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4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Perhaps then Ukraine can carry on without the US support, if, as you say, they make the decisions.

 

He who pays the piper chooses the tune.

But Trump and the USA do NOT pay for even half of the support.

So why does Trump, who is lying as usual demand that HE and the USA plus Russia will decide that the war, which it is, in the Ukraine will end when HE decides, without the participation of the Ukraine?

1 hour ago, RayC said:

 

😂 Haven't heard that in years. Thanks for posting. One of my dear old Dad's favourites.

I enjoy the music of the 1920s to the 1990s but after that I have a problem understanding the words and music.

43 minutes ago, RayC said:

 

So that's it? Unemployment is the sole criterion to judge a nation's economic health?

 

Thank you for labelling me, "embarrassing stupid"; I am reassured about my sanity. I would hate to be considered 'clever' by you.

 

Now just wait there quietly like a good chap. The nice men in white coats will be along to collect you shortly.

Perhaps the A side of this applies to him, though IMO the B side fits as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xRCbdFrSSc

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Presumably you supported Biden/ Harris, so your opinion is just biased nonsense, IMO. If it's good enough for them to do the rubbish they did, how can anyone complain about Trump unless they also complained about them?

However your posts supporting Trump were completely unbiased.

Also like me, you have no voice or vote in the USA, and like my opinions, they are completely irrelevant.

4 hours ago, steven100 said:

Could have been suicide by poisoning of some sort,  maybe pills or similar. 

And it appears they wanted the dog to go out with them ,  so the dog was done first,  then Gene Hackman and the wife together ?   

or was it a robbery made to look like suicide ?  we all know Mexico can be a dangerous place with cartels etc..

Many people also know the difference between New Mexico, which is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States, and Mexico which is a country outside of the USA.

You seem to be jumping to conclusions once again. If the Santa Fe police deputies don't know yet, and they are actually at the scene, why are you making assumptions based on nothing? Why not let the police do their job which is what they are paid for, and then accept their conclusion based on evidence, rather than your guesswork?

On 2/26/2025 at 2:24 PM, fredwiggy said:

They have  quite a few different types of bananas here, which I like, as the US usually only has the one. Some I buy here are really creamy and sweet, the medium to large size. The small finger bananas are okay but not as good as the others.  One thing abut here is that fruit is usually pretty inexpensive, besides the Durian. I always loved fruit but eat it more here than I did back in Texas, although all fruits were available there. I always have oatmeal unless I find decent whole grain cereals here, which isn't easy where I live. When I visit home I bring back a few boxes but they don't last long. Cereal with fruit is a good start for the day, as is Yogurt.

This morning I ate half  a small melon along with some strawberries that my wife cut up and put in the fridge, along with a yoghurt. I weighed myself as usual and I have lost anoyjer 600g. That will be 2,4kg I have lost this month.

1 hour ago, steve187 said:

maybe not paid for but taken delivery of.

as shown by the figures, unless Thailand ups their game on the vehicles that are required by todays market they will go the same route as the British car industry, don't forget that ice vehicles are being phased out

ICE vehicles are not really being phased out so don't write them off yet.

2 hours ago, steve187 said:

although lots of Thai's driving around in million + cars both ev and ice

However those cars have  already been bought and paid for, and the thread is about the future of the Thailand motor industry

6 hours ago, motdaeng said:

thaksin seems like the donald trump of thailand … arrogant and full of himself, making empty promises and lying daily … yet both are  convicted criminal too ... 

Yet Thaksin was deposed in an illegal military coup and convicted by a court overseen by the military. If the coup was illegal, then any convictions made during the period and indeed under any military coup government must also be illegal.

BTW there is no comparison between Trump and Thaksin, despite your attempt to make it so.

2 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

How many women and children have the Thai army killed in the South in the last year? How many houses have they destroyed? How many cars? How many businesses? How many hospitals? Have they cut off the water and stopped food from entering the south? How many bombs have they dropped on the people of the south?

 

Have you got any figures?

Of course he hasn't. There is NO data for something that hasn't happened.

Instead of responding to him, please put him on ignore and starve him of a response. Not that it will make much difference as he will simply turn up with a different screen name, just like one of those annoying buzzy little flies that you can never quite manage to swat.

1 minute ago, steve187 said:

not many Thais on here,

I spent 160,000thb, for a 5kw system with 11.5kw of battery, that's reduces my monthly bill to next to nothing, last full year i produced 5mwh, at 10thb a unit that's 50,000thb,( see tropicalevo's post)  even at the normal 5thb its still a good saving and good for the planet.

 

Thank you for the information.

However, to gain solar power you first had to spend 160,000 baht. I really don't think that many Thais have that much spare cash lying about doing nothing.

5 hours ago, thesetat said:

Well, I guess you all were wrong about the initial story. Trumps approach with UK demanding the 500 Billion in Minerals seems to have gotten Zelenski to agree to come talk to Trump and make a deal with their countries minerals. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c337461n3xlo

 

 

Albeit, he did not yet agree to reimbursement of the 500 billion the US already gave. But i am certain with Trumps negotiating skills that this will also be something Zelenski agrees to. 

The $500billion claimed by Trump has already been fact checked and disproven, and if you believe in anything that Trump says, try backing it up with verifiable facts, if you can.

3 hours ago, steve187 said:

go solar at 10thb per unit you would be silly not too.

How much does it cost to go solar in the first place, even before thinking about buying an EV?

How many Thais do you think can afford to go this route?

7 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

that picture looks like Germany, definitely Europe

I think tha it ma be Sweden in the photo.

There is a very interesting Wikipedia article here about the Gripen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_JAS_39_Gripen

Which countries already have it, which countries have ordered it and a list of countries which are interested in it.

The is a cost per flying hour comparing the cost per flying hour of the Gripen, F35, Eurofighter, Rafale, F/A 18 and the F16. and the Gripen comes out the best.

IHS Janes seem to have commissioned it and not Saab.

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

I eat loads every day, up to 9 small dried ones when cycling, later 2 frozen big ones in a smoothie 

TBH I can't be bothered with dried or frozen bananas in a smoothie. Too much hassle.

  As for cycling, at 80 I have enough problems walking 50 metres using a walking stick as I have osteo arthritis in both knees and a buggered up back.

1 hour ago, Blueman1 said:

Same in the U.K. Long Distance Bus Drivers Need a Break Every 4 Hours At Least.....

I believe that in the UK, tachographs are mandatory as are drivers logbooks, and that they are rigorously checked as well.

I Thailand whilst tachographs and perhaps drivers logbooks MAY be available, smaller companies with a limited number pf vehicles and drivers available won't use them, as they will be too expensive and reduce the number of hours a driver can be used.

It is not just the aircraft that they need to test but the refuelling, rearming and groundcrew support teams as well. The RAF used to do this every year on exercises in Germany with Harrier jump jets for 2 week exercises at a time in the 1970s.

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

I have lived here legally for 37 years now ,out in the wild I have only been

asked for my passport once ,by a soldier ,as at the time there was a coup

going on and there were road blocks everywhere , but maybe it does not

count as he was reading it upside down , 

 

regards worgeordie

Nobody has ever asked me for my passport, living out here in rural Kamphaeng Phet for over 20 years.

Perhaps that will change everywhere in the future, due to this idiot.