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I once got on a local bus and I asked an old guy next to me (in simple Thai) if this bus goes to Khon Kaen (or wherever). He nodded so I took that as a yes. About 45 minutes later, I realized we're going in the opposite direction. SIGH. Hey, maybe the bus did go to Khon Kaen, on the return leg! As for ingredients, I had a time of it years ago as I'm vegetarian. I learned to be very specific in telling what I didn't want in a dish. People at restaurants didn't think fish sauce or pork oil or even chicken broth counted. A co-worker in the U.S with a severe peanut allergy died from a restaurant meal years back. And I know he was the kind to be very careful.

1935 Husqvarna A 1938 3-wheeler, the Dymaxion by Buckminster Fuller.

In the US I bought a house with an above ground pool. Tried to sell the pool (cheap) without luck. Then one Halloween night, someone put a pipe bomb on the side and blew it open. The cops caught some teenager who did some jail time for it. Some time later I received several thousand $ in restitution and sold the aluminum for a pretty good scrap price. I had to show the cops a piece of pipe end cap I found with a few grains of unburned powder before they got very interested. They didn't ask me how I knew what it was. ????️‍♂️

Yes, some shoot the SWC in a semi-auto pistol. I just discovered that some years back, Smith & Wesson made the Model 52 semi-auto target pistol which was chambered in 38 Special and used full wadcutter bullets. Colt made a M1911 Gold Cup National Match .38 Special Mid-Range pistol. Both of these are rather rare and $$$.

Not in a 9mm. 38 Special, yes.

I only carry an Uzi if I go to a kosher restaurant.

What's with Prayut's hair in that photo? Looks like Alfalfa from The Little Rascals. Must be the lamp in the background.

No, just get a front end alignment and slap one of those 9 horsepower diesel engines in it.

That was my first 9mm and perhaps my first handgun. I have two commercial-production models from the early 90's. I have small hands and they fit and point well for me. One is unused and the other has the mag disconnector removed. I don't mind a bit of graunchiness in the trigger. My son has a nice CZ Shadow 2. I gave him my CZ 75 because the trigger reach is too much for me. (Maybe I should make him convert it to single action only and get it back.)

There are various sorts of dummy rounds in addition to snap caps. Many are easily distinguishable from live rounds. But some are not, especially to a newbie. Still no excuses for loading and pulling the trigger with the gun pointed at someone. That range needs individual shooting stalls for safety.

"... unfamiliarity with the road ..." In the pictures, it looks like the road is flat and straight as an arrow for quite a distance. Perhaps he wasn't familiar with the truck-eating barrier.

Maybe.

That's why I bought pickup trucks with the sliding rear window. I could throw the empty beer cans in the back so they wouldn't get underfoot. All this "micro sleep" nonsense reminds me of the saying "When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car."

I like watching that motorcycle group (Purple Helmets) perform. Pretty funny at times.

If you're going to go noisy, go big.

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Catch a tiger policeman by the toe. If he hollers, let him go, Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

Good one! My favorite is the guy who got a ticket for merging too late or some such. There was a clear picture of his car crossing the lines. But it was on a flatbed tow truck!

Hey, you in the back of the boat, watch me slam open the throttles all the way. Hang on to your hat! I wonder if one of the guys was coming on to her and was rebuffed. So he tried a juvenile trick to get attention.

I let my wife hold the bulb. I spin the ladder counter-clockwise. She hands me the old bulb and I hand her the new one. Then I spin the ladder clockwise. But that's looking up.

Had a bus driver do it on a very twisty road up along a mountain ridge years ago - no guard rails. He did it right at a turn where there was a spirit house and many, many garlands and whatnot. Right where people had gone off the road and plunged several hundred meters to their deaths. It was a road from Loei to Phitsanulok, probably in Phetchabun. The old orange bus had loose steering and suspension. But all was OK, as there were a half dozen monks in the back.

45 years ago I tasted a bit of raw bamboo where I worked, but it was a "sweet" type. Apparently the toxin in the bamboo becomes hydrogen cyanide when it is eaten/mixed due to the reaction of a couple things in the plant. I read one account of some Chinese who were pickling bamboo shoots in a well. They climbed in and were overcome by hydrogen cyanide gas. Two died. Rather unusual. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51697967_A_mass_cyanide_poisoning_from_pickling_bamboo_shoots

Take a large shoot and dry it and there's hardly anything left. No wonder they are low cal. Bamboo shoots do contain cyanide and some varieties are much higher than others so they don't eat them. Soaking in water for 24 hours helps reduce it. Boiling also reduces it. My wife boils them for about a half hour, but longer is better. https://bambooplantshq.com/is-bamboo-edible-or-is-it-toxic/ excerpt: There are over 1000 identified species globally, but only 110 varieties are registered to have consumable shoots. The cyanide in bamboo is taxiphyllin. It is unique because it deteriorates quickly in boiling water. That is why boiling or cooking shoots is a good way to eliminate the problem. Taxiphyllin is also very bitter. This is a great way of telling if your bamboo is safe to eat or not. In case you're wondering: Giant pandas consume more than 65% of cyanide in bamboo shoots. However, their bodies are capable of turning 80% of the absorbed cyanide into a weak toxic chemical called thiocyanate and pandas can simply pee it out.

My wife just made some pork laab and gathered some greenbrier shoots to go with it. Here in our area of the U.S. it's bamboo shoot season. We've already gathered a bushel or two. Next up will be Miang Kham, as soon as the greenbrier leaves get full size.