GammaGlobulin

Yes. Either a grinder....or... A hack saw, of the type used by prisoners for making jail breaks.

WD40.... I have already tried this. But... Thank you, Sir. Good advice, usually.

IMHO: A stainless steel seat and seat cover would be far better for use in Thailand. Why? It would never break, and it would be cooler to sit upon during the Hot Season in Thailand. Anyone know where I can find some stainless steel throne seats????

I have been searching for some STAINLESS STEEL toilet seat, but they are not available. I think I might buy this one. Because, I prefer to buy a commercial toilet seat which will never break...and....one which... I can take with me as I move from place to place. A toilet seat is like a pillow.... In that, you need one that feels comfortable to you. This is why I will now buy a high quality seat which will move with me, from one guesthouse to the next, to make my movements more enjoyable....

As I mentioned: This seat is old. This seat, for some unknown reason, uses metal screws to hold the seat in place. This is an abomination, and utter supidity. Where there is water, there is sure to be corrosion. Therefore, of course, manufacturers have now chosen to use plastic screws, which work well, and which do not corrode, and which are very easily removable.

Of course, I know what some Landlords might say: "Farang are too heavy for Thailand."

It's so easy to get one's balls caught when standing up.

I know..... How can a toilet seat crack in half? This has never happened to me before. Could be dangerous, even, if a brittle plastic shard from a cracked toilet seat cut my privates. Is this just a case of cheap plastics OF Yore?; about 35 years ago? Or, are the tiny toilet seats designed for Tiny Thais just poorly designed, now that we know that Thais are becoming heavier, by the year? FYI: I have seen PLENTY of Thais who are double my weight. And so, I think that toilet seats should be designed to withstand at least 200 Kilos to accommodate the commodes of Heavy Thais. Obviously, this is a perfect case of inferior plastics being used 35 years ago. NOW: Here is my problem.... The lousy garbage toilet seat is held in place by some metal screws, instead of what is now used...the plastic screws and bolts, which are easy to remove. And, now, even though I have a new toilet-seat replacement, I cannot remove the old lousy garbage toilet seat. I have unscrewed the right-side bolt, but the left-side bolt is completely locked, frozen, and corroded. This is very unnerving. And, there are even Blogs discussing the stupidity of using metal screws to hold the toilet seat in place. As you know, where there is water, then there is bound to be corrosion. So....HOW do I remove these lousy garbage screws holding the garbage plastic toilet seat in place. If I cannot remove them.... Then, I cannot replace the toilet seat, and sit upon it. Here is what I mean: I have no drill, at the moment. If I HAD a drill, then I would drill down through the head of the screw,..... OBVIOUSLY.... Tks for any advice. I do not want to take a sledge to the toilet. I am trying to not waste money, by destroying the toilet with.... ONE FELL SWOOP of the sledge.....

Dear Friends: How much of your precious life is wasted, staring dazed, at YouTube garbage? Even an hour is too much. During recent years, I have been hoping that some....ENTITY...would put an end to my Very Bad.... YouTube habit. The thing is: a. I do not need YouTube but... b. YouTube needs me. I will no longer waste the remaining days, hours, years of my life watching YouTube, which has become our new Boob Tube. Spending time on YT can become an insidious habit which robs us of the time we have on this planet. Therefore, we should be thankful to YouTube when we get a message like this: I had a life before YouTube. It was a better life, too. Therefore, my only wish, at this point, is that YT will block me, for LIFE. So that, I can recover my better life that I once had WITHOUT YouTube, the Boob Tube. Regards, Gamma Note: Still, I am sure that I will miss all those CAT videos. Pyewacket, especially. Note2: Who is Pyewacket? Love this cat! HATE YT, though. I like JT, of course.

No, probably not. But, we all could do better if we would discard the Gregorian, me thinks. Let's get back to the lunisolar calendar. Can we, at least, agree on this?

If you say so.

Could mean: The hell of hells, of course. Don't sell Bard short, please. (I puzzled about that phrase, too.)

This cannot end well, me thinks.

Psychiatry is Quackery. Social Sciences, basically the same, as well. Nobody seems interested in Skinner Boxes, anymore, either.

Agree. But, Bard does better with a bit of coaching. Regards

No melamine scare in 2023. This is good news, I guess.

KLIM Milk, spelled backwards.

4. MLK is NOT back.

For sure.

Here is a message from Bard, and Me, and Philip Roth: In the humid purgatory of Southeast Asian purgatory, where expats languish amidst a kaleidoscope of unfamiliar customs and questionable street food, a sanctuary persists – the AseanNow forum. Forget the luminous glow of the latest smartphone app, this is a bastion of pure, unadulterated internet grit. Here, we, a motley crew of jaded expats and wide-eyed tourists, united by a tenuous grasp on the language and an even more tenuous grasp on sanity, convene in a symphony of keyboard clicks. Farewell, those solitary evenings spent deciphering menus with the aid of a tattered phrasebook! AseanNow acts as our digital Rosetta Stone, translating the arcane mysteries of "Where's the best damn khao pad sapparot in this burg?" or the existential panic of "Sweet merciful heavens, why is my gecko fixated on my every move?!" We are a throbbing mass of internet-fueled id, dispensing dubious wisdom (and liberally peppered speculation) with the fervor of self-proclaimed Southeast Asian sages. Ah, the intoxicating thrill of stumbling upon a hidden gem unearthed from the digital bowels of an AseanNow thread – a secluded waterfall veiled in secrecy, a night market boasting durian concoctions fit for the bravest souls! We are internet prospectors, our virtual picks chiseling away at the unknown, unearthing treasures whispered only in hushed online tones. Sure, the search function resembles a drunken monkey flinging metaphorical feces, and resurrecting an old thread feels akin to spelunking in the cobwebbed corners of the digital abyss. But that, my friends, is precisely the essence of AseanNow's intoxicating allure – a glorious, ramshackle monument to the bizarre and beautiful tapestry of experiences that bind us, a ragtag bunch of souls adrift in this exhilarating, bewildering corner of the globe. So clink your Chang beers high, comrades of the AseanNow forum, a toast to our gloriously eccentric online sanctuary, where strangers morph into digital compatriots, and every post pulsates with the potential for Southeast Asian escapades! No doubt, I and Bard are always improving. This is our ode to AseanNow, so far. Only this, and Nothing More..... Soon, too soon.... Robots will outwrite us. Maybe, within the year. Regards, Gamma Note: Today, is April first, the day of fools.

So, based upon Bard's considered advice, I will just install OpenSUSE on my PC, and then create a bootable partition where I will install that virus-ridden OS, Windows 11, in case I might ever wish to use it in the future. 1.5 TBytes for OpenSUSE 0.5 TBytes for Windows 11 I am loving Bard, these days.... Bard always agrees with me.....

Not quite the same, though. Bard of today is making more sense than Bard of just a few months ago. There is a noticeable improvement. And, within six months, we will have an even much more improved laundry soap, I predict....!!!

Why do I keep calling it TV when others call it AseanNow? Answer: TRADITION I am steeped in tradition.

I asked Bard about your comment. Here is what He offered up: He said that He cannot definitively state that my posts are not rubbish.

It matters not to me whether or not Bard will ever become sentient, or even possess general intelligence. It only matters if Bard is able to provide valid and more helpful answers to questions we ask. Bard is still a youngster, in 2024. By 2025, Bard will continue to be even more helpful than his neophyte self, of today. By 2026, Bard will be even more helpful than in 2025.