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Elkski

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  1. Was stopped at a light with a T truck just ahead in next lane.  Very ugly frim the rear quarter.  The crosswalk lines refection on the side doors was quite wavy showing the panels are far from flat.    Just an observation.  

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  2. I do think if pot is used in youth it can cause you to redirect your focus on education and things to the detriment to oneself and society.  Even more so of its illegal and you consider yourself a criminal and all police are enemies.  

    In my youth under 16, I believe I was addicted to the weak crap of the 70s for over a year.   I had to dump all my friends to be able to quit.  Luckily for me I was able to break the habit and study harder the last 2 years of HS   then on to college.  It did take an extra 18 months to get my engineering degree from a top college.  Didn't use it at all for 20 years, then occasionally but have never purchased any except in legal Colorado or Thailand.   Use it now and again but it definitely lowers my progress towards my goals.   I have a very busy life and business, garden, lots of hobbies, to much stuff always needing organizing or repair.   

    It was nice last trip to Thailand, xmas 7 weeks, 2022/23.   Ate lots of edibles in BKK and our travels. Wofe hates the smell of smoked bud. Bought  and had 10g sent to the village for our 21 day stay. Had to relearn how to roll one. Some farang hobby grower sent it post.    Was like 1000 baht.  Pot not used by wife's family or many in the village but I am farang and can do what I want.   I think it helped me see into village life.  While my Thai is very poor I could communicate on a basic level and share or learn methods of fixing, repairing, or building things.   Overall I think I am well liked by everyone in the village.      Since i am a hands on guy in most all trades I could predict what tool or board the crew would be needing far in advance.  I would gather and move tools or supplies to a location   then 30 minutes later when the workers needed them they understood why i put them there.   Bewilderment and thanks all in the looks i got.  

  3. 4 hours ago, Srikcir said:

    "For the first time on record, cannabis has outpaced alcohol as the daily drug of choice for Americans.

    In 2022 there were 17.7 million people who reported using cannabis either every day or nearly every day, compared with 14.7 million who reported using alcohol with the same frequency"

    "Cannabis Tops Alcohol as Americans’ Daily Drug of Choice," May 23, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com

    I was going to post this recent info and add that the hemp loophole is threatening alcohols growth.   They are concentrating the thc from hemp and putting it in drinks.  A very fast growth rate these past few years.   5mg and some 10 mg about 400 baht. Since all hemp peoducts are covered by this farm bill they can sell inamy states but not mine evidently as I tried to order some.  

     

    https://www.bonappetit.com/story/best-thc-drinks

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  4. 3 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

    I often wonder how the police identify suspects via cctv.

     

    CCTV doesn’t show the names of people depicted, so is it that the police have prior knowledge of the individuals and recognize them when they see them on cctv, or do they wander the streets after the incident and look at peoples faces until they recognize them?

    Chinese facial recognition program 

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