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Far better for me, rather than dally with a Gik, to, like the mass of men who lead lives of quiet desperation, just glory in my solitary life. Just me and the woods. That's really all any man needeth.

Gik relationships never end well.

Why are they speaking Chinese in the attached video of this sinking? Is this a Chinese vessel? Probably not. In my opinion.... Somebody forgot to close a seaCOCK. I would bet on it. =========== a. Probably the boat was perfectly seaworthy b. However, the skipper forgot to thoroughly go through his checklist before setting to sea. c. This is the reason for checklists.

Let this be a lesson to all of us.

Presumably, and logically, they do not identify with them. Different culture. And, CULTURE trumps almost everything.

Concerning the BEARD.....who actually IS the beard? Surely, Roxane had no beard....! Still, what about Roxane....???? Have you ever played the BEARD? iF so.... Sorry for you.

After reading, for years, good reviews concerning iHerb, here on TV.... I will be giving this company a try....maybe next month. I will order no more than 3 items. And....now...am I here..... Hoping for the best. I no longer am willing to trust "local" online retailers, such as..... You know the...Usual Suspects.... Right? a. I will do my best to always buy from Amazon USA for stuff. b. I will try iHerb for the very few supplements that I might need.

All that I can say is to repeat the song of Richie Havens..... Maybe, we need a 100 Woodstocks blooming, everywhere, especially in China...these days.... "let one hundred flowers bloom in social science and arts and let one hundred points of view be expressed in the field of science." Repression is just NOT Scientific!!!!! Rise UP!!!!!!

Passing ON THE LEFT....in this kind of situation is NEVER a safe idea. Let this be a lesson to all motoSAI riders. Too many at fault, in this case. This is why I do not drive in Thailand. You could not pay me enough..... Thankfully, I have a safe driver that drives me where I need to go in Thailand. She is a godsend.

Sorry. I have never been a backpacker. So, then...you are correct. I am out of touch with the backpacker diving circuit. I would head for the Virgin Islands, though....still.

You are correct that there are no more protests over US army conscription in the US. And, this is the main REASON why there are no protests. Instead, the the army is mostly filled with soldiers that have no other choice, but to join the army, given that they are not able to find other employment that the would prefer, due to various inequitable reasons...given the nature of US society today. IF service in US armed forces were EQUALLY BORN by a fair conscription, then .....maybe.....the USA would not have the manpower to go to war. We need to get the conscription back, and make things fair, for all, not matter what class in society one might fall into. This is obvious. I would never wish to attend West Point....simply because....I would prefer either the Naval Academy on the Chesapeake or to be in New London, as I have always loved being a submariner. This school is FOR ME.....!!!! Although, I might be too old, now.... New London is a great place. We had a summer house not too far away. My mother drooled over these guys in their whites.....!!!! It was her dream for me to become either a submariner or an orthopedic surgeon. Not sure what her logic might have been...though.....maybe....

Not sure about the Bahamas, if you insist.... But, what about the Virgin Islands, and other islands in that part of the world?

The air all around the Pacific Rim, most likely. Except for Hawaii, which is not located on the Ring of Fire, anyway. Air pollution seems to be getting worse, and not better, in many locales. Not sure why? One might think that humans would have learned a lesson after the Great Stink in Central London, and the Pea Soup Affair, named the Great Smog in 1952. Nobody cares, obvously. Therefore....just suck it up.

What do they mean by turn your head and cough? Why do they always tell me this? I think many coughs might be due to the state of the air quality here. Just guessing...though.

Elon is a great guy. Why are people always picking on my man, Elon? It's just not fair. I feel for the guy. I also love the guy....or...meaning....love what he has been able to accomplish in his short life.... Definitely SELF-ACTUALIZED....if I have ever seen one man who is.

Anyone who had done one year at a decent uni (biochemistry) would know how this works. Just a real pity that all people are not required to take one year of biochemistry at either MIT or U. Penn. Might help to clear up a LOT of things for members of the general populace in the USA, and other countries, as well as minimize misunderstandings about our natural world. This is why it is crucial for all voters to take a uni-level course in biochem, and cellular biology, before voting. The very same should be required for all members of the US congress. Their understanding of basic science is atrocious. Congress believes that it is still OK to get a degree in law, in order to become effective legislators....but...this is.... FALSE!!!!

Does it matter what they will spend this money on? Not to me.

It will make him first Trillionaire in history. I know he can do it. My only concern is that he may fall prey to the trap of Ultimate Power corrupting Absolutely. It might seem from recent events that this power trip, which all fall prey to, has not passed Elon by. He seems to have been becoming Power Happy during the year 2024. Hope it ain't so. He needs to get a grip, and get back to this core tech achievements. Elon should just return to 100-percent focus on his Mars Missions.... One Million Man Mars Settlement. I want to see this happen in my lifetime...just for the heck of it.

Why go diving there in the first place? In the spirit of safety, I think it would be better to fly to The Bahamas. Good diving there. And, probably, much safer. The Caribbean is also a very nice place to visit and dive. Better than Thailand, by far, just IMHO. Virgin Islands, for example.

You are 100-percent correct, of course. Nothing lasts forever, of course. So the question is: Is the mood of the country turning towards Revolution? Not yet. What we need is another Great Depression, and then a Re-Start, maybe. What we see now in the USA cannot last forever, nor should it. If you recall, many of the Sociology textbooks during the late 60s and early 70s which were being read by undergrads at that time dealt heavily with social inequality, and wealth disparity...probably much more so than the reading material used today. And, if you recall those times, there were plenty of student protests, many protesting the Vietnam War, which scared the pants off the powers that be. However, it has been said that after those in power witnessed the solidarity and push-back from students at the time, they made it impossible for this type of rebellion to happen again. They did this through piling on student debt, as one example. Students were then forced to work in order to scrape by, and were compelled to work multiple jobs post-graduation, just to pay back these never-ending college debts. Which meant there was much less time for thinking, and even less time for protesting. The populace, in general, due to policies such as this became far more docile, and much more fractured. Will there be a future time when we once again see protest such as that which happened in the 60s and 70s? Nothing can last forever. The Billionaires know this. And, by the way, who will be the world's first Trillionaire? I hope it will be Elon.

This morning in CM it got down to 11-degrees C. Still, it does not seem cold to me. Normally, I do not wear clothes while inside my house, or just a towel at most. And, not unexpectedly, this very mild dip in temps has not caused me to get my clothes out of storage in my closet. I should think about buying some Moth-Balls, because I may just keep my clothes in storage for the remainder of 2025. I so clearly recall the year when I experienced cold weather here, and it was back in the year 2014. But 2025 is definitely no 2014. I believe that we will never again have such cold temps as 2014. And, maybe I will have no opportunity to wear my clothes again. What a waste.

There is now no real need for anyone to work who doesn't want to. Might as well just give everyone a guaranteed income, something Bucky suggested decades ago. I am still in love with Buckminster Fuller and his Buckyballs, anyway.

So then... This will obviously be an important point that will show up in the NTSB Investigation Report. Makes no sense to use a black-box which does not have battery backup.

Obviously, if there was not internal battery backup, and IF this was due to a choice by the Korean airline, then there is fault on the Korean side, for this issue. However, obviously, if the Boeing company, or it's black-box supplier Honeywell, failed to provide an internal battery backup power supply, then this is just a matter of stupidity and negligence and poor design. There is no reason why a black-box should not be equipped with a backup battery power supply. Note: Also, these black boxes should be installed in such a way that they cannot be deactivated by the crew of the aircraft. Some configurations allow the pilot to deactivate the voice recorder under some situations. Or, it is possible to deactivate if a circuit breaker is pulled. (But these are design flaws. The black-box should record under all circumstances...if in the air, or also if taxiing. And it should continue to operate even if disconnected from the aircraft power supply.)

Feel free to ride. It's a free world we live in (except for N. Korea, and also S. Korea, in some respects)....so...YOU ride on korean airlines...and we will watch from the ground.