreigners  however anyone looking "Asian"  is let on board with not much problem. 

4 hours ago, ozimoron said:

their nationalist hero who aligned with the nazis against guess who during ww2.

Aligned with the Nazis against Russia during WWII  the same Russia who where instrumental in defeating the Nazis in WWII  ?

Yes happening a bit for me too,

suggest only having one Asean now tab open in your browser at a time.

This happened before quite a while ago.

1 hour ago, ozimoron said:

 

I see the penny dropped.

Yeah I dropped it whilst looking for my tin foil hat.

14 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

i just wonder... where are the russians getting their money from?

They trade with a large part of the world  not in alignment with US/Euro thinking..

https://www.reuters.com/world/what-is-brics-who-are-its-members-2023-08-21/

Over 40 countries, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Algeria, Bolivia, Indonesia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Comoros, Gabon, and Kazakhstan have expressed interest in joining the forum, according to 2023 summit chair South Africa.

They view BRICS as an alternative to global bodies viewed as dominated by the traditional Western powers and hope membership will unlock benefits including development finance, and increased trade and investment.

25 minutes ago, rabas said:

Ukraine corruption is a vestige of Russian influence

Ahh those dastardly Russians did it again. 😋

On 2/3/2024 at 11:00 PM, Walker88 said:

If you're a private citizen, and not engaging in anything untoward, nobody is monitoring you. You are completely free and invisible.

Amazing you would even say that, let alone believe it !

Edward Snowden and Julian Assange  ring any bells ?

6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

If you don't know, why did you say "Who will release tapes" ?

On 1/30/2024 at 9:44 PM, ozimoron said:

 

One could apply the same reasoning to his invasion of Ukraine, despite his denials. Do you think he'd invade again now if he had a redo? His strategy now is to hang on and hope Trump wins so he'll nobble nato. Otherwise he'll release the tapes.

Ozimoron  said  "Otherwise he'll release the tapes."

I asked but got no answer  Who will release tapes ?

Will Trump release tapes ?  will Putin release tapes ?

I asked the question because I didn't know "who will release tapes"

I suppose on further reading he meant Putin will release "embarrassing" tapes of Donald Trump if Trump does not stop funding NATO and the war in Ukraine ?

On 2/1/2024 at 6:19 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

What tapes?

Don't know   ask the @ozimoron

2 minutes ago, Morch said:

Linking AJ is another fine example of the same - it's not really a balanced source when referring to these issues. Also, I believe it was 'outlawed' on these discussion a while back.

I asked someone else on another thread about this   but maybe you have a list of "approved" news sources ?

On 1/28/2024 at 10:54 PM, Nick Carter icp said:

It makes no difference at all that they were driving tanks and wearing military uniforms

Are they not prisoners of war ?

11 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

I don't know who the usual suspect is.

Think of a country with 800 odd military bases spread all over the globe...who could it be ?

12 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

Putin invaded later in April 2014 and Kyiv started attacking after that.

So they have been attacking since 2014 as I stated ?

53 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

The Maidan was not a coup, but an uprising of the people.

A colour revolution then ?  egged on by the usual suspect ?

55 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

Kyiv did not take kindly to the invasion and shelled Putin's forces in the Donbas.

So they have been attacking the region since 2014 as I stated ?