billd766

To have "found myself" in Thailand, assumes that I had lost myself somewhere along the way. Not true in the slightest. What I did "find" in Thailand was my second wife and we will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary next week. She is the best thing I have ever found in my 80 year life.

I am slowly changing MS files to Libre Office as I come across them. MS sucks.

Many years ago I rode my motorbike back from Mae Sot on the Mae Sot to Tak highway before they government improved it. I was going down the hills in 3rd gear with trucks and buses roaring past me, and all I could smell was burning asbestos from brake pads and brake linings. I was glad to get off that road and back on the AH 1/2 towards Kamphaeng Phet to get rid of the smell. Back then it was one of the worst roads in Thailand.

Old (and dying) habits again.

Of course, but old tried and true habits die hard. One truck I used to drive had no synchromesh, a 5 speed gearbox and a 2 speed rear axle. That WAS a bitch to drive and change gear, especially when it was fully loaded. I still find enjoyment in changing gear smoothly and quietly matching engine revs to road speed instead of just ramming the truck into gear and letting the clutch up, synchromesh or not.

BS. My Ford Ranger is 23 years old with 48x,xxx km on the clock. It still; has the original engine, gearbox and transmission which has never been replaced though as any normal rational person would expect, the brakes have been replaced several times. Not too bad for a Fix On Road Daily (Ford).

I wonder where the Trump supporters here on AN get all their information from? It certainly can't be from information freely available from the internet. They seem to live in a world of denial.

One of the things that I was taught many years ago, when I used to drive a truck was changing down through the gear box when going down hills. This of course was back in the old days, when there was no power brakes or power steering. However, even nowadays in my 5 speed manual gearbox Ford Ranger pickup, I still double declutch and change gear. to slow down.

Instead of promoting a theory, why not promote facts? Theories are simply opinions, and opinions are like a$$holes, everybody has one, and they can be changed to suit the circumstances. Facts are what they are, and not subject to the political whims of the day. However facts can also be inconvenient, according to whoever is in power at the time.

What a pity that you don't name and link your sources yo your posts. You seem to believe that people will accept your words as the truth. Personally I never accept the words of any Trump supporter. Their words are the same as Trump's, who is a confirmed serial liar.

Can you please explain your conclusion that the PTP "stole" the election from the MFP. IIRC the MFP did not gain enough seats for a parliamentary majority, (neither did the PTP), but they were given the opportunity and the time to form a (coalition) government. After the time period was up and they still could not form a government, the opportunity was then passed to the party with the next highest number of seats, according to the law. The PTP could and did form a coalition government which is where Thailand is today. Should the coalition government break up, then a new election should be called and once again, the party with the largest number of seats will be called on to form a government. Also if a political party is dissolved. its MPs have 90 days to move to another party or they will lose their MP status.

The great thing about telling the truth is that you only need to remember one thing. The problem with telling lies, especially under the spotlight, is that you need to remember all the lies you told, who you told the lies to, where, when and about what. IMHO a pathological liar is a lot different. He just spouts any old lie, where, when and to whom doesn't matter, nor does he care about the results of his lies.

Why don't you offer to adopt it, and take on all the responsibility for the animal, including all the costs of feeding it, looking after it, and when it savages another person, paying for ALL the damages and costs?

Who is "We" and what rights do "We" have to annex sovereign nations?

Perhaps you should stop listening to Russian propaganda.

Really? And just where do you get that snippet of information from?

And who will build all these wonderful US built ships at such short notice and with what steel? Q. How much steel does the USA import annually? The United States imported approximately 26.2 million metric tons of steel in 2024. This represents a 2.51% increase from 2023, but a decline compared to 2014 when imports were at a near-record high. The US is the world's largest steel importer, excluding the European Union. Here's a more detailed breakdown: 2024: 26.2 million metric tons. 2023: 25.6 million metric tons. 2019: 26.3 million metric tons. 2018: 30.8 million metric tons. 2017: 34.6 million metric tons. 2016: 30.8 million metric tons. 2015: 34.5 million metric tons. 2014: 40.3 million metric tons. The top sources for U.S. steel imports in 2024 were Canada, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy, and China. And which of these countries has Trump NOT slapped import tariffs on? The price of imported steel to build those ships ahs risen by anywhere between 10% and 140% in the case of China. Do Trump's MAGA supporters consider that, or do they think that they are still winning?

That is why he is on my ignore list and has been for weeks.

But those animals are not only in Thailand but in many countries across the world. Thailand's biggest animal problem is finding a vet to euthanise ANY animal, be the animal sick and dying, or something like this dog which should never been born and should be put down humanely asap. I am sure that this sort of thing happens every week or two in Thailand and I have no doubt there will be posters on here saying that their pet is cuddly, lovely and would never harm a soul. That is all well and good, until it turns and does bite someone or kills a baby or a toddler. There is NO logical reason to own a dog like that, and IMHO the sooner the entre breed is removed from the world the better.

Only really stupid people would vote someone even more stupid into power. and then wonder why nothing is getting better.

Thank for the link to an interesting read.

If China has way more problems internally than anyone knows. How do you know what is going on?

And just how would the government know that the lady was pregnant? If the baby was born at her home, perhaps she had not seen a doctor and probably never been to a hospital or an antenatal clinic. If she had not told anybody that she was pregnant, how would anybody, least of all the government know? But carry on bashing the Thai government as you usually do.

Whilst that may happen, it certainly doesn't happen in most of Thailand. Do you have any proof of what you claim?

The problem with a video is that it is a glimpse of time only. Unless the video started before the incident and kept running before, during and after the video, nobody will know what lead up to the incident and what happened afterwards.