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1 hour ago, Pushbiker said:
Got my 1st Pfizer jab yesterday 2pm. Collapsed at 11pm with cerebral cramps + vomiting -> emergency room. Age 37 height 185 weight 75 sportsman.
Not good. Hope you are OK. A family friend who has some health issues had an issue too and stayed in hospital for a night.
I had my first Pfizer on Friday and it was fine.
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43 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:
Afraid you might gain 1/2 a kilo?
that could effect your IQ
ps - Crazy is a type of fun and daring..
No. I'll stick to my lettuce leaves.
Actually the name was a spur of the moment thing. Not obsessed about weight. If you saw the chocolate I eat.
I went to Laem Sing around 2004, where you can only access it by walking down a hill, and it was a beautiful looking but smallish beach. One by one they added food stalls and seats which kind of crowded it out a bit.
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I like working from home during the lockdown. When its busy - get on with it. When not - it's like the weekend.
I used to like to plan my next Thailand holiday at work during breaks. Get a cheap thrill if I saved $10 a night at a Koh Chang hotel. Now who knows when I'll be back. I hope my points are still useable on the hotel sites.
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I needed a file once as proof of our relationship so I could bring my girlfriend to Australia .
For me, you go to the top right with the 3 lines, then Other Settings, then Export Chat History, and you can create a file.
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Karon Kata and Bang Tao are beautiful beaches. Be careful at Karon and Kata Noi.
Freedom beach is nice for a day on the beach.
Last time I was at Patong Beach it had all the sections divided up and speedboats and jet skis and rubbish on the beach and it wasn't fun. On a good day it looks nice.
Laem Sing is nice too. Though last time they seem to be adding more and more eateries that spoiled the feel a bit. Better than Surin and Kamala though in my opinion.
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1 hour ago, rumak said:
I think WE ALL AGREE that what you wrote above is true. The only dispute is WHICH SIDE of the political spectrum is the one that was doing such evil things. (BIG SMILE)
Then again, there are a very few here that understand the REAL TRUTH (source : Rumak) .
The real truth is that EVERYONE, every political power seeking group, every biased institution,
every "paid for" expert ...................... is corrupted by their own greed and desire for power.
That is the reason it is so humorous ( in a tragic way) to see supposedly grown men fighting over who is to blame for the condition of this forum......... or the WORLD , for that matter
peace, and love, and harmony ............... all people working for the common good . hahahaha
better turn on the Disney Channel if you want to see that
I agree in a sense. Watching shows like Narcos, and seeing what went on behind the scenes in governments of both sides, was shocking. No doubt just the tip of the iceberg.
In that sense what happened in recent years was refreshing in that the lies came out more to the surface which was kind of a form of honesty. But it was still shocking that the lies on the surface weren't seen as lies by some.
In some ways getting rid of news was good. Stop me thinking too much about that stuff.
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So many squash and tennis courts have disappeared in Australia. Tennis courts become blocks of apartments. My gym had two squash courts that were turned into a wellness centre. The boxing area became a women's gym. Not happy.
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This is a song about wanting someone else wife. Thus the title.Someone Else's WifeThe Go BetweensCan't find my way down my own street,
Got to get my dream feet back on its feet.
I'm trapped in my house
On first name terms with its mouse.
Don't say this house is a shack.
We had it once, can I get it back?
It's a fine line between love and despair;
Do you know the times I've waited on your stair?
Don't say you've got a home and new life,
I won't stand in your way 'cause
You're someone else's wife.I'm trying to set things straight
But I can't see straight.
I'm gonna drive if it takes me years,
Gotta learn to live with fear.
Don t say this house is a shack.
Lightning hit it so I struck back.
It's a fine line between love and despair;
Do you know the times I've waited on your stair?
Don't say you've got a home and new life,
I won't stand in your way 'cause
You're someone else's wife.Don't say this house is a shack.
Thunder cracked so I cracked back.
It's a fine line between love and despair;
Do you know the times I've waited on your stair?
Don't say you've got a home and new life,
I won't stand in your way 'cause
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On the issue of rudeness this is a general comment on the political debate here in 2020 not relating to a particular poster.
All politicians exaggerate or lie but, to many on the left and right what happened in 2020 was something different, dangerous and baffling. Baffling in that it seemed that millions were willing to accept obvious lies as OK. Things read in books like 1984 were coming true in the United States.
When people defended indefensible outright lies, on say election fraud or on covid or on numbers at a rally, it was hard not to reply in a strong manner and those replies may have sometimes seemed like a personal insult, because you could see the poster was reasonably intelligent in other ways, and you might want them to snap back to reality.
Of course the poster might dispute the degree to which their post veered from reality and think that the other person is stifling debate. But at some point there is some sort of objective reality and if you let that concept go then anything goes.
This is not aimed at getting into a political debate, and some may still believe in unproven conspiracy theories, but I guess the more outlandish or lazy, in terms of fact checking, the point of view, the more someone might expect a passionate response.
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Had my Pfizer shot. No Pompem. Good speech by Biden pushing vaccination. I accept freedom of choice but when you look from outside it can seem anti vax people need a push to be saved from their own stupidity. But freedom to choose to not follow logic and common sense is still freedom as long as it does not harm others.
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Just last night I saw that an old post about the merits or otherwise of Joe Biden had been reopened, and many of the posters from the time of Trumps election and demise, are back posting. It had been opened for a while.
Not surprised they have reintroduced this because, with the exception of Covid posts which for many are boring, posting seems to have significantly decreased. Some prominent posters have gone to a different site too. Especially those that love their conspiracy theories.
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1 hour ago, club said:
A moot point! His poll numbers are in the tank. 43% approval and sinking. He sure has you Democrats fooled. Everything he does is scripted. He either reads off flash cards or a teleprompter because his dementia is eating his brain away. His press conferences with the press are a joke. He has the Questions and answers from the reporters he calls on. That's why you see him look down at his flash cards so much . Then their is the lies he tells. He is not fooling anyone. He is to busy making a fool of himself. Keep watching CNN and MSNBC for more liberal fake news
If you look at the minutiae of what he does then you see he is a bit old, and can be a bit slow to respond, and his stutter from childhood makes him hesitate sometimes, and he can say some silly things from time to time.
Each time though you fox news loving guys says he has dementia I see him then give a good, sincere, well thought out comment or speech where he is clearly not reading. Then you all go quiet and go to a different talking point.
Just for a minute admire the man for going against the Trump lies and nonsense, with a simple message keeping to the middle political ground, and leaving Trump crying on the floor about stolen elections.
If we look at policies and ideas and getting stuff done, and not focus on personal shortcomings, then I think he's doing pretty good.
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7 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:Here we have it .
Anti Trump supporters requesting common decency now .
Four years of hurling horrendous abuse and now they suddenly think that its indecent to comment on Bidens ability to speak coherently .
How times have changed
What is this? Politics on Asean Now? I didn't pick you for a Trump supporter. Many of your posts on other topics make sense.
What I like about Biden is he is not perfect. He's one of us. He had the guts to stand up and spend his twilight years changing the world. So far pretty good in my opinion. Afghanistan is a moot point, but if you accept they had to go sometime, then once again he had the courage to take action and risk his popularity in the process.
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2 hours ago, cmarshall said:
Did you enjoy "Mein Kampf?" Ayn Rand is simple-minded thinker and an extraordinarily tedious writer, a lot like you-know-who as a matter of fact. Rand's Russian family lost its wealth in the Bolshevik Revolution which fueled the lifelong grievance that underlay her "philosophy." It's the kind black-and-white false dichotomies that are of interest chiefly to teenagers and right-wingers.
I feel like this is a case where you are basing this on what you have read about her rather than the book itself. I read it pre Google when you could give books a go with no preconceptions.
Right wing economics i.e. freedom of markets - yes. Right wing in the Hitler sense - silly.
The book showed no preconceived notions of any race or religion, she was an athiest , and believed in total freedom of people and the the markets.
They made a big Hollywood movie of the book in the late 40's staring Gary Cooper.
She is loved by millions of Americans including republicans, libertarians, entrepeneurs and architects.
I am talking the Republicans of the past, that are appalling in their own way, but nothing like the motley lot that go by that name today.
As I said, I read it at about 26, when politics was far from my mind. I think it helped me to confirm that I am a bit to the left, but less than before, by reading a book that talked about the benefits of right wing thinking and the free market.
There's an interesting story how I came upon it. In the Sydney upmarket suburb of Darlinghurst there was a shop that sold one of everything in the 90's - one really well made brief case, one beautifully designed piece of furniture, etc and one book - that book was The Fountainhead.
6 million books sold. I googled that. I am sure if I googled more I might find some bad things you talk of but to compare her to Hitler is silly.
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3 hours ago, cmarshall said:
Catholic tastes have their limit. Ayn Rand was a crackpot.
Sometimes it's good to read someone with a different and extreme opinion. You may dismiss most of it but be left with some sense that good things and ideas on how to live, can come from far and wide, on the right and the left. I haven't picked up The Fountainhead since 1992 or so, but her story of a young architect, wanting to build something new and unique not based on concessions to City Hall, or old ideas, was not crackpot at all in my opinion.
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2 hours ago, VincentRJ said:
If only the situation were that simple. Unfortunately, the complexity of human affairs, such as health concerns and the uncertainty involved in various treatments, and the long-term side effects of approved drugs, and the different life-styles and genetic conditions which can influence the outcome of certain treatments and produce different effects on different individuals, can create a significant degree of uncertainty.
One of the major benefits of religious belief, that I've mentioned before in this thread, is the placebo effect. It is perhaps not realized how pervasive this effect is in all societies. It is estimated that, on average, approximately 30% of the effectiveness of treatments administered by doctors, results from a 'belief' in the doctor and the pharmaceutical industry.
When new drugs, during their development, are subjected to the 'double-blind' test, where one group of people is administered the real drug, and another group is administered a placebo, and neither the doctor nor the patient knows which is being administered, one might assume that the placebo (sugary pill) would have no effect. However, this is not true. The placebo group generally does experience some degree of improvement in their symptoms, but just not as great an improvement as the drug, if the drug is shown to be successful.
Therefore, it should not be difficult to imagine that a person who has a very strong belief in some guru, or authority with claimed magical healing powers, could experience what appears to be a miraculous recovery from their ailment, due to an exceptionally strong placebo effect.
Unfortunately, from a scientific perspective, the placebo effect often requires a degree of certainty which cannot be confirmed scientifically. Therefore, in certain circumstances a scientist could face a moral dilemma of either reducing a beneficial effect by honestly declaring the uncertainty, or increasing a beneficial effect by downplaying the uncertainty and exaggerating the certainty.
I am not sure of the link between your previous post and this one. The previous one seemed to represent a conscious decision by a scientist to put money over truth.
I think this post is talking about whether a scientist, speaking up about a dud medicine or a dud guru say, may result in the negative outcome that the placebo affect of that dud will be less effective.
The latter would not be relevant for smoking or warming. No placebo affect is going to make them good for you.
But, as you say, if there is no alternative, a sugar pill may be better than nothing if the person thinks it is an actual cure.
If I was in prehistoric times and sick, it may have helped me get better, if a witch doctor gave me a useless elixir as a placebo effect. Even if it didn't help the hope from a potential cure might limit the distress.
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5 hours ago, talahtnut said:
I start very young on the Beano, now much older, I've graduated to the Viz.
Every Christmas I like to buy the Annual.
Does that count on one of the buttons please?
My girlfriend visited England around 1990 and brought me back a hard cover book. Billy the Fish. Sid the sexist. Fat slags. What a beauty. Never saw it before or since.
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28 minutes ago, VincentRJ said:
I'm not sure it's mainly on the deniers' side, unless you are combining the term 'denial' with 'skepticism'.
Skepticism, perhaps due to a sense of the irrationality of an argument, or the presence of counteracting evidence which casts doubt on the truth of an argument, is the most fundamental aspect of scientific enquiry. Without it, there would be no scientific progress.
The behaviour of certain scientists who were earning a living in the tobacco industry, is an illuminating example of the bias that can result when earning a living might be in conflict with a 'potential' scientific truth which is still in the process of investigation, and which could destroy one's career if eventually proven to be correct.
The choice would be to either resign immediately and look for another job, perhaps despite having an expensive mortgage to pay on a house and having a wife and 5 young children to support, or to continue working in the tobacco industry and attempt to downplay the significance of smoking on lung cancer, hoping that the evidence for a significant risk will never become conclusive.
However, this problem is faced by many scientists in various industries, including the IPCC. Which is more important, complete scientific integrity and honesty, or earning a living?
There's many ways people sell their souls in life and that would be one of them. I am more sympathetic to people who might lie when their life is on the line. I am not sympathetic to a scientist who could simply take a lower paying job rather than sully the name of science, that can lead to many more deaths or just a slowing down of progress, so Johnny can go to a good college.
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1 minute ago, Jingthing said:
You had me until you praised Ayn Rand.
I know what you mean. Sometimes you can read a book that acts as a catalyst to wake you up. A book like The Fountainhead, apparently based on Frank Lloyd Wright, had that effect. The book shows the idea of self reliance and a form of selfishness and how life affirming that can be. The architect who is not willing to give in to the consensus.
You can understand her feelings about left wing things coming from the Soviet Union.
Then I read Atlas Shrugged which went too far.
So then I went back to the middle.
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To be honest the novel is a bit dead to me. In my teens and twenties I read books constantly. Like romantic and light British novels by Iris Murdoch, Kingsley Amis, Daphne Du Maurier, Evelyn Waugh, P J Wodehouse and the like. Also modern American literature, Tom Wolfe, Jay McInerney etc. Throw in a Dosteovsky, Chekhov, Tolstoy and a Kafka.
Ayn Rand books changed my life though they are a bit extreme. She turned me from a lazy left leaning person to a bit more centrist with her right wing economics. Albert Camus left a big impression with his notions of living in the moment.
Then I stopped reading. Just had enough. Not sure why.
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I don't think long term in many aspects of life and retirement is the same. I think I'll just rent somewhere in Thailand, keep the home in Australia, enjoy the lifestyle, if it gets too hot or tiresome go back home. Covid hasn't changed a thing.
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55 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:
Nobody said that, it's just your fantasy.
Although this is not the right place, investigating and discussing corruption in science would be interesting, don't you think?
I didn't say someone on this topic said that - it just seems to be an excuse people use on a range of topics from warming to covid.
Corruption is something that can affect science - in my opinion mainly on the deniers side e.g. affects of smoking, warming, etc - but it happens across the board in all facets of life where there is a buck to be made.
I do think if science denies the likelihood of your intelligent design theory it is extremely unlikely that it is due to those 3 reasons I mentioned. It's because it does not fit the facts at this time.
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I am the king of lockdown. Living alone in the most locked down city in the world - Melbourne Australia. To this day I cannot go more than 5 km from home, no gym, etc, and that's been pretty much the case since May 2020 with some short breaks.
The best part has been working from home. As I have said before no office politics, transport, just do your job and sign off. The worst part is being separated from my Thai girlfriend. OK in the first six months but now a bit tough. Could look for a nice Australian girl but couldn't be bothered.
Run in a nearby forest with an outlook over the city. Saw a kangaroo for the second time yesterday. Keep in touch with friends and family by phone. Have full access to entertainment. Not ideal but worse things happen at sea.
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10 hours ago, Sudarut said:MAC Proving Evolution is a lie.
MAC: I could stand here and present some egg-head scientific argument based on fact, I'm just a regular dude, I like to drink beer and I love my family. Rock, flag and eagle right Charlie?
CHARLIE: He's got a point.
DENNIS: No he doesn't.
MAC: See Charlie, these liberals are trying to assassinate my character. I can't change their mind. I wont change my mind, cos I don't have to, because I'm an American. I wont change my mind on anything regardless of the facts that are set out before me. I'm dug in and I'll never change.
DENNIS: Mac, look your wasting our time, your not going to get us to not believe in evolution.
MAC: And why is that?
DENNIS: Because the smartest scientists in the entire world all agree that its real.
MAC: I'm glad you bought that up, because Mr. Reynolds. Science is a liar "sometimes".
DEE: Oh boy.
MAC: This is Aristotle. thought to be the smartest man on the Planet. He believed that the earth was the center of the Universe and everybody believed him be because he was so smart. Until another smartest guy came around, Galileo, and he disproved that theory making Aristotle and everybody else on Earth look like a BITCH. Of course Galileo then thought Comets were an optical illusion and there was no way that the moon could cause the oceans tides and everybody believed that because he was so smart. He was also wrong. Making him and everyone else on earth look like a BITCH again. Then, best of all Sir Isaac Newton gets born and blows everybody's nips off with his big brains. Of course he also thought he could turn metal into gold and died eating mercury making him yet another stupid BITCH. Are you seeing a pattern?
DENNIS: No.
MAC: Mr. Reynolds these were all the smartest scientists on the Planet. Only problem is they kept being wrong...... "sometimes".
DENNIS: Oh this is insane you fool.
MAC: I'm a fool because I have more faith in the Saints that wrote the Bible?
DENNIS: Yeah because you just read the words of a bunch of guys that you never met and you just take it on "faith" that everything they wrote was true.
MAC: Hmm..... and what makes you think that what your Scientists were writing is any more truer then my Saints?
DENNIS: Cos there are volumes of proven data, numbers, figures....... there there are fossil records.
MAC: Oh fossil records.... Ahgg I didnt even think about the fossil records. I guess I'll concede..... Ahh one more thing before I do Mr. Reynolds have you seen these fossil records?
DENNIS: Have I....? Huh?
MAC: Have you poured through the data yourself? the numbers? the figures?
DENNIS: Well no... I mean no...
MAC: Oh interesting. So let me get this straight Mr. Reynolds. You get your information from a book written by Men you've never met and you take their words as truth based on a willingness to believe, a desire to accept, a leap of.... Errr.... dare I say it? "Faith"?
DENNIS: Oh come on look.... I mean I.... I don't even know how I'm supposed to respond to that.... like.... Oh come on that is a... false e... equivalency.
MAC: Just answer the question Mr. Reynolds.
DENNIS: Sure yeah... Ok...
MAC: I rest my case.
Science is cool. As you say it doesn't make saints or gods of it's biggest stars such as Aristotle, Galileo, or Newton. Or Darwin. So if the 19th century theory of evolution can be proved wrong, it would be, if you accept that all scientists are not corrupt, lazy, or stupid as some seem to think. At this stage it is holding up. A lay person like you or I do not need to research it ourselves - in life we let the experts do what experts do and if Darwin's theories can be overturned they will be.
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Good tip. I live on a steepish property and just mowing the lawn back and front seems to do the trick. Looking forward to gym opening though.