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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?

Blue cheese pizza?

I once rode in the open back of a pickup from Nakhon Pathom to Loei. I think there were 4 of us in the back, 3 in front and a lot of luggage. About 560 km - Never again!

A Dutchman? If his name was Not Given, I'd expect Irish or Scottish. The surname Given has Gaelic origins I understand.

Don't go to the beach in Pattaya expecting the best, you'll probably see the wurst. (Sorry...)

Here's a Ghost Rider Moscow riding a R1. Starts to get really hairy at 4 minutes in.

Interesting. (I think "debt" is falling tone.) หนี้ H̄nī̂ debt หนี H̄nī flee

My wife worked as a nanny/helper for a well-to-do family for a number of years here in the U.S. Very nice people. We still get invited to family dinners on occasion.

I used to travel a lot for business. I used to say I traveled "strapped to the wing" class. Cheap ...

Last fall I went to Phu Reua park in Loei. No charge for people over 60. A Thai friend of my wife paid maybe 20 Baht. I scooted under the radar as I'm old and no one wants to mess with all the old Thai women I hang with. Ignorance is bliss.

Looks like there are three versions, from most to least expensive I believe: front disc brake/mag wheels front disk brake/spoke wheels front drum brake/spoke wheels There should not be a large difference in price. https://www.thaihonda.co.th/honda/laravel-filemanager/files/shares/TH_Wave110i_Catalogue.pdf EDIT: Also some have electric start and some do not.

"Stainless" steel varies in its resistance to corrosion and magnetic properties. Some stainless utensils are quite stainless and non-magnetic due to a high nickel content. I went around the kitchen and tested some spoons and ladles (mostly non-magnetic), the stainless stove (magnetic) and some other things. Weirdest of all is the stainless sink. It has magnetic and non-magnetic areas - probably because it has low nickel and has been work hardened in certain areas. Magnets hold best if the steel surface is sufficiently thick for the particular magnet. You may need a wider magnet on a thin sheet metal surface (like a refrigerator). A taller magnet may be needed to hold up many sheets of paper. I have a few of those hard drive magnets. They are very powerful. Bought some surplus from a used equipment seller at a market in BKK years ago. Down by Yaowarat/Pahurat. Also got a few from tearing apart old drives from a file server.

.. but as I ask him to show me the "storage under the seat of the honda lead" he told me ..its locked... " I would have reached into my pocket and produced a key chain with a screwdriver and said "No problem, I can pry it open". But seriously, I know enough Thai language to at least embarrass a salesman, or start a fight. I just can't tolerate a lackadaisical attitude like that.