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JimmyRopes wrote: Today a government helicopter was flying around seeding the clouds in the hopes of producing some rain.
I thought cloud seeding was done at altitudes higher than a helicopter can reach.
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: I thought cloud seeding was done at altitudes higher than a helicopter can reach.
We have an expression around here that covers a lot of things; TIT (This Is Thailand) 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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 Seeding is done at the height of the clouds (obviously) and the best range is 8000 to 15000 feet whilst a turbo helicopter can reach 25000 feet.
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Marc Clifton wrote: I thought cloud seeding was done at altitudes higher than a helicopter can reach.
Thinking about what you said you are most likely correct that the helicopters that flew over were not cloud seeding, but more likely heading for an Army Garrison located to the west of where I live.
We are in a military flyway for helicopters heading there and they were most likely just transiting the area near my house in Buriram.
Coincidentally that is the garrison where the tanks were deployed to Bangkok to carry out the Coup d'état that ousted Thaksin Shinawatra from office in 2006 while he was in New York addressing the UN General Assembly. It was feared that Thaksin had close ties to the Generals in the Bangkok Garrison.
There was no need to invade Bangkok for the Coup d'état that took over power in 2014 because the Constitutional Court had already removed Yingluck Shinawatra - Thaksin Sister - by finding her guilty on a charge of abuse of power. The military just declared Martial Law, moved troops into Bangkok to keep order, and then announced the Coup d'état a few days later. As I said before TIT.
The Thai Royal Air Force is actively cloud seeding and when I mentioned the helicopters to my wife's sister she mentioned that they were likely to be seeding and I didn't give it a second thought.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Hey, you have it good.
I will if we get some rain soon.
There was a heavy wind storm one night last season just around harvest time and because the rice plants were top heavy with seed (rice) a good amount were blown down into the flooded paddy. Because my wife's father was very sick at time we had to wait for relatives and friends to harvest their rice before we could get some help and the rice that was in the water rotted.
We had enough to feed us for the year but not a lot to sell. I was hoping this year would be better but it is starting out pretty bad.
But yes I do have it good. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
modified 6-Jul-15 12:35pm.
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I believe he's from Arizona, where rainfall is measured in microns.
Over here it's been raining a week straight and the weatherman has predicted a week more of it. I wish some of it would blow over there, where it is needed. It's only a matter of time before mountains start to bury people if this keeps up 
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Indivara wrote: It's only a matter of time before mountains start to bury people if this keeps up
We have that problem in the north of Thailand where the hill tribe people live.
I do have to say we did get a light sprinkle of rain for about 5 minutes tonight - not enough to be of any good - and my wife observed that it wasn't natural rain as it didn't have a fresh smell.
Now I am becoming paranoid about the residual chemicals in the unnatural rain. 
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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Gives the same answer for "dish" or "woman".
Looks more like a customized 404 than an easter egg.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Strange: for "what is your favourite woman?" I get a definition of "favourite".
For "what is your favourite colour?", I get a Monty Python quote...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I may have mistaken the "still computing" animation for the answer 
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Quote: Result:
Blue. No yel-- Auuuuuuuugh!
(asked by the bridgekeeper and incorrectly answered by Sir Galahad in the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
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I've been downvoted in the Lounge... 
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Sander Rossel wrote: I've been downvoted in the Lounge
The same thing happened to me last week - twice, on totally innocuous messages.
I didn't know that it was possible to downvote people in the lounge; the hamsters must really hate us.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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You can't downvote in the lounge - so some thin-skinned people use an "abuse" vote as the same thing.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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As far as I know, you get 5 points every time you vote "abuse" on a message. I wonder if someone is trying to accumulate points by voting "abuse" left and right on messages?
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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That's possible, but I would expect that too-frequent voting by someone who is not a Protector / Administrator would trigger a flag. Especially if his vote is the only one.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Quote: but I would expect that too-frequent voting by someone who is not a Protector / Administrator would trigger a flag.
That would make sense, and such an abuse vote abuser should be banned as a troll.
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need,
when their violent passions are spent?
- The Lost Horizon
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I was never into brown nose points systems, it does not control me in the least and you should not let it concern you.
Truth can hurt
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Dr Gadgit wrote: I was never into brown nose points systems
I don't care how many rep. points I accumulate, either. However, the only way to be "downvoted" in the Lounge is to have posts marked as spam/abuse. Too many of those could lead to banning from the site.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Same with me too last week, on an innocuous message.
Makes me feel that it is better to be a silent witness to the Lounge, rather than actively contribute to it. Am slowly reducing these Lounge postings.
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I have reported your post for reasons I cannot share because ahhh... Other reasons I cannot share 
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Avijnata wrote: Makes me feel that it is better to be a silent witness to the Lounge, rather than actively contribute to it. Am slowly reducing these Lounge postings.
If you do that, then the narrow minded morons win. Do you want a lounge where you can laugh, think, and relax - or a lounge where the only jokes are the people who post? The only entertainment is the narrow set of "permitted ideas" that rigid mindsets can cope with?
I know which I'd prefer.
Yes, we have to have "standards" - but Chris has been pretty explicit as to what those are. And with the exception of spammers, and a couple of trolls I can't think of any posts this year which violated them (except some the UK election coverage)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: The only entertainment is the narrow set of "permitted ideas" that rigid mindsets can cope with?
Pretty much describes the evolution of the lounge from the vibrant place it was a few years ago to the stagnant place it is today.
Although envisioned as a wild frontier the internet and subsequently the lounge has yielded to the ever intolerant forces of political correctness.
Once you lose your pride the rest is easy.
In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. – Buddha
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