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who collects their spent casing? Smart people.. ????

Jeez.. Over the top much? ???? Guy is getting some exercise..

Nope.. Only Aussies can be called Bogans. ????

"I was exercising and exploring Bangkok," he told the police. "I had no idea it was wrong as I don't know the Thai law. I'll pay my fine and won't do it again". ???? Canadians. That's the way we roll...

Yes.. somewhere else. Their pockets are going to be significantly lightened.. "Influence" works best in the shadows.. No shadows here,

Publicity.. cashed up.. serious assault charges. They are going to wriggle, but this is going to cost those "boys" beaucoup d'argent.. As it should.

plus7 I've been reading your posts today and I feel you are someone with whom I could engage.. Several of your points are legitimate to my knowledge. History in that area did not start yesterday or last year.. Stalin was admitted ( after his passing) by Russians to have been cruel to many, ethnic minorities and Russians alike. Perhaps only his status as Russia's wartime leader allowed him to die a natural death.. Before I continue, my ex-wife was 3rd generation Ukrainian-Canadian on her father's side. I have 1st cousins with the same heritage. It was always a Ukrainian heritage, never a Russian one. Canada has a large number of citizens with the same background, the result of a large number of Ukrainian farmers who left Czarist Russian. They located in the Prairie regions as farmers and added greatly to Canada's economic well-being, to this day. 0ukraine is a sovereign Nation, by her own declaration, a fact which is recognized by all nations. Ukrainians and and Russians are 1st cousins. Why unleash this misery on them? To seize economically important areas of Ukraine? This is not a "special operation". It's a naked land grab. Parts of Ukraine severed and incorporated into Russia. The rest of Europe sees what is happening right in front of their eyes and freely offers materiel support and probably intelligence assessments provided by several democratic countries.. For Russia this is another quagmire like Afghanistan and likely , in best case scenario, to result in a similar withdrawal. More available but not now..

See you've been making up for lost time.. at this rate you will hit 5000 posts your first year..

Says the fellow who joined AN 3 weeks ago.. So you just found out about the forum, despite being a long term "legit"?

That situation is still in play.. But it's not a good look for USA. However.. Russia is indiscriminately targeting civilians.. in the so-called Russian majority areas of Ukraine. Toxic love.. Away with ye, Russian apologist... unless you are actually Russian, in which case you are flying a false flag and your bias is understandable..

That was a heck of an impact! We are not talking fender-bender here... ????

For all the "what about" posters.. Of course international politics is not black and white. It's shades of grey (50 shades?). The "Great Game" as it was known in the 19th Century.. But Putin and his fellow "horsemen" are turning Blacker by the day..

Gobbledygook works for me..

iwan55555 Couldn't find the "v" on your keyboard?

Putin might have enough control to authorize a tactical nuclear strike.. but Russia proper has been informed in advance what the Nato response will be. Complete annihilation of Russian troops and materiel in Ukraine, The "shock and awe " of the attack on Baghdad will look like a "son et lumiere" in comparison.. At that point, Russians will resolve the "Putin problem" themselves, rather than escalate.

Now that is a word salad! Well done... ????

The West is not fighting. The Ukrainians are winning, using high-quality Western weapons, not post (but still) Soviet, shall we say say less than optimum equipment.

petey/Pyotr Are you a rookie member, as stated under your avatar, or a rooskie member? ????

Bongsai or Bonsai?

I know it's off-topic but I'm just teasing you.. Being a numbers guy (neurodiverse?) but i couldn't help noticing that unlike most posters, and all on this thread, that you have over 6K posts but only less than 2K likes/reputation.. most people have accumulated more likes than posts. So people are reacting to/liking less than one of every three posts. 1/3. Seems what you have to say isn't that popular... My advice to you is to go for the low-hanging fruit to rectify this imbalance.. ????

They look good but the buy-in is taking a chance.. maybe arranging a (paid) sample with interested people is the way to go.. Have to confess I had to use Google after racking my brain.. Granddaddy Purple

Thank you for a well-explained post.

Interesting.. I have often noticed the difference between Google Weather and what's happening outside.

Well then you are not gonna like this.. When a first world nation, like Canada, legalizes cannabis, users have the same rights as users of the other main "social lubricant", Beer! This means that members of the Armed Forces have the right to indulge, subject to similar regulations existing in Civil Aviation, Heavy equipment operators etc.. 12 hours bottle to throttle.. Canadian Armed Forces personnel being the defensive arm of the Government are a little less constrained.. I believe you cannot use within 8 hours. of driving the tank, firing the artillery, and flying the fighter and bomber aircraft.

I forgot to add that these Pop Rocks cannot be used in joints. Too sticky so they don't burn that well.. Bong/pipe with some regular cannabis to facilitate the burning is the way to go.. The same problem would be faced by the mythical "opium dipped Thai sticks".