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By the way: If you intend to download and read the epub copy of the book, LingShan, which I linked for you.... My suggestion is to install Calibre, here: https://calibre-ebook.com/download Next, there seems to be a plugin for Calibre which is quite a wizard at doing translations of words in Chinese that you might not know. You can add this Google Translate plugin to Calibre, and it works quite well. The epub format, and the Chinese version, is traditional Chinese, and not simplified Chinese, which I happen to like, very much, since it's less boring for me. The first word I came across that was not boring for me is the Chinese word for Unicycle... And so, if you use Calibre, there are many advantages for Chinese language learning through reading Chinese books.... For example, here is a good phrase that one should learn: 坐的不是小臥車，就是帶空調的大車子。 And, it just means: The rides were either small sleeper cars or large air-conditioned cars. Good Luck! In Taiwan, aircon is usually called LENG-QI. But, in China, AC becomes KongTiao.... Also, thankfully, the company that sold me my LengQiJi will soon replace it for a better one that does not rattle.....hopefully....after almost one year.... Calibre is an amazing piece of software, developed by a true genius... So, enjoy....

Dear Folks, Do you think this Thai-Style method of grounding might be safe? Here is the scenario: a. I live in a house which was built before proper grounded electrical system might have been required by PEA. b. I assume that there are codes in Thailand which govern the way an electrical system for a house should be installed. However, my house has only two wires leading to the wall sockets, and no third grounding wire. Also, the breaker box or circuit box is not grounded. c. So here is the thing: 1. I need to use a washing machine in the kitchen. 2. The socket/receptacle has no third grounding wire, even though the socket has a three-way receptacle. 3. The Thai technician intends to run an extra wire from the third grounding point in the receptacle outside the house, and then drive some sort of grounding stake into the ground. And then, this will be declared safely grounded, or so he says. d. However, it seems to me that this method of providing a "safe" socket for plugging-in of a washing machine might not be up to code. e. In this house, I also have several ACs. And, each time the installer adds an AC, then the installer just runs a wire outside the house, to a short stake that he has driven into the ground. f. Now, it seems, that the electrician plans to do the same thing for the washing machine: He will run a wire from the socket outside to a short stake that he will drive into the ground, and call it done. g. It bothers me that there are more than three grounding points. I.e. There are several ACs all connected to the same electrical CB box, which is not grounded. And, each of these machines has their own separate ground. Really weird. h. The wall receptacle in the kitchen looks like this: And, the technician intends, as I have just stated, to run another wire from the ground terminal to an outside grounding point. i. It just seems to me that if a single house has multiple grounding points, and no ground from the CB, then this might lead to current being passed back and forth willy-nillyl. j. So, for the purposes of this inquiry: Does anyone think that it might be OK, for operating a washing machine in a kitchen, to have the ground connected to the third grounding terminal in the wall receptacle where the washing machine will be plugged in??? This is the question. The Thai electrician says it's fine. But.... Is it fine? Tks. Regards, Gamma Important Note: I am just asking for informed opinions here. And, I will not hold anyone liable for providing information that might not be completely up to code.

Yes. But I am also wondering: How many of us actually have asked our parents WHY. Do you think they would have been able to provide us with a logical reason WHY were were born? I doubt they even had a clue, themselves.... I never asked my parents while they were alive, this question. If I had, they would NOT have been able to answer this question, in any logical way. (Was I born to post on TV, for example? This seems logical.... Right?)

Dear Folks, How many times a day have you wondered why you were ever born? And, then, so what is your guess. I once knew a Linguistics Professor who thought he was born to be a slave on the family farm. Yes, children are often considered slaves and free labor. Were you born on a farm? If you were born on a farm, then you know why you were born... a. To milk cows b. To feed the chickens c. And to buck hay....as a slave.... So, let's please go back to the Topic, and not get sidetracked by farming related videos. This Topic is: Why were you born, do you think? Did your mother ever tell you? Did your father ever tell you? My guess is that you were born due to some NEED that your parents could not satisfy through other more logical means. I do not know why I was born, because my parents didn't tell me, and the reason they did not tell me is that they did not know, themselves, presumably. Were you born just to make a family for your parents, for example? And, now that you are here, do they even care that they might have made a mistake, due to their ignorance? Obviously, you were not truly PLANNED, your birth, I mean.... Obviously, they did not Tink Too Mut, about it....for sure. So, really... Why were you born...AND.... Are you going to advise other young prospective parents to just do the same Stinking unTinking Thing? One should never start a family without a very clear and logical purpose. If you need free-labor for the farm, then maybe best just to sell the farm. For sure, I would have preferred to not have been born, merely for the purpose of fulfilling my parents mistaken belief that they needed KIDS to round out their relationship, together. What I mean is, it might have been better, if they really wanted kids, to just buy a few goats, and wait for the kids to materialize. Just wondering: Does any person here know for sure.... Why they were born? Best regards, Gamma

It's not so easy to herd cats, once you have more than 10. So, all is probably equal, after that...

If you say so. But, how do you know that you wife will agree?

IMHO....There has been just too much water.... Over the bridge, and under the dam. This is what is wrong with our world today....maybe.... Too many people worried about going furthur, and not enough people being satisfied with where they happen to be. As I mentioned above, in the Topic....

So then, you are seriously thinking about ending your marriage? What does your wife think about that, one wonders....

This is almost incredible. You have taken the caring for cats to a whole new level. Those cages could not have been cheap. note: talk about the rise of cats....You seem to know more than most about the Topic.

Yes, but sometimes it is difficult for us to know if they (the cats) have been driving us mad. This is what worried people of the 17th century when INTELLECTUALS began keeping cats as pets. Perhaps the intellectuals were just mad to begin with, and it was the cats that got a bad rap.

Yes. Very annoying.

I doubt any great Tagalog writers will come around in my lifetime. Meanwhile, here is where you can download the original Chinese version of LingShan (Soul Mountain).... Even the title is ambiguous in the translation. So, better read the original. https://www.haodoo.net/?M=book&P=17XI Good site...

Soul Mountain is written in Chinese, and so how does the Committee read this book in the way it was intended to be read. Reading a translation, no matter how good, is far from reading a book in the author's first language. But now I will read the translation first and then try the original Chinese. One learns something new on TV, almost every day. Glad it's raining now here in CM. Raining weather is better for reading better books. They would have called the Raining Season the Reading Season, if only.. Thai people, or a majority of them, actually read books.

The dude is a philosopher, and some progressives have called him a stooge for the AfD, the right-wing fringe party in Germany, etc. There is no Nobel in Philosophy , and so sometimes philosophers will be chosen for the Literature Prize... There are too many philosophers about, but this is not really a self-help book, at least that is good...

But, did he know that he worried so many of our TV members, almost half-to-death? We should provide Simon with an honorary TV membership, and then invite him to our forum, where he can explain his odd behavior, in full. We might even sell the film rights, or make the movie ourselves.

70 yo and still in the workplace, you say? What gives, with that??? Don't they worry everyday about dying before they receive their next pay check?

You mean End of the Road, Barth?

It's a state of mind.

Yes, an pleasant movie, compared to....

I am not attacking Dylan, although I might have been disparaging the Nobel Committee, and it's prize, or rather the changing criteria for the prize, or the fact that the prize in literature may have become less meaningful. No way Dylan can compare to serious poets, or to authors like Phillip Roth, who was passed over for the prize.

Someday, soon, you and I will be having tea with Vonnegut on planet Saturn or the moon Titan.

Dear Folks, I love cats, and have owned a few in my time. Here in Asia, there are cats, aplenty. I guess you may have been rather impressed by the sheer number of cats roaming around at night, compared to what you were probably used to, back home. We know the advantages of keeping cats in one’s house, but did you know that there are concomitant risks, as well, with either keeping cats or associating with cats? And, did you know that there can be problems associated with keeping cats near your bed? I am not speaking of typical diseases that everyone knows about, such as rabies. I am talking about a relatively little known disease that can lead to craziness! Yes, it is possible for cats to drive a man crazy. And even a few famous people have been driven crazy by cats, too. Here is an abstract that explains this, quite succinctly: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-86811-6_4 In years gone by, even Jonathan Swift wrote about this thing called: “The English Malady”. And, please do not think that this same malady cannot happen to you. You can read about it in this book, in fact: And, you can read about it for free at this link: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-86811-6_4 Here in Thailand, I try to stay clear of cats, as you know. I am OK with watching them roam around at night, but I become more wary when they approach me. Here is why: I do not know why Jonathan Swift wrote about this thing with cats called, “the English malady”, but he did. Personally, I am not worried about this or rabies, either. I keep up-to-date with my rabies booster, at regular intervals. Cats are lots of fun, but there are risks to cat ownership. Just my two-cents about cats…… Best regards, Gamma Note: I have lived most of my life with cats, and I have not suffered many ill-effects, to speak of. Note2: Of course, nobody likes when they howl and yowl at night, but that cannot be helped. My advice, these days, is to just keep your distance; and...just live and let live. I am fully up-to-date with my rabies vaccinations which I received at a very reasonable cost from the local hospital. But of course, rabies vax will not protect you from the madness written about in the literature of old.

I suffer from a phobia of being infected by worms: This is no laughing matter....

Correct, but I did not forget to mention it; I just ran out of space in the OP...before I could add this important link: "The Remains of the Day", which is really the theme of this Topic.... Here is the link, since you asked....: And, does the conclusion of this important film resonate with you, at your age? Also, one should pay more attention to Barth, the author, when he writes about COSMOPSIS: And, I too.... The images of End of the Road have stuck with me, as well, since my college days. So hard to shed, in fact....

Only serious if it is serious in the eye of the beholder, naturally. Personally, I think it's fairly serious, but, still, not TOO serious for TV. What is YOUR opinion?