
Lacessit
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Not a big bike rider myself, I can remember talking with a guy who was, liked competing in hill climbs. When we got around to the topic of Harleys, he snorted " Weak bottom end, a train can go faster."
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I have been driving a "tiny little motor scooter" ( Yamaha TTX ) for about ten years now, accident free. 8 years in Chiang Mai, 2 years in Chiang Rai. I attribute my success to three factors - speed, duration, and threat awareness. I rarely travel above 40 km/hr, my longest trip is 15 minutes, and I am constantly checking for idiots behind and in front of me. Big fat motorcycles are meant for the open road, not city conditions. They are HEAVY, I doubt I would have the strength to control one in most circumstances. I would suggest you are blaming the scooter for situations that may have had something to do with your driving practices. Certainly, you are asking a lot of your attention span to be driving for an hour on any two-wheeled vehicle, big or small. Horses for courses, my scooter is for shopping. Trips more than 20 km, I take the car.
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Pro tip: She likes the ride because a Harley is the world's biggest vibrator.
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Updated Thailand Entry Measures Starting Next Month
Lacessit replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Be careful. We have handcuffs, tar, and feathers. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
I compared Putin to Hitler in terms of the effectiveness of appeasement. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
I thought it was Russia where one could get 15 years in jail for contradicting the official line on the war, AFAIK the Ukrainians do not have a similar penalty. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
Russian oil cannot be pumped without Western technology, it has no domestic car industry, all its domestic passenger aircraft are either Boeing or Airbus. 45% of Russian imports are machinery, technology and transport, about $100 billion before sanctions. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
There was no such suggestion, what you are doing is simply gaslighting. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
I was too old to be conscripted for Vietnam, if I had been I would have gone. What wars have you fought in? Seems to me you are just trolling. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
I suggest you compare the GDP of Russia against that of the US and Europe before predicting economic chaos, Russia is a minnow in comparison. What partners? Only China has enough clout to provide an alternative world reserve currency, and it has enough on its plate with multiple property sector failures. Western economies are already working on reducing their dependence on Chinese exports. You have it the wrong way round, China needs imports from the West to feed its population, and support its industries. AFAIK China does not build any commercial aircraft, for example. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
I'm of an age where the only thing I am fighting is idiotic posts on ASEAN. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
Ah, a person who prefers to live on his knees. Thanks for letting us know. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
I suggest you check back on what Putin has said repeatedly, he wants to restore the USSR to its former glory. IIRC, the USSR extended all the way to a partitioned Germany. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
I'm in favor of letting the sanctions work, and supporting the Ukrainians. Both tacks are winning. The only person who can start WW 3 is Putin, and he knows once he starts using nukes, Russia would be annihilated along with everyone else. I suspect he also knows now his military is not up to snuff against the combined NATO countries in terms of morale, organization, and technology. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
I don't think ordinary Russians are evil, just brainwashed. Russia is now a pariah nation, it can't get foreign investment. Its domestic aviation industry will be a shambles within a year. The EU has banned Russian oil, no income. The Indians and Chinese won't be able to restore that income for years, the logistics of moving oil to those countries don't exist. It is shut out of the global financial system, most foreign companies have fled. IMO Russia has already lost the war it started, it just doesn't realize it. That's what happens when dictators surround themselves with yes-men. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
I seem to remember Chamberlain tried to find a peaceful solution with Hitler, we all know how that panned out. IMO the best way to deal with dictators is to send them home with a bloody nose. -
Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
You'd prefer Trump was back in the White House, kissing Putin's butt and playing golf? The train wreck would be ten times worse. Record high gas prices, food shortages and inflation are all down to Putin's war, unless the West just let the Russians roll over Ukraine. That would only be the start, Putin wants to reconstitute the USSR all the way to East Germany. The Cato Institute advocates non-intervention in foreign affairs, no surprise they would not agree with Biden. Blaming Biden for what Russia has caused is wrong. TBH, I thought the article was dumber than a can of soup. You don't negotiate with dictators. -
If I had the money, IMO a Russian billionaire's luxury yacht stocked with nubile lassies could be the answer. Although too many of them falling overboard might raise some eyebrows. Back to my avocado, cheese and macadamia lunch. Have you done a brief discourse on food as yet, GG? After all, it is another pleasure of the flesh. We all know you are celibate, just wondering if you are ascetic as well.
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10 wounded in South Carolina mass shooting, mayor confirms
Lacessit replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
I have been to America many times. It's a wonderful country in many ways. But boy, do you ever have some fruitcakes and wingnuts in it. The phrase "Only in America" is nothing if not factual. -
I've done a search. As you clearly do not understand the meaning of precision and accuracy, I'll leave it at that. Noted you have not given your own solution to the OP's problem of removing copper.
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I guess I'd be happier if I did not read bilge on ASEAN, but as an optimist I keep looking for the wheat among all the chaff here.
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I guess I had better throw my chemistry degree in the bin. I've never been too fond of test kits, as I have found from long experience their precision and accuracy leave a lot to be desired. Perhaps you would be kind enough to post your solution to the OP's problem.