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9 hours ago, timendres said:

They're swabbing anuses to test for Covid-19?! ^_^

Yeah it turns out that this is the most accurate test for the virus.

On 2/27/2020 at 12:34 PM, Flugg said:

The boys from Immigration came in the right moment

I reckon it was Coitus Iterruptious and the poor girl would be KRABI !!

Well , with Bangkok sinking it makes since to go UP !!

2 minutes ago, Thian said:

When i was in Manilla there were even 2 heavy armed guards with huge machineguns at the doors of the mac donalds....they were just standing there but only for me they opened the doors and greeted me.

Yeah it seems like they need this kind of security in Thailand as things get more desperate for the locals .

1 hour ago, Moonlover said:

Of course they do. Who do you think it was who dealt with gunman in Korat? The police here have SWAT teams modeled on and trained by their US equivalents.

In the Pilipines at the front door of the malls security guards search all bags and run the  hand held metal detector devices over you like the ones at airports before you can enter.

15 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Who need shooting ranges when you have shopping malls.

Not a very good shot..Back to the practice range for him !!

1 hour ago, 9653 said:

Can a sail be partially hoisted in stormy weather to get going again?

I ask you, because I don't know

Are 2 people required to set sail in stormy weather?

For a single operator, that may be quite a daunting task in rough weather

What about the round the world solo sailors ???...they are on their own....

3 hours ago, Emdog said:

selling off stock at 50% discount will affect later used car sales price "down the road", and resale value is a consideration when buying a car, for some people anyway.

The analogy to "buy 1 get 1" re toilet paper sounds good til you dig into it. No one buys used toilet paper. Well, I hope no one...

I buy used toilet paper all the time in Australia..RECYCLED 

17 hours ago, Jai Dee said:

Similar to other pantry pests, granary and rice weevils will infest and feed on whole grains and rice as well as nuts, beans, cereals, seeds, corn, and other such foods.

 

But unlike beetles that live and feed on foods, these weevils actually live and feed inside the food. The female chews a hole into a seed or grain kernel and deposits an egg inside, then seals up the opening, leaving the egg behind. When the egg hatches (inside the grain/seed), the larva feeds on the meat inside until it is fully grown.

 

Once fully grown, the adult weevil eats its way out of the grain/seed.

 

Read more here.

Well said. You beat me to the punch.As a pest exterminator I get a lot of calls for this problem.All you can do is throw the food out. Weevils  can also be found in flour, gravy mix  biscuits, cake mix etc.

5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Its about the tourist dollars, please do not confuse the "Humanitarian" words that will be used.  These passengers should all be quarantined in order to confirm or deny there may be an infection, unless of course the ship has been at sea for 21 days already without stopping off anywhere.  It is the only way we can be sure this COVID-19 does not continue its spread.

I am not sure about the said 14/21 day incubation period that they all refer to .The first case  was found by a chinese Dr. in JAN.and he caught it himself and died the other day.

Australia got rid of 1@2 cent coins years ago and soon the 5 cent coin will go also.So shops will have a problem now ..no $19.95 price tag ..will have to be $20.00 which sounds more .

On 1/24/2020 at 7:47 PM, soalbundy said:

I don't want to know about whatever disease Parkinson has, I don't even know him.

I thought Doug Parkinson died years ago.

Just heard on the radio news that it is now confirmed that the virus can be transmitted human to human.At Australian airports all passengers on flights from china are being screened but Doctors admit that is not a foolproof method of stopping it from coming in.This could become very serious.

On 11/27/2019 at 3:08 PM, uffe123 said:

I hope it is true that they will actually ban the pesticides. The pesticide companies have a lot of money and as everyone knows people are easily influenced in the land of smiles. 

My cousin 53 years old, died from pesticide poisoning.  No compensation, they would just laugh if anyone tried to bring suit. Been spraying the chit for probably 20 years.

life is cheap in the land of smiles, and since the government owns all the farm land, the farmers are nothing but vassals.

I wonder did he ever wear safety gear such as respirator, gloves ,hat ,  long clothing when ??? From the photos that I have seen of Thai farmers spraying in the fields..I doubt it. I have been  in the pest control industry for 52 years an always wore all safety gear and guess what..I am still alive and well !! Dont blame the chemicals..blame the operators !!

On 12/16/2019 at 12:42 PM, wgdanson said:

It is the mother who needs a brain scan to see if there is one in there plus a trip to Specsavers ! 2 adults and 2 kids on one bike, ridiculous.

Thats nothing they usually have 2 dogs a pig , 3 cats and 4 chickens on the bike as well.

On 12/17/2019 at 9:48 AM, bluejets said:

Photo proves nothing.

 

Speedo mechanics are simply a freewheeling spring return magnetic driven spindle.

 

Shock of impact could have quite easily rammed the needle to the setting shown and then jammed the whole works.

 

RUBBISH !!

On 12/17/2019 at 12:21 AM, JulesMad said:

My speedo lies as much as the american president. Since 10 years ALWAYS 0 km/h, very consistent but I still get places ????

Well the speedo never lies .If you have a crash like the fish vendor you cant get booked for speeding.

18 hours ago, Kerryd said:

We are currently in a "de-glaciation" phase of the latest cycle in the ever present "climate change" that has been going on ever since the planet was formed.

 

Over 150 BG (Before Greta) scientists KNEW that the earth's rotation and it's axial tilt were the cause of climate change. Over 100 BG, one scientist was able to calculate the cycles (which were then named after him and are now known as the "Milankovitch Cycles").

Scientists today are still fine tuning his theory to try and account for all the variables, such as how much solar radiation is reflected back into the atmosphere by the frozen parts of the planet and how the frequency (cycles) of earth's axial tilt affect the warming/cooling cycles in relation to earth's relative position towards the sun. (Earth's orbit isn't stable, nor is it perfectly symmetrical. At times the earth drifts a little closer to the sun and is tilted so that the northern hemisphere receives more sunshine and we get "global warming". At other times (which span 10s of thousands of years) the orbit slowly drifts away from the sun ever so slightly. If the axial tilt is such that the northern hemisphere receives less sun, we go into a cooling or "glaciation" phase.)

Actual scientists have determined that all the CO² we are pumping into the atmosphere is actually delaying the start of the next "glaciation" phase by as much as 500-1,500 years.

Not a full blown "ice age" but a "global cooling" period that could last thousands of years and see large areas of the planet frozen over (again) to an extent not seen in 11,000+ years.

FYI - 700 million years ago the earth was pretty much frozen over right to the equators. That was known as the Cyrogenian Ice Age and it lasted over 85 MILLION years. Oh and pretty much all life on the planet was extincted as well.

We've had 5 major "Ice Ages" since then and they all had 2 things in common.

 

They lasted millions of years.

They all started as a result of a lack of CO² in the atmosphere.

Oh and another thing they shared - almost all life on the planet was wiped out each time.

Basically it works like this.
Life finds a way to absorb/convert the CO² in the atmosphere (i.e. through photosynthesis). 

CO² levels in the atmosphere drop to the point that the planet can't keep itself warm.

An Ice Age starts, which, as more area is frozen, accelerates the cooling process.

Most life on the planet is wiped out as ice covers the planet.

Volcanic and tectonic plate activity release massive amounts of CO² into the atmosphere (but there is no "life" left to absorb/convert it so it builds up).
The planet starts warming up enough to counter the cold.

Life flourishes (literally explodes) as the planet warms up. The more ice that melts, the more life that springs up.
Life begins to absorb more CO² than is being put into the atmosphere.
CO² levels in the atmosphere drop to the point that the planet can't keep itself warm.

(repeat every few 10s of millions of years or so)

It really makes me weep when I hear all the climate hoaxers trying to blame it all on "mankind". Yes, we are having an effect on it but - if every human on the planet died today, and every carbon burning machine and fart producing animal all disappeared tomorrow,

Climate Change would STILL happen !!

NO amount of "cap and trade" schemes or "Carbon Taxes" is going to change that. Period.

 

Not until "man" figures out how to precisely regulate the exact right amount of CO² in the atmosphere, and can come to a consensus on how much of the planet should stay frozen and how much should be allowed to "flourish". (And you know they will never agree to anything unless there's profit in it for them, and there isn't much profit in a frozen wasteland).

In fact, "man" will probably figure out how to stabilize earth's rotation and axial tilt long before they can come to an agreement on whether the planet is better off as an ice cube where all life dies or a "greenhouse" where life flourishes.

Now here is something else to think about.

The more of the planet that is frozen over, the less land there is available for agriculture and just plain living.

Ice caps and glaciers are made of normal, plain, fresh water. Not "salt water". As the planet freezes, more and more fresh water gets trapped as ice. The oceans become "saltier" as they shrink. (Ever seen pictures of the huge salt mines underground ? Guess how all that salt got there.)

Less ocean is available for phytoplankton to populate and as they provide 50-75% of the oxygen we breathe, the fewer of them means less oxygen for us. (Scientists have also determined that trees and plants tend to grow larger when there is more CO² in the atmosphere. More frozen land = fewer trees and plants.)

As the polar ice caps and glaciers grow, they reflect more solar radiation back into space. This accelerates the cooling process to the point it becomes unstoppable.
More fresh water is trapped in the form of ice and snow and isn't evaporating into the atmosphere and coming back in the form of rain. Rivers and lakes will freeze up, trapping even more fresh water.

And think about how many places are already suffering from a lack of water. Image when most of the planet's supply of fresh water is trapped in the form of ice. 

We are going into a "greenhouse earth" phase and there is literally nothing we can do to stop it so the alternative is to accept that it is going to happen and plan for the resultant consequences.

Like rising ocean levels. Maybe STOP frikken building on flood plains and on the very edge of the oceans for a start.

But no. We are smart enough to calculate a thousand variables that can affect climate change but too stupid to figure out that we shouldn't build skyscrapers on river deltas at the edge of an ocean.

But don't worry. A few hundred years from now, between man and nature we'll have sucked most of the CO² out of the atmosphere and plunged the planet into an Ice Age that'll wipe us all out.

 

Can't wait to hear all the climate hoaxers start crying "Waaaaaa - Global Cooling !! We have to pump more CO² into the atmo or we'll all freeze to death !"
Thank you  for a brilliant explanation !! Should put the climate hoaxers back in their box.!! you shoud forward this to little squinty eyes squarker GRETA DINGDONG !!
 

On 1/6/2020 at 1:52 PM, ivor bigun said:

I was born at the seaside ,when i was a lad ,always remember standing on the rocks ,you could see some walls at low tide ,my grandad told me there used to be houses there ,but the sea had covered them , that was long before his time ,must have had global warming then ,but they never taxed it so they were lucky .

That my friend  is called coastal erosion.It happens all over the world whenever you get king tides ,strong cyclonic winds or gales causing rough seas.Its been happening forever and will continue to happen in the future...Climate change...???  NO

On 1/6/2020 at 9:20 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Perhaps you do not know the real reason why Bangkok is in danger. The city is sinking, not the oceans rising.

Did somebody say CLIMATE CHANGE ??????

12 hours ago, ThomasThBKK said:

 

"THEY" are just a bunch of badly paid angry stuck in a <deleted>ty job gov workers that have not much in their lives and need to vent their frustration at everyone they can.

 

As my friend Mr Google predicts, this seems to be a worldwide phenomenom.

 

 

 

PS: Yeah the ones in singapore are nice, and the ones in Dubai - you can make a guess what they earn there to know why. 

 

 

Are you being sarcastic ??because if you arent the you havent been to Singapore airport They are the most arrogant un-friendly mongrels you could ever get .

On 1/4/2020 at 5:56 PM, 4MyEgo said:

Straight to Bangkok Hilton for 2 years, if he can survive that, he might just straighten up, and whatever the Thai's do, don't cut his piggy tails as I am sure the boys in there will love pulling on them, real hard, gitty up ????

 

HA HA BLOODY HA

6 hours ago, Emdog said:

First thought was "You can check out any time you want, but you can never leave"

Thats the Hotel Pattaya.

6 minutes ago, jastheace said:

because they don't like you....

no, seriously, I know sweeteners have concerns, but in moderation they are ok, refined sugar in moderation would be ok to, but they haven't managed the 'moderation' quota yet.

I agree,

I am 63 years old and remember as a primary school student visiting the coke factory in Adelaide AU.and the guide telling us that the coke that spilt on the factory floor eats the soles of the workers boots and had to be replaced every 6 months.We used to soak our tarnished pennies in coke to shine them up.Imagine what it does to your stomach !!