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Did a reconnaissance mission yesterday, the round table was vacant but did spot a couple white hairs soaking in the sun on the sea wall at the "closed" beach. 

3 hours ago, OneeyedJohn said:

Rubbish - I had 2 deliveries this week and signed on their phone each time.

Easy hombre, I had 2 last week and no sign. It's funny how one word automatically points to your home country  

1 hour ago, heybruce said:

I asked if it had all the required personnel on board.  Your reply suggests that maybe it didn't.

The news said the Comfort in New York was fully manned, preparations could have started before it was announced. However it happened it's good they can help out. 

2 hours ago, steve187 said:

the knights have moved on, looking for a new castle

It will be hard to replace with all the amenities the "oval" table has to offer. 

On 3/30/2020 at 3:35 AM, BritManToo said:

How come Lazada are still allowed to deliver everything?

They don't have you sign anymore.

21 minutes ago, heybruce said:

Regarding your question:  No, in times of war I agree that sometimes equipment in less than optimum condition must be used.  In the battle of Midway (seven aircraft carriers sailed into battle, two survived to fight another day) the USS Yorktown sailed with work crews on board still repairing the damage from the Battle of the Corral Sea.  The Yorktown was lost, but the battle was won; it was a turning point in the war but came at a very high price.

 

However this is a different scenario.  I assume the ship was seaworthy, but does it have all the properly functioning equipment and personnel to accomplish its mission?  In view of the fact that it sailed much sooner than the Navy's initial projected availability, it is a legitimate question.  Some things can not and should not be rushed.

Both the Comfort and Mercy are USNS ships, not to be confused with USS. They are crewed with civilian mariners, Merchant Seaman with gov jobs. The Navy supplies the Med team. Typically they're pierside with a skeleton crew of seamen. It wasn't long ago the Comfort was on a humanitarian mission down south. It takes some time to get a full crew, Med team, supplies onboard. No I didn't google this info, I've been assigned to the Mercy before as crew.

7 hours ago, JHolmesJr said:

don't be ridonculous. ????

 

"The Navy hospital ships the president made such a big deal of, the Comfort and the Mercy, there's no sign that they'll be anywhere on site helping out anywhere in the country for weeks yet," Maddow said dismissively on her show. "He said one of those ships would be operational in New York Harbor by next week. That's nonsense."

 

 

It could take 2 weeks easy to get either ship ready. Get fully crewed up, supplies and then they've got to come up with the Med. team. 

18 hours ago, Zikomat said:

That beach thing is pathetic... What is it actually good for? 

If you have to ask the question, you would never understand the answer.

7 hours ago, Hank Gunn said:

A helluva lot better than Lodi though!

Which one, NJ or Ca. ??

47 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Talk about panic buying, yesterday I saw a guy in my small town/village leaving the local Tesco mini mart with a trolley filled with bottles of water. Is there really any danger of a shortage of bottled water?

Maybe a good price, I've done it myself many times.

I'm pretty sure life will not return to what we call normal. The old world is gone forever. 

9 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

Yes its a good series....I got down to the last 2 episodes and they were hard sub in German......my fault I jump about to different servers looking for small downloads.........  I don't know what sort of TV some people have if they want 6 or 9 GB to watch a 40 min program

Netflix, always something there.

Narcos Mexico, pretty good.

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

Each to his own.  I was down there just 2 days ago.  As usual it was dirty, swarming with soi dogs, with no edible facilities in terms of food or drink, broken beach furniture,  what there was of it, rubbish everywhere. a lot of it floating in the sea.  Much nicer beaches to visit, not many I will grant you, but they can be found.    

Bring a mat, couple cold beers, the water is pretty nice, for me it's awesome. Used to be anyway.

2 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

Just as well, its a xxxx hole on a normal day, no real loss to the community. 

Not sure why you care to be so negative. It's a pretty nice place to spend a few hours or all day.

They got it taped off near the parking all the way down. I didn't check out the other beaches.

On 3/8/2020 at 12:53 AM, Just Weird said:

There's an Irish pub in Soi 7/1?  Which one?  You're not referring to the Pickled Liver, are you, which used to be all the way down on the right?

Yeah that one. Guess it's gone.

SOA binge.

14 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Get her a 55" smart TV ......... she'll never look at the phone again.

Won't help much, got a 65" with True Vision, phone is always there.

59 minutes ago, jackdd said:

The oil recommended in the manual costs about 1000THB, the one that you used costs about 3000THB, imho a waste of money.

No doubt especially if I'm not willing to go full 10,000KM between oil change. On Lazada ELF MOTO 4 100% synthetic 10w-50 is 360 bht/quart. I paid 690bht at the Patts dealer. Think I'll do required oil change at dealer and another at 5000km myself. Until my obligation at Dealer ends.

3 minutes ago, Kalorymetr said:

Where are you people from? Can you choose retirement age in your country?

USA Minimum age for Social Security is 62, the longer you wait the more you get.

1 hour ago, guzzi850m2 said:

That's what they told me as well. Must assume the valves are bedding in thus necessary checking the valve clearance.

The next service is below 2000 baht I think.

 

So EVENKEEL, how's the bike and what color did you get? Hope you will post a little review at some stage.

 

I am very interested getting one someday, perhaps next year.

Cost for 5000 KM service is 700 bht, not sure what they do. Got the white tank with red on bottom. The seat lock is pretty rinky dink. You have to unlock side cover, reach up inside and pull a knob to release seat. Exhaust is quiet, going to put on some AEW's at 14,000bht.

I couldn't squeeze a little freebe out of them...nothing. Recommend you make having an English owners manual a must, Insurance from the Dealer is 13,500bht/yr. 

I was after the Triumph t100 at first but decided to save and so far I'm happy with the Int 650. 

15 minutes ago, eisfeld said:

Valve clearance check after 500km?

That's right.

13 minutes ago, siam dreamers said:

I have to admit that does sound a bit pricey and it's going to be quite a haul for me to make it to the dealer for service. I am sure at some point I will be doing the service my self but will be back at the dealer soon for my first warranty service. thanks for the info.  Did you use synthetic oil at your suggestion or theirs?

 

on the bright sideI just finished my first real service in on my 125 honda wave with 20000 klm. At my suggestion I had them ajust the valves, check and change spark plug, chain, and air filter plus an oil change. Price 1080 baht. The best part is my bike never ran better.

 

 

The manual calls for 10w-50 fully synthetic. The dealership uses Motul , ended up using 15W-50 100% synthetic. The 10w-50 is a blend. The warranty calls for  a dealer service every 5000km with oil change every 10,000km. When I took bike home the first time I asked about break in speed and they had no clue. I had already read up and it says to keep it at under 4 K tach and top speed of about 80 Kph which is 3K on the tach. I know there's different schools of thought on how to break a new engine in but I'm following what the manual says. I'm not trying to squeeze every HP out of it.

Just had the 500 KM service done at the RE in Pattaya on Suk on my Interceptor 650. Cost was 4000bht for oil and filter change, 100% synthetic. Check valves. Pricey but necessary for warranty. It's all uptown looking in the shop and the showroom.