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it's a bit like asking politicians not to give themselves pay rises every year.

was there just after the wall fell, wasn't expecting anything much when i walked into the room, but the stuff was mindblowing beautiful and the craftsmanship exquisite. Hope they get it back, but does sound like a targeted hit. The Mogul court and the life size wooden carving of an angel killing a devil were amongst my favourites.

that's why i don't read the news anymore; i don't have to worry about what is fake or not. Better to do what most Thais do and just watch the Lakorns (soap operas)

i thought the klongs were always a tourist attraction; you never knew what interesting things you'd find floating amongst all the rubbish.

not sure what you mean by the spark plug is gone, as there is one in the photo. Unless you mean it wasn't working, then that would be an ignition problem. 

Maybe the thread for the plug was stripped but that wouldn't usually need a head removal, just a helicoil. All the water jacket holes look in great condition, as does the head. As Kawasaki said above, it may have warped due to bad tensioning of the head bolts but usually you have to machine the face of an alloy head any time it is removed. Also as he also said 2 of those plugs do look weird but could just be the photo. If a plug was too long it would be hitting the piston, so not really a head problem then.

What i don't understand is why they have taken the valves out, you'd usually only do that if there is a problem with a valve, valve seat or valve guide.

interesting article on global economic and social trend predictions

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-13/the-2020s-set-to-be-an-economic-turning-point/11699386

"We'll all be rooned said Hanrahan"

sounds all great, until someone hacks the system. Imagine driverless cars being hacked and all the traffic lights in the smart city are turned to green. While i am not a Luddite, maybe i am just a sceptical old man!

Gee, i wonder whose uncle or cousin will end up getting the 'professional' management gig?

interesting tie-in with Phuket and the founders of Penang and Adelaide.

Francis Light serving the East India Company spent 10 years based in Thalang (Phuket) from about 1765. He married a local of Portuguese origin, they had a son William who eventually surveyed what became Adelaide. Francis helped thwart a Burmese attack on Phuket and was even nominated for governor which King Rama 2 opposed. He eventually founded Penang. In 1776-77 he even supplied arms to Taksin the Great in the Kingdom of Thonburi.

William also had an interesting career (considering he was Eurasian) before Adelaide and served under the Duke of Wellington.

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

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

19 hours ago, GalaxyMan said:

He who dies with the most toys wins! ????

or he who dies with the most toys still dies! But i have to say, it is more fun having the toys!

Ford Thailand only started officially selling new Stangs around October 2018, anything before that is a private import

4 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

This place?

 

 

I know. I squealed like a pig over the $5. My retirement is finished.

Yeah, It is a nice compound area; simple but not spectacular but gives a nice feel of what most prasats would've looked like. Most importantly they have hammocks at the reservoir where the food is.

i said don't get me started on the fees. ????