LarryLEB

1968.  Loving You Has Made Me Bananas.  Guy Marks. 

...HashBrownHarry now up to 16 posts and still doesn't get the point. Sad.

On 4/30/2020 at 8:16 AM, HashBrownHarry said:

Pattaya is one of the easiest city's in the world to get about imo, m/c taxi bikes EVERYWHERE.

 

I fail to see how not being on the bah bus route is an issue when considering a location.

You followed the above post with FOURTEEN others, and you still refuse to accept that many people do not want to get on a motorcycle in Pattaya.  (I do use m/c taxis, but I understand clearly why many do not.)  

At least 50% of the Thai population will never be able to afford to fly during their lifetimes (nor would they want or need to).  Instead of worrying about the airlines, worry about feeding the poor and those families who now have no jobs.  Priorities are already sadly lacking in the Thai "government."  Wishful thinking on my part, since the "government" here is really just a kleptocracy in the purest sense of the term.

At Jomtien Immigration this week, I:

• did my 90-day reporting, Tuesday afternoon.  Total time inside was 5 minutes.
• took in my documents for one-year extension (of OA visa), Thursday at 3:00.  No queue; was inside for about 10 minutes.
• picked up my passport with one-year extension done, Friday at 2:30.  Time inside 2 minutes.

On the Thursday visit, I did have to do a quick remove of my mask (and my glasses) to have photo taken by the document checker lad.   Very few "customers" inside; social distancing easy to do.

All in all, low stress visits; happy to have all done.

• Tokyo Story
• The Battle of Algiers
• Ali:  Fear Eats the Soul
• Fanny and Alexander
• The Passion of Joan of Arc
• Seven Samurai
• Pater Panchali
• Children of Paradise
• Grave of the Fireflies
• Olympia

2 hours ago, Baht Simpson said:

In no particular order:

 

Tasogare Seibei

Maboroshi no Hikari

Umarete wa mita keredo

Tokyo monogatari

Shichinin no samurai

Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi

Biàn Liǎn

Xích Lô

Hachi no su no kodomotachi

Ugetsu monogatari

 

Tokyo monogatari, better known as Tokyo Story in the West, is top of my list.  Yasujiro Ozu is my favourite director, bar none.

On 4/23/2020 at 10:13 AM, GalaxyMan said:

In no particular order:

 

Avatar
2001: A Space Oddessy
The Fifth Element
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
A.I. - Artificial Intelligence
I, Robot
Bicentennial Man
Interstellar
The Day The Earth Stood Still

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?  YOWZA!  Excellent choice!  Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Gig Young.

23 hours ago, faraday said:

Good beaches there?

This photo is captioned:  Nam Khan river seen in Luang Prabang, Laos.  As you can see, the beach is rather small; no beach chairs, but no troublesome vendors, either.

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6 hours ago, Skallywag said:

OK - link might be nice.  Many Indian children have pre-existing conditions, and of course no vaccine is perfect. 490,000 is less than 2% of the births per year in india. So you are saying the vaccine may have saved 98% of children from polio? 

That is acceptable or not?

 

Here is a link that is well worth reading:  https://thefullest.com/2020/04/13/gates-globalist-vaccine-agenda-a-win-win-for-pharma-and-mandatory-vaccination/

6 hours ago, Trip Hop said:

So a country with an alleged circa $175Bn in foreign exchange reserves alone can only afford to shell out approx $1.36Bn to help its people during this time? I think someone is telling porkies somewhere?

According to the Bank of Thailand, reserves are considerably higher than that: 

source:   https://www.bot.or.th/App/BTWS_STAT/statistics/BOTWEBSTAT.aspx?reportID=80&language=ENG

Imbeciles should be recognized formally at an annual nation-wide awards event and be presented with a statuette, like at the Oscars. Broadcast the event live on television to face/name-shame the winners and runners-up.

Imbeciles should be recognized formally at an annual nation-wide awards event and be presented with a statuette, like at the Oscars. Broadcast the event live on television to face/name-shame the winners and runners-up.

35 minutes ago, dlclark97 said:

Am not yet convinced the NYSE, SP and NASDAQ are at the bottoms and will only rise at this time.  At 80 years old and may be being too cautious but everything I previously held sold off the second day of the market decline thanks to STOP LOSS orders.  Did go down a little from the market highs but less than a 5% decrease in my holdings.  That said I am staying on the sidelines for now but watching several Fidelity and other ETF's.  So much more diversification than individual stocks at this time.  DIA, FNCL, FTEC, NOBL, ONEQ, QQQ and SPY would be where I will eventually reenter the market.  Possibly also a consumer staples ETF.  

QQQ -- agreed.

Imbeciles should be recognized formally at an annual nation-wide awards event and be presented with a statuette, like the Oscars.

On 4/5/2020 at 9:08 AM, Logosone said:

So what is the difference between Austria and Sweden?

 

Logosone asked the above question.

As far as I can tell, the main difference is the population density.  Austria's population density is 109 per square kilometer.  Sweden's is less than a quarter of that at 25 per square kilometer.

On 3/28/2020 at 4:26 PM, VocalNeal said:

 

I believe the above are all high tech dust masks as indicated by a N95 classification.

 

This is a respirator. I carried one for about 7 years 

 

 

Use depends on the filter(s) none of which will be rated for biological protection. For that you need one which covers all mucus membranes ie. also the eyes. 

 

The 2 respirators that I posted and described as respirators are described by NIOSH as respirators (their exact terminology is "particulate filtering facepiece respirators").  They are not called, to use your inaccurate terminology, "dust masks."

The 2 respirators that you have shown are, indeed, respirators.  The accurate terminology (again as described by NIOSH):  elastomeric half-mask respirators and elastomeric full facepiece respirators.  

People continue to misunderstand the difference between a mask and a respirator.  And many continue to use the catchall word "mask" when saying they are ineffective.  Surgical masks are not particularly good re: viral protection for the wearer.  Respirators, on the other hand, are.  People need to make the distinction.

THIS is a MASK (often called a "surgical mask"):  

THIS is a RESPIRATOR:  

Respirators can be N95, N99, or N100.  For ALL respirators, the best are those approved by NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health).  The letters NIOSH will appear on the repirator. 

This is a valved respirator:  

Respirators usually fit tightly under the chin AND have a pliable metal strip around the nose that can be squeezed for a tight fit.

Just another incompetent out of many in the Thai kleptocracy. 

22 hours ago, Logosone said:

Bat soup with Chinese Ginseng will work wonders.

 

 

Served with a fine dusting of ground pangolin scales?

On 3/22/2020 at 2:06 PM, david555 said:

So now the 20th century medics have discovered the "Sanatoria System" who where in use almost a hundred years before at sea sides or high in Swiss mountains for lung patients as TBC ….. amazing modern medics 55555

Images of Thomas Mann's wonderful book, The Magic Mountain.

9 hours ago, Yinn said:

1) send weak and old to isolate. They the problem. Good for them. If they sick many will die.

 

2) the young and strong can work. Good for economy. If they sick, same as cold, not many die.

 

Save the people, save the economy.

win with Yinn!

China built hospitals very quickly in Wuhan.  Perhaps, Yinn's solution would be a different sort of emergency building project ... see video below ... [[SARCASM ALERT]]