Sakon Nakhon K k kool ing

The weatherman at the Thai Meteorological Department has put on his sweater, especially in the evening hours.
It's not exactly sweater weather, unless you are riding on a motorcycle in the early to late evening hours.

Sakon Nakhon Weather at TMD

Expect an extended period of night time temperatures in the low 20's.  Daytime temperatures should drop to the upper 20's mid November.  Night-time teen barrier follows a few days thereafter.

Weather seems to be arriving from the South-East at the moment.  A series of thunderstorms  beginning mid week, may last through the weekend

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Post by Adrian G Schat.

Soda May Age You as Much as Smoking TIME

Heavy storm slams Pattaya, causes havoc

  Pattaya Mail

The repairman cometh

A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.
The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog
or senile lady. He climbed a telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed the subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring right away, but then the dog moaned and the telephone began to ring. Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:

 1 . The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire with a steel chain and collar.

 2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.

3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number was called.

 4. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then urinate.

 5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to ring.

Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning.

Money, Money, Money

Silvio Berlusconi unaware dancer he paid for sex was underage, court rules The Guardian

Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was found guilty in 2013
A Milan appeals court overturned Berlusconi’s suspended seven-year prison sentence

Mischief

  

Pasadena: Bear cub falls into dumpster. Mama bear is frantic. Humans come to help with ladders. Bear cub escapes the dumpster without help

Chulalongkorn the Great, King Rama V

Considered by many the greatest Thai monarch, he saved Siam from being colonized and is credited with modernizing the country.
He died on 23 October 1910 at the age of 57.
23 October is a national holiday in Thailand