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14 minutes ago, LosLobo said:
I also had two 70's Datsun 260c sedans which were unreliable but not as bad as my British cars.
Did the early Datsuns have BMC engines in them?
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Those of us who are old enough remember British Leyland night shift workers taking their sleeping bags into work with them so they could sleep their shift away.
Union leader Red Robinson led 523 walkouts in a 30 month period. The lunatics had really taken over the asylum. Like the miners unions they thought they could hold our country to ransom, instead they destroyed it.
Maggie had the guts to do something about it, oh how we miss her today.
Union convenor Derek Robinson had been dismissed months earlier by British Leyland's chairman Michael Edwardes. Management regarded him as an "insidious influence" and his days at the car firm had been numbered.
A communist, he had led 523 walkouts at the Birmingham car plant during a 30-month period, gaining the nickname Red Robbo from journalists and becoming an increasingly divisive national figure.
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The greedy unions and joining the EU killed the British car industry.
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5 minutes ago, KannikaP said:
Is this like on HIGNFY, fill in the missing word? 555
Is it 'Lulu', is it?
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16 minutes ago, Cricky said:Yep, typical, antagonizing comment from a member without thought.
Like I said above, if it's a friend, relative, someone you know, fair enough (RIP) but NOT a stranger.
Some people just don't put any thought into their comments.
Maybe English is not your native language but in the UK we say RIP as a sign of respect, but people that criticise other posters for being respectful defies all human decency and if you don't want to respect someones bereavement that is entirely up to you, but it says more about you than posters being respectful. I hope this has answered one of the most pointless posts I have read for some time and out of respect to the deceased show some respect!
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16 minutes ago, Cricky said:
I'm someone who hates the RIP comments when there's a death, you just don't know the person's history could be a murderer, sex offender, child molestor etc.
You see members RIPs regularly for foreigners but rarely for a Thai.
Is it because most members hate Thai's?
Please explain.
Are you high?
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50 minutes ago, bradiston said:
Unless it's changed recently, not in my IO, Jomtien, as of July 2022.
Still the same at Jomtien as of Feb 2023. ????
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Just now, Kwasaki said:
How old are they.
I have no idea, but here's another couple, one with the date on it. Nobody on here not know their age? Sorry I cannot be more helpful but I am not a biker as such.
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Anybody interested in classic bikes could do worse than visit the Bikers Restaurant between Sattahip and Bang Chan, here a couple the owner has on display.
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1 hour ago, expat_4_life said:Isn't this an just awkward way of saying, the fighter jets are not going to make any difference, while leaving out the fact that Ukrainian pilots are going to sacrifice their lives to no purpose?
The Ukraine pilots will be sacrificing their lives in the name of freedom and to stop the Russians becoming their masters, that is the "purpose."
The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives, there is only one side that can stop this barbaric war and that is Russia!
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23 minutes ago, Neeranam said:There should be a ban on talking about illegal activities.
You know very well that these agents bribe immigration.
If there was a ban on talking about illegal activities in Thailand, there would be very little else to talk about. ????????????
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23 hours ago, Gweiloman said:Yes, the war can also be probably stopped the way you all suggested. However, it’s naive to think that will happen. So the war will continue and Europe (and probably Russia as well) will continue to suffer. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face lol.
The only people that can stop this war are the people that started it, if Russia stops fighting and moves out of Ukraine the war will stop, but if the Ukraine stop fighting they will lose their country and their lives, so Ukraine does not have a choice.
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22 hours ago, Jingthing said:Possibly but what's the alternative to not responding to an unhinged regime stealing lands with nuclear blackmail? If allowed to stand, that's the precedent.
Unfortunately there isn't an alternative, Margaret Thatcher said "When you stop a dictator, there are always risks, but there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator"
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The brave way the Ukrainians have fought I think that NATO should be applying to join Ukraine.
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2 minutes ago, baboon said:
I see you know as much about the unemployed as you do on how they claim their benefits.
You certainly make a good case why people shouldn't work.????????????
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Just now, Bday Prang said:
Exactly anyone can take their free food wide open to abuse , but who cares if it produces statistics that falsely indicate poverty
Exactly, nobody in the UK should go hungry, but when your lives revolves around take-aways instead of going out and buying some potatoes, veg and some meat your benefits will soon evaporate very quickly. But essentials like booze and cigs must come first.
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I remember back in my day when there wasn't any food banks, if we were hungry we would go out and get a job, too easy these days for people to work the system.
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22 hours ago, Scouse123 said:
Just a footnote, I took delivery from Expatfoods Thailand in Kalasin yesterday (Saturday). It was sent out Friday from Pattaya.
First order, very pleased, contents were exactly as described.
In comparison to Tesco, excellent value for money on cheeses and meats, even with the addition of delivery charge.
Now I know the routine, I will start ordering bigger and making space accordingly.
Steak and kidney pies are delicious.
https://expatfoodsthailand.com/product-category/chilled-products/page/3/
Thanks for the info, have just put an order in and waiting for the price for delivery, plenty of choices at what seems a reasonable price.
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Who killed the British Motor Industry ?
in Thailand Motor Discussion
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This took some finding but there is a connection between Datsun and BMC, you may find the link interesting.
The arrangement was extremely generous with Austin provide every assistance possible including materials, drawings, specifications and importantly patented technology that the Japanese company was able to use in its other products. From then until 1960 Nissan produced 21,589 A40 and A50 saloons and Cambridge station wagons using the BMC ‘B’ Series engine design. While doing so Nissan gradually built up local content.
No doubt a lot of us remember the sixties and closely looking at the range of small-engined Datsun vehicles at the time and noticed the similarity between the engines and BMC ‘B’ series engine. Back then I didn’t realise the connection. Nissan actually continued to produce cars with the ‘B’ Series based engine right up to 1972.
http://www.acmefluid.com.au/larry/austinnissan.html