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The person most responsible for firearm safety, is the person that has it in his (or her) hand! As I understand it, baldwin was the movie or show producer and if I understand that role, then he has ultimate responsibility for what happens on the set. baldwin may have the right to expect that the firearm was not loaded, but he had the ultimate responsibility, as the person who was operating the firearm, to make sure that it was not loaded with live rounds. Easy to do, open the cylinder and look! As I have written before, the most common words out of a person's mouth, after a negligent discharge is, I didn't know it was loaded! What do you think that baldwin is claiming now about the firearm being loaded with a live round. Besides, he pointed it at a person, which is not done when filming, it just looks like the actors do that, then cocked the hammer on the revolver, then pulled the trigger. That, is what the FBI investigation has determined. The revolver did not just go off by itself, he pulled the trigger! So baldwin has the ultimate responsibility for wounding one person and killing another!

baldwin pointed a a revolver at someone and then pulled the trigger. First rule of gun safety, never point a firearm at anyone or anything you do not intend to shoot! The most common words out of the mouth of someone after an negligent discharge ... "I didn't know it was loaded"!

50 degrees True from me and 324 degrees True from Bangkok.

Actually not hard to believe. I forget which country the European I talked with was from, but when he found out I was from the U.S. of A., last July in the Terminal 21 mall, I was asked if biden embarrassed me as a president? My response was that he was an embarrassment as a senator, more so as a vice president, and a bigger embarrassment as president! He knew a lot about biden, more so than some people I have talked to that voted for biden! The guy I talked with may have been from Sweden or Finland. We had a very nice chat about which ice cream to order from the ice cream establishment we were in at the mall. His advice on which ice cream to choose from the menu was very good advice!

I know. I should have continued my Thai language courses back in 1972 when I was in Thailand.

I went to that page, <myultra.com>. This is what I found. "This domain has been registered, but is not currently being used for any web services."

I am mostly interested in the "food like back home" part, now that I am in my 70's. Back in my younger days, I was on the "see food" diet. Not so much now. Perhaps if I were here long term, I might start eating more like a Thai than a foreigner. If I stay for more than 30 days, then I will be going to Thai Language classes. I don't have any problem with not speaking English with expats. I know enough Thai to get by without expats.

North Korea is not shut out on google earth or google maps. I don't know why this tik tok video claims it is. Looking at it now. As an aside, I have what I think is as rare map. A Defense Mapping Agency Kosan, Korea (North Korea) map, SHEET 3223 IV 1:500000 scale. I was showing this map to an ex South Korean Army officer. When he realized that this map was a section of North Korea, he freaked out a little. Told me that if this map was found in my possession in South Korea and I was not in the U.S. Army, I would be arrested! This was back in 1986. Hopefully that would not happen today with access to google earth on the internet.

Off topic? Funny you should write about real estate agencies. My wife and I looked at a condo in July when we were in Thailand. Then she went back to the U.S. of A., leaving me in Thailand. She decided she wanted to buy the condo. I had to go back to the condo association to sign paperwork that basically said, I know my wife is buying a condo, my name will not be on the ownership papers, and I was ok with that (or something like that). I sign the paperwork, take a picture of the signed paperwork and send it to my wife on Line. In October, my wife returned to Thailand to finish the paperwork. The condo association told her I had to again, sign the same document that I had already signed. But the real estate / condo agency said I had to get the document off the internet. I had to download a copy of the document I had already signed, from the website of a Thai embassy in Canada, then pay over $100.00 to have it sent by FedEx to Thailand.

May be an off topic response. Your comment reminds me of when my family was living in Germany and my dad sent me to the back of a local beer joint to buy him two bottles of beer. I stood in line behind other American kids about my age, 12, and watched them buy beer. I get up to the man selling it and he says, what do you want. I say, I want to two bottles of beer. He says, no! I will not sell you beer! Stunned I walked home and tell my dad the man would not sell me any beer. Dad says, tell me exactly what you said to him. Me, "I want two bottles of beer." Dad says go back and tell him, "my dad wants to buy two bottles of beer." I do and the guy sells me the beer. Apparently, by saying my dad wants to buy beer means I am just a proxy buyer for my dad and that the beer is not for me.

I keep looking at the pistol in the news report and I keep thinking, that is not a Colt Defender. I have made several internet searches and have not found a Colt Defender, Series 90 in a .380 ACP caliber. Only .45 ACP. And the finish on that thing. Looks like it is chipping off a cheap pot metal base fake copy. I think it is a fake Colt firearm. Also the frame it looks like it is stamped with "Made in Turkey", but I am not sure the last word is "Turkey".

Sorry for what?

Why could he not have found some criminal Thai that wanted to illegally sell a firearm and the Thai told him to meet outside a grocery store, in the parking lot? Like when I buy things advertised on facebook marketplace or craigslist and the seller wants to meet in a police department parking lot or in a Taco Bell parking lot to make the sale (machine tools not firearms). A much more believable thing than the guy managed to smuggle a firearm and ammunition through the security of an international airport in Australia!

Thank you sir.

Thank you sir.

Thanks. I looked at the picture in your post and thought, great, I would have to get someone to translate the Thai into English. Then at the link (using google chrome to translate into English LOL) I found they sell them with English too.

I don't know why the war was created other than it seems that Putin wants to conquer Ukraine for "historical russia" reasons. Mostly I just see those on the left crying about helping out Ukraine and claiming that those on the right are supporting russia (I have neither seen nor heard anyone on the right doing what the left claims they are doing). I do watch combat footage and reporting on the Ukraine invasion on youtube, from those that allege they are participants in the war. I also watch reports from a news organization in Poland. Pisses me off though reading and hearing about the russians targeting civilians, but, also understand that historically, that is what was done in wars.

Alex Jones won't give me his phone number or email address, neither will Trump ... so ...

I would not know about UK government bodies investing public money. I live in one of the colonies.

I eat ice cream frequently. The only adult teeth that have been removed were two impacted molars, back in 1970, when I was in the Army. I don't know about that thirst bit. Sliced bananas taste good on a peanut butter sandwich. Now, if you want a banana food that tastes good and sweet! Chop one or two bananas up, put into a pan or pot with 1 - 2 tablespoons of butter, heat and stir until the bananas are all creamy, eat. Damn that is good! Be sure to use salted butter.

I have eaten at chick fil a. The best food they have there are the crackers for the chicken soup. Very mediocre tasting food! I have also had better ice cream than ben and jerry's!

Off topic, I used to know a man who was in the same Army organization I was in decades ago in Vietnam. He and a friend of his went through all the paperwork to take back, real, AK47 rifles to the United States. They had some difficulty boarding the aircraft with the AK's. The Army's regulations for transporting firearms aboard chartered commercial aircraft was, the bolt goes in the checked baggage and the rifle goes with the passenger on board the aircraft. I think he said that the departure of the aircraft was delayed until it was confirmed that the rifle was required to accompany the passenger in the passenger cabin and not be in the baggage hold with the checked baggage.

What or where is Narnia?

Any knowledge on how long it can be left there? What about hours of operation? I was wondering if I could take luggage there a day or two before I leave Thailand, then pick it up just before I check in for my flight. Also thinking that might not be a good idea too, but, still wondering if it could be done.

That happens often when any celebraty politician is speaking there in the House. Does not matter which side of the aisle the favored speaker is on.