Day trip to the fair and more

The concert area at the fair is fenced in this year, possibly to keep troublemakers from escaping.
Just looks ugly and uninviting.

Tonights concert

Also at the fair you might be interested in a 'motor dump cycle,' selling for 89,000 baht (US$ 2,710).

Fried bugs for sale at the fair are not on my list, instead I bought some chestnuts

Last night was family night out to celebrate the fraternal twins O and A birthday.
Both are serving in the military, O is in the navy, while A joined the Army.
The local "All you can eat for 49 baht restaurant" is a family favorite.

Great News

Electricity costs most likely remain capped through 2010
 Bangkok Post

Sakon Nakhon Marching

Recently

Thai TV Channel 3 news clip Of Sakon Nakhon Mak Mao Fest and Christmas Starlight parade

Video by Thailand travel guide

This evening at the Sakon Nakhon Red Cross Fair

 POTATO

A complete schedule of Red Cross Fair concerts at 

www.websakon (google translate link)
www.webbsakon

T.i.T. Bits

At this link read about the Vietnamese Community in Sakon Nakhon




At my house

• Watched yesterday's boxing matches on T.V.

I'm not really into that sport, but since it was a Sakon Nakhon Native, I made an exception.
And of course I provided refreshments to visitors.  No surprise to me that Mister "P" won the match.
After watching the first round I concluded that he'd win

Prefight Statistics After fight pictures at thaiphotoblogs

POONSAWAT KRATINGDAENGGYM now has 40 wins - 1 loss according to my calculations. Impressive !!

• Health wise: 

This household seems to be over the flu now.
It started 10 days ago. Fat boy had sneezes for a few days. One was a direct hit on my face.  I washed my face.
Dogs have their own flu viruses, not transmittable to humans (as of yet).


Next Joey had the flu.  It was hard to tell at first.  But I soon realized it was not just a hangover.  Then I just said oHo.  Two days later I had it.  Relatively mild: no fever.  Used a box of tissue per day to keep my nose clean.  A dollar's worth of Nasolin from the local pharmacist took care of the nasal drip after that.
Fourth day the throat and chest symptoms were the worst.  Sixth day:  symptoms are minor.  At least I feel safe that I can go out shopping.  After a week the cupboards are bare.

Waiting for a reply

Sent out this e-mail to two different departments of TAT.
I'm just interested to see if there will be a reply and how long it will take.  
From the looks of it they posted last years dates

Your news release http://www.tatnews.org/events/events/2010/oct2010.asp indicates
THE SAKHON NAKHON WAX CASTLE PROCESSION ROYAL TROPHY LONG-BOAT RACES
SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 4, 2010

Please verify these dates, they may be wrong
The festival is generally held during the full moon week in October, marking the end of Buddhist Lent.
A copy of the Sakon Nakhon Province calendar is attached.This has been translated to me that the dates are
OCTOBER 19 - OCTOBER 23, 2010
Please confirm these dates

Worth watching

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January 11, 2:30 p.m., Thai TV Channel 3
Sakon Nakhon Native Boxing Champion defends his title in Tokyo.

Nostalgia Moment 1971

Age: 27
Occupation: Supply Sergeant, Army Self Service Store
Location:      U.S. Army Barracks
                    Vịnh Cam Ranh (Cam Ranh Bay), Vietnam

I operated somewhat of a barracks mini market.
Laundry service generally took a week.  Most often I'd do my own laundry.  Pinned to the wall for drying

Pool Filter Neglect

Installed the pool pump and filter four years ago. I've done some maintenance, but must admit, never bothered cleaning the filters. That should be an annual job.
Lately I'd encountered some problems. Every time I shut the pump off, the dirt would backwash into the pool. Of course I took everything else apart first. With the exception of gaskets needing replacement, everything was fine.

Finally got enough courage to open the filter. I looked at the manual, it seemed really technical. When I lifted the filter assembly out, it of course fell into multiple pieces. Think I may need six hands to reassemble the filter.

From the looks of things, filter cleaning was way overdue. I suspect the water pressure will improve dramatically once the filter is cleaned and reassembled.








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