4 hours ago, 2long said:

I though all Yanks claimed to be 'ex military'.

Nah, Marines claim, once a Marine, always a Marine.   Never an ex Marine!

On 7/12/2025 at 10:51 PM, Maybole said:

I recall a stall on Changklan road 40 years ago which had a sign announcing GENUINE FAKE ROLEX.

I used to see an ad in magazines, selling a TV antenna that looked like an expensive well known brand of TV antennaes, but sold for a lot less.

The ad claimed it was a "Genuine Imitation"!

10 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Well if you don't like sports, you perhaps are not the type of man to go on such dalliances. 

What does not liking to watch sports have to do with such dalliances?   

As for sports ...

I participate in shooting sports.   Small bore rifle at 50 feet, trying to hit a little tiny dot that is .065 inches in diameter.  You can't even see that dot, it is in the center of a black bull that is about 1.5 inches in diameter!  Three positions, prone, kneeling, and standing. 

And large bore rifle from 100 yards out to 600 yards, trying to get shot groups smaller than 1 inch diameter shot groups at 100 yards, smaller than 2 inch shot groups at 200 yards, smaller than 3 inches at 300 yards, etc out to shot groups smaller than 6 inches at 600 yards.   Also three positions, prone, kneeling, standing. 

I read somewhere (here perhaps) that someone takes their golf clubs with them when participating in such dalliances, not something I can do with the sport that I participate in!

Watching people shoot at paper targets from 50 feet out to 1000 yards (no range near me that long) is extremely boring.  Just as boring as watching someone hit a golf ball a few hundred yards.  

As for the dalliances discussed, shot distances are mere man's play at the distances involved.  

On 7/12/2025 at 1:37 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Water just up to the valve, for other details check this thread and youtube

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1338975-the-moka-pot-thread/

I have always filled the water pot to just below or just touching the pressure release valve.   What I was wondering about was about filling the coffee basket.   Should the coffee grounds be filled up to the top of the basket?

I went to the thread you posted and read about using boiling water in the pot.   How do you screw the top part on?   Do you use a glove or dishcloth to hold the bottom as you screw the top part on?

On 7/9/2025 at 4:16 AM, scubascuba3 said:

Not an issue with a moka pot if you tap down a little, which i think is 1 bar pressure, got to be an advantage over drip coffee

Thanks for that tip.  I will try that with the pot I bought here in Thailand.   Should the basket be completely filled?

Anecdote follows: 

Years ago in California, I bought a moka pot at a flea market for $1.00.  The couple that sold it told me it leaked down the side when the coffee was poured out and they could not figure out why.   I found out.  Just lift the lid and there was no leak.

This was an Italian made pot that had a different size gasket from other moka pots.   It was difficult to find replacements.  It also made extremely good tasting coffee, better than any coffee plot that I had before or after!  You could put bad coffee beans in it and get a good cup of coffee.

I mistakenly told my wife one day, I can't find a replacement gasket.  I kept checking different shops until one day, about 3 months later, I found the right size gaskets.   Then I found out that my wife threw my moka pot away after I told her I could not find a gasket.

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

And the guys don't either as they told their wives they are at a European competition game in Munich!

My wife would detect that lie immediately.   She knows I don't like to watch sport.   Even the only one that I participate in, too boring to watch. 

On 7/7/2025 at 5:26 PM, hotchilli said:

They come for the Som Tam, Mango and sticky rice... such a draw

One reason I go to Thailand is for the mango and sticky rice!   It's a minor reason to go but still ...

The sticky rice I can eat in the U.S. of A. is just as good as Thailand but the mango is OK to barely edible.   

8 hours ago, dallen52 said:

No different from the roti vendors in Bangkok or somtam vendors in Buriram. 

Eye appeal. 

My wife is Thai.  When I told her I liked street venders roti's she asked me.  Where do the venders use the toilet at and do they wash their hands afterwards?

So, tunnel diggers are not just the North Korean military digging tunnels under the Korean border, drug/human smugglers digging under Mexican and American borders,  and hamas digging tunnels, but now Cambodian and Thai borders.

Off the topic of helicopters landing in Thailand...

When I was in the Texas National Guard, I hopped a ride between Houston and San Antonio, Texas.   During the flight the helicopter landed in a cow pasture and the pilot got out then walked off to the left of the helicopter.   I'm sitting inside thinking, why the heck did we land here?   I leaned over to see where the pilot went to and there he was, watering (pissing on) the grass in the pasture (would pissing make it past the censure?)

 I could see the ranch house off about 1/4 mile out the right side door as the pilot reentered the helicopter and curious if the occupants had seen the helicopter landing and taking off. 

23 hours ago, Schoggibueb said:

Yeah sure. Latin...

I just checked the remote for the Mitsubishi AC we have here in the U.S. of A..   No DRY mode at all found when running through the different modes.    I am too lazy go downstairs looking for the manual (read, I haven't finished my first cup of coffee and am not going downstairs to look for the manual).

We have three AC units in Thailand, but two different remote controls.   I will have to look at them when I get there.  

Thanks for the information.   I find this an interesting subject, for some reason. 

On 7/2/2025 at 4:23 AM, Schoggibueb said:

Sorry, on Mitsubishi AC's you can choose also "dry mode". 

So the rH sensor regulates the AC, not the temperature sensor. Of course it also cools down to dry the air. The value of rH ist fixed though, not adjustable. I guess somwhere around 50-60% rH.

I only know Mitsubishi, thought that all AC's have this possibiltiy.

Can you reply in English instead of Greek (or is that Latin)?  😁

OK, enough of the dumb jokes.  I had to look that up.   I don't recall that an AC would or could work based on humidity level.   I will have to find out if mine will do that.  Both here in the U.S. of A. and in Thailand, where I will be next week.   

I will look for more information on that later.   Just got back to the house from working at the wife's restaurant, after hours, to fix some problems.   10 hours of work ... sheesh.  I am supposed to be retired!

On 6/29/2025 at 10:34 AM, Schoggibueb said:

I would guess too, its fungus.

 

If so, take 70% Ethanol (not higher or lower) and clean EVERTHING that has got cotact with. Spray it, let it have contact for min. 60sec. , then clean. As it's a living organism, your dog can drag it around while walking through it. So that's not really helpfull.

 

70% Ethanol -> the reason is, that it has to have the 30% (distilled / boiled water)  that the ethanol doesen't evaporte too quickly. So a higher percentage of Ethanol istn't better... And have all windowas and doors open when you spray! Do it stepwise - max 0.5sqm. And take a break if you fell dizzy...

 

Tables, chairs etc - take them outside and clean them there too. Sunlight is helpfull

It's really important that youre not too lazy and leave certain items or spots whithout cleaning. 

 

Try to keep the contaminated sourrounding as dry as possible. If you have an AC - set to dry mode 24hrs, during cleaning and after that for a few days, regardless of the electricity bill! 

And even then, the chance that it will come again ist still high. Sorry to tell you this. 

 

Side info:

I worked earlier as a service engineer on lab equipment. So fungus can be a pain in the neck... Especially in an incubator where expensive cells were breeding and had to be dumped because of fungus. I had success, but an incubator isn't a kitchen or household.

 

I wish you good luck.

 

 

 

 

What is dry mode with an AC?   

20 hours ago, mikebike said:

80kg is about 175lbs... How many old farang are under 200 even 🤣🤣🙏🤣

Me, I bounce back and forth between 173 and 178.    And I will celebrate my 76th year some place in SEA this year.  

On 6/30/2025 at 9:22 PM, Gottfrid said:

Yeah, we can clearly see it´s you, or what do you mean? Had two minutes over, and needed to do something silly? 😂

You asked how many.  Now you know there is at least, one!

On 6/26/2025 at 3:37 AM, Magictoad said:

But the slave trade started in Africa and continues to this day in the same places. It really is misinformation to blame white people for the slave trade BUT if we are to give negroes some kind of repayment then they can return to familial places of origin. That seems fair.

Some have tried to go back to their ancestral lands of the African continent, from America.   They found out they were not welcome, were cheated, robbed, etc.   Then there is the lack of modern amenities often found in a first world country.   

All to often, those that return to their ancestral lands on the African continent, do not last long there and return to the country of their birth, then complain of how hard they have it there. 

On 6/24/2025 at 9:29 PM, Gottfrid said:

Hi Mr Smarty! How many members on this forum have a picture of themselves as avatar? Hmmmm....maybe even you get it now, but I have no big hope. Please try!

Look at my Avatar. 

On 6/26/2025 at 4:37 AM, Dave0206 said:

Say its not true next you will be telling me there is no monkey house 

There may or may not be a monkey house.  But at least, there is a Monkey Bar, since 1936!

10 hours ago, FlorC said:

Gold is easily detected by xrays. Manual inspections , I understand , the guy did a good job.

Lot's of YT video's on it.

It shows up very dark on scans.

I researched it , because I want to get my gold out of the EU dictatorship,

now coming with asset registers , CBDC and capital controls.

 

Even in the shape of the lens , nearly 2kg would have been detected.

I found that odd too.   

Taiwanese man arrested in Vietnam for smuggling nearly 2kg of gold

Hanoi, June 26 (CNA) A Taiwanese passenger was arrested by Vietnamese authorities on Wednesday for attempting to smuggle nearly 2 kilograms of gold through Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, according to Vietnamese media.

Vietnamnet reported that the gold, worth more than US$215,000 (NT$6.37 million/5.5 billion Vietnamese dong), was hidden inside four camera lenses.

...

The bars had been carefully shaped to evade both x-ray scanners and manual inspections, officials said.

On 6/27/2025 at 3:12 AM, Trip Hop said:

 

As a very wise Irish friend told me many years ago when I first started visiting Thailand, never show or tell anyone about any wealth you may or may not have as it will only make you a mark for everyone from ladies, thieves, con-men and the BiB.

My wife told me, if I get a mia noi in Thailand, tell her that any money I receive in my retirement, stops as soon as I am dead!

On 6/23/2025 at 5:01 PM, Social Media said:

As Mamdani continues to poll in second place behind Cuomo,

"As Mamdani continues to poll in second place behind Cuomo, ..."

This must be before the primary voting.   He beat cuomo.   I hear, on the radio, that cuomo may run as an independent.  

I have been trying to find out the approximate numbers of muslims of voting age in NYC.   But could not.   I did find that there are between 1 and 1.5 million muslims living in NYC. 

If mamdani can get between 800 to 900 thousand votes, he may be the new mayor of NYC.   Looking at the election figures for NYC mayors, that amount of votes would be more than any previous mayor got to win the mayorship. 

On 6/21/2025 at 5:41 AM, josephbloggs said:

The free trial was only on the newly opened "spur line" extension from Muang Tong Thani to Lake Muang Thong Thani. It is a little two stop line. The rest of the pink line has been fully open and charging fares since December 2023.

 

 

OK, as I responded to TallGuyJohn, I got on the Pink line by a Home Pro in Nonthaburi.    I don't remember what station that was.  

On 6/21/2025 at 5:14 AM, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

 

It sounds like the end of free rides was just on the section at the one end of the line ending in Nonthaburi...

 

My wife too had been paying for regular rides on the other section of the line toward the Lad Phrao area... no freebies there lately.

 

 

OK, the first time I rode it was in Nonthaburi.   I went to a home pro in Nonthaburi and discovered that the pink line had a station there.  I rode it to Civic Center station, exited there, walked to the blue line Civic Center station.   If I recall correctly, I was charged on my card when I exited the pink line station.  

Oh well.   At least I had a cheaper trip back to the condo than if I had taken a taxi from Home Pro. 

On 6/23/2025 at 4:41 PM, HappyExpat57 said:

Honestly now, does this kind of stuff happen in other countries? This is like a bad South Park episode.

Yes.  Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  A neighbors brother (who lived with his dad across the street), had an argument with his brothers roommate (brothers house behind my house).  Guy got angry with his brothers roommate and shot the roommate with a hunting bolt of a crossbow in the upper leg!.  

Missed the femoral artery by 1 centimeter.  If the femoral artery had been hit, the guy would have bled out and died before cops or emergency medical had arrived at the house.

The man was sentenced to 7 years in prison for attempted murder.