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Had a couple hours good rain in Mae Rim.

38C+ here now in our area of CM. Turned on the AC set for 27C and having a lie down. I was used to hotter in AZ, but that was a few years and a couple of medical emergencies ago. Not quite ready to shuffle off to Buffalo or elsewhere.🙂

My Thai wife has been turning on the AC while complaining about the electric bill. I enjoy the AC though I moved here from AZ where it can get hellish hot, and can get by with a fan usually.

Been years since I visited a Big C food court, but found nothing much objectionable. OK food at reasonable price is always good by me. Latest experience at hospital food courts which were good and cheap. I am reminded of my service experience where many bitched about the grub, but I am sure it was as good as they ever had “ on the block”.🙂

Same same for me with Makro. Previously no trouble ordering online, but last week suddenly a no go.

On a recent trip to hospital couldn’t help but notice a number of Thai people without masks or using them as chin slings. At hospital. i have no problem wearing a mask despite COPD and asthma. That said I believe this latest bureaucratic boondoggle is rooted in Asian xenophobia.

No report of testing of the individual. Could some yaba have been in the mix? It has been many years, but the only time I recall being halucinatory it turned out somebody had laced the weed with PCP.

I largely agree. I have found the Mainland cheeses to be quite acceptable, and I come from a family that started the Grafton, VT. cheese co. Silly to try to import that however excellent!

Makro sells ground pork, frozen, for less than 90 TB/ kg. A kilo makes a bunch of breakfast sausage!

I do use casings. Pretty cheap from Lazada, and my stuffer is a small hand crank job that was about 200 baht, also from Lazada. My #1 hobby as I don’t frequent the bars☺️

I have found I’d Me nearly impossible to register with from Thailand. They require proof of residence in the US. They rejected my voter ID ( one of their listed proofs) because it has both my US address of record and my Thai mailing address. Impossible to reach a human operative.

Fairly typical for menopausal women to put on a little avoir du poids, including my wife, sisters, etc. They are still the women I love. Ain’t exactly a greyhound myself these days.😃

I have read that the bond was underwritten by a branch of The Chubb Group, which operates insurance companies, e.g.. I suspect the decision makers have visions of name changes on some fancy real estate at relatively bargain prices.

I recently bought a kilo of hog casings from Makro Price was okay, but haven’t opened the package yet. I’ve bought sheep casings several times through Lazada, mostly sent over from China. Pretty variable quality, but my production is small so an occasional hole is not too awful. Would like to learn a local source for beef casings.

Always been a concern of mine, and aghast at the number of drownings I see in the Thai media. As a former Red Cross Water Safety Instructor it especially horrifies me. Do they not have similar programs here? A dearth of visible evidence suggests not. Ring buoys for example should be available at all swim venues. The swimming pool in my village e.g. has no signage or access control beyond the ubiquitous orange cones across the car park entry at “ closed” times. When building a pool in the US it is usually required by statute to control access via some barrier such as a chain link enclosure. One of my PT jobs was to lifeguard a condo pool for a few hours in the AM before the regular guard came on duty. Opening such positions to foreigners, even as volunteers, might have a salutary impact. But TIT. Thai people COULD do such if there were any mechanism to do so, but it is evidently easier to just have more children than preserve the ones on hand. One of the few instances along with traffic safety issues where I will engage in “Thai bashing”.