KhunLA

One bites ...

Don't think I've ever had. Not sure I'd like that. We always have a couple jars of pickles going, and some sauerkraut (not cooked).

Boredom ... how many times do you need to repeat the same history, English, math, physics, geography. How often am I going to use Latin or Spanish. Never considered myself more intelligent than anyone, but other students would take note, study at home, and do no better on tests than I did, by simply sitting there and paying attention when they covered something new. Most teachers go over what's going to be on a major test, the day before. Pay attention, and they basically gave you all the answers to the test. One teacher would tell me, you need to be here, this day, as test the next day That was Spanish, which I didn't even need to be there before the test, as already had 2 yrs of Latin. More about conjugation of verbs (had in Latin) & such, and obviously less about vocabulary memory. I was actually surprised the lack of memory most student exhibited. Really ... 1776, 1787/88/89, how do you forget that. We live in Philly FFS. Can't remember a simple Algebra formula. Refresher after refresher after refresher ...

Stop buying silly priced pickles ...

It was encouraged, I just didn't care. Principle called me in one day and pointed out he didn't need to graduate me, as I didn't meet the required time of attendance already, and was only at mid terms of the year, and not even close to the minimum. Told him I didn't care, and let me know now, so I don't waste any more time coming to class. Grades are way better than average, teachers like me, so let me know if I should quit now, and I'd simply get a GED. It was a short meeting. Except for Chemistry, I'd say the last 2 years of high school were a total waste of time. Hindsight, had I known, I would have quit and simply got the GED a few years earlier.

USA MSM pretty much ignores TH politics. Most Yanks probably couldn't find it on a map.

20+ of R&D, and pushing it ... with pretty much -0- results ... nuff said.

They better up the education system if they want to attempt that. Pretty much the whole world can't compete with CH's business dominance, direct or indirectly.

Yep, covid proved that, even to a blind person, as they took down all the warnings. Many from medical professionals & virologist. Lots of factual stuff about the test, vaccine (safe & effective ) mask BS, and more importantly, the dangers of spike proteins. Literally killed and still killing people .... IMHO

Actually I did, with quite decent grades, even though I missed 25% of the last school year, with 40 days absent ... Equates to a 3 day weekend every week Didn't attend the graduation ceremony & not photo of me in the year book. Had better things to do. I used to give my subjects books back at the final exams. Teachers were like, "hold on, we have a few more days of school" ... "yea, you do, I don't, I'm done".

So nothing new, the lies & misconception continue as usually. Guess he didn't state inflation during his tenure is the highest it's ever been since the Carter administration. Social Security COLA point that out, not that I'm complaining. Just an observation, this century ... Trump vs Biden administration ...

What's the point, it's not there, as you'll surely ask me for proof or a link. Then 10 posts will follow, all negative. I don't play those games any more. Have a nice day.

Left 24 years ago, when the USA started invading & occupying sovereign countries for no reason, except profiteering. That was inevitable (war was coming) when Pres cheney got appointed. The rest is history, and embarrassing at that. Great country, crap govt & special interest groups pushing their PC agenda. RTnews is the only one I read, with large grain of salt of course, but much better than MSM. MSM is just an insult to your intelligence. And yes, it' ALL bad IMHO, don't think anything has actually changed, since I was a youngin', and use to watch the BS & lies spewed about the Vietnam War. Just 50+ years of the same BS.

Just a reminder why I don't bother. vanilla, chocolate, strawberry

Makes sense, as most content is anti RU. USA isn't much different, as they censor so much of the content, on most all platforms. Add Google to that also. Amazing what is scrubbed from G search also, which I've seen and knew was there before. Doing your 'own research' is next to impossible of late. Just about all info is controlled now, all platforms. X being the last fairly open platform, without govt censorship. So much misinformation on the internet, I really don't bother much any more. Which is fine by me, as more quality time with wife & dog.

Are you near water, maybe an otter, if not a mongoose... otter mongoose some other options ...

Yea ... what's a weekend, except a few more people out & about shopping and eating. I only take note of, so not to go to Makro on the weekend.

Holy crap ... you do have to wonder. Then the govt charges you a carbon tax, for just about everything, for climate change and how good they are saving the planet for you and your children ... As long as they get their kickbacks, screw the public ... freakin' embarrassing.

The insurance allows what ever drivers you tell them will be using, You, wife, and even anyone (not need to list), unless you know nobody ever will drive it, which may lower the premium a bit. I always had the 'anyone' can drive, in case some would be driving when having an oops, and not be listed on the policy. If you know just you & wife will only be the drivers, simply tell them that, and you may save a few baht. Use to be me, wife, daughter had access to the cars, and if daughter had, and was out, and a friend, say , went to 7-11 because daughter too lazy, and had an oops, it would be covered.

Coal can be burned cleaner, if done right. And the issue is low, street level local air pollution. Even if electric generated with, do we really need to burn more,, especially the usual choice, diesel again to run the buses. Who knows, the bus companies may be using solar all day, charging and or feeding the grid, to lower their cost. Passing on savings to customer and supplementing the grid, so less fossil fuel is needed to sustain the grid. How can BEVs be a bad thing, considering the diesel alternatives they would use instead. Big oil has some of y'all so brainwashed it's unbelievable. When I was driving down out of the parking garage at Future Park Mall (Rangsit), I saw nothing but solar panels on almost all the roofs. Surely that takes a bg bite out of the pollution made to power the malls, and obviously saves the millions of baht, or they wouldn't have bothered. Again, people complain about the pollutions, when all they do is contribute to it, instead of alleviating some of it with simple solar system installations. Continue being the problem, instead of the solution. Roofs @ Future Park complex ...

Don't know about CC, but why would I pay someone at least 5k to sit in a chair for about 1 hour, as that's all an agent would save me from doing. I still am the one that needs to get the bank paperwork. What does an agent do except give you fake financials if you can't show enough income yourself. Am I missing something ? Especially if I still need to go to the Imm office. If so, then I can pay myself 5k or more, to read the internet on my phone for an hour, or less. Although if I had to file at some of the horror story (that I don't believe) Imm offices, I might use an agent.

NOW also gets good quality scores from 3rd party testers. I take their Magnesium, and noticeable effect. For K & K2, we make our own kefir & natto, and lean toward a Keto ish diet, which seems to provide quite a bit also. Natto also available at Makro, and guessing other chains & online. D is too easy, outdoors in TH, 15-30 minutes, and hard to have a deficiency.

I think Sturgis opened their eyes all the way. They have apparently waken up from being woke. Harley-Davidson is dropping diversity initiatives paraphrased from link above ... "Harley-Davidson joins Tractor Supply and John Deere to backtrack on policies following pressure campaigns led by Starbuck. Tractor Supply recently announced it was eliminating jobs and goals focused on diversity, equity and inclusion; withdrawing its carbon emission reduction goals; and ending sponsorships for LGBTQ+ Pride festivals and voting campaigns. John Deere announced it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events and would audit all its training materials. The company added that “we have not operated a DEI function since April 2024, and we do not have a DEI function today. We do not have hiring quotas and we no longer have supplier diversity spend goals.” But the company said it would review all sponsorships and outside organizations the company affiliates with, and the company will establish a central clearinghouse for approvals of those relationships. It also suggested it would drop some sponsorships, including LGBTQ+ Pride festivals, saying the brand going forward would focus exclusively on growing the sport of motorcycling. Harley-Davidson, based in Milwaukee, had previously been a longtime corporate member of the Wisconsin LBGT Chamber of Commerce. The company also said it would end its relationship with the Human Rights Campaign, a leading LGBTQ+ advocacy group."

You know ..... .... I really enjoy cooking, healthy, less expensive, and turns out much better than the slop they serve elsewhere ......... usually .... not the case today Wife screwed up the yogurt, timing mostly, which means I screwed up the flatbread. Oh yea, suppose to be Gyros 🙄 Not enough baking powder to compensate for all the extra flour I had to add, to compensate for using kefir instead of yogurt. Started too late to actually make yeast bread. So it ended up with, to be kind, mediocre Gyro salad, and not entirely bad. She never lets to food win, and managed something that at least looked like a gyro. Then .... you got 3 different mixing bowls, 3 different pans, cutting boards, and misc, to clean up & wash. An easy hour+ of effort, to prep & cook, rewarded with a mess to clean up. You sure can't knock 7-11, for convenience and ease, and probably only 2 or 3X the cost for a full up meal. Sadly today, would have been a more satisfying munch. Did have a nice slice of homemade Apple Pie though. To be single and living out of that backpack. "Honey, can we sell the ZS and get that spiffy MG E-van. Minor conversion, and life is free & easy" ... Twist 'em up .... Party on 😎

From Wiki ... ... "The BYD F3 sedan entered production on April 16, 2005, with an affordable price tag of CN¥73,000 (approximately US$10,000). Bearing resemblance to the Toyota Corolla with a lower price, the F3 quickly gained popularity, becoming a successful model with over 63,000 units sold that year. The 100,000th unit rolled off the assembly line on June 18, 2007, just 20 months after production began. Following this success, the larger BYD F6 sedan entered production in August 2007, which was modelled after the Honda Accord. Initially, BYD cars are equipped with Chinese-built Mitsubishi Motors older engines, but within a few years, BYD Auto created its own engines by improving Mitsubishi Motors engine blueprints By 2008, BYD Auto owned two vehicle assembly manufacturing plants in Xi'an and in Shenzhen with a production capacity of 300,000 units per year, an R&D and testing center in Shanghai, and a moulding plant in Beijing" Then they scaled back, and concentrated on who they are today. A force to be reconded with. You think electric vehicles & cutting edge battery technology, and what's the first company that comes to your mind .... nuff said