Christmas Day Dinner at the FAT (RED) PIG

by Martin Pattison The Pitstop Café and The Fat Pig Restaurant are having a joint Xmas Dinner on the 25th at 2.00pm (at the fat Pig Restaurant).  It will be a three course meal with Turkey and roast Pork. French Onion Soup for starters and Plum Pudding for Dessert.  The price includes a glass of a special drink. 599 Baht per person.  Please contact either place and a deposit of 200 Baht would be appreciated.  We look forward to hearing from you. Colin and Martin.

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Lack of pilot training and proper maintenance

Add lemon, lime, or organge juice

Have You Ever Frozen an Avocado? The Kitchn Kitchen 101 / Yup, you can freeze that   hustle + glow

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Good luck and good health to you

It's the season of choices.  Multiple events worth attending.  Many taking place at the same time.  Just a few days ago I had to choose between the Phu Phan Cup finals and a family birthday.  Falily and friends first. I had a bit of a dilemma, two  birthday party invitations for the same evening.  It was hard, but I had to decline one of the invitations.  The obvious choice of course was family within walking distance from home.  A birthday celebration and a farewell party. Obviously I got the time wrong and arrived an hour late. Not a problem,  new visitors arrived throughout the evening, replacing departures. Pu has returned home for a visit, she's returning to England next week and taking her son with her.  Brings back memories when I was that age when I went to America.  Grott is about to experience culture shock, add to that some snow.  At his age he'll be speaking English in six months.  Obviously many visitors had been there before me, with more to come   Spaghetti, spring rolls, chicken, stew, fish.  The amount of food placed in front of me, mostly wound up in take-home bags These Bai Sri celebrations The ritual of tying strings around a person’s wrist to preserve good luck,  used to celebrate important events and occasions, like births and marriages and also entering the monkhood, departing, returning, beginning a new year, and welcoming wikipedia Generally the recipient  has an egg or a piece of fruit in their hand when receiving the string well wishes.  Here is a new variation to this practice:

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Parade season is a go!

Text message received Since the coup last year there has been a noticeable absence of school (sport day) parades.  They seem to have had a recent restart.  This one is a parade from a nearby school.  Parades  are an important part of the yearly school curriculum

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Less than an inch total wingspan displays colors when relaxed, blends in with it's surroundings when alerted

Real Feel rising

Nov 28 through Dec 4 

Highs  Lows  Notice TMD (Thai Meteorological Department) projects much cooler temperatures than all others

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Happy Birthday

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I had so hoped they'd make another visit to Sakon together

my sincere condolences to Pete and Sam Martin Pattison 21 hrs ·  I have just read the sad news that Manchester Peter's mum has passed away.  Noeleen was a mum to all those who knew her in  Sakon Nakhon and will miss her dearly.  My condolences to Sam and Peter and their family. God bless her. R.I.P.

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