radiochaser

On 6/4/2025 at 7:04 PM, EVENKEEL said:

Amazing what can be done without that big border bill folks still talk about. Securing the border wasn't rocket science but the dems couldn't even come close.

Securing the border wasn't rocket science but the dems didn't want to come close.

I corrected your sentence for you.   

On 6/2/2025 at 6:03 AM, Eric Loh said:

Socialists are not in the list of domestic terrorist and white supremacists is still the top domestic terrorism threat. Have you been drinking again? 

antifa are white supremacist's?   

Well, that explains who the most violent domestic terrorists are. 

Oh yeah, antifa and those domestic terrorists moms at a PTA meeting at the local school! 

May 20, 2022 US House Judiciary Republicans: DOJ labeled dozens of parents as terrorist threatsU.S. House Judiciary Republicans led by U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) released a statement on May 11 indicating they had sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding his Oct. 2021 memorandum directing the targeting of parents by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). “This is about intimidation. This is about chilling free speech,” Jordan said at a hearing held the same day the letter was released. Garland’s memorandum was prompted by a letter to President Joe Biden by the National School Boards Association (NSBA). That letter drew comparisons between parents protesting actions by their local school boards to “domestic terrorism.”

On 6/4/2025 at 2:27 AM, marin said:

Its about a 5 minute walk to Nana Station. 

It was about a 15-20 minute walk.  I was at the hospital because my left knew was swollen and was painful.   X-ray didn't show any damage and I wasn't in Thailand long enough to be scheduled for an MRI.   

After getting an appointment here in the U.S. of A. with an orthopedic doctor, having x-rays at his office with no evidence of injury  I was finally able to get an MRI done.   A torn meniscus was found in my left knee.  Same knee that had a torn or ruptured bursa, over 10 years ago, can't remember what exactly. 

If not for my knee, I will take your word for how long it would take to walk there.    In the past I could walk between 3.5 and 4 miles an hour if I was in a hurry.   Not so fast now.   

On 6/1/2025 at 9:57 AM, gamb00ler said:

That's interesting.  All my inlaws are/were (RIP) great cooks and not one had an oven.  Even my SIL who lived in US for years didn't use one.

 

Do your inlaws cook Thai food in your oven?  Do they cook food from central Thailand?  All my relatives lived Bangkok, Ayuthya and Chachengsao were central cuisine reigns.

My Thai wife, here in the U.S. of A. figured out how to use an oven on her own.  She bakes hams, turkeys, pizza (who can't?) brownies, cupcakes, cakes, and several other foods that requires ovens to cook in.  Wife is also a  very good Thai food cook. 

In many ways my wife is a better cook than her sister, who also cooks up western meals for her husband (more than my wife does for me), bakes stuff in her oven but likes using a hot air cooker, and is also a good Thai cook.  

58 minutes ago, kevin612 said:

Sukhumvit area driver always ask 200-300 for short distance, too many bad drivers in bkk

Drivers like that also work in the area around Bumrungrad International Hospital.  I needed a ride to the nearest BTS station.   All drivers refused to use the meter!

I was charged less for a taxi ride from Nonthaburi area to Bumrungrad International Hospital.    

On 6/1/2025 at 11:51 PM, RocketDog said:

Casting large groups of people into a single simplistic category has the advantage of being mentally unchallenging and entirely precludes the need for structured judgment and discernment. A lazy mind is a happy mind.☺️

 

Well done. You earned 2 Lazada Coins. 

 

Personally I find mammals repulsive. Aquatic life is tolerable if it stays under the water. Avians just clutter the skies and deserve to be sucked into jet engines.

 

What say you Ted?

You mean like democrats saying (in an email to me)

Republicans are a bunch of overgrown schoolyard bullies.

Our constituents shouldn’t have to suffer because Republicans want to act like children. This pettiness needs to end. I was there ready to ask questions on nuclear non-proliferation and US support for our democratic allies in Europe.

Or this from January 2023.   Didn't happen did it?  Note the "terrorists" claim.  Who let potential terrorist's into the U.S. unvetted?

MAGA Republicans in the U.S. House are planning a US government shutdown to force President Biden to destroy essential programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans benefits, public schools, college loans, and climate jobs.

President Biden will not give in to these MAGA terrorist demands, so the United States will default on its bonds, triggering an economic meltdown.

• Stock markets will collapse, wiping out pension funds, 501ks, and IRAs.

• Interest rates will soar, canceling investments in construction and manufacturing.

• The U.S. government will be unable to pay the military, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.

• State and local governments will be unable to pay police, teachers, firefighters, hospitals, etc.

Before long, the U.S. will be in a Depression.

On 5/28/2025 at 2:33 AM, BLMFem said:

But, but, but......

 

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.......

Making fun of biden's stutter are ya?

Just now, Baba Naba said:

I meant the "special" one you went to high school in...  🙄 🤣http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5166/5236528894_7f3da0520d_z.jpg

Didn't get that bus either.   Walked to high school in backwoods Louisiana then finished high school in San Antonio Texas where I rode on public transit.  

Sigh!!   I missed out on all the fun rides.  

5 minutes ago, Baba Naba said:

 

FYI...

https://www.vadisabilityadvocate.com/post/understanding-va-disability-permanent-and-total-p-t-who-qualifies-and-what-it-means-for-you

I should look for my award letter and read what is on it.   The information on the web page is basically what I was told verbally about my PTSD.  Permanent and not expected to improve.    That exact wording may be on my paperwork, I just don't remember it.   

On 4/29/2025 at 12:30 AM, tweedledee2 said:

This is not quite true. Up until 6-8 months ago you were allowed up to 300 ml per container on Thai AirAsia domestic flights.

I'm late in responding to this, but I just read your post.   

A couple of years ago I had an analgesic gel for knee and back pain, confiscated in Suvarnabhumi airport, because it was over 100 ml.  It was in my carryon bag instead of my checked baggage, which is how I took it to Thailand.  

I forget if I was traveling in country or leaving Thailand. 

9 hours ago, FlorC said:

found and arrested ??

 

These criminals are easy to find and arrest.

True, but when you take them to court, you have to have all the facts and ducks in the proper order.   Sometimes it isn't that easy to get it done.  

I had one case that where it was evident that there were violations of law.  But it was almost a year before I had all the, factual evidence, gathered so it could be put before a federal judge.   It was a small piece by piece collection, then put together showing the time line and actions,  until it could be shown how the guy was committing the crime.   Judge sentenced him to a year.   That was a complicated case. 

A couple of times I got feedback from the judges telling me without evidence I gathered, they would have let the person go.  

On 5/26/2025 at 10:17 PM, FlorC said:

Whole bunch ? Some Tesla vandals , ...

No big names , no big cases.

But she is clearly inebt and needs to be replaced.

I helped investigate cases that took up to two years before the criminals were found and arrested.    

On 5/26/2025 at 8:53 PM, JimHuaHin said:

But MAGA terrorists, the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, etc. are ok?

You forgot parents at Parent Teacher Meetings, labeled as violent domestic terrorists by the biden administration!

A couple of times, I had to swallow pills almost as big as a 9mm.   It wasn't too difficult to do.   I could feel the things going all the way down to my stomach.   Some kind of medicine we had to take in Vietnam.   

I wish I could remember why I had to take the things. 

On 5/24/2025 at 11:01 PM, Baba Naba said:

P&T=Permanent and Total.  Not from jumping, from the Hep C I got from playing in all the blood. Hep C= liver cancer=liver transplant which cause diabetes, which caused severe peripheral neuropathy and heart disease. Loss of use of both feet. 

OK.   I understand that.   VA has me at 100% & permanent.   I don't recall them using the term total though.  

Must have been the hell I went through in those recon missions!

On 5/24/2025 at 11:09 PM, Baba Naba said:

So you took the short bus to school huh? 🤣 

 

Special Identification Techniques Operator. What a fancy name for Recon... Hooah! 😁

The only recon I ever did, was through the bars and dance halls of Thailand.   It was hell, hell I tell ya!  The music was really loud too!

No, we didn't get no stinking bus!  We had to march to school through the snow at Fort Devens.   It was really cold.   I hate cold. 

On 5/24/2025 at 8:56 PM, oldcpu said:

What Thai Bank? My understanding is recently Wise will no longer transfer to some Thai banks.

I did not get far enough to choose a bank to send to.   WISE would not accept either my U.S. bank debit card or my U.S. credit card.  

I registered an account with WISE yesterday.  I tried a test send of $50.00 USD, using both a debit card and a credit card.   Each time I got an error message of, card not acceptable (or something like that).  

I don't know if that has anything to do with the delay in receipt problem that has been posted about.

On 5/20/2025 at 1:39 AM, Aforek said:

Hello, I received this Philips  surge protector https://www.amazon.com/Protector-Protection-Indicator-SPP3461WA-37/dp/B076JJ3N1T?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jwnEsPN7UbE789oICqyC01G7My1Zsipcx5VBtJQLqOBEGS23cpAdzuyUH9Ly87bwMoD6fOrNB84yv6Mj3yvfi__jvZ9rW6PMWKxgqe9_7MGkR_O0QbzP2oti7HH41E18l_kde0i_0YXnU1aCizFo8ky8

but I think it's suitable for USA, not for Thailand 

what do I have to do to use it here ( converter, which one ? ) ?

Thanks 

If you plug that in, in Thailand, the same thing will happen to it that happened to mine.   I wasn't thinking, plugged a U.S. of A. surge protector into a receptacle, there was a loud pop and sparks shot out of the holes.  

The best thing about that was the "surge" of adrenaline it caused! 

On 5/20/2025 at 6:03 AM, tomazbodner said:

😵 Ya sayin' this ain't gonna work?

 

 

Just kidding, just kidding

No.  That won't work.   You didn't wet the earth.   It has to be wet to work! 

20 hours ago, Baba Naba said:

Correct.  FYI I am a 100% P&T disabled USAF Veteran 1970-1974 

I will drop my trow if you drop and give me 50.

https://afspecialwarfare.com/jolly-green-feet-tattoo/

 By the way, I was a "Special"  "Operator" in VN.   Says so in my MOS Title, 05D20, Special Identification Techniques  >>->Operator<-<<! 😁

20 hours ago, Baba Naba said:

Correct.  FYI I am a 100% P&T disabled USAF Veteran 1970-1974 

I will drop my trow if you drop and give me 50.

https://afspecialwarfare.com/jolly-green-feet-tattoo/

I will be damned if I give you 50!   I used to be an assistant drill instructor in the reserves for two years.   😁

Unless you are a lady with a good looking butt, I don't want to see it.   Got enough of that in basic, 11 months advanced training, 20 months in VN, and 7 months in Thailand.   Oh, the horror, the horror!  😖

What is P&T?   Is that related to jumping out of aircraft?

On 5/22/2025 at 9:22 PM, actonion said:

I shower  very regularly  and brush my teeth, but I've noticed Thai's putting masks on when ever i enter a shop

I have seen them do that when a Thai enters the shop.

On 5/22/2025 at 4:48 PM, radiochaser said:

I don't think you would have seen moves in that video.   The jumpers look to be pretty high up, much higher than the three jumps I made from helicopters, which was at 1200 feet (366 meters) above ground.    The jumps I made from a C141 and a C130 were, I think, over 2000 feet, possibly 2500. 

 

As someone else posted, you don't mess around with the main chute if it does not deploy because you don't have time to.  You immediately go to opening the reserve, grab it, and throw it away from you.   

 

 

I think Baba Naba may be the man to listen to about jumping.  His C.V. is a lot more extensive than my 5 jumps with a National Guard unit.

22 hours ago, Baba Naba said:

OK RC, you are not talking to some dirty, rotten, stinking "Leg" here.  If the malfunction cannot be corrected prior to hitting your hard deck (typically around 2,000-2,500 feet), you should cut away your main canopy and deploy your reserve.  Any time above that altitude you can atempt to clear your main.  I dont know what altitude these guys were jumping from but it was most likely done from around 10k feet and could have had time to try to clear the main.  We used to have several minutes to clear a fouled chute when we were doing HALOs from 25k!  From 10k you got around 30 seconds before you discard your main and deploy your reserve. You may also have a AAD or a RSL that can save your bacon... 😁 BTW I have a pair of green feet tattooed on my ass if that tells you anything....

You will have to pardon me.  I have only had five jumps.  I think that was the minimum required to stay in the 36th Airborne Brigade of the Texas National Guard back in 1979.   My expertise, from active duty,  was limited to radio morse code nets, high frequency direction finding of emitters, using short, medium, and long range radio direction finding equipment,  radio teletype communications, setting up associated equipment for fixed use, setting up and running radio communication nets,  and operating a RATT rig in a jeep when with the 36th.   I was also with several other Army Reserve units and the California National Guard, working in the signal platoons of each unit.

Other than the 36th, my closest contacts with airborne qualified personnel were the personnel with 403rd RR SOD in Vietnam and my Detachment Commander who was with the 403rd working with MAC-SOG then was pulled out of Laos to replace the previous Det Commander who was deemed incompetent.   The 36th may have taught us about cutting away the main, but I all I remember was get the reserve out as soon as possible.   I did talk to a Special Forces Master Sargent one time on a flight.   He answered all the questions I had about HALO and HAHO (high altitude high opening?).   He was a nice guy to talk too.   If my information is incorrect, by all means correct it.

I know nothing about green feet on buttocks.  I do remember that I told a jump master I wanted to be last man out and he had permission to kick my ass out of the the C141.  Does that count?  I think that Air Force Sargent really enjoyed that.   It was my last jump before I moved to California at the urging of my sister who lived there, which in retrospect was a bad decision.  But that is a personal problem I guess.