Were You Born between 1945 and 1955? If so, then…. Maybe You Understand our World…even more than others.

[GammaGlobulin]

I have a different view of Thailand than most of those who were born post-1955.

 

I do not want to get into particulars here.

 

All that I might say is that, now that I am rapidly approaching the end of my life, I have become sentimental about my times in Thailand, pre-1971.

 

As we increasingly become aware, due to extreme overpopulation and inundating, overwhelming pollution, our beloved world which we once knew is now a distant memory. And, maybe the sea is rising.

 

Some might say that things will get better, and that people in Thailand will ride Musk’s rockets to Mars. But I think such a thing may not happen in my lifetime.

 

I really do not know what will happen during the next five years. All I know is that you can book your launch on a site like ISILAUNCH.

 

So, the question is, do I really want to launch myself into orbit, so soon, before I die?

 

I mean, I already know that I will be up there in space, eventually, for free.

 

And, therefore, why should I pay to ride with Musk?

 

Note: For those who might wish to get to space SOONER, then.... You can go onto one of Musk's sites and BOOK a LAUNCH.

 

I will not provide the link to BOOK a LAUNCH, simply because I do not advocate going to space before you are ready, and before you have lived a full life down here on planet Thailand.

[GammaGlobulin]

One of the nicest things about living in Asia, and especially living in Thailand, is that, when we become old and decrepit, and senile, there are no icebergs available which the younger generation can use to float us out to die, as sometimes happens in the far North.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[herfiehandbag]

I was born a couple of years after the span of dates you specify.

 

I don't know about understanding "our world".

 

I certainly don't understand you!

 

PS.

I have had a good root around on Google street view, and you are right, there are no icebergs around here...

Edited September 3, 2021 by herfiehandbag

[GammaGlobulin]

20 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

I was born a couple of years after the span of dates you specify.

 

I don't know about understanding "our world".

 

I certainly don't understand you!

 

PS.

I have had a good root around on Google street view, and you are right, there are no icebergs around here...

Last year, a woman I know told me that life was simpler in Thailand, in 1971. No need to worry about much. She stated that there was no need to visit the Seven. Mostly, she enjoyed the vegetables she grew in her garden, and she also had enough leftover vegetables to barter them for rice.

 

She told me that she wished she could return to those days.

 

I know that she was sincere.

 

What about you?

 

Do you recall those days in Thailand?

 

(Maybe, this is the understanding of our world that was mentioned in this topic. Maybe, this makes some sense.)

Edited September 3, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[HappyExpat57]

These posts are always a wonder.

[herfiehandbag]

18 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Last year, a woman I know told me that life was simpler in Thailand, in 1971. No need to worry about much. She stated that there was no need to visit the Seven. Mostly, she enjoyed the vegetables she grew in her garden, and she also had enough leftover vegetables to barter them for rice.

 

She told me that she wished she could return to those days.

 

I know that she was sincere.

 

What about you?

 

Do you recall those days in Thailand?

 

(Maybe, this is the understanding of our world that was mentioned in this topic. Maybe, this makes some sense.)

Well no, in 1971 I was 14.

Didn't do a lot of independent travel ( or vegetables) then!

 

You will always find someone who harks back to " the good old simple times", invariably they omit to mention the poverty, lack of medical care, endemic diseases, shorter life expectation, child mortality and political savagery of those times.

 

There is much to "tick" about here today, but people's lives are measurably better, despite 7/11 and Elton Musk's ambitions to scatter corpses all over space!

Edited September 3, 2021 by herfiehandbag

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

One of the nicest things about living in Asia, and especially living in Thailand, is that, when we become old and decrepit, and senile, there are no icebergs available which the younger generation can use to float us out to die, as sometimes happens in the far North.

 

 

 

 

I am 73, far from old and decrepit.

And I have very fond memories of my pre-1967 teenage years when I was a struggling musician/student. Since then I have had reasonable success.

[herfiehandbag]

It is a free and open forum. His posts are significantly less antagonistic than many. Completely inoffensive, if at times baffling.

 

You don't have to read them.

 

As to why he posts: time hangs heavy, bored, lonely, wanting some conversation, taking the <deleted>? It is, as they say here, "up to you"!

 

[thaibeachlovers]

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Last year, a woman I know told me that life was simpler in Thailand, in 1971. No need to worry about much. She stated that there was no need to visit the Seven. Mostly, she enjoyed the vegetables she grew in her garden,

Sounds like life in NZ back then too, and we had no convenience stores, other than the corner dairy. IMO no vast corporate enterprises selling us tooth rotting and diabetes causing overprocessed junk food in those happier days.

Most, IMO, had enough land to grow all the veges needed and the time to do so. Even I was able to afford a 1/4 acre with house. Sadly, few can anymore.

Edited September 3, 2021 by thaibeachlovers

[thaibeachlovers]

2 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

 

It is a free and open forum. These posts are significantly less antagonistic than many. Completely inoffensive, if at times baffling.

 

You don't have to read them.

 

As to why he posts, time hangs heavy, bored, lonely, wanting some conversation, taking the <deleted>? It is, as they say here "up to you"!

 

Agree, Some apparently are incapable of merely not reading posts from someone they are not appreciative of, and just have to post negatives about them instead of moving on to all those far more interesting and informative threads they prefer. It's like they are unable to not click on the threads.

Perhaps they should discover how to use the ignore function.

[Whale]

I am before 

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

All that I might say is that, now that I am rapidly approaching the end of my life, I have become sentimental about my times in Thailand, pre-1971.

I loved the old days but things I do remember some things I am happy that have changed. I have nearly always lived in Bangkok:

 

Terrible traffic - I mean the worst I have seen anywhere

Pollution

Basically just 3 beer choices

The trots (diarrhoea) were like every other week

Flooding in rainy season

Missing so many flight dues to rain or traffic or both

Roads inter province were terrible

Poor healthcare

 

 

BUT like you theres a sentimentalism about those things that we cannot turn the clock back on. The vibe and the feel, the true sense of adventure, the cheapness of everything, the abundant kindness shown by all (generally) to non-Thais.

 

As for space, thats another mans journey.

 

Edited September 3, 2021 by Whale

[GammaGlobulin]

1 hour ago, beachproperty said:

OP why do you even post????

Is it because you think you're a great writer or something????

You're really boring!!!!!!

You mean, boring like Zelda? 

[herfiehandbag]

1 hour ago, herfiehandbag said:

There is much to "tick" about here today, but people's lives are measurably better, despite 7/11 and Elton Musk's ambitions to scatter corpses all over space!

On the subject of corpses in space - will they decompose or will they be preserved?

 

We need to know before we continue this discussion.

[GammaGlobulin]

39 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

 

It is a free and open forum. His posts are significantly less antagonistic than many. Completely inoffensive, if at times baffling.

 

You don't have to read them.

 

As to why he posts: time hangs heavy, bored, lonely, wanting some conversation, taking the <deleted>? It is, as they say here, "up to you"!

 

Correct. 

 

I am only trying to flood the market with non-confrontational posts which are innocuous enough to offend the least number of people, inane as these might be. 

 

Take care, my friend. 

[CharlieH]

Flame posts removed.

 

If the topic is not to your taste move on, there are plenty of other topics and sub forums.

[thaibeachlovers]

2 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

On the subject of corpses in space - will they decompose or will they be preserved?

 

We need to know before we continue this discussion.

IMO they will explode when their space suit loses pressure.

I guess we'll have to wait for the first death in space to know.

The snow runway at McMurdo was named after an American that died when his machine fell through the ice in 1956- I wonder what they will name after the first American to die in space?

BTW the astronauts that died in the shuttle were not in space when it blew up.

[Will B Good]

People that old don't even have a clue what day it is (I was born '56)

[GammaGlobulin]

21 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

On the subject of corpses in space - will they decompose or will they be preserved?

 

We need to know before we continue this discussion.

In space, one can expect to be freeze-dried, due to low temperature and almost pure vacuum. 

[johnnybangkok]

2 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

Well no, in 1971 I was 14.

Didn't do a lot of independent travel ( or vegetables) then!

 

You will always find someone who harks back to " the good old simple times", invariably they omit to mention the poverty, lack of medical care, endemic diseases, shorter life expectation, child mortality and political savagery of those times.

 

There is much to "tick" about here today, but people's lives are measurably better, despite 7/11 and Elton Musk's ambitions to scatter corpses all over space!

I completely agree with you. This constant harping back to " the good old simpler times" is particularly endemic on this forum. What amuses though is it is very specific rose tinted glasses that completely fail to mention the hardship of the time, the social disparity and the abject poverty experienced by most.

It's time to move on guys or if you can't there are still plenty of places in the world that can take you back to these halcion days you so desperately yearn, however they just might be a little harder to find https://www.loveexploring.com/gallerylist/66224/60-gorgeous-photos-of-the-last-unspoiled-places-on-earth

 

Patagonia anyone?

[GammaGlobulin]

18 minutes ago, johnnybangkok said:

I completely agree with you. This constant harping back to " the good old simpler times" is particularly endemic on this forum. What amuses though is it is very specific rose tinted glasses that completely fail to mention the hardship of the time, the social disparity and the abject poverty experienced by most.

It's time to move on guys or if you can't there are still plenty of places in the world that can take you back to these halcion days you so desperately yearn, however they just might be a little harder to find https://www.loveexploring.com/gallerylist/66224/60-gorgeous-photos-of-the-last-unspoiled-places-on-earth

 

Patagonia anyone?

Biological Diversity, anyone? 

 

E. O. Wilson, anyone? 

 

Carbon levels at 350ppm, anyone? 

 

Think again, please. 

 

But, I also completely understand your point concerning progress made raising us out of poverty, as well as antibiotics and vaccines, as well as great strides in education. 

 

But what is this compared to what some see as imminent? 

 

You are correct that, judging by most metrics, our world is improving dramatically, decade by decade. 

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

People that old don't even have a clue what day it is (I was born '56)

Come on Will, I am 73 and know that tomorrow is Christmas Day 2025!

[cdemundo]

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson  has weighed in that he thinks if we can make some other planet habitable, we can probably keep earth habitable as well.

Just a thought.

[GammaGlobulin]

23 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson  has weighed in that he thinks if we can make some other planet habitable, we can probably keep earth habitable as well.

Just a thought.

First, foremost, keep Earth habitable, if possible. 

 

Doing so will be a challenge in itself. 

[vinci]

people with that kind of age already gave up on the world already, don't worry by this rate we will destroy ourselves in a few 100 year, we are in our final stage of humanity, no water and food to feed the world, don't worry you're not missing out of anything, actually you're in a good spot right now, so enjoy yourself.

Edited September 3, 2021 by vinci

[GammaGlobulin]

8 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

First, foremost, keep Earth habitable, if possible. 

 

Doing so will be a challenge in itself. 

If this proves to be possible, then in the long term, we might consider the Greening of Mars. 

 

Probably Tyson is speaking philosophically about 3 thousand years in the future. 

 

Three thousand years in the future, historically, is less than the age of stone henge, or the pyramids, or aphrodisiacs, or the blue pill. 

 

TV, three thousand years hence, will be around. So will I. 

 

I love TV. 

 

[Will B Good]

1 hour ago, KannikaP said:

Come on Will, I am 73 and know that tomorrow is Christmas Day 2025!

At 73 every day is Christmas Day....555

[Denim]

5 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

She stated that there was no need to visit the Seven.

Absolutely. It's always been Snow White I fancied. You can keep your seven.

[GammaGlobulin]

Musk never mentions the animals he will crowd into his rocket ship, two by two, on the way to Mars. 

 

In my humble opinion, Musk should first take two Tokay lizards. 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

RED MARS

GREEN MARS

BLUE MARS

 

Musk talks in parables, sometimes, after a good smoke.

 

We all love Musk, even though he smokes too much, maybe.

 

Like you, I have read Kim Stanley Robinson's three books.

 

These three books are science fiction.

 

And yet, after a good smoke, science fiction becomes reality.

And, soon, we will all be living under the  Regolith Soil on Mars, like moles.

 

Or, so it is envisioned by Mr. Musk.

 

(Musk should curb his enthusiasm for interstellar travel. If Musk can finally deliver a car that can park itself in a tight space in most underground parking lots, then... he is a genius.)

 

 

Edited September 3, 2021 by GammaGlobulin

[Muhendis]

7 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

people in Thailand will ride Musk’s rockets to Mars.

Why on earth would anyone want to do that?

That's where we came from and look how we left it'