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On a trip to Paris, my wife & I stopped at a nice outdoor / indoor cafe like they have for lunch....The waiters we're almost stereotypical in dress and manner.....The meal was nice and we were getting ready to leave..... I'd already paid & given a nice tip, however my wife didn't want the coin change as we were flying out and counted, stacked it nicely at the center of our table as a nice gesture to leave for our waiter..... He came to our table, looked at the change, picked it up and flung it across the table.....He then took his stereotypical movie like poofy waiter self, turned on his heals and stalked away..... My (Thai) wife was wide eyed astonished as I was half laughing & half ticked off....She looked at me and all she could think of to say was "that's perfectly good money"..... I laughed, but felt bad for her at the same time as she genuinely thought she was doing something very nice for this other person.... She does not tip in Thailand (very rarely if a birthday or celebration).... I can still envision the shock & look on her face....

So, you're zombie like now? Got the Zombie badge?

https://m.facebook.com/groups/weirdfantasticbeautifulandoddd/permalink/948726882741341/?sfnsn=mo&ref=share&mibextid=VhDh1V This is basically all you're getting...Circa 1949....

Really not much more than a rolling bed with small cabinet space....No galley, fridge, bathroom or shower....A/C needs 30-50 amp set up.... No infrastructure to support FHU vehicles here..... Nothing to see here.... I've seen a couple of TTs/caravans for sale here = no A/C.... Imagine sleeping in that.....

I get cotton t-shirts from Lazada that I wear around the house for comfort ....Their international size chart is accurate....

Basically, if there doesn't seem to be any implied threat or active unpleasantness, I just go on being myself.....If I glance & someone is "looking" at me, I'll smile then go back to what I'm doing..... Why let their problem project any power at me..... I'm not doing anything wrong, I dress approptiately & am not slovenly or overweight ..... If they don't like me on sight = fk'em....

I have 2 here & 2 in the US plus CC accounts with 2 banks.... One time my US bank had a security breach on one account & issued a replacement card - new requirements were a 6 digit versus the 4 digit I'd had....The only problem = they only send the "new" pin code by separate snail mail....If I'd only had the one account I would have been high & dry for about 6 weeks waiting for the pin number to get here - thankfully it did.... The 2nd account + online banking allowed me to move funds around and not miss a beat.... Food for thought....

Our Toyota SUV was about 3500.....I heard of another place at 2000....This was Chiang Mai two years ago.... Not new info, but ballpark....

Does the song & lyric choice come across a little pervy to anybody else? There were a lot of hopeful songs & lyrics from that era....

Bingo - works almost all the time.....

Ouch, close to home..... That's my old stomping grounds..... Anytime I wanted to just drive, the coast was about 40 minutes away over the hill on 92 to highway 1..... Never tired of it......Always a cool vibe..... RIP to the victims.....

<deleted> cars & the "science" are losing their luster.... It's beginning to dawn on everybody that EVs are not the answer.....

Can't tell you = we avoid them.....

Tragic - it must depend on the timing....When it became my Mom's time I consulted with her Dr....He then increased the morphine and she slipped away in a quiet, peaceful slumber.... This was in the US....

Lazada has many....If you are going to start from zero then you just dig to match.....?

I've got mine submitted, after stumbling through the date format (eliminating the ____)... Wondering... Do we have to retain the password they issued us?

It only took a couple of bicycle rides to convince me that I don't want to share the road with Thai drivers.... Especially on narrow streets....Not only do the car drivers seem to not care about bicyclists, the motorcy riders squeeze your space - some passing so close they rock you with their airstream.....A a difference in speed of 30+kph there's no doubt of the outcome should the two meet while sharing the minimal space.... I put it at 50/50 on road/traffic conditions & some just want to buzz the tower & intimidate the farang rider.....

Other than a newsworthy curiousity once in awhile, this is pretty true....There really is no reason to.... Everybody is busy just living their life in their own respective country..... Edit note - the bold is not intentional, it just appeared by itself....

Those were the best days to experience Graceland....They still had the Mom & Pop feel with the souvenir shop across the street & the gold records on display at the racquet ball court.... It's on our next trip to do list, but it's more commercialized like a big convention center built around the centerpiece that is Graceland.... Each feature with it's own price of admission.... My wife wants to see it..... I'll enjoy through her excitement....

There is a book out based on Elvis familial lines & medical history..... Basically, medical history wise, a long life was not in the forecast.....

Yeah - the first worldwide entertainment superstar & and all the traps that came with it.... Unfortunately, due to a mutual friend not being able to find me, I lost a chance to go & spend about 1/2 day visiting with Elvis .....

MLK was a flawed man that took on/championed some worthy causes that helped better the world.... Admittedly, I am not an art critic.... That being said, in every picture and angle that I've seen of that sculpture, it looks hideous.....

Yeah - here in LOS - ice the beer.....90-95% solved...

I see this representative of most of the "declared" nationalities and not just "Americans"..... It's a pretty common observation in the expat universe..... There's several from the US on here that contribute without being braggadocios.....

On the your & you're issue.... Predictive text/spell check is doing a very good job of applying these words incorrectly..... In proofing, (attempting to), anything I input I have found this word incorrectly changed and applied about half the time.....