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"... She had suffered broken ribs ..." So they put her on the stretcher and put hold-down straps across her rib cage!

Here's one fix: https://bikesandtravels.com/biker.aspx?ride=7400 Original thread: https://bikesandtravels.com/biker.aspx?ride=7360

We used to live in an old water tank on a rubbish tip. We got woke up every morning by having a load of rotting fish dumped all over us!

I got an IDP last fall in the U.S. I haven't had a motorcycle endorsement for years but I told the IDP guy I had a lifetime Thai motorcycle license, so he checked both car and bike.

Phu Bo Bit has some very nice views. I was up there at dawn in October last year. The new stairs and viewing points are light years ahead of what used to be there. It's still quite a climb for older folks. Here's a sunset view from Phu Bo Bit taken by member Shaggy Num who recently passed away. And a view of Phu Bo Bit from the roof of the Loei Palace hotel.

On Google street view I saw several 40 KPH on signs and painted on the road in that general area. The road is wide and straight right there. The map coordinates are: 13.813953449804252, 100.57557059343189

You could go to a Wat to drink it, just bring enough for everyone.

Years back a buddy of mine visited Thailand. He complained about the "ditch water", LOL.

"Somchat has an extensive criminal record and had been in prison six times previously, most recently just released in January of this year, 2023...." Lesson: Be wary of people you buy drugs from for resale. Don't get behind in payments.

This shooting took place in a small town of 3,200 people. What the ....? That's the kind of place where everybody knows each other. Things don't make sense anymore.

I visited Vietnam for about 2 weeks last fall. I don't recall noticing anyone without a helmet. They had mixed results but awareness improved. http://millionssaved.cgdev.org/case-studies/vietnams-comprehensive-helmet-law

It must have been fun and exciting while it lasted. But was it worth it?

The 125 might have about another 1.5 horsepower, assuming 100 HP/Liter which may be stretching it. But every bit helps.

I ride on a motorbike. My dog drives.

Years ago in the U.S. my brother-in-law jumped ship from a Thai tour group and stayed. He never got caught and eventually married a Thai gal for purposes of green card/citizenship. He worked with another Thai guy at a bagel bakery. That guy got caught for using someone else's social Security number, maybe to get a driver's license. Went to court and got fined, but was never reported to the Feds. He's still here and apparently has gotten legal somehow. I guess there are ways of staying under the radar wherever you go. My "Thai" wife did something similar more than 50 years ago, having been a child of a displaced person.

Very interesting. Joe has done well. We were in the same Peace Corps group (58). I didn't see Joe much after we did the language training as I was all the way up in Loei. Pic is the day we arrived at Don Mueang airport mid-March 1977. Joe is toward the right side wearing dark sunglasses.

I wonder where he went to school.

My vote is worth one million Baht! And I have a way of voting 20 times. So what if I'm a foreigner, I'll play.

We only visited Phuket for part of a day back in mid-2002, I think it was. We came down from Khao Lak in Phang Nga, a couple years before the Tsunami. Not going back again ...

Then there was another news blurb that said she had borrowed 9,000 Baht and he wouldn't loan her any more. I believe that was from a Thai news source. Who to believe? So a life is worth maybe $300 US. But it gets you free room and board for years in a Thai prison. Sad.

Look around, ask around. Someone local may be growing them and you could buy direct in bulk. If you mean the green mung beans, it's ถั่ว เขียว Tua khǐao. Years back my wife's grandma used to sell bean sprouts. One of my farmer acquaintances sold her a big sack of beans one time, maybe 20 kilo.

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My son had a close call when he was doing the final exercise at U.S Marine Corps boot camp ("The Crucible"). The weather was in the high 90's (F) and it was in a swampy area by the ocean with a lot of rain in August. It was called a black flag day when exercises were restricted except for the Crucible. He fell out of the exercise and spent a few days in the hospital. I believe it was Hyponatremia, low sodium in the blood. Someone forgot to salt the drinking water. Distance runners have died from the same thing.

I hit a motorbike with two kids on it, broadside. That was 45 years ago. They ran a stop sign at a t-intersection, hidden by a stopped box truck. They just suddenly appeared in front of me. I flew over the handlebars of my motorcycle and did a belly flop into a ditch. No significant damage to my bike or me. But the next day I felt like I sprained each and every part of my body. I think the kids were OK. I don't think I hit their legs.

What would look best? Small boob job and a fluff and buff on the cataracts, maybe some reading glasses?