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chadbag said:
They actually do. All these countries have Status of Forces agreements which includes how the costs of maintaining the bases are allocated. One of the former Presidents thigs was getting them to pay more and IIRC he got Korea to agree to more cost sharing.

Here is a 6 year old article detailing how it works in Japan. This has probably changed by now but gives you an idea on how it works

www.latimes.com

How much do allies pay for U.S. troops? A lot more than Donald Trump says

Five years ago, Hillary Clinton reached one of the least-noticed diplomatic agreements of her tenure as secretary of State — a deal obligating Japan to continue paying nearly $2 billion a year to help defray the cost of U.S. troops stationed on its territory.
www.latimes.com www.latimes.com

A little more up-to-date info on Japan and Korea

www.military.com

Here's What It Costs to Keep US Troops in Japan and South Korea

The United States spent more than $34 billion to maintain military presences in Japan and South Korea between 2016 and 2019.
www.military.com www.military.com
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Well I know that the EU AND UK WHEN PART OF the EU are very iffy about paying the US WHat THEY ARE OWED, AND QUITE happy FOR YOUR GUYS TO PAY TO PROTECT OUR WATERWAYS, whilst we weasel out of paying what we owe, disgusting frankly.
 
Smudge617 said:
All the countries mentioned do have their own Armed forces, of course we do, but the US have base's around the world in countries they have deemed Strategic to the defense of the USA and it's Allies and to aid in movement of personnel and material to any given crisis whether civilian or military anywhere in the world.
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Yes but loads rely on the US doing the dirty work, which is very unfair, I understand their budget makes us look a punch up in the p,any ground, and the UK when part of the EU reduced our forces substantially.
 


Afternoon All,

Ran an errand to daughters' school to pick up some of MOH's cooking pans that daughter had borrowed quite a while ago (read months). In the train room today, I finished the second dock and weathered them, I installed 3 exhausts on the build roofs, and finally I cut out the base for the concrete pad and approach road. Today I'm feeling better.

Smudge- Thank you.

Terry- Nice looking diesel.

Jaz- Very nice job on the figures and nice layout photos.

Tom- Nice job on the hopper and diesels.

Mikey- Nice job on the figures.

Troy- Nice job on the WWII planes.

Joe- Thank you. Interesting discussion about tank carloads and spacing. Great photo. There used to be a small forge that was online years ago that cast Pennsy signs. I wish I had got them all at the time, but only got these two. I had to paint them.

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Willie- Thank you. Great buildings.

Guy- I hope you feel better soon.

TomO- That cartoon is funny.

Dave- Nice layout shot.

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I hope everyone has a good night.
 
chadbag said:
We had a septic tank (70s tech version) when I lived in Mass as a kid. My dad dumped a box of Rid-X in about once a month and we had it pumped out at some interval of years and the guy who pumped it always said it was the best and most well maintained tank he ever saw. We never had issues, that I can recall, in 17 years living there, and beyond the above, did no maintenance as far as I am aware.

I do remember that the snow always melted first over the area the tank was at 🤣

Later I rented a house (5 years) in New Hampshire that had a septic system. It was not that well maintained, though I did occasionally put Rid-X in. It had to be pumped out at least once while I rented. I rented 98-2002 (almost 5 years) and the house was from the early 80s. The guy who pumped it out was not impressed with its condition.
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Snow melts cuz of the biologicals in the tank. All those busy little bugs generate heat. Septic/sewer lines rarely freeze. I have seen -25F here and those green thingies that allow access to the tank are snow free and somewhat warm. Dogs will sleep on them; and it does not take a fence to make the grass greener. ;)
 
Jaz avalley said:
Well I know that the EU AND UK WHEN PART OF the EU are very iffy about paying the US WHat THEY ARE OWED, AND QUITE happy FOR YOUR GUYS TO PAY TO PROTECT OUR WATERWAYS, whilst we weasel out of paying what we owe, disgusting frankly.
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The UK wasn't "iffy" about paying the US their due, but as always Brussels got in the act and we then paid the US through the EU, except then the US was always short-paid by the EU even tho' we were paying our full share. Hopefully, all will return to the previous status quo.

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And that's all I going to say on the subject.
 
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Jaz avalley said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Nato summit: What does the US contribute?

President Biden is meeting Nato leaders to reaffirm the US commitment to the alliance.
www.bbc.co.uk

takes advantage of the US, very poor do in my opinion.
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You also need to look at the details of "NATO budget" and contributions and at the total costs -- even "non-NATO" US deployments and forces and costs in Europe are part of European defense, even if technically off the NATO books. (Speaking as a reply to the BBC article only)
 
ctclibby said:
Snow melts cuz of the biologicals in the tank. All those busy little bugs generate heat. Septic/sewer lines rarely freeze. I have seen -25F here and those green thingies that allow access to the tank are snow free and somewhat warm. Dogs will sleep on them; and it does not take a fence to make the grass greener. ;)
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exactly

Was interesting the few times I watched the tanks (both locations) get pumped...
 


Dave, we love our Sonic! I'm very happy to hear yours has and is serving you so well. I hope ours does as well.

We have been delivering priority packages for Amazon with our Sonic. It averages 31+ MPG stop and go, Sometimes as many as 20-25 stops! Not to mention occasionally getting caught in Baltimore/DC traffic. Dollar for dollar I think it is the best new car I have ever bought.

Maybe my BMW 528e was better. It did go well over 300k miles. On the original clutch and nothing other than regular maintenance. But I did pay a lot more for it.

Our Equinox is a great car to. I'm very happy with our Chevrolets

I'm enjoying you sharing your layout progress, thank you!

Glad to see you are feeling better as well.
 
CambriaArea51 said:
How do they load the containers with grain.
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Hi Tom,

I guess everyone so engrossed in the septic tank they missed your question.

I would blow the grain in, like filling a silo with silage. They must put a piece of plywood half way up the doors like they do with box cars, when they haul grain in them. This is an educated guess ;)

The grain shipped out of our Duluth port goes in huge bins in the ships.

Dave LASM
 
logandsawman said:
Hi Tom,

I guess everyone so engrossed in the septic tank they missed your question.

I would blow the grain in, like filling a silo with silage. They must put a piece of plywood half way up the doors like they do with box cars, when they haul grain in them. This is an educated guess ;)

The grain shipped out of our Duluth port goes in huge bins in the ships.

Dave
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logandsawman said:
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Funny, we have a cabin in Wisconsin with a septic tank. The state requires us to have it pumped and inspected every times a year. They want to prevent septic tank and drain field overflows. The pumping and inspection costs over $100. Funnier yet, the septic tank pump people can spread their loads on fields not intended for human crops and the people who pump out the cattle holding tanks can pump their loads on any fields.

So why worry about my septic tank and charge me $100?

Chad: Several years ago our septic tank froze and its was late April before it thawed out.

Greg
 
chadbag said:
Maybe you didn't sh*t in it enough and the microbes ran out of food! Was this at a cabin or the daily home?

It would suck to have a frozen system. I assume that leads to all sorts of nastiness.
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Mother in Law's place had her finger system for the septic freeze up a few years ago (NE Indiana - we do get sub-zero F° days and had. a week of them).

that caused the main tank to fill. She had to have it pumped out... One little old lady just can't generate enough 💩 all by herself to keep those microbes happy.

On a better note, her county has declared that outhouses and septic tanks are an issue, and are requiring all county residents to go on septic sewer. Her little bump in the road non-incorporated town is currently getting the pipes run to the houses.

Seems the only people with an issue with that idea are the ones with the outhouses. The Amish. That part of Indiana has a Metric-Crap-Load of Amish.

Sanitary sewer requires running water. Which is against their lifestyle. Well, I suppose they could put in one commode 🚽, and a hand pump next to it. Get some exercise filling the toilet tank with the hand pump from the well.

Maybe flushing is what's against their lifestyle.
 
TLOC said:
Yep,totally understand what you are going through. I have been counting carbs for 3 weeks now and it is making a great difference but a work in progress. The CGM was denied by my insurance company because I am not insulin dependent. Appealing that decision, they have a program, image that, that I do qualify for. The continuous monitor should be here next week.

TomO
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I didn't know if I would get approved by the insurance or not, but since I am on insulin that must have made the difference. Been on insulin now for 7 or 8 years and I used to do extremely well with my management. I think the biggest problem for me is I've gotten lazy and am not working as hard at it as I used to. I have to do better.
Anyway, I got the sensor today and can't resist the urge to keep checking it way more often than I need to. Once the new wears off I'm sure that will change.
 


For your entertainment A busker singing show tunes
A woman stopped in Covent Garden to watch a young busker @stephensings1 performing songs from stage musicals.

He had just sung a song from Phantom of the Opera, and then something incredible happened....

......a young woman stepped forward and asked him to sing 'All I Ask Of You'.

Stephen replied 'I can't do two Phantom songs in a row'.

The young woman said 'if you do, I'll sing it with you'.

Stephen looked skeptical and asked 'Are you any good?'

'I'm currently Christine in Phantom of the Opera'.

 
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