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Link apparently has a shelf life and no longer works. Could you repost? Thx

Never wake a Thai bus driver when he's driving!

High fluoride content in some Thai bottled waters: https://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2016-47-5/27-691223-1112.pdf

Interesting, thanks. Here's a refreshingly sane review of the Xiaomi Mi <deleted> Water Quality Tester Pen, including surprising bottled water test results. And some very sane reviews of the Review: https://www.richardbarrow.com/2019/03/review-of-xiaomi-mi-<deleted>-water-quality-tester-pen/

However, displaying the names next to the icons is clearly insufficient.

Haven't read any posts. Nor the news article. The answer to the headline is "Because most foreign tourists in Thailand are Malaysians crossing the border for a day or two."

Still waiting for the criteria for determining whether someone is "Black". Or "White". How can I make this simpler for you? Actually, forget it. Cling to your imaginary social constructs. Obama is a mix, as are all of us.

If it's not skin color then what is it? Fact? Who made you the final arbiter? Please describe the criteria for being "Black"? I'll add your opinions to the list. To many Americans, Obama's not Black. Neither is Kamala Harris. Guess that's also a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT. In the American racial context.

Says you. Many/most thinking people disagree. Because there's no way of defining "Black". Or "White". Or "Person of Color". There's not even a generally agreed upon definition - even among experts - for "Race". Perhaps you mean Black is just short for "American of African heritage"? Well, go back far enough and Americans are all that. Americans are all Black. (Good news: reparations for all.) A very dark-skinned Fijian-American I asked said he's not black. But would he refuse a special government program for blacks? No. Would the government withhold special support for this dark-skinned fellow? No. The idiot Kamala Harris claims she's "black". And while we're at it, are the Chinese "people of color"? What about the half-Chinese, half-white? Is it ok to say "yellow-skinned"? Says who? Now there are machines that measure skin color. Why not add these to the mix. A Black-o-meter in every public space. A People-of-Color device to sort out who gets what special status. Swarthy Mediterraneans: keep working on that tan. Albinos may be SOL. Again, race-baiting is a distraction for the feeble-minded. This includes Scott Adams who couldn't identify "Black" or "White" any better than the rest of us.

Idiots all. Is Barack Obama "black"? Some say so. Some say he is half-white. Some say he was brown. Some say he is not black enough. Race-baiting is a distraction for the feeble-minded.

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That would just result in neighbors burning each others' fields in spite

Spoiled little boys become irresponsible little men

You may have something there: the people who swim are the problem! Particularly people with heads that stick above the water. "Air pollution isn't the problem, the people (who breathe) are." Anyway, another chance to expand your bragged-about "7-page ignored user list"!

But then there would be no "story". Remember: this is a No-Fact Zone.

I literally don't believe a word the OP literally wrote. Sounds like he's literally trying to squirm out of responsibility for his wife having literally driven over a neighbor's dog.

Pretty sure people are regularly clicking the "Sad" icon when they intend to convey "Confused". They look similar and it's understandable why they would be confusing them. Could these two icons be made more distinctive?

Don't pull on that thread or the entire AseanNow Forums will unravel.

3M Filtrete installation on room air conditioner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka8aMHpddUw Increase the effectiveness by installing weather stripping and bottom door seals on leaky doors.

Add theft, muggings .... People get mean when they have no money. Hoping the Thai authorities are awake to this potential mess.

Certainly doable and can be enjoyable. Some better riding along the coast. Not so much inland or on the main highways. New to this kind of riding? Best to find your own pace and range. Got time? Unsure of your abilities? Take a few days to get there. You'll see more and develop your skills, too. And remember: "Don't ride faster than your guardian angels can fly."

EV = Electric Vehicles? That topic does tend to divide people. Just learned that intolerance toward "bigots" could in itself be bigotry: "The meaning of BIGOTRY is obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices ..." Merriam-Webster

Yeah, educate yourself on spelling things! Afghanis managed to milk the USA for $$$ billions of aid over 20 years and, on top of that, came away with $$$ billions worth of USA military equipment after the Americans finally gave up and scurried away. The Americans ran - did not walk - out of Vietnam after having their a*sses handed to them despite their many years of committing atrocities - in the name of "American Exceptionalism". And now the USA cannot even defend its own border with Mexico.

Interesting point. I found this, and others, in support: Biofuel Production from Sugarcane in Thailand Along similar lines: the clearing of large swathes of thickly vegetated land for short-lived solar panel farms - for the production of "green" electricity. Turns out humans are mostly idiots.