FolkGuitar

It seems just being in Pattaya is grounds enough for getting into serious altercations. Every day we read about another beating, stabbing, attack by motorcycle taxi drivers, ladyboys beating up another foreigner, etc., etc. We've lived here in Chiang Mai for 25 years and haven't even been stabbed once!

Truer words were never spoken.

I guess that tainted water dripped all the way from Texas to the Canadian border. That must be it. If you're satisfied with that explanation, I'm happy for you.

I guess you must mean except for the current Measles problem and the three children who died from it so far?

Ask most riders. The probability is extremely high that you will have an accident one day, especially if you ride a motorcycle every day here in Thailand. That accident may kill you. It certainly does kill a lot of people. Does that fact stop bike riders? Not very many. We know we're going to die some day. I've been riding daily over 50 years. So far, so good. Will it kill me? Maybe. Will I continue to enjoy the ride until it does? Absolutely! In the case of vaccines, we KNOW that they are very effective in preventing the widespread devastation of many diseases. That's a provable fact. That some people have adverse reactions to it is also a fact. But the percentages of people helped by the vaccines versus the few that have problems are reason enough to protect yourself and your children. At the same time, you are doing a service to your neighbors by reducing the chance of disease spread.

If this was about food; Trump would rather starve 1,000 people on the chance that one person may not deserve free food. Dems prefer to feed 1,000 people on the chance that one might be hungry and not be able to afford it. The same has happened in every US Federal department; fire thousands on the chance that a few may deserve it. And it's happening with the deportations, too. Thousands and thousands deported on the possibility that a few may be criminals. Yeah... sure... a few US citizens also get incorrectly caught up in the net but they shouldn't complain. The US will certainly bring them right back. Oh... wait...

Someone willing to be wrong, if that will make him right.

As a 78 year old retired guy, my only use for Ai is a more complete answer than Google or Duck-Duck-Go. I do not need to write reports, estimate logistics for developing businesses, write lines of code, or establish Excel spreadsheets to manage my finances. My questions are along the lines of: How does a Newtonian Fluid work? Or what's the population of Bhutan?

It's all a matter of context. Just as so many other words we say daily. It reminds me of the scene from a movie: It was now the Virginian’s turn to bet, or leave the game, and he did not speak at once. Therefore, Trampas spoke. “Your bet, you son-of-a–Bit@h.” The Virginian’s pistol came out, and his hand lay on the table, holding it unaimed. And with a voice as gentle as ever, the voice that sounded almost like a caress, but drawling a very little more than usual, so that there was almost a space between each word, he issued his orders to the man Trampas: “When you call me that, SMILE.” It's all a matter of context.

Worst medical experience of my life. Two years ago rushed to the ER at 3 AM with a fever of 104.5°F, burning pain, with a massive rash covering half my back and part of my stomach. In hospital for a week, then home in bed for the next three months. It took almost 6 months before I felt like I had enough energy for a normal life. Unfortunately, the intense pain didn't stop for a year. I took all the anti-virals, but no doctor at that time suggested nerve regrowth medicine. When I finally found one that did, the pain began to diminish. It's now been over two years, and there is just one 5" spot of burning on my back. I treated the pain with CBD oil, taking it internally and rubbing it on externally, which helped more than anything else. And yes... as soon as I was able, I got the two doses of vaccine. I don't ever want to go through that again. You CAN get it repeatedly, but the vaccine reduces the symptoms.

I sure wish he'd spend some money building hospitals, libraries, fixing the US interstate system, building a US high-speed rail system, and perhaps... just perhaps... try feeding and housing some of the thousands of families currently homeless in America. Wouldn't that be a better use of a philanthropist's money? Oh wait... he's no philanthropist. He's a narcissist. Period.

In typical MAGA style, you completely avoid answering the question and instead make some inane comment. But I understand. 🙂

You've been a member here for just 2 months, and have already posted over 5,800 posts. Mostly political. How much are you getting paid for this?

I thought about that... but I think I'm glad that I don't know who it is. I'd feel too bad for him/her. It's hard being that confused.

Thank God there are still some independent thinkers who do not need to blindly follow a Cult leader.