What is in your cup? - Page 1879

cromag · 04-09-2014, 05:34 PM

Fourth mug of tea on a sunny, breezy spring afternoon.

kindlekitten · 04-09-2014, 05:57 PM

a glass of chardonnay, yep, mid-afternoon, because it's been that kind of a day

CRussel · 04-09-2014, 05:58 PM

AMEN it has! You might just want to make that two.

Switched to diet coke here. About to have a big bowl of popcorn and then back to work.

kindlekitten · 04-09-2014, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CRussel

AMEN it has! You might just want to make that two.

Switched to diet coke here. About to have a big bowl of popcorn and then back to work.

and have strict instructions to stay home, am having dog and cat food delivered and there are at least three bales of hay

Stitchawl · 04-09-2014, 10:32 PM

A time to be reaping
A time to be sowing
The green leaves of summer
Are calling me home "
Twas so good to be young then
In the season of plenty
When the catfish were jumping
As high as the sky

A time just for planting
A time just for ploughing
A time to be courting
A girl of your own "
Twas so good to be young then
To be close to the earth
And to stand by your wife
At the moment of birth

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GkL_GiVjWk )

Good morning, everyone! Happy Thursday! I'm drinking a big mug of unbranded Keemun tea, eating home-made Italian bread slathered with a Kalamata olive tepenade, and trying not to grin too hard! I'm hoping I can get downtown today without getting wet. The holiday isn't supposed to begin until tomorrow, but here in Chiang Mai, things like parties often get out of hand. The 'official' holiday is Friday to Monday, but here there will be water throwing people on the streets from Thursday until Tuesday. People come from all over the world to celebrate this Thai New Year party in Chiang Mai.

I've got to get my water pistol today... I need a one-handed style as I'll have my camera in the other hand!

Stitchawl

kindlekitten · 04-10-2014, 02:54 AM

and we want pictures of all of it!!!!!

orlok · 04-10-2014, 05:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I've got to get my water pistol today... I need a one-handed style as I'll have my camera in the other hand!

You really want to take your camera out with all that water being thrown about? Knowing you, it will be well protected, or your underwater camera, I guess

.

VydorScope · 04-10-2014, 06:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

You really want to take your camera out with all that water being thrown about? Knowing you, it will be well protected, or your underwater camera, I guess

.

He could free up his hands with a head mounted GoPro camera

ProfCrash · 04-10-2014, 07:35 AM

Get a Go Pro and the harness, set it for one picture a second, get a huge ass water gun, do a time lapse display and show us that.

Yes, we love our Go Pro. We have time lapses of Christmas day, softball games, LM playing in the back yard. It is a ton of fun and actually takes a pretty good picture. Love it. And you can get a waterproof casing.

Just saying.

Milk Oolong in my cup

Stitchawl · 04-10-2014, 08:00 AM

After diner mango lassi, while I sort out my kit for tomorrow.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

and we want pictures of all of it!!!!!

THAT is the kit I'm a'sortin!

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

You really want to take your camera out with all that water being thrown about? Knowing you, it will be well protected, or your underwater camera, I guess

.

I use my regular camera with an 'EwaMarine' plastic bag scuba housing. It enables me to reach the controls but not as heavy as my regular Lexan underwater housing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by VydorScope

He could free up his hands with a head mounted GoPro camera

I thought about that... Actually, I've been thinking about the Go-Pro Hero for some time, even back when we were in Japan and doing a lot of motorcycle touring. For some reason, I just never seem to buy it. Strange, as I have a nasty habit of buying any toy that catches my fancy...

This is a MAJOR drunk holiday for the foreigners who come to Chiang Mai from all over the world just for this holiday. These party-people add talcum powder to the stuff they throw, usually get falling-down drunk by mid-afternoon, and have a ball! Here is a YouTube video of how a group of these drunks saw the Thai New Years Holiday here last year... You won't believe what you're seeing...

Stitchawl

Stitchawl · 04-10-2014, 08:14 AM

By the way... alcohol is banned during this religious holiday...

Stitchawl

orlok · 04-10-2014, 08:38 AM

Looks like barely controlled chaos. One thing that struck me - do they drive on the left in Thailand, as we do in the UK?

Stitchawl · 04-10-2014, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

Looks like barely controlled chaos.

Nope. It's not controlled at all!

Quote:

One thing that struck me - do they drive on the left in Thailand, as we do in the UK?

Yes, on the left, just as we did in Japan. Same in Singapore, Malaysia, Burma... most of S.E. Asia.

After 25 years in Asia, I really get thrown for a loop when I rent a car in the US on a visit. My wife sits there repeating 'stay right... stay right... stay right...' It gets sticky when I make a left hand turn into a four-lane road...

Stitchawl

orlok · 04-10-2014, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

Yes, on the left, just as we did in Japan. Same in Singapore, Malaysia, Burma... most of S.E. Asia.

After 25 years in Asia, I really get thrown for a loop when I rent a car in the US on a visit. My wife sits there repeating 'stay right... stay right... stay right...' It gets sticky when I make a left hand turn into a four-lane road...

Stitchawl

It's the same when we drive in Europe. Paris is especially fun, particularly when you have to drive the "wrong" way around roundabouts...

kindlekitten · 04-10-2014, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

By the way... alcohol is banned during this religious holiday...

Stitchawl

yeah, I can see how well it is banned

what is the significance of the ONE hand being held up blade like to the nose and forehead? I get the two hands but the one was repeated several times

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04-09-2014, 05:34 PM	#28171
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 24,303 Karma: 459220161 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Fourth mug of tea on a sunny, breezy spring afternoon.

04-09-2014, 05:57 PM	#28172
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	a glass of chardonnay, yep, mid-afternoon, because it's been that kind of a day

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CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,161 Karma: 79742714 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), Fire HD 8	AMEN it has! You might just want to make that two. Switched to diet coke here. About to have a big bowl of popcorn and then back to work.

04-09-2014, 10:32 PM	#28175
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	A time to be reaping A time to be sowing The green leaves of summer Are calling me home " Twas so good to be young then In the season of plenty When the catfish were jumping As high as the sky A time just for planting A time just for ploughing A time to be courting A girl of your own " Twas so good to be young then To be close to the earth And to stand by your wife At the moment of birth ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GkL_GiVjWk ) Good morning, everyone! Happy Thursday! I'm drinking a big mug of unbranded Keemun tea, eating home-made Italian bread slathered with a Kalamata olive tepenade, and trying not to grin too hard! I'm hoping I can get downtown today without getting wet. The holiday isn't supposed to begin until tomorrow, but here in Chiang Mai, things like parties often get out of hand. The 'official' holiday is Friday to Monday, but here there will be water throwing people on the streets from Thursday until Tuesday. People come from all over the world to celebrate this Thai New Year party in Chiang Mai. I've got to get my water pistol today... I need a one-handed style as I'll have my camera in the other hand! Stitchawl

04-10-2014, 02:54 AM	#28176
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	and we want pictures of all of it!!!!!

04-10-2014, 07:35 AM	#28179
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Get a Go Pro and the harness, set it for one picture a second, get a huge ass water gun, do a time lapse display and show us that. Yes, we love our Go Pro. We have time lapses of Christmas day, softball games, LM playing in the back yard. It is a ton of fun and actually takes a pretty good picture. Love it. And you can get a waterproof casing. Just saying. Milk Oolong in my cup

04-10-2014, 08:14 AM	#28181
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	By the way... alcohol is banned during this religious holiday... Stitchawl

04-10-2014, 08:38 AM	#28182
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	Looks like barely controlled chaos. One thing that struck me - do they drive on the left in Thailand, as we do in the UK?

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