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Lacessit

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  1. 1 hour ago, rocky123 said:

    The mainstream media are doing a great job "injecting" fear into all the sheeple. Why would anyone get injected by an untested fluid (research the ingredients) for a virus 99.95% curable in the under 80 year olds. You have an immune system people. Always ask questions, trust nobody. ????

    30% of COVID - infected people in Australia are experiencing lung damage that takes months of rehabilitation.

    I don't trust your information 99.95% is curable. Immune systems only work against threats they have experienced before, ergo vaccines.

    I'm asking you a question. Where is a link to an authoritative source that supports the figure you have posted?

  2. 18 minutes ago, Brierley said:

    As I said subsequently, this is not my call, I'm merely describing the role of the Embassies as they are performed currently and have been so for at least two decades or more. The problem is, so few people understand the role and expect so much more.

    If taxpayers knew the level of waste that goes on in Foreign Affairs ( or whatever it is called now ) they'd be screaming bloody murder. Cushiest government employment there is.

    Is it too much to ask, in the middle of a pandemic, for embassies to get off their butts and assist their citizens?

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  3. 1 hour ago, RocketDog said:

    How many people excel at a sport (using the term loosely for golf) the first time they try it?

     

    Did you ever try baton twirling? 

    Why not? Not interested and think it silly? You owe it to yourself to try; you could be a natural but odds are you would look abjectly incompetent. 

     

    Personally I've never attempted either 'sport'. 

    Why would I try baton twirling? I thought that was done by girls with nice legs and very short skirts, the sight of me attempting that would frighten small children and grown adults alike.

    Particularly if I wore the uniform.

     

    I certainly did not excel when I started golf, took me 18 months to get to single figures. Slow learner. Never thought of it as silly at any stage.

     

    People who think golf is silly don't understand the combination of athleticism, skill and mental application required to become a champion. They also don't understand golf is the only form of exercise recommended by doctors for cardiac patients, or that it is a sport that can be played by all ages. The number of 70 yo golfers would be far greater than tennis or badminton players.

     

    Golf is a metaphor for life, that's why it's the best game ever invented.

  4. 4 hours ago, Brierley said:

    It's not their job to look after the health of their citizens overseas, they're not missionaries.

    Perhaps you could explain what Australians are supposed to do, when they are unable to travel back there due to quarantine quotas, and in fact face jail terms if they try to do it from India.

     

    I've seen the taxpayer-funded holiday accommodation of the Australian ambassador outside Jakarta, not a mansion, a bloody palace. The  functions of diplomatic staff seems to be holding parties for other consulates and embassies. And begrudgingly dole out visas.

     

    I'm registering for vaccination at a local private hospital. Not expecting assistance from the consulate, IME they're as useful as tits on a bull.

  5. 1 minute ago, tjo o tjim said:

    The US is having issues getting sufficient people to take the vaccine… issues that seem to be about more than politics (for once), and other countries are reporting similar results.  Wife just had second jab today at a place set up for 2,000 people per day that can only get 500 to come in.

    The Russians and Chinese are mounting huge disinformation campaigns to cast doubt on the safety and efficacy of Western vaccines, it's just another salvo in the "grey war" being conducted in cyberspace.

    It's unfortunate there is no vaccine or therapy for ignorance, and also unfortunate COVID is not selective for it.

  6. I would decree everyone on the planet older than 10 has to play a minimum of three rounds of golf every week, tapering off permitted after age 70.

    I would legalize every illicit drug, with the proviso any crime committed under their influence gets the same penalty as if the person was not.

    I would legalize prostitution, abortion and voluntary euthanasia world-wide.

    I would ban all  religious instruction in schools as a form of brain-washing.

    Every student would have to attend and pass a minimum number of hours of education in physics, chemistry and biology. The people that fail would repeat until they passed.

    People can accumulate as much wealth as they want to. There would be a limit set on what heirs could inherit.

  7. 19 minutes ago, sherwood said:

    If your windscreen is tinted with a FILM as in Thailand avoid an abrasive or even a solvent based approach.

    You could try a citrus solution, lemon or lime applied to the gum residue. Has worked for me in the past, this is for removing rego sticker type applications.    

    My windscreen is tinted with film, acetone leaves it undamaged.

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  8. 38 minutes ago, Susco said:

     

    For removing adhesives, terpentine or white spirit works way better than alcohol or acetone

    It depends on the adhesive. Turpentine and white spirit, being non-polar solvents, can be useless for some types of adhesive. Residue from registration stickers on windscreens is probably a good example.

     

  9. 12 minutes ago, JetsetBkk said:

     

    So 99.9% Isopropyl Alcohol contains 5% water. Who knew?

    I was talking about ethanol, C2H5OH. When one uses the term alcohol, it does not normally refer to isopropyl alcohol.

    Isopropyl alcohol also forms an azeotrope with water, 91% by volume. Acetone forms no azeotropes with water, which is why it is used to eliminate water from extracts in analytical laboratories.

    Next.

  10. Acetone is superior to alcohol for cleaning off adhesives  and contacts, because it evaporates leaving no residue, whereas when alcohol evaporates it leaves a residue of water behind. That's because water forms a 5% azeotrope with alcohol.

    This is what I use, available at 7/11, otherwise known as nail polish remover. Avoid any nail polish removers that state they contain oils, you want the pure stuff.

    IMG20210504184951.jpg

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  11. 5 hours ago, Saltire said:

    Any way to find this announcement/article in Thai as I feel it may help me to show my local hospitals what I am asking.

     

    I showed the wife a Google translation but I think it was about 80% accurate which may or may not be enough.

     

     

    Most hospitals have English-speakers, unless you are living way out in the sticks. Ask for an English-speaker, and explain you want to register for COVID waksin.

    It does help if you are registered with the hospital as a patient, they usually issue a card.

  12. The authorities say wearing masks is compulsory. They don't specify how a mask should be worn, so someone who is exercising should be able to uncover their nose to assist breathing.

    I'd also like to know if golf courses are considered public places, because I don't see golfers wearing masks. Caddies, yes.

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  13. 28 minutes ago, Ventenio said:

    Seems like 20 people trolled the survey, well done.

     

    Next question:  Are you happy paying more for being a falang?

     

    Do you like being called dirty falang?  Yes or No.

     

    Are you happy not being able to own land?

     

    Troll on..... good stuff.  

    #1 AFAIK, I don't. I pay exactly the same for my car a scooter registration, ditto fruit and vegetables at the day market. I might pay more if I wanted to eat Western food exclusively.

     

    #2 No. That's coming from a guy who has the same intelligence as a can of soup, and proves it repeatedly.

     

    #3 Yes. I'm happy to rent here, and keep my capital to produce income. Land is not a liquid asset, might take years to sell. Land does not produce income, it has to be farmed or built on.

     

    Troll on indeed.

     

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