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Last time I visited I enjoyed sitting outside in the bar in the middle of the plaza. Still called in to one particular bar to catch up with the owner but nothing really draws me in anymore. I spent more time in a bar on Suk near Soi 9 watching the world go by.

Or this one....."Do you like the F-35? I said how does it do it in fights, and how do they do in fights with the F-35. He says we do very well, you can’t see it. Literally you can’t see. It’s hard to fight a plane you can’t see, right? But that’s an expensive plane you can’t see. They're invisible.”

Or like in his speech praising the troops for defending the airports during the revolutionary war against Britain in the late 18th Century

Exactly but Trump is such a moron and blatant liar he wouldn't have a clue or care about the exact terminology which is the transfer of genes from one organism to another.

I'd like to see Jasmine Crockett getting up front and personal with a few of them. Her “bleach blonde bad built butch body” remark hurled at Marjorie Taylor Greene was priceless

I went to Jay's a couple of times for the Sunday arvo gathering. Good memories. Nights out with MPIH were always fun. The guy on the right isn't familiar. Looks Dutch 55555

It still amazes me how he is still supported. The guy is a complete deluded moron. Donald Trump claimed in his Congress address that the government spent $8 million "making mice transgender," prompting laughter and controversy. His statement echoed a Republican-backed initiative targeting alleged wasteful research. However, fact-checkers found that the cited studies examined hormone effects on diseases rather than gender transitions in mice. The White House later reworded its statement but stood by the claim. The debate underscores tensions between political messaging and the realities of scientific funding.

So true. In the current project I am on a few images with some color and notes is received far more favorably than a 30-40 page written submission. And I currently working within a university.

Manager at Cactus was a PIG Met Suadam there once. Never set foot in the place again.

Wonder if it was the one in Damascus. Yim Siam another one who disappeared.

China has warned the US it is ready to fight “any type” of war as it retaliates against Donald Trump’s mounting trade tariffs – while raising spending on its military. The trade war between the two superpowers escalated on Tuesday as Mr Trump hiked his levies on Chinese goods to a total of 20 per cent, and China retaliated by imposing 15 per cent tariffs on American agricultural goods. The Chinese embassy in Washington, in a post on X, said: “If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end.”

I used to really enjoy reading NG. Shame it's only digital now. Well as far as i know it is. Like the Null message ✌️

Really!!!! Nobody pointing at it in the photo 😳

So how it works with staff travel is the higher up the corporate ladder you are within the company, the greater the chance you get on the flight. And if there are business or first class seats empty the more likely you are to get an upgrade. The down side is you are never guaranteed a seat. And sometimes you may not be able to get direct flights. Last time away I had to spend an extra night in Phnom Penh for that reason. Horrible it was 😜 Phnom Penh to Singapore to Melbourne to Sydney Business Class $400 😊

Incoming.....

Hope you are wearing a helmet while on your scooter

What I meant by on boarding is staff travel is usually on standby which is where the top tier comes in to play. In other words I will get a seat before a flight attendant or baggage handler.

Your photography? Take note OH Framing is as important as the content. I love some of the old Buddhas. I always search the old traditional markets in search of interesting ones. If my memory serves me correct I found one I was instantly drawn to in Vientiane when I was up there with MPIH. Buddha sitting on Erawan which I believe is a Laos tradition for controlling the clouds. I was told once by a monk that if you feel a connection with a Buddha it is sign that it belongs in you life. I have a few but have passed on many. Had a great jade one which was stolen while I was working in PNG.

Joe Dirt was probably somewhere in the crowd

Never worked for them......never will 😊

James Harrison, who was credited with saving 2.4 million babies through blood plasma donations over six decades, has died at 88 MELBOURNE, Australia -- An Australian man credited with saving 2.4 million babies through his record-breaking blood plasma donations over six decades, has died at 88, his family said Tuesday. James Harrison, a retired state railway department clerk, died in a nursing home on the central coast of New South Wales state on Feb. 17, according to his grandson, Jarrod Mellowship. Harrison had been surprised to be recognized by Guinness World Records in 2005 as the person who had donated the most blood plasma in the world, Mellowship said. Despite an aversion to needles, he made 1,173 donations after he turned 18 in 1954 until he was forced to retire in 2018 at age 81. “He did it for the right reasons. As humble as he was, he did like the attention. But he would never do it for the attention,” Mellowship said. The record was beaten in 2022 by American Brett Cooper from Walker, Michigan. The Australian Red Cross Blood Service said Harrison was renowned as the “Man with the Golden Arm.” He was credited with saving the lives of 2.4 million babies through his plasma donations, the national agency responsible for collecting and distributing blood products, also known as Lifeblood, said in a statement. Harrison’s plasma contained a rare antibody known as anti-D. The antibody is used to make injections that protect unborn babies from hemolytic disease of the newborn, in which a pregnant woman’s immune system attacks her fetus’ red blood cells. The disease is most common when a woman has an Rh negative blood type and her baby's is Rh positive. Australia has only 200 anti-D donors who help 45,000 mothers and their babies annually. Lifeblood chief executive Stephen Cornelissen said Harrison had hoped that someone in Australia would one day beat his donation record. “James was a remarkable, stoically kind and generous person who was committed to a lifetime of giving and he captured the hearts of many people around the world,” Cornelissen said in a statement. “It was James’ belief that his donations were no more important than any other donors' and that everyone can be special in the same way that he was,” Cornelissen added. Mellowship said his mother, Tracey Mellowship, Harrison’s daughter, needed the treatment when he and his brother Scott were born. Jarrod Mellowship said his own wife, Rebecca Mellowship, also needed the treatment when three of their four children were born. There is speculation that Harrison developed a high concentrations of anti-D as a result of his own blood transfusions during major lung surgery when he was 14 years old. “After the surgery, his dad Reg told grandad you’re only really alive because people donated blood,” Jarrod Mellowship said. “The day he turned 18, he started donating.” The application of anti-D in fighting hemolytic disease of the newborn was not discovered until the 1960s. Harrison was born in Junee in New South Wales. He is survived by his sister Margaret Thrift, his daughter, two grandsons and four great grandchildren.

My view of airlines is you get what you pay for. But I am one of the lucky ones as I have "staff" travel privileges with top tier on-boarding 😉

All staged at Trump and Vance are C#NTS

Makes it difficult when the media manipulates information to portray something devoid of the truth. Scary times and the reason we have organizations like the UN and NATO are on full display. I have seen how the European Nations have come together in a show of strength to contemplate the World no longer has a leader and a ready to step up. Can they? Only time will tell. Does the average Merikan actually understand or even know what is happening?

So now we have Russia, North Korea, China and the USA aligned. Who would have thought. I did, as soon as Trump was elected.