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Try these people...100% Egyptian cotton from their own mill....They supply most of the 4-5* hotels in CM (per them).....Both sides of the business card..... However, this was before COVID & I have not been to Baan Tawai since..... The sheets have lasted many years with minimal wear.....

Migration????

Anek bike is huge & well regarded....They are off the Canal road.... They sell many bikes.... Having boxes should not be a problem....

We just flew into CNX via TPE from the US.... No forms or announcements made..... We did hand our boarding pass to the immigration officer after arrival.... The following day I tried to report my arrival at the CM Immigration, which was overloaded busy..... We got shuttled around like a ping pong ball in a dryer.....Nobody seemed to know what to do.... My wife asked the officer in charge of the TM30 office who told us if no address change = not needed & sent us on our way..... All of the other times we've flown in I used the immigration satellite office within 24 hours of return and (unless they were playing video games) something was entered into their system.....I don't remember if they stamped the passport or not.....

Ditto - I second this....

I'll follow sports & scan headlines, investigating what piques my interest.... I don't have to worry about finding negative news from my country Aseannow excels in glorifying & "reporting" all the bad it can find..... With 200 countries around the world they have a difficult time balancing the scales.....

Great - we fly out in a few days....🛫✈️

Thanks CH Back-atcha

Pervasive in CA....We flew into SFO.... After getting our RV/car road ready we stayed at a nice RV park for a week..... Directly outside the high RV park stone walls was a homeless camp....An old RV, parked cars, lean-to roofs against the wall....While running errands for that week, every frontage road or dead end street offered the same..... Destitute people at busy intersections with their signs & hands out..... Driving through the state, as I looked around there were people under underpasses, tent encampments, lines of occupied old RV's noticed near the urban areas.... This is the first time we didn't visit San Francisco based on reports....During our last visit there we visited the Palace of Fine Arts & about 30% of the parking lot was broken glass from the smash & grab thefts..... Traveling across the US to Texas I thought about boondocking, however, the small clusters of people I saw seemed dirty, unkempt, hardened by life, and weary.....Not a safe place to take a Thai wife imo....They weren't "homeless", more like a nomadic tribe traveling banded together.... From casual observation it's everywhere, but at it's worst on the west coast of the US.... We've moved our home base away from the only state I've ever called home..... I'll miss the topography and natural wonders of the west...

Intermittent fasting helped me go from 117k to 90-93k.... Having a scale to monitor helped.... Unfortunately/or fortunately we've been in the US since September & have gained about 7k of it back spoiling myself with favorite meals, treats, & snacks not available in LOS.... We return in January & the scale will be needed again..... So yes, a scale is a good way to monitor progress - or lack of.....

We've been given the GIFT of life.... Based on 76 years of living = it beats the alternative.... That may vary person to person.... I have a good wife to go through life and with laughter, an upbeat outlook, a cuddle, and (still) more - we have family on both sides that offer love, support, and willingly share their lives with us - sprinkle in a few dogs & cats, a few interests and hobbies along the way.... Our health is good + active.... As mentioned before.... It beats any (known) alternative.... Back to you Gamma.... Is the pursuit of imponderable questions satisfying? Or is it a bottomless abyss who's itch we just can't fathom to reach & scratch.....

We had fresh sushi available locally until COVID took it's toll....It was reasonable at 12 choices for 200 baht & he'd add a couple more..... Truthfully, my wife & daughters can prepare sushi combinations at minimal costs..... My wife would prefer to prepare it at home.....One daughter has a sushi restaurant that she favors for special days & birthdays.... In any case, we avoid "market" place conditions where it's prepared & sitting out on display - waiting - subject to the surrounding conditions.....

In Texas = Went to the oldest daughter's house where they had gumbo and sliced hams along with all the trimmings and deserts.... My wife made a sweet & sour shrimp dish + some coconut topped butterfly gelatin cups from butterfly flowers we brought from our garden.....I bought 18 boxes of cordial cherries to pass out..... Enjoyed a houseful of people that ate, collected goodies & presents - then left..... I watched an American football game with my son in-law chatting about this & that....My wife helped my daughter tidy up then we came back to the RV..... I've enjoyed a couple of rum & cokes..... She's heating up leftovers from the day; then we're kicking back to end the day...18:30 here at the moment with low temps expected overnight.... My wife is loving the cold, fresh air.....

Thank you & back-atcha.... Merry Christmas 🎄 to you & yours..... Also wished to the rest of you TV(A) knuckleheads....

Chiang Mai plastics would be my best guess..... They seem to have a lot of variety where hobbies are concerned....

In TH = same king sized bed but an adjoining "sitting" bedroom has the wardrobes, home gym, book shelves, & big screen with a couch that opens into a bed.... So there is a "separation" of space - stuff wise = bedroom - her array of stuff...The other room is arranged my way & I spend quiet time there if the house is busy.....But, we always are together in the same bed.... Currently in the US RVing & sharing a queen sized bed.... I'm an active sleeper & she sleeps like a log so she favors her side close to the edge....

Just think of the long list of life impairing situations.... Away from state of the art technology, not having a simple thing such as refrigeration of any sort would be catastrophic....

I'd have to go with Italian Mexican American BBQ style American breakfast style Thai The unknown category: About anything my wife cooks.... She likes trying different menus (fusion) & I can't really remember any bad ones...Today was a Louisiana style shrimp platter - then she created a homemade soup dish based off that recipe.....

That what they said....It went straight & kept bouncing on a hard surfaced municipal course.....It makes no difference to me what you think.....It was hardly a PGA suitable course or a beautiful shot....It was also the longest, straightest hole.....

To me, when I briefly took it up it seemed like the hours were wasted....I didn't dislike it & didn't find it extremely difficult; it was just very time consuming imo.... I wasn't crazy about the mad hatters I observed going nuts when they failed.... A scratch player that taught me pointed out that when learning I got to play more than everyone else = back off & enjoy..... I was entered in a (my only) tournament (as a joke) by some buddies as made up 2 foursomes.....They thought it good folly = until Coming home I had the only trophy = longest shot @ 440 yards 😂..... At that time I was also playing softball, American tackle football, & racquet ball which were more active sports.....

There are places I've gone (and not returned to) that seem to run on 40/45 minute hours, or a 20 minute break at the end of the first hour of a two hour massage..... I've found that the further away from the tourist belt, the more honest (and better) massage quality & timing is.....

I don't see Sukhothai or Hua Him there.... I recall Sukhothai has a big celebration.....

Whoa.... Talk about the ultimate jumping to conclusions....

I'm not sure there is such a thing.... There seems to be a national sport of "buzzing the tower" enjoyed by mc riders when they see a farang bike riding..... Because of the small amount of space for error I stay on the roads less traveled.....