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Lacessit

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  1. Valley Forge, Washington's winter quarters. Soldiers sleeping on wooden planks. Dealey Plaza, Dallas, where Kennedy was assassinated. The hair on the back of my neck was at attention, 20 years after the event. Pine Valley Golf Club, rated the #1 golf course in the world for decades. The Alamo in San Antonio. Bourbon Street, New Orleans. Yosemite National Park. Fisherman's Wharf, San .Francisco. Central Park, New York. As a non-American, I would say the celebration of its history by the nation is impressive.
  2. Agree, there are some very cute and shapely ones in Thailand.
  3. Film with Gerard Butler as the hero/anti-hero, and Jamie Foxx as a prosecutor.
  4. That might be Dr. Morgan who has a practice over in Hang Dong. I never attended there; however, there was a lot of favorable word of mouth going around.
  5. Overbrook Hospital in Chiang Rai. I don't get a doctor of choice there, I just get shunted to whatever doctor is on duty. If it is a specific requirement such as a manual prostate check, a specialist. I have had the same experiences of doctors not asking for my medication or patient history at Rajavej Hospital in Chiang Mai, so I don't think it is just me.
  6. Obviously, not many posters have seen the film.
  7. No. I am a Law Abiding Citizen.
  8. 12 years here. The difference may be due to our relative locations.
  9. Could be anything in the absence of a thorough analysis by a pathology lab. Bacterial, viral, fungal. Cellulitis? https://skinsight.com/skin-conditions/cellulitis/ If it is not responding to antibiotics, it may be a resistant strain. I had cellulitis once in Thailand, infusion antibiotics were needed to finally resolve it.
  10. IIRC, Bill Barr was at the top of the DOJ tree, and busy protecting Trump. The prosecutors in 2018 knew it would be a waste of time. I am wondering if Trump will resist the temptation to do his incitement shtick in a courtroom. Please explain why he can't be jailed for contempt of court. The alleged crime is illegal use of campaign funds, nothing to do with politics. He's been indicted for that by a grand jury drawn from all walks of life. Based on your logic, I should run as a candidate for office after committing a crime.
  11. Trump has transformed himself into a religion. His appeal is to all our worst instincts - bigotry, racism, and hatred. He knows how to push those buttons to maximum effect. All religions have a common characteristic - their followers are exploited by their leader(s). The test of their belief is whether they have been gullible enough to donate money to a purported billionaire.
  12. There are coders that make fine software for little or no charge, sometimes they request donations. Quite a few people swear by the various versions of Linux ( me included ), which are all free downloads. AFAIK they have far fewer security issues than any version of Windows, which costs, and is the target of nearly 100% of hackers. Paying for a service does not necessarily mean it is better at security. There's a class action forming in Australia with Optus, the second biggest telecom, after a massive breach of customer data. https://www.mauriceblackburn.com.au/class-actions/join-a-class-action/optus-data-breach-2022/
  13. Democracy would be in a lot more peril if Trump was re-elected, The Ukrainians would be the first to go under his watch, and he obviously would like to have the same power as Putin and Kim Jong Il. How many times will Trump incite violence on the lie of a stolen election, before someone in the legal system lowers the boom on him. Being a former President or the next candidate ( doubtful except to rabid acolytes ) is no excuse for criminality.
  14. Rupert has his own problems, the Dominion case looks very strong.
  15. Trump reminds me of the Dutch boy running out of fingers to put in the dike, IMO this is the start of a flood.
  16. Like many people, I have about 30 or 40 passwords to various websites, Suppliers, banks, online shopping etc.etc. Remembering them all is a pain in the butt. Forgetting is even worse. Murphy's Law being what it is it's always important or urgent when I forget one. No more, my son introduced me to Bitwarden. Only email address and one master password needed. Free download from the Google play store. Bitwarden creates a field where I can store the name of the organisation, its web address URL, my password, and any other details I need to know. Just highlight the URL, open in a new tab, and away I go. Has anyone else tried this system? It's only downside - all the passwords are lost if one forgets the master password
  17. There are a number of appeal mechanisms within the Centrelink website. Some of them may be inaccessible to you, only to people with a CRN. Although the myGov portal gives access to the ATO, Medicare and Centrelink Executive policies can and do get bent by office staff at the coalface; however, IME it's usually in favor of the client. You have no skin in the game, and given your previous posts on this thread I'm puzzled as to why you think people here would be interested in assisting you with details. You have made personal attacks on me. I think I can speak for many people on this forum who regard you as a troll. Trying to assume the high moral ground does not work too well when one's halo is around their ankles.
  18. Thai doctors and hospitals do not ask for a patient's prior medical treatment history. Or the current medications the patient has. On that basis, I would say it is doubtful such a statistic would be compiled. There is also an issue with doctors and hospitals who end up on the bottom of the ladder with respect to their success ratio. Current Thai law would enable them to sue for defamation. Sheryl is the resident ASEAN resource for such information, ask her which hospitals and doctors she recommends.
  19. Quite a good idea, Thais cannot live without social media. I have to wonder what they did before smartphones were invented. There are bad apples in every society. I can remember an American who persuaded me to buy herbal medicines in Australia for him, then stiffed me on what he owed me. An Australian who used the savings of war widows to get treatment at the Mayo Clinic for stomach cancer. A Thai massage shop proprietor who shot through to Bangkok owing months in rent and power, plus the earnings of the 6 women who worked for her. Another option may be to approach the police, with a promise of a 20,000 baht reward if they can locate/apprehend the vehicle based on its number plate.
  20. The spec said 0.2 - 60 mm, 0.2 mm is NOT hot-rolled. Have you ever seen the manufacturing process for hot and cold rolled steel? I can accept mill scale is holding up OK according to you. Is that 40 years' experience, or one years' experience repeated 40 times?
  21. I remember learning to read newspapers when I was only 4 or 5, and being left at a creche while my mum was working.
  22. I don't think I recalled incorrectly, having worked for an Australian steel manufacturer for more than 30 years. Hot rolled, cold rolled, coated and painted. The link you posted shows photos of hot-rolled and cold-rolled coils. 0.2 mm is tinplate, if anyone is making hot-rolled in that thickness I will bare my bum in the nearest shopping mall. 60 mm goes on tanks. Mill scale is stable at humidities of < 60%, permit me to doubt it would be as good at 90%, which I would say is quite common in Bangkok.
  23. Unless the OP wants armor plating, hot rolled steel is too thick. IIRC, minimum thickness 2.2 mm, therefore heavy. The oxide layer is not stable indefinitely. Zinc/aluminium alloy ( Zincalume or Galvalume ) has a uniform silvery spangle. Cheaper than painted, but subject to fingerprint blackening.The OP has already posted he is using painted steel.
  24. MEET is a free app in the Google Play store. It is much more robust than LINE in terms of video quality, and, unlike LINE, does not drop out.
  25. If I actually took the bilge he posts on board, I'd be slashing my wrists by now. No longer even bothering to look at his posts.
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