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A few are granted some limited time for shore leave, which ain't R&R.

LOL. Still trying to figure out why ladyboys loom so large in our imaginary R&R that isn't happening. Maybe just Brit bigots working their Americans-are-ignorant-and-stupid narrative?

But in Pattaya none of the personnel is on R&R, so the question is really irrelevant, except for our make-believe purposes. Those are awfully important, for some reason.

Mark Twain's description of the effect of old age on his own mental acuity applies here as well: “When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened.”

Great pics of a vanished era. Unfortunately, scandals and crime along the way made a crackdown necessary and inevitable. Unlike a Thai crackdown, it's permanent and enforced. Dovetailed with Woke nicely.

Kodi has different UIs that can make a big difference. Maybe you know that. Did you look at the latest Winamp? Takes library seriously. Seems a bit unintuitive to me, but guess it'd be fine once you're used to it. Available as a snap, no need to fool around. https://snapcraft.io/winamp

No it isn't. But we do love a good Russian bash. Let's see some photos.

So the usual ANF Poster Boomerang Principle applies. Merely makes you wonder how stupid the poster himself must be.

Once thought a satire, even by its director, re-evaluated, cogently, as prescient art with a serious message. To embrace civilization, you must embrace, or at least pay homage to, the virtues that make it possible. Starship Troopers does that, which is why, despite all intentions to the contrary, it fails as satire but succeeds as art. --Starship Troopers is Not a Satire

Linux users might argue the opposite. If Linux don't have it, you don't need it. 🙂

https://github.com/pmorch/PlayOnLinux-MSOffice2007 https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-microsoft-office-2007-on-ubuntu-20-04-lts/ VB if you insist: You have a point. VLC will do library, but it's a little crude, comparatively. How about Kodi? https://linuxhint.com/install-kodi-linux-mint/

Buy from Lazada, as noted above. Not worth making your own unless really a non-standard length, or you have to run the cables in a channel too narrow for the connectors. If you have to make custom on-site, probably not worth paying a tech to visit; check w/ computer/electronics shop and see. For the custom route, I suggest a pass through crimper and connectors, the latter (if CAT 5) w/o metal shields on their sides. And you need a network connection checker. Trivial if you have the tools, but requires some patience. Watch youtube instructional vids first.

I wonder why we're so obsessed with ladyboys here.

When on duty, which is most of the time. Otherwise, civvies. Contrary to @Banana7's delicious fantasy--seems a bit obsessed, for some reason--Cobra Gold isn't about R&R at all. He made that up. It's about work. The few sailors allowed any free time ashore now must follow strict regulations, meaning no "fun," according to the only definition of the word our aged adolescents understand. They go to the malls and nicer restos. You may find some drinking at the Hard Rock and nearby, for example==but not in beer bars. It's all very boring and professional these days. Sorry, but keep enjoying the fantasies as you wish. Cobra Gold ships are now anchored in Sriricha and Sattahip, if any of you swishy types want to offer service. Hang around the pier, I guess.

Have a few more Changs, toke some good weed, and sleep it off, man.

I bought some a couple days ago. Haven't had a cold in years but I caught a mild one last week. Coughing, yes. So I found this is indeed good stuff.

More the case that the poster is one of the thick ones.

True. The title of this topic needs to be changed to something more to the point. Just "Does your wife have a stupid husband?" would do, but more specifically, "Does your wife have an arrogant pr*ck of a husband?"

But it's wise to recognize that many seek happiness through criminal intent (deceiving and harassing).

One of our cherished fantasies. In fact, US military personnel won't be indulging. You're still living in the 90s.

http://mvschool.ac.th/ good school, less expensive than many

Main reason nowadays the big munitions-supplying countries like to expand NATO is that it means big money for their industries. Meanwhile, Biden can't manage to suppress a stone age tribe of Houtis. Shooting down $2000 drones with $2M missiles. More brilliance. It's only money--borrowed money.

Soon as you recognize the reality that he quickly rescinded his own memo IF it ever really existed, was never official policy, and the original plan remained in force. Time to get back on topic?

No, it's a matter of time before Ukraine is swamped by production in Russia, China, N. Korea, and Iran. Support for Ukraine is flagging in the west. Note the Bundestag just the other day refused to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine. Ukraine has no economic value to the West. It's all political theatre. The Cold War was over, old Soviet Union gone. Putin was pretty much staying in his lane. No point in expanding NATO to Ukraine as Biden went and blathered about. In fact the need for NATO in the modern world order is questionable. Or it WAS, until this screwup.

Oh, you're always imagining Trump is lying, when it's mostly you lying about Trump and Biden. Get over it. Trump ordered a withdrawal, but not a total withdrawal. The plan was to maintain enough presence, that could be quickly expanded, to persuade the Taliban to fulfil the agreement totally if they didn't. That said, Trump strongly wanted out of that war, no doubt about that.