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2 minutes ago, galenkia said:

The fact spring finally arrived yesterday and it’s nice and warm. Gonna be bike shopping next week.

At times i miss seasons. Here it's either hot or rainy and even those are mixed up nowadays. Enjoy your spring

15 minutes ago, fforest said:

He knows the truth and he will have to answer for his actions or he wont...

He's dead, did get some jail time and lost the opportunity of a wonderful life with a beautiful wife. No more answering for actions now.

1 hour ago, Nightcrawler said:

OJ Simpson has just popped his clogs apparently 

Seems we'll never know the truth

I don't think transliteration should be given up on. Chinese pinyin is taught at primary school and secondary school in Singapore for pupils who are familiar with a Latin alphabet, but of course they also need to learn chinese characters.

Vietnamese on the other hand  is written using the Vietnamese alphabet (chữ Quốc ngữ). The alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet and was officially adopted many years ago. It seems there is no difficulty to deal with tones in this way.

My thought is that transliteration is a good way to start learning Thai, but if you want to learn to fluency i doubt learning to read and write Thai can be avoided.

I have never attempted to read and write Thai - seems a bit tricky.

1 hour ago, Glasseye said:

Incredible. For me at least.

 

I've never played cricket or baseball. But for me i have minor regrets that i never played cricket and do watch, or more likely listen to, the big cricket games. 

3 hours ago, redwood13 said:

I have had atrial fibrillation for about 18 years and all too frequently my heart rate has been running in the low 40's and I've occasionally had spells of lightheadedness and dizziness.  This can lead to fainting, which will likely be at the wrong place and wrong time.  So last Monday I had a pacemaker installed.  But not the commonly used type with a battery implanted in the chest and leads going to the heart, but instead it's the newer leadless pacemaker.  

 

This consists of a metal cylinder smaller than a AAA battery.  It's inserted into the femoral vein at the groin and implanted into the right atrium of the heart.  The cylinder has a threaded end and this is screwed into the wall of the heart.  Battery is supposed to last 15 to 25 years.  As I'll be 87 in August battery live is not really a concern for me.  However it can be removed or simply left in place and a second cylinder installed.  

 

Procedure lasted about 2 hours and I had a (miserable, sleepless) overnight stay.  I took the pressure bandage off on Wed morning and could shower.  No driving for a few days to protect the incision.  Otherwise not much drama post-op.

Good move, fainting is not a good idea if it can be avoided. Did you have the operation in thailand or your home country?

Light rain

3 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said:

Yeh, why not ..... We can call you Trigger and you can call me Dave !!

The barmaid will likely call you duck.

A wee snack for lunch

No matter the type of bridge (cable stay, suspension, steel truss etc.) the longer the main span the higher the cost. Tunnels almost always more expensive than bridges, especially if you need to tunnel not construct cut and cover.

On 2/10/2024 at 2:26 PM, KWA said:

About 3.5 years ago I followed this place getting built.

 

Nice photos of the construction progress. I'm sure the building owner would be pleased to have a set.

4 minutes ago, SteveBC said:

A most lovely brew, but at five and a half Pounds they could of filled it up........

Haha you must be a tough customer. If she was a pretty bartender with a nice smile i would let her off with worse than that.

No photo.

On sundays i have a macdonalds mcmuffin and a black coffee.

Today i had a mcgriddle. It's so bad. Too much sugar and just the worst for taste and texture.

And coke zero sold out.

7 minutes ago, lazarus said:

 

The snake catcher appears to be wearing some kind of ballistic stomach protector.

2 minutes ago, Glasseye said:

 

Big 10-4 mate !

Ate you in Pattaya end may, or by then the skys over chiang mai are sweet?

5 minutes ago, Glasseye said:

Some great posts I am now catching up on.

 

lol    I will take ants any day over flies !

Yes me too. There are some biting red ants that are hard to shake off, but flies!!@

Well Glasseye what about some robbie williams. My favourite version is Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown - cannot find.

On 4/3/2024 at 4:17 AM, galenkia said:

Seems to have gone back to normal but earlier my videos had changed.

Porn?

10 minutes ago, Lemondropkid said:

Det Udom, hit lucky Boydy wasn't in the Sportsman(yet)

Good job.

14th Intelligence Detachment, simply known as The Det, was formed during The Troubles, a period of violence in Northern Ireland when bombings, riots, and revenge killings were prominent. The violence resulted in 3,600 deaths and around 30,000 injuries; the period lived up to its name.

7 minutes ago, Derek Dangleberries said:

Yup.. and not many would know the name of the unit to be fair. Probably only Butch.

So the first verse makes it clear that I am in the Province of Ubon Ratchatani but not the town.

As for the military unit, @boydeste ate there today .......

 

MacDonalds?

22 hours ago, Derek Dangleberries said:

I've spent the late evening "mellowing" outside enjoying my life. I'd like to see my final years out here, hopefully another 20 years or more!

But then the irony slowly dawned on me, so I've put it in a riddle that @Butch will understand in seconds..Perhaps about 5 others will too..

 

I now live in Ubon

The Province 

Not the town

 

The name is the same

As the place I left

Serving for the Crown

 

A riddle was post

Butch, is the man, in the know

Silence.... time passes

I did spend a bit of time on this in the morning and we almost missed math tuition. The Bournmouth suggestion was potentially good except we haven't heard yet either the military or Issan connection.

On 3/2/2024 at 2:21 AM, galenkia said:

When you go to a concentration camp, it really brings home the reality of those places.

You can watch TV programmes but it’s not the same as experiencing it for real. Can’t understand how people could just mass murder people because they are different from them.

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."

Or more simply put:

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.