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Whew! That is why I am in hardware... Thank you for your hard work Frosty.

Classic. I am stealing it!

I suspect most folks who fall into the dangling participle trap lack all knowledge of the term. As for those of us in the know, please accept a gift to distract you for a few minutes from the problems of the world... A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly. A bar was walked into by the passive voice. An oxymoron walked into a bar, and the silence was deafening. Two quotation marks walk into a "bar." A malapropism walks into a bar, looking for all intensive purposes like a wolf in cheap clothing, muttering epitaphs and casting dispersions on his magnificent other, who takes him for granite. Hyperbole totally rips into this insane bar and absolutely destroys everything. A question mark walks into a bar? A non sequitur walks into a bar. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly. Papyrus and Comic Sans walk into a war. The bartender says, "Get out -- we don't serve your type." A mixed metaphor walks into a bar, seeing the handwriting on the wall but hoping to nip it in the bud. A comma splice walks into a bar, it has a drink and then leaves. Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar. They sit. They converse. They depart. A synonym strolls into a tavern. At the end of the day, a cliche walks into a bar -- fresh as a daisy, cute as a button, and sharp as a tack. A run-on sentence walks into a bar it starts flirting. With a cute little sentence fragment. Falling slowly, softly falling, the chiasmus collapses to the bar floor. A figure of speech literally walks into a bar and ends up getting figuratively hammered. An allusion walks into a bar, despite the fact that alcohol is its Achilles heel. The subjunctive would have walked into a bar, had it only known. A misplaced modifier walks into a bar owned a man with a glass eye named Ralph. The past, present, and future walked into a bar. It was tense. A dyslexic walks into a bra. A verb walks into a bar, sees a beautiful noun, and suggests they conjugate. The noun declines. An Oxford comma walks into a bar, where it spends the evening watching the television getting drunk and smoking cigars. A simile walks into a bar, as parched as a desert. A gerund and an infinitive walk into a bar, drinking to forget. A hyphenated word and a non-hyphenated word walk into a bar and the bartender nearly chokes on the irony.

Phil, I had a couple glasses of your Shiraz at the crawl. Very nice. Definitely better than the Mont Claire around town. Thank you again for hosting the pre crawl party. You have a nice little place there. Some cute girls too!

LITTLE JOHNNY IS BACK: The teacher asked the class to use the word “fascinate” in a sentence. Molly put up her hand and said, “My family went to my granddad's farm, and we all saw his pet sheep. It was fascinating." The teacher said, “That was good, but I wanted you to use the word ‘fascinate,’ not 'fascinating'.” Sally raised her hand. She said, “My family went to see Rock City and I was fascinated.” The teacher said, “Well, that was good Sally, but I wanted you to use the word ‘fascinate’.” Little Johnny raised his hand, but the teacher hesitated because she had been burned by Little Johnny before. She finally decided there was no way he could damage the word “fascinate,” so she called on him. Johnny said, “My aunt Carolyn has a sweater with ten buttons, but her tits are so big she can only fasten eight!” The teacher sat down and cried.

JS, might make sense to rent for a few months in each location to decide which you like best before purchase.

I remember my parents drinking Blue Nun. It was very popular in the States for a while. Remember Boone's Farm also. I remember my parents drinking Blue Nun. It was very popular in the States for a while. Remember Boone's Farm also.

I am not much of a beer drinker at home. Mainly red wine. Primarily drink beer in LOS. Buying red wine here in Thailand is hit & miss in most restaurants. Pricey, sometimes old or improperly stored. Have had a few red wines at Pete's Beer Garden this trip that have been drinkable, decent pours. Had some at the Golf Club the other evening. Very generous pour! The Avenue Mall used to have a decent wine store, now closed. The Villa Market has has some promotion specials, screwtop, Aussie or S Africa in the 200-300 baht range. Not too bad. TQ has some low quality red chilled.

Frosty has spent years helping Martin with this board. Frosty in effect took over the costs associated with running this board a couple years ago when Martin needed to pay medical bills instead of supporting the site . I believe Martin felt very close to Frosty and wished him to continue the board. That is why Martin left Frosty the necessary passwords to do so. I am a businessman. I know what can happen when an entity is sold or control of transferred to another entity. The new owners can effect whatever change they like. And if they sell to someone else, the new owners too can change things. I was low on baht last night. I took Frosty aside and gave him my emergency $100 bill I carry with me to help. I have been a member of the board for around ten years. $10 per year for what I have received is nothing! I pledge to continue donations of at least $10 per year. If everyone else on this board donated a few baht a year....

Have recently been watching a Netflix original, Altered Carbon. Absolutely amazing. Strongly recommend it (unless nudity offends you...).

Google is decidedly extreme far left. You cannot work there is you support Trump. I would guess Fox News might nominate at least 9 different people,,, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjXZVgiA89I

Last night I tried their Tue Ribs Special. Not particularly impressed with the ribs. The sides of onion rings and baked potato were very good. Glass of red wine was decent. As Cisco above mentions the service is good, facility is clean.

Male logic... flawless This a conversation between a man and a woman. Please note that she asks five or six questions which he answered quite simply, but then she is speechless after answering only one question. Pretty interesting: Woman: Do you drink beer? Man: Yes Woman: How many beers a day? Man: Usually about three Woman: How much do you pay per beer? Man: $5.00 which includes a tip (this is where it gets scary!) Woman: And how long have you been drinking? Man: About 20 years, I suppose Woman: So a beer costs $5 and you have three beers a day which puts your spending each month at $450. In one year, it would be approximately $5400 correct? Man: Correct Woman: If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, the past 20 years puts your spending at $108,000 correct? Man: Correct Woman: Do you know that if you didn’t drink so much beer, that money could have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought an airplane? Man: Do you drink beer? Woman: No. Man: Where is your airplane?

A dedicated Teamsters union worker was attending a convention in Las Vegas and decided to check out the local brothels. When he got to the first one, he asked the Madam, "Is this a union house?" "No," she replied, "I'm sorry it isn't." "Well, if I pay you $100, what cut do the girls get?" "The house gets $80 and the girls get $20," she answered. Offended at such unfair dealings, the union man stomped off down the street in search of a more equitable, hopefully unionized shop. His search continued until finally he reached a brothel where the Madam responded, "Why yes sir, this is a union house. We observe all union rules." The man asked, "And, if I pay you $100, what cut do the girls get?" "The girls get $80 and the house gets $20." "That's more like it!" the union man said. He handed the Madam $100, looked around the room, and pointed to a stunningly attractive green-eyed blonde. "I'd like her," he said. "I'm sure you would, sir," said the Madam. Then she gestured to a 92-year old woman in the corner, "but Ethel here has 67 years seniority and according to union rules, she's next!"

I made a mistake on my reservation. Hotel I normally stay at is currently unavailable for my required dates. Is the Aya girl friendly? Any other issues to be concerned with? Thanks...

Excellent advice from Butch. Especially the last line.

Well done Evil (and I am not talking about Trump's steaks)! Appreciate your insight regarding rankings.

I understand your point regarding "not equate to 50%" of the people. I have never worked for a poor man. Do not know too many who have? We want the wealthy to do well. They have the knowledge and discipline required to create wealth. The wealth needed to invest and hire people. Your example of the dollar dropping to nothing is irrelevant. It simply drops a tad lower than other currencies making us more competitive. If our dollar was to seriously tank the other currencies would fall much faster. I do not accept that Trump only cares about who his "wealthy backers". And I am not aware of many wealthy Trump backers. There just are not many. Most of the wealthy are part of the "establishment" who fear Trump. Simple fact: The wealthy will not reelect Trump. It will be "Middle America" and the blue collar who reelects Trump. I know the left wing press screams about how uncouth and vulgar Trump is. Over and over and over. Goebbels used to say if you tell a lie enough many begin to believe it. But there are a lot of people out there who are for the most part very pleased with Trump's actions if not his style. And the amount of people pleased will grow rapidly as they understand that Obama took money from those who work and produce and gave it to those who do not. Trump is giving some of the money back to those who work and produce.

Um, yes of course. I am sure that is true. It is not like the press would print negative lies, spins and rumors about Trump. Estimates vary between 30 - 50% of the US economy is international. Which of course means that a weaker dollar is good for up to 50% of America. Of course the other 50% benefits from the strengthening of the first 50% too. Who would you prefer Trump watch out for, the country or a handful of expats and occasional travelers?

Looks good. What time is dinner?

Political Differences Explained....... If someone asks you what the main difference is between most of the Obama supporters and most of the Trump supporters, instead of stammering and stuttering and looking for an answer, just tell them that the Trump supporters sign their checks on the front, and the Obama supporters sign their checks on the back. I NEVER REALIZED THAT IT WAS THIS SIMPLE!

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Or cause her cunningual depravation...

Disparaging the Queen's English? Up with this I shall not put...

Went out last week to a Halloween Party dressed as a chicken. Met a girl dressed as an egg. A lifelong question was answered. It was the chicken.