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On 5/18/2024 at 3:38 AM, Hummin said:

If I leave Thailand, thats it, one suitcase, 

 

Okay, for your information, sea is rising again, ice is melting, as it have before,  

And if it were not for the melting ice, we could still walk from Russia to Alaska.   A long walk to be sure, but still ... if it were not for melting ice!

"It wasn’t the first time that ice had sucked up the sea. Vast ice sheets have grown and retreated many times over the past 2.5 million years."

https://eos.org/articles/the-bering-land-bridge-formed-much-later-than-previously-thought

On 5/10/2024 at 7:47 PM, roo860 said:

😬

On 5/8/2024 at 4:38 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

a.  I regard you as one of my best friends.

 

b. If you are, actually, NOT one of my best friends, then...

 

c. I would be very surprised, too.

 

 

d. In addition, if we are not YET friends, then why can't we be friends?

 

e.  Why? Oh, Why?!

 

e. No reason that I can think of....after all....Don't you and I think, at the elementary level, think alike?

 

I  believe that YOU and I are...

On the same wavelength.

I am sure of it, in fact....

 

NOTE:  Perhaps you are correct.  And, perhaps, also, a word, more apropos, might be "associates". That's right. I have no friends, and instead exist, from day to day, only with associates.  (Still, associates is better than having neither a friend nor an associate.)

 

I was born, alone, you know, and...

So what could anyone reasonably expect of me?

 

 

 

 

Thanks.   I haven't heard War for a long while.   I have not heard them on the local radio station that plays oldy goodies.  That remastered version sounds pretty good. 

10 hours ago, mommysboy said:

 

Does that have any bearing on what's happening in Thailand then?

It has a bearing on the question asked by dinsdale. 

11 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

You may...but...

ONLY if you are fortunate to live as long as I, and...

I am still going strong.

 

As you know, the secret to my longevity is...

Celibacy, practiced religiously.

 

In addition, the main reason for your mistaken belief that our "walls of" text are incoherent is that....

People your age are no longer able to read English text written in full paragraphs, having spent most of your youth struggling with...

Nothing more complex than the great literature and classics on Twitter.

 

Judging from your profile photo here, you have a nice smile, which will stand you in good stead, only here in Thailand.

 

But, in other parts of the world, where mango- and papaya-growing is not the main industry, just a smile will not get you far.

 

How much of Philip Roth have you taken the time to read, for example?

 

Have you, in all your days on Earth, ever read a well-crafted paragraph?

 

I mean, paragraphs like these two, just for example:

 

Paragraph One:

Paragraph Two:

 

 

Ever seen anything like this on TWITTER?

 

Not exactly a wall of text....

Is it?

 

No, it is more like something you would have seen from a Nobel laureate, except, Roth was unfairly passed over.

 

Why he was passed over for the Nobel....?

Maybe, a subject for another Topic....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Celibacy, practiced religiously.", now you have given me cause to wonder about your sanity!   
 

On 5/7/2024 at 8:51 PM, johng said:

Hitler Putin ?

Hitler is dead, so it must have been putin. 

On 5/7/2024 at 1:47 AM, Presnock said:

well unless one of your ancestors was a native born AMERICAN INDIAN as we call them, then you are still have some immigrant stained blood running through your veins.

You know that they immigrated to the North American Continent too.  And my great grandfather was a Cherokee and his wife was half Cherokee, on my Dad's side of the family.    And their ancestors are believed to have immigrated to the North American Continent.   
 

On 5/3/2024 at 9:52 PM, dinsdale said:

Being that your talking °F I'd like to know where it only got up to the mid 80's or around 30°C. Try 105°F or 41°C +. Even the daily average for the month for Bangkok was 33°C  or 91°F.

Southeast Pennsylvania, U.S. of A. 
 

On 5/5/2024 at 9:48 PM, Presnock said:

Americans come in every shape color nationality - only the American Indian can claim to be original, the rest of us are immigrant stained.

I'm not an immigrant.  I was born on the continent known as U.S. of A.   As were my ancestors going back a long time. 

On 5/5/2024 at 4:28 PM, KhunLA said:

Really.    Standard in Pennsylvania, USA is 15mph / 25kph.  And strictly enforced.

 

Some years back I looked up the vehicle codes for speed limits here in Pennsylvania.   I found that you are required to be driving at 15 mph when you enter the school zone.   At other speed zones you are allowed 500 feet to slow down to the posted speed limit, after passing the speed limit sign. 

16 hours ago, pomchop said:

He'll fit right in with a lot of "rocket scientists" that arrive in Thailand every day.

Somewhat off the topic of this thread...
My cousin is a rocket scientist.   His company shipped something up to the International Space Station recently.   

OK, completely off the topic of this thread ..!

What have the temperatures been in Thailand lately?   Saying it's hot doesn't mean much without some perspective, such as a report on measured temperatures.   It's been hotter lately where I live, but it's normal temperatures for this time of the year, going up into the mid 80 deg F.!   And there will be hotter days to come. 

On 4/30/2024 at 4:58 AM, placnx said:

It's good to remember that all three Abrahamic religions can birth terrorists, even state terrorism.

 

It would make sense for these religions to deal with extremism internally.

The point that I took away from the muslim scholar's interview is, not that all three religions can birth extremists or terrorists, it is that which I copied and pasted, i.e. "Western politicians should stop pretending that extremism and terrorism have nothing to do with Islam."  Which happens a lot here in the U.S. of A. from one of it's major political parties!:
"

Western politicians should stop pretending that extremism and terrorism have nothing to do with Islam. There is a clear relationship between fundamentalism, terrorism, and the basic assumptions of Islamic orthodoxy. So long as we lack consensus regarding this matter, we cannot gain victory over fundamentalist violence within Islam.

Radical Islamic movements are nothing new. They’ve appeared again and again throughout our own history in Indonesia. The West must stop ascribing any and all discussion of these issues to “Islamophobia.” Or do people want to accuse me — an Islamic scholar — of being an Islamophobe too?""

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thai-airways-slammed-for-defective-business-class-seats

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

In a nutshell?

 

Socialism doesn't work and Labour are a bunch of charlatans. 

Too many politicians of all ilk, are charlatans!

On 4/27/2024 at 1:26 PM, Dioj said:

 

If I fart in an empty elevator and then people get on the elevator do you think they will know I did it? But even more importantly, if I fart again after they get on the elevator then do you think that it would cause an even bigger stink? And if I apologize and insist that I have a mental disorder and that my name is GG do you think that they would agree that I can't be blamed for posting insatiable drivel on AN that nobody needs or wants to read?

I wouldn't say his drivel is insatiable.   Humorous, amusing, funny at times.   But not insatiable.  
People do read his drivel though.  

2 hours ago, Pouatchee said:

 

what does your post have to do with the op?

It's alluding to the reason that students may be converting to islam.  Muslim extremism.  So they would be accepted by the extremist faction of the muslim population and not be terrorized and or attacked by the extremist for being infidels.  
Someone alluded to the students reason for converting to islam may be out of fear.   .

57 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Sorry, but with this comment you disqualified yourself for any reasonable discussion.

If you focus yourself on reading and understanding in the future your life will be much easier. 

(I did not talk about Christians being terrorists, nor about Africa or India...but students in Germany)

I don't know what makes you writing such incoherent stuff😵‍💫)

Anyway, good Luck with your life. 

Why would my comment disqualify myself from a discussion?   Would it be that you refuse to participate in a conversation with me?  If so, why not be up front and admit it?

OK, so I deviated from country of Germany and brought in other continents where there is an extremist Muslim contingent that attacks Christians for not being Muslim.  That alludes to someone, someplace, alluding to students converting to islam out of fear.  Fear of what?  In that comment I read, fear of being terrorized and attacked for not being Muslim and so students convert to Islam to prevent the terror and attacks. 

As to reading and understanding.   Did you not read and understand what the Islam scholar said in his interview, which I posted along with the link to the article, "Western politicians should stop pretending that extremism and terrorism have nothing to do with Islam."

Perhaps my writings are incoherent to for you, as you may suffer from what you have accused me of.   I have seen that accusation before from asean now posters.  Usually when it is apparent from reading and understanding the discussions, that the accuser does not agree with or like the posted comments.   

And ...  is that "good Luck with your life", like that alleged Chinese curse, "May you have a pleasant life"?  😁

My life is pretty good right now.   No worries about income.   Two homes here in the U.S. of A. that are paid for, 2 condos in Thailand that are paid for.  Although the third home I was going to have built at a predicted $350,000.00 cost before the covid attack on humanity, has now escalated to over $1,000,000.00 due to inflation in the cost of building materials and labor. Wife and I don't consider that cost worth the value in the neighborhood where it was going to be built.   If it were in another area of Pennsylvania, then it would be extremely cheap compared to the homes around it.   So my wife's dream home will not be built, so sad! 😪

6 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

You might add that there are extremists not only in Islam but also in Christian religions. 

And if students in a school would respect the Koran more than German law it's an indication that integration was a failure.

When you write "you might add", I assume you mean the generic form of "you".

Where might those extremist Christians be that are practicing terrorism against others because they are not Christians?   The continent of India, Africa, the Middle East?
What of Christianaphobia ?  Is there any of that around do you think?

On 4/27/2024 at 1:31 AM, newbee2022 said:

There have been many warnings before. 

However, those were stamped as "Islamophobic".

And the former President was stating, that Islam belongs to Germany.

It was unfortunately not even a joke!😵‍💫

On 4/27/2024 at 2:19 AM, Pouatchee said:

 

fear mongering posts like this stupid post need to be backed up with links and proof otherwise fake news

"

Western politicians should stop pretending that extremism and terrorism have nothing to do with Islam. There is a clear relationship between fundamentalism, terrorism, and the basic assumptions of Islamic orthodoxy. So long as we lack consensus regarding this matter, we cannot gain victory over fundamentalist violence within Islam.

Radical Islamic movements are nothing new. They’ve appeared again and again throughout our own history in Indonesia. The West must stop ascribing any and all discussion of these issues to “Islamophobia.” Or do people want to accuse me — an Islamic scholar — of being an Islamophobe too?"

https://time.com/4930742/islam-terrorism-islamophobia-violence/

2 hours ago, traveller101 said:

Some falangis just don't get it ...

Aren't falangis an alien race in the Star Trek series?  
Why would they be in Thailand?

7 minutes ago, Shetraveler said:

So do USians and most English speaking nations.  

What does USian mean?

Boy howdy pardners.   This thread is a right fun one to read.