Mrmango

Many years ago, late at night, I took my BF to Soi 6 so she could show off her new ATM. The place was empty, so in a drunken state, I rang the bell expecting to pay for 3 drinks. Immediately we were mobbed by 10-12 girls' who worked next door or heard the bell.

First and last time.

10 hours ago, john luke said:

Correct me if I am wrong, however my understanding is that JVC now manufacture either exclusively or certain models specifically for Currys/PC World.

Not familiar with JVC, but in the US, a Chinese company bought  out Packard Bell a few years after they closed down, and used the good name to sell junk PC's

On 3/8/2021 at 5:44 AM, Nightcrawler said:

I guess I am loyal to Korg and Fender, also Samsung. Never had a bad or disappointing product from them. 

I agree but not Samsung. They make great phones, but they insist you use Bixby and you cannot remove it.

My next phone is going to be a Pixel

Many years ago, I fles first class from Detroit to Frankfurt on a 747, and there were less than 30 passengers aboard. After the drinks and food, I went back to economy where I could get 4 middle seats and slept.

4 hours ago, Horizondave said:

It's important to know that a strong immune system will not prevent you from contracting COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is a novel pathogen, meaning those who contract it have no existing antibodies to mount a defense.

If so, I am confused. I have had both shots and I would think my immune system is fully able to mount a strong defense.

7 hours ago, KWA said:

Rather than more training for the police, which future administrations would probably remove anyway, couldn't they use the money to provide education and jobs to move the gun toting, drug dealing black communities to a position where these attributes are not required?

The problem with your logic is that the education system in the US is totally f***d up. High school grads cannot read their diploma or do simple math. Most US public schools are simply day care, rather than education.

You need to fix the education system first.

Can you tell me how I can watch here in the US?

1 hour ago, Horizondave said:

Obviously in time that development money will need to be replaced with direct pricing increases especially if there is a need to have an ongoing booster.

In the US, Vaccinations are free to the public I believe.

The Government  sees a general need for as many people to be immune regardless of the ability / willingness to be jabbed.

Since this is a single payer product, there is no huge profits to be made.

6 hours ago, Mr. Smooth said:

But with the makeup of the city, there were probably no reservations at the amount. Besides, the city was going to save a whole bunch of money from defunding the law enforcement budget

And of course, the City must have had insurance, so most of it was not their money.

23 hours ago, biggles said:

thousands of Americans will be getting their Christmas shopping done early again this year, and not paying for the gifts

They will loot a store bare, with the exception of fathers day cards...

On 3/10/2021 at 4:09 PM, code_slayer_bkk said:

WIN10 isn't so bad once you strip out the bullshit ..  telemetry , etc.  ... I have a number of scripts I can send to you to "clean" up Win10 ... plus, there are a number of things you need to "turn off" in WIn10 and I have a cheat sheet for that as well

Could you PM me with that or even better, post it here for everybody please?

20 hours ago, boydeste said:

On 2/28/2021 at 8:03 PM, Mrmango said:

Does anyone have a URL that I can view this?

It was broadcast on ITV4, if you can get catchup TV

I am in the US and do not have access to ITV

9 hours ago, boydeste said:

What a performance from Higgins all week and tonight was no exception.

Does anyone have a URL that I can view this?

On 12/4/2020 at 11:39 AM, Freee!! said:

Churchill was a man to turn an insult

At a party, a women confronted Churchill and told him "If I was married to you, I would put poison in your drink"

Churchill responded:

Madam, if we are married, I would drink it"

3 hours ago, Horizondave said:

Had a bladder tumour removed through the eye of the needle but thankfully I was under a general anaesthetic.  I was given the option of having a biopsy first but as I had to pay for possibly 2 procedures to check and then remove the tumour I made the decision to opt for the one procedure.

I had a cancerous tumor the size of a large Cigar removed the same way. It must have been like pack-man - nibble a little bite, take out and repeat.....

While I was totally out during the procedure, the rope scraped the urethra lining, and for days, it felt like I was pissing razor blades.

3 hours ago, Horizondave said:

Having had catheters pushed up there a few times and hearing that these scopes are now really thin as much as I wouldn't choose to have the procedure I don't think I would be overly nervous about

I have an annual "Rope up the dick" procedure, and its not something I look forward to.

4 hours ago, lazarus said:

Yeah...#45 should have resigned on Day#1

We were talking about Fauchi, not Trump, but if you want to use that logic, then you must agree that Obummer told a lot of whoppers! - You can keep you Doc, etc.

10 hours ago, fygjam said:

Perhaps he was under orders

Any honorable person would resign, rather than blatantly lying tot he public.

He obviously is not honorable.

8 hours ago, lazarus said:

Nothing is static in a pandemic...have to be willing to admit and accept mistakes and move on

Agree, but that was not the question. He admitted that he knowing lied about the wearing of masks to prevent a run on them when they were in short supply for first responders.

He did not make a mistake, he lied through his teeth.

3 hours ago, Jambo said:

Dr. Fauci has updated his views as his knowlege and experience of what has been occuring has grown.

I disagree. He once resisted the call for masks as he said they were ineffcted, but later admitted that he said that so the supply was not deleted as health care people needed them.

A intentional lie.

8 hours ago, Bazle said:

Governments have been printing money wholesale, particularly during the pandemic. That is why there is a worry that the USD and other fiat currencies might collapse

That is one possibility, but it is certain that Governments will gradually inflate their currency as they have since they changed it to fiat currency. The US Fed has a goal of 2% inflation, which means that in 10 years the currency will be worth half what it is today.

5 hours ago, dcfc2007 said:

I wish I had bought in 10 years ago when pete from the beer garden was people to do so on the old secrets forum.

Actually, Pete was the one who got me started investing in coin.

2 hours ago, Golfingboy said:

This shows almost 100x growth......and that’s not even going back to its beginnings in 2010, when they were a dime apiece!

Actually, in the beginnings, the price was less than a penny. One of the early transactions was someone offered 10,000 coins for a Pizza delivery (about $20US$)

16 minutes ago, forcebwithu said:

Had a discussion with a friend last night about the recent rise in the price of Bitcoin. He mad the case that Bitcoin was as real as fiat money. I pointed out one big difference between Bitcoin and printed money is the printed money is backed by the assets of the country doing the printing, and also to some extent how big their military is. Bitcoin on the other hand is nothing more than a creation of a computer algorithm, with no tangible assets backing it.

There's also another troublesome aspect of Bitcoin. It's unregulated and the value is prone to manipulation. This article makes the case of why the the price is so volatile.
COIN CONUNDRUM Fears Bitcoin ‘whales’ could trigger crash with just 2,500 people controlling nearly HALF of market

So are there any true believers in Bitcoin out there that can make a case as to why it's nothing more than a Ponzi scheme?

Ponzi Scheme? IMHO, it doesen't come close to one as nobody is offering to pay you back with a profit after a period of time.

Like all fiat currency's, it has no intrinsic value, as it's only worth what a willing seller and a willing buyer agree to, with no governmental interference or control, which is a plus, not a negative.

As for manipulation, there is no bigger manipulator than Governments, who are committed to gradually inflating currency's until they run out of zero's.

13 hours ago, Glasseye said:

They treat and release.

Adults with serious, chronic, long term illness go on welfare (medicaid). That means all of your assets have to be spent down (other than a house if you happen to own one) before you can be eligible. Then when on it much of your income goes to paying them back. They limit what you can earn and keep severely. 

If you are hospitalized long term (like a nursing home) when you are released or die the assets of the home then has to be used to pay them back. 

The only other option.... when you get seriously sick is to go to the E.R. when some kind of symptom kicks up. You go in they stabalize you until you can be released. Then you go do whatever you were doing until the next flare up. This then continues until you drop fucking dead.

Say if you get cancer.....

--- they test you, tell you have cancer, tell you what you need, give you some meds for pain   ---- then you pay cash for treatment, go on medicaid (get treated, but live the rest of your life in poverty), or go off in a corner somewhere and die.

Total BS, at least here in Hawaii.

My friends Thai GF, who had no job or assets, suddenly could not remember where her car was parked. They called 911, rushed her to a hospitable and after tests, airlifted her to Honolulu at a cost of $90,000 or so. After a few days, they found a brain tumor and scheduled a operation in 10 days with a specialist. Cost, maybe $400,000 but she paid nothing with no obligation to repay anything. 

3 hours ago, Jambo said:

What happens in the US if somebody who could not afford to pay for healthcare  gets seriously ill with Covid?

You will be treated regardless of your ability to pay, per the law.