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Making plans

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If you know of public events not listed, please let me know.

Am especially interested in upcoming BANGFAI celebrations

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Eostra, the goddess of spring and fertility

	Before Christianity rolled into town, folk had other gods, goddesses and deities. All those celebrations were cancelled and replaced with christian festivals. At times they did leave some clues behind as to the origins of the celebrations Eostre, the goddess of spring and fertility is one of those. Pagan legend tells us that Eostre was reincarnated as a rabbit in early spring, after rescuing a dying bird Christian Easter is the celebration of Jesus rising to the heavens. Apparently the rabbit stayed behind to deliver the eggs.  The egg being the symbol of fertility.

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More questions than answers. Midnight closure before a Buddhist holiday is comon, but will it be temporary permanent

Bangkok nightlife said to be on midnight curfew until further notice
Coconuts Bangkok

Midnight Closures Ordered For Nana Area Bars
Stickboy Bangkok

90-year leases are not valid Phuket Civil Court rules

Phuket courts void 'secured' (90 year) leases used by foreigners
Bangkok Post

• "Under Thai law, the maximum lease term is 30 years, which may be renewed upon expiration of that term."

Best place at high noon: Indoors

UV Index 10 Extreme ( UV Index 0 - 11+) "Extreme" risk of harm from unprotected sun exposure Wear SPF 30+ sunscreen, cover exposed skin whenever possible, sunglasses, and a hat. Do not stay in the sun for too long UV risk is high when the sun is directly enough overhead that people's shadows are shorter than their height Expect this trend to continue unchanged for the coming months

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Fan Failure

Heard a loud pop outside around 8 am, and then the electricity went out.
It was out for about half an hour. Tearing myself away from the computer, I jumped into the pool.

When the power goes off the alternative for keeping cool is the pool.



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Keeping Cool and Healthy on a Hot Day

Just read an article of the 50th healthiest foods. Fruits made the head of the list.  Quickly deseeded half a yellow watermelon, added a bag of frozen raspberries, a quarter cup of honey and a few bananas. Five shots of vodka as a preservative (can't smell it in this mixture). A few shots of Amaretto. for additional flavor. I suppose I could have done without the preservative vodka.  It's not going to last that long.

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