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    Amazing Thailand

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    2 hours ago, KhunDon said:

    Driving Back to Hua Hin from Pranburi one day the wife emitted a horrible scream and pointed to the other dual carriageway and I saw two bodies flying through the air and crashing down on the roadway. Obviously I stopped and looked at what they’d hit, which was an old, rusty red pickup. In the back of which was a motorcycle and yet another injured motor cyclist, who turned out to have been the driver who was dead and the two I’d seen airborne were his passengers.
    The pickup driver had pulled straight out to cross the two lanes to join traffic going my way and the motorcycle had T Boned him right at the B Pillar, depositing the motorcycle and driver into his rear load area and the other two on their short, but bone shattering flight. 
    The driver died on impact apparently, as he took the brunt of the impact. 
    My FIL a police chief, was following us in his car, so he walked across to help out in a situation that he’d probably seen a hundred times before, a motorcycle versus a pickup. 
    It never ceases to amaze me how stupid many Thai drivers are when crossing very busy highways, seemingly without a care in the world, oblivious to other road users coming their way. 

     

    Nothing like a good T=Bone...

     

    Pan Seared T-Bone Steak

     

    Ugh

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    Things you love today.

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    5 hours ago, maipenrai said:

    If at first you don't succeed, try, try again...lol...I took plenty of lumps when I was learning to ride motorcycles but I ended up being pretty good at it and had some world class dirt bikes later - I miss those days, sold my last dirt bike two years ago because I just don't have the reflexes anymore or the commitment to practise all the time - plus I know if/when I bite the dirt it's gonna hurt too much at this age. 

     

    We had a nice discussion about this. You are indeed wise on your thinking.

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    Funny Stuff

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    ^^^^ That is funny.

    Somebody was very bored at work.

     

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    I can't help myself sometimes. Busted my gut just watching the intro. of this show. 

    Difficult to believe they were able to pull this off back in the day.

     

     

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    What are you doing right now..? (Threads Merged)

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    Planning my garden.

     

    Once I have the proper soil and drainage affairs sorted I will section it off into basically three sections.

    The three sections will be individualized to favorite plantings of my mom, sister and aunt (I know, sounds gay).

    I will also include some assorted fruit trees (even more gay, but fcuk off). 

    I have to find a way to fit all of this into a limited area of space with consideration for future dogs who have an extreme tendency to dig.

    Damn, I think I will just go to bed now.

    Favorite Old Commercials

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    5 minutes ago, Yesitisdakid said:

    I had a car painted by him a 1978 Mercury Monarch all four quarter panels had four or five inch rust holes in them because it was a car from Michigan and the road salt ate through the panels. They did all the bond over primed it painted it clear-coated it and it looked like a million bucks when they were done with it it looked like it was ready for the garbage before they started. Cost me 200 bucks. They were definitely the fast food car painters

     

    I had a brilliant '74 Ford Torino Elite. Fabulous car. 

    Within three years it was a rusted out shitbum stranded on the South Side. 

    Salt

    Sad

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    13 minutes ago, Butch said:

    They have 2 sets of "lenses", or appear to be 2 separate cameras on the mobile units attached to a larger pod. The Border Force use them at work all the time, and these were the same type as we have, so I noticed them instantly. They were atop of a minivan as well, which is a give away as all the intelligence stuff is inside along with a back up A/C unit.

     

    The tech stuff out there is mind blowing.

    Nearly 15 years ago we tested (against my advice) a license plate scanner on a squad. 

    It had two cameras mounted on each side. You could roll down a street or through a parking lot, scan hundreds of plates and almost instantly get feedback (hits).

    Just think what they have out now !

     

    The problem is... well heck there are many. 

    Completely F'd IMO.

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    14 minutes ago, Nickrock said:

    How do you spot facial recognition cameras do they have some extra features 

     

    Not sure mate. But recently I did an I.D. verification with the IRS. When they did the biometric photo it was like taking an acid trip.

    Amazing Thailand

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    On 4/23/2024 at 10:40 AM, maipenrai said:

    Got it now and you're right, that guy on the trike didn't look or even try to slow down - doesn't make it entirely his fault but I'd have much better self-preservation instincts than that even at home. 

     

    I didn't watch the vid. But I can easily visualize.

    Stuff like that never fails to baffle me.

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    A couple years ago in Central CM (Loi Kroh Road. Intersection (there is a police box there), just past the canal bridge.

    Walking. I approached the corner sidewalk area at the intersection. No traffic, yet I pause anyway (I suppose habit). I sensed something. 

    Then I hear a motorbike whizzing along travelling toward the intersection. Something seemed odd. It was the sound, it wasn't slowing down. I waited with one foot on the roadway, the other on the curb, still in pause mode.

    A small car comes from the cross direction, enters the intersection. The motorbike impacts the side of the car. The bike shatters into dozens of pieces. The bike driver flies over the car, bounces off the pavement and lands about a yard from my foot in the roadway.

    The bike driver was screaming and writhing in agony.

    I thought to myself. "Well, at least he is screaming. He will probably make it."

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