billd766

29 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Oh no I'm gutted, I really really thought  they lub me long time, surely Shirley, the Thai ladies wouldn't lie  to a 73yr old man. Next you'll tell me the buffalo was not really sick. 

I can't help you on that one I am sorry to say.

I never saw or even found the buffalo.

1 hour ago, brianthainess said:

Are you saying the bar ladies are lying to me ?    

If they are the same ones I knew 40 years ago, or perhaps their daughters, or grand daughters, then the answer would be yes. 

28 minutes ago, transam said:

The only one that has been babbling, is you on this thread...........🥴

Please don't feed trolls.

It only encourages them.

Either don't respond to their posts or put them on "Ignore".

3 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Maybe you haven't read my reply yet I installed it, and it is working now 

At the time I was doing other jobs and I didn't read your post until after I replied to the thread.

My apologies.

I am glad that you managed it though.

3 hours ago, still kicking said:

I tried but can't download it 

Try going to the search bar of your browser and type uBlock origin.

That should give you the url for uBlock. You then need to click onto the uBlock link for your browser, Chrome, Edge, Firefox etc. That should give you the instructions on how to set it up as an extension on whichever browser you are using.

It is free.

I am not sure it can be done if you are using a VPN, but you should be able to disable the VPN for long enough to install uBlock, then re-enable the VPN, if you are using one.

21 hours ago, Hummin said:

Impossible to read this forum again because of ads. 

 

Chrome browser

 

Try uBlock as an extension to Chrome and your problem may go away. 

10 hours ago, still kicking said:

Yes, I have the same problems with ADD Block on AN and have to click off every time I view a new topic. But it is a pain in the neck and never happen on any other site. To me it is blackmail or just call what it is SPAM.

On the advice of another poster I uninstalled Ad block and installed uBlock (also free) in its place, and the problem went away.

How very hypocritical of the group of senators who were appointed by a previous PM to whine, when the current PM does the same thing and appoints somebody to a post.

Who really cares what they think or say, as they are only (well paid) seat warmers anyway.

6 hours ago, Stargeezr said:

billd766, you have forgotten that you are in Thailand, the wild wild east.

  Do you actually think that any airport officials are told about these festivals

in advance?  Maybe some remember to let them know, but i bet a lot of these rockets

are launched on a whim. This Is Thailand.

PNG was/maybe still is much wilder than Thailand. The locals were very nice people, but, they could switch to being nasty people in the blink of an eye.

When I worked  in PNG and was responsible for mobile phone sites, I went to the local helicopter company and gave them the GPS locations and tower heights of all my sites. They had no idea that we were building a network and were grateful that somebody took the thought and the information to them.

1 hour ago, digbeth said:

it's not cardboard and bamboo, but pvc plumbing pipes full of black powder, unburnt portion is literally pipe bomb

 

NOTAM (notice to airmen) advisory are given in case of official events that managed to inform the relevant authorities but do all temple/local amphur run fair knows to do this? no

but the dates, times and places are all posted on social media, local and national newspapers, TV stations and radio. They are about the same times and days every year. Is it too much to assume that the government authorities can read and understand and post NOTAMs of their own, stating that is this area, on these days and times there will be a rocket festival, so stay at least 10 km away from there?

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

 

But they are leftists, yes? 

 

And as will all left-wing media outlets, the problem is not with opinion pieces, the problem is with opinion pieces dressed up to look like news articles. 

Who decides what is left wing, what is neutral or centre and what is right wing?

You, me, anybody else, social media, MSM. governments, nations, Blind Freddy's dog?

Who is to say that the decision is right or wrong?

6 hours ago, Classic Ray said:

Should be time to extend this policy towards separating compostable material from home waste. 
 

The necessary bins could be funded by the reduction in waste disposal cost, although there would need to be  some education of the public to encourage waste separation.

We have been doing this at home for years in rural Kamphaeng Phet.

What I could really do with is 

1   a good quality chainsaw

2   a good high quality wood chipper/mulcher

3   a good quality man experienced who has experience in pruning (not hacking) tall trees. Some of the trees are 15M plus tall and need to be cut down to 8M or less. Some around the houses are too close and will damage the roof and the houses if the fall.

There would be literally tons of compost available when the job is finished.

On 5/14/2024 at 3:01 PM, Georgealbert said:

The headline says torched, which would seem to imply a deliberate fire, arson, but the report states the suspected cause maybe electrical.

 

Damage on part of the top floor was reported to be extensive, but that should not prevent a conclusive investigation into the cause.

 

 

AI is not smart enough yet to differentiate between the two causes.

Neither, it seems, is the reporter.

On 5/15/2024 at 10:41 AM, placeholder said:

Only roughly 10,000 male deaths are verified. Yet Israel claims  14,000. Where do Israel's numbers come from? 

The Israeli Ministry of Information, Truth and Love.

On 5/14/2024 at 8:41 PM, Tropicalevo said:

Hamas terrorists exaggerating and telling lies?

Who would have thought that.

The Times of Israel, the Israeli government and the IDF telling the truth?

Who would have thought of that?

21 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

The ethnic cleansing accusation is meaningless until we know what happens after this war.

What would have been wrong with temporary evacuation to Egypt?

Did occur to you that Egypt might not want 2 million plus extra people? Where would they live especially, as they already had land and homes in Gaza. Who take over the homes, land, infrastructure etc in Gaza? Egypt or another country, such as Israel who are already doing so? Gaza does NOT belong to Israel It belongs to the Palestinians, and most of them want to keep it.

12 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Horrible Hamas for starting this war and their acknowledged murderous policies of using human shields and doing nothing to prepare civilians for wat such as building bomb shelters.

But for the umpteenth time, Hamas did NOT start this war. They certainly advanced it in October, but since then Israel has taken it to genocidal levels, though the war itself has been going on since the 1930s, firstly against the British, then against the Arab nations 2 or 3 times and now against the Palestinians in general and Hamas in particular. That last part I find odd, since the Israeli government set up Hamas itself as a willing partner in controlling Gaza.