How to shop for a birthday present

That's Ning and her sons Mack and Mike (M&M).
Mack has the severely trimmed haircut.  Such haircuts are generally an indication that someone in the family died.  In this case it was an Uncle.

M&M left saying they were going to the store, apparently to pick up a birthday present.
They didn't go to the store, they were gone well over an hour.
Instead they went to the fair throwing darts until they had their mothers birthday present

Headlines and my Thoughts

Thailand to deploy 10,000 police for election

Increasing the police presence in Bangkok can only be effective if police are given instructions to intervene and apprehend criminal activity, instead of the present policy.

Suthep says February 2 will see Bangkok ‘completely shut down’

Suthep and his deep pocket supporters are doing it all wrong.  'Peaceful' demonstrations are opportunities for nut-jobs with cocktails, pistols, riffles, and grenades.  Changes are best made from within the established government and legal system↓.

Yingluck to fight rice scheme probe scheme

To catch a criminal: Thai Style

BKK Governor Defends 'Spy Camera' On Mobile Toilets

Sakon Nakhon Pork Prices rise 20฿ per kilo

Pork prices surge prior to Chinese New Year

Sakon Nakhon Price US$2.21 per lb
US prices

Sakon Nakhon Red Cross Fair Beauties

EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE OVER 60

1.. Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side.

2.. With a 5-lb potato bag in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax.

3.. Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-lb potato bags.

4.. Then try 50-lb potato bags and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm at this level)
5. After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag.

... and he headed to the pub for a beer

Pete Seeger

Died January 27, 2014 (aged 94)

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