Enjoying life, love and work in Thailand

Joined March 2009
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A 2-in-1 lime from our garden.
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More like : it destroys many organs all the time!
A very neat summary. Funny - Wired knew this in May 2020, and then, forgot? It's just not trendy to talk about this, nobody wants to hear it, so people don't.
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Replying to @1goodtern
I’m sorry Tern. The truth must weigh heavily on you. You have made so much difference to so many lives. So glad I found you so early on in this pandemic. Your guidance has saved my life. You are amazing every day. Thank you ❤️‍🩹
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The most dangerous case of screwworm in America.
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This one hits hard.
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I think I should probably clarify this upfront: AirFanta has never received a single cent in government subsidies, has no business dealings with the military, and our devices contain no communication modules—so they won't steal your data. This is sarcasm, by the way.
To be honest when it happens (and I'm sure it eventually will if I am diligent) it will probably be the best recognition I'll ever get. A tacit acknowledgement that they know they have absolutely no hope of competing is about as sweet as it gets.
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RT @NukitToBeSure: @noxygen Smartair has a foothold in UK schools and can provide the kind of service contracts they need. If they can get…
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Mount Rapemore.
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Covid didn’t end. The child raping bastards in charge told you all to pretend it away and to shoulder the entire burden of doing just that, and you all complied. Covid didn’t end, you all gave up.
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Replying to @NewsHour
we need to cut this shit out right now. anyone who is mildly awake remembers that hiv/aids wasn’t first reported as a retrovirus. it appeared as CANCERS in young people. why? because it dysregulates the immune system. guess which other virus dysregulates the immune system?
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as a deaf person im here to say ppl dont actually care abt the « not seeing facial expressions » they are posturing, they just want more excuse to not wear a mask.
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People who have constructed nothing, have only relentlessly torn down what others create, have no "constructive criticism" to offer. When they have accomplished something, "constructed" something, they can start handing out unsolicited advice on what is unproductive. The crabs pulling all the others back into the bucket have no clue how to get everyone out.
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Exactly, here in Thailand we have AC everywhere, in house, school, work, restaurants, shopping malls, etc. We were frequently sick before we start masking in 2020, however, last 5 years with PROPER masks and the same AC’s we have almost no infections! 😀😷
it’s ‘i got sick because of the air conditioning’ season!! no you didn’t, you got sick because someone infected you. you can sleep with your fan on all you want, you won’t get sick if you wear a respirator in public spaces.
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I did the math 30% to 40% of REPORTED COVID cases in 🇨🇦 hospitals are HOSPITAL ACQUIRED ACTUAL COVID cases are ~ 60% to 80% hospital acquired 5% to 10% of hospital acquired COVID patients DIE So, in hospitals we need universal: 1. TESTS 2. N95s 3. UPPER AIR UV / FARUV
Replying to @JeromeAdamsMD
Do the math - if you are persistently testing the entire population with a process that has a 5% false alarm rate (or worse) - you are asking for poorly informed decisions and a disaster. We did not face the Andromeda Strain. Nor is there very much that can be done if we did.
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Sorry my friends…I was wrong - this isn’t just about Heritage and Brett Kavanaugh being in the loop with John G. Roberts & his D.C. circuit nomination - THIS WAS THE DATA HERITAGE COMPILED LEADING INTO JOHN G. ROBERT’S SUPREME COURT NOMINATION!!! And I wondered “Why Brett Kavanaugh?” He wasn‘t on the Supreme Court yet - so why involve him? And I think I know at least one big why and this why has to do with Brett Kavanaugh’s former lobbyist and lawyer dad, Edward “Ed” Kavanaugh. See, Ed Kavanaugh was head of the incredibly powerful Toiletries/Cosmetics D.C. Lobby for decades - and this is where we go back in history and learn some truth about Little Saint James before Jeffrey Epstein bought the island. Accordinf to the Union newpaper article from 1999, Charles Revson who co-founded Revlon Cosmetics with his brother Joseph, lived on Little Saint James before Jeffrey Epstein lived there. (And I’m not sure if I forgot this or got confused cuz I can’t find my source right now, but I also thought that the Little Saint James mansion was actually built by Charles Revson too.) So what does this have to do with Brett Kavanaugh? Well his dad, lawyer and lobbyist Ed Kavanaugh, as head of the toiletries and Cosmetics lobby in Washington, was paid to lobby for Revlon and other personal care giants. He was paid to further Revlon’s interests. And not only that but he was paid REALLY REALLY WELL for it too. So you have this bizarre chain from Little Saint James, Charles Revson, Edward “Ed” Kavanaugh, Brett Kavanaugh, Heritage Foundation/Ginni Thomas (Justice Thomas’s wife) to John G. Roberts Who not became a Supreme court Justice, but the Chief Justice too. I just keep shaking my head. This is all one giant circle that leads right back over the same people, families, think tanks and money. 2024 Trump didn‘t win and Harris/Walz didn’t loose. The American people were cheated by a small group of Americans. Now Please yall. Will you please share this data? People need to know the truth. Also, I found this article on Newspapers.com with my subscription while looking up yachting. And Please pray for our enemies to have a change of heart. God loves you dearly and wants those doing evil deeds to come home too. Thank you and may you be blessed! -V
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Replying to @ukhadds
I wear eye protection in the shop as a default. I do not take it off if I am doing something like soldering, where it is unlikely to be needed. If I am doing a new process that I am unfamiliar with, I don't wait until I have a shard of something in my eye before donning eye protection. It is the baseline. There are some operations- like using an angle grinder, that evidence shows require enhanced protection- a full face shield. But basic polycarbonate glasses are the N95 of shop work- they offer a lot of protection with minimal inconvenience. There is some PPE, like leather gloves, that can make some shop operations more dangerous, so they need to be used with caution. Good-quality eye protection does not have this issue, so there's no reason to forgo it as a baseline. Likewise, with an N95 in medical settings- as a baseline, it prevents many bad outcomes, with minimal inconvenience.
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At the British Museum for 3 hours. I am the only one masking! This is wild! If you are traveling by yourself, why not mask? You have literally nothing to lose, only random strangers will judge you. The heath benefits of masking are enormous relative to cost. #COVIDisAirborne
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Nope!
Is showing your nose and lips really worth infecting yourself?
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Nah, that’s all good, carry on.😓……
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