Damrongsak

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.

My son used an old microwave (with a 15 foot extension on the control panel) to "nuke" things like bars of soap, CD's, light bulbs and whatnot. Great fun. There are ways to actually melt metals like silver and zinc without damaging the oven. It requires a susceptor, a material used for its ability to absorb electromagnetic energy and convert it to heat.

Yamaha has, or had, a spoke wheel rim with flanges. I don't know which model or if they would fit yours. They do require a different hub. There's other styles: https://adventure-motorcycling.com/2019/03/14/tubeless-oem-spoked-wheels/

Glad I slipped in in early September, hardly any lines then. A couple of us used the Thai line as we had e-visas and Thai wives in tow. Less than 5 minutes. Came in to Don Mueang from Vietnam on 30 Oct without a visa and it only took about 10 minutes or so. Got back to the U.S. Nov 6 at Dulles airport (D.C.). Took two hours to go through the line for US passport holders/permanent residents. There were a couple hundred of us on a flight and they had one immigration officer!

Just got back to USA from 8 weeks in Thailand/Vietnam. Toured with Wife's relatives & friends (not a tour company). I know exactly what you mean. ????

I just got back to the USA from an 8 week trip over yonder. Spent about 5 weeks at our house in Loei doing exactly that. ????

A bit of info here: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1392&context=agexperimentsta_bulletins

I came to Thailand first time in 1997. I just went to Pattaya last week for the first time with my wife and friends from BKK. Took about 2 hours each down and back. All we saw was that big carved wooden temple, the Sanctuary of Truth. Pretty neat. Typical Thai road trip. Next day I was on a plane to the USA.

This time around I let my wife order food for me, as I was lazy. 40 some years ago I had to be very explicit and tell them how and what to cook. That was a real motivation to learn Thai language, as I was there for 2+ years.

Seems things are the same the world over. There are qualified people and the rest of them. My Bro-in-Law was a bike mechanic for years in Thailand. No formal training that I know of, just a passion for bikes. He had his own little shop for years in Loei and the foreigners would bring their big bikes to him for routine maintenance because they trusted him. Fast forward 25 years or so and he's now in the USA and finally got a job at a Honda dealership after years as a cook at a Thai restaurant. He's so much better than the local "mechanics" at diagnosing problems and fixing things quickly. The guys at his shop don't know how to properly change a tire, or true a wheel or sort an electrical from a carb problem. They depend on a plug-in computer thing to tell them what to do. He can fix bikes, lawnmowers, generators, leaf blowers and chainsaws. He fixes and flips cars on the side. I don't know how you find a guy like that over there but by luck.

Dang, wish I'd known about that, being vegetarian. I just returned to the US today after 2 months in Thailand. I had to resort to canned food many times.

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In our case in the U.S., the local Thai community was exceedingly helpful.

We got the equivalent of 12 million Baht when our son was killed in Iraq in 2005. I'd gladly give 5x that amount to have him back.

In the US the jackpots for Mega Millions and Powerball just keep increasing until someone wins. There must be a dozen or more payouts in excess of $500 million. The 3 largest single winners: $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina) $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois) $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)

It's just a matter of money. Some have very little.

I dislike sun roofs. Leaky, complex, whatever. I inherited a Lexus with a sunroof. The damned thing opened itself in the night. Fortunately is wasn't raining. A friend has a Volvo SUV and it did the same, but it rained. Lots of damage.