I wasn't asked, I was told, they are coming...

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A Thai friend of mine  has decided to coach a local little league of sort.  
It's the pint size version of Sakon Football Club.
I wasn't asked, I was told, they are coming to use the pool .
Twenty-some kids, fully charged energy, and voices loud enough to wake the dead.  Running in every direction.

I tried using sign language to tell them to keep the noise down.
Guess that signal was mistranslated, they all sat down.

The kids using the ping pong table must have mistaken it for some sort of destruction game.
The game ended when there where no balls left, just scattered bits of plastic.

As they were ready to leave I had to give a sign language lecture of what to do with wet swim wear and wet towels. 
The sign language consisted mostly of me picking up all towels and swim wear and hanging it all up to dry.
I guess at home they have a maid picking up after them.


The following day, I had just cleaned the ring around my over-sized bathtub when they returned.  Again fully charged.  Kids that age seem to have an unlimited supply of energy.

That day I told the coach, group visit limit once a week!!



Climate Change Blamed for Thai Floods as UN Climate Talks Open
Environment News Service

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Climate change may be the cause for extreme rain  to extreme drought conditions, but I would suggest the the flood problem is exasperated by the denuding of forests and poor planning.
It's obvious that flooding conditions in this area (S.E. Asia) are common. 
Don't think the previous occupants of this land put their houses on stilts simply because they preferred to live upstairs.
We need a new government publication here:  "Flood Control for dummies?"