George Bowman

I suggest starting with tow trucks.

I could be mistaken, but wasn’t this gentleman complaining in February about the health officials inspecting a cannabis shop in his hotel in Bangkok?

Almost every day, I see a motorcyclist zipping down the road looking at their phone and not wearing a helmet. But, they have a face mask on for protection....

I decided to let a few plants grow naturally, just to see what would happen. The seeds were nothing exotic. Just typical Thai strains. Jan 2023.mp4

What is truly frightening is that there is a good chance that most of these men are driving on public roads.

During the 2011 floods this was a common practice in the Bangkok neighborhood that I lived in. When I asked why, it was explained this way. If the sewer drains become overcome the water will often backup into people's houses. By blocking the drain, it forces the water elsewhere where it becomes someone else's problem. As Trink would have wrote, TIT.

It's hard to keep up with today's ever changing world. It looks like I need to drag out the dictionary and look up the word 'good'.

Oddly enough, each suggestion results in putting money in the medical community's pocket.

In her younger days, my wife would often attend various demonstrations in Bangkok and sometimes I tagged along just to take a few photos. The truth is that even after living here for over 20 years, I still don’t understand Thai politics nor do I want to. My wife says it is because my brain is lazy and she may have a point. We were at one such event where several celebrities were on stage with microphone in hand, giving their opinion about some matter while the crowd gathered around. Next thing I knew my wife was tugging on my arm saying “They want you to go on stage.” My initial thought was cool. That would make a great shot of the audience. Luckily, the next thought was that it would be stupid and I waved my hands no. If I had gone on stage half of the Thai population might have cheered. The other 50% not so much. And there is a good chance that someone in that latter group would have the power to put me on an airplane leaving Thailand. Thais only tolerate so much from their guests…

The 'Up to You' philosophy often comes with consequences. Regardless, good job by the rescue team and hopefully the tourist will mend soon.

That must be true. Anymore when I need to visit a government office, most of the workers seem to be working electronically on their phones.

A few years back during the rainy season, I gave some thought to volunteer for a NGO here in Thailand; but first decided to ask Mr. Google about these organizations. Come to find out there are many which are admirable and others not so much. My research shows that there have been several investigations that link this organization with corrupt foreign government officials along with a history of fabricating rescues and statistics. No doubt all of the above information is false and the $44 million that O.U.R. raised in 2021 went to worthy projects.

It must be me. I read the article and knew every word. I just didn’t understand what I read.