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How Can I Obtain Cat8 cable in Thailand? But must be reliable!
You seem to have a cat helper. I love cats. Always have... Always will. There is this one black cat that comes by, quite often, to sleep in my garden. This is the thing I have to look forward to, during the week. Cats and Myna birds are amazing. I love them both. But, they often do not go well together. -
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Blood Pressure Medication
Suggest first get a blood test and look at LDL levels. Depending on results, you may need either statins or a calcium channel blocker such as Amlodopine. -
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URGENT: What kind of Beer is Best just after multiple Tooth Extraction?
A cookie laced with what, specifically? -
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Thaksin Shinawatra: No political agreement was made to secure my return
That hospital he was in must be bad, his health didn't improve until shortly after he left. Dubai medical health care doesn't appear to be much better as his wide ranging health issues only seemed to be discovered once he was in prison. -
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Going short-time only, shallow or succulent?
Ain't no love in the heart of the city Ain't no love in the heart of town Ain't no love and it sure is a pity Ain't no love cause you ain't around Every place that I go Oh, it seems so strange Without you there Things have changed The nighttime calls There's a blanket of gloom Another teardrop falls In my lonely room Ain't no love in the heart of the city Ain't no love in the heart of town Ain't no love and it sure is a pity -
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JD Vance is one of the least popular vice-presidential picks this century
So why the obsession with tampons? This thread is about the man presently known as JD Vance (until he gets sick of that name). You switched to discuss an obsession about tampons for boys, concerning another fellow; I'm sure there is a thread for that, so you don't have to hijack threads to talk about tampons. The thread is about "JD Vance", not Walz. Why did he tell the world about his grannie asking him if he wanted to give a <deleted>? I actually think he made it up, about thinking he was a homosexual 8 year old, and that a lot of his life story is embellished, creating a character to engender sympathy, and votes (look his post university career; its very focused on entering politics). -
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Hot Pot Buffet Closes After 20 Successful Years
I don't like these sort of places either, but my stepdaughter in particular loves them. At least with HotPot I knew what to expect. The one we used a lot in Mahasarakham closed a while back which surprised me as it was always busy. Certainly there seems to more customers than the Japanese place that is there now. -
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The New Manchester City Thread
How about that Rico Lewis! What a future for that kid. -
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Anyone else tired of being followed around malls?
I went to see the doctor yesterday. He said, "What's the problem?". I replied: "Doc. people keep ignoring me". He said: "Next patient please". -
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JD Vance is one of the least popular vice-presidential picks this century
I don't know you, so I cannot be your friend, or enemy. Pleas don't address as such, in an attempt to endear yourself to me. I don't think as a sergeant in the National Guard he had an inside knowledge of CentCom's strategies. He quit during his second enlistment contract. Hamel managed one and then notably, despite beign a fit young man, purposely did not transfer to the Marine Reserve, prefering instead to pursue a career in finance. I can see why you wouldn't support Walz because of that, but why does that translate into a compunction to support the other bloke. In an election you can spoil your ballot and vote for none of them. You are citing Hamel's 6 months photographing birthday cakes and a positive for why you would support him. Seems a bit shallow. Maybe you like his support on using fetal stem cells in drug research. Not sure where he's going to get those stem cells mind, maybe from non-Americans. Are you sure that Hamel/Vance hasn't embellished or lied about his military career? That seems a pretty big deal to you. Hamel/Vance served 4 years, leaving the service as an E-4, or in other parlance, a Corporal. In the marines, you make E-4 after about a year. Of course, not all do, they don't possess the intellect. Hamel clearly has above average intellect; in a Public Affairs role in the USMC, he should have thrived. Instead, his promotion record was mediocre, spending 2.5-3 years at E-4. Is that why he left and pointedly turned his back on his brothers (by not going to the Reserves). No meritous promotion. Walz's last deployment was to Italy during OEF, where his role was as a battlefield replacement; spending time in Italy, maintaining an operational readiness in the expectation he would be called to join what presumably would be an utter disaster (battlefield replacements are backstops to reinforce units that have suffered significant combat losses to the extent of combat ineffectiveness). He wasn't needed. Later, maybe he had an inkling his NG unit would be deployed to Iraq, though given he had a hearing problem (when he originally signed a second enlistment, the army rejected him due to hearing loss, and he appealed to a medical board), I doubt he would have actually been deployed, at that stage, when the expectation was it would be a complete walkover and Mission Accomplished. When Hamel left the Marines in 2007, there was no doubt, the Reserves were being deployed. His first role was as a Rifleman. He knew, with certainty, that if he transferred to the Marine Reserve, he would have been deployed. In 2007, Marine Reservists were being sent to Anbar Province, the most bloody province in Iraq at that time. 60% of US troops deployed to Iraq were Reservists and National Guardsmen. A mate of mine has completed 23 years in the US army reserves. In all that time, he has spend about 4 years not deployed. He didn't mind it, though the last deployment he found brutal, even in a command role. Vance didn't extend his enlistment for the same reason as Walz; ultimately, he didn't want another deployment. Walz left basically because he had a young family, and family comes before everything. Many soldiers have taken the same decision. You say he lied about it. Well maybe about what technical rank he had got to (though I note the Minnesota NG say it was all ok). Point of detail; retired commissioned officers are allowed to "promote" themselves in retirement. A Captain can present himself as Major (rtd) if his wants. Called tradition. Hamel at the time was young and single. Yeah, he didn't want to end up a cripple so chose not to re-enlist or chance it in the reserves. So on that basis, nothing wrong him deciding to cut his links to the USMC, including changing his name, so maybe no one would recognise him. But ultimately, because he didn't transfer to reserves and be sent to Iraq, then that meant someone else had to, someone without the security of a decent set of degrees. Questions arise about why he was not promoted; was this a competance issue, which seems unlikely, or something. On the face of it, he was a mediocre marine. But to both men; its important to recognise both were enlisted men, whereas most other politicians with military service tend to be officers, with less understanding of the "men" (and women). Hamel though needs to do an about face and stop being so anti expanding veteran health benefits. But maybe that also goes back to why he got out of the marines as fast as he could. -
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Thailand Unveils 77 Billion Baht Light Rail Plans for Four Cities
Great, but when are they going to fix the roads? -
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Going short-time only, shallow or succulent?
I don't understand what you are talking about. Are you referring to your own experience? My girls don't need my money. -
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Kennedy gives Swing voters a clear choice, Trump
They will go with the standard George Stephenopolous Democrat tonguebath interview with no extras such as serious policy questions
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