Trentham

More than 170 kms per hour equals almost 3 kms per minute. Soi Thonglor is only about 2 kms long. If you were doing 170 right at the start of the soi you would be at the other end in about 40 seconds. I am no maths genius but something does not add up.

2 hours ago, JoePai said:

Waiting for someone to point out they are not wearing helmets  ????

You just did.

It is China again doing what it wants without regard to the effects on other countries.

DO NOT BUY CHINESE GOODS.

25 minutes ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

Use Brave internet browser and you won't have to see any adverts. ????

Thanks mate, I'll look into it.

The "Dick Smith" advertisement that appeared between posting nos. 28 and 29 above, at least on my screen are a scam. I enjoyed reading the comments about Thai herbs but wish to warn others about this rip-off.

10,000 arrived Saturday

That means 50,000 plastic bags

1 hour ago, robblok said:

Im sure your a better driver thwn me. However im sure you were a bettwr driver at 45 then now at 77. Agism is realism. 

 

I am weaker in the gym then when i was younger. I have less energy then when i was younger. Age is not just a number.

At 45 years of age I was an idiot. I drove an XJS Jaguar which I had airborne a number of times at around 200 KPH. I should not be alive now. I was a complete show-off fool.

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

No sympathy, they should have got off, or chucked him off.

Not to mention why is a 68 year old allowed to drive a bus?

I am 77 and I tell you what - I would be a more competent and safer driver of a bus than the 6 who commented favourably at the time of me writing this. A bit of ageism there!  

4 hours ago, ezzra said:

In the latest news from Israel that they have achieved success in tasting a vaccin on lab's animals that were infected with the virus and recovered fully when given the new vaccin, further testing needed before finally hitting the markets...

Vaccines do not cure an illness. They prevent it.

18 minutes ago, steven100 said:

well ............ you guys go and extinct ,  i'll hang around for another 20-30 years and see what happens '  ok 

You will be extinct too. You will have no choice.

27 minutes ago, DoctorG said:

and it is unusually cold in Brisbane at the moment

In case you are offering this snippet to counter the global warming argument, you should understand that increasing the Earth's atmospheric temperature causes more severe air movement. This effect can bring cold air up from the antarctic to warm areas to create record cool temperatures. Likewise in the arctic. It is the average global temperature that is important to watch and that is definitely rising.

12 minutes ago, doctormann said:

It might actually be better to believe in God, according to Blaise Pascal anyway.

 

Pascal's Wager (or Pascal's Gambit) is the name for an idea that Blaise Pascal had. He said that it is not possible to prove or disprove that God exists. Therefore, it is better to bet that God exists. If God existed, and the person believed in God, he would be rewarded (with happiness forever); if the person did not believe, he would be punished (with what is called eternal damnation). If God did not exist it would make no difference. For this reason, it would be better to believe in God, Pascal said. Indeed, Pascal strongly believed in this ideal.

I do not wish to boast but I think I am a good man but do not believe in god. I donate to charities, I help anybody I can if it is within my capabilities. I am generous and friendly but I also do things that Christians would consider to be sin.

If a god that I do not believe in really did create me and gave me a brain that is logical, curious and questioning and because of those qualities that would be god given I cannot accept his existence and would therefore condemn me to eternal damnation, then I do not want to know him/her.

I am an Australian. My country is subject to terrible droughts every few years. Crops die or are not even planted, animals die of thirst or starvation. Farmers have to go and shoot their animals that they have nurtured and loved. Families suffer the stress and distress of all this. Towns and cities go onto water use restrictions. Our economy suffers and bushfires result which bring about death and destruction. In the churches every week prayers are said to deliver us from the horror of it all. Some droughts last seven years or even longer and the prayers go on and on. Finally the rain falls again and people kneel down and thank the Lord for his delivery of us all from the catastrophe.

What absolute nonsense. If God exists then he is responsible for the drought because he allowed it to happen, BUT the silly Christians thank him for his mercy.

WHAT <deleted>..... Mercy???

6 hours ago, joecoolfrog said:

Im glad that you have found a physchological crutch that comforts you. Others prefer alcohol or cocaine , no different to religion , let the habit get out of control and they each cause problems.

I am not glad. Alcohol etc causes harm to one person plus his/her family and perhaps a few others. Religion causes wars and social disharmony and much more.

8 hours ago, JimmyCrow said:

In contrast to most of the posts on here I went from a position of unbelief to faith. In 28 years there has never been a moment when I have doubted the existence of God. I have had numerous experiences of God and know beyond a shadow of doubt that he is there. I think the defining criteria for knowing whether or not he is there is how badly do you want to know. Revelation of God is priceless. Why would you give that to someone who fundamentally is not interested ? Its only given to people who really want it. God is very real. The only person stopping you from knowing that is you. There are numerous of cases of healings, miracles, etc,. I once knew a woman who was paralysed, could not walk, received prayer and got up out of her wheelchair at a Christian meeting. Channel 4, or some other UK channel, did a documentary on her back in the 80s. It was a verified miracle. She is not the only one...

With a name like Jimmy Crow you are probably a bigoted and racist Southern Baptist. Your experiences are delusional and your miracles mumbo jumbo like statues of Mary bleeding tears of blood. The lady rising out of her wheelchair has very real physiological reasons for such to occur.

15 minutes ago, transam said:

So you know who poisoned you...?

Do you eat once every two or three days to be so sure of the culprit.......?

I knew when I contributed to this forum there would be some nitpickers out there who would have a go at me. So let me explain. Before retiring I was a qualified chef and have a good understanding of food hygiene. The day before leaving Bkk for Nan I had prepared all my own food. The morning I left my breakfast was just fresh fruit. I stopped at a food court at Tesco in Phitsanulok and bought my khao pad Poo. As I was eating it I felt something was wrong. By the time I was in Nan I was quite ill and remained so for 11 days. The doctors said it was definitely the rice. The next case was entirely my fault. I was in an Italian restaurant seated near a fine display of appetisers which were not refrigerated so I knew I was taking a risk. 6 hours later I was violently ill and had diarrhea. That continued for 6 hours and then I was OK. That is the classic symptom of salmonella poisoning - 6 hours to onset and 6 hours of illness. The third time was after eating at another Italian restaurant and I am assuming it was from there considering I have been eating street food for 15 years and have never been ill except those on 3 occasions. Surely if street food was so risky I would have been sick many more times.

9 minutes ago, Laza 45 said:

I don't know about ATO.. I haven't had to do a tax report for many years..  Centrelink and Medicare are the ones that matter for pension and medical coverage.  After 7 years you lose residency..   and you lose medical coverage...IF Medicare finds out.   Thing is.. Centrelink is hooked up with immigration and knows everything about our coming and going... Surprisingly.. Medicare does not.. Medicare and Centerlink do not share information... if a person maintains an address in Oz and is able to use that for Medicare for correspondence & card renewal it is possible to keep a Medicare card active after losing residency.. until they find out..  

Now you have just blown it for everybody

24 minutes ago, wombat said:

fmd, you must be fun at a party.

So they tell me.