Korat Kiwi

I wonder if the lady on the left would adopt me as her personal little hippo?

He might end up getting the chop

My first thought was... Here we go another EV on fire. But not this time. Any vehicle fire always looks nasty.

That's taken some punishment. Alloy rim pretty much non existent and right fork is bent. Just cause your bike can go 200+kmph doesn't mean you should. Ride to the conditions and within legal limits. Enjoy the ride then you might get home in one piece. You want to speed, take it to a racetrack.

Yep that's the one that always goes missing... right when you need it!

Yes Fonterra aren't exactly in NZ farmers good books either.

You are 100% correct. It was a buy out, started off that Fonterra purchased a 25% stake then increased to 50% before taking on 100% in 2005. Initially it was an Australian company ( known as Allowrie from about 1909) and to this date still has a kangaroo emblem on packaging.

A simple Google search can get that for you....

From their website: "Premium pure butter and cheese. The original Australian brand. Number 1 brand for 7 consecutive years, originated in Australia since 1869 Allowrie has been making tasty and quality Dairy products from real cow's milk. KCG’s founders, very impressed with Allowrie' s quality & taste, started importing Allowrie to Thailand since 1970. The same standard has always been proudly upheld to ensure your delight of quality butter and cheeses." I agree some products can be made under licence. The results of which aren't always the same as the item.

"A nearby witness, 24-year-old Mr. Tao, who works at a nearby restaurant, reported that he saw the pickup truck slowly reversing before the accident. He added that no one was signaling from the rear of the truck, and the only visible signal came from the passenger’s hand extended from the window." This doesn't surprise me either.... miss the turn off did we? Easy just back up and then turn off. Seen it happen many a time in Thailand. Similar to driving against the traffic, all to save time... apparently!

There are other things floating in that river that I'd be more concerned about. I certainly wouldn't swim with my mouth open that's for sure.

Not wanting to bring politics into it but isn't a well known American who is running for president use that saying? "It's a well known fact" Yes of course everyone knows they eating our cats! Aussies may not have a cuisine named after them but they do have some bloody good down to earth tucker. Great red wine too.

I'd agree re the Allowrie... Nasty taste and the aftertaste is no better. Nowt wrong with NZ Anchor products tho. Canna beat Mainland cheese either. Beats Coon cheese hands down

You could live in Thailand on $1000 a month.... but it wouldn't be luxurious.

Mr Creosote (below) have I got a partner for you...

So they surrounded the house with all these 'specialists' and the perp still got away... Amazing.

This looks more like the hindi festival of Thaipusam. Very big in Singapore... went to a few in mid 80s. Guys are in some sort of trance, with all these skewers through cheeks and other body parts... But no blood. Weird as heck.

This is like playing with statistics isn't it? You can manipulate the data so that it paints the picture YOU want. Most ICE (petrol) can run on 91 to get to the nearest garage. Diesel vehicles only have 1 grade. Most farmers would have both types of fuel (diesel and petrol) on their farm... If they are real farmers. I would say that farmers which have generators (Not all farmers) also use this fuel to power said generators. Naturally construction sites that don't have a power grid nearby will require generators. How else are they going to operate? What runs these generators? There are 2 types of electrical power: AC and DC. Not one. And to be absolutely clear, I'm not anti EV. I do believe they are the future.

Run out of petrol in your ICE? A farmer can come along with a jerry can of fuel and get you going too. Probably more chance that a farmer has petrol than a generator.

So what species was the feces/faeces?

Ignore lights/bells and barriers at your peril!

Fully synthetic Penrite 10w50... Now that's the real deal! As for food oils, whatever tastes good to me is fine. I'm not going to waste time splitting hairs over the fine details. It's oil not red wine. Some is better for frying with others are better in salads. That's all I need to know. Back to the OP... depends where you shop.

Oh Johnny... Little Johnny was running late for school so he jumps on his bike and takes off down the footpath. Up ahead is Policeman Plod doing his rounds and sees Johnny coming towards. He puts up his hand signalling for Johnny to stop. But Johnny isn't having a bar of it and runs across the policemans feet. The policeman couldn't do anything about it and Johnny has disappeared off into the distance. The next day the same thing occurs. Johnny doesn't stop and the policeman is right mad. He thinks to himself, right I'm going to get him tomorrow and he's going to learn a lesson. Sure enough, the next day Johnny is running late again... Out the door on his bike and off down the footpath. As he's about to run over the policemans feet, out comes the stiff arm of the law and grabs Johnny by the scruff of the neck. His bike goes flying off down the footpath. 'Right' says the Policeman, do you know what we do do naughty little boys like you that run across policemens feet? No says Johnny. Well says the policeman, see that nail up there on the post? Yes says Johnny. Well says the policeman, we grab those naughty boys and hang them up on the nail. Then we pull their pants down and every day when we're doing our rounds we give your old fellah a tug. We do that each day until it falls off to teach you a lesson. Crikey thinks Johnny, that doesn't sound too good. And he quickly replies, I bet I know what you do to naughty girls then. What's that asks the policeman. Well says Johnny, pretty much the same thing but you wait till its 6'2" put it in a blue uniform and send it off on the beat. With that Johnny takes off down the footpath leaving the policeman furious.

Johnny continues: Little Johnny was doing his math homework. He said to himself, "Two plus five, that son of a bitch is seven. Three plus six, that son of a bitch is nine." His mother heard what he was saying and gasped, "What are you doing?" The little boy answered, "I'm doing my math homework." " And this is how your teacher taught you to do it?" the mother asked. "Yes," he answered. Infuriated, she called Little Johnny's teacher the next day, "What are you teaching my son in class?" The teacher replied, "Right now, we are learning addition." The mother asked, "And are you teaching them to say two plus two, that son of a bitch is four?" After the teacher stopped laughing, she answered, "What I taught them was, two plus two, the sum of which is four."

Little Johnny.... Little Johnny's neighbour had a baby. Unfortunately, the baby was born without ears. When mother and new baby came home from the hospital, Johnny's family was invited over to see the baby. Before they left their house, Little Johnny's dad had a talk with him and explained that the baby had no ears. His dad also told him that if he so much mentioned anything about the baby's missing ears or even said the word ears, he would get the smacking of his life when they came back home. Little Johnny told his dad he understood completely. When Johnny looked in the crib he said: "What a beautiful baby." The mother said, 'Why, Thank you Johnny." Johnny said: "He has beautiful little feet, beautiful little hands, a cute little nose and really beautiful eyes. Can he see all right?" "Yes", the mother replied, "we are so thankful; the Doctor said he will have 20/20 Vision." "That's great", said Little Johnny, "cos he'd be <deleted> if he needed glasses!"