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I looked up "police work" in an English-Thai dictionary. It came back:

I first came to Thailand mid-March 1977 with the Peace Corps. We trained in Maha Sarakham for awhile in April. Brutally hot and dry. No air conditioning in the hotels we stayed in. Probably just as well because the houses I lived in for the next 3 years didn't have any.

For me, it's this, You Raise Me Up: When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary; When troubles come and my heart burdened be; Then, I am still and wait here in the silence Until you come and sit awhile with me You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; I am strong, when I am on your shoulders; You raise me up' To more than I can be You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; I am strong, when I am on your shoulders; You raise me up' To more than I can be There is no life ' no life without its hunger; Each restless heart beats so imperfectly; But when you come and I am filled with wonder Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; I am strong, when I am on your shoulders; You raise me up' To more than I can be You raise me up' To more than I can be This is because a friend made a tribute slide show video to my elder son, who was killed in combat in Iraq, and she used this song. I look at it once or twice a year and shed a tear.

The relatively recent spread of plant and animal diseases and just general weeds and insect pests is terrible. Tens of thousands of years of evolution upset in no time flat. Sucks.

My wife has somewhere around 40+ bantam chickens, many roosters. She is going to thin the flock and probably get rid of them all, as they destroy the plantings. She now chucks all the eggs so no more will hatch. Recently one little hen seemed to inherit a bunch of eggs - she had about a dozen chicks following her! Seems like cats or something get quite a few of the hatchlings. On my recent 2 month visit to our house, I made friends with one old rooster and a couple others were getting used to me. But back on track, these moths are beautiful! I took an entomology course in college. I admire those folks who can distinguish all these similar species, especially considering regional variations and whatnot.

I saw mention that one or the other of these two species was found in England (probably an escapee) feeding on Vinca minor - periwinkle, which I believe is also toxic, IIRC.

I lucked out in Sept/Oct with the exchange rate. One time was 36-ish, the other time, 37.77 for US$.

I bought more beer from local Mom & Pop stores because they would sell a case of beer any time of the day. Got some at Bic C if my timing was right.

My wife and I didn't spend much in September and October. It was my first time back in about 15 years. No hotels or bars, only a few meals out. Mostly gas money driving to parks/mountains (Loei has some nice ones), beer and whatnot. So I was a "tourist" visiting relatives and staying in our own house over there.

Things may have changed but I went to Vietnam for 10 days at the end of October and didn't need Covid insurance. I got an eVisa.

Well, maybe they are just a bit better about it. It comes naturally ????

You might try posting in the motorcycle forum.

Well, I helped. Spent most of September and October in Thailand. But didn't spend much. No hotels, no bars, only a few meals that weren't cooked at home in Loei. Cheap Charlie for sure... Hey, I did get a really good exchange rate.

Love that expression! My wife has about 40 pet bantam chickens at our Loei house. Not much good for eggs, but plenty of "essence". Watch your step.

Methanus said "Hell, if I'd known he was a foreigner, I'd have backed over him and finished the job."

My wife's iPhone 13 has a SIM slot and eSIM. Her carrier in Thailand (AIS) said they couldn't do eSIM so she had to take out her US SIM. Maybe that was BS or maybe they just now offer it. https://www.ais.th/esim/en/ Apple confirms US iPhone 14 models are only eSIM. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213448 "iPhone 14 models purchased in the United States don't have a physical SIM tray and support only eSIM."

When I worked with Laotian Hmong refugees in the camps back in 1979/80, they referred to the French as "fukees". I kid you not. Maybe it was all white foreigners, I don't know. But I am not "farang". I lived and worked in northeast Thailand for about 3 years 1977-1980. "Boh man farang". I'm "Mak see da". I've earned it! I like to tease my in-laws and we all laugh. Here at home we refer to Chinese as "Jek", Indians as "Kak", Africans as "I Meut" and so forth. It's just a thing to distinguish various groups, though some are not nice. I don't know if there are different common words to differentiate the 40 or so different ethnic groups in southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Burma. I recently went to a cultural museum in Hanoi and I think I counted 45, though that may have included some peoples far away.

If they don't like a credit card size copy, tell them you're from Monaco. Tiny country, tiny passport.

Ran across this tire discussion in case you need something different for the CT125. Lots of choices and discussion. https://hondatrail125.com/index.php?threads/tires-megathread.732/

Well, if there's nothing more lucrative at present they'll get around to it one of these days. Fill in the slow days ...

Colombodia is a big country. It gets confusing with all the time zones and whatnot. Jet lag ...

" ... ... along with the small proportion of the world population that use them in EVs ..." And the small proportion of the population that take Lithium pills for stuff like Bipolar disorder. Like my little brother, RIP.

2 months ago I changed about $1,000 USD at the orange Super Rich in the basement of Swampy. Rate wasn't too bad. Maybe a tad more than their central office, but very convenient. Way better than upstairs I think. Low rent district. ????

Sounds like that would be two extra bags each (assuming 50 lb/23 kg ea.). Might be the way to go. Some years back ( 5?) we sent a bunch of stuff to Thailand from USA and used some local Thai folks who would aggregate a lot of stuff from customers and fill up a sea shipping container. I forget the details, but it all worked fine and stuff was delivered all the way to Loei province. We sent enough to almost fill the back of a small Toyota pickup truck. I forget the cost (which wouldn't be relevant in these days), but it was by volume rather than weight, IIRC.

Kid should have cashed out the 500K and disappeared. Good bye Sergeant Scam. "It was thought that the accounts were being used for illegal purposes such as laundering money. " No schlit, Sherlock. Doesn't take much thinking.