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Go to the OP - do you see a 'Quote" button ? Thought not ...

From the OP : Inset an image into the your profile , instead of just having a letter of your first name Fail to see why you would even ask people who do not have a pic to add one. Their choice.

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Agree with the above. Read reputable sources, weigh the opinions, decide for yourself. Quite easy to sort the wheat from the chaff - if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck - chances are it is a duck. It is not that hard - examples Qanon, Israel, Iran - to see the inhabitants of Cloud Cuckoo land 555

Self defense is more a mental thing than a physical thing. Could you use your thumbs to gouge out an attackers eye ? Could you use a chair, stick, bottle to incapacitate someone who is hell bent on hurting you ? Could you beat them down so that they stay down ? If you are not prepared to go this far, then going away is the best course of action.

If you think that is the answer, it is not just your post that is simple.

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We used to ride our skidoos to Lady Franklin to get drunk, watch porno and play pool. Slept under the table !!! 555

Yup - 18 years and counting

of ALL society

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Approximately 500,000 gallons are used to produce one tonne of lithium. In Chile's Salar de Atacama, mining activities consume 65% of the area's water. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiqjIyh2M_6AhWlcGwGHT2sC1oQFnoECAgQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdialogochino.net%2Fen%2Fextractive-industries%2F38662-explainer-the-opportunities-and-challenges-of-the-lithium-industry%2F&usg=AOvVaw1I0U17kBFs96ZMaxeJB1Zt

So your 'style' is to be bullied and do nothing ? Then do not complain about being bullied. As said above - YOU gotta stand up, or be stood on

There are only 2 possible scenarios ... You are armed, with plenty of ammunition You are not, with nothing

To supply England alone will use 75% of worldwide lithium production if the absurd mandates are put in place. With no new major mines in development at this time, and even if they were you are looking at 10 years to production. What is the rest of the world going to use ? But the faithful never discuss this, or even allow a discussion. They are True Believers - Fanatics - and will entertain nothing that does not suit their very narrow criteria for use. Recent posts of Ionic 6 state that the carbon footprint to make one car will consume 75 tons of carbon - enuf to buy 10,000 liters of gasoline, which would allow a small car to travel for 10 years.

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You gotta stand up - no one is going to do it for you

My experience too. First accident on my HD there was a hue and cry to bend the foreigner over. After about 10 minutes a Thai guy who was riding with us appeared on his bike, with his wife in the Pajero. He was at that time a police colonel. All bickering ceased and I was on my way. Hard to shift with the 1" stub of a shifter tho' 555

Rain from above, wind from the side 555

17 days is time to take in sights in Chiang Rai too Wat Rong Khun a must see. Chiang Doi for a hike and some nice mountain views. You can rent a car and do the whole loop - up 107, stop in Doi Mae Salong and Doi Tung for the Queens Palace, across to Chiang Rai and Tachileak, on to the Golden Triangle and the Opium Museum. Chiang Khong for an overnight on the Mekong river. Loop back via 118 with a stop by Singha Park. Waterfalls, Nat'l Parks, many restaurants enroute.