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Not really, seems to be a fairly common thing.....

The skeg keeps getting snagged up in the rice fields in CM....

Agreed, it took major contesting on my part to invoke an 8PM phone curfew on school nights....Which I think is still too lenient....

Yes, I've booked & asked about activities, set up family times/games..... Supplied musical instruments she wanted to pursue that lasted for a short time.... She's the most accomplished freehand artist I've seen and I supplied everything she could possibly need.... We have Dad/Daughter days + slurpy days every Thursday.... I've managed to get us all out camping a few times.... I've taken them out for archery, mini golf trips....Have had her out bumping/digging/setting a volleyball, badminton, Frisbee toss & catch, also had her out hitting softballs off a tee & playing catch..... Any ambition she's embraced she's had support....

Toddlers standing up on motorcys between parents legs, gripping the handlebars to hang on.....Makes cringe every time....

It's the only forum I'm involved in & it's taken 14 years.... Yeah, some time wasted as initially I got involved with some of the word games that account for half the total and certainly = wasted time.... I dropped participating in that when I noticed how the "posts" count accumulated.... I tend to ebb & flow posting.... But = point taken....

Unfortunately free range kids are very common here..... Our 16 y/o is basically glued to her phone.....I wanted to set reasonable limits & my wife basically takes the "up to her" stance.... To my daughters credit, she is holding a 3.6 at school....She is very talented/gifted in many ways, however, I have watched the creativity spiral downward close to zero with all her extra time going to playing on the phone.... Electronically free range.... I don't look forward to the wake up call....

Here's one just for you Sip..... Mileage can vary....

No - but it's a big money crop in the Philippines....Anything occult is....

I carry when there.... I no longer hunt or have horses but we do RV / dry camp boondocking style at times in primitive areas....

Going for the elusive hole in one.... Fore....

Them lemmings don't take kindly to being twisted....

I had a Rum & Coke Zero at 5PM.... Tomorrow night we'll karaoke & knock a few back....

Extremely small sample size.... The luck falls both ways....

The latest notice I saw on the subject was one person an hour was dying from Covid in TH.... It doesn't sound like many when spread through 80,000,000 people= unless you closely happen to cross paths with an unmasked stranger that happens to be infected ...... I went to our close by Hang Dong 2 big C a few days ago, paused and looked around - not a mask in sight......15 minutes later I again stopped & looked around - everyone within sight DID have a mask on..... Two time windows with completely different results..... If I'm going to be in close proximity to strangers, I mask up.... We're flying out to the US via Taipei next month & we will mask up.... Frankly, I feel safer around those that are careful enough to exercise caution....

Amen brother..... I'm going to find out next month as we're going back to the US for 4 months....We haven't been there since pre Covid..... I keep looking at my dog & thinking how much I'm going to miss him ......

What type are you considering that they don't have available here.....

Hip here with the latest titanium US appliance = $8000...... Before I became aware of TH I needed my gall bladder removed....The anesthesiologist in SF area quoted $34,000.....I flew to India, had the surgery + a full body physical & one week in a 4 star hotel with a car & driver that acted as a tour guide/guard/driver/go-fer..... Cost about $12,000 including airfare for 2.....The US pricing is off the charts theft..... These fkn pop ups blocking the screen are 100% annoying.... About 20 times just trying to make this comment.....

Consider setting up a US address drop box site or using a trusted family members address..... Since we RV when there/US I've set up a SD address....Next month we're going to SD & by staying one night I can go to the DMV to get a DL - which will allow me to register my vehicles by presenting my pink slips, SD address, and license.....After that I'm on cruise control for 5 years until DL renewal.....Vehicle registration is under $60 a year with no annual inspections needed....They bill my registration to my address & I pay online.... Also, thinking about picking up some personal protection for when we are stateside..... That's yet to be determined as I'm planning on some boondocking...... Last time out saw one sign - warning against mountain lions, coyotes, & rattlesnakes - California.....It happened to be posted in some tall grass at the edge of the treeline.....That was a paranoid walk back.....

Me Boston born, but a west coaster from the age of 3..... San Francisco (San Fran/Frisco) bay area raised..... It was a very good place & time to be....

Here's the best in CM = Outstanding Rajavej Hospital is near his office & was a good experience....He did a hip replacement for me....

Sounds sticky......

Homemade soup with potato, pork, corn, carrots, peas.....Eggs & bacon & toasted home baked garlic/oregano bread....Bok choi dish on the side Nonfat milk.....

You alluded to, yes - you did not directly cite, as relating to the topic....

Where do you see myriads of shirtless people.....I don't see them in the rice fields or orchards, or as other workers..... There is one guy a couple of streets away that waters his front yard garden shirtless....He has a few dozen orchids & flowers hung at about 9 feet that he stands underneath using his water wand..... I'm about the only paleface in my area & I just don't see people out and about shirtless, or sitting outside.... I use to live centrally between 3 villages away from any type of organized shopping areas (in the sticks) = not 90-80-70-60-50-40-30-20 or 10%.....Very infrequent & usually very close their house..... Even the nightly gathering of alcoholics didn't.....