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chang1

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  1. "Both Blame Cannabis for Their Actions" - being <deleted> is more likely the truth. The plod should have cut off an ear and made one eat it and maybe they would get a proper confession.
  2. The reason is to encourage others to do better. If you find a cop who is better even if only very slightly, they should be held up as a shining beacon for others to follow. If you lump them altogether, there is no desire or advantage in being better. Unfortunately most Thais can't understand this which is why they are so far behind.
  3. Lady Gaga found out why Thailand is not a good place to perform with the flag incident. Why risk that kind of bad publicity over a minor discretion?
  4. I have not seen anyone blame her for what happened but a few have commented on her poor decisions. The guide is totally to blame but she could have done things to help prevent him having the opportunity to carry out this attack. If I walked around downtown LA at night wearing gold chains, a Rolex and waving a wad of dollar notes while obviously drunk I would be increasing my chances of being mugged many times than if I was alert and blended in while walking there during the day. If I did get mugged it is entirely the mugger who is to blame but I made myself much more likely to be his victim. An example - I saw an episode of Travel sick where the guy was given fake clothes and video camera (it was a few years ago) then told to walk around Lima in Peru (I think it was) while undercover police watched. Within minutes he was mugged and stripped clean. The police, who knew this would happen, then rescued him unharmed. Obviously the muggers are to blame but he made decisions that made it inevitable to happen.
  5. We never welcomed these economic migrants, we had no choice. France does all it can to enable them to get here. My town is full of them and they need sending to Rwanda.
  6. You watch too much RT. The more intelligent/wealthy Russians are getting out while they can. Putin is going to have to enlist hundreds of thousands as canon fodder over the next few months. The sanctions are really starting to hurt the economy which will suffer for decades to come. Generally, the useful ones will settle in western countries, the decent ones left will go to ex soviet countries and the dregs will end up in Thailand.
  7. If we were proven to be causing far more speed related crashes than other nationalities, I would have no problem with that. If a certain group of people are causing excess problems, why shouldn't they be exposed and targeted? I am against targing people for no valid reason. In your example, one of the best ways to get English to stop speeding is to have English people recognise the problem and how it affects them. This would start them self policing by calling out those among us who were the problem. Peer pressure is very powerful. To bring your question back to you, if English drivers were caused far more crashes than other groups with all the extra expenses, injuries and other problems, would you want to target us in some way?
  8. Not unfortunate at all. This is one thing I like about Thailand. If a certain race causes problems they call them out. Here in the Uk we have to pussy foot around the question of race. This woke crap is fueling resentment and will only get worse. The number of economic migrants suddenly coming here causing problems is out of hand. If Arabs are a problem, target them. What is wrong with that?
  9. Why not inform us of his nationality? If it is not stated and sometimes, if it is stated, people will soon speculate someone's nationality. If a certn nationality gets mentioned it helps us understand those people better. I'm British and we get a lot of stick due to our antics. I don't have a problem with that at all, so why do others worry?
  10. My thoughts exactly. Why make more enemies before you are stronger than them?
  11. Les majesty is the problem. It is used to remove any opposition and if it doesn't work then the defamation laws are used. Once those are removed the whole house of cards will fall.
  12. "Obviously disc brakes are more efficient," This is what I have been saying. "have not suggested otherwise" Yes you have, you keep saying they are as good as each other. "But there is the question of proportion and context." Any proportion better is safer and the context is which kind of brake is more likely to stop you quickly on a, possibly not very well maintained, rental bike. I repeat I don't have an obsession and brakes are just one of the checks I do when renting. I think we have done this to death now.
  13. We are going off topic here but I have to respond. You are clueless, do some research into what marine engineering involves. Vehicle repairs are nothing in comparison. I have worked on cars and bikes since I was a kid. To give you an idea of the size of a ships engine, the turbo chargers are larger than your Norton. Engines don't get much bigger. I can also work on everything in an engine room. As for brakes - they are simple to understand and work on at least until you get to ABS pumps, not that anyone works on them as car mechanics only replace parts never repair them. I have never had to take a car or bike to a garage to be repaired. The only person who goes near my vehicles are the MOT testers. I have rebuilt engines and gearboxes including an automatic gearbox. I have done an electrical job on a car that had had an engine swap which the main dealer said was impossible to do. The dealer said I could have a job there when the lad showed them it running. I have my own diagnostic equipment and even fit my own tyres. I am also into electronics and have plenty of test gear for that. Basically I am a jack of all trades but master of none except refrigeration which I have many years experience and within my company I get given all of the most complicated or larger equipment jobs which suits me as I like problem solving. I could go on but I think you get the picture. Maybe, calling me a refrigeration engineer is a bit over the top but that is my job title and not something I claimed to be. Nevertheless you cannot takeaway from me my training and experience as an engineer.
  14. This is where much of the blame lies. I agree with most of what you say here but I have had very positive interactions when making my two claims and felt both companies handled things very well. Even the first claim with the cheapest backpacker insurance I could find. Credit where credit is due.
  15. That was over 20 years ago, long before I was married. As I said in another post disc brakes tend to work or not. Apart from air in the hydraulics making them spongey. Drum brakes are more finicky. I am not obsessed at all and these days drum brakes are almost obsolete anyway.
  16. The reason I asked about a sports bike is because it makes you think about how many now use drum brakes. Not only do disc brakes reduce the unsprung weight, they need far less effort to give the same braking force. Your Norton was designed for totally different tyres to what are available today. I have not ridden a powerful bike with drum brakes and would be rather careful if I did. TT bikes are not normal production bikes so hardly a fair comparison to abused and poorly maintained rental bikes. They are nowhere near similarly equipped but let's go with it. When was the last time the TT was won by a bike with drum brakes? I tried searching but didn't get far. Riding 3 up - fair comments, no argument there. Statistically we spend most of our time within 5 minutes of our home so hardly surprising that is where we will get into trouble more often. It is due to a false sense of security on familiar roads. I am not at home so I am very alert and careful. I am talking about things you can do to reduce your chances of getting into trouble not eliminating all risks completely.
  17. I think there are still a few around but places like Cambodia will no doubt still be renting them out. I rented one to go around Ankor Wat about 22 years ago. It was a death trap with almost no brakes at all but OK for what I wanted. I was more giving it as an example of the sort of things we can do to keep ourselves safe. I can't remember when I last was offered a drum brake but there is usually a line of bikes and I would just move on to the next in line if one has a front drum brake.
  18. Not in this case. Sports bikes are optimised for speed, handling and very importantly, stopping ability. Even if disc brakes were 4 times as expensive they would still use them. When I was 16 I started on a moped. It was a Honda SS50 and probably the only moped, at the time, fitted with a disc brake on the front. My mates all had Fizzies (Yamaha FS1E) all with drum brakes. I could outbreak all of them even though it was cable operated. Modern hydraulic disc brakes are far more efficient than cable operated drum brakes. Drum brakes are fine for rear brakes as they don't need to do much work.
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