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5 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

got to let the trump jail thing go man, it's eating you up inside and making you repeatedly embarrass yourself .

Thank you for your concern. Your advice is noted and will be given the attention it deserves. 

6 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

if an ex president get 24hrs secret service protection, how will that work if trumps in a jail?

Ahh, so you are saying a president can not go to jail regardless of what he does.

Interesting .

9 minutes ago, johng said:

Yes of course I'm serious   they where/are  not insurrectionists none of them where charged with that crime let alone convicted..

Inserection is a catch all term  and can be accomplished in different unlawful ways by different people.  A leader can instigate an Interbeton, and his followers comite different criminal acts  to carry out the inserection 

those people were charged with the criminal acts they commited , 

Most were charged with braking and entering, some with attempted murder , others with impeding a law Office from doing his job etc.

The list is long .

I am trying to phrase this as politely as I can but only someone with avery  poor understanding of the issue  would buy the assertion that they should had been charged with inserection. 

25 minutes ago, johng said:

they didn't even bring their guns ( zip ties are not lethal weapons) the most they could be accused of is violent disorder  this after being fired upon by police with tear gas.

 I am not going to litigate the case with you. The cases were already litigated, a jury of their peers heard the facts and found them guilty. 

27 minutes ago, johng said:

The fake electors  no I don't remember them.

Then perhaps you should be staying out of these discussions, Why don't you google it, Research it and when you know more, come back? 

29 minutes ago, johng said:

I do remember the strange case of 2 pipe bombs found near the vice president on that day   strange in the fact neither she or MSN ever mentions it,  I've mentioned it 3 times now and no one here wants to talk about it either.

You obviously heard it some place, so it must have been reported, unless you came upon this information by divine inspiration , why don't you provide a link to a report  about it so that we might know what you are talking about and how it supports your assertions, as it is I have no idea what you are talking about. or how it relates with what we are talking about. 

On 3/13/2024 at 7:37 AM, steven100 said:

why do you ask such dumb questions all the time.

I am reminded of the story of the snake and the otter at the river.

The snake asked the otter for a ride across the river on the otters back

to which the otter asks " are you crazy. you will bite me and I will die"

the snake replies " no I will never do that because if I do we i will sink and we will both die. 

Ok agrees the otter. "this makes sense. hop on. " 

in the middle of the river the snake bites the otter , and as they are both drowning the otter asks.

"Why did I do this? now we will both die"

to which the snake replied "its my nature, as much as I tried, I could not go against my nature  "

Perhaps in that story is your answer. 

On 3/13/2024 at 5:12 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

BORING!

 

DEPRESSING!

I would call this verbal abuse. 

1 minute ago, nauseus said:

 

No. That's not what I said. But right now the legal "system" in the US seems not to be working very well, especially for Trump and his followers.  

I agree, it is too lenient , more of the rioters  including trump should be in jail. 

1 minute ago, nauseus said:

 

If there is anyone wrongly imprisoned then they've had an unfair trial. Being a good citizen as I'm sure you are, wouldn't you like to see that fixed?

As would everyone, 

so we are going to scrap the legal system and have oll wise trump take over that function? 

and would it be for everyone in the legal system ? or just supporters of trump? 

5 minutes ago, nauseus said:

 

Agree. If you read the story, Trump says those who were wrongly imprisoned would be pardoned. If he can get that right then good.

If there is anyone wrongly imprisoned there is a process within the legal system  for addressing the issue.

We don't need judge trump to do it for them,  

Putting that aside if I remembered this correctly the price for a trump pardon was 2 million dollars. 

I could be wrong but I dont think these yokels  have any money. 

3 hours ago, kwilco said:

Is this allowed by UK customs and the airline? (Thai Airways)

Not absolutely sure about the UK , but every summer we often travel to Greece   and to the US, we stay for a month or so, and the wife brings all sort of chili pastes, oyster sauces etc. Especially in Greece were there are not many asean markets. 

We pack it well . in our checked in luggage. We never had an issue,

Just don't carry it in the plane, Check it in. 

Never had a problem, and I am talking dozens of times. 

30 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/13/health/playing-with-dogs-affects-brain-waves-study-wellness/index.html

It seems that playing with strings has a sim milar tough confusing

affect 

Sorry I could not resist , the above  picture was right in the middle of the dog article. I like the guy in the back with the baseball hat. 

"The good news is that after adjusting for variables such as sex, income, marital status, presence of children in the home, and income, dog owners had a 20 percent lower mortality rate than non-owners."

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animals-and-us/202402/will-getting-a-pet-make-you-live-longer#:~:text=The good news is that,mortality rate than non-owners.

1 minute ago, organicman said:

Thank you guys so much for your feedback!

 

I called Jetstar a couple more times, they gave me the same answer that she needs to have a 6 month passport.

 

I thought I would get to the airport early and speak to a couple Jetstar managers where they advised me that she can fly back to Thailand even tho she doesn't have a passport. 🙂

Better call the Thai embassy.

I went through the same issue. a letter issued by the Thai embassy would allowed her to travel without a passport. 

in the case of "without a passport" it is true, but The airline can not make that decision themselves, because they don't know why she does not have a passport, they need a letter from the embassy. 

don't take a chance , it was very easy to get, we never even went there, it was all done online and in a couple of days.  At the very least, because your issue is a bit different than my wife's give the embassy a call. 

The abbot , sounds like a A-hole trying to be funny at the expanse of some of his parishioners 

How would these people feel attending temple next time? 

The man is an idiot and needs to be removed from his position. 

4 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

Of course he can ask the question here  -  and receive a definitive "Yes".......Thais don't need 6 months on arrival....they can enter on an expired Thai passport.

Absolutely correct, my wife did a couple of years ago.

But the problem is not entering Thailand, but departing where you are. 

So when we were leaving the US, I don't remember if it was the Airline  or TSA, but she was challenged that her passport was expired, so we whipped out the emergency travel document and we were good to go. If we did not have them . trying to resolve the issue with a supervisor or what we might have missed our flight.

Better to have the document in your pocket, It was easy to get, we got it on line . took a couple of days, We emailed a copy of my wife's passport and her Thai ID card. And  the emergency document was emailed to us next day. . 

19 hours ago, organicman said:

I just noticed my Thai girlfriend's passport expires in 5 months. Will she be able to fly back to her home country to renew it? We are flying Jetstar Australia.

Yes my wife did it from the US with a totally expired Thai passport. 

Simply call your local Thai consulate , explain the situation and concern. and request an emergency travel document. 

I don't really think think she need it because if she is traveling to Thailand with a Tai passport. it is not required that she ever leaves, so why would she need a valid passport in six months? 

But to be on the safe side , get the letter from the consulate, 

It was easy to get. 

Chicken soup in a lemon and egg sauce. 

Decided to give making chicken soup another try.  This time I used the pressure-cooked to see how it would work.

Sauteed chopped onion and garlick , Tossed in  a few chicken thighs  and legs parts to brown a bit. 

Water, salt , pepper,  and for good luck a couple of cubes of chicken stock. 

Pressure cooked for 25 minutes. Placed pressure cooker under running water to release the pressure, 

and opened.

Removed the bones of the chicken parts , returned the meet in the pot,and added half a cup of rice,   chopped celery, and diced carrots, slow boiled until rice was done. (nott too much rice depending on how much you are making , otherwise you will end up with a very thick stew. 

Here comes the important part. It is critical that the instructions are followed closely.

   Three eggs beatten well , I used my milk frothing mixer, 

two lemons squeezed and added to the eggs. then beatten together more  .

Ok so this is the criticall part. In the bowl where you have the egg and lemon mixture , slowly add with a large serving spoon, add liquid from the simmering soup while whipping . This is done to bring the egg and lemon mixture , slowly up to the soup temperature  without cooking the eggs and having agg-drop soup. If you bring the temperature of the egg mix up too quick, it will curdle. 

It sounds more difficult than it is, Just slowly ad soup fluid until the mix is hot to the touch, but keep mixing to keep the temperature even in the whole mix. 

Then pure the mix in the simmering soup without mixing  much. let simmer for 5-10 minutes and it is done. 

Trust me , if you like lemony taste, you would love this dish.

I would have at least put all these bottles in some bags to keep them together(like those strong bags the use ifor seed or fertilizer) , and then tied tha bags together. . 

19 hours ago, animalmagic said:

It's obvious there is intelligent life out there..........they haven't made contact with us!

They would have if there was intelligent life here

These homeless people are a problem. I don't know why they just don't go home. 

So many words in the OP , so little meaning. 

Best friends with my ex. The fact that we are no longer married does not change the fact that we have a daughter together . and we both want to work together for the best possible future for our daughter,.

Not a month goes by that me and my ex do not talk. The third  person i visit when I go to the US, after my daughter and sister is my ex mother in-law who  is a fantastic lady and I love dearly. 

Divorce should not mean the end of the relationship, especially when children are involved, it simply means a different relationship.  

PS: the divorce was mostly my fault. I was more of an A-hole then than I am today. If that's possible. 

15 minutes ago, bamnutsak said:

The Dobbs decision probably underpins some of this small erosion in support of equal rights for all citizens.

 

The ability of SCOTUS to reverse long-held rights emboldens bigots.

 

In a concurring opinion, Thomas called on the high court to revoke the rights to marriage equality, intimate sexual relationships, and contraception, as well. The landmark rulings establishing these rights, Thomas wrote, are “demonstrably erroneous.”

 

 

 

I have wrote the same thing about the magamorons in this forum. It seems they are smelling blood in the water and more and more of them seem to be  crawling from under the rock they were hiding under these past three years. 

I suspect the same is happening on a national level back in the US.

Only thing is, that the idiots don't seem to realise that the blood they are smelling is their own as the march behind their own Pied Piper.