Damrongsak

Has anyone here tried to view the Honda motorcycle site lately? I've tried off and on for a couple weeks without success.

Same thing happened to me on a vacation trip to Mexico. When my high school Spanish failed, a Thai word or two would pop right in there. I got some puzzled looks ...

I haven't shaved in about 50 years.

I met my future wife and her sister in the cloth market in Muang Loei 47 years ago. They were selling clothing. I had a couple months training in Thai courtesy of the U.S. Peace Corps. My wife did not speak English at the time.

My wife is in Muang Loei enjoying the warm winter weather until next month. Where I sit, it was -6 C this morning. We've had about 6 inches of snow in the past week.

Here's some sound recordings ... very annoying. https://ebird.org/species/copbar1 https://media.ebird.org/catalog?taxonCode=copbar1&mediaType=audio&sort=rating_rank_desc

Is it this one?

My wife's brother is one who can diagnose and fix things. He had his own little bike repair shop in Loei years back. Some of the local farang bikers trusted him to work on their big bikes. (LGMC - Loei Gentlemen's Motorcycle Club) A dozen years ago we sponsored him to come to the USA where he worked as a cook in a Thai restaurant for years. Then one day he walked across the street to a Honda motorcycle dealership and got a job offer on the spot. He's way ahead of the other mechanics in the shop in terms of knowledge and experience. He laughs about the other parts changers who can't even change a tire or clean a carb. He gives me credit for his interest in motorcycles - I've known him since he was 12 years old.

I cringe when I see some of their "pruning" jobs. A machete or hatchet is not the right pruning tool. I've been pruning with my FELCO #2 shears for 46 years.

Check out this video clip. Amazing riding ... at the end. https://www.facebook.com/reel/402203992550341

Statista: "As of January 2020, there were over 70,200 7-Eleven convenience stores in operation around the world. 20,988 of these stores were located in Japan, making it the country with the most 7-Eleven stores globally. ..." Global Data says as of FY 2022: 21,327 Japan 13,562 U.S. 13,134 Thailand 11,173 South Korea 10,359 China 8,986 other https://www.globaldata.com/data-insights/retail-and-wholesale/number-of-seven-i-stores-globally/

Singapore Daisy is listed as one of the top 100 most invasive alien species globally.

Foxtrot is active in Norway now. " ...Norwegian police have confirmed that not only is the criminal network Foxtrot active in Norway, it’s also probably behind a kidnapping in Trondheim earlier this year. ..." https://www.newsinenglish.no/2023/09/28/trondheim-kidnapping-linked-to-foxtrot/

I normally don't notice the smell of fish sauce but the fermented shrimp paste (kapi) has a strong smell.

I'm sure there's a Yiddish word for that.