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Canadian police drama series starting to drop first episode. Allegiance follows on identity and belonging, policing and politics, and finding truth within the heart of a flawed justice system. Sabrina Sohal is a star rookie police officer who must grapple with the limits of the justice system as she fights to exonerate her politician father Ajeet Sohal. Sohal serves her diverse hometown of Surrey alongside Vince Brambilla, a veteran training officer who sees her potential but doesn't always agree with her forward-thinking methods. Allegiance is the story of a young woman caught between her allegiance to her flag, to her badge, and to her family

Too bad we can't get the other side's view of the accident. Hopefully there's video available.

So you're proposing to keep all the women in Thailand barefoot and pregnant. And uneducated. Maybe you also think everyone should move back to agricultural work and abandon the cities. Hang on, that's been tried already. How well did that work out for Pol Pot, anyway?

You should try to get out of BoyzTown once in a while.

One of the major reasons I'm flying out of Thailand March 27th and won't be back until May.

Likely the older versions don't have the h/w to do the decoding and does software decoding by default. I have a couple of tox-3 x4 boxes and no issues.

Damn. Now I'm going to have to watch it to see what it's all about.

China's economy is collapsing. Their stock market is at 5 year lows. The people are angry and many of those who used to have wealth now don't. These are the main Chinese tourists headed to Thailand so there will likely be a reduced number this time.

I prefer something closer to reality. Impossible, with it's Hollywood ending where all the main white people survived completely ignored the what, 100k Thais that died. The Aftermath showed much more of the big picture with the corruption, land thefts, etc that was associated with the disaster, along with a more realistic scenario where not everyone gets out alive.

Yes. Democracy is about sending seal team 6 out to kill your political opponents, just like Trump's lawyers argued that Trump could do without repercussions.

The HBO version of events was much better and much more accurate. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758789/

I can't believe anyone is dumb enough to put Putin and truth in the same sentence. Next you'll be saying Trump doesn't lie. MAGA, nothing but a bunch of rubes.

I really should have spit it out instead of hoping for some flavor before it ended.

What criteria did he use to judge you are a good candidate for the procedure? I had a pacemaker installed already. He had the tech from the pacemaker company come in during the initial appointment. That in itself is incredible as the surgeon didn't even know I had a pacemaker until the initial meeting. From the pacemaker stats it was determined i was in afib for extended periods, as in 3+ days. Assume your insurance did not cover? Fully insured in one of the mickey mouse Canadian provincial health care systems that takes months to see a regular cardiologist unless you've had a heart attack. Seeing an electro-cardiologist would be a multi year wait. Also fully covered with Medicare in the US. It would have taken the GP referral to a cardiologist then a referral to an electro-cardiologist that would likely be nowhere nearly as talented as the surgeon here. So I'll self insure for this one. What medicines and regimen did doc give you post-op? What tests or other follow-up in months ahead to determine if it was a success? Cardarone in a diminishing schedule over 5 weeks. I'm back to his office in a couple of weeks and again late March. Conveniently the pacemaker keeps statistics that will easily determine how well the surgery went. I'll also be picking up a Kardia mobile unit which allows basic EKGs to be sent to the surgeon's office for inspection to see if further analysis is required. So as far as I can tell, the afib is done, to be verified in a couple of weeks. And if confirmed, there's no need for a pacemaker anymore as the heart rhythm is normal. So the pacemaker is now essentially just an inbuilt defibrillator to prevent death in some circumstances. Also. If confirmed, there will be no more need for blood thinners... It would have been a deal at twice the price IMO.

I store stuff regularly with the lady at the back of the jomtien entertainment complex. She has a bike rental/storage place and has been there forever. My stuff was there for years during covid with no problems, and I just paid the outstanding fees when I returned. I'm sure she can work out something for you.

Watched John Wick 4 last night. Waste of time. Boring fight scenes that I had to fast forward through. And other than the ridiculous fighting there was little to no plot. What's to like?

Yes. It's really hard to believe that one of, if not the top electro-cardiologists in the world is available in Thailand.

Thanks for the reference to this Dr. I had the procedure done Thursday. Checked out of Bumrungrad Friday. Got an appointment to see him on a Wednesday, after discussing the situation we decided I was a good candidate for his procedure and could have done the surgery the next day. It took a few days to accumulate the required funds and get them to Thailand so we moved the operation to the following week. Bumrungrad insists on full payment pre-surgery. Atrial fibrillation now gone as far as I can tell. I'll be back in the gym Tuesday or Wednesday. All in, a bit over 1.3 million baht. Best money I've spent in a long time.

I've lost count. Last numbers I had was Russians 14, Brits 12. Anyone got the latest ranking?

Most of my assets are in investments. In north America, my attorney advised me to forgo the will & testament and just set up the beneficiary on the investment accounts. Apparently this overrides any will and would not be accessible to any unscrupulous siblings, ex-wives, etc. Not sure what the rules are here for this sort of thing.

And of course don't forget Saving Private Ryan. Same director if I recall. Wonderful.

I didn't know Honda waves had bumpers.

When you're done with Band of Brothers, there's a sort of sequel, almost as good: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374463/

So stop wearing underwear...