Thai Fruit A Dietary Wonder?

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GARCINIA CAMBOGIA is the latest craze in diets.
More commonly known as Mangosteen.

The peel seems to be of more nutritional value than the fruit.

Some claims made are that the peel has antioxidant properties, reduces c-reactive protein in the blood (cause of inflammation), and fights melanoma.



I'm always skeptical when I hear "Loose weight without exercise."
Anti inflammation claims interest me though



Read more at Wikimedia

Time to wake up the Rain God

Bang Fai

Warm enough for a waterfight

Recent temperatures in the low forties (104+ F) did not seem too extreme to some of us, mainly because there was no humidity.
Most of the weather system passed by well south of us with clouds and a cool day locally. Temperatures remain mostly in the mid thirties , increased humidity will make it feel like mid forties

	Wed 10	Thu 11	Fri 12	Sat 13	Sun 14	Mon 15	Tue 16
AccuWeather	37/23	37/23	36/23	37/23	38/25	35/26	34/25
AccuW....r Feels Like	43/23	39/23	39-23	39/24	41/26	41/27	38/27
MeoWeather	37/25	38/24	36/25	36/27	38/27	36/27
Thai Meteorological	34/21	35/22	36/24	37/24	37/25	39/25
The Weather Channel	35/22	33/23	33/23	33/24	34/25	33/23	31/23
Wunderground	35/24	37/24	35/23	36/24	37/26	35/26
openweather	35/22	35/22	33/23	33/24
rp5.ru	36/25	36/23	34/23	35/26	37/

Scattered thundershowers and cloudy at times is in the forecast.
If you don't experience any showers, expect the humidity to make up for the lack of rain

Tuesday

Sakon Nakhon Dry Dock

 Almost

No Alcohol / Smoking

Songkran

Police to toughen alcohol ban and road safety laws during this year's Songkran
Pattaya Mail

No Alcohol - No Smoking

Cooler temperatures

Weather system approaching from the west. 

Increased chance of Thunderstorm through Wednesday.

Long range forecasts are not all that accurate.  Anything can happen to change the weather flow.

If accuweather has it's predictions correct, there may well be a rainy season starting later this month

Sakon FC hosts Mukdahan

televised

  


 







view album Sakon FC-Mukdahan FC

สกลนคร "Very' Hot"

If you're one of those, then today is definetly your day.

• 43 C - 109.4 F, and haze  - weatherforecastmap
• 41 C feels like 45 - 113 F, cooler on Monday 36C  -accuweather
• 40 C today, 30% precip through Tuesday - T.M.D.

Tin roofs suitable for frying

Bring ice chest to football game  

Sakon Nakhon FC hosts Mukdahan FC this afternoon.

No start time mentioned

Miss Lady Boy contest at the CM center today

National Holiday: 

Chakri Memorial Day

Chakri Dynasty founded by  King Rama 1 1782

Monday, April 8, Substitution Holiday, Banks Closed

End of the roadshow ?

Last wrote of the "Manhole remodel" on March 18
Some holes remained uncovered since then, others had wooden planks
Yesterday, April 5, hey came back. 
Had to do some more chiseling and patching to make the covers fit





The Leftovers