Thakkar

On 1/18/2021 at 5:19 AM, webfact said:

Chain-link fences and cement barriers protected the Capitol grounds and multiple armored vehicles were stationed nearby.

Trump finally got his wall.

“When Trump sends his people, he’s not sending his best. They’re insurrectionists, loudmouths, racists, and some*, I assume, are good people”

*actually, none.

Rudy’s right now at the DC (Dinner & Conversation) Supreme Food Court with his legal briefs waiting for the judge and everyone else to turn up.

11 hours ago, ballpoint said:

And let the poor guy finish his wall too.

Yeah, man. We’re still on day 796 of Infrastructure Week.

1 hour ago, Virt said:

 

Yet you don't question the IQ 70. 

Are you assuming most of them are low IQ? 

 

It's dangerous putting people in boxes like that. 

 

Timothy McWeigh supposedly had 120 + IQ and look at this list of killers. 

 

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/serial-killers-iqs-ranked

I guess IQ is not a common denominator among MAGAS. Perhaps a lack of empathy is a common denominator. Plus, who can resist a leader that believes the same things they do: patriarchy, white supremacy, might-is-right, etc.

Assuming Trump is truly “symptom free” as they say, and he’s fought Covid and won, as they seem to be claiming, one of the drugs in his cocktail of cures was Remdesivir.

Remdesivir is a drug developed and approved under Obama (to fight Ebola). So, Obama cured Trump.

Thanks, Obama!

13 hours ago, Heppinger said:

Again, what did he die of? Did he choke to death or was it heart failure or something else?

Probably something else. It’s reported he had walked under a ladder that morning, so was clearly in for some bad luck later.

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Trump, who has been pushing for the U.S. economy to reopen quickly, dismissed Bright as a "disgruntled employee"

“...and Trump knows disgruntled employees when he sees one—he’s married three of them.”*

*heard that somewhere.

Bet the owner would get more (albeit, one-time-only) customers if they renamed the place “Pussy Café”

5 minutes ago, samran said:

As for brianwashing my teenage daughter, I guess you've never had a teenager...

????

mine had to reach drinking age before the eyerolls ebbed.

6 hours ago, TeaMonkey said:

Amazing how easily people give away their freedom with questioning it. 

Give up the freedom to get infected with a new, still little understood, and potentially deadly disease, and in turn Infect everyone in my family? Sure. 

If I’m out and get into a car accident, I’m not not going to infect my family, who are safely at home, with that car accident.

On 10/15/2019 at 8:45 AM, WayneJ said:

I've heard Thais say it's good luck to have a gecko

Speaking of geckos and good luck...

The other day, I suffered a major incident. I got a paper cut on my pinky and was bleeding all over my silk bathrobe. I dialed for an ambulance, but the people at the other end just laughed when I told them my predicament.

I scrambled to locate my first aid box, found it, frantically pried it open and inside was a gecko and some ants. I grabbed the gecko, squeezing its tummy, causing its long tongue to shoot out, licking my wound. Miraculously, my wound healed instantly.

Over the next several days, my physiology changed, I could climb walls--buildings even, craved insects and could bring the ladies to ecstasy with a long tongue.

Mrs T wasn't impressed. All she wanted was for me to say "tookay" seven times.

38 minutes ago, Tofer said:

You forgot a few;

 

- Remove your rear light bulb.

- Don't use your indicators.

- learn the etiquette for driving the wrong direction.

- never stop when entering a major road from a side road.

 

Last but not least - learn to ride with one leg sticking out like Barry Shean on a sewing machine, so you look cool as if on a racing circuit...

Goddangit, man! You mean I have to remember 15 rules now? I’m gonna have to note these down on my phone. I’ll wait till I’m driving. I’m real busy sitting at home now.

3 hours ago, iReason said:

USS Fitzgerald collision: Trump criticised for leaving key posts unfilled

Lack of navy secretary and ambassador to Japan could hamper communications in search for missing crew,

says former official (sub-title)

 

"Donald Trump has been criticised for delays in appointing a navy secretary and ambassador to Japan,

leaving a communications vacuum as the countries continued their search for seven missing sailors off the east coast of Japan."

 

"The US has been without an ambassador to Japan since Caroline Kennedy left Tokyo in January."

 

"Brandon Friedman, a former Obama administration official and co-founder of the McPherson Square Group, a strategic communications firm in Washington, pointed to the absence of an ambassador and navy secretary – two officials who would be expected to take a lead in liaising between the US navy, and Japanese and US government officials during the search."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/17/uss-fitzgerald-collision-trump-criticised-for-leaving-key-posts-unfilled

The USS Fitzgerald might sink off Japan and the U.S. President can't call our Ambassador or our Navy Secretary because we have neither

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/16/politics/us-navy-destroyer-collides-with-merchant-ship-japan/index.html

On 1/28/2017 at 3:21 AM, Rc2702 said:

Service good. Leave a tip.

Service bad. Leave to never return.

Take out meals we never tip but we use regularly.

Car wash - I am advised not to tip

Haircut - I tip well.

Taxi - good or bad I never tip unless it's less than 10 baht change owed or the guys a star. Very rare.

Hotel tip box - never

My local shop in complex  for my 1 bottle of Leo each night -5 baht. He's a young boy needs a tip I think. 

 

All my 10 baht coins stacked up in  2 pringles containers. All lower denominations in 3 pringles containers. Aprox 3 months.

 

I am told that's about 4500 baht so I don't feel too bad about tipping for tippings sake anymore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A friendly caution: I think you eat more Pringles than is good for you. Seek help.

T

4 hours ago, DSJPC said:

found the perfect leather moccasin slippers I have been looking for for 4 (444?...shud I buy a lottery ticket?)

Thanks for the lottery tip. When I win, I'll buy two pairs for 2,300 and send you the other pair for free.

you are welcome.

T

20 hours ago, KKr said:

as many here, I am happy that I live in a place where the door does not need to be of steel and double locked.
in my experience, an expired driving license is perfectly fine for security.
...


 

My brother and I look similar, but not the same. On one of his visits, he gave me his old gym membership card with a photo ID. Ever since, I've been using that to get into condos/villages when visiting friends. I haven't had a problem yet.

T

Oh, it's a money-saving scheme on many levels. Not only do I save on air con, but all the neighbors' rats can enter and get trapped in *my* rat traps. I grill them up and serve on a bed of lettuce I grow on my balcony garden fertilized by my own doodoo that I save water on by not flushing away.

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel, "How to become a billionaire by living like Howard Hughes"

T

Arriving on page one of the voting thread, and before reading any of the 25+ pages of posts, I voted for Nancy without needing to think much about it.

When asked by my imaginary friend why I voted for her, I remembered this Limerick:

A buxom young lass called Etta

Fancied herself in a sweater

Three reasons she had:

To keep warm was not bad,

But the other two reasons were better.

Like Etta, I had three reasons, but different ones.

Nancy does good work outside TVf. I know that doesn't have anything to do with forum postings, but I didn't care. (I subsequently learned that there are no rules, so there!). Well, no rules except the rules JT makes up on the fly and if the Baht bus driver looks at him funny, or something.

I'd been away from TVf for a while, but from what I remembered of her posts, they were generally helpful and respectful.

In the cauldron of mostly male-spouted inanity that is TVf (at least the forums I visit, and myself being a contributor to that inanity), she is brave--and even foolishly brave--to wade in with her femaleness, reasonableness, and freshness.

So my vote was for kindness and helpfulness, and against, what * I * consider, unfunny flapdoodle (I think that's a word)

Congratulations, Nancy.

T

*oh, also: I love that you call Mr Nance "hubby"--he seems as delightfully well domesticated as the cats and still chivalrous to a fault. Reminds me of me, though I still struggle with the chivalry part.

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Transam 83 votes

NancyL 81 votes

Null "Vote"* 59 votes

villagefarang 25 votes

Crazy Chef 1 -- 10 votes

SoiBiker 7 votes

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Couldn't you find a more recent photo of Nancy and Trans?

They are both trans at different stages of his life?

T

One of my hobbies here in Thailand is mountain biking. My approach to riding is very similar to the way I live in Thailand. I ride a high end bike cobbled together over the years of riding from aftermarket parts chosen for the way I ride.

I ride the most beautiful trails I can find and I ride them as is. I embrace the obstacles and imperfections. Sure I try to ride the smoothest most fluid path but I do not curse the challenges which I encounter. I stop to take pictures and enjoy the beauty around me. I have no thoughts about changing or modifying the trail. If I dont like a particular trail I find another one which I find more enjoyable.

In Thailand I try to surround myself with beauty and spend my time with intelligent, successful, worldly friends, mainly Thai, who speak softly and with a measured tone. Life is short and I dont want to spend it complaining about things I cannot change. The weather is what it is, so I dress and build my house accordingly. The easiest thing to modify is me and my attitude, not the people or society around me.

This surely must be an attempt at self-parody. If so, it's comedy genius. I don't think I've ever read anything more smugly self-satisfied.

You may find whining, complaining, criticism and putdowns to be admirable attributes but I do not. If being happy and satisfied with ones life is an inexcusable character flaw, then so be it. I am not going to apologize for my life.

If I may interject here...

SoiBiker may be a tad harsh (as is his wont), but I'd say it's an opportunity for self-examination.

It is wonderful that you are happy and satisfied wth your life. We should all be so lucky and accomplished.

However...your apparent need to harp on about it a tad (just a tad) too often might (just might) be a sign that the person you are most trying to convince could be yourself. If (and only "if") so, that would be sad. If not, do carry on; I've enjoyed your blog and the photography therein.

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:-)

T