josephbloggs

45 minutes ago, transam said:

Japanese brands use Japanese brand names, not buy a name to cover it is really a Chinese ride.........????

May I remind you of the Chinese MG boot badge.............????

 

 

How many times have you posted that image? What about German BMW doing the same?

It's just called marketing.

51 minutes ago, transam said:

The Chinese MG uses English, all part of the smoke screen of the "since 1924 history"...........

Banging on about smoke screens again, yawn.

They are selling internationally so how or why should they use Chinese script? Should Japanese cars all have names written in Japanese? Korean cars in Korean? They use English so they are also smoke screening right? 

If you really need business class to Bangkok you can fly Chiang Mai to Taipei on EVA Air, then turn around and get a flight Taipei to Bangkok. It'll take you a while though.

No airline has business class for a 50 minute flight from Chiang Mai to Bangkok.

As others have said do the 50 minute flight to Suvarnabhumi then book an AOT 7 Series to drive you to the luxury destination of Jomtien.

On 5/4/2023 at 5:16 PM, transam said:

The MG, a British car, well it says so on the boot, ????, but in reality one is buying a ride made with Chinese materials, probably the reason they can undercut others in the price range.

In my longish life, I have bought many Chinese made items that have failed or fallen apart, including my wheelbarrow, no undercoat and cr_p metal, rusted away in short order.......

Fascinating story. And how much did you pay for this wheelbarrow? Did you pay a top notch price like a good European wheelbarrow? Or did you buy a cheap product because you are tight then complain when it falls apart not because it was cheap but because it was Chinese?

Most of these Chinese arguments fall down when you bring cost in to it. Pay for cheap junk and you will get cheap junk. But China has proven it can make extremely high quality products - trains, iPhones, luxury bags, fashion, computers, cars, bridges, tunnels - and in many ways it is light years ahead of the US. But because they also make cheap crap that has a market people (well racist people) equate that with their entire manufacturing output which is ridiculous.

Very sad to hear this, he was an immense help to many people and only posted to pass his knowledge on to make things easier / simpler for other people. RIP.

1 hour ago, transam said:

So, would you tackle a 6'7" giant, high on dope, even in handcuffs.......?..????

Yes, if that was my job and I had training in how to apprehend people, and especially if I was accompanied by three other colleagues who have tasers and guns and are also trained.

But once he was handcuffed and down I would not have knelt firmly on his neck for nine and a half minutes until he was dead. You speak like he was a monster and being violent and a danger in which case the police have the right to self defence (maybe even use of a taser or even a firearm if their lives were in danger). But he was handcuffed and on the ground already and this was a prolonged event and very deliberate, even keeping the pressure on for one and a half minutes after he had lost consciousness (or perhaps already dead).

There can be no excuse whatsoever so it sickens me that some posters on here keep trying to find one.

 

5 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

But, to satisfy the BLM crowd they are charging him as well. 

"....to satisfy the BLM crowd".   Ha ha, not hard to see which side of the fence you are sitting on.

So it was nothing to do with the fact that an unarmed man was murdered by the police by having his neck kneeled on for nine and a half minutes and a full minute and a half after he lost consciousness. Nothing to do with the fact that he was clearly dying and everyone could see that yet nobody did anything to stop it, the crowd were shouting for help. Nothing also to do with the fact that not only did this "officer" do nothing to try to stop the killing but he also prevented a person with trained medical skills (an off duty firefighter) from rendering medical assistance. That is clearly aiding and abetting manslaughter.

But no, none of the was taken in to account, it was all just to appease BLM. Like I say, easy to see which side of the fence you sit on as you have nailed your colours firmly to the mast with your post.

22 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

In Tao's case all he did was hold back the baying crowd, which may have actually prevented a full on riot and more fatalaties. 

 

So in my opinion, this is harsh. If he failed to hold them back and fatalaties ensued as a result, he may still have faced manslaughter charges. He was between a rock and a hard place.

 

However, anything less than this would likely lead to BLM/Antifa and other extremist left wing groups burning and looting American cities again so he appears to have to take one for the team. 

They all could see what was happening and did nothing to try to stop it. He even prevented a trained medical person (a firefighter) from providing medical assistance to George. Aiding and abetting manslaughter is the correct verdict.

Much as I dislike Trump - and I dislike him a lot as he's a ridiculous, bullying, lying, divisive, self serving, obnoxious, narcissistic, insecure misogynist - I don't get the big deal about draft dodging. It's not like it was WWII when there was a legitimate cause that needed people to unite and fight; it was the Vietnam War which was repulsive, unjust, cruel and many people had legitimate moral objections. I definitely would have done what I could to avoid being drafted up for something I thought was abhorrent.

OK, you could have been an outspoken moral objector like Muhammed Ali and gone to jail for it and then got to hold your head high (whilst serving time) - I applaud him for that. But I wouldn't want to go to jail either so would probably look for a loop hole. I am sure many people would if they are honest about it.

3 minutes ago, bignok said:

Pot is a loser drug.

Thanks for your contribution.