200129 Sakon Nakhon had its best season in 2017 gaining fifth place of 12 teams

⚽ Year	Sakon	Sisakhet	League Teams
2005	no record
2006	13		no record
2007	10		12
2008	11		11
2009	9		11
.				New Ownership of Franchise by  Lohakij
2010	8	-	16
2011	10	-	16
2012	14	2	16
2013	11	9	16
2014	13	11	14
2015	16	9	18
2016	7	12	14
2017	5	1	12
2018	11	4	14
2019	8	3	13

200129 One year retirement visa extension January 2020

Local SIAM bank representatives had no idea what the requirement by the immigration department was, but acted as if they were on top of the facts. Even though I told them I needed a one year print out, they handed me a six month print out and a letter indicating my present balance. I did have to return to the bank to get the correct printout. I did not have to pay a second fee, which brought me back to a more pleasant mood.

The local Immigration office requires a complete 12 month history (printout) of deposits. I Understand on the same day Khon Kaen Immigration was satisfied with a three month history..

The local office also required a 12 month history of my american Bank account which I was able to get online. I am not very comfortable with the idea of then having that information.

I can not attest to the validity, but the Immigration Inspector advised me that this would be the last year monthly transfers will be considered.  In the future the transfer of 800,000 baht must be made three months before applying for a visa.

I may consider transferring my banking to Bangkok Bank. With an office in New York, I would avoid transfer fees which amount to $360 per year. On the other hand, the possibility of leaving Thailand for good is back in play.

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200129 Expect warmer weather by last week of February

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200122 UPDATE Little is known about the new coronavirus / Coronavirus detected on flights from Wuhan

UPDATE: 200125
In three days the number of deaths have climbed to 41 and known cases 1,300. 10 Chinese cities are now quarantined.

Six deaths of over known 300 cases

• First US case in Washington state
• No known treatment
• How it's transmitted unknown
• Up to 14 days before symptoms appear

I don't want to sound silly BUT. If a passenger is detected to have the virus, he may have spread the germ among other passengers who may show signs of infection some time later ?? 

Coronavirus-infected Chinese tourist being treated in Thailand  PUBLISHED : 13 JAN 2020

 China confirms second death from coronavirus infection PUBLISHED : Jan 17. 2020

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200125 Save it big then crop it down

10 MB

Both below reduced to 1.8 mb

Frequently also make multiple pictures out of one large photo.
Experimented with the raw format and found no noticeable reason to use this format

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200124 T4NE league shrinking Many weekends without Sakon FC

If you look at the wikipedia statistics less teams, less football during the past three years

Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Teams	10	11	16	16	16	16	14	18	14	12	14	13	11
Games	20	20	30	30	30	30	26	34	26	33	26	24	21

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200124 twentypercent chance of rain next few days - Cooling trend next week

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Weather Alert Some Hot (37C), Some Not (15C)

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200119 The great plastic bag hoax

It's nothing more than big business cutting down on customer service.

Remember when gas station attendants cleaned your windows and offered to check your oil or tire pressure.  

These days you do it yourself.

Remember when groceries had a checkout clerk and a bag boy or girl.

Used to shop weekly at Big C. Generally six to seven bags per week. 

Never could figure out why they did not use larger bags. 

I put them into two larger bags to hang them on my handlebars.

Also never could figure out why they did not offer to return those bags for reuse.

Most store items are packed in plastic.  Even a six pack of cans comes wrapped in plastic.

I save my large bags and reuse them. All those food wrappings aren't reusable and fill a large trash bag per week

I'm guessing my weekly plastic waste could be compressed into a small brick. 

Separating other waste from plastic I use a small basket each week for trash

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Message from US citizen service BKK: Voting While Overseas

---------- Forwarded message ---------

From: <acsbkk@state.gov>

Registering to Vote and submitting a ballot is fast, easy, and can be done from anywhere in the world!

Start by confirming your voter registration with your state.  Some states require absentee voters to register annually so you may need to re-register.  Go to FVAP.gov to connect to your state's voter portal to register to vote, request a ballot, and more.  Once you confirm your registration, follow a few simple steps to vote in the 2020 U.S. elections:

1.   Request Your Ballot: Most states provide the option to request ballots through

32.++ was a healthy number

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Ten days six inches, correct me if I'm wrong

I'm judging the steps to be 6 inches deep.  One more step exposed since January 7

I''m estimating the pipe to be eight inches, correct me if I'm wrong

This pipe leads to a waterpump. The pipe from the water pump is a two inch pump. Water trucks wait in line to fill.  Seems to me a four inch pipe would fill the tanks in half the time. Am I missing something here?

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Things I miss at the Red Cross Fair and reasons I will shop there

Having a beer  while enjoying entertainment and dining NO ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC PLACES

Riding Bumper Cars

Used to go three to five times to the fair. Used to buy books of tickets and give them away.

The ride people set up a table for me where I could keep my beer

Miss the military firing range with air guns. That was a yearly certainty

Not going to miss the rain, even though we really need it

Things I'll be shopping for this week and next

At a cost just slightly over US$ 10 I replace it once a year.  It gets bounced around a lot hanging on my motorcycle, traveling with me

During daytime admittance is free. Around 5 pm admittance is charged.

Last day and early morning on the day after you can barter for discounts. They won't have to pack it up 

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200116 There's a few new forms

Was surprised to find myself as the only 'customer' at the Sakon Nakhon  Immigration office while doing the ninety day report.

New extension application is due next month. First time in years without the embassy letter. 

There's a few new forms the friendly officer handed me to bring back with the application

• Acknowledgement of penalties for a Visa Overstay
• Acknowledgement of terms and conditions ....
• Application for extension
• Non-Immigrant o retirement VISA request form 

Three of these forms are new to me. In previous years It was only the extension request.

Bank letter has to be on the day of the request. 
I asked if I could do that the day before.  The answer was:  NO." 

Keep in mind all immigration offices function by the same basic rules and may require other documents

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Viamas Ranch

Some interesting and informative videos at youtube worth checking out



 
I've also added Viamas to the link list where you can also find their facebook page

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Monitor your electronic trail

Everyone is aware these days of internet pirates, and hackers intending on stealing your information and even your money.

There's protection you can buy.  
Some is even free, but there's a hidden fee: 

• free & fee software has access to all your data.

Then there's free social media.  They too have access to your data and profit from it.

Every application you have on any device connected to the internet collects your data.  Supposedly it helps them to improve their service to you.

In the case of chinese applications any data they collect must be made available to the Chinese government upon request.

I recently checked out google 'DRIVE.' I was surprised and a little shocked at some of the things saved there. Much deserved to be deleted🗑

There were also some memories from friends and comic pdf files, hundreds of photos I did not know I had

  

Discovered a 2011 PDF file produced by Nakhon Phanom TAT

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Excuse to raise prices

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Fire Report

Website allows you to select a date or period and locations with some interesting results




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200112 Friendly Sakon FC 2 host (Udon) Nong Samrong FC 0

Source: to wikipedia

I do the internet most of the morning, then do other stuff.

It was 4 pm and we were watching a movie when I turned to facebook ad saw the notice posted a few hours earlier:

"Starts 4 pm."

The game was underway when I arrived.  I was in such a rush getting there I did not bring anything to drink. I stayed till the early period of the second half, then thirst and hunger got the best of me.
I could tell the coaches and top brass where eager to see the newbees perform.

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The less I get, the less I can spend.

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Tourism Teetering

↑↑↑↑ link to Chiang Rai Times
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Drought conditions prevail, moderate temperatures

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200112 Friendly

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When you take your phone with you

Google Map records a timeline of everywhere you went.
According to the timeline I left the house at 5:50 pm on January 9.  I took a bit of a detour because it took me 22 minutes to get to Champions Bar.

Timeline also added some pictures, even though I have since deleted those pictures from my phone.

I nursed one beer for half an hour and then departed

It wasn't the school. Google timeline added a question mark.  That allows me to make corrections.
It was actually the restaurant next door to the school

Spent close to an hour at a family birthday party

 checked out the action at WanSby which is less than a minute drive from my house

My WanSby album is here  

You can also find them at https://www.facebook.com/WanSby/

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