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Why was France24 blocked every time the cave rescue was feautured?

I've just had a butchers and I am shocked. A 64gb UBS flash drive for under 100baht.

Can't believe they are stable at that price.

Is this fat stuff news the resson for the rise in the price of oil palm nuts?

Where is the spew bucket?

The one straight and honest cop in Thailand and now he is brown bread. Just what is happening? Are standards slipping and integrity at risk in LOS?

Well I get up, have brekkies, help Mrs Owl with the housework. Then it's time for lunch. After lunch (and the dishes) i read a book. Then it time for tea. After tea (and the washing up) it's time for sex. After three more hours it's time for bed.

On days when it is not raining I go fishing instead of reading.

Have no time for tv.

16 minutes ago, evadgib said:

Actually it's of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. You're thinking of Elton John ?

Butt in the Billy Joel song it says 'England has a new queen'.

9 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

That's not his fault, it was all these medals that were weighing him down.

My friend Professor Pigeon got a letter telling him to attend the annual knighting ceremony a few years back at the palace. 

The letter had a big list of do,s and dont,s. Also to bring a plaster in case of an accident with the sword.

1 minute ago, AYJAYDEE said:

I recommend a basic course in world geography and/or modern history pal. She is the queen of various countries that are not part of any empire. And she is their head of state as well.

Must i say again 'queen of England'.

13 minutes ago, AYJAYDEE said:

she's the queen of a lot more than that

 

Yes AJ, but she is only queen of those Empire countries in name only. Only England can claim her as a proper queen.

Anyway i,m all for an elected queen or king; alternating 6 

month terms.

I,m not so sure about this head-of-state stuff. In the small print it says 'Queen of England'

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16 minutes ago, AYJAYDEE said:

because he requested it

 

Thanks AJ.

He wanted the meet to put her in her place; just like he is doing to the German dominated EU.

7 minutes ago, JAG said:

Two chaps on his left look less than convinced...

Actually none of the 'supporters' seen overly enthusiastic about any merger. But it was only a starter!!

18 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

The maths part is easy.  Area of Antartica 14m square kms. Area of the oceans roughly 360m square kms. Average depth of ice pack 2.16 kms 

 

Grind it all out it comes to 80m. But then the water will move inland and the area of the oceans will get larger so.... 

 

By then Bangkok will be underwater, the BTS will be broken, capital will be Buriram, Newin's descendant will be PM,  The Rohinga will be living in Nepal, et al.

Good post but if I may I'd like to question a couple of points!

If all the ice in the ice-pack melted it would cause a lot flooding. My feeling is that the water will travel very slowly seeping into the ground as it goes. The water tables will rise significantly but the flooding might not be so devastating as some scientists are predicting. I fear for many fresh water fishes. They will have to gradually adapt to a slightly salty water; unless they are high enough up to escape the onrush of salty water.

It is true BKK will be underwater, but I reckon the new capital could well be Khon Kaen.

The big problem, that I have not seen addressed, is the 'big rivers' of the world (including the Mekong). These rivers will not be able to run to the sea as before and will find new routes. I'm sure the Thai authorities are up to speed on this but still worth a mention.

4 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

Global cooling was a conjecture during the 1970s of imminent cooling of the Earth's surface and atmosphere culminating in a period of extensive glaciation. At the time, some papers in the scientific literature did explore this hypothesis, but a larger number of papers were published on the topic of global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions. The global cooling hypothesis nonetheless gained temporary popularity due to a combination of a slight downward trend of temperatures from the 1940s to the early 1970s and press reports that did not accurately reflect the full scope of the debate in the scientific literature.

Thanks for that bb. I was thinking something similar but now you have confirmed my suspicions. Good post.

53 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Yep the new version of Y2K. If a bunch of people can be fooled into spending billions on something that might have happened but never did well... Let's start another nebulous scheme. 

 

40,000 years ago when Neanderthals still existed the oceans were 80m lower. Maybe we are still coming out of the last ice age? OK we may have hastened it a bit but it was going to happen with or without humans. 

Do you recall about 40 or so years ago the 'scientists' were saying we were at the beginning of another 'ice age' cycle?  I can remember a lot of stuff on English TV about it.

All died a death; but a reckon a lot of research money was handed out over it.

Actually 'Just Wierd' and 'bristolboy' I was referring to the mass of water that could accumulate if it was piled onto a football pitch (say Dagenham and Redbridge's ground) until it topped over (top heavy). If it was - say 1000m high - then its volume would be 100 x 100 x 1000 m3. And would weigh 10 million tonnes. If someone wanted to know the weight in Kg then it would be multiplied by a factor of 1000 (10 billion Kgs).

I can't speak of just any old ground as the measurements could be different. I have noticed the all the world cup games are played on pitches that are 120 yards long (about 113 metres).

People can visualise football pitches rather than just huge figures.

So you were both bang on the money.

But an interesting post about being sure just arose. How can someone be 99% sure? Surely you are either sure or you are not! I think it means that the probability is 99%.

4 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

Planning on living to be several billion years old?

Not me of course BB. But in the future, we (future humans), will be true Universe Travelers. Hitching rides on meteors and other rocks to fulfil our true destiny.

14 minutes ago, Rigby40 said:

You'd have to be cuckoo for cocopuffs to think humans are even remotely capable of destroying the planet, let alone doing so right now.

You are Professor Pigeon in disguise Rigby. 

Absolutely correct only the natural process of the Universe's cycle will destroy Earth. Most of the weapons the powers have are freely available in the Universe.

Someone posted the other day that Andromeda was heading towards our Galaxy and collisions were inevitable. Exciting days ahead!! 

13 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

I don't know. Any ideas on how to stop dogs barking - apart from killing them?

Well yes!

Last night a bought a dog whistle at the Thursday market. It works good.

I've got this idea to mount a replica (but much bigger) onto the gate post. When the wind blows it will whistle and scare the dogs away. When it's not windy it will have to be a fan doing the blowing.

Sounds extravagant, but better than shooting them, or feeding poison or chocolate.

14 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

You do realise that chocolate can kill dogs, And you do realise that Thailand has very tough penalties for animal cruelty, including jail time. And that you have posted what you have done on a public forum.

Good post Barry! Don't let any negative comments, you might get, bother you.

I had lots of criticism a while back when I said that feeding cats bananas could kill them. It's true, and eating bananas can kill people too; potassium poisoning.

Just can't inform people enough.

Keep up the good work. 

5 hours ago, mehrdad said:

I talk again ! Many people in thailand are without any driving skills!! 

Great post.

I showed Mrs Owl the figures; especially the 123,530 one, and read some of the article to her.

She went all quiet.

What's up love? Are you so sad about all the prostitution?!

"I think number 30 on the lottery this week."