StoneSoup

Amen. Your title says it all. I cannot improve upon your sentiments. Cheers, SS

Dogfood commercial: http://youtu.be/AA56LgpFbSw

Here are two cover versions of Alan Walker's EDM hit "Faded" - the first one by a 17-year old Swedish girl, and the second by an 18-year old Norwegian girl. Which one do you prefer? http://youtu.be/2jZFsQS8Veo http://youtu.be/lwtoJHvlbl0

http://youtu.be/8q1MyVUze8M

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http://youtu.be/LTaV8B8Oc0g

From Georgia's Got Talent http://youtu.be/BI--lB3KrYk

As featured in "From Dusk to Dawn" (and they sure seem to be channeling "The Doors"):

Flash - you forgot volcanoes. And - it is the only place I've been where there are more guns at street level than in the USA. In Thailand, every building security guard is constantly blowing a whistle. In Manila, every building security guard regularly discharges a few "warning shots". I love the ladies there. But - economic powerhouse?? I think not. Cheers! SS

That would be the New York Steakhouse. I was hosted there a couple of times over the years. Impeccable service. Left a vapor trail of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ - but I was a guest off others. El Gaucho food is fully comparable - but venue is more casual. Cheers! SS

Ate there last night with a British friend. Identical menu to Soi 19 version. Outstanding service - all Filipino - excellent food, and the same $$$$$$$$$$$$ as the Soi 19 original. SS

This post is a twofer - displaying rare talent, applied to a couple of different styles: http://youtu.be/nkcm5cT9gGI

http://youtu.be/_AmkmqYEarw

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Yesterday, I walked past the site of the new Soi 11 branch of the El Gaucho Steakhouse, which appears to be nearing completion. Its style is very similar to the original version on Soi 19. The Soi 11 version is on the small Soi that connects Soi 11/1 to Soi 11 - with a long veranda facing the side-soi, and only a small frontage actually facing onto Soi 11 itself - directly across the street from the Zanzibar outdoor restaurant. Cheers! SS

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Hey Jack - You must have overlooked this one: LvCornwallis wrote: “Redlight Hotel†Reviewed July 12, 2014 First of all, every square inch of this hotel is most likely covered in sperm dating back to the 1970's. The hotel is filthy, but I guess it does not matter because I was up to filthy activities anyway. Great location for picking up third world hookers, I even saw a ladyboy knife fight in front of the hotel.

'Sorry to hear of the loss. I have a Bangkaew dog (well, about 90%, anyway) that just hit 10 years old this week. He is already starting to fade. I have always taken him out walking in our gated community late at night, usually around midnight - so that I could let him run around free without him bothering anyone. It never ceases to amaze me how enthusiastically excited he has gotten each and every night for ten years, as soon as I step out into the gated carport where he hangs out - he knows that he's going for a walk, and every time he acts like he hasn't been walked in five years - and just starts jumping and yipping ecstatically. So many nights I've returned home half pickled - and would just love to crash out and sleep - but I just couldn't deprive this mutt of his main joy of every day. Pouring rain - no matter. He just doesn't like close lightning/thunder. KS - you should get a new dog - both for you, and for him/her. Dogs need their people, to be complete..

For Joe Cocker, there is a natural farewell song:

Now, about that work permit (or.... "Never Say Never"): http://stuppid.com/grandfather-busted-prostituting-himself-young-women/ Grandfather Busted For Prostituting Himself… To Young Women 88-year-old grandfather, Edwin Venn, was arrested Tuesday night for prostitution, along with his "john ", Amanda Pearson, 23. Police had been watching Venn for several months and noticed a peculiar pattern. “His johns were all young women. Twenties, thirties. Most quite beautiful. Never really seen anything like this dynamic, but strange things do happen.†Mr. Venn stood most weekend nights with cardboard sign on Hollywood Blvd that read: “I’m for sale.†Pearson admitted during her arraignment that when she found the 88-year-old Venn trying to turn tricks she and her friends decided it would be funny to sleep ‘with an old guy.’ Word spread and lots of girls paid Venn for sex. Pearson said he only charged five dollars and gave them lollipops afterward. Lollipops!?! Man, what a class act! Cheers! SS

Late 1966. I was ten years old. My year group (born 1956) was the last one to actually be issued draft cards - but I think that last actual draft lottery was held in 1972 - the US Military went all volunteer as on January 27, 1973. Cheers! SS

At this website, you can look up US Military pay tables going back to 1949: http://www.dfas.mil/militarymembers/payentitlements/militarypaytables.html I see that as newly-commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in 1978, my monthly base pay was $844.20. I was on jump status with the 82nd Abn Div, so the additional $110 per month jump pay added another 12.4% - which was much appreciated. Military pay used to be pretty awful. Now - given the bad economy in the USA, military pay is looking reasonably attractive, as long as you are not dodging bullets, RPG's, and IED's. Cheers! SS

Well, it appears that white people ("white devils"?) are no longer welcome to even live in parts of Obama's America: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/bk-women-force-tenants-gunpoint-squat-apartment-cops-article-1.1931834 Two Brooklyn women tired of 'white people moving into the area' force tenants out at gunpoint, then squat in apartment: police Precious Parker, 30, and Sabrina James, 23, were arrested Saturday after they allegedly kicked two men and a woman out of an Ocean Ave. apartment on Thursday. Authorities say the crime was partly motivated by race and class resentment. I sure am glad that Obama (and Eric Holder) came along to help build racial harmony, and "heal the wounds" of strained race relations in America. Cheers! SS

'Time to put all the "global cooling deniers" in their places: Surprise! Glaciers appearing in Scotland Hazards common in arctic and alpine areas but described as "extremely unusual" in the UK during the summer have been found on Ben Nevis. A team of climbers and scientists investigating the mountain's North Face said snowfields remained in many gullies and upper scree slopes. On these fields, they have come across compacted, dense, ice hard snow call neve. Neve is the first stage in the formation of glaciers, the team said. The team has also encountered sheets of snow weighing hundreds of tonnes and tunnels and fissures known as bergschrunds. The large, deep cracks in the ice are found at the top of glaciers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-28885119