FarFlungFalang

Perhaps you would prefer I only post studies and opinions with which you agree so we can have a one sided debate?In case you haven't realised economics is pretty much imbedded in the fabric of our society and it's survival so viewpoints from this perspective would be foolish to ignore in my opinion.With hindsight we can better prepare for the future as in learning from our mistakes or would you prefer the blind leading the blind approach to problem solving or even a ship of fools following their train of thought?You seem to think you know what I'm trying to do but that would be a misguided thing to do as you don't and can't really know what I'm trying to do, what you are really doing is guessing or believe you know just like many who think they know about this pandemic and this virus and what they see on the screens we spend so much time looking at and forming beliefs which they mistakenly take for facts or knowledge which we don't really know but we can believe which is much easier to do than actually knowing.The best we do is take a guess.The study is from a well respected centre of learning and trusted information and scientific experts therefore should at least be considered in the debate, but if you don't want to listen to the experts that entirely up to you as you are the one in charge of your beliefs or you can always choose which experts to believe.Where do most of the experts get their knowledge from?Mostly they get their knowledge from other experts, kind of like a Chinese whispers of experts.

A recent study published by the Johns Hopkins University seems to back up observations. "The use of lockdowns is a unique feature of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lockdowns have not been used to such a large extent during any of the pandemics of the past century. However, lockdowns during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic have had devastating effects. They have contributed to reducing economic activity, raising unemployment, reducing schooling, causing political unrest, contributing to domestic violence, and undermining liberal democracy. These costs to society must be compared to the benefits of lockdowns, which our meta-analysis has shown are marginal at best. Such a standard benefit-cost calculation leads to a strong conclusion: lockdowns should be rejected out of hand as a pandemic policy instrument." https://sites.krieger.jhu.edu/iae/files/2022/01/A-Literature-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-on-COVID-19-Mortality.pdf

Good welders are indeed artists and is fascinating to watch even on youtube.I now enjoy trying to TIG weld these days.All the pipeline was also stick welding and the number 1 welder was a Scotsman.

That's right which is why nobody needs a booster?Why would people get boosters for if they are getting long term protection from 2 shots?Stupid Israel is doing number 4 shots?The vaccines have long term protection so they must have lost the plot like everyone else getting more than the initial double dose.Also all those stupid epidemiologist experts recommending boosters when there's no evidence that mRNA vaccines are not providing long term protection?We already know that breakthrough infections are extremely rare and that the vaccines are amazing at preventing infections so why are so many people getting boosters?

If you knew any local Thai musos in Nong Khai doing a gig in Vientiane or even a Thai truck driver doing a run?Or any Thais taking their own vehicles over and back.I've driven to Laos numerous times and nobody checks vehicles.I play slide on National Resophonics and I have never even seen another one in Thailand let alone a cheap one so I can understand your frustration of so near yet so far.I would even rent a fishing boat and skip across the river to pick it up.I know that many locals cross the river both ways in ferries for a few baht.Sorry I can't provide useful info on the tax situation.Might be worth a shot to trust the seller on the no tax and see how it goes especially if it's secondhand.

I like the idea of "seriously dank buds", and although I've never heard the term before I'm pretty sure I know what you mean.

In 89-90 I rode my mountain bike through Pakistan where I went to Peshawar with 2 Swiss guys and scored some fresh hand pressed Afghani and watched while they pressed our order, we then rode from Chiteral to Karimabad via Gilgit alone the Karakorum Highway!Absolutely magical!Lebanon was also well know for hash back in the day.There was also quite a lot of hash around in India smoked in Chillum's from memory.

There probably aren't any laws against smashing one's own furniture but I suspect police were called because of concerns for other people's wellbeing.After finding that its all a misunderstanding he will probably be free to continue smashing his own stuff.

I don't know about that,I read an article in Hightimes magazine in the 70's where a bunch of people ate some hash cookies hungry after a long bush walk and some not knowing what they where they ate too many and had a pretty harrowing experience some ended up in hospital freaking out, so as my tolerances are way down I think I could quite easily become legless on some good weed.

Hi MikeN,I used to send online direct from Westpac to Bangkok Bank account until the Thai phone companies stopped carrying the one time password so I could no longer use a local phone number, so my question is does this still occur or have things changed again?

I spent a year working as a survey assistant on a gas pipeline from Adelaide to Melbourne watching some of the best welders in Australia and grinding the welds seemed to be an essential part of the process because each and every weld was X-rayed and numbered and logged, each of these welders had an assistant whose main job seemed to be grinding the welds to remove any and all inclusions so I guess it depends on type of welding and its application.I had done some welding courses so I was particularly interested in watching these guys work which was quite fascinating as they had to position each 12 metre section of pipe with excavators to get the 1-2mm gap to ensure penetration in the weld and many sections were bent for creek and road crossings which made it even more difficult.Did you know welders get the deepest penetration in the root? Also in the courses I did at TAFE (technical college) we were taught to prepare the surfaces by grinding not only to get a clean surface which improves the quality of the weld but also to get the angles correct on thicker materials to ensure penetration.

You mean when everyone was a virus transmitting unvaccinated evil doer?I think it's time we blame the virus and not people, science is about asking questions and searching for the answers to those questions, it's not about calling people names and labelling them and blaming them.Like you say stats, although not misinformation per se can be used to misinform.

They would probably be better off financially by setting up a stall selling Bubblegum Kush instead of trying to bust the customers.Not that some of them don't already profit from it already a friend tells me, now they have the opportunity to join in the legal profits it could bring which could help subsidise their meager incomes.

If the carry bags and takeaway containers were filled with Blueberry Kush or other such varieties then I'm sure business would be much more interesting.

It'll be a bit like Oktober Fest in Germany accept with pot!A dream come true!

It has been demonstrated that covid vaccines wane which is why boosters are recommended, therefore how do people know what each person's level of protection is?In some places a booster has been mandated for people to work in government employment and essential service jobs.In Australia there have been more deaths from Omicron in the past couple of months than the entire previous 2 years of the pandemic yet we see no lockdowns to protect the vulnerable so it's not only individuals that have no regard for the vulnerable but we now have governments showing the same disregard for protecting the vulnerable, why is that?In fact Australia is opening up more and more when the situation is at its most dire.Previously people's live were more important than the economy but that seems to have changed and people have to learn to live and die with covid!Vaccinated people are catching and spreading covid causing people to get sick and die so really vaccinated people should have similar restrictions put on them for the same reasons you state that unvaccinated people should have restrictions placed on them.Like vaccines the argument for vaccine mandates is waning and will eventually be replaced with common sense.Vaccines should be encouraged because they work (they prevent death and serious illness) they should not be mandated because they don't work (they don't stop infections and the spread of the virus) which is what is happening now.

Have you got any figures on people who are not vaccinated but have recovered from a previous infection?Perhaps we should distinguish between the two instead of lumping them all together, after all those who have recovered from a previous infection and are "unvaccinated" have been shown to have better protection than vaccinated people with no previous infection.If people are being restricted from certain activities based purely on vaccination status and not on their protection status then that just doesn't make scientific sense to me. FIGURE. Incident laboratory-confirmed COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among immunologic cohorts defined by vaccination and previous diagnosis histories — California, May 30–November 13, 2021*,† https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7104e1.htm#contribAff

So you are saying that business owners are saying they must get vaccinated to enter their establishments right after saying no business owners are saying they must get vaccinated?Which one is it?Talk about covering all the bases!How can business owners be saying what you said they weren't saying and if they are saying what you said they weren't saying aren't they saying what you said they weren't saying?Are you confused?

This is gibberish.Maybe try reading it then try rewording it.As can be seen in the study I posted getting vaxxed after an infection provides little to no extra benefit.If they are going to restrict people for not being vaxxed yet are better protected from a previous infection then they should do the same for vaxxed with no previous infection because they are at greater risk of becoming infected and ending up in hospital and clogging up the health care system etc.The study clearly shows this.

Not always unvaxxed with previous infection have less chance than those vaxxed without a previous infection and getting vaxxed after an infection provides little to no extra protection according to a study released by the CDC in the US. FIGURE. Incident laboratory-confirmed COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among immunologic cohorts defined by vaccination and previous diagnosis histories — California, May 30–November 13, 2021*,† https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7104e1.htm#contribAff

They say they discovered it in bats in South Africa no mention of where the bats came from but my guess would be the Wuhan Lab as that's the only place they allegedly found the last corona because they still haven't found where the last one came from, funny that!

If you extract the THC from the dried flower by the burning method then the smoke extract containing the THC will be weighed and if it's more than 0.2% then you will get pinged.The hard part for them will be weighing the smoke so you might be safe until they figure that part out.I can see THC in smoke being classed as an extract because you are extracting the THC from the dried flower.

Just imagine if sewerage systems were designed properly to provide clean chemical free fertiliser for growing hemp and recreational pot then we could call them "potty boxes" instead of "sandboxes".With the amount of products that can be made from hemp from building materials to plastics to make cars and oils to fuel those cars it would do more for the planet than any pot infused skincare products often mentioned and all some people can say is some people might get stoned, how little imagination some people have!The paper alone would make it worth the effort.In 6 months you can grow enough paper to supply the world and not tie up land for 20 years.Imagine all the rainforests that could be regenerated from this.Open your minds to the endless possibilities of this plant and think outside of the tiny sandbox of one's imagination.I've literally used bulls**t to grow the stuff with amazing results there was also the some waste from our eco dunny that was also used.

Tragic episodes like this will elicit all manner of responses and guesses about what took place and why even based on sensationalised articles such as the original story posted on this forum.

After dealing with my steps son's mental health issues over 15 years I know the trigger can be as small as refusing to buy smokes or whiskey which would result in death threats.In and out of the nearest mental health hospital on a regular basis because there are so many cases they can't cope.The only way they get admitted is if they actually do something.At first I thought he was just being a knob, until I saw and heard what he was going through and how little control he actually had and the horrendous torture he went through until 18 months ago I unstrung him from the rafters and tried to revive him even though he'd caused so much pain and grief to his mother and I.I now have nothing but sympathy for him and anyone who has to cope with this tragedy called mental health that includes the families and the staff struggling in the hospitals under the enormous strain of the shear numbers.So thanks for your efforts and words to remain non judgemental from the little we know about what has occurred.