Sakon Nakhon

Monday, September 29, 2014

Keystone cops

were constantly chasing lawbreakers

who they never caught

The Keystone Cops (often spelled "Keystone Kops") were fictional incompetent policemen, featured in silent film comedies in the early 20th century. The movies were produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Film Company between 1912 and 1917. source

First commercial sound film was The Jazz Singer, released in October 1927 source

Police shift focus to foreign tourists in Koh Tao murder probe Thai VISA Forum

To protect and self-serve Bangkok Post

3 sought for Koh Tao murders Bangkok Post

Thailand Arrivals

Even though these are numbers associated with tourism, arrival statistics most likely include
day traders, laborers, and travellers using Thailand as a stopover.
Prior to 2002 numbers were under 10 million

graph

An then the lights went out

Humidity started to rise during the early evening hours yesterday.
Even though there were hints that I should turn on the air-con, I opted for an additional high powered 223 watt fan. Most standard fans run at 50 watt.
As anticipated with the humidity rising we had an overnight thunderstorm.
Even though not a very strong thunderstorm, electricity was knocked out at 2 am and remained off until 3;30 am.
For the moment weather is arriving from SE
Night time high humidity equals likely thunderstorm

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Thai ฿ to US$ recently

Buying Bank Transfer

source: Bank of Thailand

Graphing

That confirms it

Men of all ages want women in their mid-20s
Study Says | TIME

gathered data on 12,000 Finns

If it gets "Real Muggy"

keep umbrella handy

Not much out there in regards to weather-systems.
T.M.D. forecasts 40% precipitation coverage today, increasing to 60 to 70% for the week ahead.

I'm guessing here. Any rain in the area will be preceded with very high humidity.
Humidity tends to rise during the early evening hours, with the least humidity generally around noon.
I'm guessing here. The rainy season is over.