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51 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

You don't need to be a deep thinker to understand that if you don't like Dodge................then get out of Dodge.

 

 

In the context of those constantly whining about things in Thailand, then it perfectly acceptable to suggest that they find the exit door.

And close it behind themselves, quietly.

The problem is not of his personal making. but that of ALL UK politicians going back decades. Cut the size of ALL the military branches and at the same time increase the commitments that the service people have to do. It is also the responsibility of ALL the service chiefs for NOT speaking out in support of the troops and not resigning on protest.

Don't talk to the chiefs, but talk to the troops instead and keep the bean counters away from ANY increase in costs.

Then try to recruit a 20% increase across ALL branches per year for at least 3 years to build a fully trained military. Do NOT commit the troops to suit any vanity project.

I am getting old.

From the OP I can remember both Beales and Bealsons in Bournemouth in the 1950s and early 1960's when I was growing up in Poole.

2 hours ago, redwood1 said:

 

The only place Tony should be is sharing a jail cell with 40 other inmates...

Isn't proof a wonderful thing?

Do you have any?

Thailand probably IS a safe country to travel to. However there are many places that tourists go to which are not as safe as other places, at the wrong time of day or night.

2 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Not to me.

 

But, please, feel free to try somewhere else.

Nor me.

19 minutes ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Who invaded who? 

Russia invaded the Ukraine and took the Crimea, now they have invaded the Ukraine once again.

If you don't understand that you should do at lot more research and go back to school to relearn modern history.

1 minute ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

That is the $64,000 question.

 

A few days ago I heard that it only applied to new applications and 'renewals' were OK. The jungle drums have gone quiet on that.

 

 

It will all become clear this week.

Or not.

4 hours ago, Upnotover said:

At least two Pattaya agents have posted on their FB pages about this, tik tok and MOTs.

Do you believe everything that you read on FB?

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

You're panicking, don't panic, just a rumour 

Why do you think that I am panicking.

If you read my post, I already explained that it doesn't affect me.

Why post rumours and not facts?

3 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

At least two Pattaya agents have posted on their FB pages about this, tik tok and MOTs.

And that makes it real and correct?

1 hour ago, sscc said:

 

Benjamin BiBi Netanyahu is a wanted man too,  is he ? 

Was BiBi in USA just couple days ago ? 

 

 

Double standard or what ???

 

Neither the USA or Israel are signatories to the ICC, (what a surprise) so it doesn't really matter to either of them.

Of course if Netanyahu's aircraft had to make a forced landing due to an aircraft emergency in a signatory's country, it may be a different matter.

5 hours ago, MicroB said:

 

 

Its a difficult war to judge who is losing. No one is winning of course. Until Germany lost WW1, it wasn't losing.

 

In WW1, both sides poured men and materiel into a front line that  never moved. Once Russia pulled out, you would have thought that Germany would have the advantage. But it didn't. There was no surrender, just an Armistice.

 

A fly on the wall in Spring 1918 would have concluded that  German advances was a turn in the war to thekiir advantage. But what that fly on the wall wouldn't have realised  in Spring 1918, was that by summer 1918, the German army was exhausted, its reserves spent, and domestic discontent at home as the effects of blockades (aka sanctions) were beginning to hit the civilian population). And by the Autumn, Germany agreed, without argument, to all the extreme terms of the armistice. Only with the benefit of hindsight do we realise the sequnce.

 

Pack animals still have their use, in terrains where vehicles cannot operate, such as high up in the mountains. Dontetsk is pretty flat really, and it  (was) covered in fairly decent roads. Of course, the appearance of donkeys might just mean its the appearance of donkeys, and has no significance. I doubt Russia is running out of 4-wheeled vehicles. So if donkeys means anything, it might mean they are starting to ration their refined fuels.

 

The Russian government is still trying to maintain a pretence of normality in Moscow and St Petersburg. People are not getting rounded up in the streets and pressganged. They read about mobilisation in faraway parts of Russia and how convicts are being called up. Because mobilisation is in other parts of Russia, they don't really know anyone directly affected by the war. They are still going on beach holidays to Thailand and Turkey. Ukrainian hits on refineries is obviously having some effect on availability of Russian petroleum products; probably not as much as people think. Some is for lucrative export, some is earmarked for industry, some for public transport, some for the consumer market, and some for the miitary. The donkeys might be a sign of things being squeezed, so we ought to next see rationing of consumer supplies, and lines appearing at Russian gas stations. What Youtuber "Inside Russia" calls the second phase, when Russia starts turning in on itself, and blaming internal issues for difficulties. One signal  being picked up is increasing "non-payment"; businesses not paying their bills. This is quite a Russian thing last seen in the last days of the Soviet Union, and during the early Yeltsin years. The government stops paying contractors. The contractors stop paying their suppliers, and down it goes.

 

We should be applying more pressure to Putin's proverbial neck at this time. The war isn't going to end by Ukraine winning, anymore than the British and French Armies never had a victory parade in Berlin in 1918. Its going to end when Russia wants it to end. Right now, the Americans seem to want it to end on Putin's terms, where he achieves everything but the complete capitulation of Kyiv. Aggression is rewarded, because anything else is apparently "not realistic".

 

China has now stopped buying coal off Russia, a big loss of income. North Korean troops, those that are left, are apparently going home. Iran is probably navel gazing now after the loss of Syria and Lebanon. What is curious is Belarus.  Belarus recently had elections, a rigged outcome, but no widespread protests like l ast time. So why isn't the Belarus leader coming to brother Putin's aid, with the offer of troops, and equipment? In December 2024, Belarus and Russia concluded a mutual defense pact. There are around 5-6 brigades of Ukrainians in Kursk, just down the road from Belarus, but now they are dug in, so Russia really needs 15-20 brigades to get them out, which is why they haven't so far, and they have been sending in the Reluctant-Suicide Korean troops, and reputedly Yemeni laborers. Why aren't there hoardes of Iranian Revolutionary Guards joining the "good fight"?

 

Spring is coming. Russia spent the winter, instead of regrouping, reequipping, trying to advance a few kms here, a few kms there. Both sides are clearly exhausted, and desertion rates for both are going up. The quality of the Russian equipment is worsening. Their refurbishment centres are a long long way back in the rear (the tank factories are all on the other side of the Urals, ever since Moscow was nearly over run in WW2). On the contrary, Ukraine's rear is not so far back. Both sides are facing spares shortages; there are mixed reports on the Ukrainian side, with the pro-Russian sites reporting its all gone to pot, but others give a different view.

 

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2151722/lithuania-becomes-repair-hub-for-german-tanks-damaged-on-battlefield-in-ukraine

 

Who knows. Russian spares shortages are due to sanctions (more modern Russian tanks had Thales range finding systems, now no longer available) and likely corruption. Spares shortages in the west seems to be down to corporate disagreements rather than any inability to actually make the parts.

Thank you for an interesting and informative read.

13 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

Which invasion by which country are you talking about?

There have been a few and none successful!

I think that he means the war that took place in Afghanistan, supported by the USA who organised and armed the Taliban to get the Russians out. In retrospect it probably was not the best political or military move.

I will say no more, other than it was a long time ago and perceptions change over time.

19 minutes ago, mrwebb8825 said:

Hope he waits until Iran has another of their "Death to America" rallies and drops a 1/2 dozen bunker buster bombs on their heads.

How many innocent men, women and children being killed, would be enough to make you happy?

I live in rural Kamphaeng Phet which is about 500 km from you, if you live in Pattaya. The filters, sadly, are not reusable, so you would have to buy new ones.

As for me selling you the old unit, I would not do that.

I will give it to you, if you really want it, and want to pay the postage via the Thai post office. That way, if it is of no use, all it would cost is the postage.

I have 3 thoughts in my head about shipping.

1   Thai Post Office.

2   Taking it to 7/11 as I think that they have connections with a courier delivery.

3   I have a feeling that there is a courier service not that far from me, but at the moment it is just a vague memory of where it is. I have never sent stuff using them, and my Thai wife has no idea where it is. We have however shipped a motorbike from the local post office to Chiang Rai successfully.

What are your thoughts?

18 hours ago, Johnlkuk said:

 

 

This is helpful, thank you for taking the time to find, photo and then post. 

 

Even though the casing of yours looks similar to mine, I've now found mine looks like it has a threaded part at the bottom. 

I took the while thing out this morning, cleaned it, and then took a photo or 2.

 

 

 

The base of your 4 filter system isn't clearly shown, but would it be the same? 

 

 

Some more photos showing the base.

6 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

What did he do?

Do an internet search for yourself and find out.

7 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

 

3 hours ago, Johnlkuk said:

 

 

This is helpful, thank you for taking the time to find, photo and then post. 

 

Even though the casing of yours looks similar to mine, I've now found mine looks like it has a threaded part at the bottom. 

I took the while thing out this morning, cleaned it, and then took a photo or 2.

 

 

 

The base of your 4 filter system isn't clearly shown, but would it be the same? 

 

 

Now I know where it is, I will pull it out tomorrow and take some more photos after I dismantle it. I also remembered, after a while, that I used to put Vaseline on the rubber gasket, fitted the gasket on the cover, and then put the cover on the filter and clamped it. Over tightening the clamp was what split the cover, and I have nobody to blame for that but me.