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Old 08-27-2014, 05:57 PM   #29221
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Old 08-28-2014, 07:33 PM   #29223
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Old 08-28-2014, 09:24 PM   #29224
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Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin'
So hush little baby, Don't you cry

One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing
And you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky
But 'til that morning, there ain't nothin' can harm you
With Daddy and Mammy standin' by

Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin'
So hush little baby, Don't you cry

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Good morning, everyone! Important holiday for us bikers today. In 1885, Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, and gave the world happiness. Four wheels may move the body... but two wheels moves the soul. Time spent on a motorcycle is NOT deducted from your lifespan! So to honor Herr Daimler, I'm raising my mug of Assam Marangi Second Flush, a tea I bought last year from Germany's TeaGschwendner. Not a favorite of mine, but I wanted to try one of their teas and ordered it. Not a 'bad' brew, just not a great one. It seems to missing the depth that the East India Company Assams have. It's been sitting in the back of the shelf and I decided I needed to use it or lose it.

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I'm with you on getting an agent to do it, when you can. But what a pain overall. Before we were "Landed" here, we had to renew periodically, but once our immigration forms had been through initial processing, they were willing to give us renewals for 2 years at a time.
After an initial One-year visa, Japan always gave me three-year stamps, both before I was married and on an employment visa, then afterwards on my Spouse visa. But Thailand is far more demanding, and now even the One-year visas are harder to get. Thailand was very popular with the world's drop-outs, who would arrive with just a backpack, live on the beach or in a $2-a-night guest house, staying drunk or stoned (or both) 24/7, and stay for years. When living costs less than $5 a day, it was easy to panhandle that much, and there are expats here who've been here since the 70's, still looking as if they just left Woodstock.

The Thai government has been seriously cracking down on all of that for the past 10 years, viewing these folks as undesirable, and making it difficult if not impossible for them to remain. Almost no more drugs, (15 years ago you could buy marijuana, opium, and 'magic mushrooms' openly in almost every guest house, restaurant, bar, etc.,) tourist visas for only 30 days renewable just once, etc. In fact, a new alcohol law goes into effect today... No drinking after midnight. No drinking in public areas (no beer at picnics at the park or lake,) no alcohol advertising, no more Happy Hour or special promotions. That's going to see a LOT of the older expats moving to Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam! I'm glad I'm not a bar person.


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Old 08-29-2014, 12:16 AM   #29225
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Amen. This is very chicken-friendly country.

Tea. Lot's of tea today. Starting with Anniversary Breakfast Blend, but looking at those clouds, I see some Lapsang Souchong in the mix for later.
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Old 08-29-2014, 11:34 AM   #29229
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Old 08-29-2014, 04:50 PM   #29230
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Whew! I must have had one too many last night ... I hear singing ... and feel a strange compulsion to fly NW ...

[I did vow, after living through the Mount St. Helens eruption to never set foot in Washington state again. But maybe an island? Or just across the border? ]
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Old 08-30-2014, 01:25 PM   #29235
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The peninsula!
I'll have to take a sharp look at it this weekend - any particular areas I should focus on?
[Pullman is just a vague memory now, filled with volcanic ash, hills, grasshoppers, and more hills]

Stinking hot & humid this weekend - ice water in my glass ...
[SO glad I mowed the lawn during the week]
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