Thomas J

On 1/6/2020 at 3:51 PM, samuttodd said:

the climate has been hotter and colder than it is today.

 

The same thing that is happening on other planets in our solar system is happening here.  Climate catastrophes and increases of storms.     The sun and it's cycles is the main driver of these cyclic changes.  

The earth has gone through glacier and inter-glacial periods for millions of years.  The orbit around the sun changes also the rotation of the earth is like a top and it wobbles changing temperatures.  Volcanoes emit far far far more carbon dioxide than all of human activities.  

Video is pretty convincing that the plane was on fire prior to the crash.  That would seem to indicate some sort of bomb on board or a missile hitting the plane.  Mechanical failures would not have caused the plane to catch fire. 

27 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

Personally I would like to see all US and Allied troops withdrawn from the whole Middle East. Leave them to kill each other, just like they have for centuries. Not our business.

DoctorG you are correct.  The USA has for decades stuck its nose in areas around the world and only made the situation worse.  However, I would suggest that if you vacate those regions, the USA has to stop allowing people from those areas to enter the USA.  You can't allow them to get trained overseas to be planted on your home soil. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=thai+to+english&oq=thai+to+english&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.2450j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

There are hundreds of ways for credit card numbers to be stolen and not just online.  If you use public wi-fi your phone is vulnerable. If you use your credit card at a restaurant, bar, or hotel. you have no way of knowing if the person you handed the card to swiped it in a reader to capture the card information.  There was one instance where a group of thieves installed a fake ATM in a convenience store.  The people would insert their card and enter their pin.  The reader captured all of it. 

Number 10 but I expect it to climb in the ranks. 

9 hours ago, webfact said:

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders passed a stress test this month

Yes but if they had conducted a brain scan it would have shown to be flat lined. 

Stage 4 Pancreatic cancer.  He should resign and spend his remaining time with his family.  Certainly 12 months or less with that diagnosis. 

I don't know which country you have the debt from.  Most debt in the USA drops off the credit report 7 years after the first delinquency. 

She does not have to go to Bumble.  Here I am. 

Looks like I can just go to the beach and cancel my subscription to Porn Hub. 

19 hours ago, geisha said:

Will 4 days mean a nasty reception at Suvarnabhumi when they leave ?

Geisha,

They could go out of the country for one day and then return.  I would book a one way return within the 30 days on the day I was traveling to Thailand.  Make sure it is one that you have 24 hours to cancel with no penalty.  Or you could just book a cheap one way to someplace like Vietnam and throw it away.  I would not want to take the chance the the IO would not let me enter because I did not show a return ticket within 30 days.  I would then cancel the ticket if I could and apply for the extension. 

On 12/28/2019 at 4:28 PM, saengd said:

Russia simply does not have the financial means anymore to keep us a big army, nor invest a lot in new technology.

Russia is a third world country with a nuclear arsenal.  With its economy in shambles I doubt it has the resources to fund a cutting edge missile program.  China on the other hand has both the financial means and the technological prowess to match anyone. 

Drip irrigation is the most efficient.  You end up dripping water so very little evaporation.  This is just one example.  You can bury underground for even less water loss. 

Get it checked out.  Blurred vision is often an early sign of a stroke. 

Sure glad that Thailand is ridding itself of those plastic bags.  Will make Thailand look like Singapore ???? As a bonus you can go to Chiang Mai and not be bothered by those plastic bags. 

https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/05/31/thailand-is-new-dumping-ground-for-worlds-high-tech-trash-police-say.html

 

50 minutes ago, DJ54 said:

The Philippines has banned two U.S. lawmakers

Banning Durbin and Leahy certainly shows that the Philippines has some common sense.  I wish the USA would do the same to them. 

On 12/9/2019 at 7:03 PM, moontang said:

For prepaid, the data deals are way better for new customers with AIS..problem

moontang couldn't you port over the number to a new provider like DTAC for one month and then port back as a "new" customer? 

On 12/26/2019 at 9:35 AM, mcl2504 said:

I had a document notarized by my Thai attorney rejected by the US Company that needed the form. They would only accept a notarization from a US embassy outside of the US. Very, very annoying, but what can you do?

MCl2504, Strange I had to get a signature guarantee by a commercial bank, or a CPA or a Notary for a Schwab account.  The banks here refuse to do a signature guarantee so I opted for the Notary.  They required his business card accompany the signature guarantee and they did call to verify his authenticity.  

On 12/26/2019 at 1:17 PM, Sujo said:

No one stopped repubs calling witnesses to what trump is accused of doing.

Sujo, 

Obviously you are not informed.  Unless the Democratic Chairman approves the Republicans got nothing. 

In terms of Biden, yes his actions were clearly involved with Trumps request to look into corruption in Ukaraine.  As to your statement about witnesses not being germane, former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was called by the Democrats to testify despite her not even being in the position when Trump telephoned the Ukranian President. 

16 hours ago, Yabiaomer said:

When the bill came, it showed 1,390+7% tax. Nowhere in the special menu was mentioned that the price DOES NOT include tax.

yabiaomer now come on.  When do ANY prices include the 7% VAT.  I don't know what country you are from but in the USA things like VAT which in the USA is called a sales tax in never included.  I have never seen any store or restaurant in Thailand also include the VAT.  Now if they include a gratuity, that should be disclosed up front but I would think most people would expect that they will get hit with the VAT on top of whatever price they see in a store or restaurant.